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U2 — “Pride (In the Name of Love)”
In honor of one of the best speeches on race I’ve heard in a while, here’s the matching song to MLK. (Performing it is also one of my fondest memories, but that’s another tale.) Oh, and since it was St. Paddy’s Day recently, it’s [...]

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Turns out John McCain went looking for Rev. bigot John Hagee’s endorsement.
Also, turns out Hagee is a much nicer man than we first thought:

Interviewed by Deborah Solomon, Hagee refused to discuss his statement that Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for a gay rights parade in New Orleans, calling it “so far off-base.” He claims, “Our [...]

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Talking Points Memo (TPM) posts Independents are moving away from Barack Obama in favor of John McCain.

In examining numbers from a CBS News poll, “they show that Obama’s 10-point lead over McCain among independents has disappeared and has been replaced by an eight-point lead among them for the Arizona Senator, a fairly big swing.”

McCain 46% [...]

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That’s how Peter Sprigg, vice president of policy at the Family Research Council, explained the conservative group’s opposition to the Uniting American Families Act, which would allow gay Americans the same right straight Americans have to sponsor a foreign partner for citizenship here.
(HT: ThinkProgress / Citizen Crain)

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AND THEY WONDER WHY THE HELL SO MANY DON’T EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO VOTE!
Why can’t they keep their friggin’ noses clean??? Every time a democrat has an extramarital affair, five republicans are born.

Paterson: Campaign ‘Might Have’ Paid for Hotel Tryst
NEW YORK, March 20 — Gov. David A. Paterson has admitted he might have [...]

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I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was disbarred from practicing law in the nation’s capital on Thursday.

So unfair! Maybe Bush can come to his rescue on this also.

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I’d say unfuckingbelievable, but that’s just not the case anymore.

A U.S. House committee chairman has begun an investigation into the electrocutions of at least 12 service members in Iraq, including that of a Pittsburgh soldier killed in January by a jolt of electricity while showering.
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight [...]

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John McCain has stated several times that economics is not his strong suite. So it surprises me that so many people are still willing to risk their, and their children’s, futures by voting against their own best interests.

Jobless claims jump by 22,000
WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose [...]

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The Mark Foley scandal reached out and touched so many.

Reynolds Out
Yet another retirement by a House Republican is imminent.
GOP sources confirm that Rep. Tom Reynolds, a Western NY Congressman since 1999 and ex-NRCC chairman, will announce around noon tomorrow in Buffalo that he will not seek re-election this fall. Reynolds spokesman LD Platt did not [...]

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On War’s Anniversary, Bush Cites Progress
President Bush sought yesterday to convince a skeptical public that the United States is on the cusp of winning the war in Iraq, arguing in a speech at the Pentagon that the recent buildup of U.S. forces has stabilized that country and “opened the door to a major strategic victory [...]

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But only over the other democratic contender. John McCain appears to be winning the race.
FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!

Clinton takes lead over Obama in Gallup poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has moved into a significant lead over Barack Obama for the first time in weeks in the race for the [...]

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