Tom DeLay takes a header into the shallow end of the pool:
Explaining that Obama clinching the Democratic nomination is a good thing for John McCain, DeLay said Obama's "weakness" is that "nobody knows him."
"And if McCain does not define him as what he is — hey, I have said publicly, and I will again, that unless he proves me wrong, he is a Marxist," DeLay said.
It's interesting to read insults about me on other blogs, but those are usually just quickly penned shots from the hip. B.J. Paschal, a Ball State University professor emeritus whose liberal rants we publish sometimes on the editorial page, takes the time to write a whole column insulting me:
Why do I really object to Morris' pessimism that is oh, so conservative? It keeps voters away from the polls. And Republicans benefit, that's why.
This, headlined "Racism in retreat," seems a little delusional to me:
Well, here we are. Are there some bigots? Of course. Did they, or any purported instance of "racism" during the campaign, keep Barack Obama from the nomination?
His victory demonstrates the main platform of my race writing. The guiding question in everything I have ever written on race is: Why do so many people exaggerate about racism?
Looks like Councilwoman Karen Goldner and I have our first official disagreement:
Everyone on council supported the city doing business with local vendors, but opponents said the measure, introduced by Councilwoman Karen Goldner, D-2nd District, would unnecessarily complicate the process for vendors and city employees alike.
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Barack Obama: Democratic persidential candidate; about 18 million votes, or 6 percent of the American population.
John McCain: Republican presidential candidate; about 9.6 million votes, or 3 percent of the American population.
We have us a race -- the people have spoken!
The clamor for casinos has begun:
So this silly high school kid gives his valedictory address, which turns out to have been plagiarized -- from the Onion! But I read the speech, and there wasn't anything remotely funny about it. it sounded like every graduation speech ever given:
Oh, yeah, sure, I believe that:
"I want to say also that this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind," the former president told Clinton supporters in South Dakota, ABC and NBC reported on their news websites.
I believed Richard Nixon, too, when he said we wouldn't have him to kick around anymore.
Perhaps limiting the items that can be put on hold to five is too strict, and the Allen County Public Library is being unreasonable. But wasn't the previous policy of allowing an unlimited number of items to be put on hold a little too generous? Home-schoolers don't think so:
A change in policy at the Allen County Public Library is causing concern among home-schoolers - and, as a result, the Allen County Commissioners.
The mayor of Muncie is considering a radical privatization idea to save money:
Mayor Sharon McShurley said she is considering privatizing fire protection or utilizing volunteer firefighters to compensate for expected shortfalls in property tax revenues.
"Why wouldn't we if we can provide public safety to the city for less?" she asked.
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