Bush's 2004 campaign manager, Ken Mehlman, comes out as gay

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Wednesday August 25, 2010 · 3:23 PM PDT

2010/08/25 · 15:23

Ken Mehlman, Bush's 2004 campaign manager and former chairman of the RNC, becomes the most powerful Republican to identify as gay.

"It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life," Mehlman said. "Everybody has their own path to travel, their own journey, and for me, over the past few months, I've told my family, friends, former colleagues, and current colleagues, and they've been wonderful and supportive. The process has been something that's made me a happier and better person. It's something I wish I had done years ago."

Bamos

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Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 8:34 PM PDT

2009/09/01 · 20:34

In a blog post today, noted crazy-person Pat Buchanan asks the simple question: Did Hitler want war?

The [British] war guarantee was not about Danzig, or even about Poland. It was about the moral and strategic imperative "to stop Hitler" after he showed, by tearing up the Munich pact and Czechoslovakia with it, that he was out to conquer the world. And this Nazi beast could not be allowed to do that.

If true, a fair point. Americans, after all, were prepared to use atom bombs to keep the Red Army from the Channel. But where is the evidence that Adolf Hitler, whose victims as of March 1939 were a fraction of Gen. Pinochet’s, or Fidel Castro’s, was out to conquer the world?

Bamos

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Tuesday May 05, 2009 · 5:33 PM PDT

2009/05/05 · 17:33

As part of the rebuilding of the Republican Party following a terrible election this November, Arlen Spector defecting, and about a dozen other signs that the party is in decay, conservative leaders have been searching for the best route to take in their changes. Some activists, like Chris Chocola of the Club for Growth, think the party needs to move to the right, saying, "We have to adhere to those principles to rebuild the Party. Those are the brand of the Republican Party, and people feel that we betrayed the brand."

However, if you look at the votes of the current members of the House, Republicans are more conservative than Democrats are liberal. In this diary, I'll examine some perennially debated issues, and compare each party's stand with the current opinion polling.

Bamos

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Thursday April 30, 2009 · 9:59 AM PDT

2009/04/30 · 09:59

Some kids play Dungeons and Dragons, other go online and play World of Warcraft. Conservatives, apparently, play courtroom, and indict the President of the United States:

After reviewing the evidence and voting, the 32 member American Grand Jury handed down the presentment(s) recommending that person(s) known as Barack Obama, aka: Barack Obama, Jr., aka: Barack Hussein Obama, aka: Barry Soetoro; aka: Barry Obama; aka: Barack H. Obama, aka: Barack Obama II, presumed President of the United States, be tried in Criminal Court for charges of fraud (eligibility) and treason.

Said Grand Jury was convened under the power and authority vested with the people as guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States of America, Amendent 5 of the Bill of Rights.

I can't stop laughing.

Bamos

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Saturday April 25, 2009 · 2:51 PM PDT

2009/04/25 · 14:51

These are the two plate designs that were successfully added to a bill by an amendment yesterday in Florida's Senate. If they do pass, what will happen? Discussion after the jump.

Bamos

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Friday April 24, 2009 · 12:18 PM PDT

2009/04/24 · 12:18

As you’re likely aware, last week during a tea party protest in Austin, Texas, Governor Rick Perry gave a speech. Addressing a crowd of people shouting "Secede! Secede," he did not explicitly agree with the angry mob’s hate for America, but he did express that independence was a possibility. Later he said to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "I'm trying to make the Obama Administration pay attention to the 10th Amendment." The comments made headlines, drawing both praise and criticism from other politicians and pundits around the country.

One thing that the comments should not have drawn, though, was surprise. Since President Obama took office, the Republican Party has brought to new heights the tactic of plugging their ears and shouting "no" at everything the Democrats suggest, regardless of popular support. With this move by Governor Perry, they’ve taken another favorite tactic of theirs to new heights: arguing for states’ rights when they’ve lost the national debate.

The way Republicans argue for states’ rights, you may as well call it "sore losers’ rights".

Bamos

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Thursday April 23, 2009 · 12:31 PM PDT

2009/04/23 · 12:31

The Democrats have long been accused of being the party of Hollywood, a complaint only relevant because Republicans never recovered from being unpopular in grade school. Granted, there is some truth to the matter, as a majority of entertainers supported Barack Obama this past November. However, so did a majority of Americans as a whole, so it’s hard to blame them too much.

With that said, it is obvious that the Republicans are the true party of Hollywood. I don’t mean because of their supporters in Hollywood, a group that is limited to old actors with mustaches (Chuck Norris, Wilfred Brimley, Sarah Michelle Gellar). Instead, Republicans are the party of Hollywood because they desperately want to believe that they are the stars of a movie. Luckily, Barack Obama has gone a long way to reverse that mindset in the White House, to the benefit of the American people.

Bamos

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Thursday March 26, 2009 · 3:20 PM PDT

2009/03/26 · 15:20

If you don't believe the title, consider that a number of conservatives believed that Laura Bush racked up nearly a million dollars in gambling debt during her international trips as First Lady, and that there was a provision in the stimulus to pay it off.

And that they believed it based on an unsourced, nameless Twitter account.

Bamos

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Monday June 23, 2008 · 7:48 PM PDT

2008/06/23 · 19:48

Daniel Johnson, the Democratic challenger to Patrick McHenry of North Carolina's 10th district, just sent out an email announcing the birth of his daughter.

Daniel and Creecy Johnson joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Bowen Johnson. Bowen was born on Saturday, June 21 at 2:30am, 8lbs 3 ounces and 21 inches long. Everyone is happy and healthy.

Bamos

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 10:20 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 22:20

It's easy to make fun of bad websites, and with thousands of elections at different levels of government, there are bound to be some terrible campaign sites out there. However, I've been looking at a lot of House candidate sites lately, and given how much money and how many constituents are involved in federal races, there is no excuse for a bad website. Four or eight years ago, it was more forgivable, but today any 14-year-older can throw together a clean, informative website on Blogger.

Before I start providing examples, let me say what I think a good campaign website is. A bare bones site will have:

The candidate's name and picture at the top of the site.
Easy-to-find links to a biography and to the candidate's stance on different issues.
Contact information.
A means to donate online.
Not ugly.

The fun of failure is after the jump.

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Bush's 2004 campaign manager, Ken Mehlman, comes out as gay

Pat Buchanan: Don't Blame Hitler

Where's the center?

"National Grand Jury" Indicts Obama for Treason

Florida May Introduce Christian License Plates

States' Rights vs. Sore Losers' Rights

The True Hollywood Party

Twitter + Stimulus = Conservative Stupidity

Daniel Johnson (NC-10 candidate) becomes a father

Bad Campaign Websites