Archive for October, 2007
Posted in October 25th, 2007
It’s fine to post support for someone, but you only get to do it as one identity. I will delete comments made by the same IP with different identities. If you change from time to time that isn’t so bad, but in the same day or same thread, not cool. Second, the only other thing […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2007
I believe there’s a threat in there too. Given the pretty clear bipolar issues, someone might want to check him out. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-7643264540058027657″ width=”400″ height=”326″ wmode=”transparent” /]
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Posted in October 25th, 2007
Yesterday’s Rasmussen release gave Rod a 16% approval and below Bush. IWU’s poll has him above Bush by 2%, but at 23%. Rasmussen is usually a little higher on approval for Republicans than other polls so the two aren’t that much in conflict–which is exactly the right number is hard to say, but none of […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2007
A big part of the time talking about IL-3 is spent bashing Dan Lipinski. And for good reason, but there’s another aspect that I’ve neglected and that is why I support Mark Pera. I was somewhat skeptical of Pera run after the Sullivan race last time. John was a great, great guy, but just wasn’t […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
Because if Donnie McClurkin, is the standard, a whole lot of Black Ministers aren’t going to be acceptable as supporters. Let’s start with where the issue probably started: Hillary Clinton Rev. Harold Mayberry Or perhaps Darrell Jackson, who has admirably supported hate crimes legislation, but preaches that homosexuality is wrong. Oh, and he got a […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
Pulling out the old canard that environmentalists oppose forest thinning, Beck blames the fires in Southern California on them. This is wrong, as the links you can follow over at Think Progress pretty well demonstrate. What environmentalists have sued over are plans to cut down larger diameter trees that don’t contribute to the fire danger. […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
I’ve been one of the few bloggers to defend Emanuel over time. Sure there were things to be critical of, but I never found him to be nearly as bad as the general consensus on blogs has had it and, in fact, his being an asshole routine works often times. However, he’s lost me: Rep. […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
Obama on Telecom Immunity
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
Blagojevich just doesn’t get it. Via Rich 16 percent approval Given the margin of error his Excellent rating could be from 0.5% to 9.5%. Woohoooooooooo….. Looking up at Nixonian numbers. How’s it feel Guv? All Madigan has to do is sit, avoid headlines, and he, or his daughter, will be around far longer than the […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
The Obama campaign is humming along, but not nearly the kind of operation one should expect from him and an incredibly talented group of advisors. Mike Lux offers a good take on it from someone outside of the Illinois The great mystery of the Obama campaign so far is when they have such a unique […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
Apparently watching a debate will tell you all about intelligent design and make it scientific. Unfortunately, there is no falsifiable hypothesis. The arguments boils down to information must be intelligently designed without any way to refute the claim. Hence, it’s not a scientific argument–it’s a claim of faith. The first clue might be to search […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
Tancredo calls Border Patrol on Dick Durbin. Everyone was legal. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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Posted in October 23rd, 2007
While proclaiming his desire to forge bipartisan compromises on the war, he votes to spend time in Congress on voting to censure Pete Stark because Pete Stark wasn’t nice to the President. Building bridges and doing the people’s business. Maybe he can complain about some newspaper ads too.
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Posted in October 23rd, 2007
Democratic Congressional candidate Mark Pera on Tuesday called upon Congressman Dan Lipinski to direct his staff to return to donors or contribute to charity the payments they received from a state political campaign fund controlled by Lipinski’s father — former Congressman and federal lobbyist William Lipinski. According to the Daily Southtown (10/21 & 10/14) and […]
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Posted in October 23rd, 2007
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