Bush Losing Support of Swing State Rural Voters
Why? The Iraq war and the economy. Why else?A new poll shows President Bush losing support in 17 so-called "battleground" states among a key constituency: rural voters. Those states, which Mr. Bush...
View ArticleWords That Are Casualties of Bush's War (A List)
The English major in me cringes to hear Bush speak. His assault on our language began even before he was elected. While many of his "Bushisms" are harmless, there have been quite a number of direct...
View ArticleHow OUR Half Thinks
Jeff posted this to show us, "how the other half thinks". Here's how I (and I'm sure many liberals, Jeff included) think:
View ArticleBush's New McCain Ad: It's Poor
McCain is giving a speech about the war. The first half of the video is overcut by the images of 1) a statue being pulled down (can't tell if it's the Saddam statue), 2) a supposed terrorist holding a...
View ArticleAfganistan Arrests 4 Foreign Anti-Terror ''Vigilantes''
It appears that some people, inspired by our cowboy president, have decided to take up arms, don military uniforms, and wage private wars on supposed terrorists. Hey, what could go wrong?
View Article#1 Reason Postponing The Election Would Be Unneccessary
Our nation is set up as a union of 50 separate States, plus one Federal district, which have agreed to have one Federal law be soverign over the laws of the individual States. Nevertheless, those 50...
View ArticleThe GOP is Out of Touch w/American Culture (Screenshot)
This just about sums it all up (click for larger version):
View ArticleLaura Bush Toured Citicorp HQ, Despite Terror Threat
Found this obscure little article, dated two days ago, on CNN:First Lady Laura Bush, New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited the headquarters of Citicorp ( C)...
View ArticleCongressional Budget Office: Bush Tax Cuts Favor Rich
A report released, today, by the CBO confirms what everybody already knows: Bush's tax cuts favor the rich.President Bush's tax cuts have transferred the federal tax burden from the richest Americans...
View ArticleHelp! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!
The title of this diary is also the title of a book. The blurb makes the book sound almost humorous until you realize that hey, there are really people who think this way, and that they're trying to...
View ArticleBush Flip-Flops Again, Says Terror War Can Be Won
Which is it, Bush? Obviously whichever one lifts him up in the polls.
View ArticleRNC Keeps Wall Street Traders Away
Republicans are bad for the economy. Economists know it. Even the census bureau knows it. The great irony is that even as the GoOPers meet and hold their quadra-annual circle jerk, which they avowed...
View ArticleKansas AG Justifies Harsher Penalties For Gay Sex
There are certainly things to be said about tradition. Lots of traditions are great. The 4th of July, for example, is a great tradition, and, like most traditions, it celebrates certain values. In...
View ArticleO'Reilly Punk'd? Reads Letter From "Jack Mehoffer" On Air
And was Bart Simpson the culprit? On last night's O'Reilly Factor, the earstwhile conservative host read the following letter:"O'Reilly, I see the new Fox definition of 'fair and balanced' means...
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Petition Gary Trudeau
Gary Trudeau published the following strip after Nixon resigned: I think it would be great if he ran a reprint of the same strip, again, when Bush is kicked out of office. We shouldn't count our...
View ArticleMy Letter to MD Rep. Van Hollen re: Tom DeLay
Feedback appreciated. If you like, feel free to use what I wrote as a template for your own letter.
View ArticleFBI to Interview (Read: Intimidate) Muslims Before Nov. 2
Caught this while scanning Google news.
View ArticleWaPo Poll/Contest: Vote for the Best Blogs
The Washington Post has just put up a Reader's Choice Awards Best Blogs contest in the Politics & Elections category. Once again, it's time for all us dKos denizens to step up to bat for our team!...
View ArticleMedia Consolidation: The REAL Reason to Fight Against Sinclair
While stopping Sinclair's effort to undermine our democracy by broadcasting propaganda is a noble one, in and of itself, we cannot let the issue die, there. It has to be taken all the way to the top:...
View ArticlePA Judge Kicks Nader Off Of Ballot!!!
Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court President Judge, James Gardner Colins, removed Ralph Nader from the PA presidential ballot, today, because fewer than 19,000 of the 51,000 signatures Nader's campaign...
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