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How to win in West Virginia

1. Make a racist statement such as “hard-working Americans, white Americans” days before a race in a state filled with racists.

2. ????

3. Thoroughly trounce your black opponent with a vaguely Muslim-sounding name.

Well done, Ms. Clinton. You should be so proud.

Indecision 2008: Frank Rich

If I weren’t currently a happily (on 99% of days) married woman, and if he wasn’t old enough to be my father, I’d propose to Frank Rich, columnist for the New York Times, and set up house right now.

For at least as long as I can remember (which thanks to excessive drinking in the college years is very little) I’ve absolutely adored his op-ed column. What he says is usually right what I’m thinking, which is to say leaning just right-of-center (and you thought the NYT was purely liberal media!) though I’m not sure he’d characterize himself as such. However, his latest article Party like it’s 2008 is so absolutely, 100% there in it’s summation of what’s wrong with the media (and the candidate’s) understanding of 2008 that it should be mandatory reading for all children and politicians.

Know your audience, kids. Know you audience.