Waste of a Diary: Bryant Gumbel
OK, this is driving me nuts as I watch the Giants/Redskins game. It's not a huge deal as we move towards 3000 American soldiers having died in Iraq, the Democrats taking over the House and Senate,...
View ArticleBilly Beer, Republican Presidents and Embarassing Families
I was reading comments on a local newspaper blog about President's Ford passing, and came away amazed that much of the right wing comment was about how awful Jimmy Carter was. It's really kind of...
View ArticleBush Nuclear Weapons Head Fired
OK, this is a little disturbing. Just a half hour or so ago the Energy Secretary announced that the guy responsible for our nuclear weapons programs was fired -- for security breaches.Energy Secretary...
View ArticleChuck Schumer Urges Reelection of 3 GOP Senators
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and it's chairman, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did an awesome job last year finding good candidates and taking advantage of Republican-American mistakes...
View ArticleSenator Grassley Reconsiders 2000 Support of Bush
OK, this one is kind of silly, but I was checking into video of my good friend Mike Ferguson (R-NJ7) from the Internet Archive when I came across this gem from Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA). In the...
View ArticleFrist Diagnoses Arthur Branch Fit for Presidency
Today former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist endorsed Fred Thompson– who isn't running – for President of the United States. Frist saw him on Law and Order and knew right away, without needing to...
View ArticleNJ's Mike Ferguson Fails, Hopes Someone Else Does His Job
After the recent New Jersey floods, we noted that Congressman Ferguson had bragged on his ability to bring $5 million in federal dollars last year to the Green Brook Flood Control project. We also...
View ArticleRudy Wanted To Become Dictator of NY In 2001
I am amazed that anyone is seriously considering Rudy Giuliani as President, in no small measure because I am from New Jersey and read the New York papers daily. And I have a pretty good memory for...
View ArticleNPR Uses Right Wing Frame on Abstinence
Listening to NPR this morning I heard a report on how the Democrats are refusing to fund the annual $50 million abstinence only education program so beloved by the cultural right wing. They had...
View ArticleEarth Doesn't Care About Global Warming
I just saw a headline in the NY Times about the concerts Al Gore is putting on that completely miss the point: "Songs for an Overheated Planet". The reason the temperature increase matters is because...
View ArticleMitt Romney, Live and Anonymous
So my 3 year old daughter and I arrived up in Wolfeboro, NH last night for a week of vacation. This morning we got up, had some eggs with cheddar, went swimming in the lake, she danced ballet to my...
View ArticleGiuliani Can Kiss My Grits
I just read an amazing insult to the American people by Rudy Giuliani, "America's Mayor" and candidate for President of 9/11:Giuliani repeated his oft-told story of how he read Roy Jenkins’s Churchill...
View ArticleThe Blog That Didn't Dump Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)
Last week Congressman Mike Ferguson, the Rep. from NJ7 who loved Tom DeLay and worshiped embryos, announced that at age 38 he was retiring from Congress after four terms. His stated reason was to...
View ArticleColumn from 2001: A Call for More Partisan Wrangling
Back in 2000-2002 I was writing a column for PoliticsNJ.com, which I had to give up when I got a new job with the NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services in 2002. The columns are off the site now, but...
View ArticleRepost: I Didn't Lose My Child Last Week, and Why I'm Pro-Choice
WHY I REPOSTED: Apologies for reposting this diary from yesterday, and to anyone from the diary rescue (i'm very flattered to have been rescued) who couldn't find it. Someone had posted some comments...
View ArticleThe Danger of a Democratic Presidency After Iraq and the Economy
This won't be news to anyone on DKos, but the "surge" in Iraq is actually just an escalation of troops, an increase in our commitment to the war similar to those Lyndon Johnson announced in the 1960s...
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Obama's Website Down for Maintenance? Big Change Coming?
I just read the AP story saying Obama was the nominee, and decided that I should buy an Obama sign for the front lawn. I'm a New Jersey State Democratic Committee member from North Plainfield and I...
View ArticleNo To Edwards and Clinton for VP
I've seen quite a few comments and diaries and blog entries and columns and talking heads say that Hillary Clinton deserves to be the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee because 8 million people voted...
View ArticleTotally Selfish Request: No Mitt Romney!!!!!
So Hotline says Robert Novack says sources say (it's like middle school dating, huh?) that McCain might announce his choice for VP next week, and that the name Novack is hearing is former Massachusetts...
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NY Times: Female Bloggers Belong in "Fashion & Style"
A NY Times article by Kara Jesella covering the BlogHer Conference and bemoaning the fact that women bloggers are not taken as seriously as men bloggers was consigned to the "Fashion and Style"...
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