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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Test: Cite one post election example of successful Democratic resistance to Bush

Friday, November 9, 2007

A commenter at TPM makes a good point: The issue on Mukasey in regards to the Dems is not (should not) just be about which disheartening AG runs our even more disheartening DOJ. It’s that once again the Dems got boxed in by something as simple as a questionable nomination with nothing to show for […]

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Sign of the Times

Friday, November 9, 2007
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Getting ready to fool us twice

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Here we go again: Iraq Déjà Vu: Cheney Pressuring Intel Analysts, Stifling Dissent, Manipulating Intelligence

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The Courant concedes defeat, at least for now

Thursday, November 8, 2007

(Special to CT Blue) Despite its best efforts, the Hartford Courant was forced to concede today that its campaign to instill irrational fear in the minds of Connecticut residents has been largely unsuccessful. According to the paper: Connecticut residents are more likely to check their doors at night since the Cheshire slayings, but most have […]

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Loose lips sink only liberal ships

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

It seems that MSNBC is thinking of hiring Rosie O’Donnell, and people are talking. Is MSNBC tilting leftward? Is someone out there finally going to serve the vast numbers of people who have no desire to feast on a one course meal of right wing red meat? But MSNBC has some strange concerns: O’Donnell’s ”loose […]

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Groton Dems win big-still the minority on the Town Council

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

This is what comes of a political environment in which it’s almost impossible to find people willing to run for office. The Groton Democrats appear to have elected all of their candidates to the Town Council and all of their candidates for the Board of Education (one Board of Ed candidate is on the edge, […]

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Kucinich impeachment resolution

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

I just watched the House of Representatives refer Dennis Kucinich’s Cheney impeachment resolution to the Judiciary Committee. You can peruse the resolution and various supporting documents here. The names of the intrepid co-sponsors can be found here. Each of them deserves our gratitude. I will note for the record that there is nary a Connecticut […]

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Pity the Bush Administration when it can’t even find good liars

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

This is really embarrassing. How does this woman stand doing this every day? If you need proof that near competent (the best Bush ever managed to get) people are avoiding the sinking ship of this Administration, watch this video. The first rule of being a Republican Press Secretary is to lie and spin without looking […]

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Ashcroft (partially) deconstructed

Monday, November 5, 2007

There is no end to the sacrifices that I make in service to my readers. Case in point: I forced myself to read John Ashcroft’s Op-Ed piece in today’s New York Times, in which he argues for granting telecoms immunity from suit for co-operating with illegal eavesdropping on Americans.. I wish I had the time […]

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Congress out to prove its powerlessness

Monday, November 5, 2007

Today Congress filed criminal contempt charges against Harriet Meiers and Joshua Bolton. A criminal contempt charge must be enforced by a U.S. Attorney. Bush has already mandated that this will not take place. The charges will languish, and Congress will do nothing. Congress has the power of inherent contempt. It can tell its Sergeant at […]

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