LTE: Tying other Reps to Mark Foley (CT-05)
On a post at MyDD.com, DemocraticAvenger posted a list of Congresscritters who accepted money from (or gave to) Mark Foley. Since one of those Congressvermin represents me, I figured I should show my...
View ArticleWhy even one more death is a tragedy
This was based on a comment in another thread, about how the poster's cousin, nearly ready to return from war, was killed trying to help his fellow comrades. That comment reminded me of the story of...
View ArticleSenate passes ethics reform--with a veto-proof majority
This was published on Think Progress a few minutes ago. Importantly, it passed 83-14, which means it's a vetoproof majority--so, assuming Bush vetoes it for some reason that makes sense only to him, it...
View ArticleForget about the breakdown--look at the TOTALS
Yes, 20+ states had primaries. And Obama won in landslides in some states, Clinton won big in others, yada, yada, yada. Same can be said for the (R) side of the slate: Romney, Huckabee, McCain, yada,...
View ArticlePlease help: LTE on misleading FISA ads
I live in CT, and I've been bombarded with those *#@% Defense of Democracies ads for both Chris Murphy and Joe Courtney. And, quite frankly, I've had enough of it. I was actually planning to write a...
View ArticleThe passport breach: Obama's golden opportunity
As you might have heard, MSNBC is reporting that on January 9, February 21, and March 14 of this year, Senator Obama's passport file was breached, by three different individuals. (The details online...
View ArticleMcClellan on Olbermann TOMORROW
Sorry for the breaking-type diary, but I figured this is worth pointing out: Scott McClellan will be joining Keith Olbermann, in studio, tomorrow, Thursday night, at 8 PM. Needless to say, this...
View ArticleCountdown live blogging: Olbermann interview with McClellan
First off: McClellan admits that Libby and Rove lied to him about their involvement in the Plame leak. Second, obviously, 9/11 was used as a political tool to turn the administration into a permanent...
View Article"Beyond stupid": Traditional media coverage and lips****
As Chuck Todd notes, the McCain campaign can't afford to have many days that are about the issues; they need distractions. So, of course, they generate those distractions. But what is truly pathetic is...
View ArticleThat RICO lawsuit against ACORN is real, but . . .
A couple of days ago, a diary was posted insinuating that ACORN was about to be the subject of a RICO lawsuit in federal court. It turns out, that the diarist had part of the story right, but wrong on...
View ArticleLate Night Results Live Blog
This diary is intended for any coverage of late/undecided races. I live in CT. CT-04 went blue, kicking Chris Shays to the curb in decisive fashion. My Congressperson, first-term incumbent Chris...
View ArticleSpider Robinson on Prop 8 (or, Science Fiction for Kossacks)
First off, a disclaimer--this isn't a quote from the last few days, but rather a quote that he wrote a while ago that has stuck with me for a while. The quote is from Variable Star, a book whose plot...
View ArticleBreaking: Senate Parliamentarian rejects Burris' (broken) credentials
From ABCNews.com, some good news for once. . . . Former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris was turned away from the Senate this morning after being told he does not have permission to be seated as...
View ArticleHey, Kos--Here are some ?s for your next poll
Thanks to the Rick Santellis of the world, and the abysmal performance of the Big 3 automakers' GMs, a lot of people have--rather wrongly, I think--lumped the automakers in with the financial industry....
View ArticlePretzel logic: Is torture a Schrödinger's cat for Republicans?
Watching the Republican('t)s work themselves into a lather* over "Pelosigate"—what did she know, and when did she know it?—has been alternately amusing and exasperating. *I'm assuming it's a lather. If...
View ArticleSpider Robinson: one quote that sums up Prop 8 and much more
Today brought word that the California Supreme Court is essentially splitting the baby on Proposition 8: they are allowing it to stand—saying that, yes, a majority apparently can take away rights from...
View Article"Breaking": Tom DeLay to appear on Dancing with the Stars
While various rules prohibit shows like this from having current politicians on the air, there's nothing that prevents them from having former politicians who aren't running for office. In this case,...
View ArticleHonor Sen. Kennedy: Pass Kennedy's Medicare for All Act
Sen. Kennedy was known as the Lion of the Senate, and with good reason; even most Republicans had at least respect for the man. (Sadly, although not surprisingly, there are some perverse morons who...
View ArticleA friend of mine at Ft. Hood: "He missed me"
By this point, you've probably heard about the shooting at Ft. Hood. When I heard about it, I realized that a friend of mine was stationed at Ft. Hood. A pit in my gut, though, came up when I heard the...
View ArticlePatrick Stewart on "The legacy of domestic violence"
A friend of mine posted a link on her Facebook page to an essay in Friday's Guardian by Patrick Stewart (aka Captain Jean-Luc Picard). In that essay, Stewart talks about how his father would routinely...
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