By now, even those of you are so cut off from the outside world that you are reading Swampland on your holiday have probably heard about Tim Hardaway’s bone-shatteringly stupid explication re: the gays: “You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t like gay people and I don’t like [...]
Hillary’s “never apologize, never explain” approach to her Iraq vote has confused me for awhile and I agree with Joe that, as far as primary voters go, it will soon become clear that hewing to this line was a mistake on her part. (Though she’ll never admit that, either.) Her stubbornness is puzzling not just [...]
Amanda Marcotte, no longer restricted by working for the Edwards campaign, tries out for the Clinton one. Not that getting this rather cliched — yet irresistible — joke out here and now will stop others. Prediction: A version of this joke, even less funny and by that time unbearably dated, will appear on next week’s [...]
This is a first, and a demonstration of why the application of counterinsurgency tactics will be so difficult in the midst of a civil war. The joint patrol bases–they’re precinct houses, really–are vulnerable to enemy attack, which is why Generals Abizaid and Casey opposed the strategy. Two other thoughts: –When John McCain says he’s worried [...]
