CT-SEN: Lieberman Won’t Say Whether Dems Should Win House | TPMCafe

CT-SEN: Lieberman Won’t Say Whether Dems Should Win House | TPMCafe: “Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a lifelong Democrat and student of politics, blanked when asked if America would be better off with his party regaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives. A Democratic victory would immeasurably boost the influence of two Connecticut friends, U.S. […]

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Unclaimed Territory – by Glenn Greenwald: Taking the neocon pulse

Unclaimed Territory – by Glenn Greenwald: Taking the neocon pulse: “Mark Steyn’s columns are always useful for checking the collective neocon pulse. This week, Steyn can’t figure out why it is that decorated Marine Jack Murtha’s conversion from pro-war-hawk to anti-war crusader got so much attention, while everyone ignored the earth-shattering Op-Ed written by Joe […]

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“Bush ‘proud’ that elections weren’t cancelled

Crooks and Liars: By: John Amato @ 12:30 PM – PST Steve: This has ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ written all over it. From yesterday’s presidential radio address: One freedom that defines our way of life is the freedom to choose our leaders at the ballot box. We saw that freedom earlier this week, when […]

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Answers.com – Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more

Answers.com – Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more: “Spotlight: If your relatives originally arrived in the US from Europe in the first half of the twentieth century, chances are good that they came through Ellis Island, the country’s main immigration port. Located in NY Harbor, the immigration station opened in 1892. More than 12 million […]

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Two–Four

Two–Four: “‘Off With Their Heads’ Watch for a Dick Morris column tomorrow in which he lays substantial blame for the Republicans’ disaster at the feet of House leadership, with emphasis on Hastert and Frist. I think he might get fairly close to some fact and truth. Dennis Hastert is a goddamned idiot. Beyond the sort […]

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