Creationism Resurgent! Ish! Sort of! OK, Not Really. At All.

Jim Cook 12/4/2006
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Just you wait, they said after their failed attempt to insert religion into the science curricula of Dover, Pennsylvania and the entire state of Kansas. We’ll show you, you, you… science sympathizers! We’ll put creationism in the public schools of …

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When Right-Wingers Tell You What They Really Think

Jim Cook 11/30/2006
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Why vote for a progressive president in 2008? Because the allies of our regressive president are really, really, really scary when they tell you what they really, really, really think. There’s a spurt of right-wing pundits out there writing “lemme …

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Ecuador Steers Clear of Bible Toting Creep

Peregrin Wood 11/28/2006
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Noboa went around trying to convince Ecuadorans to vote for him because of his Christian religion. Noboa carried the Bible to campaign appearances like prop, as you can see in this photograph of him kneeling down to pray conspicuously in front of reporters before going to vote.

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The Curious Case of Jerry Carroll for President

jclifford 11/27/2006
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Jerry Carroll is a politically independent candidate for President who lives in Stockton, California, and has had the same post office box there for at least 11 years. Who is he, and why is he running in 2008?

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Election 2006 Was A Rejection of the Right Wing

Jim Cook 11/26/2006
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I’ve heard it over and over and over again… Republican Party and Democratic Leadership Council talking heads have insisted over and over again in newspaper opinion pieces and on television appearances that the 2006 elections represent a move toward centrist …

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Here Comes the Party Switcheroo

Jim Cook 11/22/2006
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Rodney Alexander did it. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Richard Shelby, Billy Tauzin and Nathan Deal did it, among others. In the wake of the switch in party control of Congress from Democratic to Republican, a number of those “pragmatic” Democrats decided …

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Mean Jean, Vic Wulsin, and Paul Hackett

jclifford 11/22/2006
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Given Vic Wulsin’s strong performance this year, shouldn’t the Democrats work on nominating more liberal candidates for Congress in 2008?

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Did We Elect Prime Minister Pelosi?

jclifford 11/21/2006
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Nancy Pelosi seems to have developed a fondness for declaring what the House of Representatives will do. Did you vote for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House of Representatives? Did we elect Nancy Pelosi to be Prime Minister?

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Republicans: To Hell With the Center, Let’s Go With The Racist!

Jim Cook 11/16/2006
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Oh, dearie dear. The Republican Party seems to have decided the lesson of the 2006 elections is that centrists are loser Defeatocrats. So to hell with ‘em and their Democrat-voting ways! Yes, in frustration the Republican Party is shedding all …

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Republican Party Letter Fakery Comes Full Circle

Jim Cook 11/15/2006
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For a little while now, we’ve been tracking a piece of text, written by the Republican Party and placed by the Republican Party on a webpage where people can visit, click a few buttons to send the text to a …

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The Prophet of God Loses Her Path In Congress

Peregrin Wood 11/14/2006
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Has Michelle Bachmann offended God, so that he has taken away her supernatural powers of prophecy? If so, maybe God called Michelle Bachmann to run for Congress, but not to win. Oh, Representative Bachmann, you’re in trouble now.

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Machine Democrats Maneuver to Oust Howard Dean

Jim Cook 11/11/2006
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Oh, this is frickin’ hilarious. The New Republic’s blog has had some insiders whispering to it: Some big name Democrats want to oust DNC Chairman Howard Dean, arguing that his stubborn commitment to the 50-state strategy and his stinginess with …

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Democrats: Just Wait, Again

Jim Cook 11/9/2006
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It’s happened again: In private talks before the election, [Rahm] Emanuel and other top Democrats told their members they cannot allow the party’s liberal wing to dominate the agenda next year. Democrats will hold 30 or 35 seats that went …

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Tom Vilsack Getting Buried in the Post-Election Press

jclifford 11/9/2006
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It’s Vilsack’s strategy to win the Democratic nomination for President in 2008 by making a strong showing in the early Iowa caucus. I’m wondering, though, based on Tom Vilsack’s weak first day of campaigning, if he’ll even make it that far.

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Mary Jo Kilroy Calls Rally: Count Every Vote in OH-15

Jim Cook 11/9/2006
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In Ohio’s 15th district, Mary Jo Kilroy is behind Republican House leader Deborah Pryce by just 2,835 votes, and there are 20,000 ballots left to be counted — most of them in Kilroy-friendly Franklin County. Regardless, Pryce is telling her …

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Greg Palast Disappointed in 2006, Moves On to 2008

Jim Cook 11/9/2006
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What do you do when you make your living as a conspiracy theorist, speaking in the most certain terms about being robbed, robbed! — and then the side you’ve picked unequivocably wins? If you’re Greg Palast, you just move on: …

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Democrats Control House and Senate: Your Wish List?

Jim Cook 11/8/2006
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The Associated Press, having contacted all outstanding precincts, has declared James Webb the winner of the Senate race in Virginia. Assuming this stands, the Democrats now stand to control both the House of Representatives and the Senate. This is beyond …

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Bush Shows Weak Negotiating Postition on Minimum Wage

Jim Cook 11/8/2006
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Now that he is backed into a political corner with huge losses to the Democrats in Election 2006, George W. Bush is doing his best to adopt an advantageous negotiating position. Just one day after the elections, Bush offered to …

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