Steve Gilliard

It’s their fault

Racially charged e-mail stirs outrage
Rep. Welker cites his ‘poor judgment’ in forwarding essay

By Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News
March 10, 2006A Loveland lawmaker has been blasted by his colleagues for e-mailing an essay written by someone else that accused “welfare-pampered blacks” of waiting for the government to save them from Hurricane Katrina.

Rep.

When you see Harold Ford, the NRSC wants you to see him

NRSC website assails ‘Fancy Ford’

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn. ) is taking flak for attending a Playboy Super Bowl party and spending thousands of campaign dollars on flowers and “lavish hotel stays. ”

A website being launched by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) repeatedly refers to the fifth-term congressman, running for the seat being vacated by Senate Majority

photo by: Paolo Camera

Longshots can and do win

TNR misfires
by kos
Thu Mar 09, 2006 at 08:45:23 AM PDTThe dying New Republic (what are your latest circulation figures, guys?) endorses a loser like Lieberman, and it’s done on principle, but bloggers fight for underdog candidates, and we’re losers.

But, like I said, their batting average is still a big fat zero.

Here’s TNR’s assignment for the day — call Rep.

photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen Damn, the only thing more dangerous than an Iraqi car bomber is a liberal blogger

Americablog has this charming piece up

Are the NYT and Adam Nagourney running a hit piece on liberal blogs?
by John in DC – 3/09/2006 10:11:00 AM

Sounds like it from what we’re hearing.

You’ll recall that Adam has run a slew of pieces pointing out how the Democratic party is a mess, and

Guess voting wasn’t enough for them.

You know, it’s been amusing to see Glenn Reynolds and the chickenhawk brigade talk about the liberals and the media losing the war in Iraq. Ah, personal responsibility for everyone but thee, right?

But as we spiral out of control in Iraq, let’s talk about how our conservative friends have helped destroy any chance of a Democratic Iraq and instead help deliver it into the hands

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There was some bitching about how Ciro Rodriguez went down in a close primary, and I think people lose the trees in the forest at some point

Let me make a point: how many candidates has Red State or Instapundit raised money for?

How many long shot GOP candidates did they give a fighting chance?

Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Let’s remember what

Tom DeLay with his travel agent,
Jack Abramoff

Vanity Fair has a PDF of Casino Jack talking

…… He’s the fellow responsible for what might be the biggest government scandal since Watergate, the man whose sullied example could maybe, possibly, help clean up Washington. He’s the guy who wore that infamous black hat on the day he admitted it all.

The Wal Mart blogging scandal has picked up

Wal-Mart’s Blogging Blunder

By Alyce Lomax (TMF Lomax)
March 7, 2006

Despite the idea that bloggers’ independence from the “mainstream media” can offer a broader perspective on the news, or even break important stories, most of us know bloggers need to be watched, too. A New York Times article has underlined that idea, exposing Wal-Mart’s (NYSE: