photograph by Joe McDonald   

October 2006



Obama Ned Lamont has waged an impressive grassroots campaign to give the people of Connecticut a choice in the November Senate election. He has a vision for his state and country, and his campaign has been about presenting that vision to Connecticut voters…read on

Read more at Barack Obama supports Ned Lamont [>>]


Read more at Limbaugh physically mocked Parkinson’s patients [>>]


How dumb is Jean Schmidt you may ask? Really dumb.Support Victoria Wulsin, a major Blue America candidate.

Read more at Mean Jean: Dumb and Dumber [>>]


Read more at Bush: “There’s some kind of reward during Ramadan for violence” [>>]


HOLY CRAP: Otisolatry Down Under…Chuck Norris does not understand irony…Relics For Sale…slacktivist reads ‘Left Behind’…Killing Gays is GoodThe Satirical Political Report: Rush Limbaugh claims FDR faked polio to pass the New DealThe Heretik: Slam dunk on tortureTHE NEWS BLOG: You down with GOP?Shakespeare’s Sister: BU$HCO and single-sex public educationNo Capital: Commander Codpiece reverses course again!

Read more at Roundup: October 26 [>>]


 Jean Schmidt is very proud of showing us how little she knows. She doesn’t quite grasp the concept that Coach Hastert has no control of Victoria Wuslin because—she’s not part of the House. What a little tattle tail. Don’t you just hate that? Here’s the new letter.Support Victoria and clean out the Mean Jean’s from the House.

Read more at Mean Jean?€™s Denny Hastert letter [>>]


This one really upsets me.  We all owe our soldiers a debt of gratitude, especially those who have been wounded in battle.  That includes those who have suffered psychological injuries like post-traumatic stress disorder.  Doctors suggest a safe environment, counseling, and sometimes medication for people going through this ordeal.  Instead, the GOP leadership is shipping [...]

Read more at Disposable Heroes: The GOP?€™s Mistreatment of Wounded Soldiers [>>]


Read more at Conservative icon Richard Vigeurie says GOP offers conservative voters nothing this election, Democratic House may help cut back on spending [>>]


Will Rush apologize to MJ Fox after he told Katie Couric that he was on his medication while filming an ad promoting embryonic stem cell research? Limbaugh will never apologize or honestly regret what he’s done because it’s part of a long term strategy to once again attack the messenger. Unfortunately for the country– conservatives can say [...]

Read more at Michael J Fox makes a fool out of Limbaugh [>>]


Read more at Give Jill your money [>>]


Read more at “I don’t care if I vote for Happy the Clown, just so it’s not who’s there now.” [>>]


Matt Drudge (Mark Halperin’s BFF) tries his usual smear job on Jim Webb, but McCain supplies the antidote to the poison that he spreads.

Read more at St. McCain hearts Jim Webb?€™s novel [>>]


In yet another egregious executive-power grab, President Bush asserted his right last week via signing statement to ignore a Congressional mandate that the next FEMA Director have at least five years of disaster response experience. You would think after the Brownie debacle during Katrina last year the President would be eager to appoint someone with [...]

Read more at Bush Reserves Right To Repeat Katrina Failures [>>]


Read more at Michael Steele’s subway attack backfires [>>]


Read more at Michael J. Fox responds to Rush — classy guy without pity, without rancor [>>]


Read more at Judge orders Cheney to release White House visitor logs [>>]


AP via MercuryNews :State investigators have linked a Republican campaign to letters sent to thousands of Orange County Hispanics warning them they could go to jail or be deported if they vote next month, a spokesman for the attorney general said."We have identified where we believe the mailing list was obtained," said Nathan Barankin, spokesman [...]

Read more at Voter warning linked to GOP campaign [>>]


Brian Ross:The former clerk of the House of Representatives, Jeff Trandahl, who testified for more than four hours before the House Ethics Committee today, is believed to have testified that a top aide to House Speaker Dennis Hastert was informed of "all issues dealing with the page program," according to a Republican familiar with the [...]

Read more at Isn?€™t Hastert gone yet? [>>]


The Register:The US has claimed "dibs" on the Universe with its new space policy. The document, signed by President Bush, was released on a Friday, just before a long weekend in the States. This, in itself has caused a bit of a stir, but not more so than the tone and content of the document.In [...]

Read more at Bush Calls ?€œDibs?€ on Space [>>]


Is there anything these people won’t do?CBS4Denver:The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has identified the person who accessed a national criminal database and retrieved information that eventually appeared in a campaign ad by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez against opponent Bill Ritter. CBS4 has learned that person is a federal law enforcement agent from Colorado. The [...]

Read more at Republican Bob Beauprez?€™s Possible Criminal Political Ad [>>]

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