Campaign Bomb #2: Jan Brewer Won't Debate Anymore, Because She Doesn't...
OK, everybody, it's time for tonight's Campaign Bomb: Governor Jan Brewer (Deer-In-Headlights) - AZ.Just to remind you, the purpose of this is to create a coordinated "attack" across the web, social...
View ArticleHow the Republicans Blew the 2010 Midterm Election (Updated)
I know that we haven't counted a single vote yet, and I know the polls still look bad (although not as dire as they did). And I certainly don't want to create any sense of complacency.However, if you...
View ArticleCould This Be More Like 1998 than 1994?
In a new strategic document, James Carville and Stan Greenberg (for Democracy Corps) argue that their polling shows not just that the GOP wave has crested (very nicely diaried already on this website),...
View ArticleSomewhere in Hell Strom Thurmond is Laughing
In 1948, after President Harry Truman desegregated the US Army, Senator Strom Thurmond and a bunch of other racist, white Southern Democrats walked out of the Democratic National Convention and formed...
View ArticleTeabagger Nightmare at 30,000 Feet (Updated)
This event actually took place a year ago this past September. It was, to say the least eye opening. It is a true story.Here is what took place as I was traveling from my home in Rhode Island to...
View ArticleWave Versus Wave?
Bear with me while I indulge what could turn out to be a fantasy - but maybe not.It goes something like this:
View ArticleOf Politics and Governance
I love this community. This is a group that is ultra supportive on a personal level (I have experienced this personally with one diary). We are united in alot of ways.But, we all have opinions. You...
View ArticleThe Marketing Cult Takes Control
There are lots of ways to look at the Republicans/Tea Party. They are an extreme party. They are idealogues. They are self-centered and corrupt. They are bigots. They are stupid. They are...
View ArticlePresident Obama Takes the GOP to School and (Probably) Wins 2012
You know what? It has been a while (like 6 months) since I posted anything here. I understand everybody has opinions, and yada, yada, yada, but I don't think it's very constructive to backyard...
View ArticleMy Family Is Battling My Wife's Mental Illness
Up front: I want to be clear that I have read people with diaries of extreme tragedy. Some of you may remember I have been there, too. This is not that kind of diary.I actually consider myself very...
View ArticleAsshats of the Week
It's getting a bit too tense up here in New England, what with hurricanes and earthquakes and all. So, I've decided to have some fun. Who are the biggest political idiots this week?Let's look, and...
View ArticleWe Came to a Fork in the Road and We Took It
I really wasn't planning on writing a 9/11 diary. Honestly, I feel like that I, having not lost a loved one in the attacks, not having been anywhere near the World Trade Center or the Pentagon - I...
View ArticleThe B Team and the Mean Team
I'm not sure if I'm alone in this thinking from this side of the fence: If you are not a tea party Republican, you couldn't vote for any of these freaks. And President Obama is head and shoulders...
View ArticleHow Herman Cain Could Win the GOP Nomination (and What Happens if he Does)
"Mr. 9-9-9." "This month's surging candidate." "The Tea Party Flavor of the Minute."What if he isn't? What if there is something real here? I'm not saying there definitely is, but there may be.And if...
View ArticleRomney's Path Wide Open? Not Really.
I was struck today by the NBC news analysis today that equated Mitt Romney's potential nomination with the history of Bob Dole in 1996. Sure, Republicans like their primaries to be neat affairs, with...
View ArticleNo Apologies
I just read an article on Yahoo news that MSNBC has apologized to Mitt Romney for reporting the story that he has been using a tag line similar to the one the KKK used in the 1920's. It's right here:...
View ArticleSeverely Cheating?
Last night I had 10 minutes of time to myself and I watched the top story on Rachel Maddow's show. It was about Maine - and the fact that clearly the GOP in Maine was attempting to throw the Caucus to...
View ArticleMittens Fundraising Outside the USA? Oh...Really, Now!
Check out this article from Politico, which says Mitt "I Don't Want to Set My Hair on Fire" Romney is holding fundraisers in London during the Olympics and then again in Israel. It's here....
View ArticleRomney's Knees Are Wobbling - Now Is the Time to Finish Him
I know we've all been engaged in concern over the economy, the President's own weaknesses, the vitriole and energy on the extreme right, etc. But, seriously, I don't thing there has ever been a worse...
View ArticleJon Huntsman Speaking Democratic National Convention?
Coming on the heels of speculation that Jon Huntsman, Sr. is Senator Reid's source for the claim that Romney didn't pay any taxes for 10 years, and Mr. Huntsman's statement that he wasn't, that Mitt...
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