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• GreenMountainPolitics1 Has Moved

  
  Here.
  
  See you on the sunny side of the street. [...]
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  Posted: January 09, 2009, 8:50am EST
  

• And So, After 31 Years, Monday Morning Clacker (aka Christopher Stewart) Gets His Own Shop

  GreenMountainPolitics1 lives on forever in "The Google".
  
  And our archives will remain untouched (making all that harried downloading by various "interests" unnecessary).
  
  Meanwhile, the action has moved here. [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2008, 9:24am EDT
  

• And So, After 24 Months, GMP1 Signs Off

  
  This is our 1,824 post at GMP1.
  
  And while CPS and Monday Morning Clacker will soldier on, GreenMountainPolitics1 will not.
  
  We've said just about everything we have to say about the 2008 election, and we've had one hell of a good time saying [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2008, 8:37am EDT
  

• And So The Two '08 Dance Cards Are Finally Set

  
  
  What a primary cycle.
  
  What an incredible front row seat that we've been lucky enough to occupy these last 24 months.
  
  Historic (the cycle, not the seat).
  
  Something that we'll tell our grandchildren about.
  
  And [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 3:14pm EDT
  

• Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick

  
  So reports the Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman, who is as well sourced in McCain World as any reporter.
  
  We don't know much about Governor Palin.
  
  But what we seem to know so far, we like.
  
  (note the Fred Barnes quote [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 10:34am EDT
  

• The Dancing Press Monkeys Tango Into The New Day

  
  The idle and ill-informed McCain VP speculation by the press continues into the new day.
  
  Noted: Morning Joe is OUT OF CONTROL.
  
  Dance, dance, dance little press monkeys!
  
  Noted: Of course, we're dancing too.' [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 8:36am EDT
  

• It's Not Going To Be Mitt Romney

  Chuck Todd is reporting.
  
  And we want to give Chucky-T a big, wet kiss. [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 8:30am EDT
  

• It's Not Going To Be Tim Pawlenty

  Jon Martin broke it.
  
  Other news outlets are confirming it. [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 7:59am EDT
  

• A Political Masterpiece 8 Years In The Making

  
  Love him, hate him or fall somewhere in between, Barack Obama's speech tonight was one for the ages.
  
  Obama's full remarks as prepared for delivery, with many unspoken thanks to George W. Bush's last eight years:
  To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick' [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 11:13pm EDT
  

• Dancing Press Monkeys!

  
  GOP pundit strategist Mike Murphy might be right: Team McCain might be "all tactics and no strategy."
  
  But whatever Team McCain is or is not, you have to give the campaign credit because on this night - Of All Nights - they [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 9:31pm EDT
  

• Phil Baruth Of Vermont Daily Briefing, Was That You?

  We are 98% certain that we just caught a brief glimpse of our good friend Phil Baruth in the crowd at Invesco Field.
  
  Live on MSNBC
  
  Watching Al Gore hold forth.
  
  And there is enough "Good Democrat" in those three sentences to make FDR blush.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 8:57pm EDT
  

• IF Mitt Romney Is McCain's VP Pick, Remember 12/27/07

  The day this little gem created by some former McCain ad men hit the air.
  
  McCain ad men.
  
  
  
  Of course, this would be the absolute barest whisper of what the DNC would throw at a McCain-Romney '08 ticket.
  
  And Mitt-Flop don't even deliver Michigan.
  [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 5:50pm EDT
  

• IF Tim Pawlenty Is McCain's VP Pick, Remember 10/08/07 (UPDATED)

  In October 2007, while John McCain was still HEMORRHAGING political support, Tim Pawlenty flew to Manchester, NH to do a political event on McCain's behalf in Fairlee, VT.
  
  Vermont.
  
  The state with negative electoral votes.
  
  For a campaign event that took Governor Pawlenty well over 10 hours' [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 3:09pm EDT
  

• General Electric Spends Millions Of Dollars On MSNBC Salaries To Buy A Punchline (actually several punchlines)

  
  
  According to Jacques Barzun, "when people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent".
  
  So what sort of culture does MSNBC, The Daily Show & GMP1 thrive in?
  
  Exactly. [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 1:10pm EDT
  

• Right At Ya, Middle America!

  
  
  Forget the "bark stripping" (most anyone can "bark strip").
  
  What kitchen tables is Joe Biden talking to?
  
