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Greg Easterbrook proves he sucks at writing about politics as much as he does at writing about sports.

Quoted: The Democratic National Committee recently ran an ad blasting John McCain for saying the country is "better off" than in 2000. Yet, arguably, except as regards the Iraq war, Mr. McCain's statement is true.

Yes, 'tis but a flesh wound indeed.

Quoted: Unemployment is 5.5%, low by historical standards; income is rising slightly ahead of inflation; housing prices are down, but the typical house is still worth a third more than in 2000; 94% of Americans do not have threatened mortgages, and of those who do, most will keep their homes.

Thats historically low when you include all of American History, but historically high if you look at the past 30 years. And the last time 6% of the country was in foreclosure was in the months leading up to the stock market crash that caused The Great Depression.

Quoted: Sure, gas prices are up, the dollar is weak and credit is tight – but these are complaints at the margin of a mainly healthy society.

Of course, who needs money, gas or credit? Those are such marginal items that you may as well call them luxury items.

Much of what he writes beyond this makes sense, but these are pretty terrible examples to prove how "things aren't so bad".

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good column

Quoted: Another hyperbolic, conservative rant about liberals in academia? Perhaps I should confess my biases. I do dislike extremism of the Left and of the Right. But I have never been conservative enough to vote for a Republican presidential nominee. And the academics whose growing power and abuses of power concern me are far to the left of almost all congressional Democrats.

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Keith Olbermann perfectly very eloquently addresses many of the inconsistencies that the Clinton campaign has had over the past 6 weeks.

Quoted: Keith's Special Comment March 12, 2008 on Geraldine Ferraro's comments.

She gets absolutely crucified in the comments section. For a CNBC anchor that presumably makes a better than average salary, she is f*cking needy and high maintenance.

And as far as hot TV news anchors go, she isn't even in the top 10. Melissa Theuriau? Okay I might reconsider my position for her. Erin Burnett isn't even a Jane Skinner or Mika Brzezinski.

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Quoted: 3. Do Something Special for My Parents - Family is important to me, so round-trip business-class tickets to Australia and New Zealand for my parents would earn you big points in my book

Rove on the Dems.

Interesting read. I think there is some truth to it. However part of the credit for this resurgent interest in politics among "independents" and casual observers is owed to the circumstances of this election. You have a lame duck that has become increasingly incompetent and is a poster child for the spite-inducing Aristocratic facets of our country and our government. Its only natural for people to look to someone that seems to be the complete opposite of what we currently have.

I will admit that I have been waking up at 9am on Sundays for the past month or so to listen to the talking heads summarize the week in presidential politics.

Quoted: But there is something else going on here. Obama is the first candidate of his generation truly to be an agent of change who inspires, motivates and ignites the passion in a large segment of Americans who had ignored politics because it was unseemly and didn't move people to action. My e-mail inbox and my talk show lines filled up with people who say that listening to Obama empowers them to get involved, that he is able to connect with them on an emotional and spiritual level that is reminiscent of John and Robert Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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