Archive for August, 2012

Rommey is not hating women enough for the National Review

Filed in National by on August 23, 2012 13 Comments

According the National Review, if Rommey would only follow fake science, and be an even bigger a-hole, everyone would fall in line and vote for the alpha male. [Prepare yourself for level 5 GOP style misogyny] …

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Thursday Open Thread [8.23.12]

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On the Hustings With Bryan Townsend, Part II: Things I Learned.

Filed in National by on August 23, 2012 21 Comments

Told’ja I’d go back, and I went back yesterday evening to campaign with Bryan Townsend, who may be running the best single state legislative campaign in Delaware this year.  Well, his amazing staff is running the campaign, Bryan’s the Incredible Campaigner. Here’s what I learned.

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It really is amazing….

Filed in National by on August 23, 2012 8 Comments
It really is amazing….

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The Polling Report [8.23.12]

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The Polling Report [8.23.12]

Just when things were looking good for Romney, or at least trending in his favor…..

President Obama has retaken leads in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida. And if you can believe it (I don’t), made Georgia a competitive three point race. Meanwhile, the President maintains slim leads in Nevada, and is running up the score in New Mexico and Vermont.

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Shar Valenzuela to headline “WE BUILT THIS!” night at RNC with… “I built it with government money!”

Filed in Delaware, National by on August 23, 2012 7 Comments

It is easy to see why Shar has been asked to HEADLINE “We Built This” night in Tampa. She is a woman, latino, and a successful small business person who built her business all alone without any government support whatsoever. A THREE-fer!!! (If only she was wheelchair bound, and/or jewish!!)

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How much does John Sigler suck at being DE GOP chair? Number… I’ve lost count

Filed in National by on August 23, 2012 2 Comments

John, I’m sure you are good at fishing and a great many others things. Being the DE GOP chair just isn’t working.

This is great stuff from Celila Cohen. I think she finds the old muse when writing about how pathetic the party that backstabbed Michael Castle has become.

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Who’s Responsible for the Decline of the American Middle Class?

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Who’s Responsible for the Decline of the American Middle Class?

The folks over at the Pew Research Center asked self-identified Middle Class Americans who they thought was responsible for the fact that they have has an especially tough go of it over the last decade or so. Here is what they said

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Thursday Daily Delawhere [8.23.12]

Filed in Delaware by on August 23, 2012 2 Comments
Thursday Daily Delawhere [8.23.12]

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What’s up with our Teabag Republican Sheriff ?

Filed in National by on August 22, 2012 6 Comments

This TPM story about a teabag Republican Sheriff in New Hampshire claiming outlandish powers under the Constitution (including the power to use deadly force to prevent doctors from performing legal abortions and the power to bring elected officials to trial in front of a “citizen’s grand jury”) made me pine for stories about our own Republican Sheriff.

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The President of Ireland Kicks Some Tea Partier Butt

Filed in National by on August 22, 2012 5 Comments

This is the President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, on a radio show of one Michael Graham (no idea who he is) clearly messed with the wrong Irishman this day:

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Late Night Video — Stop Motion Excel Animation

Filed in National by on August 22, 2012 1 Comment

You read that right — stop motion animation using an Excel spreadsheet. This is very cool, but how much work did this guy blow off to get this done? And am I the only person on the planet who had no idea you could do animation with Excel?

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Wednesday Open Thread [8.22.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on August 22, 2012 11 Comments

“I have a job to do as president, and that does not involve convincing folks that my faith in Jesus is legitimate and real. I do my best to live out my faith, and to stay in the Word, and to make my life look more like His. What I can do is just keep on following Him, and serve others—trying to make folks’ lives a little better using this humbling position that I hold,” – Barack Obama.

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