Read Me for 12/20

December 20th, 2007

Here are a handful of articles on the elections that give us a sense of what’s what — what with the Dems … what with the Pubs.

The Red guys are getting slammed with dark oozy issues of corruption and hypocrisy. The Blue folk get smeared with junk news … John has “hair” and now this. Barack has to deal with his parents choice of schoolrooms, drugs he copped to ten years ago and his kindergarten aspirations. And Hil? Well, some Blue baggage is a little heavier than others.

Of note, Dennis K., sadly, lost a brother this week … bad timing, all around [as if there's ever a good one.]

Still … WHY people don’t notice the difference between the credibility of these two parties baffles me … I mean, really! If you have to choose between candidates with viscous records and scurrilous pardners as opposed to candidates attempting to survive viscous innuendo and scurrilous cartoon parody, which would you choose? [Rhetorical, never mind...]

Anyhow, to give a bit of perspective on the election, here’s three reads — the Blue, the Red … and a funny bit at the end.

Jude

Three Traditions on Display in Iowa and New Hampshire
Julian E. Zelizer, HuffPo
December 19, 2007

Mike Huckabee, conservative golem
After years spent injecting religion into US politics, right-wing pundits are afraid they may have gone too far
Michelle Goldberg, Guardian UK

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Jurrasic Pork, WelcomeToPottersville
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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