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patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 13, 2008
An L.A. Times article, presented mostly without comment — because comment really isn’t necessary: After a week of increasingly nasty rallies in which John McCain and Sarah Palin hammered Democratic rival Barack Obama …
Also tagged: general, 2008 election
patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 10, 2008
There’s so much I could say about this L.A. Times article, with its vivid portrayal of McCain and his followers as angry nutcases, and its references to McCain’s audiences as “angry” and “surly.” I may do a more …
Also tagged: 2008 election
patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 8, 2008
L.A. Observed has the goods here and here, along with the resulting backlash among the L.A. Times higher-ups. [Note to Times reporters: You can always send stuff to Patterico if your bosses are banning you from …
patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 8, 2008
An update to a post I published last night really deserves its own post. Last night, the Los Angeles Times published a story online, and then replaced it with a completely different story — written by a different …
Also tagged: general, 2008 election
patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 7, 2008
Today John McCain finally began to tell the country about his own efforts to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Democrats’ incredible inaction. Yes, as many of us had urged, McCain finally talked about the …
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patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 6, 2008
[Posted by DRJ for Patterico; Written by Patterico.] The Los Angeles Times has a typically ridiculous article about who is to blame for the mortgage crisis. Not surprisingly, it includes almost every liberal claim …
Also tagged: economics, blogging matters
patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 5, 2008
David Savage, the Boy Who Cried Wolf, today tells us that there really is a wolf out there. And this time (he says), he’s not lying! Savage has a front-page Sunday-edition article titled This time, Roe vs. Wade really …
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patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 4, 2008
It turns out that the President can indeed fire the Chair of the SEC after all. After the L.A. Times wrote that the President has no such authority, I sent a complaint to the paper on September 23. I cited case law …
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patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 2, 2008
Throughout the U.S. Attorney scandal, I defended the Bush Administration against unfair attacks, even as I consistently acknowledged some serious issues with the dismissals. In December 2007, I summarized some of the …
Also tagged: general
patterico.com » Patterico's Pontifications - Oct 2, 2008
It’s traditional, before a debate, to lower expectations for your side, and raise expectations for the other side. That way, if both candidates do OK, the winner is your guy (or gal), because he (or she) was expected …
Also tagged: 2008 election