Sussex County Smackdown – Round Four

It's official. The AG's office will not prosecute Vance Phillips for his alleged assault on Sheriff Woody. In a four page letter delivered to Georgetown Police Chief William Topping today,…

Ho Hum…Congressional Democrats played for fools again

When the Republicans get their tar sand pipeline, I know a lot of my fellows liberals will blame Obama. Sure he'll be due his share of the blame. But hasn't it occurred to anyone that the reason Republicans are constantly able to screw the country is because we have Democrats like John Carney and Tom Carper who are entirely too eager to appear to be "bi-partisan?" What is the fucking point of being "bi-partisan" when it only means doing everything that Boehner and McConnell tell you to do? I mean... is it me?

Better Make Sure There’s a Lock on that Closet

It's happened again to another RWNJ rethuglican politician. Greg Davis, the mayor of Southaven, Mississippi, "who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a conservative, family-values platform" according to the…

DE GOP Goes full on crazy – OR – In a room full of deranged nutbags, could you spot the VERY deranged nutbags?

Celia Cohen writes... Newt Gingrich, who has been left for dead in politics enough times to be the envy of Richard Nixon, nevertheless nudged out Mitt Romney in a modest presidential straw poll, taken Wednesday evening by the state Republicans at a Delaware Day dinner. The tally had Gingrich with 39 votes, Romney with 38 votes, Rick Santorum from neighboring Pennsylvania with six votes, Ron Paul with five votes, and five other candidates splitting another 10 votes, including two write-ins for Sarah Palin.

Another Pat Tillman?

It appears that we might have another Pat Tillman-like case on our hands. Tillman, you may remember, was an outstanding defensive player for the Arizona Cardinals, who gave up his…