What was you first political contribution? (Poll Poll Poll!)

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Sunday February 15, 2009 · 2:55 PM PST

2009/02/15 · 14:55

A recent comment by gooderservice really got me thinking:

Governor Dean's presidential race was the first political contribution I ever made in my life. That says something (to me, anyway).

I think there is something unique about your first political donation. Below the jump, my personal story and and a poll to find out who took your donating virginity.

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Who took your political donation virginity?

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Who took your political donation virginity?

Obama

117 votes

Hillary Clinton

0 votes

John Edwards

21 votes

Howard Dean

53 votes

John Kerry

24 votes

Dennis Kucinich

4 votes

Al Gore

4 votes

Bill Bradley

2 votes

Bill Clinton

12 votes

Michael Dukakis

0 votes

Walter Mondale

1 vote

State or local government candidate

23 votes

Senate/House Candidate in my state/district

16 votes

Senate/House Candidate outside my state/district

9 votes

Other (please share!)

56 votes

The Republican Party: The Reason The Iraq War Continues

LiberalVirginian

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Wednesday September 05, 2007 · 4:01 PM PDT

2007/09/05 · 16:01

I’ve long been intrigued by the notion of alternate history. What if Robert E. Lee’s troop movements before the Battle of Antietam weren’t discovered by the Union wrapped around three cigars? What if Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car hadn't made that wrong turn? What if the United States had never entered the European theater in World War II? (Actually, we know the answer to this one, in the form of a hilariously tawdry novel by Newt Gingrich) What if Laura, my light, my love, my life, hadn't responded to my 4th grade Valentine by calling me a, and I quote, "Booger Face"?

While these "what if?"s are, more often than not, whimsical exercises of the imagination, I'd to like to focus this diary on a more recent, and easier to imagine, historical possibility:

What if the Republican Party hadn't stopped the Iraq War from ending?

LiberalVirginian

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Monday April 11, 2005 · 10:13 PM PDT

2005/04/11 · 22:13

Like a moth returning to the flame, so I have accepted the challenge of a running diary about a trip into the Bizarro Universe of Hannity and Colmes. After lengthy negotiations, my demands were met, and joining me as always is an itchy trigger finger on the remote control and my trusty twelve pack of Miller Light.

Today's entry is a challenge of concentration--Hannity and Colmes is on Channel 32, and Full House reigns, just a click away, on Nick at Nite. With my love of a tasty brew matched only by my gluttony for punishment, our adventure begins beneath the fold...

Caveat emptor--it's scary down here.
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I watch the O'Reilly Factor, need to shower

LiberalVirginian

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Thursday April 07, 2005 · 8:42 PM PDT

2005/04/07 · 20:42

Like most people with opposable thumbs, I've never really watched an entire episode of the O'Reilly Factor. Sure, I've caught snippets here and there, but only enough to get my blood boiling and the remote clicking over to Most X-Treme Elimination Challenge.

Nevertheless, in an act of sado-masochism and having nothing else to do on a Thursday night, I decided to sit down and have an evening in the No Spin Zone. Just me, Billy Boy, and a woefully inadequate 12-pack of Miller Light. What follows is a running diary of my nightmarish experience.

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It's Official--Congress controls the Sun

LiberalVirginian

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Thursday April 07, 2005 · 12:36 PM PDT

2005/04/07 · 12:36

Well, just when we thought we had them on the ropes, what with the Schiavo Memo, the tanking Social Security plan and record-low job approval ratings, Congress has unfurled their secret weapon: the awesome power of the sun.

What was you first political contribution? (Poll Poll Poll!)

The Republican Party: The Reason The Iraq War Continues

I watch Hannity and Colmes, pull hair from scalp

I watch the O'Reilly Factor, need to shower

It's Official--Congress controls the Sun