In his Recommended diary today, Senator John Kerry relates yet another chapter of Republicans behaving badly.  

Rep. John Boehner and Rep. Eric Cantor – senior leadership in the House GOP -- decided to ignore the actual meaning of English words and simply invent something Barack Obama didn’t say.

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These statements by Representatives Boehner and Cantor are so bad they rise to the level of a danger to our foreign policy.

Thankfully, there is a way to show Reps Boehner and Cantor how much we appreciate their lying, smearing, fearmongering ways.

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Much ado has been made about Barack Obama's supposed lack of experience making him unqualified for the presidency. Apparently Senators Clinton and McCain don't think that more than a decade (in the Illinois and US Senate) Obama has served in government is enough.  

Let's look at it from the standpoint of the election process being an incredibly long, complicated and convoluted job interview, and we, the voters, are the HR department.

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So I got this e-mail:

What a good idea!

Let's all do this!

Have some fun and do something really worthwhile too!

Fun with the ACLU

Wanna have some fun this CHRISTMAS?

Send the ACLU a CHRISTMAS CARD!

Come see what I wrote back.

Right now, this very minute, 38 Million Americans are not sure where their next meal will come from.  A tenth of the population of the world's richest nation faces food insecurity every day. For these people, food banks may be their only recourse.  As the summer season approaches, stocks in America's food pantries and soup kitchens begin to dwindle as they use up donations from holiday food drives.  Help feed hungry people in your community - learn how on the flip.

Keith Olbermann is a rare bright spot in the traditional media, a member of that endangered species of journalists who is not afraid to speak the truth.  His willingness, no, his delight, in holding the Bush administration's collective feet to the fire have made him much beloved around these parts.

So how do we show our support for him in a meaningful way?

The answer on the flip.

Today's Toledo Blade Opinion page contained a wingnut rant "Democratic Party is morally Bankrupt" that I could not help but paraphrase.
Please join me on the flip.

Washington Week talking heads said tonight that the Democrats have no clear leader and don't know what they want to be.  My reply is on the flip.

Off subject, NOW has a documentary about Dominionists that is on PBS now (9PM EDT)