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Just a brainlock away …

Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Sep 25th, 2008 Comments

So, did you hear what that Alaska hockey mom ditz, Republican vp candidate Sarah Palin said this past week? In an interview with CBS anchor Katie Couric, talking about the economic meltdown, she said, “Part of what a leader does is to instill confidence, is demonstrate that he or she knows what they’re talking about [...]

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Bama, you can’t drive my car

Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Sep 11th, 2008 Comments

I don’t want to base my vote for president on personality, age, race or gender. I want to base it on the critical issues of our time.
In that spirit, here’s my own, anecdotal, defining moment in presidential politics. True story. Two events. Happened on the very same day. In the morning, while traveling south on [...]

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Thin, thin community skin

Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Sep 8th, 2008 Comments

Memo to the everyone-is-special, everyone-gets-a-trophy, everything-gets-posted-on-the-refrigerator defenders of community organizers: Cool the faux outrage.
There’s so much crying going on here I’m afraid the members of the Democratic grievance industry are going to rust out the floors of their luxury hybrids. The skin is getting so thin that we’re starting to see the blue blood underneath. [...]

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