The Price is Right The race pimps have made their demands and named their price (link via Atrios). Because Trent Lott was a bigot, Republicans should now cave in on a bunch of really stupid ideas. Here are the demands: * Oppose five of President Bush (news – web sites)’s 15 federal judicial nominees who …
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No Kidding? Atrios probably thinks
No Kidding? Atrios probably thinks he has had an original thought or at the very least is being clever when he states the following: In addition, I wonder if those dispensing the advice really have a clue what, say, the NAACP’s agenda is. One of the big myths in politics – widely disseminated and believed …
The Real Test The real
The Real Test The real test to whether or not the Democrats are being intentionally obtuse on the Patty Murray quote is to do this: Take the quote, and every time the words ‘Sen. Patty Murray” are used, replace them with the words “Vice-President Dan Quayle.” I can hear Atrios guffawing from here.
The Left is Making Me
The Left is Making Me Crazy They can not and will not even admit that Sen. Patty Murray said something stupid. For them to admit that, it would be to invalidate their entire belief structure. “She was just asking a hypothetical question?” ‘She was just trying to stimulate discussion.” Look- I am a teacher. I …
Trent Lott, Marytr Check out
Trent Lott, Marytr Check out this doozy (via the Daily Kos) of a quote from Lott: There are people in Washington who have been trying to nail me for a long time. When you’re from Mississippi and you’re a conservative and you’re a Christian, there are a lot of people that don’t like that. I …
Is It Just Me? Or
Is It Just Me? Or is this Dowd column oddly seem to have nice things to say about Frist? I guess she didn’t get her talking points yet about him murdering cats and his investment history. You know what this means? One column by MoDo faintly praising a Republican, and now I am going to …
The Dumbest Thread Ever: David
The Dumbest Thread Ever: David Broder just said on Meet the Press that the Democrats were the big losers in the Trent Lott affair. The reason: “When the Democrats had a moral issue in front of them in the form of President Clinton, they denounced him” but refused to remove him from office. Yes, exactly …