Archive for August, 2009
Weekend Open Thread
What’s on your mind? The birthers have a new obsession. I’m beginning to think their obsession is rooted in something else… The may be some new torture allegations in the much-delayed CIA report to be released soon. Remember, this is the report that Cheney says proves torture gave good information. A long-suppressed report by the […]
Hurricane Charlie (Or How To Win Votes In The New Republican Party)
No, that’s not the name of the storm after Bill – It’s Charlie Crist’s new approach to the Religious Right. Town Hall reports that Crist was speaking to a group of real estate agents, and credited prayer notes in the Western Wall in Jerusalem with preventing his state from being hit by hurricanes during his […]
Late Night Video — Performance Enhancing Genie Edition
Baseball Superstar Accused of Performance-Enhancing Genie Use: Baseball Superstar Accused of Performance-Enhancing Genie Use from The Onion!
Wonder How We Can Become More Stupid?
Well… we could put Texas Republicans in charge of textbooks. The first draft for proposed standards in United States History Studies Since Reconstruction says students should be expected “to identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly and the Moral Majority.” […] Others have proposed adding talk show host Rush […]
Actions Have Consequences?
Betsy McCaughey, last seen being dismantled by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, has “resigned” from the position with medical device company Cantel. Dick Armey was forced out of his lobbying shop, and now opposition to health care reform has taken a professional toll on another critic: A New Jersey medical device company, Cantel, just […]
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Road Trip & Miscellany Edition
A bacon-themed road trip? Surely you jest!
Jon Stewart Rips Apart Health Care Misinformer
I don’t know how many of you know who Betsy McCaughey is, but she is very influential in Republican health care politics: Back in the early 1990’s, Betsy McCaughey wrote “No Exit,” an article for The New Republic on the Clinton administration’s healthcare reform plan. The piece was filled with falsehoods — so many, in […]
Next They’ll Be Threatening To Hold Their Breath
Watching Republicans is like watching a bratty kid’s temper tantrum. Here’s another fun detail from last night’s Americans For Prosperity teletown hall, which featured Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). Both politicians said that if a health care bill passes, it should be actively fought and resisted through a collective effort of […]
Two Democratic State Reps Make People of Influence List
In Delaware Today’s list of the People of Influence, two of our Democratic State Representatives make the grade, Schwartzkopf and Kowalko. Pete Schwartkopf was named for his influence in politics. The Rehoboth Beach legislator sponsored the bill that made sports betting legal in Delaware, and he continues to be a powerful voice for the Del […]
How Delaware Liberal Works
It is difficult to remember sometimes that we are a blog with a large readership, but a small group of commenters. This Band of Bloggers sometimes forgets that we aren’t just talking to ourselves here.
For as long as I’ve been posting here — especially since this became a Team blog — I don’t think we’ve ever talked about how we work. This is it:
Another Member Of The Republican Brain Trust Speaks
TPM has a video of Senator “Diaper” David Vitter (R-LA) being asked by a constituent about his support for drug reimportation from Canada. Republicans have spent many months describing Canada as a socialist hellhole, so why would Vitter support using the lower prices that Canada’s system is able to negotiate from pharmaceutical companies? Vitter’s answer? […]
Threat Level Politics
One of the rites of passages high-ranking government officials go through after they retire is to write a book. Former Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge is no different. His new book, The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege … and How We Can Be Safe Again, will be released on September 1st of this year. […]
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