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Wednesday March 10, 2010 · 2:24 PM PST

2010/03/10 · 14:24

I just received an email newsletter from Mark Warner full of "bipartisan" idiocy that just pushed my buttons:

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Tuesday September 29, 2009 · 2:12 PM PDT

2009/09/29 · 14:12

I'm a pretty low-key, polite guy, but I've had more than enough of this. We've suffered through our media stenographers parroting the idea that "of course it takes 60 votes to pass anything." Through some of them adopting the ludicrous idea that passing a bill with a majority vote is the "nuclear option," and more. But listening to Max Baucus' substance-free attempt to justify his vote against the public option because it "can't get to 60 votes" was the last straw, and I'm through being polite. It's time to use the F-word.

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 11:04 AM PDT

2008/09/18 · 11:04

I had an epiphany this morning -- John McCain is losing this election. How can we tell? Because he has started running as a Fake Democrat.

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Thursday February 21, 2008 · 12:24 PM PST

2008/02/21 · 12:24

By now, all of us should know that there isn't anyone Democrats can nominate who the Republican slime machine "won't be able to attack." And since their methods of attack do not depend on being truthful, there won't even be a time when all the attacks are on the table, and we know everything we're dealing with. (If they're making up smears, they can always make up a new one if they start losing their punch.)

But if, as now seems likely, Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee, we have a powerful weapon, if we know how to use it. People like him, and with the excitement he's generating, most people who aren't paying close attention yet would rather not believe attacks leveled at him. And we have a template for what to do with that: Ronald Reagan.

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Thursday October 26, 2006 · 9:15 AM PDT

2006/10/26 · 09:15

Via McClatchy, former Sen. Warren Rudman's acceptance speech for the 2006 George Catlett Marshall Medal - the highest award presented by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA):

No matter how high or how low your rank, you should never let your respect for the privilege and prestige of an office distract you from what you're there to do - to outweigh your obligation to speak truth to power.
In that spirit, I believe I would be remiss if I didn't use this occasion to close with just a few words about the current state of this fine institution, the United States Army.

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Friday July 07, 2006 · 1:08 PM PDT

2006/07/07 · 13:08

Via Froomkin a description of W's plans from Nit Pickler:

"With Republicans nervous about keeping control of Congress and worries about the future of Iraq, Iran and North Korea, White House officials have decided too much is at stake this year for Bush to spend so much time on vacation. He'll spend some time at the ranch, but it will be less than previous summers and interrupted by more time on the road.

So, reasons for a president not to cut short a vaction:

Hurricane Katrina devastating a major city
The most devastating tsunami in generations
The country being at war
"Bin Laden determined to attack inside the United States"

Reasons for a president to cut short a vacation:

Republicans could lose control of Congress
Passing a pandering law to "save" one braindead woman

The decline of Northern Virginia Republicans

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Thursday June 22, 2006 · 12:02 PM PDT

2006/06/22 · 12:02

If I may toot my own horn a bit...

The Washington Post has a nice article about how we're making life miserable for the Republicans here in Northern Virginia. To try to retain their seats, area Republicans are supporting locally popular measures that are defeated by their own party in the legislature. (So why should anyone vote for them?) And in their decline, they're starting to feed on each other -- in the exurbs, moderates are being expelled from the party over ideological litmus tests.

We've got 'em on the run; let's keep 'em going!

Assume a can opener...

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Monday June 19, 2006 · 1:54 PM PDT

2006/06/19 · 13:54

The Cheney "One Percent" Doctrine (we must respond to threats that have a one percent chance of being true the same as ones that are certain) reminds me of an old joke... Read More

"Unity '08"'s Weird Disconnect

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Thursday June 01, 2006 · 1:17 PM PDT

2006/06/01 · 13:17

On my way home yesterday, I was listening to an interview on the NewsHour with spokesmen for Unity '08, an organization promoting the idea of an online primary to nominate a cross-party ticket, which participants would then try to get on the ballot. Their motivation is the idea that the two major parties are not "relevant to the major issues and challenges" and are excessively partisan and appealing only to their base.

The weird thing is, though, that I can't find anything specific in their issues or complaints that would actually be points of disagreement with the Democrats. They seem to be opposed to the Republicans and the GOP's caricature of the Democrats, and unable to recognize that both are created by the Republicans. Read More

Space budgets: Compare and Contrast

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Tuesday March 14, 2006 · 9:13 AM PST

2006/03/14 · 09:13

NASA satellites feel budget crunch

Budget cuts and poor management may be jeopardizing the future of our eyes in orbit -- America's fleet of environmental satellites, vital tools for forecasting hurricanes, protecting water supplies and predicting global warming...

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Friday February 17, 2006 · 8:35 AM PST

2006/02/17 · 08:35

Sometimes I think they actually do believe that they can create reality, that if they can get enough people to believe the things they fervently believe, it will make them true, and all "facts" are just opinions.

Like, for example, Cheney's speech to CPAC, where he announced that they'd created a new Treasury office to prove that tax cuts increase revenue, and promised that it would prove that tax cuts increase revenue (to wild applause.) Read More

Super-lobbyist or super-money-launderer?

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Tuesday February 07, 2006 · 2:42 PM PST

2006/02/07 · 14:42

I keep hearing and reading news stories describing Jack Abramoff as a "super-lobbyist." These usually tie into Republican attempts to paper over the scandal with "lobbying reform" rather than anti-corruption investigations.

To be accurately described as a "super-lobbyist", wouldn't you expect Abramoff to have some lobbying successes, not just "access"? Abramoff was a Republican and conservative activist ; I have seen no evidence that he successfully lobbied for anyone except those whose causes happened to align with his own conservative causes. Has anyone else seen any exceptions?
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Dear Senator Warner

Use the F-word!

McCain is running as a Fake Democrat.

Repeat after me: "There you go again!"

Warren Rudman speaks out about the Army

Reasons to cut short a vacation

The decline of Northern Virginia Republicans

Assume a can opener...

"Unity '08"'s Weird Disconnect

Space budgets: Compare and Contrast

Tinkerbell government

Super-lobbyist or super-money-launderer?