Jeff Carlson | Never Enough Coffee Creations

The November 3 election results news made it clear that the presidential election was won by fundamentalist Christians who were more concerned about moral values (i.e., the decay of American society and especially the ‘threat’ of homosexuality). However, Frank Rich in his New York Times column (free subscription required) points out that the quickly-spun theory ...

DailyKos has some great forward-looking advice: Don’t Mourn, Organize. Today’s going to be a crap day, no doubt, but we’ve got to look ahead. Josh Marshall also says some great things. My biggest question: how do you make people see what they refuse to see? So many things should have tipped this election away from ...

I overslept and woke up to learn that Kerry’s conceding. My response: Fuck all. I don’t recognize my country. I find it hard to believe that Bush won by being “resolute” (apologize for nothing, deflect everything, mislead always) and by playing the gay card (homosexuals are on the march!). I mean, shit: is our country ...

DailyKos has a nice summary of the voter fraud that’s being perpetrated in the last days of the election. I’m not naive enough to think that Democrats are shiny innocent of trying to rig elections, and I admit that the weblogs I hit daily are Democrat-leaning. So: why are we not hearing about Democrat dirty ...

Here’s another reason I think Kerry is a better choice than Bush. The Bush re-election effort really comes across more as a product ad than a political one. For Bush, it’s *all* spin. A few examples: Bush is always seen with adoring, cheering crowds. But those crowds are very selective: you have to sign an ...