Isn’t it interesting that with Democrats set to take over the House, and possibly the Senate — and with the prospect of investigations against the White House to come about as a result — that there should be a paper shredding company truck parked outside Dick Cheney’s house? Hmmmm.
Will Voting Machines Work?
Good article in Time: A woman walked into a polling place in Peoria, Ill. last week and proceeded to use one of the new electronic voting machines set up for early voting. She logged on, went through each contest and seemed to be making her choices. After reviewing each race, the machine checked to see if she was satisfied with … Read More
You Should Visit Pollster.Com
As of now, prospects look great for the House. It’s a done deal. The Senate is a nailbiter. Too close to call, but leaning slightly Dem. Slightly. Very slightly.
Voting Machines Already Changing Votes From Democrat To Republican
This doesn’t make me very confident about our democratic process. From Miami: Debra A. Reed voted with her boss on Wednesday at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center near Fort Lauderdale. Her vote went smoothly, but boss Gary Rudolf called her over to look at what was happening on his machine. He touched the screen for gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, … Read More
The Swiftboating Of Michael J. Fox, Day 3
Well, it’s still a story, for some reason. And the right is still attacking Fox. I think it has something to do with the fact that Alex Keaton isn’t the Alex Keaton of the 1980’s (for a refresher, see photo at right). But I wanted to note that some of the media got it wrong yesterday — Rush did not … Read More
Don’t Know Lewis v. Harris?
Well, you’re about to. The New Jersey Supreme Court is announcing its decision on Lewis v. Harris today at 3 pm. It’s a same-sex marriage case, and conventional wisdom suggests that the NJSC will come out in favor of gay marriages (New Jersey, unlike most states, has no law or state constitution provision which defines marriages as strictly between a … Read More
Everybody Picks Up Limbaugh/Michael J. Fox Story
UPDATE: For those late to the game, The Carpetbagger Report will catch you up. USA Today: WASHINGTON — Rush Limbaugh has accused actor Michael J. Fox of exaggerating the physical effects of his Parkinson’s disease in political ads urging viewers to vote for Democrats in next month’s election. The conservative radio host told listeners Monday that Fox’s lurching, palsied movements … Read More
Obama Inhaled
But I hope we’re past the point of thinking it matters. UPDATE: Speaking (as I often do) of Barack Obama, can we declare — right now — a moritorium on this pun: "Hillary stuck between Barack and a hard place"??? I don’t think I can take an election cycle with headlines like that….
Who Supports The Troops? Republicans Or Democrats?
The answer is Democrats. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America — a non-partisan veterans’ group — took a look at 324 legislative votes in the last five years which affected American troops and veterans. Legislative proposals included veterans’ benefits, healthcare, and medical research dedicated towards injured soldiers. Based on these votes, IAVA calculated which senators and congressmen had a … Read More
Impeachment Mandate?
Remember back in 2004, when Bush won 51% percent of the electorate, and he called it a "mandate"? What does that mean when, today, 51% of Americans say Bush should be impeached? Isn’t that a mandate as well? Just wondering.
Short Bites
Barring some miracle, blogging will be light to non-existent for the next few days. But that won’t stop be from pointing to things I find amusing, like (1) the fact that robots think humans taste like bacon (2) What hath John Hodgman wrought? He wrote a book in which he listed 700 hobo names. Now, illustrators are providing drawings for … Read More
Dirty Tricks
Approximately 14,000 Hispanic Democratic voters in Orange County, CA recently received a Spanish-language letter warning them to stay away from the polls: Be advised that if your residence in the United States is illegal or if you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that can result in incarceration, and possible deportation for voting without the … Read More
Bad Days To Be A GOP
This is how bad things are for the lower-than-whale-dung GOP. The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll spells bad news for the GOP next month — public approval of the Republican Party is at an alltime low. Charlie Cook now says that 50 GOP seats are in jeopardy. Dick Morris says the GOP base is heading out the door and … Read More
Gay Outings
If you’re not following the "gay outing" controversy, you should be. A gay activist blogger has released the names of GOP Congressman including social conservative Larry Craig (R-Idaho), GOP governors, other GOP politicians and their staff who, it is alleged, are closet homosexuals. This is apparently not errant name-calling, and there is (supposedly) proof to back up his claims. Now, … Read More
Vernon Robinson Goes Off The Deep End
North Carolina Congressman Vernon "The Black Jesse Helsm" Robinson has always been weird and corrupt. But this is just plain bizarre: Vernon Robinson, who has run a series of brash advertisements about the two-term Democratic congressman, charged that Miller wants to import homosexuals to the United States and supported scientific studies that would pay teenage girls to watch pornography. "Those … Read More