-Jesus Christ, self, DO NOT read the comments on news posts about Judge Sotomayor's confirmations hearings. I don't even mean blogs, I mean mainstream non-slanted articles. They are a cesspool of hideous racism. There's probably at least one person out there saying "hey, I have a problem with this nominee based on these facts over here" but they ( Read more... )

And not just because he's a cutie.

"Obama himself has signaled, for example, that he intends to reverse Bush's controversial limit on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, a decision that scientists say has restrained research into some of the most promising avenues for defeating a wide array of diseases, such as Parkinson's ( Read more... )

Yes we could. And we did.

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I KNEW IT.Nice to see the truth come out so quickly. I wish people wouldn't use the incident to paint all McCain supporters as lying nutballs, though, any more than it would be fair to paint Obama supporters with the same brush if one of them claimed to have been mugged and had a "J" carved into her face. People are capable of being loons across a ( Read more... )

Talked briefly with my dad about the election today, and he's leaning towards Obama, although he has some concerns-"he's a socialist," he said to me, and I was like "um...not quite." He was also interested when I offered to send him some informational links, so any suggestions? Definitely I'll send him to FactCheck, since that's non-partisan. I ( Read more... )

WHAT MCCAIN SAID:

"Obama is eloquent."

WHAT MCCAIN MEANT:

"...for a black man >:("

So I kindasorta liveblogged the debate. Did more line-by-line commentary in the beginning, before the eyerolling started to give me a headache.

( EVERYONE WANTS TO READ MY THOUGHTS )

OH NO HE DI'INT!

I am getting a little verklempt at all these delegate speeches at the DNC tonight!