Question: why is it that we cannot miss Joe the Plumber?

Jump to Comments Because that phoney plumber simply will not go away!! How the hell can he purchase his employer’s plumbing business when he’s out doing the GOP campaign circuit and too frequently getting his ugly puss on television? Didn’t anyone tell him that plumbers are most busy at this time of year? Just think of all those plugged toilets that remain plugged because Joe the Plumber is too busy chasing the media. Maybe Joe the unplugger’s love affair with the stately toilet is over. Or ma

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Slander Gene?

Slander Gene? I’m frequently appalled at what passes for analysis on the left, so I guess Neal Gabler’s unbelievably vapid analysis at the Los Angeles Times, claiming that conservatism was really started by Joe McCarthy, and that what we’re seeing from conservatism is a “McCarthyism Gene,” is no real suprise. As political science, Gabler’s article is simply incoherent. He liberally switches between “republican” and “conservative” in his descriptions of his targets, but really means neither;

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Palin Fundraising and Campaigning for Draft Dodger Chambliss

So Plain, the pro-war mother of a soldier is now campaigning for a draft dodger who is under investigation. Well, from one under investigation to the other, birds of a feather….

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GREAT ELECTION HYPOTHETICALS, PART 1 - McCAIN?S VP

One of the great things about using politics as a hobby is that it is structurally identical to being a fan of comic books, Star Trek, football, KISS, Harry Potter, or anything else. Something happens and then fans endlessly debate questions that cannot be answered except subjectively - whether Team A would have won if it had started the other quarterback, which Star Trek series is the best, whether the Lord of the Rings film trilogy was sufficiently faithful to the book, and so on. This is a r

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Palin campaigning for Georgia senator (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

ATLANTA - Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss has enlisted Sarah Palin to rally conservatives, while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters, as they grappled for advantage in a Tuesday runoff that will shape Democrats’ hold on power in Washington.

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After destroying John McCain’s Presidential bid Sarah Palin is now in Georgia sinking Saxby Chambliss’s hopes as well. You go girl!

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss enlisted Gov. Sarah Palin to rally conservatives while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters, as they grappled for advantage in a Tuesday runoff that will shape Democrats’ hold on power in Washington. Palin, who was John McCain’s vice presidential running mate, was to arrive in Georgia for a private fundraiser tonight, followed by rallies across the state Monday. McCain carried the state with 52 percent of the vote on Nov. 4. It will b

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A plan to survive the Obama years

A few days ago in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Z. Dwight Billingsly put forth his plan to survive the Barack Obama years. And he’s not happy about the way he’s been treated since Election Day.Another side effect has been white people contacting me to say that I should be proud to see a black man become president. Could there be a comment that is more condescending, more insulting, than that? If I believed that in America a black man could not be president, then I would be proud to see any black

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Sean Penn: Mountain of Snakes (HuffingtonPost)

I’m not a socialist. Or at least not entirely so. As an American, I’ve got a little Al Capone in me. I like the idea of individual achievement — just not against a background of hopeless oppression.

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