Archive for the '2008 Congressional elections' Category
Things I Don’t Care About
Posted on July 15, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, Jesse Ventura, Minnesota, Things I Don't Care About | Leave a Comment
(Part twenty in an ongoing series)
Jesse Ventura.
Seriously, shut up already. Unless the news involves a new Predator sequel featuring the return of the original cast, I don’t want to hear it.
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I Smell A Blowout
Posted on June 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, Barack Obama, Gordon Smith, Republicans | Leave a Comment
I saw Kathleen Sebelius speak tonight. More on that tomorrow. For now, I just wanted to get up Republican Senator Gordon Smith’s latest ad for his close reelection campaign in Oregon, one of the first things I saw when I got home:
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Holy crap. Things [...]
Dear Small-Town Rural Americans,
Posted on May 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, Missouri, Sam Graves | Leave a Comment
If this ad is remotely effective in persuading you to vote for the guy whose campaign created it, then all of the bad stereotypes I use to mock you will no longer be deemed stereotypes but will instead be proven 100% true.
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All News Is Good News
Posted on May 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, Mississippi first district, the media | Leave a Comment
There is a running bitter “joke” that the establishment political press will find a way to spin any news, no matter how seemingly bad for Republicans or good for Democrats, as good news for the Republicans. While I can’t recall specific examples at the moment, I distinctly remember multiple bloggers making this joke following the [...]
Travis Childers Raises The Bar
Posted on May 14, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, 2008 elections, Mississippi first district, Travis Childers | Leave a Comment
If you read any other liberal political bloggers, or even the political sections of most mainstream newspapers, you already know the significance of the Democrats’ win in Mississippi last night. In case you don’t, allow me to quickly run through it:
Conservative Democrat Travis Childers beat his Republican opponent in a special election for the seat [...]
Say What You Will About The Tenets of National Socialism…
Posted on April 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, Indiana, Nazis, Tony Zirkle | 1 Comment
This is beyond unbelievable (via Shakesville):
U.S. Congressional candidate Tony Zirkle is facing criticism from one of his primary opponents, and a host of people on the Internet, for speaking at an event over the weekend that celebrated Adolf Hitler’s birthday.
Zirkle confirmed to The News-Dispatch on Monday he spoke Sunday in Chicago at a meeting of [...]
