Did the Democrats Nearly Kill ENDA?

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Wednesday November 07, 2007 · 4:01 PM PST

2007/11/07 · 16:01

I am a lonely, sick individual. Absent of a social life or any meaningful social contacts, I spent most of my day watching the ENDA proceedings on CSPAN today and I was struck by something that occurred towards the end of the debate over ENDA, at the point when Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) spoke passionately for her amendment that would have included transgendered Americans in the ENDA language and then promptly withdrew the amendment.

I was struck by how it seemed that ENDA was two breaths from dying a miserable death from bigoted Republicans and their Democratic enablers.

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Friday November 02, 2007 · 8:31 AM PDT

2007/11/02 · 08:31

The following events took place on Halloween night 2007:

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For Anti-Halloweenians what should be their proper response?

116 votes Vote Now!

For Anti-Halloweenians what should be their proper response?

Bucketloads of Chick tracts!

2 votes

Onward Christian soldiers! It's war!

3 votes

Just don't participate.

56 votes

Read something from Leviticus.

11 votes

It's just candy, have fun!

44 votes

Praise Be to Jesus, a Real Progressive Georgian Against Saxby

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Wednesday October 17, 2007 · 7:24 PM PDT

2007/10/17 · 19:24

Oh my god, I can't believe, a real progressive Democrat has formed an exploratory committee to run for the Senate seat currently tainted by that weasel Saxby Chambliss. Daily Kos, I give you Josh Lanier. After the slime that Chambliss, and his fellow future member of hell Karl Rove, dumped on Max Cleland, a true warrior who fought for his nation, many Georgians have been aching for a chance to dump Saxby. Looks like we might actually have that chance.

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Monday October 15, 2007 · 7:04 PM PDT

2007/10/15 · 19:04

There I said it.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for being an asshat. I'm sorry for being a dick. I'm sorry for being a fucktard who was a blooming idiot arguing idiotic points for an idiotic argument.

Yeah, the above should be taken somewhat humorously but it is also an honest, heartfelt apology to anyone on DKos I may have offended in the past and to those who never knew it, who live and breathe and die in those areas who never knew that I argued against their very existence. I'm sorry.

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Friday October 05, 2007 · 6:17 PM PDT

2007/10/05 · 18:17

I'd like you all to meet Bill Gillespie.

We all know that recently Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) offered a resolution on the House floor praising Rush Limbaugh for calling dissident American soldiers "phony soldiers." Well, now Kingston has to face a soldier of his own, Bill Gillespie.

Let's meet Bill below the fold...

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Tuesday October 02, 2007 · 8:26 AM PDT

2007/10/02 · 08:26

Just received an email from the Hillary Clinton campaign and it appears that her fundraising totals were quite impressive. I'll quote:

Our fundraising is through the roof!

Hillary wanted you to be the first to know that this was our best quarter yet. More than 100,000 new donors. A total of $27 million raised -- substantially more than any other candidate in the race.

This is substantially more than any GOP candidate and beats the hell out of Obama's 19 million. Pretty impressive numbers and shows that even in the dog days of summer, notorious for low fundraising totals, HRC is still able to come up with the cash. Sorry for the brevity but I was, selfishly, trying to get this out first.

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Wednesday September 26, 2007 · 7:57 AM PDT

2007/09/26 · 07:57

The 151 Republican votes against the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) doesn't surprise me. They typically are so myopic that they are unable to see the interests and needs that exist outside of their tight political bubble. Like the Mayor of San Diego they don't care about anyone until their own families or friends are affected, and then they are suddenly in favor of government programs or gay marriage rights or abortion rights. So, those 151 Republicans don't surprise me because the children affected by the refusal to expand the program are not their children, they are poor children or lower middle class children who exist in worlds far remote from the luxuries of the vast majority of Republican politicians. What does surprise is the 8 Democrats who voted against the expansion.

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Friday July 13, 2007 · 8:17 PM PDT

2007/07/13 · 20:17

Today I was kicked off of Redstate. I'm sure you are curious as to why. I wasn't kicked off for my support of Israel. I wasn't kicked off for various heretical religious beliefs. I wasn't even kicked off for being a social liberal or opposing the Iraq War. I wasn't kicked off for any reason that you can possibly fathom, from Scooter Libby to David Vitter. I was kicked off because I stated that the Vietnam War could not have been won.

I know. WTF!?!

Let's get the story.

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Wednesday December 13, 2006 · 7:22 PM PST

2006/12/13 · 19:22

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA is a 443 bed medical center that serves 26 counties in southwest Georgia. Among many other services it provides acute care, psychiatric care, neonatal intensive care and critical care. It is the largest employer in Albany, GA and it has a stranglehold on medical care in southwest Georgia, and it has created itself into a medical monopoly by using mafia style tactics of intimidation and, at times, just plain brute strength.

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Tuesday December 12, 2006 · 7:40 PM PST

2006/12/12 · 19:40

In an age when our leaders instruct us that there is evil in this world and you cannot negotiate with this evil, but must aggressively confront it and defeat it, it is interesting to see that a true evil in this world is being ignored. We were told repeatedly that crimes against humanity and a government's oppression of its citizens was excuse enough to launch an invasion and free the poor souls, but yet it is interesting to see that we would rather use empty words than manly deeds in regards to Darfur. It is interesting to see that we would rather negotiate with the bloody hands of the Sudanese government, rather than defeat this evil. It is interesting to see that some would rather "stick it" to the UN than actively work with others to solve a humanitarian crisis. There has to be a reason for this casual dismissal of genocide...

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Monday December 04, 2006 · 9:45 PM PST

2006/12/04 · 21:45

It shouldn't be a major surprise that the Major General of the 101st Fighting Keyboardists, Power Line, is to be found in a constant state of cheerleading for the Iraq War and defending its BFF George W. Bush. One of their favorite targets is "liberal media bias," the lie that will not die, a lie first created by disgraced President Nixon and the fiasco of Watergate. Remember this: anytime you see "liberal media bias" remember where it got its start, conservatives who were angry at Woodward and Bernstein for telling the entire nation the truth about Nixon.

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Tuesday November 14, 2006 · 6:22 AM PST

2006/11/14 · 06:22

The race for House Majority Leader is apparently down to two contestants, John Murtha (D-PA) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD). Murtha appeals to the antiwar left, apparently has the backing of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and has been a frequent critic of the Bush administration's policies in the Iraq region. Hoyer is no less a critic of the Iraq war, but he carries less baggage than Murtha and would be less controversial, and seems to be the more pragmatic, moderate choice.
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