Fay — that would be Kilgore. Erm…the losing candidate.

the president I recognzie. but who’s the guy with the shiny forehead grinning so hard?

Kaine took LYNCHBURG! (That’s Falwell’s haunt.) Results:

T M Kaine Democratic 8,327 50.87%
J W Kilgore Republican 7,706 47.08%
H R Potts Jr Independent 308 1.88%
Write Ins 27 0.16%

Once again, though, the e-machines were at it. In Roanoke County, there were reports on WDBJ7 at 8:00 pm. that people were having a hard time voting for Kaine:

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?s=4089899

“Election day voting is going on across the Old Dominion, but everything has not gone smoothly in Roanoke County.

“News 7 has received calls from several voters in at least four different precincts who say their votes for Tim Kaine were not recorded or took several attempts to go through.

“They contend the electronic touch screens repeatedly indicated they were voting for Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore instead of registering their intended vote for his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine.

“Roanoke Co. Registrar Judy Stokes says she doesn’t want to say the problem is operator error on the part of the voters, but she points out the touch screens are sensitive. She says anyone who is having difficulty voting should ask one of the poll workers for assistance.

“State election officials have been told of the problem. They believe if there is a problem, it could have been caused by the way the machines were stored.”

Results in Roanoke County reflect that too:

W Kilgore Republican 16,548 52.83%
T M Kaine Democratic 14,003 44.71%
H R Potts Jr Independent 751 2.40%
Write Ins 21 0.07%

Although in Roanoke City they were:

T M Kaine Democratic 14,205 61.84%
J W Kilgore Republican 8,239 35.87%
H R Potts Jr Independent 505 2.20%
Write Ins 21 0.09%

Last night’s outcome wasn’t just the by-product by Bush’s late hour visit. Kilgore lacked substance and ideas and ran the one of the nastiest campaigns imaginable. (A 72-year Japanese friend of mine who speaks only broken English wanted to vote for the first time because Kilgore had pissed her off in some way with those ads.) Warner’s endorsement of course had alot to do with it all.

Warner for Pres’ 08!

Hoo, I am so celebrating in Los Angeles! You know, the LA and apparently the SF results are only just coming in.

I think Ahnuld’s going down in a clean sweep. Plus the evil parental notification for abortion prop is losing as well.

Damn, this feels good.

Cal prop 75 has joined the others in the NO column

Do the Bushites: (1) still have any tricks up their sleeves; or (2) is their panic making them do completely insane things (politically speaking)? You can’t entirely rule out no. 1, but I’m starting to think that no. 2 is really the answer. It’s hard to explain them without thinking up extremely twisty little schemes.
The press conference today was nauseating. I wish the press corps would go on strike and refuse to attend press conferences any more until they agree to start answering questions. Maybe they could send one person to ask Scottie his favorite color, just so it would be televised.

The governator is loosing big time and he’s giving a victory speech. Only one of his props has a chance of passing and the trend is against that. He owes the citizens of CA an apology for wasting so much of their money. Hope he is punished for his hubris.

“There are not dealing from a place of strength. They will go down fighting, but the ship is taking water.”

Sir!! On sonar it sounds like she took both torps square right above the keel. Permission to reload and fire again sir?”

“Fire At Will Sailor!!!”

“As far as I am concerned, Dick Cheney is one Persian cat short of being a Bond villian.”

http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com/

I LMAO ;)

The illegality of disclosing the existence of the Black Sites derives from the fact that the information is classified. Otherwise talking about them would not be illegal. So you have the conundrum that if you want to hide illegal activity, and you have the power to do so, you classify the information. That also gives the illegal sites a patina of legality.

Leaking about the existence of the Black Sites may therefore be illegal, but it could be an illegal act in order to expose another, possibly illegal act (violation of the Geneva convention and possibly some domestic laws in the nations hosting the sites). So it could fall under the category of “whistle blowing.”

By contrast the Plame leak was not whistle blowing, but if anything “blow-back” against Wilson.

Who knows what the true motivation of the leaker(s) is in the Black Sites case, whether political, patriotic, or a mixture.

The crux of the matter is whether the public has a right to know about the existence of these facilities. My gut feeling is that it will take the Supreme Court to decide. And since the court is being stacked with people who believe in unbridled executive power in time of war, I think the assertion will be that, in this case, the public has no right to know because the security of the country would be compromised.

Maybe so, but a misled and deceived public will be the loser. And that is not even factoring in the moral questions about these sites.

