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  • Quick Recap of Half-Day

    March 26th, 2008 Here and There Posted in clinton slimeballin, election 2008, gravel, hillary clinton, obama, politics, serious No Comments »

    Clinton’s dragging of out of contest not hurting? Think again.
    Clinton camp releases American Spectator column: Obama has a Jewish problem. Way to keep it fair and clean, Sleezery.
    TN Governor joins the building chorus of those who say superdelegates shouldn’t overturn the will of the people.
    Clinton’s former pastor derides use of Wright for political purposes.
    And my favorite item of the day: Gravel switches to Libertarian Party.
    Obama’s race speech helped alleviate damage from Wright.
    MSM continues to lay it on Clinton for sleep-deprived, once-a-decade slip of the tongue lying.

    * Thanks to TPM and DK for links.

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    Why Mike Gravel never gained traction

    February 12th, 2008 Here and There Posted in design, election 2008, grammar, words + copy, gravel, obama, politics, ridiculous 3 Comments »

    If you’ve ever watched a debate in which former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel was allowed to participate, you might be wondering, Why didn’t that nutjob go further in his bid for the Democratic nomination? You wouldn’t be off-base in pondering such a question.

    But I think I’ve stumbled upon the answer: Gravel doesn’t know punctuation:

    gravel.jpg

    Compare that monstrously grotesque, backward apostrophe with this work of simple, accurate beauty:

    obama.jpg

    … and maybe it’ll all start to make sense.

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