  In what states?
  
  And with what effectiveness?
  
  ---
  (UPDATED) Ambinder makes a similar point. [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 9:03am EDT
  

• McCain Has NOT Contacted GMP1 To Personally Inform Us Of His VP Choice, Therefore GMP1 Cannot Believe That The Choice Has Been Made

  
  Unfortunately, it looks like we don't have as much juice with the American Hero as we thought we did.
  
  In any event, we'd love to see a Tim Pawlenty pick.
  
  Fighting Joe would be good too (although several Republicans we trust say [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 7:58am EDT
  

• No Matter The 2008 Outcome, His Legacy Is Now Secure (again)

  
  The Big Dog follows his wife's example from last night and gets it done for Team Obama.
  
  Not that there was ever any real doubt.' [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 9:38pm EDT
  

• The Media On The Media On The Media

  
  Oh look, some overpampered, overpaid and oversexed TV "personalities" at MSNBC have gotten themselves into a public food fight about, well, about themselves.
  
  It really is all about them.
  
  And yet the media still gazes at its own navel and wonders [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 9:20pm EDT
  

• Tomorrow's Obama Speech Forecast: Sunny, With A 85% Chance Of A McCain VP Competing Message Front Blowing In From Crystal City

  Weather.com has the first part of Denver's forecast.
  
  Drudge.com has the second part of Denver's forecast. [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 9:09pm EDT
  

• Traveling

  GMP1 is traveling today and will be off the grid for most of the daylight hours.
  
  Until we meet again:
  [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 7:55am EDT
  

• Driving The Rest Of The Week

  
  (barring unforeseen weirdness)
  
  1. Does Barack Obama go yard on what Clinton served up tonight and deliver in his speech on Thursday?
  
  2. Who does the America Hero pick as his VP? And does it stomp all over Obama's speech on Thursday?
  [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 11:48pm EDT
  

• Unity Achieved

  
  She is THE Clinton.
  
  She knows the score.
  
  And you don't have to like her politics to be impressed.
  
  Period.' [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 10:53pm EDT
  

• Mark Warner's Definition Of "Keynote" Is Certainly Not Our Definition Of "Keynote"

  ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz.
  
  Huh?
  
  What?
  
  Where are we?
  
  What is the boring man on TV saying? We think that he might be trying to saZZZZzzzzzzzz.
  
  ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz..... [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 9:51pm EDT
  

• BARF

  Wanna lose your dinner?
  
  Watch this:
  
  
  
  Noted: And we're voting Republican in 2008. Think about it.
  
  Noted 2: Obama topper Plouffe has:
  "This is someone who was a job-killing machine in business," Plouffe said. "He's someone who has been proficient at using tax havens" [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 8:54pm EDT
  

• Does HOPE Have A Blacklist?

  
  We think that the Obama-Clinton-Clinton rift is overblown by folks in the media looking to sell papers and by folks in the GOP looking to cause mischief.
  
  We always have.
  
  But this (keywords: "unfulfilled potential") and this (keyword: everything he says) [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 2:31pm EDT
  

• Education Wonks Might Want To Take A Look At This

  Michelle Rhee, head of the Washington, DC school system, is taking on the unions, firing bad teachers and paying good ones six-figure salaries(!!!) all in the name of saving DC's schools.
  
  Newsweek has the story.
  
  Well worth the read. [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 7:44am EDT
  

• So So

  
  Good, but not great.
  
  Mrs. Obama is a real woman. It's a real family. They love their kids.
  
  We got it. Really.
  
  But we don't care so much about all that (though we grant you that the indies in the swing [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 11:02pm EDT
  

• Just Asking...

  ...is there enough liquor west of the Mississippi to make Senator Claire McCaskill's convention speech tolerable?
  
  In the dictionary under "insincere and grating" it says see "tonight's McCaskill speech".
  
  Good heavens. [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 10:20pm EDT
  

• BREAKING: PBS's Judy Woodruff Gets Lei'd At The Denver Convention

  
  Seriously.
  
  We don't have a screen grab (we're low tech here at GMP1), but Ms. Woodruff is wearing a wreath of flowers as she works the floor of the Denver Convention conducting man on the street interviews.
  
  We can only imagine what [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 9:58pm EDT
  

• "WWTT, What Would Tim Think?"

