Kucinich is not our candidate, but he's not our enemy either

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Thursday September 27, 2007 · 3:59 PM PDT

2007/09/27 · 15:59

I just want to show people something that's missing from Kos's recent diary regarding Kucinich's vote against the SCHIP bill:

"I cannot support legislation which extends health coverage to some children while openly denying it to other children," Kucinich said. "This legislation is woefully inadequate: and I will not support it.

"Legal immigrant children deserve the same quality health care as other children receive. It is Congress’ responsibility to address the main difficulties that prevent legal immigrant children from gaining access to health care. Today, we did exactly the opposite.

I reached into the Buckeye State Blog to grab that and put it here, because it didn't appear right on the front page along with a pair of quotes deriding Kucinich.

So, in short, Kos's assessment that he voted against it because it "wasn't perfect enough" far from tells the whole story. But there's something a little more essential to consider than just that...

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Tuesday July 31, 2007 · 3:38 PM PDT

2007/07/31 · 15:38

I'm for the most part a liberal lurker on this site that rarely makes postings, but this issue about Mike Stark and O'Reilly stands out too much to resist a few remarks. Here's my take, folks.

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Wednesday December 13, 2006 · 11:37 AM PST

2006/12/13 · 11:37

Maybe it's my imagination. In fact, I hope it is. But it seems like the cause of addressing the dirty tricks of the 2006 campaigns, primarilly robocalls, may already be mostly forgotten.

If the tactic had actually cost Jim Webb his senate seat, I'm pretty sure we'd be fuming about those calls every other day and demanding action. Now that the Democrats are in a position of power, they have a chance to make dramatic changes to election law that would result in more than just fines for committing such bullying and manipulative tactics during election time.

Instead, all I've seen is a few notes here and there about how a couple states are going to "ban" robocalls. Well, I guess that's good news, but shouldn't we do more? In fact, are we even doing something worth noting to punish the neanderthals that pulled this nonsense this year? Talk on the topic seems depressingly quiet.

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Will the travesty of 2006 election robocalls be forgotten?

17 votes Vote Now!

Will the travesty of 2006 election robocalls be forgotten?

Absolutely not. There's a lot going on behind the scenes.

2 votes

Probably not. Once the Dems take control of Congress the laws will have more teeth.

1 vote

I don't know, and I worry.

8 votes

Looks like it. The Democratic congress are still a bunch of politicians after all.

6 votes

I'm calling it: GORE v. LIEBERMAN 2008!

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Monday November 13, 2006 · 11:46 PM PST

2006/11/13 · 23:46

It's obvious Lieberman's going to jump, and its also clear the Gore has a lot of support if he decides to run. So I'm hereby predicting that Lieberman runs for the GOP primary, sucks up to the right-wing base, kicks John McCain's ass, and wins.

You know they would pick Joe over McCain. The neo-cons love him more than anyone else other than Bush.

And don't pretend you're not at least a little tickled by the potential irony. Presidential candidate vs. former vice presidential candidate. A Lieberman loss would mean an axe to the neck to the very concept of "Joementum" and what it meant to Gore's majority of votes in 2000.

Disgusting Schiavo Cartoon

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Thursday March 24, 2005 · 2:38 PM PST

2005/03/24 · 14:38

I saw this political cartoon today, and I have to say, it disgusted the hell out of me.

Not funny, not accurate and completely lacking in good taste.

We've probably all heard the argument by now - comparing Schiavo's condition to a baby's condition. It's flawed for reasons obvious to most people.

But this poor guy, who's had sensative family issues and the effective death of his wife thrust into the spot light by rabid grandstanders, does not deserve to be accused of wanting to starve babies.
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Coulter hearts Gannon

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Wednesday February 23, 2005 · 5:56 PM PST

2005/02/23 · 17:56

Not that it's any surprise, and I normally think Coulter is best disregarded, but I couldn't help it on this one: Watching her play apologist for Guckert is too funny. Read More

More F'n Torture!

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Thursday February 17, 2005 · 11:53 PM PST

2005/02/17 · 23:53

I just caught this sifting through the New York Times site.

A cache of documents disclosed Thursday provides several instances of prisoner abuse by American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq that appeared to have been investigated only briefly. The documents, released by the American Civil Liberties Union, include one file in which an Iraqi detainee asserted that Americans in civilian clothing beat him repeatedly, dislocated his shoulder, stepped on his nose until it broke, choked him with a rope and hit him in the leg with a bat. Medical reports in the file confirmed the broken nose and fractured leg.

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Wednesday February 09, 2005 · 5:49 PM PST

2005/02/09 · 17:49

I guess if we can't convince them going to war is the right thing to do for, y'know, moral reasons, cold hard cash makes a fine incentive!

President Bush is asking Congress to set up a $400 million fund to reward nations that have taken political and economic risks to join U.S.-led coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan ... The $400 million request is part of the $80 billion supplemental war funding request Bush will send to Congress next week.

Webster's Dictionary adopts "Nucular" pronounciation

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Thursday February 03, 2005 · 4:00 PM PST

2005/02/03 · 16:00

Find it here. The third soundwave will run the "nucular" pronounciation through your speakers.

Though disapproved of by many, pronunciations ending in -kyu-lur [Note: "u"s added because I lack the font on my computer] have been found in widespread use among educated speakers including scientists, lawyers, professors, congressmen, U.S. cabinet members, and at least one U.S. president and one vice president. While most common in the U.S., these pronunciations have also been heard from British and Canadian speakers.

I find it more amusing than offensive... will "Val-yas" be next?

CNN All But Says Half of Americans are Ignorant Clods

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Wednesday January 19, 2005 · 5:12 PM PST

2005/01/19 · 17:12

This story on CNN's Web site is such a laugh riot, I hope it's intentional.

Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider

(CNN) -- On the eve of President Bush's inauguration, a poll shows the nation is split over whether he has united or divided the nation, but a majority believe his inauguration festivities should be toned down because of the war.

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Monday December 27, 2004 · 3:17 PM PST

2004/12/27 · 15:17

According to the NY Times and AP, the Bush tax plan is (predictably) going to screw New York State hard.

NEW YORK (AP) -- State officials worry that New York could lose as much as $37 billion annually in federal tax deductions as the Bush administration attempts a change in the tax code in which the federal deduction for state and local taxes is eliminated

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Kucinich is not our candidate, but he's not our enemy either

One Lurker's Thoughts

In aftermath, robocalls shouldn't be forgotten...

I'm calling it: GORE v. LIEBERMAN 2008!

Disgusting Schiavo Cartoon

Coulter hearts Gannon

More F'n Torture!

Join the War in Iraq, Get Ca$h!

Webster's Dictionary adopts "Nucular" pronounciation

CNN All But Says Half of Americans are Ignorant Clods

No Love From Bush for Blue New York