All Posts Tagged With: "Politics"
Fear and Loathing: Religious Radicals
Make no mistake about it, Michelle Bachmann and Dick Perry are Christian extremists.
2Sep2011 | nemski | Comments Off | Continued
Politics And Religion
Imagine if something like this was said by a non-Christian governor:
”Now I will have to say that, if we don’t have the same daddy, we’re not brothers and sisters,” he said. “So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling you, you’re not my brother and you’re not my [...]
How Come We Can’t Just All Get Along
Don’t let recent the recent productivity of the lame duck Congress fool you, we’re in for some massive gridlock on Capitol Hill.
31Dec2010 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
Kentucky’s Creationist Theme Park
Oh, for crying out loud!
I just got back from the press conference where Steve Beshear announced his enthusiastic support for a Creationist theme park (“Ark Encounter”) that teaches children that not only did humans live with dinosaurs several thousand years ago, but they rode on “Noah’s Ark” with them. And the tax breaks that Beshear [...]
“Bringing It!” to Capitol Hill
There is a man that transcends politics. A man that can take Patrick Muprhy (D-PA) and Aaron Schuck (R-IL) and push them to past their limits, a place where each man screams, “No more, no more. Please make me do more.” That man is Tony Horton, late-night pitchman for his P90X fitness training. Horton was [...]
29Apr2010 | nemski | 11 comments | Continued
Incumbent Rethug Gov. Will Not Seek Reelection
Maybe I just missed this, but popular incumbent Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell has announced that she will not seek reelection in 2010. This may be why.
This is a likely D pickup, and former Lie-bermann nemesis Ned Lamont is one of the candidates.
Hmmm, just musing here. Wonder how Rell polls against Chris Dodd for that Senate [...]
Why Corzine and Christie Are Now in a Dead Heat
After months of trailing Republican challenger Chris Christie, at one point by double digits, incumbent N. J. Gov. Jon Corzine has pulled even, according to the latest polling (PDF file).
In my opinion, this change can be explained in three words:
Negative campaigning works.
Allow me to put a thin veneer of complexity on this hypothesis. Negative campaigning [...]
The Personal is Not the Political. The Political is Not the Personal.
We all confuse the two. Myself included. Because we feel the political is personal. And how can it not be? What is argued over in the halls and chambers of our political institutions very much affects our personal lives. Thus, we view politics personally and passionately. [...]
29Aug2009 | Delaware Dem | 53 comments | Continued
Carper Does It Again: Chooses Banks Over People
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ attempt to cap usurous interest rates on credit cards fell far short of passage today. The deliberative body that Sen. Richard Durbin referred to as ‘controlled by bankers’ easily beat back Sanders’ attempt to restore sanity to the credit card industry:
The effort by Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, drew only 33 [...]
Newt Gingrich No Longer a Sinner? Just in Time for 2012?
Praise the Lord! It’s a Miracle! Newt Gingrich’s sins have been magically cleansed from his Heavenly record!
How did he do it? He has seen the Light, and given over what passes for his soul to…Catholicism. Seriously. And, (quoting from that leading theologian Gomer Pyle), ‘Suh-prize, Suh-prize’, this conversion just may put him back in the [...]
A Stray Thought
I think anyone who anxiously awaits The Rapture should not serve in public office since they really don’t have any incentive in making a better future. In fact, it could be in their religious interest to make the future worse.
/sorta snark
United We Stand
According to a new survey it looks as if Americans are more united than divided. Nate Silver (538) breaks it down. The questions cover a variety of issues, asking the participants to rate (on a scale of 0-10) whether they agree or disagree. You can take the test here.
Luckily, Nate does the hard work for [...]
My Parental Dilemma
Last night over dinner my 11 year old daughter announced that her science teacher doesn’t like Joe Biden. After exchanging a look with my husband I asked, “Why would you think that?” She then proceeded to explain…
“When we were watching the Inauguration in class Mr. XXXX said that finally Delaware is rid of him.”
Now this [...]
Religion and Politics
Remember the days when one wasn’t supposed to discuss Religion and Politics in polite society? Just like announcing how much you paid for something, it was considered tacky. I sorta miss those days. But, since the 1980s, not only has a person’s spiritual beliefs spilled into every social setting known to man, it has shaped [...]
4Dec2008 | pandora | 52 comments | Continued
Boogie Man
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story is on Frontline Tuesday November 11 at 9PM. This is a Must See for all political junkies and especially those who are especially unhappy with the particular nastiness of the contemporary national campaign.
I saw this some weeks back at Theater N and it is riveting, informative and will [...]
Wink
This ruined my day, so I thought I’d ruin your day as well.
h/t to Ryan Cormier.
We Oppose More Presidential Power
Or at least that is what this very cool new poll from the National Constitution Center says:
Two-thirds of Americans oppose altering the balance of power among the three branches of government to strengthen the presidency, even when they thought that doing so would improve the economy or national security.
…Congress should have the power to require [...]
SEU Oversight Board Authority Expired
There was some question around here last week about whether or not the SEU was acting within the law that created them. There was an allegation that their term had expired per statute. Here is the pertinent part of the law:
There is hereby created the SEU Oversight Board which shall, from passage of [...]
It’s over, we just can’t get the fat lady to sing!
Obama Campaign Confirms Joint Fundraising Committee With The DNC
By Greg Sargent – April 25, 2008, 2:15PM
Obama spokesperson Bill Burton just confirmed to me that the campaign has set up a joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee, a development that was first reported today by Mark Halperin.
The move is unusual in the sense that [...]
FYI: Hillary did win by 10…oh well
dang!
AP’s current numbers, which most media sites (including TPM) are showing is …Clinton 1,258,245 54.69%
Obama 1,042,297 45.31%
Isn’t it interesting how they round up Hillary and round down Obama. I remember rounding in elementary school and I don’t think the rules they are using are the right ones…
QOD
To me anyway, it has become apparent that Hillary has moved back to the center if not to the right quite a bit. Not knowing the history of politics like some I wanted to get honest feedback if this was what the Democrats used to be? If this is really that bad for the Party [...]
23Apr2008 | Donvictimiti | 24 comments | Continued
Hmmm, me thinks this could be a problem for McSame
In Arizona, Mr. McCain has helped Mr. Diamond with matters as small as forwarding a complaint in a regulatory skirmish over the endangered pygmy owl, and as large as introducing legislation remapping public lands. In 1991 and 1994, Mr. McCain sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that resulted in providing him millions of dollars [...]
22Apr2008 | Donvictimiti | 7 comments | Continued
OH MY GOD! HOW LOW WILL SHE GO…
New Hillary Ad Shows Bin Laden, Asks: “Who Do You Think Has What It Takes?”
By Greg Sargent – April 21, 2008, 11:19AM
Hillary’s up with a new, last minute spot in Pennsylvania designed to swing the late-breaking undecideds — and it includes a brief appearance by none other than Osama Bin Laden.
Though there’s no mention of [...]
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