Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Dennis Hastert, the Speaker of the House who has presided over many GOP scandals, will be speaking to the press again today at 11:00am.
No idea what he's going to say.
update: apparently, he said nothing
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Monday, October 9th, 2006
Tomorrow at 7:30, I'll join George Bullard in a live blogfest over at the Detroit News.
George is kindly sharing his blog with me, so the two of us can comment on the debate as it progresses. Excerpts from our comments will be pulled through to the front ...
Posted in Announcements, Politics | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 9th, 2006
The Livingston Daily takes a stab at Jim Marcinkowski for his recent comment about Mike Rogers. Rogers apparently told a story about a CIA agent giving Rogers his home phone number and asking him to call his wife. The story didn't ring true for Marcinkowski, who happens to ...
Posted in Mike Rogers, Politics | 2 Comments »
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
(Photo by Robert Killips/Lansing State Journal file photo)
Well, that's what it looks like, anyway.
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Those of you who knew me during the 2004 election fallout know how I felt about what happened in Ohio. (Those of you who didn't know me then can get a feel for how I felt here.) I was disgusted with the election fraud that took place there, ...
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Recent GOP activities make it clear that the Republicans are expecting to lose some elections. And recent GOP activities make it likely that they will lose some elections. So Nancy Pelosi is thinking about the agenda, should she get the gavel.
Day 1: "break the ...
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
I just came across this Detroit News editorial from Thursday, Oct 4 --
Editorial Update: Voters tired of gutter tactics
The Epic-MRA survey found that half of the voters were so turned off by Monday's first gubernatorial debate, with its cheap shots, distortions and insinuations, that they thought neither Dick DeVos nor ...
Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »
Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Here it comes baby!
Hail to the victors!
... and here comes Sparty ... he is kinda cute. :)
There goes the band off the field.
(Shout out to wk - they do look kinda pompous, but it looks good on them) ;)
oh Lord here we go with the Drew ...
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
As promised, the ‘mud fight’ smackdown:
1. "The governor made another false accusation during Monday's debate" -- I am guessing this refers to what Mr. Beckmann calls "the phony claims that Alticor's China investment led to Michigan job losses." The Governor never said that the China investment led to Michigan ...
Posted in Dick DeVos, Jennifer Granholm, Politics | No Comments »
Friday, October 6th, 2006
Frank Beckmann’s ‘mud fight’ column has left me "disappointed." I’m not disappointed by his accusations toward the Governor, which I will easily smack down soon enough. I am disappointed that he framed the gubernatorial debate as playground scuffle between an unruly girl and a courteous boy. It is unfortunate that ...
Posted in Dick DeVos, Jennifer Granholm, Politics | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 6th, 2006
Looks like Dick Ball is finally going to do something.
I've seen about 4 of these signs up today --
So in the last couple of days he's done more work than he has during his entire tenure in the house.
Just my opinion, of course. Sure, he's meddled ...
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
This is just a moblogging test. :)
Posted in Moblogged, Other Stuff | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Metro Times has a great (I’m biased) article about Dick DeVos.
The article is based primarily on an interview with Russ Bellant, a writer who has chronicled the “arch conservative movement” in America.
The article is long; those of you with an aversion to vertical scrolling won’t like it. So here’s ...
Posted in Dick DeVos, Politics | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
I'm not kidding.
Dennis Hastert blaming his problems on Clinton operatives
In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Hastert suggested Clinton's people knew about Foley's actions all along and sat on it. And he warned that when the G-O-P base "finds out who's feeding this monster, they're not going to be happy."
Is ...
Posted in GOP Scandal, Politics, Tom Foley | 2 Comments »
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
I mentioned yesterday that Fox and AP are labeling Tom Foley a Dem. Turns out that Hastert is being labeled a Dem too.
This is disgusting.
The bright side, however, is that we should get most of the pedophile vote. I hear they're an important voting ...
Posted in GOP Scandal, Politics, Tom Foley | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
My friend Kevin, the Honorable Mayor of Simpleton, has filed as a write-in candidate for US Senate. As he explains, this is his way of protesting Debbie Stabenow's vote in support of S.3930, the "torture bill". I am responding to this section in Kevin's article:
Many, such as Christine ...
Posted in Politics | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Oh. My. God.
I've had some fun trying to figure out how this Foley thing would get spun against Democrats, but I did not see this coming:
Tonight on three separate occasions, during two different segments, Bill O'Reilly showed video of his fellow culture warrior, boy-crazy Congressman Mark Foley, ...
Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
The Midland Daily News issued an editorial in which they pondered whether Stabenow's vote on the "torture" bill was purely political theater:
Stabenow has been a loyal Democrat throughout her time in office, rarely breaking from the party line. And this bill clearly was not liked by most Democrats – ...
Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
The VFW PAC yesterday announced its endorsement of US Senator Debbie Stabenow.
I was glad to see this endorsement. I know Debbie has been a champion for seniors and veterans, but I was concerned about what her vote on Thursday would do to her on the VFW front. I ...
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
ABC entertainment will air a two part fairy tale infomercial docudrama about the events leading up to the Foley scandal. This brave and breathtaking presentation was pulled entirely out of the writer’s ass is based on the 9/11 Commission Report and other sources.
The first part ...
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