On the subject of prosecuting leaks, knowingly leaking the identity of an agent is a felony. Leaking classified information is not. That’s a pretty easy line to draw.

Remember history. Even if Bush were to install Condi-Mushroom Rice, do you really think that would make her a shoo-in for the presidency?

A single, confirmed bachleorette, black woman? Do you really think that the “the base” would rally to her cause? The southern cracker-o-publicans would rather shit themselves than vote for a single, black woman.

DO not think that everything the Republicans do is some sort of brilliant Rovian scheme?

Look what Rovian scheme-mongering has gotten them?

There are not dealing from a place of strength. They will go down fighting, but the ship is taking water.

Here is a link for some background on visiting Bush toadie Ahmad Chalabi:

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/…..id-history

BREAKING FOX NEWS:

In a stunning endorsement of the George W. Bush/Karl Rove agenda, the American ruled principality of Upper Babonganda in the South Pacific has elected PRO-Bush leader King Himre Van Napopogolu XXII.

In other races, it is still too close to tell if Hitler supporter Tim Kaine(D) has been defeated by all around great guy Jerry Kilgore(R*).

In New Jersey, John Corzine(D) took time of from committing adultery to vote for himself and Republican John Forrester(R*) saved a family of handicapped missionarys in a flooded home.

Updates on the hour.

* Denotes good Christian values and married hetersexual men with good jobs and decent families.

I think it’s possible to fall into a trap if you don’t consider whether the “leak” regarding the torture chambers was really illegal. Is it really, or do we just want to think that because we think it was done by a republican. What if Lott is part of the Plan? Everybody yells that it’s illegal to disclose our torture chambers. But maybe that argument requires a predicate argument that the torture chambers are legal. Then, Cheney says, ” Thanks , I thought so.” Be pure good people.

classic.

Bush is seriously twisted… from the same White House Briefing:

“His 18 minutes of remarks laid it on thick, saying that Kilgore, who had been tortured in the press…”

BTW that link I posted to the White House Briefing is a _must read_:

“In jumping into the Virginia governor’s race just 10 hours before polling booths open, President Bush put his credibility on the line last night and ensured that the results will be interpreted as a referendum on his troubled presidency. But the White House is gambling that after weeks of political tribulations, Bush has little more to lose. . . .

“White House strategists evidently calculated that a Kilgore defeat would be seen as a defeat for Bush even if the president did not set foot on the southern side of the Potomac . . . [while] if Kilgore wins, it would offer a well-timed vindication of Bush’s clout. . . .

“The picture on most front pages and television newscasts today will feature Bush and Kilgore together. Democrats are wagering that the pairing actually will help drive their own base to the polls, working in [Democratic nominee Tim] Kaine’s favor.”

CA Prop 74 just went from Yes to No with 22.7% of precincts reporting. Of the props that Swartzenneger supported, prop 75, public union dues, is the only one that is still showing as a yes, and the margin there is decreasing. (53.5% yes, down from 56%)

Marky, I understand your point, but, for me, it’s a matter of survival. If I don’t vote absentee, I don’t trust my vote being counted. Or at least counted the way I cast it.

I think we all need to consider things like this, in this day and age.

I don’t trust Diebold any further than I can throw them.

If I was Bush and I was trying to push Cheney out I’d be wearing a bullet-proof vest and watching what I ate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..v=hcmodule

White House Briefing: Tortured Logic ;)

blythetdm:

If Cheney relayed the information only to a meeting of Republicans Senators, did he or his staff ever provide that information to the Democrats?

No

If not, were they going to?

No

When did the Democrats find out?

Shortly afterwards I assume.

From the Washington Post?

In the Senate? No, someone talked out of class I am sure.

lets don’t get too entralled over impeaching
Bush yet? Cheney would be next in line, then
Hastert. The Bush-Corleone family will get
Cheney out prior to 06 elections so they can
install thier clone in place as VP and then
when Bush gets impeached or forced to resign
then who becomes Prez? Not a rosy scenairo.
Watch for Bush to install Mushroomcloud as
V.P. (Condi) and then when she becomes Prez
she will have installed Jeb Bush as V.P. (that’s
if Republicans sill controll the Senate in 06.
Until then let them implode and pray for the
retaking of America from this fascist neo-con
coup.

I just want to make a note of comments I have seen about McCain. Last Tuesday, during that torture lunch with Dick the Prick, he was out here in California campaigning with Ahnold.

