Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
Apparently choosing Sheila Simon is a slap in the face to black voters: Green Party leaders sharply criticized Governor Pat Quinn and the Democratic State Central Committee for bypassing State Rep. Art Turner and other more qualified candidates in nominating Sheila Simon for Lieutenant Governor. “Pat Quinn’s message is that he can take the […]
I’m betting they wish they had found someone to offer a real primary challenge. Now the Club for Growth, the powerful, well-funded conservative group, is putting Kirk on notice, and making it clear that they expect him to live up to his promise. “He said that he’s going to do this,” Club for Growth […]
I’m sure the Tribune editorial page will find a way to call this a smart centrist position, but Mark Kirk’s forceful pledge to repeal Health Care Reform legislation is a lot less forceful now: CHICAGO — Republican Mark Kirk isn’t say if he’ll work to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Kirk was […]
Both parties have nominated four people at the top of their ticket who while thinking they are trying to win an election, are more likely to attempt to lose the election leaving this entire election dependent upon who can screw up the most with the winner being the one who doesn’t achieve the biggest screw-up. […]
One of my favorite Entertainment Weekly writers, Dalton Ross, describes Rod to a tee: Say what you will about him allegedly trying to sell Obama’s senatorial seat. Say what you will about his seeming inability to accept one single ounce of blame for his actions. And say what you will about his wife appearing […]
I truly hate talking about Israel in public because it tends to generate more heat than light, but Netanyahu always finds a way for me to actually piss me off with a mixture of arrogance and long term stupidity. In a speech to a pro-Israel lobbying group, Mr. Netanyahu reiterated that Israel had no plans […]
We’ve finally found a use for mimes [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMzozoxBQQ[/youtube] He describes it as the politics of intimidation. He’s intimidated by mimes? Really?
It’s hard for me to imagine that there are enough stupid people to watch Glenn Beck because I know a fair number of conservatives and none of them are stupid enough to watch him other than for the humor of watching a jackass be a jackass. Today’s edition is the best yet: How dare John […]
Even straight white guys were getting hassled… Looks like black and gay lawmakers aren’t the only ones being pelted with vicious slurs by folks who oppose the health reform proposal. Add a Hispanic lawmaker to the list. Trifecta! Rep Ciro Rodriguez of Texas has confided to colleages that he was hammered by ethnic slurs […]
Better video on Barney Faggot: I’m sure it’s all a fabrication. And James Clyburn needs to apologize to the teabaggers according to Instapundit…. Obviously Barney needs to apologize for this as well: Also, The Hill reports: “Frank, an openly gay lawmaker, had to call the Captiol Police “to move away” five or six protesters […]
She points out the utter hypocrisy of Lipinski in regards to health care: People remember that former Rep. Bill Lipinski (D-Ill.) used political trickery to line-up his Third Congressional District seat for Dan Lipinski, who returned to Illinois from Tennessee to get to Congress through a rigged 2004 nomination. At the time, the scuttlebutt was […]
As long as choice isn’t compromised anymore in the bill. Good for him “I was pleased yesterday to hear that the ‘deem and pass’ maneuver was abandoned and that the House will have a fair and transparent up-or-down vote on the Senate health care bill today. My constituents voted for me to have a […]
The Lipinskis: Dan Lipinski has been most influenced by a vote made by his father, former Rep. William Lipinski (D-Ill.), in 1993, against former President Bill Clinton’s deficit-reduction package — a must win, back then, for Clinton. The senior Lipinski was the only Illinois Democrat and one of 38 Democrats in Congress to say no […]
Only one n-word is clear–it’s not very good audio, but it’s at about 12 seconds in. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPoJGNhWB-s[/youtube]
It’s not that they think it, it’s that they actually put it on a sign and show it in public that’s surprising. That should bring a little questioning from the Capitol Hill Police.