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A Shirley Sherrod Teaching Moment for the Non-Sociopathic Members of the Press

“I feel bad that they made this about her, and I feel sorry that they made this about her…. Watching how they’ve misconstrued, how the media has misconstrued the intention behind this, I do feel a sympathy for her plight.” This is what Andrew Breitbart had to say of Shirley Sherrod’s firing once she had [...]
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No Diversity

Forget that you see an all-white crowd. Although that presents a problem for the GOP as minority populations continue to grow, the big problem is that it's an all-old crowd. Where are all the young people? Where are all the angry college students?
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Read. The. Damn. Bill.

I just finished reading the transcript of Ezra’s interview with Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). I thought Senator Alexander’s responses were thoughtful and intelligent … until this: Ezra: But you liked at least part of it. The Senate health-care bill seems like Wyden-Bennett on the margins. If you were willing to build on Wyden-Bennett, which is [...]
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rabble rabble BIG GOVERNMENT rabble rabble CUT SPENDING rabble rable CUT TAXES

Well, this is what you’d end up with.
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Listen, Assholes. Quick Reactions To The SOTU.

This is going to be about style more than substance, because, unfortunately, I think it was more important for the SOTU to motivate people than it was to outline policy. So a few points. The attitude in the beginning was something like, “listen, assholes”. He was telling everyone we had to rescue the banks and [...]
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What Needs To Happen In The SOTU

So, tonight, Obama doesn't need to hit a homerun. Well, he can, but he doesn't have to, at least not a walk-off homerun. A walk-off homerun isn't even possible, since he can't win the game all in one night. What he needs to do is get on base. He's got to get a rally going and get everyone else in dugout on their feet feeling some "hope", as cheesy as that sounds.
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Filmaker Behind ACORN Sting Arrested. Does It Really Matter At This Point?

So, even though they were exonerated by a Congressional Research Service report, and even though portions of O'Keefe's film were substantially edited, and even though O'Keefe has now shown a pattern of unlawful tactics,ACORN was, is, and will remain a boogeyman.
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Communist, Liberal, Muslim, Nazi Astronauts

Man. Looks like NASA’s in on that communist, liberal, Hollywood conspiracy known as “global warming”. Well, now that I think about, NASA also staged that fake moon landing back in the 60′s. So maybe they’ve been a part of communist conspiracies this whole time. But then again, the moon landing was part of the Space [...]
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HOUSE – Pass The Senate Bill

Alright, so the title is actually a play on an inside joke I have about a former employer (quite a quirky guy) showing off his home in a local news segment. Particularly when he says “HOUSE – lower the attic stairs” at around the 1:45 mark: Guess you had to be there. But seriously. It’ll [...]
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Plouffe To Return To White House

Awesome. I wish he had never left. This shouldn’t just be about campaigning for 2010 midterms. It should be an ongoing campaign of policies so we can drown out the noise coming from the teabaggers.
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