The Richmonder
Blog URL http://therichmonder.blogspot.com/
Located Richmond, Virginia USA
Tags Richmond, Politics, Arts, News, Democrats, Republicans, Satire, The Fan, Beer
News, politics, and life in Richmond, Virginia.
Latest Blog Posts
- Of Icebergs and Ideologies: Democrats and Republicans--an allegory on Nov 21, 2009 in Ideology Titanic Allegory Republicans Democrats
It's a little known fact that there were two groups of Americans traveling aboard the RMS Titanic that were returning from two separate group tours in Europe. One group was composed entirely of Republicans, the other was made up of Democrats.When Ti...
- More about how bad the Deeds campaign was on Nov 16, 2009 in Creigh Deeds Bob McDonnell
I nearly went to this event--I'm glad I skipped it:Long before the Westin Hotel served as scene for a downer Deeds post-election prom, there was another party. It was held on a warm summertime evening at the home of a well-connected Richmond couple o...
- New blog carnival: The American Civil War Roundtable on Nov 16, 2009 in The American Civil War Roundtable Blog Carnival
I've decided to start up a new blog carnival devoted to the American Civil War. The American Civil War Roundtable will publish twice a month, on the second and fourth Thursday. The deadline for our first edition is November 25th, and it will be pub...
- The invisible campaign of Creigh Deeds on Nov 12, 2009 in Creigh Deeds The Future of the Democratic Party
I still find myself unable or unwilling to write a large omnibus "why Deeds failed" post, so I will just try and touch quickly on another subject--campaign visibility--before another headache is triggered.How bad were Creigh Deeds' visibility and bra...
- "Macaca" and "Thesis-gate" revisited on Nov 8, 2009 in Creigh Deeds George Allen Bob McDonnell Prophesies
This is a repost of an analysis I published on September 5, 2009, under the title "The difference between 'Macaca' and McDonnell's 'Thesis Scandal'":A handful of conservative blogs are trumpeting the news that the recent discovery and publication of...
- Saturday Night at the Byrd Theatre on Nov 8, 2009 in Byrd Theatre
A good crowd turned out to see Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds."...
- Did Obama cost Deeds the election? on Nov 7, 2009 in Barack Obama Creigh Deeds The Future of the Democratic Party
The time has come to begin talking about the epic failure of the Democratic Party of Virginia in this year's state elections. I've been mulling over the thought of writing a single epic post describing every aspect of this year's failure and then of...
