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Thursday November 01, 2012 · 3:48 PM PDT

2012/11/01 · 15:48

That was seven years ago; during the Bush Administration's tepid, incompetent, and bungling response to what was then - and arguably still is - the largest single weather-related disaster in the US since the dawn of the 20th century, if not the history of the Republic. Jack Cafferty at that time was regarded as a fairly straight shooter, although he did lean to the right on most issues. And there he was on national television excoriating a President and an Administration for whom he had probably voted. His points were all valid and it would not be surprising that anyone witnessing the ineptitude of that relief effort would walk away believing that the federal government is, in fact, useless and ineffective.

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Wednesday October 03, 2012 · 11:14 PM PDT

2012/10/03 · 23:14

Mitt Romney's policy positions were laid out in detail during the debate....

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Thursday September 20, 2012 · 1:06 AM PDT

2012/09/20 · 01:06

I'm not looking for recs, I'm not looking for notoriety, I just want someone to read this. I've been waxing political on my Facebook page for over a year leading up to this election and I've been hopelessly disappointed by the lack of engagement I've received.

Given that, I feel that this comment I made on one of my own posts is something that people on this site would like, appreciate, and maybe even share. I don't pretend to be a fantastic writer/orator and I've gotten to the point that I don't think I ever will be because no matter how much passion or eloquence I attempt to inject into what I write, no one seems to care. So fuck it all, I just hope you all enjoy this....

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Thursday March 26, 2009 · 11:46 PM PDT

2009/03/26 · 23:46

Ran a quick search and found no diaries about this so I thought I'd put it out there. A bill is soon to be introduced in the State House of Representatives here in Harrisburg to legalize the use of medical marijuana in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Friday February 20, 2009 · 9:34 AM PST

2009/02/20 · 09:34

There's a lot of apoplexy on the "Right" (I use quotes because we know they're not) about the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (aka "the Stim"). "Socialism!" they cry, and Sean Hannity's brain goblin damn near jumps out of his skull every weeknight at 9pm. You'd almost feel bad for the guy if he wasn't such an unapologetic jagoff.

Well I've got an idea, follow me below the fold.

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Will conservatives refuse Stim Funds in protest?

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Will conservatives refuse Stim Funds in protest?

No, right-wing hypocrisy knows no bounds

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This is political gandstanding, they know what's good for them and their constituents.

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Yes, they're idiots

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Pie (of the pumpkin variety)

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Be the Change

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Friday December 05, 2008 · 11:24 AM PST

2008/12/05 · 11:24

A lot of huffing and puffing in recent weeks about what the President-Elect has been up to at his offices in Chicago.

"Why would he put a sexiest ego-maniac in the Treasury?"

"Hillary Clinton at State? She's gonna sabotage him and the country just to settle a cheap political score!!"

"Bob Gates?! Are you f**king kidding me!?!"

All the while we on the left are looking to him to simply enact all the things we want him to. To use his power to shove this country violently left-ward. Didn't we reject the notion of the unitary executive? So why do we want President Obama to be our lapdog the way Bush was a lapdog to the military-industrial complex, pharmaceutical companies and Wall Street? There are a lot of examples but I'd like to use this diary to illustrate my point.

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 10:23 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 22:23

Ya know that crazy woman who denied candy to children of Obama supporters? Yea, a little research by my wonderful girlfriend luckystarr and...turns out she was a Delegate from Michigan at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul this year. A little refresher, I'm talking about this lady:

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Shirley Nagel is...

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Really Evil

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Misunderstood

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Misunderstood Genius

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Evil Genius

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Evil Moron

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I'm Not Buying It

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 9:38 PM PDT

2008/10/25 · 21:38

Huge poll numbers for Obama, a McCain campaign in seeming chaos and disarray, the GOP VP nominee "going rouge" and conservative "thinkers" like David Frum telling their party to give up on the White House. Why am I not giddy? Why is it that I walking on proverbial eggshells waiting for the other shoe to drop? My faith in the American people is simply non-existent at this point and I can't shake this feeling that we're still in the weeds.

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How ya feeling?

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Giddy

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Hopeful

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Cautiously optimistic

126 votes

Apprehensive

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Jittery

19 votes

Downright petrified

27 votes

I Want All 538

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 10:50 PM PDT

2008/10/15 · 22:50

All credible measures have Barack Obama leading John McCain by anywhere from 5-15 percentage points nationally and by similar margins in critical "battleground" states. Certain polls even have our candidate leading in such solidly Republican states as Virginia and North Carolina. And West Virginia, a state no one thought Obama could capture following the Democratic primaries, is looking like friendly ground for the Democrat. But the race is not over, and now is not the time to grow complacent or too sure of ourselves.

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 9:32 AM PDT

2008/09/05 · 09:32

That is a quote from my boss about Barack Obama. To underscore what that means exactly, I'm a waiter at a small - but really quite nice - Italian restaurant five minutes from my house in Harrisburg, PA (a town, I can tell you with great confidence, that is firmly in the Obama column). He also owns a number of pizza shops with one opening in the new grocery store complex they are building as well as a bar in downtown Harrisburg. The people he employs are almost exclusively Republicans and try as I may there seems to be nothing I can do to convince them that the information they have on Barack Obama simply is not true. Every day the floor manager and the head chef are yammering about how Obama will raise our taxes and kill small business. My boss' response: "I'll take my chances."

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 · 11:01 AM PDT

2008/08/12 · 11:01

What the hell is wrong with Republicans? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi echos Obama's position on offshore drilling (i.e. limited drilling might be prudent if it is coupled with a comprehensive look at our energy situation) and Congressional Repugs act like they won. Nevermind that her caveats were so strong that if the bill were presented Republican Reps would never vote on it, the fact that their demands were met by Mrs. Pelosi with a resounding "maybe, if..." was cause for much chest puffing on the part of the know-nothing Republican leadership.

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Friday August 08, 2008 · 9:24 PM PDT

2008/08/08 · 21:24

It's official - John Edwards cheated on his wife Elizabeth; two years ago and he told her about it then and the family has been working through it since. Like many here I empathize with the Edwards family and am actually proud of Senator Edwards for being honest, however belatedly. I'm also disgusted that a private drama within a family has become a public spectacle only to satisfy the insatiable appetite for drama of the mainstream corporate media. Beyond that, however, I could care less about the marital troubles of a couple whom I've never met.

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