Yup. Still Voting for Edwards.
Say whatever the hell you want. This is still a democracy after all (I hope so at least).You may say I'm wasting my vote, or helping the dreaded Clinton win, or you may troll rate me, or whatever the...
View ArticleCancer
Today my sister informed me that the tumor removed from my mother's breast was indeed malignant, but it looks like the malignancy was contained. Anyone who has survived cancer knows small miracles...
View ArticleFISA Vote: I Am Livid
On Super Tuesday, I wrote a diary declaring that I was still voting for Edwards. A heated discussion ensued on what was my first recommended diary.Today, I feel the same, and here's why:Neither Sen....
View ArticleStanding Up for The Downtrodden Soldiers and Veterans
I guess I take a lot of things for granted.My father is a Vietnam veteran. He is lucky he is not one of the many veterans who will go to sleep under a bridge tonight; he is lucky he doesn't have to...
View ArticleNo One Has It Easy...
I really do hope Obama has it--and by "it" I mean the ability to get us out of this mess we're in--because he is going to be the Democratic nominee and I suspect the next President.Last time I looked...
View ArticleShock! A Conservative Threatens National Security
This is one of those cases where people in glass houses shouldn't throw the first stone.The British defense ministry quickly announced Prince Harry would be withdrawn from Afghanistan now that his...
View ArticleThe World According to John McCain
According to John McCain: Public campaign financing is good as long as you're not running for office. Occupying a foreign country for one hundred years is acceptable foreign policy, and 2b) it does not...
View ArticleLamar Smith Flip Flops on Impeachment
You've probably heard the quote of the day from Lamar Smith (disclaimer: I have chopped up this crap in no particular order):Nothing is going to come out of this hearing with regard to the impeachment...
View ArticleA Plague o' Both Houses!
Voters: I am sped.Congress: What, art thou unrepresented?Voters: Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch, marry’tis enough. Where is my page? With Mark Foley? Go villain, fetch a surgeon, or someone who will...
View ArticleOUR Candidate Would Have Won If...
Let's play the "OUR candidate would have won if..." game.OUR candidate would have won if that one disclosed his affair earlier.OUR candidate would have won if that one was white.OUR candidate would...
View ArticleNo, Debra, You are NOT a "Hillary Clinton Democrat"
From georgia10's diary: I am about as much of a "John Edwards Democrat" as Debra is a "Hillary Clinton Democrat". In fact, I am not a "Democrat" at all--which Debra Bartoshevich should admit in...
View ArticleNew Orleans
I am currently working in New Orleans, and it is nearly three years to the day that Katrina struck the city, with a storm forecast to hit us early next week. I can tell you that right now, there is a...
View ArticleI Thought Palin Would Understand Ricochet...
The best they can come up with is a stretch about Ayers. Say it ain't so, Sarah! There you go again lying about the past, which is why this smackdown I'm about to deliver feels so freaking good gosh...
View ArticleThe Choice Was Clear
As recently as August 25th, I wasn't sure if I was going to vote for him. Well today I sent in my absentee ballot, marked for only Democrats, Libertarians, and Obama. Barack Obama has succeeded in...
View ArticleRe: Prop 8. Take Away Mormon "Right" to Marry!
While anti-Prop 8 lawsuits wrangle their way through court to determine if Prop 8 is valid--in light of the CA Supreme Court's ruling that people have a fundamental 'right to marry' the person of their...
View ArticleWhat Do You Expect? (aka Not Another Lieberman Diary)
What do you expect?This outgoing Congress isn't about Obama; nor is it about a "mandate for reconciliation" or a "change" from the Bush years. This is the same Congress that refused to impeach Bush...
View ArticleSecession Makes Sense, Soggy Teabags!
Dear Soggy Teabags,I am writing to inform you as the leader of the Republican Soggy Teabag party that secession makes sense from an economic, political, and historical perspective.But before I...
View ArticleMy Dad Has Lung Cancer
My Dad has lung cancer, and today we found out he has had it at least a few months, probably longer. Right now I am experiencing a mixture of emotions. I'm not as close to my Dad as my older sister,...
View ArticleFringe Snark and Looney Tunes
This would be snark, but it's nary fringe.Question: How do you get these people to support Obama's health care plan?Answer: Several options really...a) Tell them Saddam the health insurance companies...
View ArticleI Apologize
On Saturday, January 8th, 2010, like many other Americans I was shocked, and that shock quickly turned to anger. I assumed that Jared Loughner was influenced by racist rhetoric coming from the Tea...
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