cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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Yeah, He’s A Liar
The Washington Post headline is not as strong as I might like, but it says what needs saying: McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence. For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could not take […]
Right Wing Evangelicals Tell McCain Not to Go There
They don’t want him to pick Romney as VP. According to the article: They say Mr. Romney lacks trust on issues such as outlawing abortion and opposing same-sex marriage and because he is a Mormon. Opposition is particularly powerful among those who supported former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Republican presidential primaries earlier this […]
Insurance Company Rules
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpX5fUvPlg[/youtube] I think some of these rules work for wingnut talk tadio too.
Want a Chance to Weigh In on the 2008 Platform?
The DNC wants to hear from you, then. Over the next week or so, meetings are being held all over the US to provide Democrats the opportunity to weigh in on what you think is important to include in the 2008 Party Platform. The final document is, of course, voted on at the convention in […]
Comment Rescue: The Political Place of Statewide Blogs?
Steve Newton writes in the Beating Castle Someday thread: First, what is the proper use of the blogosphere in statewide politics. Dean, Ron Paul, Obama, and even Hillary made successful use of the blogs, primarily to sign up supporters and raise funds on a nationwide scale. But when you shrink the scale to DE I […]
Delaware’s Hottest Blogger — The Music Competition
Yes, I missed most of the competitive events for this deal, but hey, I work for a living — unlike all of the Trust Fund Babies front-paging this blog. In avoidance of another subject (don’t make me come over there DV), we are hijacking this blog this sizzling Friday afternoon to post Hot Music representative […]
The DHS Starts Ripping Off Really Bad Star Trek
And this is how you know that your government exists only to transfer taxpayer funds to their pals — witness: an Electronic ID bracelet that also stuns misbehaving passengers. Someone at Homeland Security is actually thinking about this device that you’d be fitted with when you check in; that will somehow also be coded to […]
Comment Rescue and Breaking News: The Unnamed Retirement Materializes
Comment from the astute Sagacious Steve in the 62 District Strategy, Part II thread: BREAKING NEWS: And give Celia credit for once. She has posted that Rep. Pam Maier is retiring to move to Colorado with her husband for employment reasons. This becomes a distinct pickup opportunity for the D’s. http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/7-08maier.asp So who knows more? […]
Campaigning for Vice President Biden
Two weeks ago, on Face the Nation, Joe Biden tells the world he’d say Yes if asked by Barack Obama to be his VP: “If the presidential nominee thought I could help him win, am I going to say to the first African-American candidate about to make history in the world that, ‘No, I will […]
Lesson of the Day — No Throwing Stones if You Live in a Glass House
Another wingnut Synchronized Whinge™ is making the rounds about Obama’s logo for his presidential campaign:
Opting Out Is Good
Wingnuts everywhere are having one of their synchronized Major League Snits over the fact that Obama has (rightly) opted out of the presidential public financing system. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snsnqbq_OCo[/youtube]


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