Mark Twain on the Politics of the Right (w/ Poll)

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 2:55 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 14:55

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)

"You didn't want to come. The average man
don't like trouble and danger. YOU don't like trouble
and danger. But if only HALF a man -- like Buck
Harkness, there -- shouts 'Lynch him! lynch him!'
you're afraid to back down -- afraid you'll be found
out to be what you are -- COWARDS --

Poll

65 votes Show Results

Who is the half-a-man leading the Far-Right?

65 votes Vote Now!

Who is the half-a-man leading the Far-Right?

McCain

0 votes

George

0 votes

Karl Rove

11 votes

Sean Hannity

3 votes

Rush Limbaugh

11 votes

Bill-O

1 vote

Dick Cheney

2 votes

Sarah Palin

6 votes

Other

1 vote

There is no leader, merely a wandering, prejudiced, angry mob

28 votes

No Pie for Haters

2 votes

MoveOn Creates Customized Video to GOTV

Raskalnikov

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 12:28 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 12:28

Just received a video from MoveOn where they embed your friends' names (provided by you) into a worst-case scenario video. It's well-done and quite funny.

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12 votes Show Results

Did you send it?

12 votes Vote Now!

Did you send it?

Yes, too funny

10 votes

No, inappropriate

2 votes

No, Cindy wouldn't show me how to use teh email.

0 votes

New: GOP-GONE

Raskalnikov

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 10:15 AM PDT

2008/10/15 · 10:15

Raskalnikov

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 11:22 AM PDT

2008/10/14 · 11:22

Poll

50 votes Show Results

Hey, but who's Gilligan here?

50 votes Vote Now!

Hey, but who's Gilligan here?

G.W. Bush

25 votes

Dennis Kucinich

13 votes

Anderson Cooper

5 votes

John Kerry (watch out for that....tree!)

4 votes

Other, please share.

3 votes

Rachel Maddow Spanks David Frum (Video) w/ Poll

Raskalnikov

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 7:03 PM PDT

2008/10/13 · 19:03

Long interview with David Frum (fmr. Bush speech writer, American Enterprise Institute) tonight, where he tried to scold Rachel on undermining serious political conversation of all things. She politely gave him the floor before taking him to it.

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2822 votes Show Results

Rachel Maddow

2822 votes Vote Now!

Rachel Maddow

Rocks my political world

791 votes

Would rock as Secretary of State

132 votes

Is the person I'd most like to have a beer with

251 votes

Is the person I'd most like to have a beer with George W. Bush (or Palin)

100 votes

Is the best cure for "Stupid"

893 votes

Is a harbor in the political storm

228 votes

Is better than pie!

427 votes

Political Calculations and the Loud Voice of Greed

Raskalnikov

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 1:50 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 13:50

The last few hours of market volatility, combined with our government's patent inability to work on behalf of the people, has been sobering. I have a few observations to offer as an economic layman:

The political staging of these crises (too big to be singular) has offered window dressing to camouflage what is at its heart still a George Bush power and influence grab. They have been ready for this to happen, and ready to guide its fallout into their own coffers. At this point, not even political collapse counts as a deterrent.

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13 votes Show Results

What Should OUR Lending Terms Look Like?

13 votes Vote Now!

What Should OUR Lending Terms Look Like?

Universal Default for ALL Bankers up to 32.99%

2 votes

Variable Interest Based on Whatever the hell we want

0 votes

Unlimited Access to all their personal information to share with whomever

1 vote

Can ruin their credit and their lives at any time and for any reason

5 votes

Can take their house, hime, boat (yacht), and right to vote if in Ohio

5 votes

Palin Simple on CNN

Raskalnikov

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Saturday September 13, 2008 · 7:20 PM PDT

2008/09/13 · 19:20

This is my first diary on DailyKos, and more of a short rant than a source for new information.

While watching CNN's special on Sarah Palin tonight, I've learned that an informative exposé need not actually give any solid, new information on the candidate, short of showing video of her playing basketball in high school and glowing shots of her from the convention.

Nevermind the scandal, lies and her complete failure during her first and only interview with the press. CNN's hour of unabashed cheerleading treated her short stint in state and local government as a topic not worth looking into, in order to bridge her "small-town upbringing" with her destiny as a "maverick" et c.

The mere intro to Biden's piece showed to be more substantial and informative than the hour I just wasted. Thus the rant.

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195 votes Show Results

195 votes Vote Now!

Inspiring

15 votes

Insipid

34 votes

A great hour of blind cheerleading

59 votes

A little freaky seeing that her succubus-like expression has been life long

29 votes

Eskimo Pie

58 votes

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