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Obama Fires Back at Conservative Darwinists
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Social Conservatives are always railing against the theory of evolution. While there are some parts of evolution that I too can question one thing is clear. ...
RDemocrat 04/03/2012 8 9 - 87
Corporate Democrats: Here We Go Again
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Remember last year when the stripping down of regulations on the ...
RDemocrat 12/10/2009 13 18 - 86
Hey Rush: IF You Were Occupied by the Left....
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Over the months that President Obama has been in the White House and Democrats have controlled ...
RDemocrat 12/11/2009 19 13 - 86
Execs at Firms That Crashed Economy Getting Pay Cut
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. While the Obama Administration has disappointed me in ...
RDemocrat 10/21/2009 6 10 - 85
I Agree With the Motor City Idiot, Sort Of
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. After his career of making crappy music except for a few songs Ted Nugent has been known for something else. Traveling the country and making a fool of himself. ...
RDemocrat 07/08/2012 4 1 - 84
Edwards-Cheney Debate Performances- And Other Debunkings
I have seen a lot made by other candidates supporters about John Edwards performance in the debate of 04 against Dick Cheney. I decided to look back, and try to address this and some other ...
RDemocrat 07/11/2007 97 15 1 83
Republicans Wave the White Flag to Communist China
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. One constant theme Republicans always harp on is what ...
RDemocrat 10/06/2011 9 9 1 83
Mitt Romney's America: Steal Social Security From the Young
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Now that Mitt Romney is all but insured the Republican nomination for President he is officially dangerous. One must begin to look at all his ideas and imagine ...
RDemocrat 04/08/2012 5 4 - 81
Child Hunger Statistics Still Raise Worries
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. A new study shows that among the many other pressing needs in our country there is still much work to do on ending ...
RDemocrat 05/08/2009 7 7 - 79
One More Thing Healthcare Did Not Accomplish
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We have been pretty disappointed here for most of the ...
RDemocrat 12/25/2009 139 16 - 78
A New Republican Treason
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It seems as if Republicans in Congress could not be content with ...
RDemocrat 08/02/2011 3 6 1 77
Tea-Bagger Protest Once Again Ignores Harsh Realities
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. I know that every American has the right to assemble and protest peaceably in this country. It is one ...
RDemocrat 12/13/2009 20 24 - 76
Healthcare Reform Calls for Unthinkable Sacrifice
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Today, there was a lot of news on the Healthcare front. It seems as if everyone is having some kind of ...
RDemocrat 10/06/2009 8 10 - 74
Before Considering Constitutionality, Is This the Best We Can Do??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. One of the burning questions in the ...
RDemocrat 10/30/2009 20 6 - 74
Rush Limbaugh Serves the Cheese With his Whine
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Poor Rush Limbaugh. Maybe he should learn that if you want to spew lies and propoganda about other ...
RDemocrat 10/15/2009 96 28 1 73
Exposed: Mike Ross
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. How can we talk about the death and burying in a shallow grave of the public option ...
RDemocrat 12/23/2009 11 13 - 73
Iraq Withdrawal Shows The Lunacy of the Modern Republican Party
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. As if America needs another reminder of ...
RDemocrat 10/24/2011 15 15 - 73
The Real Republican Problem With Libya
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. On Libya the Republican hypocrites are stepping out of the woodwork ...
RDemocrat 03/29/2011 7 6 - 72
John Boehner Continues Ultimate Republican Hypocrisy
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The current Republican hypocrisy on the Economy is simply mind-boggling. Foremost among a myriad of ...
RDemocrat 07/22/2009 28 9 - 70
Kent Conrad, Max Baucus, and Barack Obama are Scaring Me
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Not only is the version of healthcare in the Senate Finance Committee garbage, but now Sen. Kent ...
RDemocrat 09/13/2009 181 34 2 70
Rand Paul: Work at McDonald's
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Rand Paul does not seem to know what letter is flashed in front of his name on ...
RDemocrat 06/18/2010 67 41 - 70
Did Axelrod Just Axe the Public Option?
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In the Healthcare debate roller-coaster two things the millions of Americans who voted on this issue in the last ...
RDemocrat 06/29/2009 82 21 1 69
Limbaugh Keeps Up "War of Words"
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. I ...
RDemocrat 04/04/2010 22 18 - 68
An Indefinite Continuation of a Costly Failure??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. While there is much discussion, deservedly so about the ...
RDemocrat 01/11/2011 6 5 - 67
Tipped Workers and the Minimum Wage Fight
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In my opinion the single most pressing problem for our economy and our Democracy as a whole is the festering cancer of income inequality that has arisen in the ...
