David Schrag examines his navel and the world around it
Of all the things President Obama said last night, the one that would have made me stand up and applaud was this:
[W]hat frustrates the American people is a Washington where every day is Election Day. We cannot wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines [...]
OK, now I’m a little (??) obsessed with this viral video thing, even to the point of creating a new video in response to my first one.
The “other version” of the Hitler-Coakley-Brown video has now received well over a million views. But not only on DrRonPaul2012’s page. The same video has been uploaded to YouTube [...]
I had a brilliant idea last night as the gloom of the Martha Coakley debacle set in. I was trying to imagine how President Obama must have been feeling as the returns were announced, and I thought of that scene from Downfall that has been endlessly parodied on YouTube. (Quick side note: I had to [...]
Just a wee bit of historical perspective on the election results from the “overwhelmingly Democratic state of Massachusetts” – some gubernatorial election results:
2002: Mitt Romney (R), 50%; Shannon O’Brien (D), 45%
1998: Paul Celluci (R), 51%; Scott Harshbarger (D), 47%
1994: Bill Weld (R), 71%; Mark Roosevelt (D), 28%
1990: Bill Weld (R), 50%; John Silber (R in [...]
A friend-of-a-Facebook-friend said today that he’d voted for “real change” in the form of Scott Brown, the Republican senatorial candidate in Massachusetts. I asked, “real change from what to what?” He hasn’t yet responded.
A vote for Scott Brown is not a vote for real change. It’s a vote for no change. And somehow that seems [...]
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Subject: Mayoral term limits
To: Mark.Ciommo@cityofboston.gov, John.R.Connolly@cityofboston.gov, Michael.F.Flaherty@cityofboston.gov, Stephen.Murphy@cityofboston.gov, Sam.Yoon@cityofboston.gov
Cc: Maureen.Feeney@cityofboston.gov
Today I received an e-mail from the Committee to Elect Sam Yoon suggesting that I contact you regarding term limits for the Mayor of Boston.
While I am a fan and supporter of Mr. Yoon, I believe he is wrong on this issue. [...]
Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) is running for the Senate seat previously held by Ted Kennedy. One of his campaign strategies – a very cool one, if you ask me – is to hold teleconferences with potential voters. They’re like town hall meetings but without the signs and screaming. I’ve been in on two calls and [...]
In his confirmation hearings, Chief Justice John Roberts famously remarked that nobody ever went to a ballgame to see an umpire. It was and still is a horrible analogy – being a Supreme Court Justice is NOTHING LIKE being an umpire – but I could not help recalling those words today. What people really don’t [...]
A year ago I speculated about how one could commit voting fraud. This scheme would have worked at my polling station today, too. Not good.
A Facebook friend of mine recently pinged me with a question regarding Barack Obama’s eligibility to be President of the United States. This question stems from a lawsuit filed by Philip J. Berg, the fundamentals of which are summarized in this video (use hyperlink if video does not appear embedded below).
(I’m sure there are other [...]