Archive for September, 2009
Posted in September 24th, 2009
The other party points out what an idiot you are: David Hoffman Plays Both Sides on SEIU Today Hoffman blasted Alexi Giannoulias for accepting SEIU support… …after being endorsed and introduced by an SEIU-backed legislator! CHICAGO – The Illinois Republican Party today called on Illinois Senate candidate David Hoffman to renounce his endorsement by Illinois State Senator […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2009
Via Rich Tom Roeser is reporting that Steele is withdrawing his endorsement of Kirk in the Republican Primary. Now, given the loopiness of Michael Steele, it’s hard to say if this means much, but I still contend, Mark Kirk may have a serious primary to face. I definitely think he is a favorite for […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2009
I’m a bit puzzled by the NRSC’s response to Mark Kirk missing the vote on extending unemployment benefits: “Congressman Mark Kirk, who in the past has voted both for and against extending unemployment benefits, apparently could not decide between pandering to right wing Republican primary voters by voting against extending unemployment benefits or doing […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2009
Telling one of the more important constituencies to go screw themselves and essentially lying about their role in the Blagojevich corruption is not generally the way I would advise a statewide candidate to go, but who knows, this Hoffman character might be on to something new: The National GOP is champing at the bit […]
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Posted in September 23rd, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-YLIsU2oU[/youtube] His new haircut looks quite nice though it will probably trigger another outburst at Illinois Review.
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Posted in September 23rd, 2009
Pure Genius I got 50 percent right on the quiz.
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Posted in September 23rd, 2009
Softball interview. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMTQNUdvqM[/youtube]
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Posted in September 23rd, 2009
42 % of Republicans think Obama was not born in the United States 25 % of Dems are true Truthers thinking Bush actively allowed 9-11 to get the United States in a Middle East war. 19 % of Republicans think Obama is the Anti-Christ 14 % of Democrats think Bush is. I discount […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2009
Growing up in Central Illinois I ran into my share of John Bircher types–some in the family. This series on Glen Beck pretty much puts everything into focus. What has Beck been pushing on his legions? “Leap,” first published in 1981, is a heavily illustrated and factually challenged attempt to explain American history through an […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2009
Drag Queen Birther Orly Tai(n)tz now claims her client’s complaint to the California Bar may be a forgery: Oh sweet irony. Birther attorney Orly Taitz tells TPMmuckraker she believes a letter sent by her now ex-client renouncing Taitz — in a case alleging that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery — may itself be […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2009
Bizarre Carly Fiorina campaign web site.
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Posted in September 22nd, 2009
I’m finding the defund ACORN Act to be a great idea. Why? SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN INDICTED ORGANIZATIONS. (a) Prohibitions- With respect to any covered organization, the following prohibitions apply: (1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or any other form of agreement (including a memorandum […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2009
The Blagorgeous goes on the Daily Show. His last appearance was pretty bad:
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Posted in September 22nd, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcChG5pRTOE[/youtube] Of course, I don’t have a birth certificate from the hospital. I have one from Will County which is the legal one that is accorded full faith and credit by the Constitution. There’s a level of wingnuttery that continues to get into normal discussion that is remarkable. Response to Tai(n)tz most recent filing “It […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2009
According to Tom Coburn’s COS: SCHWARTZ: And one of the things that he said to me, that I think is an astonishingly insightful remark. He said, “all pornography is homosexual pornography because all pornography turns your sexual drive inwards. Now think about that. And if you, if you tell an 11-year-old boy about that, […]
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