RDemocrat 07/20/2012 8 9 1 67
Republicans Should Knee-Jerk Against Themselves
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. While I have been disappointed somewhat with some of the decisions made by President Obama, the ...
RDemocrat 09/19/2009 4 7 - 65
An Appeal to Russ Feingold
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. I like many of my fellow Progressives across the country right now feel very ...
RDemocrat 12/09/2009 25 5 - 65
Jack Conway Offers a Sane Alternative on the Deficit
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know with all the bluster coming from the Mad ...
RDemocrat 06/02/2010 10 18 - 64
Rand Paul and the Right to Work for Less
Crossposted from Hilllbilly Report. The Rand Paul campaign was really proud of the $2500 their ...
RDemocrat 07/05/2010 29 26 - 64
Republicans in Congress to American Workers: Go to Hell
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is no secret that the modern Republican Party ...
RDemocrat 07/05/2011 5 8 - 64
House Votes For Easier College Access
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The House of Representatives voted today to shift student loans to the government freeing up $80 ...
RDemocrat 09/17/2009 7 2 - 63
Hey America, Speaker Boehner??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Nowadays it seems as if Republicans are already taking a victory lap in the ...
RDemocrat 05/08/2010 15 12 - 63
Coal Industry Highlights American Disgrace
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is no secret that Corporate America and big business are ...
RDemocrat 10/29/2010 1 6 - 63
House of Hypocrites Takes Over
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Well, the last election gave Republicans control of the House. Of course, ...
RDemocrat 01/05/2011 3 5 - 63
Democrats Pushing Back on Stimulus Hypocrisy
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know, since the stimulus a funny thing has been happening. The very Republicans who dreamed up and ...
RDemocrat 07/29/2009 7 16 - 62
Gulf Oil Rig Victims Anger Should be Shared by All
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In testimony about the Gulf Oil rig disaster on Thursday ...
RDemocrat 05/27/2010 1 15 - 62
Conway Proves Superior in First Kentucky Senate Debate
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The first Kentucky Senate debate took place today ...
RDemocrat 10/03/2010 42 28 - 62
Is Boehner Joking, Lying, or Forgetting??
Crossposted from HIllbilly Report. You know, much adeu has been made of comedian Al Franken joining the Senate. Well, it comes to find ...
RDemocrat 07/08/2009 27 9 - 61
Tea Party Movement: Same Old Crap in a Shiny New Bag
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We keep hearing how this tea-bag movement is some new ...
RDemocrat 07/02/2010 24 18 - 61
Message to Glenn Beck: We NEED an Army!!
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. As a Progressive Democrat and a working American these last ten ...
RDemocrat 10/27/2010 5 4 - 61
The Rand Paul Circus of Idiocy Rolls On...
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Ah Kentucky. Home of Bourbon, basketball and bluegrass. Now ...
RDemocrat 11/14/2010 21 23 - 61
Public Option More Popular Than Baucus Bill
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Remember when the Public Option was dead?? Remember that it ...
RDemocrat 10/20/2009 5 8 - 60
The Real Weakness of Democrats
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know, living in a red area that has a Democratic tradition I constantly hear one thing when trying ...
RDemocrat 10/28/2009 39 20 - 60
Fox News Continues Propoganda on Tax Cuts
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Fox News, far from being news is just an outlet to spew Republican talking points. To see ...
RDemocrat 09/27/2010 12 10 - 60
The Republican "Good Ole Payback"
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Republican vision for America is coming to fruition. After ...
RDemocrat 04/04/2011 1 6 - 59
On Bailouts and Car Companies
Like everyone else on this site, and indeed in the country I have been watching the whole economy crashing/bailout process with much distress. I am very much against a system of corporate welfare ...
RDemocrat 12/06/2008 50 13 - 58
Right-Wing Myth Versus Hard Reality
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Many of us have known all along that the right-wing loons will do anything to maintain the status-quo ...
RDemocrat 08/19/2009 17 11 1 58
Limbaugh Cannot Accept the Truth of 9-11
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. 9-11 should not be a political statement for anyone. It should be a sad day of remembrence that many ...
RDemocrat 09/11/2009 12 15 - 58
Labor Leader McEntee Ruffles Feathers in White House
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know, one thing that led to so much disaster in ...
RDemocrat 10/18/2009 56 24 - 58
The Audacity of Greed
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In 2008 we dared to believe in the audacity of hope. And while many of our hopes ...
RDemocrat 06/24/2011 5 8 - 57
Lets Hope Pelosi's Place is Fighting for Sanity in Afghanistan
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Nancy Pelosi has long ruffled the wingnut feathers. Just the mere mention of the city she hails from, ...
