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Image: (Michael Chiklis) via movieblog.ugo.com; (SHIELD Strike Team) via taipanproductions.com; (Sink, etc) via statservices-ca.com; (Joe the Plumber-Up) via huffingtonpost.com; (Joe the Plumber-Down) (Lori King/Toledo Blade) via washingtonpost.com; (jeans) via dan-kyle.blogspot.com; (boots) stylefrizz.com; (toilet) via darkcreek.com;

Please find the story in the Huffington Post.

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From the sewers of Stamford comes…

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Capitol Briefing
Lieberman Contributed to GOP Senate, House Candidates
By Paul Kane
Here’s a story of the Thanksgiving spirit, forgiving and forgetting senatorial style.
When Democrats gathered last week to decide the fate of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), a pair of senators-elect, Tom Udall of New Mexico and Jeff Merkley of […]

From Times Online
November 5, 2008
World press reaction to Barack Obama’s victory
Paris, several international newspapers’ frontpages, the day after the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential election

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Headlines proclaiming Obama’s victory at an international newsstand in Paris
Kaya Burgess and Jenny Booth (Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images)
France
An editorial in the national daily Le Monde proclaims “Obama’s victory ushers […]

How many times have we seen polls provided by Quinnipiac University? Today another poll crossed the wires and I decided to learn more about this very influential Connecticut school.
I must warn you that I’ve spun most of this into a web of jokes and it is only for comedic purposes and has no relationship to […]

The Sunday Times
November 2, 2008
The Republicans accuse Obama of ‘palling around’ with Ayers
Sarah Baxter in Washington
The Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist.
With two days before the election, Obama […]

House GOP Leader Calls Obama “Chicken Sh*t”: House Minority leader John Boehner shockingly used an expletive to describe Obama for his “present” votes in the Illinois State Senate:
House minority leader John Boehner’s spokesman confirms the accuracy of this quote, from an Ohio student newspaper:
“Now, listen, I’ve voted ‘present’ two or three times in my entire […]

November 1, 2008
McCain’s name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally
Posted: 01:30 PM ET
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
POLK CITY, Florida (CNN) — At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign décor — John McCain’s.
Looking around the Fantasy of Flight aircraft hangar […]

Rep. Steve King: Obama Will Make America A ‘Totalitarian Dictatorship’
On Saturday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) gave little-noticed remarks at Sioux City’s West High School during an appearance by Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). King went beyond the traditional right-wing talking points — which brand Obama a “Marxist” who adheres to “socialism” — and said that he […]

Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
October 31, 2008 11:25 AM
ABC News’ Steven Portnoy reports: In a conservative radio interview that aired in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin said she fears her First Amendment rights may be threatened by “attacks” from reporters who suggest she is engaging in […]

Please see Brad Blog.

October 27, 2008
The New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist
Remember the Marne
By WILLIAM KRISTOL
“My center is giving way. My right is in retreat. Situation excellent. I attack!”
That’s the message supposedly sent by General Ferdinand Foch of France to his commanding general, Joseph Joffre, during the crucial First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. The French and British […]

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Image: (originaly photo) via huffingtonpost.com

Think Progress
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October 25, 2008
palinboots.jpgThe Politico reports that tensions between the Palin and McCain camps are increasing in the waning days of the campaign. Palin reportedly “has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her,” blaming “her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image.” A McCain […]

October 18, 2008
Some early W.Va. voters angry over switched votes
Jackson County touch-screens switched votes, 3 residents say
At least three early voters in Jackson County had a hard time voting for candidates they want to win.
By Paul J. Nyden
Staff writer
At least three early voters in Jackson County had a hard time voting for candidates they want […]

The New York Times
October 24, 2008
Editorial
Barack Obama for President
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government […]