RNC's purity resolution...seriously

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Monday November 23, 2009 · 1:00 PM PST

2009/11/23 · 13:00

Apparently, the Republican National Committee thinks that the ever increasingly used verb, Scozzafavaed, is a good thing. From the NY Times:

Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support to demonstrate that they "espouse conservative principles and public policies" that are in opposition to "Obama’s socialist agenda." According to the resolution, any Republican candidate who broke with the party on three or more of these issues– in votes cast, public statements made or answering a questionnaire – would be penalized by being denied party funds or the party endorsement.

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Friday November 20, 2009 · 9:40 AM PST

2009/11/20 · 09:40

At 72 years of age, John McCain is at the age when politicians start to think about calling it quits. While it’s true that some will serve well into their 80s - and in some cases even their 90s - 72 isn’t a number for spring chickens. When he comes up for reelection again, he’ll be 74 years old. When that term expires, he’ll be 80.
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If McCain does decide to run, he's got a very hard fight ahead of him. In a just released Rasmussen (I know, I know) poll, McCain leads by only 2% points against an, as yet, unannounced conservative talk radio show host, JD Hayworth.

Arizona Senate GOP Primary

John McCain 45%
J.D. Hayworth 43%
Chris Simcox 4%
Some other candidate 2%
Not sure 7%

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Thursday November 19, 2009 · 11:06 AM PST

2009/11/19 · 11:06

Yeah, yeah - tell me something I don't already know, right? I'm sorry but I have to get this off my chest because this man - more than Giuliani, Beck, Limbaugh and Liasson (that's right Mara, I went there) combined - is really, really starting to piss me off.

Last evening, Melissa Block had Lieberman on to talk about his bogus Homeland Security committee hearings on Nidal Hasan and the Fort Hood shootings, which - you'll recall - Lieberman is quite convinced was a terrorist act. After suffering through that, Block asked Lieberman about HCR - specifically, his prior statements about voting against cloture. This is what he said (below the fold, please):

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Monday November 16, 2009 · 9:37 AM PST

2009/11/16 · 09:37

WaPo has breaking news of a just-released USDA report stating:

The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track...

Here's the full USDA report: PDF

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Saturday September 26, 2009 · 8:49 PM PDT

2009/09/26 · 20:49

Via Think Progress:

A 22-year-old woman from Oxford, Ohio, died from swine flu on Wednesday. Kimberly Young graduated from Miami University in December and continued to live in Oxford, Ohio, within Minority Leader John Boehner’s congressional distrct.

Sadly, if caught early enough, H1N1, or swine flu, is usually easily treatable with anti-virals such as Tamilu or Ralenza. As we all know though, people without insurance often put off treatment for illnesses because they worry about the expense of going to the doctor. Kimberly Young didn't have insurance.

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Wednesday September 23, 2009 · 11:50 AM PDT

2009/09/23 · 11:50

From Think Progress comes this tale out of Matt Latimer's new book, Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.

Latimer describes a speech by former Doofus-in-Chief, George W. Bush, at a 2008 GOP fundraiser where he outlined his personal struggles with alcoholism and his visit to a prison ministry program.

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Monday September 14, 2009 · 2:31 PM PDT

2009/09/14 · 14:31

"Certainly we would encourage people in other countries to have small families. Otherwise they’ll all be coming here, because there’s no room at the Vatican...Many [immigrants] hate America, hate everything the United States stands for. Talk to some of these Central Americans."Source(PDF)

These are the words of one Dan Stein, President and Executive Director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR - ha!). Mr. Stein and FAIR are organizing and sponsoring the "Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2009" radio-thon this week in Washington DC.

On September 15 and 16, 47 talk radio hosts from across the country, including Lou Dobbs, will broadcast continuously live both days from the Phoenix Park Hotel on Capitol Hill as part of Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2009 Radio-thon.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 12:19 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 12:19

In other words, did the woman who once said this

I know that John McCain will do that and I, as his vice president, families we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and are sworn in on January 20, that will be our top priority is to defend the American people.

actually write this...(below the fold, if you please)

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Friday August 21, 2009 · 11:07 AM PDT

2009/08/21 · 11:07

Via The Plum Line, Americans United for Change has a new ad up describing who really runs the "death panels".

The spot, which will run on national cable in a five-figure buy, dovetails with the new White House effort to train public anger on the insurance companies in the reform push.

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Tuesday June 02, 2009 · 8:33 AM PDT

2009/06/02 · 08:33

Yesterday, the NY Times reported that a group of conservative leaders is calling on Senate Republicans to filibuster Obama's supreme court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. Excerpts from the letter:

"We request that you will lead 40 or more senators to participate in a great debate that highlights all the issues that come to the fore with a Supreme Court nomination," says the letter, addressed to Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader from Kentucky.

Full Text of the letter is here (Warning: PDF)

Everyone reading this is by now well versed in the hypocrisy being shown by these same conservative "leaders" who not so long ago decried using the filibuster for judicial nominations as unconstitutional. This story is about more than hypocrisy though...

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Thursday May 14, 2009 · 12:35 PM PDT

2009/05/14 · 12:35

Breaking on WaPo right now:

Former top White House official Karl Rove will be interviewed tomorrow as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys during the Bush administration, according to two sources familiar with the appointment.

Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy was named last year to investigate whether Justice or WH officials lied or obstructed justice in the 2006 US attorney firings. More below:

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Monday May 11, 2009 · 12:24 PM PDT

2009/05/11 · 12:24

Secretary of Defense Gates has asked for the resignation of Gen. David McKiernan and plans to appoint Lieutenant General Stanley A. McChrystal to the post.

From WaPo:

Gates refused to detail why he asked for McKiernan's resignation. Instead he said that the Afghanistan mission "requires new thinking and new approaches from our military leaders. Today we have a new policy set by our new president. We have a new strategy, a new mission and a new ambassador. I believe that new military leadership also is needed."

For more information on the man Gates believes is best for the job at hand, follow me over the fold.

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