RDemocrat 10/08/2009 30 5 - 56
KY-04: John Waltz Gaining Well Deserved Momentum
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. I wrote a few diaries several months ago about a Democratic ...
RDemocrat 03/13/2010 6 11 - 56
Plea to Wisconsin Democrats: TURNOUT!!
Crossposted from While the war on the American worker has been waged nonstop for the better part of three decades, one of the newest fronts in that war was opened in Wisconsin. All of us remember ...
RDemocrat 06/04/2012 2 8 - 56
Rand Paul to Kentucky Mine Worker: "Hell No"
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. To be an outsider it sure did not take Rand Paul long to fit right in with the elitist ...
RDemocrat 09/29/2010 24 46 - 55
John Edwards: College for Everyone
I thought I would get back today to detailing another of the many policy proposals John Edwards has outlined to bring about fairness, and equality, yes One America and one we can all be proud of. I ...
RDemocrat 06/23/2007 118 69 3 54
Oil To Spill Unabated in the Gulf Indefinitely
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. As widely reported the attempt to stop the hundreds of ...
RDemocrat 05/10/2010 31 32 - 54
Jeb Bush Shows America Rand Paul's True Colors
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Remember when Rand Paul was running in the primary?? He ...
RDemocrat 07/18/2010 32 37 1 54
Opinion: Let the People Speak on Proposition 19
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Over in California this year on the ballot is Proposition 19,
RDemocrat 09/13/2010 15 17 - 54
Administration Lifts Deep Water Drilling Moratorium
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We all remember the disaster that was the Gulf Oil ...
RDemocrat 10/12/2010 15 13 - 54
Kentuckians Rely Heavily on "Payday" Loans
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. As if we need to see any more proof of the complete and total ...
RDemocrat 06/30/2009 74 32 - 53
McConnell Exploits Child's Death to Prove Hatred for All Things American
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We have gotten quite used to it. ...
RDemocrat 07/11/2011 7 1 - 53
Think You Have the Right to Organize? Think Again
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is no big secret that the middle-class has become an ...
RDemocrat 04/26/2010 9 22 1 52
Dave Camp: Lets Tax The Poor
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. One huge problem with giving in on the huge Bush tax breaks for millionaires ...
RDemocrat 12/27/2010 21 11 - 52
Obama Enters the Budget Fray
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. After throwing their hissy-fit and walking out of budget negotiations ...
RDemocrat 06/29/2011 3 8 - 52
Gutless Bluedogs Could Learn a Lot From Our Freshman Class
You know, for the last few decades a strange thing seems to happen. Democrats run for office, but in many cases they seem to be just a little bit ashamed of being Democrats, and a little to timid to ...
RDemocrat 03/19/2009 21 11 - 51
Waltz Offers Progressive Vision for Campaign Finance Reform
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. After investing much money, passion and time ...
RDemocrat 10/29/2009 8 6 - 51
Boehner: Cut Over a Million Jobs
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Yes the Republicans have released their plan to finish destroying ...
RDemocrat 09/26/2010 15 21 1 51
Tax Cut Argument Shows the Sorry State of American Democracy
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Republicans want to portray themselves as "deficit hawks". They constantly maintain that slashing spending on the social safety net millions of Americans ...
RDemocrat 05/01/2012 3 3 - 51
Big Oil, Corporate Welfare, and Royalty Reform
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Oil and Gas Companies definately get the best of both worlds, unlike the American taxpayer. While ...
RDemocrat 07/13/2009 15 12 1 50
The Bill for Republican Rule Comes in the Mail
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Today Americans learned what the total price of giving total control of our government to Republicans ...
RDemocrat 07/20/2009 12 13 - 50
Recession Widens Gap Between Rich and Poor
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It seems like the one constant that can be depended on in this ...
RDemocrat 09/28/2009 8 21 3 50
Rand Paul Ignores the Facts to Starve the Beast
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Rand Paul wants to paint himself as some kind of "...
RDemocrat 05/22/2010 17 9 - 50
Republican Representation Sticks it to Kentucky
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is an enigma I have long struggled to understand. ...
RDemocrat 06/26/2010 5 15 - 50
Psst.. Hey Democrats Wanna Win?? Act Like Anthony Weiner
You know, we keep hearing how Republicans are sure to make huge gains in the upcoming November elections. We keep hearing how they may take the House and possibly even the Senate. This is because ...
RDemocrat 07/30/2010 126 28 - 50
Is This Healthcare Reform Really the Model we Want??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The legislation the Senate Finance Committee will vote ...
