The fucking nerve. From TPM:
The Washington Post reports that President Bush has asked DOJ to look into a request by House Republican leader John Boehner that would force Ohio’s Secretary of State to provide local election officials with information on 200,000 newly registered voters who have mismatched registration data. That could make it possible for [...]
Archive for October 25th, 2008
supreme court rulings aren’t good enough for bush–unless they’re in his favour. white house wants DOJ action on ohio voting case
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Bush interfering with DOJ, GOP vote suppression, Republican voter fraud, voting rights Ohio on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
nyt: so when will banks give loans?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AIG, bailout, banks sitting on bailout money, Bear Stearns, Chase Bank, corporate greed bailout, Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, JP Morgan, New York Times, So When Will Banks Give Loans?, Treasury sellout on October 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Disgusting. The full article is a must-read. All the more reason to usher in an Obama presidency–our only hope for tossing out this outrageous government collusion with big banks. My fear is that Treasury is going to hustle as quickly as it can before Inauguration Day to pass out money to its fat-cat friends, screwing the [...]
mormons against prop. 8, part 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, marriage equality, Mormons against Prop 8, Mormons for Marriage, mormonsformarriage.com, same-sex marriage on October 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My deep thanks to those practicing Mormons who are willing to speak out against the Church on this issue. http://mormonsformarriage.com/
(h/t Sullivan)
meanwhile, back in alaska . . . the ted stevens jury seems to be having a meltdown of its own
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AK Muckraker, AKM, Alaska politics, Mudflats, Stevens jury meltdown, Ted Stevens trial on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Read the entire wacky story over at Mudflats. AKM reports:
On the first day, the jury asked to be dismissed 15 minutes early because they were apparently so stressed out they just couldn’t make it until 5:00. Eyebrows across Alaska raised.
The culprit was Juror #9, a bookkeeper for the National Guard. She was apparently so obnoxious, so rude, [...]
sarah palin, “reformer”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Palin abuse of power, Palin cronyism, Sarah Palin on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, via Daily Dish. Lookit her go! If she’s reforming anything, it’s taking cronyism to higher levels than most elected officials get away with.
* More than 100 appointments to state posts – nearly 1 in 4 – went to campaign contributors or their relatives, sometimes without apparent regard to [...]
map of u.s. newspaper presidential endorsements
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, interactive endorsement map, map of presidential endorsements, newspaper endorsements McCain, newspaper endorsements Obama on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Groovy interactive map of the U.S. that includes newspaper circulation and which papers endorsed which candidates in both 2008 and 2004. (h/t Sullivan)
apropos of nothing #4
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Clerks spoof, Star Wars, Star Wars spoof, storm troopers convenience store, Trooper clerks on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Working at the Death Star convenience store sucks.
poll: left far more engaged than right
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, conservative Republican voters weak on McCain, liberal Democratic voters engaged Obama, liberal Internet, online grassroots political activism, People and the Press, Pew Research Center, Pew Research poll, political engagement 2008 on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ya think?
With less than two weeks until Election Day, liberal Democrats are significantly more engaged and emotionally invested than conservative Republicans in the 2008 presidential election, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Fifty-six percent of liberal Democratic voters said they would be “angry” if their [...]
