As long as Jesse keeps the site up, and I remain upright, I'll be around, dear friends, in 2012!



HOPE ALL OF US HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR! I CELEBRATE OUR LONG FRIENDSHIP, AOM AND DORI AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE REMAINED WITH ME IN CYBERSPACE SINCE WAY BACK IN 2004!

My PC wouldn't logon to tvnewslies today.. First thought...Jesse pulled the plug. Also have a new computer with Windows 7, plus a new modem/router combo. I'm guessing the R's have sent a "disable bug" to my computer. Just because I've been riding the R's candidates hard, they shouldn't get so testy with my criticism.

May 2012 prove there is still some good and civilized people left in this country.

GOP STATE REP. KIP SMITH CHARGED WITH DUI




What a complete dirtbag...

Yep...and Buckhead is a very wealthy suburb of Atlanta...just the place for a 29 year old Georgia toad of a drunk lawmaker to go sprinting around in his fancy car which costs more than most of us now make in a year. Isn't it interesting how they always try to put forth their political positions when they get caught?

Gee, there has been so much about that little weasel that took down ACORN lately, but I keep missing the articles. Last I heard he might be in trouble with the law--trying to impersonate dead people and register to vote in a republican primary. A republican primary? What is that going to do for him?

On february 3, 2012, Charlie White, Indiana secretary of State and your basic GOP mutant, was found guilty of six felony counts of voter fraud. Please keep in mind that the radical right has been known to have conniption fits over perceived cases of fraud...especially when they lose elections...but Republicans around the country have nevertheless begun demanding increased voting restrictions in the name of fighting “voter fraud" even though actual cases of this are so rare that a voter is much more likely to be struck by lightning than to commit fraud at the polls.

Ironically, White’s now-removed 2010 campaign website listed election integrity as among his top concerns, and promised he would “protect and defend Indiana’s Voter ID law to ensure our elections are fair and protect the most basic and precious right and responsibility of our democracy-voting.”

And if you believe that, trhis dirtbag has got a bridge that you'll just LOVE...

Much of the GOP success using the term "voter fraud" is based on their ability to tap into the basic ignorance of those who support their party. It never ceases to amaze me, AOM, and it's only getting worse instead of better.

The reason Rs can cite all the terrible things Dems supposedly do is because they are doing them all themselves. Nothing like projection to keep one happy.

Well said. Just read the reports about how Newty and Romney talk against things they once stood for.

Delighted to have started such a spirited discussion on this thread!

No, there is NO significant voter fraud despite what the rabid rightwing robots continue to howl about. People need to know this.

but...but...but...if they actually indicated that they did KNOW this, AOM, how could they support all the other stupid things the BushCorp Repubs spout off every time they open their mouths? I doubt they're going to be able to admit that they've been getting progressively more stupid since 2000.

AOM, you will love this one!

Haley Barbour's Lobby Shop Had Ties To Iranian Nuclear Efforts

WASHINGTON -- GOP power broker Haley Barbour's lobby shop, BGR Group, represents a Russian bank that has financed a company that helped build Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, according to corporate documents and lobbying disclosure records. The bank is owned by a secretive oligarch, Mikhail Fridman, who has met at least twice with White House officials in the last few years, according to visitor logs.

Barbour, one of the most influential Republicans within the party, considered a bid for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination and has been speculated about as a possible vice-presidential pick. Last year, he called Iran "the number one threat to peace and stability."

It's a measure of how much political saber-rattling in Washington is tempered by the lure of lobbying dollars that his firm represents a bank that has apparently helped fund Iran's nuclear aspirations.

MORE AT THE LINK

Haley Barbour just completely upsets my stomach, Catherine!

How did you know..?

Don't Rs go anywhere the money and/or power is?