I called him Dimdahl (countless times) and he made my blood boil. I’m sure that at one time I looked forward to dancing on his grave. That dies with him. He was a classic New Mexican, large and full of contrasts, loved by some and despised by others but ignored by no one. John Dendahl, … Continue reading John Dendahl, ‘pit bull’ for GOP, dies | ABQJournal Online
Jim Scarantino has tried hard to fill the void left with by the departure from New Mexico of John Dimdahl, that paragon of rightwingnuttery. Today, Jim explains the dark side of progressives (using a Nobel laureate to defend his views). Let’s listen in: As Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek has shown [mjh: beyond any doubt!], progressives … Continue reading In Which I Throw My Shoe at Jim Scarantino
New Mexico’s GOP is attacking Barack Obama, who hasn’t even won the nomination yet. The attacks are in the hinterlands, aimed at small town residents who, of course, are the natural constituency of the party of Big Business and the Rich. Of course, Republicans share your values, especially the prime directive of “every man for … Continue reading Can You Choose Between Elitism and Lying?
My name is Mark Justice Hinton and I support Barack Hussein Obama for president. There are things I admire about Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of William Jefferson Clinton, and a couple of things I don’t like about her. Still, we can all — including countless Independents and Republicans — celebrate the inevitable end to the … Continue reading The Name Game
ABQjournal: Wilson Hangs On Despite Trends By Jeff Jones And Michael Coleman Brian Sanderoff, president of Albuquerque’s Research & Polling Inc., points to Madrid’s debate mistakes— and more specifically the way Wilson took advantage of them— as the single most important factor. “This is going to become a classic, textbook example of one defining moment … Continue reading The End of All Debates
I had noticed Steve Lawrence is out at The Line, KNME’s Friday night New Mexican round-table discussion, but I hadn’t seen the show since before our two week camping trip. Gene Grant has taken over duties as host and that is an improvement over Lawrence (who must be having a bad year with the end … Continue reading The Line
Anybody who knows anything about John Dimdahl can think of many avenues of attack against him. Just quote any of the many outrageous statements he has made over the years. How difficult can it be to malign someone widely known as an attack dog — even by the media and Dimdahl himself. So, how it … Continue reading Governor Attacks Dendahl