Archive for May, 2012
Wednesday Open Thread [5.23.12]
Hawaii has verified that the President was born in Hawaii, and, perhaps simultaneously, Arizona’s Secretary of State has backed away from his previous birther statement and apologized for embarrassing his own state with a conspiracy theory-fueled investigation into whether the president was really a natural born U.S. citizen.
50 Shades Of Agony
It’s rare that I don’t finish a book, but I just couldn’t make it through the latest sensation 50 Shades of Grey.
Before I get into my review of a book I didn’t finish, let me tell you that I’m a sucker for a good, steamy romance. After a day of pouring over political articles and listening to pundits I love to be swept away in romantic fantasy. There. That’s my confession… and guilty pleasure.
Moving on… I heard about the book from my mother (who hasn’t read it, but had heard about the hoopla) who knew I indulged in the genre. Out of curiosity I downloaded the book to my Kindle. I tried to read it, and in my defense I don’t expect romance novels to be great literature, but… Oh. My. God. What I read of this book was terrible. Poorly written, poorly edited, and with a heroine no one but Twilight fans could relate to.
Polling Report [5.23.12]
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Florida moves into the Lean Romney camp, while Pennsylvania stays in the Lean Obama camp. North Carolina stays as a toss up state, despite the number of Romney ads Jason is seeing in North Carolina right now.
Christine O’Donnell to Run in 2014 [Prayers Answered]
Alternative title: Wow, this Jonathan Moseley guy really sounds like a creepy obsessive stalking guy…. but that is if I only believe Christine O’Donnell’s side of the story and what the hell I am doing believing Christine O’Donnell’s side of the story?
Did McDowell & Williams Go Rogue?
Signs point to ‘yes’. On the first day of budget mark-up by the Joint Finance Committee, co-chairs Sen. Harris McDowell and Rep. Dennis P. Williams unveiled a proposed 2% pay hike for state employees. Trouble is that they apparently did not give anyone a ‘heads-up’ on the move. By ‘anyone’, I mean the Markell Administration […]
Inspirational Posters Vol. 2 #1
This is my first one in a long time. I’ll get better as the campaign progresses.
Poll Results — The Dark Side is too powerful
I will give Tom Gordon credit…. he has minions who follow his every edict, and those minions are pretty internet savy.
David Anderson is an evil Socialist Conspirator.
I cannot wait until the showdown between Crazy Eileen and David Anderson. First Mr. Anderson claims birtherism is a distraction and that the President was born in the U.S. Then he blames Obama for birtherism because, well…. I don’t know.
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Carney speaks at a 9th grade level – Coons speaks at a 13th grade level – Carper speaks at a 9th grade level
Fairly predicable. Coons is the erudite egghead in the bunch. Carney knows enough words to give a good pep talk to a JV football team and after 80 years in politics, Carper naturally speaks down to everyone. These are the findings of Sunlight Labs which crunched the numbers. Among their macro-findings, Congress talk more dumb this year.
Tuesday Open Thread [5.22.12]
Former Philadelphia Phillie and Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling in recent years became a very public champion of conservative “small-government” politics. How ironic is it that then that when he launched a video game production company that two years ago set up shop in Rhode Island thanks to $75 million in state guaranteed loans. The least Schilling could have done then was thank the government rather bloviate about how government was evil.
Well, two years later, because Schilling sucks as a businesman, his business isn’t going so well, and this month Schilling’s company 38 Studios missed a $1.1 million payment to the state. He’s now asking for more taxpayer help.
Oh, the irony.
Polling Report [5.22.12]
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A new poll out of Texas keeps the state colored light red, as in Lean Romney. It shouldn’t be as surprising as you think it is. Further along in this post, we will discuss Texas’ future as a swing state (yes, it is coming). But not this year, as Texas will be won by Romney, no doubt about that.
President Obama on Why Bain is Relevant
In case you can’t watch the video, this is President Obama responding to a reporter’s question at yesterday’s NATO summit about why at criticism of Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital is relevant to the 2012 campaign. Click inside to read what he has to say.
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