“We’re whipping their ass everywhere we can go, right and left, up and down.” – Jim Porter, new (unpaid) NRA president THE NEW president of the NRA, James “Jim” Porter II, is some piece of work as you’ll see in the video over at Gawker. But his claims of NRA’s wins may turn out to [...]
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Top Story: Democrats Prepare to Celebrate in Anti Union North Carolina
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Labor has no place to go.” – Chris Hayes WHAT WOULD Democrats be without labor? Where would they be? What would the American middle class look like without unions? Before we met, my own husband was in a situation for many years in [...]
Top Story: Al Gore, Time to End the Electoral College
“I’ve seen how these states are written off and ignored, and people are effectively disenfranchised in the presidential race. And I really do now think it is time to change that.” – Former Vice President Al Gore AMEN. …and hallelujah. If you don’t live in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North [...]
Whopping $77 Million CNN Ad Buy from Obama
WE’RE BRACING for what’s about to hit Virginia, which is number 3 on Team Obama’s $77 million ad hit parade. After watching the onslaught of negative ads from Rove, Koch and company, with Pres. Obama’s positive ad currently running a breath of fresh air, no doubt the negative ads are about to begin. It’s really [...]
Why Should Any Democrat Attend a Convention in an Anti-Union State?
MINORITY LEADER PELOSI makes a different excuse for Blue Dog Democrats, because she won’t stand up for unions any more than Pres. Obama and the Democratic Party will. We saw that in Wisconsin, where even Democrats didn’t choose the union candidate to take on Scott Walker. Of course, that hasn’t kept unions from being the [...]
New Romney Ad Slams Obama, Says He’s Lying on Outsourcing Charge
**UPDATED** “Just like he did against Hillary Clinton, President Obama now continues to spread dishonest attacks about Mitt Romney to distract from his failed record. Even though fact check after fact check have found his claims to be false, he continues to mislead the American people. It is no wonder why our country has lost [...]
Bill Maher Goes Off
OTHERWISE KNOWN as the quote of the day. Now, if I were a Washington pundit, I’d launch into some boring speech about how both sides are equally to blame, and then I’d call it a day and we’d all meet at Katherine Graham’s house for cocktails. Which is weird because Katherine Graham is dead. But [...]
Queer Talk: You Can’t Change Things By Leaving
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. John Aravosis has a post up, “A straight North Carolinian weighs in about Amendment One.” It’s an excerpt from a May 12 piece by Bobby DeMuro at CLT Blog in Charlotte, NC (emphases in original). Last night, North Carolinians passed Amendment One. As they should [...]
Chicago, You Have A Problem, So Does Boston
TWENTY PERCENT OF DEMOCRATS voted “no preference” in North Carolina’s presidential vote. In a state where Pres. Obama and the Democrats are dropping tens of millions of dollars to have their convention, these numbers out of North Carolina last night are sending chills down Democratic spines. It comes after Obama’s reelection launch in Richmond, Virginia [...]
Queer Talk: Obama / Biden on Marriage Equality are ‘Dumb Dumb Dumb’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Being “against against-marriage”, but not for marriage equality is not the stuff of fierce advocacy. What VP Biden said on Meet the Press Sunday, however, did sound a bit fierce, even evolved, and something like leadership on an issue of full equality for LGBTs. Then [...]
‘Texts From Hillary’ on Tumblr Frames Iconic Hillary Moment
It’s so 3:00 a.m. and I’m in charge. It’s power, baby. The ultimate Hillary Effect, which has been earned. That “Texts From Hillary” on Tumblr has gone viral is due to Secy. Clinton’s Madonna meets Gaga pop culture cool aboard a C-17, which was Malta bound for Libya at the height of a crisis, which [...]
Where are the Lunchpail Democrats?
Lunchpail Democrats don’t exist. To bring the point home, Pres. Obama is now warning Democratic activists to brace themselves for the budget. But after capitulating to conservatism over Democratic economic values throughout his entire first term what comes next really shouldn’t require a warning. From the Hill: Top White House officials are warning liberal and [...]
The Big Two Political Conventions and Occupy
In the greater Occupy world, there’s uncertainty verging on ambivalence toward the idea of protesting either the DNC in Charlotte or the Republican National Convention taking place in Tampa. Some activists admitted that they did not know when the DNC was taking place. While they stressed it might be important to show opposition, they are [...]
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