“I hate absentee balloting.”

They expect 40% of all votes cast in this California election to be absentee. I know that I prefer it. You select absentee and as long as you vote in every election, they automatically send you the absentee ballet for each election.

I understand that a few small precincts mail out absentee ballets to every registered voter in the precinct and that is there only option. It saves them a lot of money. And apparently they have good participation.

I think that anything that you can do to make voting more convenient and get higher levels of voter participation is great. I would love to see voting at your local ATM or your computer during election week. Think of it – a nationwide, secure private network, the same level of integrity as you see in financial transaction processing, a paper receipt at the time of voting, and the ability to go online and validate that your vote was counted as you cast it.

Adam and Puzzled I think you both make very excellent points. Perhaps additional factors to throw into the equation are these: Undercover CIA agents are legitimate and legal. As a society we accept and acknowledge their existence. But are off site torture factories legal under US law? Keep in mind that the Constitution says the US is bound by its treaties, (not that this provision would actually be enforced by the “strict constructionists.”) I don’t know if it’s legal for the US to operate its torture chambers. I lke to think not. But assuming for the purposes of argument that is isn’t legal, isn’t there are a counterbalancing duty on our government to report it rather than to keep it a secret? This would all require a well-researched legal analysis. But I, for one, would not like to think that the law requires a government official to keep a heinous crime a secret while it’s actively being committed and would look for an alternative anaylsis.

Cheney was on Hill last Tuesday — “everything in the story was said by Cheney” in the meeting.
I have been trying to catch up on this story today. Wasn’t Tuesday the day that Harry Reid closed down the Senate? Did the information Cheney relayed have anything to do with that? (I haven’t seen anything that suggests it did – just wondering.) If Cheney relayed the information only to a meeting of Republicans Senators, did he or his staff ever provide that information to the Democrats? If not, were they going to? When did the Democrats find out? From the Washington Post? Anyone?

I think RON was too complicated for voters to understand…and when they’re confused, they vote no.

I say, run it again next year and have every Dem endorse it as part of their platform….and spell it out.

and clusterfuck is going to have lots of time on his hands next campaign season….time alone.

The Senate Republicans have a weekly luncheon. Apparently V.P. Cheney told them about it at the luncheon (no Dems). Then, someone leaked it to the press. Hmmm, who could it have been?

Seems we need a complete accurate list of who was at that luncheon.

I hate absentee balloting.. I think it’s a bad sign when people choose to vote absentee.
We should have paper ballots, hand-counted.
It’s not difficult.

I always vote absentee ballot – stay away from the touch screens!

I’m voting absentee from now on. They won’t let us have an alternative to the machines here in Texas. I’ve tried in two elections now to get a paper ballot when I was at the poll. No dice.

Here’s a doozy from WaPo:

Senator Pat Roberts: “There are more senators and congressmen with ethics cases pending than there are problems with interrogation right now in Gitmo.”

What he forgot to mention is that they’re all Republicans. I’ll bet Pat is gonna be real popular with his colleagues tomorrow.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..486_2.html

Let me understand this correctly:

CLASSIFIED information was given to the Senators from one party, but apparently not the other party.

The use of classified information to give one party a political advantage over the other?

How can that possibly be legal?

If you didn’t want to vote on a Diebold machine in Ohio couldn’t you simply request an absentee ballot?

Yes, absentee ballots in Ohio. Of course, where do these absentee ballots go? To the capital, Columbus, where they are under the control of the corrupt Secretary of State, Ken Blackwell, who intends to be the next Republican governor of Ohio. And Bush’s bro isn’t even the Gov of Ohio! Ohio needs to be investigated by the U.S. Attorney!

Puzzled –

You also raise a very good point. But I think that a couple of clear distinctions can be drawn. One is raised quite well by Josh Marshall at:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/006950.php

the basic idea being that the disclosure of a spy’s identity is set above the simple leaking of classified information in the legal code.

A second distinction is admittedly hazier, but I think it’s equally important. Essentially, I see the leaking of classified information about policy as being quite different from the leaking of classified information about individuals. Whistleblowing tends to fall into the first category, while smear campaigns almost always fall into the second. Clearly, there are some gray areas (which category would Mark FeltÂ’s leaks have fallen into, for example?) but I still think that the difference matters a great deal, and that the distinction isnÂ’t so murky that it couldnÂ’t be recognized by, say, Congress.

