May 2007

Maybe Sideshow Scott *doesn’t* understand…

May 14, 2007

In what is becoming a familier "what-if" situation, the Republican House Speaker "Sideshow" Scott Sales is threatening to push yet another special session by suggesting that the House adjourn without seeing the results of the budget debate in the Senate. I am beginning to think that Mr. Sales really just doesn't get how the Montana [...]

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Some Great Ads From One of the “Other” Democrats

May 13, 2007

Though the media would have you believe that there are only two, perhaps three candidates running for the Democratic nomination, these are some of the best ads I have seen in the cycle (below the fold.) Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]

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Rudy Giuliani: Man of the People

May 12, 2007

So it's not news when Rudy Giuliani blows off an Iowa couple because they don't make enough money, but the cost of  John Edwards's house is?   Indeed. Deborah VonSprecken said Giuliani's campaign backed out of the event at her home after deciding she and her husband did not fill the bill for the candidate's [...]

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Doolittle Points the Finger at Connie

May 12, 2007

I'm going to be quite disappointed if Conrad doesn't get charged only because he lost in November. John Doolittle seems to think that is the case: Alleging political motives in the raid of his home in April, Doolittle claimed the Justice Department is under pressure to produce more convictions in the Abramoff case, particularly members [...]

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Republican Ethics: Dirty Deals and Prostitutes

May 12, 2007

When even the zealots at Red State are criticizing a Republican, you know it must be bad. Charged with replacing disgraced John Dolittle on the House Appropriations Committee, the stewards of ethics and public service in the House selected John Calvert, who: has been arrested for solicting a prostitute has been involved in a number [...]

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I Think I’ve Found My Candidate

May 7, 2007

It's awfully early to have decided on a candidate for the 2008 Presidential election, but I think I have found the one candidate I can support without reservation . Consider these radical proposals:  the eight-hour workday, abolition of child labor, equal pay for equal work  He's even got a MySpace page . Vote Debs!  Bookmark [...]

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Free speech? Not on your hipster car…

May 5, 2007

I was inrigued at this story in Thursday's edition of the Rapid City Journal.  Heather Moriah is being challenged from South Dakota's Division of Moter Vehicles on the license plate "MPEACHW."  Despite the fact that it is not sexual or offensive, someone complained and poof, the state says its gone.  Their director plans to use [...]

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