Daily Archives: March 29, 2010

Raise your hand if you didn’t know Ricky Martin is gay

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

No hands? All righty then.

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Video: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver spat on

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

Video has emerged of the infamous spitting incident during a tea party protest against healthcare reform last week. In it, you can see Black lawmakers led by John Lewis, walking into the Capitol (followed by a woman who appears to … Continue reading →

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The Grand Old Partay: pimping donors from Washington to Tallahassee

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

Couldn’t this statement about Michael Steele and the Voyeur scandal: “No matter which side of the aisle you find yourself, if you are giving a political party your hard-earned money, you should have no doubts that it is going to … Continue reading →

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RNC Voyeur update: outing was a donor ‘thank you’

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

The Daily Caller continues to rule the news day with updates on the RNC’s pimptastic voyage: A $1,946.25 bar tab at a bondage-themed Hollywood nightclub financed by the RNC was part of a night of cultivating young Republican donors, The … Continue reading →

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Rubio to appear at Tampa rally with Obama ‘bone through the nose’ doc

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

Marco Rubio says he wants to go to Washington to fight President Barack Obama. But will he go to Tampa and denounce his fellow “tax day tea party” rally headliner, who resigned in disgrace from a Florida medical leadership position … Continue reading →

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This time, Cantor threat is real

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

An apparently disturbed man posted a Youtube video in which he threatened to kill Rep. Eric Cantor and his family. As TPM reports, the man had previously threatened President Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Cantor made bogus claims about … Continue reading →

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Meek completes petition drive with a surplus, will excitement follow?

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

The campaign says it will submit approximately 145,000 petitions to get Kendrick Meek on the ballot; well above the 112,476 needed to qualify. This should satisfy Peter Schorsch (smile) who BTW is sporting a swanky new web design. But as … Continue reading →

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RNC, Steele partied like a Rubio (disciples not included) **UPDATE 2**

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

I’m beginning to sense a pattern here … donors give hard-earned money to Republicans … Republicans spend hard-earned donor cash partying like the cast of “Jersey Shore.” Whether it’s Marco Rubio and his “12 disciples” tooling around the country on … Continue reading →

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The Monday CW: Obama’s got mo, turning the page from HCR

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jreid

Conventional wisdom for this week: President Obama continues to shift the narrative away from healthcare. In fact, no major stories on HCR in the news this morning, except for this story with more details on the WaPo/ABC News poll, which … Continue reading →

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