RDemocrat 10/10/2009 10 7 - 49
Mitch McConnell and the Need to Mislead
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. All over the country Republicans are drooling over their prospects ...
RDemocrat 08/23/2010 7 12 - 49
A "House of Hypocrites" Run By Lobbyists
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Ah, the incoming Republican Congress. Led by Corporate whore ...
RDemocrat 12/29/2010 3 9 - 49
Ky-Sen: Mongiardo and Conway Campaigns Spar Over Poll
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. With the Republican Senate ...
RDemocrat 05/28/2009 12 5 - 48
Arlen Specter Lovefest Shows Our Party's Weakness
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know, as a grassroots activist for the Democratic Party in a tough area it seems I always here one thing. Many ...
RDemocrat 06/07/2009 37 14 1 48
Christian Hate Groups Signing Their Own Death Certificate
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, at which the ...
RDemocrat 09/08/2009 31 19 - 48
Edwards Supporters: Hold Your Heads High!!
This diary is written for all my fellow Edwards supporters out there. I know things have been bad, but we should all be holding our heads high. One thing I can say for my fellow Edwards supporters, ...
RDemocrat 01/20/2008 314 295 6 47
One Achievement of Government And the Stimulus
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. For years, we have heard Conservatives rail against what ...
RDemocrat 01/06/2011 6 6 1 47
Chamber Of Commerce Opposition Underscores Need for New Regulator
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. One way you can tell whether something ...
RDemocrat 09/24/2009 3 5 - 46
Rand Paul: Dangerous
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. As many know I stayed neutral in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Basically I ...
RDemocrat 05/18/2010 42 18 - 46
KY-Sen: Democratic Race Sizzles in Fancy Farm
Ah, Fancy Farm. A throwback to the old days of politicking when candidates could not use huge dollars to run 30 second ads and ...
RDemocrat 08/02/2009 27 7 1 45
Pay Disparity for Women In America is No Longer Acceptable
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is no huge secret that in the last few ...
RDemocrat 03/15/2010 10 15 - 45
Democrats Should Show Guts in Tax Fight
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. With all the fights so far in the last many months in Congress a ...
RDemocrat 07/24/2010 21 13 1 45
How Can Republicans Run on the Deficit??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. With the looming fight for control of Congress, Republicans despite ...
RDemocrat 07/26/2010 13 12 - 45
Rand Paul and "Starve the Beast" Idiocy
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know, this tea-bag mentality that spurned such candidates as ...
RDemocrat 08/13/2010 23 16 - 45
Kentucky's Yarmuth Offers Relief to Average Americans at the Pump
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. There is a reason why we call John Yarmuth "Congressman Awesome" here in Kentucky. That is because our whole congressional delegation seems to be in the pocket of ...
RDemocrat 03/21/2012 3 11 - 45
Republican Healthcare Plan More Laughable Than Democrats
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. With all the disappointment I feel at the Democratic proposals likely to be written into law in both ...
RDemocrat 11/04/2009 21 5 - 44
New Kentucky Democratic Party Leader Shows Our Party's Weakness
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. For a long time now we have had a problem ...
RDemocrat 06/21/2010 7 19 - 44
Fancy Farm Previews Republican Strategy For the Fall
Ah the Fancy Farm Picnic. A hearken back to the old days when politicians had to actually meet the ...
RDemocrat 08/08/2010 26 20 - 44
Republicans Starve The Post Office Along With the Rest of Us
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Despite crying foul for "class warfare" it is ...
RDemocrat 09/28/2011 4 8 - 44
Republicans Roll Out Hypocrisy on Iran
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Republican politicians think they see blood in the water on the response by the Iranian people to the election ...
RDemocrat 06/23/2009 24 10 - 43
AFL-CIO Details "Lost Generation"
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. One of the key components to the American Dream has always been that one generation wants their children to be ...
RDemocrat 09/02/2009 6 8 - 43
Economic Hardship Increases Need for the Employee Free Choice Act
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. With the ever-encompassing debate over healthcare another Progressive initiative that is greatly ...
RDemocrat 10/27/2009 5 3 - 43
AMA Signs Off on H.R. 3200
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Kudos to the AMA. We were pretty critical of them earlier this year when it appeared that they might stand in the ...
RDemocrat 07/16/2009 8 3 - 42
Republican Kindred Spirits Back Away From Bunning
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. When Jim Bunning blocked unemployment benefits for those who lost their jobs due to the economy he ...
RDemocrat 02/28/2010 116 155 - 42
Union Mines are Safer and Why
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Coal Industry seeks to claim that non-union mines are safer than union ...
RDemocrat 05/04/2010 9 20 - 42