Category Archives: Politics: US: 2008 Elections

It seems that if you take the train you might hear stuff: Open Left:: An Interesting Train Ride.

One interesting aspect of this story is that it probably never occurred to the main protagonist, a paleoconservative former US Senator, that any of the regular folks hearing him would have access to the sort of megaphone that blogging can give you.

And after all, if they were DC journalists, odds are good that they're housebroken and would never write about it without permission.

Not written by a nine year old (cf.): best of craigslist : Star Wars Guide to the Candidates.

Anyone who read machine-pol-and-proud-of-it Rep. Charles B. Rangel's autobiography (see Charlie Rangel's “And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since”) would have predicted that Rangel Remains in Clinton's Camp in Her Battle With Obama.

Demonstrating his brand of moral leadership, former Gov. Mike Huckabee showed how he believes a Bible-inspired Presidential aspirant should take a stand against long-time symbols of racism such as the flying of the Confederate flag on state property:

Huckabee Says Let SC Decide on Flag — Pressed later on whether he finds the flag offensive, Huckabee refused to give an opinion.

''It's really not something that is an issue for the president of the United States; that's an issue South Carolina would deal with,'' Huckabee said at a news conference in Columbia, S.C.”

Even if one believes — as one well might — that federalism concerns make this a state issue as a legal matter, that doesn't absolve national figures from offering moral leadership. Or from showing their true colors.