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Category Archives: 2010 Midterm Elections
Your vote matters
Today is Election Day. And I could write hundreds of powerful, passionate, persuasive words to implore you to exercise your right as a U.S. citizen to vote. But instead, I’m going to suggest you listen to the recent episode on … Continue reading
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DeMint is DeWrong!
From my post title, you can probably deduce that I agree with Tamara about Sen.DeMint’s ”head-popping” statements. And I can tell you that a lot of people aren’t happy about them either – Tea Partiers (does anyone else just hate that … Continue reading
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Things to make your head pop
As anyone who knows me can attest (and that includes Byron), I regularly go off on rants about things that make my head pop. More often than not it’s political nuttiness that completely stuns me as a rational, reasonable, and … Continue reading
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Richard Tisei: America’s first (out) gay Lieutenant Governor?
Richard Tisei is currently running for Lt. Governor in Massachusetts. He’s a smart politician, having served his state for 30 years as Republican Senator. Oh yeah, and he’s gay. Gay Politics has an excellent article: “The past 10 years have proven … Continue reading
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Wow. I don’t think I’ve heard someone express their disappointment to a sitting President in such an eloquent, thoughtful, and respectful way. I think this speech reflects the opinion of a growing sect of Americans. She expresses her frustration with the Obama … Continue reading
Stirring the cauldron one last time
Before moving on to more pressing topics, I want to make a point of clarification to Byron’s post below. When I asked if Christine O’Donnell’s “dabbling in witchcraft” might be a “youthful indiscretion,” I was questioning the pattern of politicians … Continue reading
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Tagged Christine O'Donnell, Republican, Tea Party, Witches
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Witch Way The Wind Blows…
Well things are heating up around here – and who knew the topic would be, of all things…WITCHES! Now as an avid reader of “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” (the series on which True Blood is based), I’d like to say … Continue reading
“I dabbled in witchcraft”
A few posts down, Byron wrote about the campaign ad with Nancy Pelosi as the Wicked Witch of the West. Whatever you think of the ad, you have to admit that it’s one thing to be portrayed as a witch … Continue reading
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Uhh…
This is the Deomocrats’ new logo that’s supposed to inspire voters for the fall? I don’t really know what to say…was there a half off sale at the Dollar Store for designers? Things are looking up for November…