Like I said, though, my thoughts on this are still kind of nascent at this point.

“also, it was speculated here in the aftermath of the torture prison story that the leak was intentionally done by the Cheney forces in order to discredit their enemies in the CIA.”

Why would Cheney leak about his much-loved gulags?

“No, one could not refuse to vote on a Diebold machine in OH and still get to vote.”

Absentee ballot?

“are all of those initiatives in CA. part of Ahnold’s package?”

I believe that 74 (anti-teacher), 75 (anti-public employees) , and 76 (anti-school,gov overrides legislature on budget) were “Ahnold’s” and he came out strongly in support of 77 (redistricting).

Part of Arnie’s package

No- only four are sponsored by the gropinator. Two of those are currently leading- the surprise is the union dues initiative which is leading heavily in early returns.

re: diebold – you can always vote absentee, those are still paper ballots. Its the only way I would do it under those circumstances. You want to talk about crime? Are those the same machines that are uncertified because its a trade secret to get them certified?

In some ways I wonder if it wouldn’t be easier to get to the bottom of that mess than worrying about who cooked the books on the Iraq fiasco.

are all of those initiatives in CA. part of Ahnold’s package?

Yes, but I understand there’s been considerable shrinkage, on account of the steroids and all.

The mayor’s race in Cincinnati Ohio went to a Democrat, Mark Mallory. Cincinnati has had a Republican mayor for about 16 or more years, so this, too, signifies a change in environment!

“The symmetry of those votes in California are interesting.”

It’s hard to tell anything yet. If you look at most of the Bay Area counties (as blue as you can get), there are 0 precincts in. But many of the blue counties have 20% of their precincts counted.

I am counting on this changing or it will be harder to take than that 1 indictment was when it first happened.

Colbert Report is on–opening with torture!

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11…..r=homepage

Front Page NY Times:

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 – A classified report issued last year by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general warned that interrogation procedures approved by the C.I.A. after the Sept. 11 attacks might violate some provisions of the international Convention Against Torture, current and former intelligence officials say.

And to reply to a statement I just read… Goopers got everything twisted and backwards… What they call a leak is whistleblow, what they call a whistleblow is a leak. What they call good for American, is in fact a crime against humanity… It’s easy :)

are all of those initiatives in CA. part of Ahnold’s package?

The chosen verbage in my last comment is interesting.

The symmetry of those votes in California are interesting.

“I wouldn’t have wanted Daniel Ellsburg prosecuted for leaking the Pentagon Papers, and I’m not sure that I’d want anyone prosecuted for leaking information about black sites, regardless of what I think about the leakers’ politics.”

Funny how they tried to make the Plame leak a case of “whistleblowing”. But this is a “leak”

“I wouldn’t have wanted Daniel Ellsburg prosecuted for leaking the Pentagon Papers, and I’m not sure that I’d want anyone prosecuted for leaking information about black sites, regardless of what I think about the leakers’ politics.” Adam

My two cents: this investigation is a sham,big surprise. The thugs want to purge the leakers from their own party,completely shut down government information,and intimidate the press.

They’re looking for a way to kill the torture ban amendment. Watch for a mugging of John McCain perhaps accusations that he or his staff were the leakers.

These felons are warping my brain as I struggle to understand their devious backstabbing.

Thanks Pacifica- got it up and running- not much data in so far.

It looks like all 4 of the election reforms initiatives have been voted down in Ohio. Consider that these defeats were a result of the Diebold machines, which threw the presidential race in 2000 and 2004, and now most likely 2005 in Ohio. No, one could not refuse to vote on a Diebold machine in OH and still get to vote. Of course, voting on them, your vote didn’t really count either, unless you voted the Diebold way.

Link to CA election results: http://vote2005.ss.ca.gov/Returns/prop/00.htm

Kaine winning running away- 5 and a half point margin.

He was only ahead by three until Clusterfuck showed up last night. Clusterfuck doubled Kaine’s margin of victory.

also, it was speculated here in the aftermath of the torture prison story that the leak was intentionally done by the Cheney forces in order to discredit their enemies in the CIA. Who knows at this stage as this is increasingly a wilderness of mirrors. But, the torture prison leak may be quite malicious too.

you make an excellent point, Adam, but I’m not sure how you can legitimately pick and choose which secret info leak to prosecute and which not to. Sure, from a partisan level (and I’m a partisan), disclosure of the torture prison has a beneficial impact and we’d like to see more of that nasty stuff disclosed. But to say ‘kings X’ on punishing someone for disclosing info that we like disclosed, but let’s punish the heck out of someone who leaks something we, as partisans, would just as soon be kept secret, makes us no different than the Repugs – and part of the beauty of what is going on is that the Repug’s relentless hypocrisy is being disclosed.

