Turning Left Election Watch: Who is Giving the Big Bucks?

Ever wonder who in Park Forest is contributing to the presidential campaigns? Wondering if a celebrity is playing both sides of the fence? Whether that new guy or gal you’ve just met is actually a Republican or a Democrat? Wondering if your boss maxed out at that fundraiser or got comped? Does your [...]

White Man Accuses Black Man of Playing Race Card

Here we go. Johnny M. is playing it — or accusing Barack O. of playing it.
The race card. The dreaded race card.
When all chips are down, when a black man or woman is in danger of succeeding, there you have it. The race card again. It must be the race card.
Here’s [...]

Awe nuts, the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s off the deep end again

Let me begin by saying that I have tremendous respect for Jesse Jackson, Sr. if it is still 1988.
His speech at the Democratic Convention is electrifying and incredibly inspirational. I’m sitting in the living room of my parents’ house watching the convention, and I’m hoping against hope that Jesse Sr. could have won the [...]

Bill Foster Goes to Bat for Veterans

U.S. Congressman Bill Foster from the 14th Congressional District in Illinois is quickly making a name for himself standing up for our military veterans. The 14th District is the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert. According to the Daily Chronicle:
Beginning next year, veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces will have [...]

Government Snoops on Celeb. Passports: Happy Independence Day!

This story from The Washington Post (in block text) is presented with appropriate passages from The Declaration of Independence (italics).  Enjoy.
Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity’s records were breached 356 times by more than six [...]

John McCain, Tax Dodger

It’s only Newsweek, so it must be another liberal smear.
Except this time it’s true.
John McCain is a tax dodger:
When you’re poor, it can be hard to pay the bills. When you’re rich, it’s hard to keep track of all the bills that need paying. It’s a lesson Cindy McCain learned the hard way when NEWSWEEK [...]

Is your middle name “Hussein” too?

Some Barack Obama supporters are informally adopting the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate’s middle name as their own.  According to the New York Times:
Emily Nordling has never met a Muslim, at least not to her knowledge. But this spring, Ms. Nordling, a 19-year-old student from Fort Thomas, Ky., gave herself a new middle name on Facebook.com, [...]

Lieberman Must Go!

This just in today from Brave New Films:
Joe Lieberman is a war hawk, plain and simple. He staunchly supports George Bush’s War in Iraq and John McCain’s plan to stay in Iraq for 100 years. But Lieberman’s new alliance with the Republican Party runs even deeper. He has endorsed and stumped for McCain, wants [...]

Bill Daley wants to be your governor, Illinios

Bill Daley has been talking to all the right people, working to position himself for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor of Illinois. Brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Bill took a shot at the governor’s mansion in 2002. According to the Chicago Sun-Times:
Bill Daley flirted with a race for governor in 2002 [...]

A terror attack would be great for John McCain

A “senior adviser” to John McCain told Fortune Magazine that a terror attack would be “a big advantage” for John McCain.  Charles R. Black, Jr. was forced to “recant” his opinion:
First, McCain said the substance of Black’s comments were untrue.
“I’ve worked tirelessly since 9/11 to prevent another attack on the United States of America,” McCain [...]

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