Rachel Maddow updates the campaigns; talks with Obama

Rachel Maddow talks intelligently, extremely intelligently.   As she reports here, today wasn't a good day for John McCain. It was a joy to hear Maddow interview with Barack Obama on why he doesn't attack "conservatives," the future of energy and Pakistan. Maddow represents the direction journalism needs to go.  Probing,…

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“Synchronized Presidental Debating” highlights the lack of meaningful dialogue.

In this video from 23/6, we can exactly how little valuable dialogue arose from the three presidential debates: Funny thing: I don't exactly blame the candidates for becoming sad little broken records in this reductio ad absurdum. I blame the media for asking the same questions over and over in…

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Palin: Obama is a Communist and he wants to steal your freedom

Palin argues that Obama is trying to steal your freedom by stealing your money. He's essentially a Communist, and he wants to give your money to someone else, like they do in some other countries where people aren't free. Or so the argument goes (Huffington Post interprets Palin's rant similarly).…

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