Promoted Diary: Rand Paul Fail

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Posted to Politics on Fri May 21, 2010 at 01:42:14 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by Acefantastik). RSS.

Rachel Maddow skewers Paul over his opinions on the Civil Rights Act, which Paul believes should not apply to private business.  A day later Paul does a bit of a 180 and distances himself from that stance (which he also took in an NPR interview earlier in the day), but the press is already piling on.  

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Harry Reid's Negro Problem

port1080.

Posted to Politics on Tue Jan 12, 2010 at 09:44:45 AM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is experiencing an unlikely political crisis - attacks on him by the Republican party for making racist remarks.  During the 2008 presidential campaign, Reid apparently called Obama "light skinned" and stated that he talked "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.''  Obama has already issued a statement saying that he discussed the matter with Reid and that he considers the issue closed.

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Featured Diary: Election Night Post-mortem

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Posted to Politics on Wed Nov 04, 2009 at 05:50:41 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by Acefantastik). RSS.

Election 2009 results are rolling in, with some races called and others too close to call.  The Republicans seem to have swept the Virginia races, pulling in the governorship and other major statewide offices.  NY-23, the New Jersey governorship, and the Maine gay marriage race are still up in the air.  Feel free to post updates and comments as the results come in.

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Eliot Spitzer Dabs On Some Love Potion #9

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Posted to Legal on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:56:33 PM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.

"I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong," said Mr. Spitzer, who appeared with his wife Silda at his Manhattan office. "I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better."

"I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family."

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The White Stripes - Icky Thump (Review)

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Posted to Music on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 07:32:14 PM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.

Like an over-caffienated zombie lurching about in fits and starts, Icky Thump, the latest offering from The White Stripes busts out of the gate with the menacing, yet shambolic title track; a harbinger of things to come.

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