Archive for June, 2009

UPDATED: Castle Speaks in Philly – Tea Leaf Readers Have At It

Filed in National by on June 23, 2009 26 Comments

Update: realclearpolitics.com picked up the DiStefano column. I’d expect that “They’ve asked me to run for the Senate as a Republican. comment to start turning up everywhere in the next few days. Read Joseph N. DiStefano’s whole column, it is a doozy. Here are some oddly unguarded musing from the 99 year old Congressman. “They’ve asked […]

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show-June, 23,2009

Filed in Delaware by on June 23, 2009 12 Comments

Presumably Dick Cathcart has spent the past four days reading all the fine print in the Governor’s budget proposal, and presumably he’ll be prepared to provide his Mindless Minions with their marching orders in Caucus today. Not a bad idea with only a week to go in the legislative session and an $800 million budgetary […]

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Caption Please

Filed in National by on June 23, 2009 9 Comments
Caption Please

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Is Mark Sanford The Worst Governor in America?

Filed in National by on June 23, 2009 4 Comments

Here is the top google news story on Sanford today that is not related to him taking a powder: COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina General Assembly overrode Gov. Mark Sanford’s vetoes Tuesday and approved a bill to study and recommend changes to the state tax structure. Lawmakers overturned all 10 Sanford vetoes, creating laws […]

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A donviti special post in memorium

Filed in Delaware by on June 22, 2009 9 Comments

bwwwwwahahahahhahhahahaaaaahaaaaaaaahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa deep breath haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa gasp, heave, gasp, doubling over haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahaha and a special comment now for Hube F you you whiney, smarmy, bitter, nasty, petulent, piece of dog crap of an excuse for what makes up the worst of the worst in Delaware’s blogosphere.

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If Your Issue Is “English Only”

Filed in National by on June 22, 2009 11 Comments
If Your Issue Is “English Only”

You might want to check your spelling. Epic FAIL. (h/t Think Progress)

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SC Governor on Walkabout?

Filed in National by on June 22, 2009 15 Comments

If your governor goes missing for 4 day and no one notices, what does that mean? Presidential hopeful Mark Sanford is apparently missing and no one knows where he is. The whereabouts of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) “have been unknown to state officials since Thursday, and some state leaders are questioning who is […]

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The Delaware Blogging Community to Shrink

Filed in Delaware by on June 22, 2009 24 Comments

It looks like in the next few weeks, Delaware blogging will lose two of its longest running blogs. Mike Matthews over at Down With Absolutes has been pretty clear that he is planning to go to an all-twitter format.  He has gone so far as to look for someone to take over for him. Today, […]

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BREAKING: National Review Reports Mike Castle To Run For Senate

Filed in National by on June 22, 2009 10 Comments

National Review Reports “National Republican Senatorial Committee has gotten their man” in Delaware. UPDATE: Hold it. They are quoting well known dumbass Ron Williams…so?

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Funny What We Can “Afford”

Filed in National by on June 22, 2009 5 Comments

Via Balloon Juice. Yes, the Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary cost estimates for Senate plans were higher than expected, and caused considerable consternation last week. But the fundamental fact is that we can afford universal health insurance — even those high estimates were less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts. Krugman And […]

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Reagan Was Wrong

Filed in National by on June 22, 2009 12 Comments

Sorry, I can’t claim credit for that title. It comes from a Newsweek article about the writings of an influential British conservative, Henry Fairlie. He predicted the state of today’s GOP presciently in the 1980s. Fairlie’s critique of American conservatism began with a GOP heresy: that by embracing the free market so completely, the party […]

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In Praise of Candid Republicans

Filed in National by on June 22, 2009 14 Comments

If Republicans have one decent quality it is that they are candid and frank about their craziness, lack of knowledge and misanthropy. For instance, this weekend we had a wingnut admitting that “conservative” foreign policy is framed by the view that the United States must continually show the world that we have the biggest d*ck by acting like trigger […]

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CQ Politics Picks Copeland or Kovach for GOP Open House Seat

Filed in National by on June 22, 2009 19 Comments

I’m not sure where they get this, but in an article about easy Dem pickups in the house we find this… (Castle) has never received top-flight Democratic opposition in any of his re-election campaigns. In the unlikely chance he seeks re-election, though, Castle would face Democrat John Carney, a former lieutenant governor who narrowly lost […]

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