Are the Wingnuts Wrong to Dump Lugar?

May 6, 2012 by 2 Comments

Daily Kos’s David Jarman and others are pleased that Senator Richard Lugar appears about to lose his primary to wingnut Richard Mourdock. They point out that this might not be simply one Dick replacing another: while polls show Lugar easily beating likely Democratic nominee Joe Donnelly in the general election, Mourdock v. Donnelly is a toss-up. Mourdock could wind up handing a solidly Republican seat to the Dems.

It’s hard for me to feel the wingnuts are making a mistake to dump Lugar. I would love to see the Occupy movement run candidates that would give us a chance to make similar choices: dump sure-winning corporatist Dems in favor of true progressives who, though they might lose to Republicans, would, if they won, represent the interests of the 99%.

 

Official photo of Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN).

Official photo of Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Here We Go Again With the Deficit Bull

February 27, 2012 by Leave a comment

My reaction to the news that House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer is “Working Behind The Scenes On Major Deficit Reduction Bill” is simple. Oh, crap, here we go again.

English: Steny Hoyer, member of the United Sta...

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Santorum is a Sh#t

February 15, 2012 by 4 Comments

For anyone who thinks it ill-mannered that Internet activists have linked Rick Santorum’s name to this nauseating (really, don’t click if you are underage or have a weak stomach) and NSFW definition, head on over to the Raw Story and take a look at the video of Senator Santorum telling Occupy Tacoma that…

instead of standing here unemployed yelling at somebody, go out and get and job and work for a living

Ah, I do remember how Jesus loved to tell the poor to go f@#$ themselves.

And how do the police back up Santorum’s best Mussolini impersonation? By tasering protestors, of course. I don’t quite remember that response when the Tea Party was the media darling.

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Portrait of an Islamophobic Cheerleader

December 28, 2011 by 4 Comments

As we pause to note Victoria Jackson’s insane claim that “the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated our highest positions in government,” can we remember how Jackson came to our national attention? It was by doing this on The Tonight Show in 1983.

No joke. Shame on you, Johnny Carson.

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