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His name is Lucky, and it held true after the box turtle got his front legs chewed off by a raccoon: Thanks to the ingenuity of a veterinary surgeon, Lucky now skids along on plastic sliders where his legs used to be.
South Carolina's Democratic Party chairwoman said Wednesday that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's top qualification seems to be not having had an abortion. She later apologized.
Republicans will get a rare opportunity this weekend to show that the Democrats are all wet. All they need is $5 and a good throwing arm.
WASHINGTON - On election night in the last two presidential elections political junkies have been obsessed with Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico, Ohio, and Florida.
WASHINGTON - According to eight years of Sen. John McCain’s medical records reviewed by The Associated Press, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee appears to be cancer-free and is generally in good health.
WASHINGTON - The May 3 election of Democrat Don Cazayoux in a Louisiana congressional district that had been Republican for decades might be followed by the victory of Democrat Travis Childers in Mississippi’s heavily Republican First Congressional District.
ELKADER, Iowa - As Democratic presidential contender John Edwards fielded questions from a crowd of about 100 people in Elkader, Iowa (population 1,374) Friday night, he got one of those out-of-left-field queries for which a candidate needs his sharpest wits.
In gracefully accepting his first electoral defeat, Hugo Chavez is casting himself as a true democrat and deflecting charges of despotism from Washington and critics at home.
In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.
Democrats of all stripes have begun to express anger at Joe Lieberman's repeated threats to join Republicans to filibuster health care reform legislation. HISTORY
NY-23 was supposed to be the launching of Conservatism in mainstream America.
George W. Bush makes secret visit to mourning families at Fort Hood; Laura Bush goes too"Last night former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura made a secret visit to the devastated military families at Fort Hood.
Independent Voters and Empty Explanations: VA and NJ election analysisWhy did Democrats lose in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday? Because independent voters moved against them, say the pundits. This is true, insofar as it goes; Democrats lost independents nearly 2:1 in the gubernatorial race in Virginia, and by a 25-point margin in New Jersey.
SNL Mocks Fox's Election Coverage""Saturday Night Live" opened last night with a sketch lampooning Fox News's election coverage.
Jon Stewart's Brilliant Glenn Beck Parody "Jon Stewart has done it again, and this time he even brought out his acting chops. In what will probably become a historic Glenn Beck impression, Stewart uses Beck's recent appendicitis operation to concoct a conspiracy theory of his own.
GOP alternative health care plan allows insurers to continue denying coverage for pre-existing conditionsThe Republican plan tries to address that by requiring that the pool "must limit the pool premiums to no more than 150 percent of the average premium for applicable standard risk rates in that state." In other words, it might cost people with pre-existing conditions 50 percent mo …
Thousands of Right-Wingers Rally at Capitol to Hear Lies About Health-Care Reform, Courtesy of Bachmann and GOP Leaders"Days before a health bill is expected to pass the House, Republicans rallied their flock with the help of FOX News, Michele Bachmann and leading conservative groups."
Michele Bachmann's Tea-Partier "Super Bowl of Freedom"Their main grievance was health care reform—some periodically broke out into chants of "Kill the bill!"—but many protesters saw reform as a part of a larger problem of government overreach: the stimulus, bailouts, and proposed cap and trade legislation.
House Minority Leader Confused (Makes Fool Out Of Himself) About Location Of Phrase "We Hold These Truths To Be Self Evident..."House Minority Leader John Boehner was fired up and ready to go at the Tea Party rally today. He even held up his pocket copy of the Constitution, pledging to "stand here with our Founding Fathers, who wrote in the pre-amble: 'We hold these truths to be self evident ..."
Obama wasn't on the ballot - Why the 2009 Elections Don't Matter To The Obama White HouseWhat do these strange, odd-year elections – suddenly so feverishly important, now that America's excitable right-wingers from Rush Limbaugh on down demand that they be – tell us about Barack Obama's political health? Not very much, really.
Pop Quiz for SeniorsWhen you hear I'm from the government and I'm here to help....RUN FOR YOUR LIFE........
I remember in my Contract Law Class, never Sign anything until you READ it AND Know what you are signing. There are many attorney's throughout our governing system, I would have hoped they did not miss the class on Contract Law and the Fundamentals for all attorneys who Represen …
Left Wing Hate SpeechCourtesy of Fox "News" and a plethora of right-wing talk radio personalities, the airwaves are filled with right-wing hate. The influence of these pervasive messages is undeniable.
This helps the politicians hide their political affiliation. My political party headquarters was not even anywhere to be found spent 3 weeks looking. If it were not for mailings I never would have known as newspaper coverage was almost non existant.
Boehner Cooks Up Excuses for a Really Bad Bill "Yesterday, hours after the House Republicans healthcare "reform" plan was released and universally mocked, Rep. Boehner cried foul, insisting that this unauthorized leak was of a draft bill that wasn't finalized and hadn't been seen by members."
Conservative describes more appropriately those to the far right. They comprise the audience of conservative talk radio and preacher land because that is all they have to tune in to.
It was a good election night for Republicans/conservatives, and an bad one for Obama and the Democrats. Here is the definitive analysis:
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to RightDemocrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party.
Have the Very Wealthy Achieved Victory in Their Class-War?"In 2007, the most recent year with stats, households in America's top 1% averaged $1.4 million, well over triple what top 1% households averaged back in 1974—and, remember, this tripling came after adjusting for inflation.
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to Right "Democrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party."
House Race in New Yorks 23rd District Goes to the Democrat - NYTimes.comSARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — Democrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party.
Maybe Democrats did not understand the word CHANGE... Harry Reid is talking about "putting off" health care reform. We all understand that means health care reform is dead. Now, it is time to pick up the phone and insist they get something done.
Most of America is not voting today. Here's your chance to cast your vote for one of the big races: Governor of New Jersey Governor of Virginia Congressional District 23 in New York Feel free to tell us why...
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