Blogcritics

Oh, Now What's Wrong With The Right?

Heloise — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:55:25 EST

If the right wingnut bloggers want war then the lefty bloggers should oblige.
Like a crying baby awaiting a bottle or with a wet diaper drooping full and needing change, the right is whining again. They have it down to a science. Still smarting from November 4th’s thumping — word is they are retooling, trolling and trotting out actual ideas to be on par with lefty blogging fools. Imagine that, trying to beat the...

Senator Stevens: 1 Republican Resignation = 58 Democratic Senate Seats

Heloise — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:45:44 EST

The news just keeps getting better for the Democrats on the Hill, president-elect Obama and senator-elect Begich.
From one comes many is the kind of math the men and women on the Hill like to count, smile at and take a page from, any Democrat man or woman that is. Ted Stevens' resignation amounts to more grim news for the Republicans around the country. What will Rush do? Yes, what a difference a day makes. Talk of Sarah Palin resigning as governor, and by...

I'll Take One Hot Palin And One Cold Piyush "Bobby" Jindal To Go... Please

Heloise — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:01:45 EST

What�s an unpopular party to do? Give a party where everyone is invited and not just the rich, the WASP, and the redneck.
You have to admit that the GOP is really the COP, comical old party. I am still laughing. Sarah Palin single-handedly put the “bet” in "you betcha." Conservatives and radio pundits in the past election cycle have deigned to give the Democrat party advice, earning my famous rejoinder “Thanks, but no thanks.” And I...

Democracy's Choice: President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama

Heloise — Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:59:16 EST

Take cover it's an Obama landslide: head for the Hill�Capitol that is!
It was two years in the making. Election 2008 is over, but nothing will ever be the same after January 20, 2009 when Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th POTUS. There was only one person I wanted to share this Obama moment with: my daughter, who gave me the first sip of the “Obama Kool-aid.” I caught up with her only to find that she...

What Will Conservative Pundits Say When Obama Closes the Deal?

Heloise — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:58:25 EDT

What�s more difficult than reading Heloise? Try reading John McCain's message or the lips of highly conservative Republicans.
The primaries are over and Barack Obama has won and accepted his party’s nomination. But you wouldn’t know that by the months of canned advice from the right. The McLaughlin Group’s right lineup included the ubiquitous Pat Buchanan, the smart blonde Monica Crowley, and on the left, Eleanor Clift and Derek McGinty. Among the...

Take Cover: There Will Be Mud

Heloise — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 16:54:21 EDT

Sean Hannity preached at McCain to take the gloves off . He was feisty but confused: �We (Americans) are peacemakers, and peace keepers.�
Why should the players from SNL have all the fun? Instead of reading body lingo the candidates should tell us what’s really on their minds. The setting: Barack Obama in his second debate gets to speak first, then John McCain, in a town hall-style debate in Nashville, Tennessee, moderated by Tom Brokaw. If debate openers were truthful they...

Sarah's Standup Debate

Heloise — Sat, 4 Oct 2008 16:05:16 EDT

Biden and Palin debate at Wash U with Gwen Ifill moderating the next great meme: truth.
Gov. Sarah Palin stunned the media world and working Americans with her Katie Couric interview. We were wizened with her nuggets of wisdom. Since her debut she has tried repeatedly to convince the American people or maybe just John McCain that she is VP material: “You can’t blink ... I am willing, ready and able to serve as his running...

The Passion of the Candidates

Heloise — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:11:45 EDT

Dateline Oxford, MS the great debate: Obama v. McCain�where McCain mapped out his political future.
If you have kept abreast of the issues and the candidates and where they stand, then you did not need to watch the first presidential debate held at the University of Mississippi. There was little surprise. There was occasionally some sparring between Obama and McCain. Words and phrases repeated for effect from McCain such as “you don’t...

The Body (Of Lies) Politic

Heloise — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:36:09 EDT

Heloise wrote on June 4: �Sean, the Dems don't need your unsolicited help, thanks, but no thanks.�
The body politic by definition is the people of an organized nation; in other words -- us. But that body has been subsumed lately to lies being told by the party in power: the right, the Neocons, the GOP. It has become a body of lies. And "vast right wing conspiracy" has taken on new meaning.Years ago, when Hillary Clinton, in defense of...

Gustav Gongs GOP RNC

Heloise — Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:57:25 EDT

It�s all about the Gustav gong�and the GOP gets it!
The Gong Show was an old campy talent show (parody) where panelists would pull out a mallet and gong the most gruesome acts while the audience booed. Americans of a certain age will recall it as parody that made fun of the American obsession with “no talent, talent.” But today’s potential headline: “It’s all about...