Archive for July, 2010

Has This Guy Been Living Under A Rock?

Filed in National by on July 16, 2010 4 Comments

National Post columnist Jonathan Kay argues that conservatives are hurting their movement by continuing to embrace global warming denialism.

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Late Night Video: Double Rainbow, Dude!

Filed in National by on July 16, 2010 7 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI[/youtube] You really have to see/listen to the whole thing. h/t Brad Wasson

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Coons Gains Ground In New Rasmussen Poll

Filed in National by on July 15, 2010 8 Comments

A Rasmussen poll released today shows Castle leading Coons 47% to 36%. The last poll (in April) had Castle leading 55% to 32%.

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Tea Party Denies Claims Of Racism And Then Writes A Letter

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Mark Williams, Tea Party Express Chairman, puts pen to paper to prove the Tea Party isn’t racist, and ends up proving they are.  Simply stunning. Dear Mr. Lincoln We Colored People have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for […]

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Shadow Campaign for Treasurer

Filed in National by on July 15, 2010 128 Comments

There has been a rotten thread running through the Treasurer’s race this year. The thread is that one campaign is trying to destroy their opponent on the way to the Democratic nomination. This is unbecoming of the two fine candidates that are competing to battle Colin Bonini in the fall. Sadly, the force behind this shadow campaign of destruction is so close to one of the candidates that the solution isn’t as simple as firing a staffer.

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Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on July 15, 2010 39 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Colorado GOP Has a Plagiarism Problem

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We all know that Joe Biden plagiarized a speech by former UK Labour Party leader Neal Kinnock back in 1988. In fact, it ended his presidential campaign. Well, those who fail to heed history are doomed to repeat it. It seems as though former GOP Congressman Scott McInnis has forgotten the lesson Joe learned. Seems […]

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It’s Official: Libertarians Kicked Off the Republican and Democratic Primaries

Filed in Delaware by on July 15, 2010 15 Comments

A ruling by the Attorney General’s office has determined that the Libertarian candidates Will McVay and Brent Wangen can not run in multiple parties at the same time unless they are nominated by that party.

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Argentina Is For Lovers

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Argentina has legalized same-sex marriage.

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Conservatives Come Out Against Birth Control – Guess They’re Okay With Teen Pregnancy And Abortion

Filed in National by on July 14, 2010 18 Comments

We’ve always known the Conservative stance on sex had more to do with controling women than with preventing unwanted pregnancy and abortion.  And now they’ve proved it once again. Amanda sums it up: In a common sense world, there would be no controversy over including contraception in the slate of preventive services that the federal […]

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Born-Again Deficit Hawks

Filed in National by on July 14, 2010 12 Comments

Matt Yglesias shows that there is zero historical evidence that Republicans care about deficits.

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Wednesday Open Thread

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The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Who’s Running – Republican Primary Edition

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A summary of the Republican primaries in Delaware.

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