  1. Luke Russert is talented. Opinionated. But talented.
  
  2. Brian Williams and MSNBC have got to get a grip. Really.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 6:46pm EDT
  

• Breaking In WSJ: Biden Camp Pushed Hard For VP Slot, There Is Gambling In Casinos

  
  Read the not shocking at all news here.
  
  (and on Page One?!!??). [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 9:36am EDT
  

• Rock & Roll Monday (The "I'll Be Watching You" Denver Edition)

  Just because GMP1 doesn't always believe that a political knife fight is appropriate doesn't mean that we don't always want a knife fighter on our side.
  
  Or something like that.
  
  And one would be hard pressed to find a better communications knife fighter working today on either side [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 9:09am EDT
  

• Driving Our Night: The 9th Rack Is A Charm

  
  Nine.
  That's how many racks of pork that we've "fired-up" on our humble little Weber grill over the last 4 months.
  That's better then 2 racks per month. 
  And with those racks we've fed DC princes, paupers and everyone in between.
  Happily.
  That's a LOT [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2008, 7:29pm EDT
  

• Nancy Pelosi, Chair, Washington's Subcommittee On Self-Importance

  Marc Ambinder, twittering from Denver, reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a counter assault team in her motorcade.
  
  A counter assault team.
  
  Give us a break.
  
  Seriously. [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2008, 2:42pm EDT
  

• The Future Of The Republican Party

  
  
  
  Any guess as to who we think Johnny Mac should pick as his running mate?
  
  The American Hero & The Accomplished Chief Executive, Fresh Face Member of Sam's Club.
  
  In 2008.
  
  It's [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2008, 11:45am EDT
  

• Those Snarky Fox Embeds

  Wait, people actually get paid to be snarky?
  
  Well, with McCain-Levinson '08, it looks like it.
  
  h/t M.R. [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2008, 9:37pm EDT
  

• The Logical Next Step Of An Illogical, Inside The Box Republican Strategy...

  
  ... is found right here.
  
  Of course, if the GOP continues to go Britney-Paris on Obama-Biden well, this puppy is over.
  
  Or wasn't the Republican Party watching what Joe Biden did with the 7 kitchen tables line in today's speech?
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2008, 9:00pm EDT
  

• FLASH - At 8:53pm Tonight GMP1 HAS Confirmed The Senator Joe Biden Will Be Barack Obama's VP Pick, Details As They Become Available

  
  Snark.
  
  Noted: Joe Biden is the best choice that Barack Obama could have made. They will make an extremely formidable 2008 political team.
  
  Believe it. [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2008, 8:43pm EDT
  

• 4pm On A Friday In August? Happy Happy Hour Everyone!

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  Posted: August 22, 2008, 4:00pm EDT
  

• "We're Making Steady Progress Toward Ray Kurtzweil's Singularity"

  
  Welcome to the Monkey House.
  
  But these guys are psyched. [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2008, 8:08am EDT
  

• The Consensus Choice Of A Bankrupt, DC-Based Party Leadership

  
  CW has hopped back on the "Mitt will be the VP" train.
  
  We have no idea.
  
  There are less than 5 people who really do, and they ain't talking to us (and, let's be honest, they're probably not talking to you either).
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2008, 7:15am EDT
  

• This Seems About Right Given The Current Debate

  
  Hey, it wouldn't be August without a clipped New Yorker cartoon.
  
  And this one works just about perfect.
  
  So mix it into your arugula and eat it in one of your seven houses. [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2008, 3:14pm EDT
  

• Yawn

  And the race to the bottom continues.
  
  Team Obama jumps all over John McCain for something that has nothing to do with being an effective and decent Chief Executive...
  
  
  
  ...to which Team McCain responds with an oppo dump on Barack Obama that is equally chickensh*t [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2008, 12:12pm EDT
  

• Matt Damon Channels Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama & Mayor Bloomberg

  
  
  The AP has the full story here. [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2008, 8:33am EDT
  

• Team Obama's Knife Fighters HOPE For A Dance

  It looks like "at all costs" carried the day in Chicago.
  
  Anti-Hope is running in Georgia.
  
  
  
  Ballsy.
  
  Considering that John McCain led the fight in the Senate against Jack Abramoff.
  
  Not the other way around as the ad alleges.
  
  No matter, as [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 4:36pm EDT
  

• Good Heavens, What Are They Talking About!

  
  Reminiscing about New Hampshire perhaps?
  
