Give 'em Hell Kerry!

Quote of the Day:

“This is the classic GOP playbook,” Kerry said in a harshly worded statement. “I’m sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who did. I’m not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium.”

Read the AP story, including video, here:
Go Johnny Go!

VOTE if ............

VOTE if ……………
you know who your current congressional/senate representives and their challengers are, and you have a good idea of what they are for and against


DON’T VOTE if …………..…
you really haven’t familiarized yourself with the incumbents/candidates or their platforms


VOTE if …………….
you understand how important this midterm election is to this country


DON’T VOTE if ………………
you think you can make a decision by watching political commercials


VOTE if ..................
you think things are going well and want to continue in this direction

- OR -

if you are enraged by the unfettered bullshit and blatent incompetence of an uncaring, myopic administration/party who believe they ALONE know what is best for this country.

OUR TROOPS ARE DYING FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED!!!

We WILL Get Fooled Again

This passionate and insightful essay by Ron Kovic should be manditory reading for the "well, at least Bush took a stand" crowd.

"Breaking the Silence of the Night"

The Party of Family Values?

The Reform "School" Party...

Former Rep.Randy "Duke" Cunningham (CA) resigned in November '05 after pleading guilty to accepting $2.4 million in bribes.
Former majority leader (and "good friend" of Jack Abramoff) Tom DeLay (TX) was indicted on state campaign finance violations and resigned in June '06.

Rep. Bob Ney (OH) agreed to plead guilty to charges of corruption (another alumnus of the Abramoff scandal) and chose not to seek re-election.

...and for those of you who may have just emerged from a cave...Former Rep. Mark Foley (FL) resigned this past Friday when a story broke uncovering his "improper" e-mails to an under age congressional page (and that's just the tip of the iceberg).

As unbelievable as this Foley thing is, the even bigger story is that the REPUBLICAN congressional leadership "allegedly" KNEW about Foley's "inklings" BEFORE this story broke, and DID NOTHING about it!

Rep. Thomas Reynolds (R-NY) chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee charged with maintaining his party's majority, said Saturday that he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert months ago about the existence of e-mails from Foley to a congressional page, which the boy said "freaked him out."

Hastert said he doesn't remember the conversation but "has no reason to dispute Congressman Reynolds' recollection that he reported to him on the problem and its resolution." - - - - - - -Can you say "FULL OF SHIT!"

As much as Donny Rums needs to go (and he needs to go immediately if not sooner) Hastert should not go to sleep tonight before finishing his letter of resignation, and should make it the first order of business tomorrow morning. A House investigation should begin immediately afterward.

Anyone having anything to do with a cover up of this reprehensible situation, Republican or Democrat, should be brought up on criminal charges along with Foley. I can barely wait to see what the FBI uncovers.

Is it me, or is our government becoming absolutely surreal?

State of Denial

The title of Bob Woodward's new book says it all.

Read an excerpt here.