Archive for July 20th, 2012

Let’s Stay Together – True Story

Filed in National by jason330 on July 20, 2012 • 5 Comments

I was having dinner at Klondike Kate’s tonight where a combo was playing and getting polite applause after each song. It was all very chill until the singer sang the first few notes of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” and a cheer went up. To me it was pretty obvious that the crowd was cheering for the President. It was a neat little moment. Anyway, turns out…Al Green is a threat to the American way of life.

Jeff and Sher Campaigning in Philadelphia?

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on July 20, 2012 • 40 Comments

Really. And the local GOP wonders why we think of them as the Gang Who Can’t Shoot Straight. Memo to Jeff and Sher: You are running for statewide office in Delaware — Pennsylvanians won’t save you from the craziness that is the Delaware GOP.

Friday Open Thread [7.20.12]

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on July 20, 2012 • 25 Comments

Friday! Yay! And there’s rain! Personally, I’m ready for this week to be done. How about you?

12 Dead In Colorado Shooting

Filed in National by pandora on July 20, 2012 • 24 Comments

Via ABC: A lone gunman dressed in riot gear burst into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” and methodically began shooting patrons, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50. The suspect, James Holmes, 24, of Aurora, was caught by police […]

Delaware Political Weekly: July 14-20, 2012

Filed in Delaware, National by El Somnambulo on July 20, 2012 • 17 Comments

1. Karen Weldin Stewart Campaign a Reflection of Karen Weldin Stewart, the Insurance Commissioner. There are many things a campaign cannot control: unexpected events, unexpected revelations, bad luck, the quality of its opponents, among them. However, every campaign has complete and total control over every word of communication that goes out under its name. Whether […]