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by Tim F|  March 29, 20101:32 pm| 17 Comments

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Donate to Dems in tough districts who voted for HCR without needing Bart Stupak to tell them that it was ok.

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Or, donate to this list of Dems who have had their offices vandalized. Thanks to reader Menzies for compiling it.

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  1. 1.

    jibeaux

    March 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    I’ll donate when I get paid next, and will throw in something to Bob Etheridge (NC). He’s in a tough district in Eastern NC, was noncommittal for a while, but was never a Stupaker to my knowledge. North Carolina dems disappointed overall, I would say he was the only vulnerable one who voted for it.

  2. 2.

    Dork

    March 29, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    Should we donate to Eric Cantor, too? Poor guy almost got killed with a video.

  3. 3.

    null pointer exception

    March 29, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    Have you folks seen this interview by Eric Son of Eric?

  4. 4.

    Bob K

    March 29, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Has anybody tried to connect the dots between Michelle Bachmann, Sarah Palin and Hutaree yet?

  5. 5.

    eemom

    March 29, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    Today’s dispatch from Lake Batshit (shorter):

    “First they came for Ron Paul.
    But I was not Ron Paul, so I said nothing.
    Then they came for Glenn Greenwald.
    But I was not Glenn Greenwald, so I said nothing.
    Then they came for David Frum.
    But I was not David Frum, so I said nothing.
    Then they came for Jane Hamsher.
    But I am Jane Hamsher, and I WILL NOT SHUT THE FUCK UP.”

    Tee hee.

    (sorry, can’t help it. Yes, I KNOW I have a problem…)

  6. 6.

    HY

    March 29, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    What the fuck is up with the Mario-Live pornographic ads on the sidebar?

  7. 7.

    Robertdsc-iphone

    March 29, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    All that PAC money & for what, Jane?

    Still cute, though.

  8. 8.

    jeffreyw

    March 29, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    More puppies is what this mean ol’ world needs.
    flickr.com/photos/jeffreyww/4473068331/
    flickr.com/photos/jeffreyww/4473844384/
    flickr.com/photos/jeffreyww/4473066961/

  9. 9.

    beltane

    March 29, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    @eemom: By the time they come for Jane Hamsher, we will all be half-dead from ennui.

  10. 10.

    beltane

    March 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    @jeffreyw: Awwwwww. That made me smile. I keep promising myself, “no more animals”, but pictures like that make it hard.

  11. 11.

    Suicidal Zebra

    March 29, 2010 at 2:24 pm

    Surely been mentioned already, but Apple have apparently pulled all Fox advertising because of Glen Beck et al.

    http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/29/apple-boycotts-fox-news-because-of-glenn-beck

    With any luck, they shall reap what they sow.

  12. 12.

    Pasquinade

    March 29, 2010 at 2:26 pm

    Militia raids were over plot to “levy war” against the US Government

    Detroit — Nine members of a militia group arrested in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio were planning to “levy war” against the United States and “oppose by force” the nation’s government, according to an indictment released this morning in U.S. District Court in Detroit.

    The eight men and one woman are members of the “Hutaree,” identified as an “anti-government extremist organization” in the indictment, and each faces three to five charges, including sedition, attempts to use weapons of mass destruction, teaching/demonstrating use of explosive materials and two counts of carrying weapons in relation to a crime of violence.

  13. 13.

    SIA

    March 29, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Sitting on a plane waiting to take off to Denver. I’m a
    TAD claustrophobic so FSM be with me. I fly all the time but thing getting to be a little old lady.

  14. 14.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    March 29, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    @SIA:

    re: claustrophobia and flying.
    Try imagining that the People’s Citizens United Republic of Baby Jeebusstan has just been declared and you are on the last airplane out. Sort of like Saigon in 1975. Maybe that will help.

  15. 15.

    SIA

    March 29, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    Haha
    Thanks left turn

  16. 16.

    furioso ateo

    March 29, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    @ThatLeftTurnInABQ:

    People’s Citizens Christian’s United Republic of Baby Jeebusstan

    I think that’s what you meant.

  17. 17.

    jeffreyw

    March 29, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    get offa my limb

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