August 12, 2011 – Delaware Liberal

Too Good to be True

By MJ August 12, 201119 Comments

Oh how I love it when anti-gay Rethuglicans get caught with their pants down. Well, he didn't exactly get caught with his pants down, but he did squeeze the Charmin.

Two Funny Things Happened to Me While in Europe

By jason330 August 12, 20119 Comments

One was the London riot. The other was that the electronic ones and zeros representing my son's electronic airline ticket blinked out of existence.

Dramatic Reading of the Drama Queen

By liberalgeek August 12, 201113 Comments

On Tuesday, Christine O'Donnell's new book will be on sale to peddle her lies and mis-characterizations. Among the reported lies in the book, Christine claims:

Mike Castle and Joe Biden conspired to bring down her campaign
She never approved the infamous "I am not a witch" ad
She was a serious candidate

So Ken Grant has decided to ask the reality-based community to get together at the BBC Tavern on Tuesday evening for a happy hour and selected dramatic readings of Ms. O'Donnell's ...ummm... works.

Some new poll results showing the Democrats taking a big lead in the generic congressional ballot question in two different polls, and showing Obama in a very good position in Colorado and North Carolina.

Friday Open Thread

By Delaware Dem August 12, 201121 Comments

Talk about your local, sometimes non-political news stories here, or talk about the political stories we aren't talking about... yet.

Gold. Simply Gold.

By Delaware Dem August 12, 20116 Comments

Hat tip to Mike Matthews, who I suppose was searching for the very latest Christine O'Donnell-related items that he did not already own on that vandalized Amazon page we talked about earlier this week.

Another Hostage. Another Ransom

By Delaware Dem August 12, 20117 Comments

Really, what Discover is doing here is a small scale repeat of what the Republicans did during the debt ceiling crisis of their own making. Discover is took a hostage, and demanded money or else it would shoot that hostage. And the hostage was 900 Delaware jobs. I guess I should be angry at Levin and Markell for agreeing to the ransom, but at some point, when do we rise up with pitch forks and slay the evil corporations?

Our Father Who Art in Sussex

By Delaware Dem August 12, 201116 Comments

Our good friends down in Sussex County have been reciting the Lord's Prayer at council meetings, for some time apparently, as it is now referred as a long standing tradition. So last month, four Sussex residents, supported by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, filed suit in Federal District Court to end the practice. This week, the County filed a Motion to Dismiss the case, arguing that the recitation of a Christian prayer does not promote Christianity over other religions. Now that's some good bull....