  Classic.
  
  h/t The Blogettes [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
  

• WaPo Looks Inside Obama's Online Operation

  
  While we are quite sure that boys and girls of "Triple O" are quite pleased with what they see staring back at them in the mirror every morning, there is no doubt that they are really good at kicking new media ass.
  
  And [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 1:19pm EDT
  

• GMP1 As Canary In A Coal Mine (again)

  
  Via David Broder's latest column:
  

  Plouffe [Obama's campaign manager] said that "turnout is the big variable," and the campaign is devoting an unusually large budget to register scads of new voters and bring them to the polls. "That's how we win the Floridas and [...]

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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 7:35am EDT
  

• FLASH - GMP1 HAS CONFIRMED THAT SENATOR JOE BIDEN WILL BE OBAMA'S VP PICK

  
  Our 11-year old sister confirmed it to us this afternoon.
  
  Right before she told us that Colonel Mustard committed the murder in the library with the candlestick.
  
  And right after she told us that Bono is "definitely not" overrated.
  
  But seriously...
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2008, 4:12pm EDT
  

• A Republican Fat Boy Goes Ape Sh*t Over Possible McCain Pro-Choice VP Pick

  Rush Limbaugh is shouting at the rain.
  
  Again.
  
  Two points.
  
  First, twelve months ago Rush was saying that if John McCain was the 2008 Republican nominee that it would be the death of the Republican Party. Now the problem is John McCain's pick for the VP [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2008, 2:18pm EDT
  

• "From A Request To A Demand"

  It sounds like the We Campaign might be about to bring a gun to a knife fight.
  
  GMP1 just received this (mass) email from We Campaign communications director Giselle Barry:
  

  I want to make sure you know about a new ad that started airing today. "Free Us" starts with [...]

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  Posted: August 19, 2008, 11:08am EDT
  

• Of The Insiders, By The Insiders And For The Insiders

  
  And hey, there ain't nothing wrong with that.
  
  So we look forward to Mr. Woodward's new book on the Bush Administration.
  
  But that doesn't mean that we can't all agree that Woodward's "reporting" on the goings on of high-level Washington has a [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2008, 10:25am EDT
  

• Chill Out, Beavis

  
  And Drudge.
  
  And Gang of 500.
  
  It's a VP pick. Not the second coming of Christ.
  
  Obama has to do it. And will. Sooner or later.
  
  So get off of David Plouffe's tip.
  
  Because that cat is playing you [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 7:53pm EDT
  

• Silliness

  
  Our man crush on the American Hero aside, the bee Andrew Sullivan has in his bonnet over McCain's cross in the dirt POW story is just silly.
  
  Sullivan writes:
  

  Here are the perfectly legitimate questions reporters should now, in my opinion, [...]

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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 5:21pm EDT
  

• Well Of Course Johnny Mac's NH Primary Operation Was A "Freight Train"

  So says Jennifer Hallowell, Rudy Giuliani's former NH executive director (now part of McCain '08) to the Detroit News.
  
  Not that Ms. Hallowell's comment is exactly "breaking news".
  
  But fun all the same. [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 3:16pm EDT
  

• A New Chapter Opens On The Most Dangerous Place On Earth

  
  Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf has resigned.
  
  The BBC has their story here.
  
  The AP has their story here.
  
  The Economist has their story here.
  
  McCain's statement can be found here.
  
  Obama's statement can be found here.
  [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 2:13pm EDT
  

• On A Democratic Majority, Our National Debt & The Documentary I.O.U.S.A

  We argue - and have since the summer of '06 - that the current Democratic Party is just as bankrupt as the current Republican Party.
  
  Both parties are hobbled by terrible leadership, bad spending priorities, few new ideas, graft, corruption and a dumbing down of the Congressional rank and [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 8:59am EDT
  

• Two Questions

  1. Why should the 130 MILLION(ish) other American voters care what Lady de Rothschild thinks about anything having to do with the '08 presidential race?
  
  2. Even though the Republicans will seize on the Rothschild quotes (with good reason, from where they're sitting) do people really think that [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 8:25am EDT
  

• Rock & Roll Monday (The "Take Us Waaaaay Back" Edition)

  A triple shot of pure class on this Monday morning in August.
  
  Now where the heck is our tux?
  
  Happy Monday everyone!
  
