Strokes and Raps
This Stroke goes out to Rep. Gabby Giffords, my Congressperson. Gabby fought for expansion of health care to children from families with low incomes through SCHIP. Americans United For Change recognized her stand on the issue and cut a radio ad supporting her because she has been targeted by the insurance industry as a result … Read more
Huge Upset in the Making in NH?
The Manchester, New Hampshire Republican Committee reports that their GOP straw poll resulted in an astounding win for Ron Paul with 66% of the vote. The next nearest competitor was Fred Thompson with just 10%! This points to a possible upset in NH far more disruptive of the GOP status quo than McCain’s 1999 upset … Read more
Drinking Liberally on KXCI
For the vast majority of you who likely missed it, here’s a podcast of me on KXCI’s ’30 Minutes’ talking with guest producer Elaine Schramm about Drinking Liberally. For those of you readers who haven’t heard of Drinking Liberally or attended one of our parties, please visit the mother site or the local site. Listen … Read more
Leave Petraeus Alone!
Heh! This is a hoot. Some of you will be familiar with the media squall over an emo kid named Chris Crocker who bawled his eyes out on YouTube over the negative buzz on Britney’s big come-back performance; for those of you who have a life, and haven’t clue what I’m on about, click the … Read more
Republicans Whine Conspicuously
Link: Republicans introduce measure condemning MoveOn ad. Oh please… General Petraeus or General Betray Us? Offensive? Probably to some. Juvenile? A bit. Outside the bounds of political debate? Not in a free country. Who do these Republicans think they are, some kind of tender-witted political Pollyannas? These are the assholes who made ‘Swiftboating’ a verb. … Read more
Impeachment, Not Just for Kids Anymore…
So you think impeaching Bush and Cheney is a waste of time? That it would provoke a backlash, as did the impeachment of Clinton? Do you really think those are equivalent? Really? Sometimes something has to be done simply because it is the right thing to do. Impeaching the tyrants inhabiting our White House is … Read more
