Why are we contributing to the sense of Roberts' inevitability?
Just out of curiosity, when was it decided that Roberts' nomination isn't worth contesting? Everything I'm coming across online features yet another instance of Democrats offering mild to weak-ass...
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CNN: Some pull Doonesbury over Rove Moniker KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- It may be President Bush's nickname for key political adviser Karl Rove, but some editors don't think it belongs in their...
View ArticleFun with an army recruiter
I just got a forward from my friend of an email exchange between the local army recruiter and herself, regarding whether or not she'd be interested in joining up. She politely declined and wished him...
View ArticleKossacks: Time to up the pressure; here's who to call.
Aikido: a martial art that is based around redirecting your opponent's energy into actually defeating him. Thus, from the right: Patterico has helpfully listed many of the key Republican senators that...
View ArticleIn this humorous turn of events, Blogs For Bush endorses an anti-Bush song.
Apparently, Blogs For Bush, like their political heros, are willing to compromise their stated values if the price is right. Even when that means advertising an anti-Bush song on their website,...
View ArticlePLINO: Pro-Life In Name Only
It seems to me that any use of the term "pro-life" is a concession that reinforces opponents of abortion and screws pro-choice folks. Once you've established that this group is for life, you can...
View ArticleBy My Count: A Description of (most of) the Standing Ovations During the SOTU
Here's how State of the Union 2006 began: Obligatory token gesture to commemorate passing of Coretta Scott King Obligatory insincere appeal to "civil discourse" in the "conversation" Obligatory...
View ArticleLet's track the users who add tags to others' diaries!
Tags from Cindy's post a bit earlier this evening revealed some fucked up shit: Tags: State of the Union Address, qWagmire, bravery, Recommended, Cindy Sheehan, Shutup Whore, Fuck Off, Move On, Get...
View ArticleNYT: "[Reid] Took Free Boxing Tickets"
I bring this up not to sabatoge our guy, but so that we can get a jump on it. This is exactly the sort of opportunity that the RWCM loves to seize, distort, exaggerate, and conflate.NYT: WASHINGTON...
View ArticleRoll Call: The Recent Republican Congressional Leadership
And now, a list of the recent Republican Congressional leadership: Speakers of the House: 1999-present (well, 2006): Dennis Hastert. Covered up predatory actions of disgraced former Republican...
View ArticleRep. Jim Gibbons' former nanny an illegal immigrant
[UPDATE: As usual, I'm not the first on the uptake: RandyMI diared this last night. The story could still use the publicity though.] The Nevada State Democratic Party has obtained documentation which...
View ArticleUnbelieveable: Allen volunteers lie, go "canvassing" for Webb!
One of my friends is from Richmond, VA. He's a right-leaning moderate, and he's been a supporter of George Allen for VA-SEN. Until today. He just forwarded me an email from one of the volunteers of...
View ArticleSOTU Standing Ovation Annotation
I have far too little attention to just watch the SOTU address. So here's an annotated list of all the standing ovations, complete with the preceding roughly-transcribed quote and the occasional comment.
View ArticleTo the "I don't care" crowd:
I get it, all y'all: you don't wish cancer on anyone, and yet, you don't particularly care that Tony Snow's caught a resurgence of it. That, in and of itself, isn't unreasonable.However, there's no...
View ArticleTwo domestic and foreign plights of the Congolese
This past week, two articles were published about the plights of the Congolese. First, the New York Times reveals the systematized sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Put simply,...
View ArticleOther states can pick a president too
With all due respect to the citizens of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, how is it fair that they get such disproportionate power over the rest of us every election cycle? Why should some...
View ArticleRev. Jeremiah Wright: what the media DIDN'T show you
For two weeks now, the vast majority of media coverage surrounding Barack Obama's pastor, Rev. Wright, has been a straw man of epic proportions. After combing through countless sermons in order to...
View ArticleHOLY F**KING $HIT: Shocking data results!!!
After painstakingly analyzing every word of every recommended diary on dailykos.com for the last 27 months, my research has come to an end, and I am delighted to report my findings. I have come to...
View ArticleDina Titus: YES on HCR! (Send her a note of thanks!)
My wife and I spent months working on Dina Titus' gubernatorial campaign in Nevada (a tough loss to Jim Gibbons in 2006), then supported her successful run for Congress in 2008. In the midst of a...
View ArticleSo we've already thrown in the towel?
Okay, so I just read this NYT feature, which clearly says that there are no tax increases in either the Dem Senate or Repub House debt ceiling plans.What???Am I the last one at the party? When did...
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