Politics: April 2008 Archives

More than 120 veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq commit suicide every week while the government stalls in granting returning troops the mental health treatment and benefits to which they are entitled, veterans advocates told a federal judge Monday in San Francisco.

Staggering numbers.

Um, why aren't we rioting in the street yet? Oh yeah, we're getting economic stimulus checks.

So Moveon.org is having an "Obama in 30 seconds" competition in which people are supposed to submit videos of their campaign ads. Some are great, some are just plain weird, and some, well...

Tip for future would-be ad-makers: it's one thing to spell out your class year in an aerial group shot, but quite another to spell an easily "confused" name. Oh, and you need to tell your crowd members not to wear white tops, or your "B" will look like an "S".

Does Hillary Clinton really think mocking Obama for pointing out that people have every right to be bitter is a good strategy? Oh yes, I know, the whole point is that he is "elitist" for saying that people might cling to the familiar (if unhealthy) in the face of turmoil and a government that doesn't seem to give a crap...

And John McCain, bless him, sends out a fundraising letter warning that "We cannot let this elitist philosophy make its way into the White House." No, the elitist philosophy that's been living in the White House for the past 7+ years will do just fine, thank you!

Is this election over yet?

She deserves credit for telling this story. She may have not gotten every detail right, but she got the gist of it.