I saw a headline that a Florida lawmaker has resigned after leaving a voice message on a fellow lawmaker’s phone that included a racial slur. I thought to myself, “Hmmm, what are the chances this guy is a Republican?” Yup, it’s a Republican. And his seat is up for grabs in a few days. As with Foley, his name will appear on the ballot. So, some Floridian republicans will now have the opportunity to vote for a phantom racist as well as a phantom sex offender. Meanwhile, Republicans in NY-20 can vote for a wife beater, in PA-10 they can vote for a mistress choker, in the Nevada governor’s race they can vote for a cocktail waitress groper. Why worry about corruption when we can concentrate on racism and assault?
On a lighter note, what were the best Halloween costumes this year? Anyone dress as Mark Foley?
who is a soon-to-be-convicted abuser of the powers of his office for personal enrichment.
or the guy(forgot who…hard to keep track)Cheney stumped for who pulled not one but two shotguns on a now ex-wife at a dinner party. Fitting eh that Cheney was stumping for this guy.
If we want to add corruption, the list is going to get long, but I’m game.
And in NY 19, you can vote for a shrill tool that covered for, sorry, didn’t know about a sexual predator in her midst.
MSNBC reports Kerry cancels 3 campaign appearances with candidates over flap. No joke.
Snow presses for an apology and Olbermann summed it all up last night: (h/t: cursor.org)
“Kerry called them stupid and they were too stupid to know he called them stupid.”
Watch it!.”
It’s kind of tough to keep posing as the “moral” party with all these embarrassing moral failings popping up like dandelions. The Dems need to hammer home the point that morality is a personal responsibility that does not adhere to any group or political party.
…except it seems to be sticking to a lot of Republicans these days. Could be a temporary aberration I know, or it could be an abuse of power thing. At any rate, having Republicans moralize about morality sounds just a bit disingenuous, does it not? What happened to their “Contract with America”? They have defaulted (big time) on their own contract. It is now past time to vote them out. That is the point I would be hammering home.
CodePink Portland dressed up for several days leading up to Halloween.
There was an executioner… Alberto
A mass murderer – Bush
Elmer Fudd – Dick Cheney
The Devil – another Bush
A dominatrix with bags and bags of shoes… Condi
There was much going on this week with the costumes in Portland. š