W&M students elect transgender person to Homecoming Court
In the spirit of "even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then," the usually conservative College of William and Mary, which saw fit to grant me a bachelor's degree 22 years ago, is finding itself...
View ArticleThe GOP.com historical error you might have missed
So this morning, while on Twitter making fun of Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele and his almost-too-laughably-stereotypical-to-be-true decision to call his new blog"What Up?," I...
View ArticlePrediction: Florida WILL opt out if Schumer/Carper HCR proposal passes
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), after consulting with Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), one of the five Democratic senators who voted against Sen. Jay Rockefeller's (D-W. Va.) public option proposal in the Senate...
View ArticleN.C. GOP leader: calling me gay is "scurrilous"
One of the candidates to lead the North Carolina Republican Party is suing a radio talk show host and the host's employer for defamation, alleging that the host said the candidate was gay.Tom Fetzer, a...
View ArticleYeah, I'm the guy who spoke at the Pensacola Tea Party
I've been asked to diary my experiences from yesterday's Tea Party in Pensacola, Fla., the one that was on the open thread this morning and has shown up on a number of other blogs (including my own, of...
View ArticleWhy I didn't go to Netroots Nation
(Originally published at Blast Off!, which explains the odd narrative form wrt Daily Kos; I opted to leave it as is rather than try to edit around it here.)It's no secret that I've not been much of a...
View ArticleRemember when McCain hung out with a convicted felon? Good times.
The internets are a great thing. They help us remember things we might otherwise forget. For example, when we had to ask that important question about whether Huggy Bear is a criminal.Raise your hand...
View ArticleFringe wingnut blog slams Kos, Kossacks
Proving once again that it's foolhardy to cite Dan Gerstein as an authority on anything except what it means to be an idiot, some überwingnut named Warner Todd Huston (he supports Alan fucking Keyes,...
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Root, root, root for the Lord's team
As the National League champion Colorado Rockies enjoy their record-long eight-day layoff before the World Series, where they'll meet either the Cleveland Indians or the Boston Red Sox, there's one...
View ArticleRALPH NADER is speaking at Saturday's D.C. rally?!?
I received an e-mail this morning about the rally on Saturday in D.C., where I'll be joining thousands of my closest DFH friends.Check out who's speaking at the rally, below the fold ...
View ArticleHow Kossacks view impeachment -- then and now
I don't mean to whine about being flamed -- certainly, I can take it, and I did, plenty of it -- but I can't help but laugh a little at the way things have changed around here in just a few short...
View ArticleWithdrawal of Bush judicial nominees: not as "unprecedented" as the GOP wants...
Not to take away from another similarly directed diary, but it's misleading to say that Chimpy "gave up" on four judicial nominees today. In fact, they withdrew their own nominations ... either way,...
View ArticleAnother Republican liar in Congress: what a surprise!
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Miami) has had to admit that she lied when she denied that she called for the assassination of Fidel Castro:U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen admitted on Friday, through a...
View ArticleBetting that Christians are stupid
Are Christians not as smart as atheists or agnostics? David Sklansky is betting they're not ... literally.This isn't my idea, but it's still an interesting topic for consideration. Take a look at what...
View ArticleDebunking Frist: it's easy and it's fun!
Dethroned Kitten Killer, er, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is clapping as loud as he can.In his parting shot to the American people today, the renowned Distance Diagnosis Doctor stamps...
View ArticleA new face for evangelism or merely a feint?
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) are about as different on the ideological spectrum as two politicians can be. Yet both appeared and spoke Friday at the Global Summit on...
View ArticleFox News responds regarding mislabeled parties?
A pleasant, if damp, Sunday morning in south Florida. I wake up (thanks to my 7-year-old son urging me to get up, because "it's already almost 7:45!") and switch on the ol' laptop. I check out my...
View ArticleBoston Globe: Pelosi moving Democrats to the center
Is Nancy Pelosi trying to position herself and the Democrats in Congress more towards the center?Once again, even though I respect the Speaker-elect very much and think her progressive record is at...
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Fox News blatantly misrepresents election results (big surprise)
You may recall that several weeks ago, I wrote a couple of diaries regarding Fox News' habit of reversing party affiliations, particularly with Mark Foley and then with Sheldon Whitehouse (Diary here...
View ArticleJeopardy! diary, day one: Preparation and Trepidation (edited with new links)
Since there seems to be a bit of interest around here (not by everyone, I know, but by some) in my appearance on Jeopardy!, I thought perhaps some folks might like a break from the pre-election hubbub...
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