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Democrats: Are We the Knee-Jerk Party or Just Jerks?

Democratic Party Marion - February 24, 2010 68

Something struck me this morning, thinking about what's looming on the horizon tomorrow for the Democrats with this ginormous chinwag session that's about to...

Evan Bayh to resign—Crisis or opportunity?

Political Parties nellie - February 15, 2010 46

This morning the office of Senator Evan Bayh, D-IN, announced that he will not run for re-election this November. There's more than one way...

Did SCOTUS Open The Floodgates?

Political Parties SueInCa - February 12, 2010 14

A New York Times reporter asked a man the following question, What is a fascist? How many fascists have we? How dangerous are they? ...

The Party of Lincoln vs The Party of Winkin’

Political Parties Marion - February 12, 2010 23

Watching the Teabaggers ponce, preen and pontificate for the better part of last year, and ending with their recent convention, I'm always struck by...

Retarded

GOP Marion - February 7, 2010 24

"Ms. Palin represents a new breed of unelected public figures operating in an environment in which politics, news media and celebrity are fused as...

Choice under new attack from Operation Rescue

GOP javaz - February 6, 2010 23

Choice under new attack from Operation Rescue, led by Troy Newman, the president of the organization. Operation Rescue has launched a new anti-choice campaign by...

Motive

GOP nellie - February 2, 2010 30

I've mentioned Randi Rhodes a few times on this site. She's probably my favorite progressive broadcaster (Rachel Maddow is nipping at her heels). I...

President Obama Confronts the GOP Head On

Congress KQµårk 死神 - January 29, 2010 110

In an unprecedented way President Obama has taken on the GOP face to face. The best part is it was caught on camera....

Meet your Senator From China….

Congress bito - January 27, 2010 10

Taking Action Against The SCOTUS Decision! A couple of weeks ago I posted in the Time Out..O/T post an alert from CREDO Action Alert and...

Back to the Future

Elections AdLib - January 19, 2010 231

It was one year ago Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States...or wasn't according to teabaggers who protested the mucking up...

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Democrats: Are We the Knee-Jerk Party or Just Jerks?

Evan Bayh to resign—Crisis or opportunity?

Did SCOTUS Open The Floodgates?

The Party of Lincoln vs The Party of Winkin’

Retarded

Choice under new attack from Operation Rescue

Motive

President Obama Confronts the GOP Head On

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