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Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.” |
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Demographically as well as numerically, Barack Obama scored big victories Tuesday in Democratic primary elections in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The sweep makes Obama the clear FRONT-RUNNER in his race with Hillary Clinton.
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This last of Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays before next year’s bicentennial is a good occasion to bring up the subject of a certain bogus Lincoln quotation.
Last year, in an effort to impugn the patriotism of Iraq war critics in Congress, countless drinkers of the neo-con Kool-Aid employed these words and falsely attributed them to Lincoln:
“Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged.”
Not only did Lincoln NEVER UTTERÂ such nonsense, he was a war protester himself during his time as a member of Congress.
In fact, Lincoln’s CRITICISMS of the Mexican War in 1848 greatly angered the pseudo-patriots of his time.
Some things never change.
POSTSCRIPT: Naturalist Charles Darwin, one of the giants of science (but a bogeyman to creationists), also was born 199 years ago today.
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TPM’s Josh Marshall previews today’s elections in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia:
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THIS PIECE says it’s a wonder Hillary Clinton is still standing.
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