Oh, For Cryan Out Loud! Do Dems REALLY Want Coakley To Win???

Along with all of the other email I got yesterday from Senators John Kerry, Chris Dodd, Bob Menendez, some DNC ijits and Barack Obama, urging me to help support Martha Coakley, I got yet *another* email from Joseph Cryan, the New Jersey Democratic Party Chair. (Note to Cryan: after the 2008 RBC meeting, I asked [...]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 18, 2010

Text of the “I Have a Dream Speech,” August 28, 1963 I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation [...]

Author of Uganda’s anti-gay bill to attend Washington prayer breakfast

I can’t believe this. In February, David Bahati, the mover of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill is expected to attend a prayer breakfast in the American capital of Washington DC. Mr. Bahati, according to reports, may speak at the event where President Barack Obama – a gays-tolerant liberal president, is also expected to attend. On Friday, [...]

Martha Coakley and the Despicable Democratic Spin Meisters

The Dems are fashioning a pre-emptive strike in advance of Martha Coakley’s potentially disastrous loss on Tuesday.  Let the record show that the Democrats are starting to parrot the Fox News pundits.  From the NY Times this morning comes these tasty tidbits to savor: “It comes from the fact that Obama as president has had [...]

Sunday at sunrise: yawn, stretch and roll over.

Sunrise at beautiful Acadia National Park Good morning Conflucians.  It’s a new day, a new sunrise, a new opportunity.  The picture above is of a glorious sunrise in Acadia National Park, located near Bar Harbor Maine.  The west coast does not have a monopoly on spectacular views or national park splendor and our family has [...]

Scott Brown slurs Obama with the truth!

(I decided to elevate this to the front page) This story originates from Blue Mass Group. Over at Salon Joan Walsh posted the above clip under the heading: Smiling Scott Brown slurs Obama Watch the “moderate” GOP leader backed by teabaggers and Birthers suggest the president was born out of wedlock Joan goes on to [...]

Is Obama a great politician?

I was reading the comments to this post at TalkLeft and saw this exchange between Big Tent Democrat and a commenter: Obama is a good pol (none / 0) (#16) by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 10:50:52 AM EST Carter is not. At the least, Obama will reinvent himself and bounce [...]

Saturday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!! There’s a lot happening in the world today. I’ll share the stories I’ve been reading, and you can add your own links in the comments. HAITI EARTHQUAKE The situation is very desperate in Haiti. Tensions Mount in Haiti as Situation Grows Desperate Haiti’s capital is now devoid of a functioning police force. [...]

I am officially over-the-hill

I ran across this post at Salon and realized I am ready for the old folks home: The ladybits have seen hot pink pubic dyes and dollar sign stencils. They’ve encountered jewelry of the pierced and clip-on variety. They’ve been available in different flavors.  They’ve even recently become aware of labia tinters.  But this week [...]

Friday Morning News: Brownout?

Good Morning Conflucians!!!! Well it looks like Barack Obama may actually have achieved the impossible dream–turning Massachusetts purple. The latest Suffolk University poll shows Republican candidate Scott Brown leading Democrat Martha Coakley by four points in the race to fill the vacant Massachusetts Senate seat. From the Washingtonn Post: BOSTON — A new poll in [...]