BRAZENLY LIBERAL — a fact-based initiative

This week, the House Democrats capitulated to Bush and the telecommunications companies. (Senator and Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama says he will fight to strip telecom immunity from the bill when it gets to the Senate.) And you just know this kicked up a storm in the liberal blogosphere, as [...]

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Breaking news, few details online yet, is that Ted Kennedy has a glioma, a malignant brain tumor.
The Senator from Massachussetts, born to wealth and privilege, has always been a champion of those who weren’t as fortunate. He’s a mensch, a decent human being, a good guy, the real deal.
They’re a gutsy bunch of survivors, [...]

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racaulk’s brilliant idea for a 2006 Democratic campaign theme. It’s a message that can address local issues without losing its unifying qualities. Have you had enough
record gas prices while oil companies rake in record profits?
death in Iraq with no end in sight?
being treated like a criminal because you’re government has been so bad [...]

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Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) told her caucus members during their weekly closed meeting Wednesday “that impeachment is off the table; she is not interested in pursuing it,” spokesman Brendan Daly said. (Read the rest)
Impeachment would be sweet revenge, indeed. It would be justice. It would be a righteous dragging of the Decider [...]

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What really gets under my skin is hearing Republicans say the Democrats only criticize and offer no solutions. The reason it gets under my skin is they’re kinda right.
Don’t get me wrong - the current administration and its Congressional lapdogs are doing just about everything wrong and deserve plenty of criticism. [...]

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