Bring It

So I used to be like:

But now, I'm all like - c'mon - get at me, Bro:

Hot Lesbian Action - And A Gun.

This is either a really strange visualization of a Red-Blue Centrist Compromise or plain ol' porn - or both.  I dunno - sometimes I hate my brain.

Just Sayin'

The Tea-publicans love America and hate Americans - and they lose if everybody votes.

Checkin' Out The Big Dog

Bill Clinton's speech nominating Obama was reportedly "a fact checker's nightmare", but it turns out The Big Dog managed to stay on the porch - mostly.

FactCheck.org:

The worst we could fault him for was a suggestion that President Obama’s Affordable Care Act was responsible for bringing down the rate of increase in health care spending, when the fact is that the law’s main provisions have yet to take effect.

--and--

And plenty of other Clinton statistics checked out as accurate. For example, he said that since 1961, when John F. Kennedy took office, 42 million private-sector jobs had been added while Democrats held the White House, compared with 24 million while Republicans were in office. And that’s exactly what Bloomberg News reported in a May 8 story.

Compare that with this: E'ville Times - GOP Convention Scorecard

Press Poodles

This is as bad as it gets - at least from the point of view that appearances matter.  I can't get up over the Certainty Threshold on this one, but I can't just assume this is mere coincidence either.



Sometimes, it is what it seems to be.

(hat tip = Crooks and Liars)

Differences

I know way too many people who don't vote.  They cop an attitude, saying politicians and their parties are all alike, so what's the point?

Here's one point: On the one really huge question of how we fund candidates and campaigns, it's pretty easy to see a difference.

	1956 "We condemn illegal lobbying for any cause and improper use of money in political activities."	2012 "We oppose any restrictions or conditions that would discourage Americans from exercising their constitutional right to enter the political fray or limit their commitment to their ideals."
	1956 "The Democratic Party pledges itself to provide effective regulation and full disclosure of campaign expenditures and contributions in elections to Federal offices."	2012 "We support campaign finance reform, by constitutional amendment if necessary. We support legislation to close loopholes and require greater disclosure of campaign spending."

There are some other points as well - Mother Jones breaks it down.

Obama Speaks

Did you hear that?  Do you hear those footsteps?

He's comin' for ya, Willard.

New Music

Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes:

The Turnaround

This is what I'm talkin' about.

The Turnaround is one of the great power tools in selling.  This is what it looks like when you apply it to politics:

Go Ahead

...tell me what you think we can't do.

Tell me we can't change a fucked up system and make it work better.  Go ahead.  Tell me.