  
  
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 5:27am EDT
  

• Sunday Afternoon Fun

  The Imperial fleet invades San Fransisco.
  
  
  
  Via Allah Pundit and Current TV (oh, the irony).
  
  h/t Ralph B. for the catch. [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2008, 2:06pm EDT
  

• Slip On A Pair Of Bad Idea Jeans In Minneapolis

  
  We only have one real question about the rapidly approaching Republican Convention  - What level of "dipshit" do you need to "hit" to decide to attend Tom DeLay's convention party at the Aqua Nightclub in Minneapolis?
  Pictures of an up-and-coming politician at an [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2008, 10:16am EDT
  

• Energy As A National Security Issue (Example 1,902)

  Senator McCain made the following comment last night at the Rick Warren forum regarding Russia's invasion of Georgia:
  

  "It's about energy. There's an oil pipeline that goes across Georgia that up till now had not been controlled by Russia. And energy, the Russians are using as a tremendous lever against [...]

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  Posted: August 17, 2008, 9:17am EDT
  

• Michael Phelps Goes 8 For 8 At The Olmpics, And That's That

  
  Mr. Phelps won his eighth gold medal in Bejing on Sunday.
  
  His eighth.
  
  What Phelps accomplished over the last week is quite possibly the most legendary sporting performance that we will see in our lifetime.
  
  And that's pretty incredible. [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2008, 8:48am EDT
  

• Well, Watchmen Looks Pretty Damn Cool

  
  
  But Matt Yglesias wants to know (tongue firmly in cheek) if Warner Bros. is manipulating the current situation in the Caucuses to make their Cold War era movie more relevant in 2008.
  
  Good heavens we hope not.
  
  Snark.
  
  h/t to Matt's new perch [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2008, 10:18am EDT
  

• Driving The Night

  
  
  We have enough boyish idealism and arrogance of youth to last three lifetimes.
  
  But nasty political knife fights make us grin.
  
  Happy Friday night everyone. [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2008, 7:22pm EDT
  

• Bringing The Friday Funny (The "Cool. Really Cool." Edition)

  See more funny videos at Funny or Die
  
  This SNL sketch was shot right after George W. won his first presidential election in 2000. We think that it's rather prescient.
  
  And hilarious.
  
  In a whistling past the graveyard sort of way.
  
  Happy Friday everyone! [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2008, 5:05pm EDT
  

• More On The Conflict In Georgia

  We asked a smart friend of ours what her current take on the situation in Georgia is.
  
  She wrote us:
  

  I don't know if it's a smart take, but the whole thing is a shitfuck. The "mysterious" bombings in Abkhazia and killings in South Ossetia in June and July [...]

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  Posted: August 15, 2008, 1:27pm EDT
  

• The Europeans (And Americans) Are Finding That It's Pretty Hard To Tell Your Drug Dealer To "F*ck Off"

  
  Ah, the old ways of doing business in the energy sector!
  
  Ah, the way it drives the West's foreign policy!
  
  What an absolute BITCH!
  
  If you want to understand 9/10ths of Europe's underwhelming response to Russia's invasion and occupation of a sovereign [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2008, 8:59am EDT
  

• Six-Tenths Of One Point

  
  American Nastia Liukin edges American Shawn Johnson by six-tenths of one point to win the all-around gymnastics gold.
  
  Video may be found here (just remember you are selling your computer's soul to NBC/Microsoft).
  
  In other Olympic news, Michael Phelps romped [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2008, 8:02am EDT
  

• Shawn Johnson v. Nastia Liukin v. The World

  
  10 days ago we had absolutely no idea who Shawn Johnson or Nastia Liukin were.
  But tonight we will stay up long past the witching hour to watch those two young ladies compete - live - on the other side of the globe.
  And [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2008, 4:25pm EDT
  

• The Two "Truest" Quotes You Will Hear Today

  1. George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America" said John McCain was "somewhat prescient" in his response to the Georgia crisis (we'd drop the 'somewhat', but why quibble).
  
  2. Colin Powell telling ABC News that, "I do not have time to waste on Bill Kristol's musings."
  
  True. [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2008, 9:14am EDT
  

• A Nice Way To Be Able To Celebrate The Birth Of A Child

  
  
  And, let's be honest (one Choate grad to another), we plan on taking FULL advantage of this wine deal. [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2008, 8:41am EDT
  

• John Weaver Sits Down With Texas Monthly

  Nobody's perfect. Far from it.
  
