Archive for March, 2006
Posted in March 27th, 2006
The right wing assault on family planning is very real. Missouri just banned state clinics from providing contraception, but look closer and we see opposition to the morning after pill that is widespread in conservative circles. On a personal level, many may disagree with it, and that is fine, but attempting to stop the approval […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2006
Find out some here (wmv file) He’s a creationist. Sigh, no wonder Roeser is such a good pal.
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Posted in March 27th, 2006
Given some in Missouri want to ban embryonic stem cell research, I’ve already been in the middle of this debate for some time—The Trib picks up on one key issue Democrats will be hitting upon this year. First Salvo: Roskam’s Choice (WMV file) 500 Personal stories about the potential of stem cell research One of […]
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Posted in March 27th, 2006
Via Rich in the Courier News Months of hard work and jockeying for position came down to the wire Tuesday night, but when the final results were posted it was clear that high school athletics scored a huge victory in Dundee Unit School District 300. With the passage of the education tax rate referendum by […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2006
Making fun of a veteran injured in combat for the way she walks is not the best way to advocate for your candidate. TrueRealDemocratAuthentic just posted this to comments: Mmmmmmmmmmmm, Tammy Duckwalk: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/bunny_tapdancer.html He/She did it anonymously and demonstrated his/her stupidty by not even renewing their SBC connection to get a different IP. UPDATE: Let’s […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2006
3 Endorsed Candidates in Illinois for the Eagle Forum, one left–Salvi and Oberweis lost, Roskam is the remaining endorsed candidate for now.
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Posted in March 26th, 2006
Schlafly and Roskam Event. Roskam is an incredibly effective guy at appearing moderate, but at the same time he’s unapologetically a movement conservative. I’d probably compare him closest to Todd Akin in Congress now in being a guy who votes exactly the way he says he will–very conservative. The contrasts between Duckworth and Roskam could […]
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Posted in March 26th, 2006
Dave Diersen GOPUSA ILLINOIS Ryan McLaughlin joins Jason Gerwig, Matt Leffingwell, and Jake Parillo and others who have insulted your GOPUSA Illinois Editor – Dave Diersen www.gopillinois.com If you want to insult your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, just treat him as though he is not a member of the news media. Generally, conservatives, that is, people […]
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Posted in March 24th, 2006
Yeah, John Laesch is in the contest at Feingold’s PAC, but David Loebsack, my college advisor is in there. Dave’s raised just under $100,000 and has no primary opponent–long story about how he’s getting on the ballot, but he’s running in Iowa-2 which is currently held by Republican Jim Leach. Leach is a moderate, but […]
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Posted in March 24th, 2006
Michael in Chicago isn’t very happy with me I’m sure, but let me say some of the flack he’s taking is a bit much. It was dumb to not disclose being paid by a campaign even if it was for other work, but I’ll take a guess and say that he thought his statement was […]
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Posted in March 24th, 2006
It’s pretty easy to demonstrate I don’t plagiarize. No one else writes as many complicated, clause-ridden sentences in the passive voice as I do.
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Posted in March 24th, 2006
Sylvester Brown of the Post-Dispatch enters the blogosphere and is pretty funny to boot.
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Posted in March 24th, 2006
Besides the misspelling in the title, the owner of the property will be auctioning off the property soon and has asked that no more work be done. Sad news, but I wanted to pass along the news.
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Posted in March 24th, 2006
This got delayed in my inbox from the primary (still digging out)–Barry Bradford is at it again with students working to bring attention to injustice: Clyde Kennard was an African American man who attempted to quietly integrate the University of Southern Mississippi in the late 1950s. After being denied three times, he was framed for […]
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Posted in March 23rd, 2006
Let me make clear what I think happened in the 6th if the below post on the reduction in Democratic voters doesn’t make it clear. Three candidates–all people I think are nice people ran in three different ways. One spent $700,000. One tried to bring in new Democrats. One essentially organized for 3 years. The […]
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