The Politimat for Current Politics

Tonight I saw on The Daily Show how John McCain has flip-flopped on his promise to consider repealing don’t ask, don’t tell when the leaders of the military wanted to. Now they want to and he doesn’t. I guess he doesn’t respect the leaders of the military and doesn’t believe they are able to make [...]

Thoughts on Countdown with Keith Olbermann for December 23, 2009. Lawrence O’Donnell is in again for Keith. Story 5: Health Care Bill Barack Obama is under fire for going back on the public option. He’s claiming he didn’t campaign on it. Lawrence points out that while it may not have been a slogan or a [...]

Thoughts on Countdown with Keith Olbermann for December 21, 2009. Lawrence O’Donnell is in again for Keith. Story 5: The Health Care Bill The Senate now has 60 votes to pass a bill. Of course, it’s a crappy bill, but the Democrats in the Senate are good at passing crap. All the Democrats including Barack [...]

Thoughts on Countdown with Keith Olbermann for December 17, 2009. Story 5: Health Care Bill Keith played tape of Obama as a candidate saying that a mandate (forcing people to buy health insurance) was not a good idea. But basically that’s all the bill is. Senator Bernie Sanders came on. While he’s an Independant, he [...]

I’ve been thinking lately about this blog and the tone I’d like to take with it. I want to actually express some opinions that matter. Things other people aren’t saying, but things that are clearly true. And when I think about it, that’s very possible in the world of politics. Politics exists in this world [...]