Far-Right Pundits Cling Bitterly to 'Center-Right Country' Lie
"America is a center-right country." As ThinkProgress documents, those 6 words are coming out of the mouths of every far-right pundit and politician. But what makes this claim absolutely ludicrous is...
View ArticleCongratulations, Mr. President!
Stephen Colbert congratulated America's first Hawaiian president. McCain concedes; says the failure is his, not his supporters. Calls Sarah Palin an impressive new voice in the Republican party. McCain...
View ArticlePerriello Victory Rally
"Tom Tom Tom!" chants by huge crowd at the Gravity Lounge in Charlottesville VA right across the street from Virgil Goode's office, where we have so often marched, protested, and sat-in, but never been...
View ArticleBlue Virginia
By David SwansonVirginia and the rest of the old South always voted for Democrats for president when the Democratic party stood for racism, and for Republicans when the Republican party stood for...
View ArticleReferenda: Abortion Rights Win, Gay Marriages Lose
Meteor Blades compiled the results of "culture war" referenda. Abortion rights are now mainstream even in rural states, but gay marriages are still feared even in "liberal" states. The two attempts to...
View ArticleGoode v Perriello: Recount?
By David SwansonThere is still hope that Virginia's Fifth District can be rid of Virgil Goode, but the final count has him in the lead. A recount is possible, and if there is any basis for it, I hope...
View ArticleGoode-Perriello Recount Required?
WINA reports:"State law calls for a mandatory recount when the separation in the vote total is less than one-half of one percent."But here's a citation of state law stating that a recount must be...
View ArticleObama Beats Pre-Election Polls
Glenn Greenwald compared the pre-election polls to actual results in the battleground states and discovered Obama did better than the polls predicted in every single state. Swing stateRCP Final...
View ArticleRemove the Filibuster from the Senate Rules
By David SwansonTrying to squeeze any sort of peace on earth out of our government in Washington has been a steep uphill climb for years. For the most part we no longer have representatives in...
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