Monthly Archives: October 2010

I went for the context

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 30, 2010

And the killer bees… I’ll catch the content of Stewart and Colbert’s performance on the tube. Meanwhile, I found it odd that so many people brought their dogs but none brought their kitties. Geraldo Rivera suggests that this represents a lack of diversity in the sanity movement. Rivera’s contention is absurd. There was enormous canine [...]

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Several people showed up at the rally

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 30, 2010

It had kind of a Woodstock vibe… except the music, well the music was good, but… well, okay. It didn’t have that kind of Woodstock vibe. But it was meaningful as all get out.

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Every move you make

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 30, 2010

Will the Dems really lose seventy or eighty seats in the House? Will they lose their Senate majority? Will Wisconsin voters dummy up and vote against Senator Feingold? None of these things and less will be addressed at today’s comedy show on Capitol Lawn, but for many the event will be significant. The falafel guy [...]

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Keeping sanity alive and my mouth shut

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 29, 2010

Yesterday, my carry-on packed, I headed off into the dark of a midwestern morning, on my way to the Rally to Restore Sanity. At the airport I was questioned by Transportation Safety officers and I admitted to possession of toothpaste and shampoo. They made me unpack so they could examine my Dopp kit. I had [...]

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Full Transcript of President Obama’s Meeting With Progressive Bloggers

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 27, 2010

Oliver Willis reports on his meeting with President Obama today… THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________ Internal Transcript October 27, 2010 ROUNDTABLE INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT WITH BLOGGERS Roosevelt Room 3:14 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, listen, I know we’ve got limited time, so I’m not going to give a long speech [...]

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On the bus or into the pudding

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 26, 2010

My generation grew up with a binary political perspective. For us, everything was black or white, white or black, no shades of gray. You were either “on the bus, or off the bus.” As we matured, the children of the sixties, the boomers, or–as I like to call us–the greatest generation set aside the bus [...]

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Ben Manski the Progressive Choice for the 77th Assembly District

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 23, 2010

Ben Manski provides a progressive alternative in the best tradition of Midge Miller and Spencer Black.

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The Jon and Condi Show

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 21, 2010

Carlos Lozada, the editor of The Washington Post’s Outlook section recently suggested that Jon Stewart cancel the Rally to Restore Sanity. This would leave me with a useless prepaid round-trip ticket from fly-over country so naturally I disagree. Lozada further opined: We don’t need you to hold a rally to restore America’s sanity. We go [...]

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