Further, some on the left would argue that outing CIA agents is itself is a good thing. So, where do you draw the line?

I wonder if Scooter kept crazy cheney from being in view too often. Cheney really is a total lunatic. I think it’s possible that Scooter was covering for him, and now we’re seeing the real thing—a man who can’t imagine that other people are not as resolutely pro-torture as he is.

Polls about to close in California.

The gropinator has four measures in the ballot- at least three appeared to be heading for oblivion- the fourth was pretty close.

Hopin for a shutout.

The most interesting question regarding the prison leak story is whether or not Cheney broke the law by spilling the beans about it to gooper senators. If so- it looks like an open and shut case.

Delicious as the prison leak story is, I’m going to play Adlai Stevenson here and suggest that even if it was GOP folks who leaked, maybe an investigation isn’t the best idea. I’m willing to reconsider, but hear me out:

The leak of Valerie Wilson’s CIA employment was malicious. The information’s exposure does almost nothing to advance the public interest; it was a carefully selected datum whose only real purpose was to harm the Wilsons. I would like to see the leakers and conspirators in this case prosecuted and taken out of office.

The leak of the prison story, by contrast, puts some very important information where it belongs: in the hands of the American people. I believe that we deserve to know what our government does in our name with its prisoners. I wouldn’t have wanted Daniel Ellsburg prosecuted for leaking the Pentagon Papers, and I’m not sure that I’d want anyone prosecuted for leaking information about black sites, regardless of what I think about the leakers’ politics.

Is it possible to search prior comments? from past days?

Maybe I’ll open with Thesaurus Rex’s story.

Just don’t include my editorial comments. Or if you do, don’t tell him where I live.

Thanks.

Man, that Kilgore dude is shiny enough to be a 57 Chevy bumper.

Thanks Jane… I pictured you guys tearing up the back alleys of venice beach for some reason.

I’m hoping to get a mini-interview out of him tomorrow night and I’m looking for the right way to approach him.

Maybe I’ll open with Thesaurus Rex’s story.

-Monk

what were the %ages in the last VA goober election?

Great boost for Warner who has presidential aspirations. He will be taken seriously.

Serious kick in the ass for Clusterfuck.

oh happy day!!

Thesaurus Rex -

Yeah, but have you seen the size of his NECK?!

No, really… all the blood prob went to his vocal chords and head and took the shock and awe out of his little trooper.

Wait… Why am I trying to justify the size of Rollin’s manhood?

-Monk

i hate to be the optimist, but if there is a real investigation of the CIA torture prisons leak, it has the potential of having a bigger impact on the Repugs than Plamegate. If Lott is to be believed, the investigators will have to go down the list of Repug senators and grill each. you know they will LOVE that. It’s one thing for Cheney to get his staff in the soup, but to get the legion of Repug Senators…that is too too rich

Pacha-

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your new governor. Now if we could just get a Dem governor down here in Georgia.

Monk — don’t really know Henry but we have many mutual friends and he did send me this one time.

typhoid dubya … you funny … :lol:

there’s no way he’s going to fulfill his term. with these losses, the disastrous trip, the gop congress imploding, karl, iraqiraqiraq — his pattern is to bail when shit goes bad. i bet he’s packing his bags now..

Heh.

Between now and the ‘06 midterms, Harry Reid is gonna get so Keyser Soze on their asses.

This is also going to push the removal of Rove/White House reorganization closer to the top of the WH agenda.

They have no choice.

This is totally a rejection of Bush and all he stands for, nationally.

Locally, here in VA, this is as much an endorsement of Mark Warner’s four years as governor as anything else, but when you look at the whole picture nationally in detail, including St. Paul mayoral race, this is nothing but a rejection of Bush.

OMG!

Funny Henry Rollins story. You know how in the BF days he would perform all the time wearing nothing but a little pair of black nylon Nike shorts?

At a 1986 gig in Atlanta, I saw a girl grab those shorts and just rip em off. My twin brother and I guffawed.

“He’s tiny!” I gasped.

“Maybe that’s why he’s so angry,” said my brother.

