they seemed to be on top of shit around the 2004 election. not that it mattered. but soon after that i noticed there were more criticisms of democrats than republicans. of course some rightie would pop up and say "that's because republicans lie less!" at which point i'd attempt to punch them in the face but would fall over laughing before i could ( Read more... )

quote from a quote:Tancredo closes out the emotional night by reminding the audience that hunting down all illegal immigrants, sending them home, and building a 2,000-mile wall between us and Mexico is our calling, much like a previous generation “saved the world” during World War II. “Next, we build a wall along the Canadian border,” he proposes ( Read more... )

AMERICAblog:"By charging this big lie, liberals have finally joined the ranks of scoundrels like Hitler."

I know you are, but what am I?

That would be former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), in his new book No Retreat, No Surrender, on being charged with violating Texas campaign-finance laws.

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WP: Blacks shift to Obama, poll finds - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.comreading things like this always rubs me the wrong way. it just automatically offers as "fact" that blacks vote as a block. you hear people on tv talking about "the black vote ( Read more... )

awwwwww, shit. it's heatin' up.

nice. i think wendy murphy is foaming a little at the mouth ( Read more... )

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god this is exciting. reminds me of the contentious race of aught-aught ( Read more... )

starting with the new ABC "dramatization" of cherry picked facts and partisan opinion, we go down the road to the blame game again.

then we move on to why the republicans again win the "greater of two evils" award.So Bill Clinton, rather than just breaking the law as Bush did (then again, perhaps this is why Bush broke the law - he knew from ( Read more... )

today's topic? the NSA wiretapping thing.

let's break this down first:

the controversy - warrants. the administration said they didn't need them. the opposition said they do. no one think there should be NO WIRETAPPING AT ALL.

the proof that he's a jackass - O’Reilly: The fact that the NSA was able to intercept these phone calls that were made ( Read more... )

tony snow:I don't want to hug the tar baby...
mitt romney:Gov. Mitt Romney apologized for calling the Big Dig a “tar baby” at a Republican fund-raiser in Iowa...

some may say this is simply 'a term for a "sticky situation" stemming from the br'er rabbit stories from the old south'. i would call those people woefully naive. i mean aside from the ( Read more... )