It’s Their Fault

When McCain and Obama assumed their respective positions as party nominees, I was excited. What a great chance to explore the very cultural divide that I’ve dedicated this blog to; the styles of the candidates would shine a light upon the dwindling gap between youth and experience: the meaning and implications of a country’s [...]

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Okay, we are split on issues, political and cultural.  That’s fine.
So can’t we make this an election about competence?

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It’s all too much, so, unfortunately for my hit count, I have stayed mum. There are plenty of other places to find your dirt.
Though I do predict the latest affair stuff (the accused “other man” Scott Richter’s very conspicuous filing for the sealing of his divorce records below) won’t only be proven to [...]

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I’d probably work a bit longer on it, but you’ll get the gist…
I’d love to see Katie Couric analyze this one.

Tonight you will be hearing about our candidate’s many strengths, our party’s vision for America, and our plan to win this election. You’ll also be hearing some attacks: on the failure of the incumbent [...]

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I really like the Biden pick. Though it certainly has its political advantages, it primarily shows me that Obama is a politician who has truly overcome Boomer-style politics. Beyond all the meaningless media speculation and campaigning about “what this pick means” and “symbolizes” in terms of getting Obama elected, what matter to [...]

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I just had this terrifying vision…
It would be the height of Boomer style politics.  Totally irrelevant to any kind of policy/ideological coherence, purely ambition driven, the height of cynicism, a disaster to the United States in nearly every way.
…and they would win by a gigantic margin.
The thought that such a grossly cynical ticket would overrun [...]

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From Wiki:

Bennett Brauer was played by Chris Farley. In each appearance, Brauer provided commentary for Kevin Nealon’s Weekend Update, vividly describing his poor hygiene, his lack of social grace, and his anger towards the viewers for preferring other photogenic commentators to him. Brauer would make regular use of finger quotes to emphasize every point he [...]

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Below find the transcript of an enlightening chat with a reader.
Me: i think there’s a good chance obama has settled on clinton for VP.
Itstheirfault.com Reader: no f—ing way. that would be the WORST move EVER
Me: i don’t know…he could be thinking that the main case against hil was that it fires up the [...]

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Post-Boomer election? McCain doesn’t want that. Michael Scherer discusses the Boomer politics exemplified in McCain’s new ad in Swampland, and Andrew Sullivan has reactions.
Scherer:
In some ways, this is a predictable theme. Every presidential election since Vietnam has, in some ways, been a retread of the 1960s culture war.
[McCain's] new ad tries [...]

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It is ironic that, in a presidential election year with both racial and gender firsts, age will likely end up being the most important dividing line in the electorate. The Times looks at this phenomenon today, with a focus not on the generational dividing lines that I’ve concentrated on, but more on the general [...]

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