  But for our money, John Weaver is as good a political strategist as anyone we know/know of.
  
  And we know/know of an awful lot of people.
  
  So we direct budding Republican operatives to this piece on Weaver in the new issue [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 7:05pm EDT
  

• Of Colin Powell, Barack Obama & Bill Kristol EVER Being Right

  Colin Powell is going to endorse Barack Obama! Colin Powell is going to endorse Barack Obama!
  
  Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!
  
  Well, maybe.
  
  But then again, maybe not.
  
  Go beyond the inflammatory Fox headline and read story graphs 3, 4, 5 & 6:
  

  “This is [...]

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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 6:13pm EDT
  

• More On Obama's Cell Phone VP Announcement

  Garrett Graff, Howard Dean's former webmaster, follows up on what we wrote yesterday about Team Obama's use of cell phone text messages to announce Obama's VP pick.
  
  And yes, we're aware that Mr. Graff's message delivery system is the Op-Ed page of the New York Times while [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 11:27am EDT
  

• But Ms. Rice, Russia Just Kicked In The Front Door Of A Sovereign, Pro-American Nation

  
  
  
  
  Ben Smith has background on the ankle deep political bullsh*t being shoveled in the above video.
  
  So, is it fair to accuse Ms. Rice of being a shrill little sissy pants who's running a peace at any cost candidate?
  [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 9:52am EDT
  

• Just About Perfect (with 3 races to go)

  
  "He is just another person, but maybe from another planet," said one of the Russian swimmers of Michael Phelps.
  
  In any event, the AP headline reads: "Phelps becomes winningest Olympic athlete ever"
  
  Not that shabby.
  
  Meanwhile, the U.S. Women's Gymnastic [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 8:10am EDT
  

• Driving This Sleepy August Night - Ample Bulleit, Great Friends & One Terrific Olympic Throw Down

  
  Go. Get. Them. Ladies.
  
  The festivities start at 10pm EST. [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 4:45pm EDT
  

• Laugh Out Loud Funny

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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 4:32pm EDT
  

• Building An Unbelievable GOTV Machine, Part 3,213

  This isn't about finding out who Obama's VP will be .0002 seconds (at best) before the blogosphere has it.
  
  This is about continuing to build a list of cell phone numbers (and email addresses) that will get text reminders around and on election day to get out and [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 3:57pm EDT
  

• "Here's Some Competition For Jackson"

  
  So said a morning email with the above picture of "Oliver" attached.
  We should get out of the communications business and get into the pet blogging business.
  Hey, if you want a friend in Washington...
  h/t T-Love
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 2:21pm EDT
  

• Well Of Course Negative Advertising Works

  Fallen political strategist Mark Penn pens the obvious.
  Everybody knows that "The Chicago Way" of doing campaign business can work.
  
  
  But that doesn't mean that it will work in every situation.
  Or should be expected to.
  Get it?
   
  [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 1:43pm EDT
  

• Just Asking (the slow August edition)

  
  Just asking...
  
  Which well known merrymaking group sent GMP1 two emails last night from Las Vegas at 2:50am and 3:48am?
  
  With the subject line of the 2nd email reading: "Throw us a line on the blog".
  
  Does this count as a line? [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 9:29am EDT
  

• A Consequence Of A Political Party's Leadership Having Approval Ratings In The 20s

  "Obamacans"
  
  But, are they...
  
  More about love of Obama?
  
  Or disgust with Bush?
  
  Of course, Team Obama doesn't care. A vote is a vote is a vote.
  
  But let's not read more into the Obamacan movement than we should. [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 9:06am EDT
  

• Yeah, They're 16 Years Old. If You Add Two Of Them Together. (UPDATED)

  
  Legendary gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi accuses the Chinese of using underage gymnasts.
  
  Ya think?
  
  Noted: And if you're not watching the men's gymnastic team attempt to medal RIGHT NOW (12:20am EST) well, you're not living.
  
  Once every four years.
  
  Baby.
  [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 12:02am EDT
  

• Background On Russia's Invasion Of Georgia

  
  The NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown leads a very good panel discussion here. [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 4:52pm EDT
  

• What Can We Say About This Steaming Pile Of Monkey Shit?

