Archive for October 28th, 2010

Thursday’s Asshat of the Day

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Asshat doesn’t even begin to describe today’s winner. Bully, homophobe, f-tard come to mind. Today’s winner is Clint McCance, who’s a member of the Midland, Arkansas board of education. McCance had a problem with Spirit Day last week. Spirit Day was a day for people to wear purple to show solidarity with gay and lesbian […]

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Chris Weeks is Weak

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This morning, House Majority Leader Pete Schwartzkopf and his teabagging challenger, Chris Weeks, one of St. Bodie Girl’s acolytes, had a debate on Dan Gaffney’s show on WGOP. Weeks had challenged Pete to a debate last night at Rehoboth Elementary after arrangements had been made and before asking if Pete could be there. The only […]

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The Mysterious Case of Colin Bonini’s Vanishing M. P. A.

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The Mysterious Case of Colin Bonini’s Vanishing M. P. A.

Colin Bonini used to have an M. P. A. from the University of Delaware. So said his official profile at the Delaware General Assembly website. In fact, he used to have that M. P. A. until Monday of this week. It was an M. P. A. that he claimed to have received in 2005. The […]

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DL Interviews Chris Coons – Money and Politics

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Unstable Isotope and I got a chance to interview Chris Coons on Thursday afternoon.  I will post these over the next day or so. The first episode is two questions, one about the impact that the huge budget of Christine O’Donnell has had on his campaign.  The second question was about Mr. Coons’ thoughts on […]

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Thursday Open Thread

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The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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New Poll Has Coons By 21%

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The new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll has Chris Coons up by 21% – Chris Coons 57%, Christine O’Donnell 36%.

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Another Incident Of Violence

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Is this really the path we’re on? A 72-year-old man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 23-year-old activist protesting Dino Rossi’s Republican campaign for Senate in Washington state yesterday, according to local reports. The incident occured outside GOP headquarters in Walla Walla County where the demonstrator, Christie Stordeur, was “one of five protesters standing about […]

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Tornoe’s Toon: O’Donnell’s Shadow

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Tornoe’s Toon: O’Donnell’s Shadow

Glen Urquhart can’t unleash is own brand of “crazy” because of media-magnet Christine O’Donnell.

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The News Journal States The Obvious

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In a move that surprised absolutely no one, the News Journal endorses Chris Coons. Glen Urquhart and John Carney have dueling op-eds on alternative energy.

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Why Jim Westhoff Deserves Election

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Here’s a dirty little not-so-secret secret about most legislative candidates: Regardless of whether they’re D’s or R’s, most mouth platitudes and talking points instead of saying specifically what they really want to DO once elected. I’m not talking the boilerplate ‘Stop Raising Taxes’ or ‘Protect Working Families’ stuff that resonates with a party’s base constituencies, […]

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Another Constitution Stunt

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Jonathan Moseley offers a reward!

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