PAY ATTENTION, LOCALS.

One week left, guys.

If you're in Illinois District 13, you should read up on the candidates. Only David Gill, Matt Goetten, and Tim Johnson remain in the race.

A fantastic breakdown by the Springfield Journal-Register about the race.

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Congressman Steve Israel, you were chosen at random by me.

But there are plenty of Democrats that I wanted to say this to.

Yeah, I said it to him via Twitter. Because there's no other way for a non-constituent to contact him.

That link should be valid for a few days, before the "tweets" vanish way far away into Twitter's belly.

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I know some of these sound vague, but some are pretty damned clear; a list of things that the Republicans want to remove from the stimulus bill. They also want to cut taxes again at the same time, because you pay for things by making less money.

Now here, enjoy some fumetti while I go to the doctor for an arm check-up:


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*sigh*

"My anti-crocodile spray has worked for OVER SEVEN YEARS."

Then the truth sneaks in as our pResident throws out two words that neatly sum up eight years of foreign policy.

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Also, the Internet occasionally confounds me, such as when it asks me to:


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Via jblaque :

I will forgive politicians' gaffes 90+ percent of the time. They have to talk A LOT and of course you're going to trip over words.

But...

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Whoa.

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I guess I should just be proud that he managed to knock Lieberman's dick out of his mouth after last night's debate.

Wonder what Sarah thinks of his man-on-the-side. Is she just McCain's beard now?

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THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS VOTE FOR HIM FOR PRESIDENT.

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McCain puts campaign on hold to help with economic crisis, urges Obama to do same.

"There is a time and a place for Sarah Palin to be asked more questions about herself and her qualifications and this ain't either of 'em," McCain failed to add.

McCain camp tries to keep reporters out of Palin meetings
Posted: 01:45 PM ET
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby


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