Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’

From the feverish imagination of the Rude One:
Jesse Helms in Heaven (A Fantasia)
Frankly, he was as surprised as anyone that he ended up in heaven. Jesse Helms had been sure that all the Christ-loving in the world wouldn’t undo the harm that he knew he had done: his support for El Salvadoran death squad [...]

Aw jeez. Here we go again…
WASHINGTON (AFP) Republican presidential hopeful John McCain Monday warned that plans by his Democratic rivals to withdraw from Iraq were “reckless” as the US general running the war prepared to testify to Congress.

Oh yes. Gosh darn those Dems. So reckless! Says the crotchety old git [...]

Disbursement Item A on page 808, Year End 2007 Norm Coleman FEC report:
“Nordstrom, 10/1/07, $73.59 for makeup.”

Update: OK folks, I just got a gentle rebuke from Bruce, who was nice enough to do his chiding in an email instead of in the comments. He took me to task for not giving a tip o the [...]

The George W Bush Presidential Library is in the final planning stages. Allen L Roland via Op Ed News gives us the details about some of the library’s proposed features:
1. The Hurricane Katrina Room, which is still under construction.
2. The Alberto Gonzales Room, where you can’t remember anything.
3. The Texas Air National Guard [...]

Because Meteor Blades’ writing is brilliant, but his photoshop skills are decidedly less so.
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few nights ago, at the remote fortified family compound known as Tildebunkport….

“In a much less publicized special election yesterday, Kevin Dahle, a school teacher from Northfield, won the legislative seat held by Gov. Pawlenty’s former lawyer, who is now a state judge…”
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“[Mike Brodkorb's] hard work spreading disinfo and knocking doors for the Republican candidate [...]

OK, first let’s get one thing straight:   Of course I know that “What Digby Said” is an Atrios catch phrase.  But… 1) as far as I know he hasn’t trademarked it yet, and 2) it is a fact universally acknowledged that “What Digby Said” is the most succinct phrase to use when calling attention to the wise words springing [...]

Anybody out there still falling for that hoary old chestnut that “Republican” = “conservative”?
(And yeah, I guess I am talking to you, Mr. or Ms. Reader in the rapidly-trending-Blue southwest metro, who may have wandered over here from the link in the Eden Prairie News blogroll)
If you still believe that George W [...]

You may have seen this already, but in case you haven’t, or just to refresh your memory, this is the official logo of the Republican National Convention, to be held in Minneapolis next year:

Need I add that the fun has already begun?
And yes, this is real, not an extremely clever photoshop job, and truly encapsulates [...]

How MoveOn.org’s General Petraeus/Gonna Betray Us! ad “crossed the line” with the righteously apoplectic Right — a “line” that they themselves feel fully entitled to cross with impunity whenever they feel like it. Glenn Greenwald explains:
For those who think — for some indiscernible reason — that it is important enough to spend the energy [...]