JLG

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Johnson was quite a piece of work.  I think clearly the most despicable human being ever to be President.  I…
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I had an odd experience at the polls on election day 2008.  I realized that if I wanted to vote…
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Oh, I forgot about that.  Of course the Republicans will sign her petitions so she will be the candidate.  Damn.
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Doesn't the way that Bayh choreographed his exit make it as likely as possible (admittedly not that likely) that his…
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Traditionally, candidates have shown their dedication by trudging through the snow for stray votes in New Hampshire and Iowa.  Sarah…
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You were bored?  I wasn't.  I can't think of anybody who comes close to Leon Wieseltier in the art of…
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Was it even a month ago that we were saying that the Cook projection of a 50% chance of the…
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I would argue for taking no lessons at all from this election. The Republicans nominated a decent enough candidate (a…
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They have this way of doing line item vetoes on medical bills. I was helping a friend with her insurance…
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We'd be discussing how ridiculous the press orgy was for the Levi-Bristol wedding.
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I may be wrong about this, but I was under the impression that Lincoln did not run for re-election after…
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"In this circumstance, would it be Constitutional to execute you. If you are Antonin Scalia, it might very well be."…
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You say that Obama has given the Right nothing substantive to be upset about, and they are in a frenzy…
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When I first heard that Sotomayor had graduated from Princeton, my first thought was "I wonder if she was in…
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It won't be Palin. Since 1960, the following VP nominees of the losing ticket ran for President:  Lodge, Muskie, Shriver,…
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Suppose it works like this.  It's really hard for anybody who grew up post-WWII to separate Nazis from genocide conceptually.…
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I suspect Wilson's mind was already made up.  And obviously, the Germans felt the same way, or they would not…
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John F. Kennedy Theodore Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower James Carter William Howard Taft Harry S Truman  Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan…
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When you say that Vietnam pales next to Iraq, I just don't see what the basis for that is.  In…
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Harding worse than Bush?  Seriously?  What did Harding do, besides play poker and appoint a bunch of crooks to his…
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