Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385 Not running: Bloomberg, who name-checks Seattle and gets a little Urban Archipelago in his explanation. Virtual border fence: Delayed. No recession... Yet: Says Bush. Foreign policy: The likely center of the McCain-Obama debate? William F. Buckley: The obit, and the desk. (You think Charles has a messy work space? Check this one out.) Introducing Dmitri Medvedev: The next Russian president. Born outside the U.S.: John McCain. So can he be president? Burly bikers: It takes more than a machete to rob them. Contempt of Cop: Blacks in Seattle charged at a disproportionate rate. A new-ish Clinton ad from Texas, where... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:30:45 -0800 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:07:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ziggity I think we can make more hay out of McCain being born during the Great Depression - is that the kind of person we want in charge of fixing a stagnant economy?

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950524 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:46:23 -0800 Comment by Katelyn I think I was expecting GULAG Archipelago from that Bloomberg link.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950525 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:47:07 -0800 Comment by Semolina Pilchard That's PRESIDENT McCain to you.

]]> Semolina Pilchard http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950526 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:51:35 -0800 Comment by maxine Bush's comments about the economy remind me of when my sister broke my bicycle and she kept telling me it wasn't broken when the chain was dragging on the ground. "Look!, you can still ride it, in fact it is easier this way."
Face it Bush...you broke America.

]]> maxine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950527 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:52:48 -0800 Comment by elenchos "The candidates" have expressed much more nuanced positions than Bloomberg accuses them of in is overgeneralized and simplistic criticism. For example, both Clinton and Obama have said that it takes more than border security and a path to citizenship to address immigration. Such as going after employers and working on improving the situation in Mexico. I remember them both saying these things several times in the debates, and in stump speeches and in interviews.

Very nicely ironic.

Is the problem that these independents or Nader fans are too lazy to notice the details in what Democrats and Republicans say, and that's why they never stop clinging to their belief that they are all the same?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950529 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950529 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:01:45 -0800 Comment by Kiala Why do I always confuse William F Buckley with George Plimpton?

I mean, that's not...they're not...is it possible they ARE the same person?

]]> Kiala http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950538 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:20:46 -0800 Comment by Judah There have been so many joke versions of campaign ads over the years, this Clinton one actually seems like satire at first -- just with the music and the voice-over and such.

]]> Judah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950541 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:22:16 -0800 Comment by superyeadon Campaigning against "Special Interests" doesn't really move me.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950542 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:23:55 -0800 Comment by unPC If Barack Obama or Clinton had been born abroad you can bet the GOP would ahve been screaming about hte natural born rule for the last 3 years and this would have muddied up either one of them so much they wouldn't have been chosen.

But when it's the GOP that violates these pretty clear rules, the Democrats are silent.

The GOP had a plan to have a coup and disavow the eletoral college in 2000, too, if the popular vote went to Bush and the electoral college for Gore.

Hey if Obama wins why not a constitutional convention -- totally fullfilling the change theme --

to get rid of all these 18th century anachronisms like the electoral college the natural born rule and lack of representation for DC residents.

Even this might pass: Arnold can run for pres if DC gets representation.

Personally I'd throw in representation for PR VI Samoa Marianias too. Don't get this imperial approach we all support thru inaction where you and I right here get to be First Class Citizens with More Rights Than Yucky, Other-ish, Second Class Citizens over there that we rule over.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950548 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:29:23 -0800 Comment by i approved this message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIFEceopAUI

]]> i approved this message http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950549 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:29:24 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I like how you can see at least nine lamps in that picture of Buckley's desk.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950574 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:41:29 -0800 Comment by Aislinn Also in the news: It's Mr. Poe's birthday.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950586 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:43:42 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave the music is terrible.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950662 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:35:06 -0800 Comment by linus great article on the rocky mountain dems eli...it's good to see them growing something that looks vaugely like testicles...they have a way to go though

]]> linus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950665 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:35:52 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Happy Birthday, Mr. Poe. I hope your hangover fades by noon.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950681 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:46:39 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Re: Buckley's desk: So much for the old saw about a clean desk being the sign of a sick mind.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950848 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c950848 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:41:08 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Bloomburg's not running, but it looks like our former (and formerly likable) Mayoral Candidate Matt Gonzales is going to be Nader's running mate.

Beat it, kooks!

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c951266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_morning_news_385#c951266 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:07:14 -0800