I don’t dispute Dennis G’s simple take on the mid-term elections: In November we face a choice between the Confederate Party and modernity. But sweet baby jeebiz, that’s a downer. If “modernity” is defined as the corporate crony Democrats currently overseeing two wars, Plan Mexico, and a continuation of police state policies created by the [...]

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Let us play the world’s smallest violin for Lou Dobbs. Then cut the instrument in half and rub it on rat genitals for Sarah Palin. Dobbs went on O’Reilly to imply with the subtlety of a railroad spike through the head that CNN is in the tank for Obama and could not countenance his “rigorous, [...]

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Jim Brown at OneNewsNow, a conservo-christian news portal, reports that some folks recently connected with Senator John McCain’s presidential bid are going to speak before a group of Log Cabin Republicans. So that sound you hear? Not a car alarm going off. It’s Gideon’s trumpet calling the armies of God to assemble on the Day [...]

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Salon interviewed Alexandra Pelosi, best known for her documentary “Journeys With George” (2000) and as daughter of the current Speaker of the House. In her new documentary Pelosi attends McCain-Palin rallies and interviews rank-and-file Republicans about their fears. One thing I have always liked about Pelosi is that she treats people like humans first, not [...]

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Judd Gregg just withdrew from nomination for President Obama’s commerce secretary. For all of his “my bad” posturing, I tend to agree with Doug J at Balloon Juice that Gregg’s move is well-timed to inflict political damage on the ObamAdmin. Following two weeks of conservative whinging and compromises that have weakened the effectiveness of the [...]

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John Martin and Carol E. Lee report that President Obama has shown no temerity in dealing with Congressional Republicans today. Put simply, “I won.” As if there wasn’t enough dick-waving going on, Martin and Lee pen this Beavis and Butthead-worthy moment following Obama’s meeting with House Republicans: “We expressed our concerns about some of the [...]

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In Tom Schaller’s talk with Republican pundit-strategist-talking heads, media consultant Alex Castellanos discusses how the election was good news and bad news for Republicans: There was some good news this election and that is, it takes a lot to elect a Democratic president in this country. How much worse can it get? To elect a [...]

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