Obama Swift-Boating Begins Early

nospam@example.com (Spud Zeppelin) — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:28:00 +0100

I've already had a Republican relative receive the email that is the subject of this piece on Snopes, and start asking questions about it. I figured it was still too icy for Swift-Boaters....

Snopes Article on Obama Chain Email

A Different Kind of Democrat?

nospam@example.com (Spud Zeppelin) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:39:04 +0100

I'm posting this to open up some room for thoughts... as many of you know, I once (in the prior iteration of this site) ran a post on Dog Chromatography -- that is, Democratic "dog" colors -- that got some attention. However, now, I feel compelled to discuss some differences among Democrats that are more particular and substantive... because I feel particularly distanced by certain types of political philosophies *within* the Party, which of course makes it much harder to pin-down what I am. So, let's start by what I'm not:

A Blue Dog like Fritz Hollings
A New Democrat like Evan Bayh
An Environmental Democrat like Al Gore
A Progressive like Dennis Kucinich
A Conservative Democrat like Joe Lieberman
A Traditional Democrat like Richard Gephardt
A Liberal Democrat like Maxine Waters
A Yellow Dog like Ann Richards

I'm sure there's more; this list is far-from-canonical. Hopefully, I can make this into a meaningful voyage of self-discovery....

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Obama Swift-Boating Begins Early

A Different Kind of Democrat?