Articles Posted by Terry Canaan
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Yes We Did
By Terry Canaan November 5, 2008 The world is celebrating this morning. In Kenya, there’s dancing in the street and a national holiday. In Japan, the toast of the day is “President Obama, Banzai!” (I…
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The Right’s Stealth Campaign
By Terry Canaan November 3, 2008 The final USA Today/Gallup poll is out today and Barack Obama holds a national lead of 11 points. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll puts it closer, with an…
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The Other Side of the Story
By Terry Canaan October 31, 2008 Let’s take a look at the economic situation. Never mind the naysayers, the gloom-and-doomers, the glass-half-empty types, some of us are doing just fine. If you look hard enough…
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I, Robocaller
By Terry Canaan October 27, 2008 Robocalls. If you’re a voter in one of the “battleground states,” you’re familiar with them. Right when you’re in the middle of doing something liberal — say, destroying the…
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The Electoral Gods are Displeased
By Terry Canaan October 23, 2008 Describing herself as a “hardcore pro-lifer,” Sarah Palin sat down for an interview with right wing nutjob James Dobson. You can pretty much imagine how that went. Palin, who…
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Redefining Socialism
By Terry Canaan October 20, 2008 “____ is socialism.” Ever since Roosevelt’s New Deal, it’s been common for Republicans to attack economic ideas they don’t like as “socialist.” In fact, this line of BS has…
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The Media Finds a Shiny New Bauble
By Terry Canaan October 17, 2008 It’s a case study in missing the damned point. During the final presidential debate, Barack Obama and John McCain spent a fairly good amount of time talking about —…
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