0810.19
07:32:42
He was Chuck Lofton before Chuck Lofton
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Oh, Mr Letterman, why is the only news in this country provided by the fake news?
Bonus: The Catholic Case for Obama. Yeah, I’m no catholic, but I found it interesting anyway.
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GMT-0500 11:25:34 0810.19 (Sun)
That’s a broken link (though it’s pretty easy to fix and read the article, which I have).
I’ve read these ideas before — they’ve been circling the Catholic blogosphere since February. It’s an excellent case. I’m of the opinion that we need a resurgence of Dorothy Days and Peter Maurins, and all the Bob Novaks and George Weigels to go jump in a lake. And everyone who professes to be a Catholic politician ought to have a framed copy of Quadragesimo Anno.
I can’t pull the lever for Obama for a number of reasons aside from his stances on abortion (he opposed the DFL’s 95/10 initiative though now he said in the latest debate that he supports its basic tenets — very promising). His pro-interventionism in foreign policy is ridiculous; he’s completely unashamed to kowtow to AIPAC. I’ve half a mind to vote for Ralph Nader this time around, as strange as that sounds, but I’ll probably only vote for local officials.
On a related note, last night I wound up sitting at a bar next to someone who actually was offended by the whole “Obama didn’t wear a flag pin” thing. I was amazed. And not at all surprised when, after a few beers this same person all but said they couldn’t vote for Obama because he’s a black man. Go figure.
GMT-0500 20:50:38 0810.19 (Sun)
I have seen very few samples of the show so I hesitate to throw my support behind it lest I make a fool of myself, but from what I have seen of this Hardball show, it seems to be a classier, smoother political comedy act than Bill Maher’s while still being a serious news programme — or at least not being as farcical as are the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. (Note: I just felt like “programme” had to be the spelling which followed the word “news.” I’ve no idea why.)
Did anybody else notice that the Chicago dude pronounced “program” as “pogrom” with the necessary added ‘r’?
It was painful to watch McCain do the necessary act of lying through his teeth, shamelessly, that Sarah Palin would be a spectacular leader if tomorrow was the next 9/11. I began to write more and realized it was completely unnecessary.
I am glad Ben made this weblog update because I was confused and even a little hurt that Matt was not going to be voting this year after all his fervor for getting me and Greg to not repeat 2004. Now I understand why his hands are tied. Don’t worry, Kramedoggimus Maximus: I’ll vote for you this year!
Ben, I have a pertinent election question to ask you on my weblog. Please be sure to check it out since I trust you’ll know best of all the political ins and outs of the situation.