Archive for August, 2008

Win Friends, Influence People

Filed in National by on August 22, 2008 6 Comments

John McCain has foot-in-mouth disease. McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona. Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain’s job offer. “I’ll take it!” one man shouted. McCain insisted none of them would […]

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Introducing the DelawareLiberal.Net Podcast

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 11 Comments

In anticipation of Tommywonk’s excellent adventure in Denver, here is the first podcast from DelawareLiberal.Net.

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This is somehow strangely relevant…

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 1 Comment

This spoof video from MadTV was made back in the Fall of 2007, when Hillary was the frontrunner. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMs-p5y6cvo[/youtube]

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This is It.

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 49 Comments

By this time tomorrow, we will finally know who Barack Obama has chosen to be his running mate. Earlier this week, I was positive it was Joe Biden, based on some good information.   But when the timetable I was given came and went, and with Biden saying saying he wasn’t the guy and otherwise playing […]

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Mike Castle Apology Letter

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 0 Comments

Fellow Delawareans, It has been my privilege to serve you in Congress and I have taken the trust that you have placed in me seriously. As your Congressman I have striven to balance the immediate needs of Delaware with the long term needs of the country and am proud of my record of accomplishment. To […]

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O’Donnell expects Obama win.

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 22 Comments

LOL.   Until I read the piece, I had forgotten that Christine O’Donnell existed for any purpose other than to turn on Mike Matthews.   But she has seen an opportunity to get her name in the paper what with Joe Biden being a possible running mate to Barack Obama.   She laments that with all the national […]

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Breaking: Bill Lee Insists “I Do Exist”

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 37 Comments
Breaking: Bill Lee Insists “I Do Exist”

Depsite evidence to the contray, Bill Lee continues to claim that he infact exsists and is not a mythological figure dreamed up by Charlie Copeland and Dave Burris. “I do exist” claimed Lee, althought it was faint and hard for anyone to discern. Rather than Bill Lee bystanders thought what they were hearing might have […]

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It doesn’t matter that McCain does not know how many houses he has cuz….

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 23 Comments

he was a POW in NAM!!! That is the comeback. I shit you not.

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Rethinking the Democratic Primary Process

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 6 Comments

The Boston Globe reports that the Obama campaign and the DNC are looking to establish a Democratic Change Commission to review the current state of the process: The panel would look at changes to the timing of primaries and caucuses, reducing the number of superdelegates, and tinkering with the caucus system. “The goal of the […]

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Tonight’s Debate for Governor and Lt. Governor Candidates

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 0 Comments

Tonight’s debate is sponsored by the Wilmington Urban League, the Wilmington Chapter of the NAACP, the National Coalition of Black Women and many others. Its focus is: A Conversation with the Governor & Lt. Governor Candidates: 2008 Election Issues of the African American Community

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Preview of Convention Coverage

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 1 Comment

One week from today, Barack Obama will accept the nomination of the Democratic party to be President of the United States.  Love him or hate him, it is an historic event.  DelawareLiberal intends to be at the forefront of local coverage. Tom Noyes will be filing reports with us in the form of a podcast […]

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Questions for WDEL Debate NCCo Executive Candidates

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 35 Comments

NOTE: I’m bumping this up in hopes that more of you will see it and want to add a question. ************************ As Allan Loudell noted here, the debate between the two Democratic candidates for NCCo Executive Chris Coons and Tom Gordon is set for this Friday. Details of the debate: When: Aug. 22, 8 a.m. […]

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D&D Geeks Roll an 18

Filed in National by on August 21, 2008 5 Comments

First this… Confronting questions about whether John McCain stole an inspiring POW story from the autobiography of a former Soviet prisoner, a campaign spokesman threw out this melee attack against a much-maligned geek pastime: “It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman’s memory of war from the […]

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