SCLM

Heh, look at me. It's like I'm a real blogger again or something. I blame all that rain we had; there was no way I was getting squat done in the garden this past week. But clearly my old addiction was just masqued by planting; I admit that and this post is as much to myself as it is to you all. Read below the fold...

Update: Well, at least they don't hate me because I'm queer. Whew. I feel so much better:

In an email to the Huffington Post on Monday, Harwood clarified that the quote was not meant to convey any displeasure on the part of the administration for the gay community's public advocacy.

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When is President Obama going to employ is Massive Army of Internet Based supporters to rally Congress for support for his stimulus bill? If it's "so hard" to pass truly liberal policies in the package, resist Republican whining for the inclusion of their failed crap, and discipline the naughty Blue Dogs...well, isn't that what the Screaming O-Hoarde is for? Read below the fold...

Peter is talking about you, kidz! There's plenty to chew over, and suss out. This part caught my attention:
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Hoss makes a good point about this utterly devastating critique from Digby on yet another shitstain excuse for a piece of journalism, but I'd like to make a gooder point, if I may. I actually suffered to read Nooner's entire article, and what struck me was the completely self-absorbed tone and perspective she employed. Read below the fold...

Via Big Blue, I came across something so Zen and perfect that I just had to post on it. Concerning some Villager I never read and a piece he wrote on BHO:

Number of references Tapper made to himself: 14

Number of references Tapper made to Obama: 16

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Eventually, the courtiers at Versailles got too witty for their own good. Tired of our Villagers and their inability to speak with honesty and self reflection? Try this instead. It's totally possible to love someone you've never met, and to be made a romantic again by a single post...
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The last post I wrote on this site took us through the backdoor sliders that Rove and Atwater plunked on Democrats in the Republicans’ last successful bids. At first, I was going to examine how some of the previous backdoor sliders were being used today(The Dean Scream morphing into The Hillary Cackle, for example), but recent events have pushed that one to the far burner.

While it looks like the Rezko situation, which I first believed was going to be the Backdoor Slider that makes Obama freeze at the plate for Strike Three, and would give McCain the White House at that point, I’ve come to realize that Rezko will be the frontal assault – or the High-Inside Fastball that Rove and company will throw at him. McCain, thanks to the Read below the fold...

[Note: I've decided to break this into 2 parts to make things much easier for me to deal with. Enjoy, or not]

Watching the SCLM and FRWC start their opening salvos on Barack Obama this week - as well as the responses from his many supporters - made me remember a few things about some of the previous Presidential elections - and how there seemed to be a backdoor slider that made the Democrats (sans W. Clinton) freeze at Strike Three.

1988 - Bush vs. Dukakis. Read below the fold...

When party invites become more important than 'the story,' you've lost it. We'll see how extending the magic blanket of Seriousness to "citizen journalists" corrupts some of our voices:

The National Press Club, a 100-year-old professional club for journalists, aims to recruit new online-media members through a partnership with Helium.com, a hub for citizen journalists. The deal is expected to be announced on Tuesday. Read below the fold...

Natasha says a lot of what I've been trying to say here re Edwards and the media. One comment really struck me:

Edwards is a little too goodlooking for my taste. He should have a scar across one cheek, maybe grease up his hair and comb it back.

And this at a progressive political site for "high information" voters.

Seriously, I don't even know what to say to that. Except, if this is how a majority thinks, we're doomed. Read below the fold...

Ten goddamn minutes. Perhaps more; I'm not sure as I picked up in what sounded like the middle of the story. Blah, blah, 'bottom of the hour, human interest stories are important too.' If they can devote over ten minutes of their oh so precious morning airtime to a fictional dog from a teevee show in the 50s they can find a 30 second slot for Edwards. Read below the fold...

(MSNBC) Facebook chooses Huckabee, so far

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Pathetic. You can leave some choice comments if you'd like, and let this wanker feel a little blogswarm wrath. Avedon already skewered him:
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To me, Ellen has always been the gay world's version of Hillary. I don't think she's very funny, I found her comedy of errors with that bi-curious actress depressingly plebeian, and I've never understood or accepted the construction of her as the "face of the New Lesbian," and the symbol of how we are accepted by mainstream society today. I didn't know she had a talk show, but it seems she's no friend to unions either. Read below the fold...