So I see that the House passed the big corporate giveaway Energy Bill today.  Not news, really, since we all knew it would pass.  But 41 Democrats joined their Republican friends in voting for this atrocity.  Eighteen of these fools earn special mention, though.  These are the so-called Dems who have now supported the bankruptcy bill, the repeal of the estate tax, and today's energy bill.  Here they are:

Sanford Bishop, GA
Dan Boren, OK
Leonard Boswell, IA
Rick Boucher, VA
Bud Cramer, AL
Henry Cuellar, TX
Lincoln Davis, TN
Chet Edwards, TX
Bart Gordon, TN
Ruben Hinojosa, TX
William Jefferson, LA
Jim Matheson, UT
Charlie Melancon, LA
Collin Peterson, MN
Mike Ross, AR
David Scott, GA
Ike Skelton, MO
Albert Russell Wynn, MD

So this article is about how wingnut Christian conservatives are trying to change national park exhibits:

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Run-of-the-mill stuff, you know, revising history.  It's to be expected I guess; liberals do it too. But they really are pushing it, like in this little tidbit in the discussion of the Lincoln Memorial:

Or this:

Well, I just finished reading this article over at the NYT about the presidential election in Ukraine.

It seems that the exit polls showed the opposition candidate, the Western-friendly Viktor Yushchenko, winning fairly convincingly. But the official tally gave the Kremlin-leaning PM, Viktor Yanukovich, the victory.

Abuses cited by the observer mission led by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe included "inaccurate voter lists and overt bias of state-funded media."

Since I had previously posted a snarky diary accusing Ralph of grandstanding by requesting the recount in New Hampshire and then not sending in the required fee, I feel it is my duty to post a correction, update, whatever. Today, Ralph duly wired the $2000 to the state, which they have accepted. They now say they will go forward with the recount. So, this is some small level of rehabilitation for Nader's tarnished rep. It's a shame it's too late to recount Florida, but if this uncovers discrepancies, maybe it will wake some people up.

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The exit polls were way off in NH, but the exit polling service sent out a warning to their customers during the day of the election, saying that the exit poll data in some states, including NH, was unreliable and could be skewing towards Kerry. I have no idea how they knew that, before any votes were counted.

Of course, how big a villain will Ralph be if by some miracle, the recount in Ohio flips it to Kerry but the recount in NH flips that to Bush, leaving him still the winner?

 

Well, I thought Ralph might be on the road to saving his reputation when I heard about him requesting the recount in New Hampshire (though I couldn't understand why he didn't pick FL).  But it turns out he was just grandstanding. From the Union Leader:

Full story here.

I'm trying to look surprised.

Just spotted this one in the Register.

Seems the Repubs in IA are imitating their brethren in Ohio and elsewhere, trying to get voter registrations thrown out on a technicality.  It's the same issue we've heard about in other places; evidently 364 would-be voters forgot to check the box on the form swearing to be a citizen, though they did sign the affidavit to that effect.  Republicans want to stop these people from voting.

Hey, this is my first-ever diary, so if it's screwed up, well, sorry.  But I just went over to Rasmussen and they've just posted their latest tracking poll for Florida:

June 1-30 (May results)

Kerry  48 (46)
Bush   43 (46)
Other  5 (4)

These results obviously don't include any Edwards bounce, but they still look awfully good.

I couldn't find MOE on this poll, but I think Rasmussen's state polls are normally 5%. Nevertheless, they are now counting FL as "leans Kerry" and have updated their electoral count accordingly (now 237-203, good guys).