"We must have a foreign policy that is both strong and smart. Yes, the Republicans have been strong, but they haven't been smart. And the policy is one big mess, everyone knows it."
- Senator Chuck Schumer
View Article  POSSIBLE GATE CRASH IN RHODE ISLAND: MEET CARL SHEELER
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If someone even knows there's a Senate race in Rhode Island this year, they might be aware that the "moderate" Republican incumbent, Lincoln Chafee, is being challenged by a Democrat. Chances are if they don't live in either Rhode Island or Georgetown they don't know who the Democrat is. And even if they do live in Rhode Island or Georgetown they might not be aware that there are actually two Democrats, the Establishment/DSCC fave, Sheldon Whitehouse, and a leftfield progressive, Carl Sheeler. About a week ago my pal Christy hipped me to Sheeler's campaign. I dragged my feet. ...   more »
View Article  TERRORISTS OR FREEDOM FIGHTERS ?
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The Iraqi Resistance fighters are freedom fighters to their fellow occupied Iraqi's and their numbers are growing every day . New poll results released this week show that six out of ten Iraqis approve of attacks on US-led forces, that 79 percent of Iraqis say that the U.S. is having a negative influence on the situation in Iraq, with just 14 percent saying that it is having a positive influence. We are not wanted in Iraq.
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View Article  Tester Rejects DSCC Demands, Goes On the Offensive
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A few months ago, I wrote about how in trying to look in touch with his red state candidates, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) actually accomplished the opposite and made himself look wholly out of touch with the heartland of America. In an interview with New York magazine, Schumer said he pushed to have the Patriot [...]
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View Article  Lieberman: Stop Telling the Truth About My Record!
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In 1988, Bob Dole famously snarled at George H. W. Bush: “Stop lying about my record!” 18 years later, it seems Senator Joe Lieberman is taking a similar, though modified approach. He is essentially snarling at Ned Lamont: “Stop telling the truth about my record!” This is on display in today’s papers, after Ned formally [...]
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View Article  Quotes of the day: House leaders' problem isn't that Mark is gay, but that he's one of the GOP's countless predatory homophobic closet cases
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(1) "Only now have I learned that Congressman Foley was not honest about his conduct."
--Rep. John Shimkus (R-Illinois, right), chairman of the House Page Board, which oversees the House pages, commenting on his "investigation" of information he's had for some 11 months, it appears, about inappropriate online communications between Florida Rep. Mark Foley and at least one House page

Not going too far out on a limb here, are we, Congressman?

(2)"Now it turns out that the chairman of the committee that's supposed to look out for the welfare of abused children well may be a child predator. ...   more »
View Article  The Smoking Shorts...
Op Ed News - Progressive
how to tell the boxers from the shorts...
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