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  • "Gannon" scandal leads to link between high-level Republicans, high-level Democrats
    16 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Related: Democratic Senators reportedly getting cold feet on investigating Gannon/Plame link.
    "Gannon" scandal leads to link between high-level Republicans, high-level Democrats by Carol Rawle, Unknown News
    Over the weekend, while pursuing information that might lead to uncovering connections between the Bush White House and the ’non-reporter’ Jeff Gannon, aka James Guckert, a blogger may have stumbled onto information that could begin to uncover a possible alliance between the (…)

  • Democrats Want More Accountability for Iraq Spending- Propose War Funding Accountability Act
    16 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    President Bush’s request to Congress for $82 billion dollars in additional funding for military and reconstruction needs in Iraq and Afghanistan is receiving scrutiny on Capitol Hill. This comes amid growing concern among lawmakers about examples of waste, fraud and abuse in how funds were spent in Iraq.
    There is little if any disagreement between Democrats and Republicans about the need for the extra money needed to support U.S. troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
    Republicans in (…)

  • Are Most Republicans Sheep?
    30 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Are Most Republicans Sheep? David Corn January 26, 2005 I try not to denigrate entire groups of people—like the French, professional wrestling fans or even telephone solicitors. Actually, the French were quite nice to me on a recent trip to Paris, and I find it difficult not to condemn all telephone solicitors to the most unpleasant nooks of hell. But I may have to break this rule altogether for Republicans. I’m starting to wonder: do Republicans know how to process facts and think for (…)

  • The Voter’s Internet Party: a modest proposal
    27 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Voter’s Internet Party: a modest proposal.
    By James K. Sayre
    We need to create a new Voter’s Internet Party. With every passing day it is becoming painfully more obvious to all but the most fanatically partisan of us that the vast majority of the Senators and Representatives from both of the two major political parties are irrevocably corrupted by the unseemly influence of major corporations and the wealthy ruling elites. Therefore, we, the vast majority, who want clean honest open (…)

  • Communist success in Italy backfires on Prodi
    25 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Tony Barber in Rome
    An experiment in holding US-style primary elections has backfired for Italy’s centre-left opposition by denting the image of moderate reformism that party leaders deem vital to defeat Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, in 2006.
    To the surprise of opinion pollsters, and to the dismay of many centre-left leaders, a self-declared gay Catholic hardline communist, emerged as the winner this week in a primary contest to choose the opposition’s candidate to run for (…)

  • "Dear John’s" reply to Sheila Samples
    19 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Dear Sheila,
    When I wrote to you concerning a position you took in one of your columns (Last Man To Concede ) and questioned you about your reasons for that stance, I must confess I had no idea of the depth of your Democratic fealty or passion, nor any understanding as to how you could defend the Democratic Party, especially given what they have become in recent years: cumulatively-servile and Republican-dominated toadies.
    Sheila, I believe I ‘get it’, and with this increased (…)

  • Republicans Abandon Bush and the Far Right
    31 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Life-long Republicans are abandoning Bush, and the pseudo-religious far right in reaction to "what is happening to our beloved country". They are saddened and horrified by the "insidious and deliberate overthrow of Democracy by this administration, the media, and their supporters." These loyal Republicans are standing up and saying, "NO MORE!"
    Here is a sampling of three Republicans who are speaking out against the Bush administration, their supporters, and the media collusion that makes (…)

  • Green says voting company tampered with recount effort
    15 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Witness says voting company tampered with machines after vote and tried to plant false information into Ohio recount
    by John Byrne
    David Cobb, the unsuccessful Green Party presidential candidate, aired startling allegations at the Democratic House Judiciary Committee’s Columbus hearings Monday, alleging that a voting company representative tampered with voting equipment in an unspecified county last Friday and attempted to plant false information into the Ohio recount.
    Some, including (…)

  • No More Moore: The DLC Joins the Witch-Hunt
    4 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    No More Moore: The DLC Joins the Witch-Hunt
    by Matt Taibbi
    We’ve got to repudiate, you know, the most strident and insulting anti-American voices out there sometimes on our party’s left... We can’t have our party identified by Michael Moore and Hollywood as our cultural values. Al From, CEO, Democratic Leadership Council
    You know, let’s let Hollywood and the Cannes Film Festival fawn all over Michael Moore. We ought to make it pretty clear that he sure doesn’t speak for us when it (…)

  • Petri Dish Culture
    30 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Wayne Besen
    By now, most people have been sickened by the brawl involving the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and the drunken hooligans that pose as Piston’s basketball fans. We looked on in horror as muscle-bound Pacer’s star Ron Artest leapt into the stands - followed by a few of his teammates - to attack terrified basketball buffs after he was hit by a cup of beer. We watched in dismay as the scene escalated into violent chaos and mayhem.
    Appropriately, National Basketball (…)