Archive for October 13th, 2012

Saturday Open Thread [10.13.12]

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on October 13, 2012 • 0 Comments

Happy freezing Saturday! Everyone seems focused on the Bodenwiser story today, but PainesMe has reminded us that if we are not doing what we can to elect Jane Hovington today, we are missing an awesome opportunity.

Bodenweiser suspends campaign

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 13, 2012 • 48 Comments

So Eric Bodenweiser has informed State Republican Party Chairman John Sigler via email!!!! yesterday that he was suspending his campaign for personal reasons.

Those personal considerations and distractions are most likely the rumors that are now the subject of a police investigation. And for the first time, a news organization finally hints at those rumors:

Duke Brooks, a spokesman for the Sussex County Republican Committee, said committee members learned about two weeks ago of rumors involving allegations of serious criminal conduct by Bodenweiser about 20 years ago.

Hopefully this odious man named Eric Bodenweiser is gone from our politics forever. And hopefully Christine O’Donnell and her insane group of Teabaggers currently running the Republican Party in this state are gone too. But if they insist, despite this humiliation, to continue inflecting our body politic with their cancer, then next time hopefully they will more fully vet their candidates.

Hilarious hi-jinx of Delaware’s .01 percenters

Filed in National by jason330 on October 13, 2012 • 0 Comments

Five chiefs of staff and one ex-governor came together at a Wilmington Rotary club meeting pull the curtain back on the recent governors and themselves during a panel discussion. Mike Castle was the moderator. I’ll let Celia Cohen pick it up there. …Castle asked for a funny story and got one from (du Pont’s chief […]

QOTD — Is the Dog Whistling Working?

Filed in National by cassandra_m on October 13, 2012 • 22 Comments

We already know how they work this scab. The routine invocation of President Obama (even trying to smear those who support him) as the Other isn’t even debatable. Take a look at this picture and tell me what you think: