Throw Your Hatred Down

You can expect more corruption from the GOP in the months ahead. Campaign finance reform, my ass. The straight talk express suddenly has a lot more money.

and the confirmation of it at least gives me some satisfaction… I normally steer clear of the ol’ CNN, but I couldn’t pass up this headline.

I received an email from Barbara Boxer’s campagn with an interesting title: Why is George Bush in Louisiana today? I love a good headline, so I opened it. Turns out she is in a hell of a fight with John Kennedy.

Karl Rove personally recruited Mary’s Republican opponent, John Kennedy to switch parties and challenge her [...]

And I’m glad I check my Bulk Mail inbox. I received an email about the Center for American Progress’s new website. I found a great blog entry about Stephanopolous and Gibson. It turns out that lil’ Georgie boy actually received some tips the day before the debate from Sean Hannity.

But the candidate with a real Mark Penn issue is McCain, whose key consultant, Rick Davis, is a partner in a consulting and lobbying firm that has a long, lucrative relationship with the pro-Putin, anti-western, and organized-crime-linked side of the running power struggle in Ukraine; Davis even reportedly introduced McCain to one Ukrainian billionaire power [...]

Didn’t John McCain used to be anti-torture? Then why is he applauding it now?

John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.
According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain “will make Cheney [...]

Wouldn’t you? You can’t ask employees to play it both ways. You can’t defend the mistakes of your husband’s presidency while trying to secure labor union support.
Yes, Mark Penn stepped down over a conflict of interest. It was a conflict of interest that is all too common inside the Clinton campaign. This is politics as [...]

It is terrible the influence that big business wields in America. Nature of capitalism, you say? I think not. This sounds like terrible Fascism.
Signal International looks to be another shameless profiteer in the “War on Terror.”

Claim victory over your antagonists. Nevermind that they are nebulous and frequently imaginary — if you claim victory, you’ll incite more prospects of violence. And that’s what we’re really after, right? Seems like it. Perpetual war seems to be the goal of this administration. Judging from what I’ve seen, they’ve done a bang-up job.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.