January 2011 – Delaware Liberal

Kovach Has a Knack for Winning Specials…

By jason330 January 31, 20111 Comment

but he also has a knack for losing his bids for re-election. Tobin's "Politics by the Numbers" breaks it down.

Paying China First

By cassandra_m January 31, 20114 Comments

In a nutshell, that seems to be forming up as the GOP plan to avoid defaulting on the US debt if there is no agreement on the debt ceiling.

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 31, 201118 Comments

The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Nothing To See Here, Folks. Just (Another) Isolated Incident

By pandora January 31, 201119 Comments

Via TPM: Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old Army veteran from California who was reportedly angry at the U.S. government, was arrested by police in Michigan and charged with allegedly threatening to…

Fox Geezer Syndrome

By Unstable Isotope January 31, 201116 Comments

"Fox Geezer Syndrome" - the phenomenon of older people relying on Fox News as their news source and being perpetually pissed off.

Sussex GOP Braces for Stupidity Overload

By jason330 January 30, 20118 Comments

Between Frank Knotts' recent call for (metaphorical, he claims) blood to be spilled, to the other nit wits trying to figure out who should be allowed to enter the building…

This goes into, the “Well, what did you expect?” file

By jason330 January 30, 20116 Comments

While wingnuts weep, and gnash their teeth with dread at the notion that homos live and work amongst us, the Marines go about the business of being professional and loyal to the Constitution and the Commander-in-Chief.

Senator Coons’ First Floor Address in the Senate

By cassandra_m January 30, 20111 Comment

Chris Coons gave his first floor speech on the Senate floor this past Thursday, on the subject of reviving and supporting the manufacturing sector in the US

Frames, Frames, Everywhere Frames….

By jason330 January 30, 20115 Comments

If this George Lakoff observation is accurate, I have a question: Why did Obama piss away the "overriding narrative" that he used to pwn the GOP during the 2008 campaign? The generous side of me says that...

Republicans are Funny

By jason330 January 29, 20115 Comments

From time to time you just have to point and laugh... On Real Time with Bill Maher, Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) apparently wants to see some kind of manfishnewt before…

Weekend Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 29, 20118 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Senator Coons Discusses the SOTU Address

By cassandra_m January 29, 20113 Comments

This video is from C-SPAN, where he also responds to callers:

Ayn Rand, The Perfect Teabagger

By Unstable Isotope January 29, 20117 Comments

No one represents the Tea Party more than the founder of objectivism, Ayn Rand. I'm sure you're not shocked or surprised that Ayn Rand relied on Social Security and Medicare.