Yea Harry! (Reid that is)
Reid blasts Bush over RNC document Finally a Democrat who won't step aside when attacked. He really laid it on the line basically telling the Prez to put up or shut up on "being a uniter and not a...
View ArticleIt may feel good, but...
Yes, today the sun is shining everywhere! Finally the weight of evidence is now taking the sparkle off this administration and Bush directly. Feels pretty good especially since the target is the...
View ArticlePublic anti GOP, but still won't vote Dem
Will we be able to overcome these odds? This article in WaPo doesn't bode well for us among those who should be voting with us. New poll indicates lower income people who are disaffected with GOP...
View ArticleNew Poll - Conservatives OK Miers
From BusinessWeek: A VERY VOCAL MINORITY. An Oct. 6-10 Pew Research Center Poll found that just 9% of conservative Republicans want the Senate to reject Miers' nomination -- a modest increase on the...
View ArticleRepublicans more ethical...
Scratching my head. Latest CNN/USA/Gallup poll today came up with this amazing result: when asked who was more ethical the R's got 34% while the D's posted a 31%. What's up with this?...
View ArticleBetter start that fertility dance NOW!
Today I heard an author on NPR espouse the following: Around the world, conservatives, especially religious conservatives, will eventually far out-number liberals. How can that be you may ask. Easy.......
View ArticleDennis Kucinuch, another Leiberman?
Apparently Kucinich must have an evil twin. Today I watched him on Neil Cavuto's FOX show. Neil set him up with the question about whether Harry Reid's statement about Bush's incompetence was anyway to...
View ArticleNew CNN poll numbers surprised me
Not because the war effort favorably got a small jump after Al-Zaqawi's death, but because of the following numbers. I don't know if they've changed a great deal since the last poll, but was not aware...
View ArticleBush can't fill Dallas event
OK, so the Prez comes to big D today with Perry et al in tow. Even Mrs. Prez was there. A friend who usually votes D, but who has never seen a US Pres before decided to try to get tickets with her...
View ArticleKofi Annan says stay in Iraq until...
It seems that the Secretary-General sees the picture in the light of reality...but there will be bloodshed either way. GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that the United...
View ArticleHold back funding=hold back troop support
Well, that's what our Prez and his minion accuse us of doing. Yep, when we hold back the funding or ask for benchmarks to be met, we're hurting the troops...or are we? This is going to be short. I was...
View ArticleEarmarks and Speaker Pelosi
Well, maybe R and D aren't so far apart...especially in duplicity. After hearing the following on Lou Dobbs' show today, I sent the following to Speaker Pelosi: ('nuff said!) I've read and heard (CNN -...
View ArticleObey and Earmarks #2 - Will they keep their promise?
This from the SF Chronicle (Thur, 6/14/07): (Appropriations Committee Chairman David) Obey said House members from both parties -- even while expressing concern about rising government spending -- had...
View ArticleWhat happens "If"...
Just read that they are again saying there's a possibility of a draw down of troops next spring if things keep getting better on the ground. Let's say that does happen. With the draw down comes less...
View ArticleFacts about Government Health Plans around the World
There's been a great deal of discussion about getting Universal Healthcare here in the US. I've seen bits and pieces about plans in other industrialized countries, but never complete descriptions so...
View ArticlePelosi's Armenian end around on Iraq
I've been thinking about this for a few day and probably would not have written this if I hadn't just hear that the administration is looking for new routes to get supplies to Iraq, because Turkey is a...
View ArticleBREAKING: United Farm Workers Support Hillary
It's official, the union begun by Cesar Chavez has given full support to HRC. I checked to see if this has been reported here, but couldn't find any mention so I'm posting this. Don't know if I'm going...
View ArticleSurprising Obama story on NYT front page
First, let me say I will vote for BO should he win the nomination. But it is interesting that his current supporters consider him the people's hope. During the past several days I've learned a few...
View ArticleElizabeth Edwards and Hilary
Much has been written about Elizabeth these past few days...her announcement about working for a progressive think tank and her slamming McCain's non-healthcare plan spurred this interest in her. And...
View ArticleBombard McCain's office with cigarettes!
I know this topic has been diaried, and I've actually put this message as a response on one of them, BUT this suggestion is too important to bury. RE: this diary McCain: Cigarettes are "a way of...
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