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Incumbent Rethug Gov. Will Not Seek Reelection
Maybe I just missed this, but popular incumbent Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell has announced that she will not seek reelection in 2010. This may be why. This is a likely D pickup, and former Lie-bermann nemesis Ned Lamont is one of the candidates. Hmmm, just musing here. Wonder how Rell polls against Chris Dodd for […]
Did Dems Ever Do This to the Bush Twins?
Oh, wait, Dems weren’t allowed in the clubs’ VIP rooms when the Bushies were cavorting. Anyways, here’s what happened at Sidwell Friends (where the Obama girls go to school) this morning. I am sure that the Quaker school took this message from the Westboro Baptist Church directly to heart: “Quakers?! Are you frigging kidding me? […]
DE Rethugs Prove the Obvious: All About Politics, Not Responsible Governing
Someday soon, a smoking gun of a document will surface. Possibly penned by Frank Luntz, Eye of Newt Gingrich, or some other Rethuglican ‘thinker’. The document will confirm what should already be obvious. At every level of government, the Rethug strategy is to delay and seek to stop anything of value from moving forward. They […]
This Medical Advice on Sugary Soft Drinks Brought to You By…Coca Cola
Coca Cola has joined forces with, wait for it, the American Academy of Family Physicians to provide unbiased advice on the use of sugary soft drinks in a well-balanced diet. According to the Associated Press, in exchange for the six-figure bribe, Coke will ‘…provide education built on sound science‘, according to Coke spokeswoman Diana Garza […]
Oh. Shut. Up. Sussex County Whiners, I’m Calling You Out
Quel dommage, petites pauvres Sussex County condo residents. From today’s News-Journal, a bunch of self-entitled crybabies from Sea Pines Condominiums, and other overdeveloped areas of coastal Sussex, are whining that their aesthetic quality of life will simply be destroyed if/when a 100-foot communications tower is built near their property. Let’s illustrate just how dire their […]
The Man With America’s Worst Memory
That would be America’s criminal former Vice President, Dick Cheney. According to the Associated Press, the man who had ‘other priorities’ when he got about a dozen deferments to avoid military service, and the man who hijacked the Constitution during the Bush Years, simply couldn’t remember even the simplest of details when it came to […]
Juvenile Victims Finally Get Delayed Justice
No, not the victims of institutional pedophilia that Monsignor Greg Lavelle and the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington have conspired to individually screw for at least a second time. I’m talking about the 5,000 victims previously chronicled here. 6500 convictions thrown out due to kickbacks that two of the greediest ‘public servants’ in history got in […]
Lieberman Literally In Bed With Drug/Insurance Lobby
Geez, you’d think that the Main Stream Media might have discovered that Pious Joe’s equally-pious wife has returned to her roots–as a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical and health care industries with conservative lobbying shop Hill & Knowlton, which also numbers AIG among its clients. She had previously worked for APCO Associates, a lobbying shop that […]
How the Army Corps of Engineers Stays in Business
It comes up with loony projects, has them embraced by pork-loving congress critters, develops phony economic benefits analysis, and then plays hardball, using people like Pennsylvania’s amoral governor as its cheerleaders. Michael Grunwald wrote a brilliant 5-piece series for the Washington Post back in 2000 chronicling how, in one Corps survey, the Chessie ran east […]
News-Journal: Fisker to Build Hybrid Cars at Boxwood Plant
Andrew Eder, who has been all over this story, reports the good news. And, lest anyone think that Jack Markell just got lucky, here is what a governor who was actively engaged did: The company’s decision to use the Boxwood Road factory marks a quick resurrection for the 62-year-old plant, a casualty of GM’s bankruptcy […]
Washington Post: Will Beau Run?
Long speculative piece from today’s Washington Post. I found these comments from Jack Markell a little–incongruous: “He’s not the type of guy who is going to let other people’s timetables dictate his,” said Jack Markell, the Delaware governor, the family-chosen surrogate. He argued forcefully that the prospect of Biden failing to protect his father’s seat […]
Breaking: Carper On Board With Public Option!?
It’s the current lead story on Talking Points Memo: Guess he’s been getting the messages left at his office. He still sounds a little weaselly about it, and decidedly unenthused, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll be off the reservation.
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