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(Dick) Armey’s View Of Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions: Someone Who ‘Eats Like A Pig’ And Has Diabetes–THINK PROGRESS headline, 11/09/2009

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Dick Armey has always been one of my least favorite Republicans. During his halcyon days of Kenny Starr & the Stained Blue Dress, I shall never forget reading that Dick’s wife wanted to sue her retail landlord because her McLean dress shop folded.  That doesn’t sound too free-market to me.
 
What truly amazes me is the […]

According to news reports, Senator Rosa S.P.E.C.T.R.E. swithces parties.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Do we really want him?

Then again, maybe Ricky Santorum will run against him to protect society from men marrying their schnauzers.
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Is it possible that Governor Paterson makes his predecessor look good?!

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

It seems as if Governor Paterson and his minions made a serious mistake when they ham-handedly hinted that Caroline Kennedy was not what she had seemed.

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Updated: 01/25/09 07:17 AM

BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Paterson may feel backlash from angry Democrats
The governor’s handling of the appointment to New York’sU. S. Senate seat has political insiders scratching their heads.
By Tom […]

A REASON TO BE THANKFUL…You are not Joe Lieberman!

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

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From the sewers of Stamford comes…

THE RAT

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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 […]

News reports say Senator Reid met Tailwagger Joe yesterday.

Friday, November 7th, 2008

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New York Daily News

 
Joe Lieberman in talks about caucusing with Senate GOPTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, November 7th 2008, 4:50 PM
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. is considering joining the GOP conference.
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is talking to Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman about the possibility of Lieberman caucusing with the GOP.
Lieberman’s affiliation with Democrats is […]

Vincenzo Kolchak sent this open letter to House Speaker Pelosi and Senators Reid, Obama and Durbin.

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Clearly the current economic crisis needs a legislative solution.  An executive branch giveaway is not the answer, particularly a giveaway that neither shows little planning nor one that is being shoved down the throats of our legislators and, ultimately, the taxpayers.
In the last few days, we have heard a lot of fine creative ideas from […]

AP Poll: Racial Misgivings Of Whites Loom Over Election–Associated Press headline

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

‘Misgivings?’

Are we now so PC that the word ‘prejudice’ is off the table?

Enlightened self-interest and simple observation should have made this race a stroll to a landslide, but the twin curses of stupidity and ignorance are making it a horse race.

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AP   |  RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON   |   September 20, 2008 08:36 PM
Deep-seated […]

You cannot blame a man for trying to leave the office neat for the next person.

Monday, September 8th, 2008

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Think Progress
Historians: Stop Bush/Cheney From Destroying Presidential Records
“Thirty-two of the nation’s leading historians have sent letters to congressional leaders calling on them to stregthen the Presidential Records Act (PRA). The effort, led by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and joined by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the National […]

Suspicious Package Found Near Civic Center–Denver Post headline

Monday, August 25th, 2008

By Kieran Nicholson
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 08/25/2008 06:18:04 AM MDT
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(Kieran Nicholson | The Denver Post)

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Connecticut Chickenhawk Joe seems to enjoy the smell of blood.

Monday, July 14th, 2008

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Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
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