  
  Actually, nothing.
  Because we're almost speechless.
  This isn't "winning dirty" as some of our friends on the Republican side of the aisle have used as an excuse to defend their celebrity line of attack.
  This is just pure shit. And it's not winning anything.
  This web ad is an [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
  

• We Thought This Theme Was "Dumb As Sh*t" When Team McCain Did It. How Do You Think We Feel About Team Obama Doing It? (UPDATED)

  The only people who win with garbage like this in 2008 are the campaign consultants, the ad makers and ad buyers.
  
  Remember, it's ALL (and ONLY) about the electoral map.
  
  And this new Obama ad don't move the electoral map.
  
  No matter what the campaign consultants, the [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 11:52am EDT
  

• Today's Mike Allen Playbook Wants You To "Ask Davis White How His Dog-Sitting With 'Jackson' Went" (UPDATED)

  
  Rarely is GMP1 able to out inside baseball the inside baseball Playbook.
  
  Or something like that.
  
  But today we (might) be able to scratch one up in the home team's column.
  
  Or something like that.
  
  As we take you back to [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 9:29am EDT
  

• One Hell Of A Race! (and Phelps still on track for 8 golds)

  
  American Jason Lezak, the man in the middle above, GETS THE JOB DONE in the 400 freestyle relay.
  
  Absolutely no snark. [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 7:38am EDT
  

• Rock & Roll Monday (The "This Sure Is A Great, Big Country" Edition)

  Jennings, Kristofferson, Nelson & Cash.
  
  The Highwaymen.
  
  Rip It.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 6:51am EDT
  

• Yup, Washington Is A F*cking Mess

  
  Brooks, Shields and Lehrer sort it all out last Friday.
  Read the whole thing.
  But first prepare the air sickness bag.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2008, 2:28pm EDT
  

• The Clacker & The White Shoe Law Firm - A Match Made In Heaven?

  It just might be.
  
  At least according to this DC Examiner article on Tommy Boggs.
  
  The money paragraphs:
  

  Boggs has always said his key asset is information. He has spent his life in the Capitol, and he knows the place, nooks and knots.
  
  "The knowledge of [...]

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  Posted: August 09, 2008, 2:39pm EDT
  

• The President Of The United States Meets The Women's Volleyball Team In China On Saturday...

  
  ... and gives us our shot of the day.
  h/t Gerald Herbert of the Associated Press [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2008, 10:19am EDT
  

• Cliche To Say? Yes. But The Opening Ceremony Last Night Was SPECTACULAR!

  
  Watch video highlights of the ceremony here (selling your computer soul to NBC and Microsoft most likely required, but well worth it).  [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2008, 9:55am EDT
  

• Like Father, Like (furry) Son

  
  A shockingly high lack of SELF-respect for a Friday afternoon.
  Our BBQ salon is kicking our ass.
  
  In a good way.
  Hey, it's a Stereo MCs kind of world. We're just living in it.
  Happy weekend everyone!
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 4:48pm EDT
  

• Over

  
  ABC New is reporting that John Edwards has admitted to having an affair.
  
  And so ends John Edwards's once promising political career. And most likely his marriage.
  
  Sad.
  
  Revolting.
  
  And, at this point in time, between Mr. Edwards, his family [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 3:31pm EDT
  

• Hey Tommy Matzzie, Atlas Shrugged Just Called, It Wants Its Petty Bad Guy Back

  
  Alright, alright, we've already used this joke before. On Paul Krugman.
  But screwball Tom Matzzie, who happily hides his own Easter eggs and then brags about it, doesn't warrant much more from us than a recycled joke.
  In any event, we think Tommy [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 12:05pm EDT
  

• The Only True Commander-In-Chief In The '08 Race Releases A Statement On Russia's Aggression In Georgia

  The WaPo has the details of the developing story.
  
  Here is John McCain's just released statement on the matter:
  

  "Today, news reports indicate that Russian military forces crossed an internationally-recognized border into the sovereign territory of Georgia. Russia should immediately and unconditionally cease its military operations and withdraw [...]

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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 11:36am EDT
  

• Dick Cheney To SPEAK At GOP Convention

  McCain Communications Director 'Nails Hazelbaker confirms the very sad news to Jon Martin.
  
  It remains unclear if C-SPAN will have as much fun with Cheney at the convention as they did with Cheney in the Rose Garden:
  
  
  
  (Obviously, the music is homemade. But the camera [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 11:13am EDT