Author: pontificator

Miers said to be on `extreme end’ of anti-choice movement

Posted by pontificator | Oct 3, 2005 |

Sun Tzu and Hariet Miers

Posted by pontificator | Oct 3, 2005 |

I don’t expect what I am about to say will be popular here, but I am interested in your reaction. Sun Tzu says:

“The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities…It is best to win without fighting.”

Fitzgerald to take down Perle? (But NOT in Plamegate)

Posted by pontificator | Sep 27, 2005 |

Wow. That Patrick Fitzgerald is one busy prosecutor . Firedoglake has the latest on how the Hollinger International/Conrad Black scandal may put the neoconniest of neocons Mr. Richard Perle behind bars for abetting...

Dems Open Up MASSIVE Lead For 2006

Posted by pontificator | Sep 17, 2005 |

[The Pontificator predicts primacy. Hooray! – susanhu.]This is good news. The Democrats have opened up a massive massive lead over the Republicans in the generic “which party would you vote for” poll for...

Barack Obama for Prez — 2008

Posted by pontificator | Sep 16, 2005 |

At this time, the Democratic Party has only one genuine progressive star — Barack Obama. But no one wants him to run for President. The conventional wisdom is that he needs more “seasoning” in the...