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Article by missy on September 4th, 2008 at 9:37 am The fevered dream of the GOP continues. I was going to quote some of Sarah Palin’s odious speech, but its Dr. Laura sarcasm and patina of lies made it impossible to stomach. The GOP has nothing but god, guns, abortion and war. There was nothing in last night’s speech – or in this entire convention – about how a McCain/Palin administration would solve [...]
Article by John on September 1st, 2008 at 7:53 pm Image by Getty Images via Daylife The police once again lock up some innocents right away as a show of force in order to presumably intimidate the rest into behaving. Different event, same old tactics. Ho-hum. Statement forwarded from Democracy Now!: Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Goodman was arrested while [...]
Article by missy on August 28th, 2008 at 11:04 am Former Hillary Clinton volunteer Carol Anderson of Vancouver, who is attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver, made New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s snarky political column Wednesday with her less-than-charitable observations about Barack and Michelle Obama. Anderson stood in the back of the room at a meeting of the Democratic Women’s Caucus wearing a Hillary T-shirt, a hat signed by the New [...]
Article by John on August 26th, 2008 at 3:28 pm Image via Wikipedia Although I am enforcing a news blackout on what is happening inside the DNC in Denver, Glenn Greenwald and Jane Hamsher are doing a good job of showing us a little bit of how the corporate oligopoly runs our legally bribed government over at Salon.com from outside of the convention: Armed with full-scale Convention press credentials issued by the DNC, I [...]
Article by missy on July 31st, 2008 at 4:38 pm Or the best news since Al Gore won his Nobel? WASHINGTON (AFP) — “Vote Both,” a group dedicated to persuading Barack Obama to pick former foe Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate, is folding, as hopes of a “dream ticket” fade. Organizers Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Arora said they were halting their campaign, based on indications that the presumptive Democratic nominee [...]
Article by John on June 30th, 2008 at 8:52 am Image via Wikipedia Over at OpEd News in an article titled What’s the Matter in Madison?, the author makes the comparison of the Christian Right being to the Republicans what Progressives are to the Democrats: …essential to an election victory, easily rallied and a dependable source of funds, but not to be considered seriously in any policy decisions. As Evangelicals are mocked [...] | Local TV Connect with Facebook |
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