Author: BooMan

Open Thread

The confirmation hearing for Michael Mukasey is about to start up again. You can watch it here. The morning session was discouraging. The guy is a real reactionary. He may have some positive traits, and he’ll be an...

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Guiliani Panders to Racists

Who said the following? “[Illegal Hispanics] are killing, like, 25 of us a day … molesting about eight children a day … All we’re getting is drug dealers and murderers.” “These illegal invaders … are not the kind of immigrants...

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Keeping it Local

Ah, yes, follow the money: More than a third of the top fundraisers who helped elect George W. Bush president remain on the sidelines in 2008, contributing to a gaping financial disparity between the GOP candidates and their...

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Obama Related to Bush/Cheney

Well, I’ll be a monkey’s cousin: In an interview on MSNBC Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Cheney said that in the course of researching her husband’s genealogy for her new book, “Blue Skies, No Fences,” she...

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