Quantcast Donklephant » General Politics

Archive for the 'General Politics' Category

Bad News For US: Iraqis Exerting Political Influence

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, General Politics, Iraq, Military, The World

I’m sure many in the Bush administration are probably remembering that old saying, “Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.” Because while we freed the Iraqis from Saddam’s control and helped them get elections going, guess what they’re doing with this newfound influence?
From Washington Post:
BAGHDAD, June 13 — The Bush administration’s Iraq [...]

June 14th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Big Government is Back in Style

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Conservatism, General Politics, Ideas, Liberalism

Not so long ago, “Big Government” was so out of favor that Democratic President Bill Clinton announced its era had come to an end. A decade later and it seems there’s no end in sight to the swelling of our federal government. The Republicans proved themselves greedy and incompetent and did little to rein in [...]

June 9th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Meet The Press - 5/25/08

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, General Politics, Hillary, McCain, Media, Republicans, Video

The full show. Check it out.

May 26th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Was Hillary’s gender really the cause for her downfall?

By repptide | Related entries in Elections, Ethics, Gender, General Politics, Hillary

Over at repptide, we’ve been taking the pulse of public opinion on a number of political issues.
So when Hillary Clinton started making claims that it was sexism that was to blame for her campaign’s second-place showing, we wanted to see if she was right or if there were other factors that could have explained her [...]

May 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

In Defense of the Elite

By Dyre42 | Related entries in General Politics

I’ve been seeing a lot of criticism of “elites” lately. And it seems to me like there is some sort of concerted effort to redefine the word. Its current definition is this…

1.
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.

2.
(used with [...]

May 6th, 2008 | Permalink| 15 Comments »

Pin Heads

By donar | Related entries in 2008 Election, Cartoons, General Politics, Political Graffiti

April 29th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

McCain Won’t Back The New GI Bill

By Dyre42 | Related entries in General Politics, McCain, News

But he is crafting a similar version of his own…
From The Daily Press:
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has suggested he would oppose a bipartisan measure by Virginia Sen. Jim Webb to expand college tuition benefits for military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
McCain told reporters Monday he was working on alternative legislation aimed [...]

April 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Change Congress Launches

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Congress, General Politics, Ideas, Technology

Larry Lessig and Joe Trippi announced this Thursday what Change Congress will be.
Here’s more from Wired…
The professor wants legislators to promise to do four things which he says will reduce the influence of money on policymaking: To promise not to accept money from lobbyists and political action committees; support public financing of elections; commit to [...]

March 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Poll: Politicians Should Pay Attention To Polls

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Polls, The World

I had mentioned this in a previous post’s comment thread that I can’t find now, but if politicians think that polls don’t matter, the public feels the exact opposite.
From World Public Opinion:
In sharp contrast to views recently expressed by Vice President Cheney, a new poll finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe government leaders [...]

March 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Hope! Change! Together! Cliche!

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in General Politics

In my line of work (writing marketing copy), I’m often asked not to use the word “luxury.” Why? Because so many profoundly cheap products have used the word as to render it meaningless. The same dismemberment of the language is happening in politics as well. Let’s let the great modern polemicist Christopher Hitchens lay it [...]

March 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

David Gergen Gets Down

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, The World, Video

Few know who he is, but for those who do I present you with a clip from Davos that’s sure to make you laugh…

Share it with the wonk you love today.
(h/t: Sully)

January 28th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

The Return Of Yellow Journalism?

By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Elections, Gender, General Politics, Hillary, Race, Religion, Republicans, Romney, Television

In this video, I discuss the content and tone of 2008 election coverage. In my opinion, yellow journalism has returned and voters must be cautious, wary and skeptical. Most importantly, they must demand more…

Part 1 and Part 2

January 26th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Is The Ron Paul Movement Over?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, 3rd Party, General Politics, Libertarian, Ron Paul

Over at Poligazette Jason Steck ruminates about the demise of Dr. No, and while I do agree that Paul is going to find it impossible to dig out from under the weight of nearly a decades’ worth of newsletters and 1-800 number, I think he started something that will live beyond him. The only question [...]

January 16th, 2008 | Permalink| 74 Comments »

Gingrich Calls On Bush To Change

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, General Politics, Newt, Video

Good luck Newt.

(h/t: Poligazette)

January 16th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Mike Huckabee Riding a Peddle Car and Talking About Young Voters

By John Tomlin | Related entries in General Politics, Huckabee, New Hampshire, United States, Video

So last night, outside of a voting location in Manchester, New Hampshire, I ran into Mike Huckabee. Well… one of his supporters had built a peddle car, and brought it to the voting location. Huckabee took it for a little spin.
I also asked the governor why young voters should want him to be president. Then, [...]

January 9th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

John McCain and His Daughter Meghan on Young Voters

By John Tomlin | Related entries in 2008 Election, Elections, General Politics, McCain, Video

Hey Donklephant! In this video, I interview John McCain about why young Americans should want him to be their president. Not satisfied with his answer, I asked his daughter a couple of days later at the ABC News/ Facebook debate at Saint Anselm College. Her answer was good, but then she got a little testy [...]

January 7th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Last Call

By Dyre42 | Related entries in General Politics, Independents, News, Republicans

Over at TMV Pete Abel has put in his last call for moderate Republicans and Independents to sign The Letter (full text below). Simply put if you believe that America would benefit from a more moderate Republican party please take the time to sign it by emailing Pete at abel.replyATgmail.com
December 3, 2007
House Republican Conference
Republican [...]

November 30th, 2007 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Trent Lott Will Resign

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Republicans

I guess he’s had enough.
From Politico:
The announcement took Capitol Hill by surprise because Lott, the former majority leader, seemed to be relishing his job, the second-ranking GOP leadership job.
He had regained a post in leadership after he resigned following racially insensitive remarks at a birthday party for the late Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.). [...]
Lott [...]

November 26th, 2007 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Video: Politics Feed

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Video

The stories making news today.

Courtesy of Voxant’s TheNewsRoom.

November 21st, 2007 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Scott McClellan: Bush, Cheney, Card, Rove & Libby Responsible For Plame Lie

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Media, Republicans, The Plame Game

Yep. He’s talking out…finally.
From the book, “WHAT HAPPENED: Inside the Bush White House and What’s Wrong With Washington”:
“I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the seniormost aides in the White House: Karl [...]

November 20th, 2007 | Permalink| 6 Comments »