Memo to all NBC and MSNBC news staffers from NBC headquarters
Subject: Reporting the news as it really is
As you all well know, NBC News recently took a brave step by adopting as our official editorial policy that the conflict in Iraq is a Civil War. We now deem that as fact, though our own government [...]
As of 10:41 a.m., here are results posted on the web. Note the reported gains by party. None say the exact same.
I ramble as results come in:
- 11:02: With the threat of domestic violence, I take my leave. Good job, Dems. See you in ‘08.
- 11:00: More polls close. FOX - Another Dem House pickup in Az. Another in Fla. Another in here in NC with Heath Shuler winning. Dems need two more to take House.
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Talk about timing. I was voter No. 668 at my precinct. One minute earlier and I would have been demon spawn.
There were no electronic voting machines. Instead, we had paper ballots (to the delight, I’m sure, of Instaman). After signing in - which I really don’t remember having to do before - I received instruction [...]
Random thoughts as I suffer through one of my favorite days.
- 5:05: I’m off to do my duty! Polls here close at 7:30 p.m., so I have plenty of time to battle any Rove-commanded ninja squadrons ordered to disenfranchise me, or any Deaniacs waving laptops if I even dare whisper the name “Fo–.” (You’ll get [...]
Twas the day before Election Day, when all through my mind, visions of confetti and exit polls, mixed with analysis of all kind.
I love Election Day. Really. I do. It’s Christmas seven weeks early. I get to input into a machine exactly what I want, then await that magical hour when the results come rolling [...]
Tuesday, September 5, in the year of our Lord 2006, at 6:30 EST, Katie Couric became the first woman to ever make $15 million a year reading someone else’s words during a network news cast broadcast live before a national television audience. Given the incessent hype and overwrought promotion, I felt it an obligation as [...]
Politics and professional wrestling are twin brothers of different fathers. One born from a Jefferson, the other a McMahon. To understand one is to understand the other. Politics is simply professional wrestling with podiums. Or better yet, professional wrestling is playing politics in your underwear. Both require big guns.
Consider these five rules to success in [...]
One of my closest friends enjoys politically sparring with me. Several months ago I set up a blog to feature our debates. I called it “Bush in a Tree,” which is the name of a club we created back in the day between battling GI Joes and reading comics. Our club’s territory was hidden in [...]
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