AWOL Dem Senators had Good Excuses
So, Karen Hughes was up for confirmation for her new post on Capitol Hill, and NOT ONE SINGLE DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE USSFRC could be arsed to show up and ask questions? The crack investigative team...
View ArticleThe Very Model of a Frivolous Lawsuit
Montana Senator Conrad Burns is battling for his political life. Enmeshed with sleazeball lobbyist Jack Abramoff and either lying or completely out of control of his own staff, he can't raise money....
View ArticleHatred for the Defilers of the Republic
I don't share the hatred Alan Bisbort writes about. But I certainly understand it:A former coworker of mine at one of the many papers for which I've freelanced over the years recently got in touch with...
View Article2006 Starts Now-Send Congress a Shot of Courage (w/ poll)
I expect most of y'all already know this, but if not, please go vote. Democracy for America is asking for input on their first endorsement for the 2006 Congressional elections. At the time of this...
View ArticleDoes the Anti-War Movement Need a "General" ?
Scott Ritter, on Alternet.org makes some very important points about the state of the Anti-War movement as currently implemented.Lately I have noticed a growing despondency among many of those who call...
View ArticleWhen Immigration Reform is Actually Racism in Cowboy Boots
Terrelldemocrat had a question on the open thread over at Tkos a couple of days ago about an immigration reform organization quoted by one of the Lege candidates, Kemper "Bear" Gleason. I'm assuming...
View ArticleWe're All Part of the Colbert Nation Now-
We're all members of the Colbert Nation, now. Well, okay, maybe not Lord High Pissypants and his courtiers in and outside of the White House Press Center. After the bravura performance by Stephen...
View ArticleOn This Memorial Day, Make a Great Vow
I've been thinking a lot lately about vows. I've been thinking about the oath of office renewed by President Bush even as his administration minions were undertaking the destruction of...
View ArticleThe Tyranny That Dares Us to Speak Its Name
This review of How Would a Patriot Act by Glenn Greenwald was difficult to write. As anyone who frequents Greenwald's blog, Unclaimed Territory knows, he has a clean and matter-of-fact writing style....
View ArticleYo, Come Help a Warrior Queen in Purple Texas
Kossacks, I need your help to turn my purple congressional district a bluer shade of violet. Texans have a champion they don't know about yet. We need to get the word out. John Courage is running to...
View ArticlePro-Life and Pro-Choice
This is not my diary, properly speaking, but crossposted, with permission, from Texas Kaos. It's authored by one of our candidate members who doesn't have an account here on Dkos yet. Ladies and...
View ArticleVirginia, Colorado and Texas, United to Change the Map-Updated
Unhappy Update: Thanks to commenter 53rd Street Democrat for sharing the news from Team Courage. Apparently the Hill story was in error. Perhaps the carpers were right. This certainly seems to me like...
View ArticleTom Delay's Smoking Gun is a Checkbook: DVD Review of The Big Buy
Today the three judge panel reveals which of the redistricting plans submitted it will accept. Wondering how things got to this pass? As it happens, filmmakers Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck were in...
View ArticleTake the Red Pill: Review of Hostile Takeover by David Sirota
In the introductory chapter of Hostile Takeover, David Sirota refers to pivotal moment at the beginning of The Matrix.Casting himself as Morpheus to his reader's Neo, he offers the red pill of...
View ArticleGood ol' Republican America: Where Racism and Sexism Substitute for Talent
Media Matters caught this from GOP operative and Radio Personality Michael Graham on serial bloviator Tucker Carlson's MSNBC indulgencefest.During a discussion with host Tucker Carlson and MSNBC...
View ArticleTexas Dem Party-When "Rebuild" means "Undermine"
At a recent meeting the SDEC wrote off almost all the candidates running in Texas, calling this a "rebuilding year" (again). What exactly are they rebuilding? AG Candidate David Van Os has a few choice...
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When the Future of the Free World has a Female Face
DVD Review: The Contender, starring Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman, Sam Elliott Written and Directed by Rod Lurie.Earlier this summer, the frenzied panty sniffers of the press were agog with...
View ArticleTorture is not an American value.
Torture is not an American value. I cannot tell you how much I resent even having to type that sentence. Because of the rules of the Senate, there will be no filibuster. I know there are many...
View ArticleTX-Gov The Answer is Clear as a Bell (Warning: Really long debate recap)
Update:A nice write up of Bell's career in the Austin American Statesman. Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have us a hoss race. So does Rick, btw, as he ducked out of the post debate press conference,...
View ArticleTX-Gov Chris Bell Scores Endorsements
As Travis County Dems rally to ask and answer the question "What Would Ann Do?" I'm stuck icing my knee after an unexpected fall and phonebanking this afternoon. But a poster at TK scored some good...
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