GOV. MCAULIFFE'S APPROVAL RATING IS 44%. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? McAuliffe saved us from a Cuccinelli administration. For which we should all be eternally grateful. When Terry McAuliffe first...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-mcauliffe-administration-three.html
PASTOR STRANGELOVE Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fact that Rick Warren is Giving the Inaugural Prayer. I was talking with a friend today who lives in San Francisco--exchanging ...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2009/01/pastor-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to.html
THE AUTO BAILOUT: PART I: What does it all mean? And how much does it all cost? Years ago, I dated a guy who was a republican with an MBA from Darden. At that time, venerable department stores...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/12/auto-bailout-part-i-what-does-it-all.html
Bush's Fire Sale: selling out America, piece by piece. I know that every outgoing president rushes to utilize the last remaining shreds of power to achieve some agenda, such as ramming through r...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/11/bushs-fire-sale-selling-out-america.html
Post-Election Day Thoughts... well, I haven't finished processing this yet, and am too tired to really even think about it. Still a little punchy, and stressing about the close Perriello/Goode ...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/11/post-election-day-thoughts.html
PRE-ELECTION DAY RANDOM THOUGHTS: 1) THE VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. So, suddenly, for the first time, the SBE is interpreting the rule that prohibits electioneering inside the 40' perim...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/11/pre-election-day-random-thoughts-1.html
Laurence Eagleburger Cross-Posting I updated my post about Laurence Eagleburger to reflect recent developments in the McCain campaign in my new blog at Open Salon here. You can view the origina...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/10/laurence-eagleburger-cross-posting-i.html
Historic Election Countdown! Twenty-four days to go! I can hardly express how excited I am about this election year. This is for several reasons: first, for the very first time in my life, my vo...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/10/election-countdown-twenty-four-days-to.html
New Blog Experiment As of today, I am experimenting with moving my blog from Blogger to Salon. You can read a combined post from this blog on Salon here. I don't know if I will actually move--I...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-blog-experiment-as-of-today-i-am.html
Please Don't Squeeze the Palin Remember that old Charmin tissue commercial? Charmin was so soft, apparently (i wouldn't know--I hate that kind of stuff), that no one could resist giving it a squ...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/10/please-dont-squeeze-palin-remember-that.html
Cheney Fiddles as We Burn, Insensible As a measure of how totally screwed up this country is, consider the response to the lead article in last sunday's Washington Post. What article? What res...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/09/cheney-fiddles-as-we-burn-insensible-as.html
"The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing"... This evening as we left the office one of my friends from work remarked that he used to like John McCain, but no longer. I personally never l...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/09/price-of-everything-and-value-of.html
DOMESTIC SPYING--YA GET THE GOVERNMENT YA PAY FOR The recent revelation regarding state police surveillance of a local peace activist group in Maryland is reminiscent of the Nixon years. Back th...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/08/domestic-spying-ya-get-government-ya.html
THE ARTHUR LEGEND AS METAPHOR FOR DEMOCRATIC POLITICS I recently saw the 2004 movie King Arthur. I had wanted to see it when I first saw the trailer (I grew up reading the Howard Pyle books, wit...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/07/arthur-legend-as-metaphor-for.html
Virginia Republicans try to have it both ways: Virginia Republicans would make me laugh more if they didn't make me cry... but sometimes what they try to get away with is just so effin ridiculou...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/07/virginia-republicans-try-to-have-it.html
What's Wrong with Democrats... I'll tell ya, it's sometimes downright embarrassing to be a member of such a self-sabotaging group. I used to be gleeful when repugnicans ate their young (that is, ...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-wrong-with-democrats.html
Eagleburger: Secretary of Disinformation? When Bush II started the war in Iraq, former Secretary of State Laurence Eagleburger (under Bush I) came out against it. I was very impressed--that a R...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/07/disinformation-campaign-begins.html
Christianist or Pharmacist? The Washington Post reports today that a new pharmacy is opening in NoVA--one which will not sell contraceptives. These folks are calling themselves "pro-life" (who ...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/06/christianist-or-pharmacist-washington.html
Vote for Pedro a couple of years ago, a friend of mine and I got into an argument about whether or not Bush was an idiot. Before I identify which side of that argument I was on, let me say first,...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/06/couple-of-years-ago-friend-of-mine-and.html
The Contest Ends... So, it appears that after the decisions regarding Michigan and Florida, Obama has the nomination wrapped up, and Hillary is saying she'll be veep if asked. That outcome has ...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/06/contest-ends.html
Oh Gasoline, why cain't you be cheap? I have mixed feelings about the price of gas. On the one hand, it's certainly hurting me personally, as I've chosen to live my life far enough out of town th...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/05/oh-gasoline-why-cant-you-be-cheap-i.html
The Fifth District Race is On! On Saturday Tom Perriello officially became the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from the Fifth Congressional District of Virginia. People h...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/05/fifth-district-race-is-on-on-saturday.html
Axes of Oppressions George Will's column this past sunday brought some issues to the fore for me that have been percolating around for a while. As usual, Will gets some things right, but most th...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/05/axes-of-oppressions-george-wills-column.html
The Campaign: Staying the Distance (or: fakey niceness vs sincere criticism) Well, I never thought I'd be referencing Larry Sabato (I mean, come on, he gets enough press as it is) but he got some...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/03/campaign-fakey-niceness-vs-sincere.html
At Last!--Obama Addresses Race Relations I was so impressed with Obama's "more perfect union" speech last week. It's what I was looking for back in January (see "Racism the Opiate of the People?"...
http://maudedevalerie.blogspot.com/2008/03/at-last-i-was-so-impressed-with-obamas.html