Archive for May 18th, 2011

SC GOP Committed To A Policy of No Impact on Statewide Elections

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I’m not sure what it means to Sussex County’s Republicans that Urquhart is running unopposed to be the SC GOP’s Head Nutbag.

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The Guy Who Lost To Imbecilic Christine O’Donnell To Give Graduation Speech

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Before anybody gets all nostalgic for the “centrist” bullshit of Michael Newbold Castle, please recall that his wishy-washy-pansy-ass inability to utter one single word of criticism of the Bush administration helped usher the Teabagz onto the national stage. The University of Delaware’s 162nd Commencement ceremony will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 28, in […]

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Rethug Redistricting Plan Violates Federal Voting Rights Act?

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All signs point to yes. There are currently four minority-majority House districts in Delaware, where minorities make up the majority of a district’s population, if not voter registration. Under the Rethugs’ plan, there would be only two. One of the minority-majority districts (3rd RD) disappears entirely, while a second (16th) goes from a minority-majority district […]

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Wednesday Open Thread

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The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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HA!

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More birther beatdown: In a stunning development one day after the release of Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President, by Dr. Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah has announced plans to recall and pulp the entire 200,000 first printing run […]

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Republican Senators Help Dem Challengers by Closing Ranks Around Continuing Oil Subsidies

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Republicans senators, some of whom had signaled that they would vote to end the absurd tax subsidies for profitable oil companies, voted Tuesday night with their party leadership to keep those subsidies in place. It is nice to see that Democrats are finally using straightforward votes to put the Republicans in hard to defend election […]

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