A full treatment of the subject matter alluded to in the title of this post is not possible in this post. Consider this a starting point for a discussion of absolution, scapegoating, atonement, mobbing and McHope in the 2008 Democratic primary.  I guarantee I will be expanding on this post in future posts, but I have to start somewhere to get the discussion going, so, the time is now, and the...

Lady Boomer NYC and The Reclusive Leftist have been hot, hot, hot this last week or so. See these articles, plus more!The Reclusive Leftist PUMAs versus possums: this is what a grassroots movement looks like Comment of the day (with additional remarks by Violet) A note on PUMAs and sexism         and a couple of older, but very hot posts -- Somebody's go...

From this bird of a patriotic feather to all of you, Happy 4th!  Keep the democracy fires burning!  Click here to declare your support for Senator Clinton's independence from the Democratic National Committee by helping her retire her campaign debts.    ...

While I was away from "civilization" recently, another, more-than-interesting development took place in the world of Maureen Dowd -- Dowd was censured for "over-the-top" sexism by the Public Editor at the New York Times, Clark Hoyt.  I have also posted this comment as an update at my major critique of Ms. Dowd found at DowdReportCard.com. Mr. Hoyt did a fairly good job of critiquing Dowd's use...

 While I was away from "civilization" recently, Wolf Blitzer did a piece on CNN on June 27 called Clinton Diehards Organize Online.  The video for the piece is here.  Below is a screenshot from the video featuring yours truly.  Below the screenshot is the transcript of the video. Transcript: Wolf Blitzer:  On our political ticker today, Hillary Clinton is working hard to tr...