Dadahead argues that there isn't much strategic benefit to running Democrats who fought in wars. In this week's Ezra post, I disagree.
When my friend Dennis came over yesterday, he told me that according to recent scholarship, the 72 virgins promised to Islamic martyrs may actually be 72 raisins. I did some more research into Islamic paradise and came up with some pretty fun stuff.
I should have a post on 2008 primary people up on Sunday. (Update: I spent Sunday trying in vain to finish the draft of my first dissertation chapter. You'll see it next week!)
Saturday, December 31, 2005
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More primary chatter? Oy.
There are times I enjoy politics, and there are times I think its distance from high school gossip circles isn't particularly far.
(that's not an indictment of your primary gossip in particular, just against the whole concept.)
So, a slightly misleading spoiler:
I'm working on a JibJab theory of electability, wherein the candidate whose animated "This land is your land" characterization involves a trailer park beats the candidate who gets shown in a mansion. The 2008 primary hopefuls are analyzed through along this spectrum.
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