“I’d be mad, too. Damn.”

Anyway, as you were.

The only way the Dems can win is to overwhelm the GOP slime; that way the Diebold criminals cannot manipulate the vote counts as they did in 2000 and 2004. The evildoers tried to have Corzine’s ex take him down, but it didn’t work.
In a close race, watch out for the GOP killers of our troops and the profiteering thugs who no-bid our tax monies for their powertripping agendas.
George Bush and all of his followers are vomit upon our planet.

Still no call on Lt. Gov or AG in Virginia- goopers lead in both races by a point or so with 5% of the precincts yet to report.

Oh…

Jane… Do you know Mr. Henry Rollins by any chance?

I just procured some tickets and an ‘after party’ invite for tomorrow night here in Sac.

Hope to meet him. He’s been a huge influence since his early BF days.

-Monk

Can you refuse to vote on a Diebold machine? Will your vote still be counted? Is there any sort of precedent for voters declining to use current voting technology and going with a paper ballot instead?

This guarantees a couple of days of talking heads speaking about President Clusterfuck’s anchoring effect in elections.

Not bad.

Yes, it’s a long way to 2006, but this does feel GOOD! Like rwcole, I’m looking forward to seeing that my fellow Kaleefornians have finally wizened up to the GropenFurer.

Jane.

Best. Headline. Ever. lol!

I loved how Bush called him ‘Governor’ at the rally yesterday.

Bzzzzt.

-Monk

Call it “a much-needed shot of morphine.”

California yet to go. Let’s hope that Arnie takes it up his gropinator backside.

Re Ohio: Until the dems can control or at least have parity with republicans in state offices that control elections, and a dem governor to keep these officials honest, diebold will be an issue.

It is hard to imagine that all of the issues go down to defeat. But has been mentioned, if people cannot understand the bill, then they vote no. But still, I bet the huge rejection numbers are a product of diebold.

I suppose Blackwell is still riding high in Ohio? Can’t we link him to the criminal activities of the repub party? PLEASE

For shits and giggles, go over to foxnews.com. In a block on the left side is the headline, big and bold, “Gay Nups Banned” with a blurb about the Texas initiative. Underneath, about three times as small and regular type: Story: Corzine, Kaine Win Gov. Races

Midwest Meg: Can you spell Diebold?

By CHRISTOPHER D. KIRKPATRICK and ERICA BLAKE
BLADE STAFF WRITERS

The broken-down voting machine did not inspire musician John Seibert, who was at the Beverly Elementary School polling place yesterday to vote and to help his blind mother.

This election was the first full Lucas County ballot to use the Diebold touch-screen machines, which are controversial because of the technology and because the companyÂ’s chairman and CEO, Walden OÂ’Dell, was a top fund-raiser for President Bush in Ohio.

you know the diebold in OH!!

f-blackwell . . .

For shits and giggles, go over to foxnews.com. In a block on the left side is the headline “

puzzled – that’s funny!

Oh yes, and Randy Kelly, the mayor of St. Paul, the so-called Democrat who endorsed Bush last year is being fired by the good folks of St. Paul. Kelly is down by 2 to 1 with 60 percent of the votes counted. He’s the first incumbent mayor to lose an election in St. Paul since 1974.

I keep hearing national pundits spin this as irrational anger on the part of St. Paul voters. But it ain’t irrational. And yes, it IS about values. With his endorsement of Bush, Kelly proved he doesn’t share the values of most of his city’s residents. Good riddance, Randy. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Of course, what are the odds of having him quickly get a job offer from W.—-or from our wing-nut Republican governor.

Maybe Randy can replace Brownie down at FEMA. Frankly, he’d do a heckuva better job.

Come on folks…this thing is a LONG way from over, we got ta make it to November ‘06. With the complete breakdown of the rulin’ party and with the courts packed full of fascist appointees, the next engagements are NOT gunna be popular referenda.

A picture truly is worth a thousand words….

But what can we make about Ohio? Where all the Reform Ohio ballot measures appear to be going down to defeat? Especially after the Republican party in Ohio is neck-deep in its own corruption and scandal.

I’m thrilled about Virginia and New Jersey. So maybe I’m just being greedy. But I really, really, really wanted to see some reform happen in Ohio, dammit.

Any good Ohio Dems have an explanation?

And congrats to all the good people of Virginia and New Jersey.

fuck impeachment! I want tarring-n-feathering!

typhoid dubya

lol