Al Gore taking his message of climate change around the world.
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GOP R.I.P 11/07/2006
And to those people, I say take a deep look inside. You know I'm right. Sure, your fear of loss will disallow you from admitting it -- perhaps even to yourself, but you know deep down inside that the GOP has seen its final days.
You know.
It's time to let the anachronistic pile of dung that is neoconservatism die a rapid but excruciatingly painful death.
It's time to abolish the anti-American, slime-sucking, low-balling, shrill-shrieking troglodytes from making critical life and death decisions for our families.
Yes, it's time to say riddance (and not even 'good' riddance) to the Republican Party.
You know the only thing that matters now is turnout, and if you think that's going to favor the Republicans, think again.
In a cycle like this, Rove's 72 hour plan will be a TOTAL WASHOUT..
The fact is that Democrats are FIRED UP!!!
While conservatives are totally demoralized.
Let's take a look...
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New GOP Scandal Likely to Shift Governorship and House Seat to Dems
First, this NEW scandal will refocus the national spotlight back to the seemingly infinite stream of Republican improprieties giving one final push to the image of the corrupt Republican party - just in case it was slipping anyone's mind.
Second, this will clearly shift momentum from Gibbons to his Democratic challenger for Nevada Governor, Dina Titus.
Already, Titus is fighting the good fight but trailing Gibbons by about 6 points.
The average of the last 5 non-partisan polls looks like this:
Jim Gibbons (R) 47
Dina Titus (D) 41
Expect this latest episode of Republican greed, self-entitlement, and hypocrisy to induce a HUGE swing in favor of Titus -- yet another Governorship in the Democrat's column.
Also to be considered is the battle between Jill Derby (D) and Dean Heller (R) for Nevada's 2nd congressional district -- the one being vacated by Gibbons.
The only two non-partisan polls conducted show a close race.
Mason-Dixon - 9/19-21/06
Jill Derby (D) ~ 42
Dean Heller (R) ~ 45
Research 2000 - 9/5-7/06
Jill Derby (D) ~ 37
Dean Heller (R) ~ 45
With the high-profile Republican incumbent crashing and burning in scandal, there is a high likelihood that there will be some negative energy weighing on his would-be Republican successor. It may only be for a few points but in a race this tight, a few points are all you need.
Also note that it's too late to take Gibbons name off the ballot, so if this continues in the direction that I think it will, that will mean Jim Gibbons' name will be sitting at the top of the ballot reminding the good voters of Nevada of the scandal, corruption, dishonesty, criminality, perversion, and hypocrisy that the GOP has wrought upon this land.
It will be a fine reminder that it's time for a change.
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GOP Cover-up: Republican Candidates Jim and Dawn Gibbons Kept Illegal Alien
His wife, Dawn Gibbons, was running for the congressional seat he's leaving vacant -- that is, until she was soundly defeated in the Republican primary.
Both have long been known as being 'tough on illegal immigration', but now the Gibbons are being taken down by their own former employee -- an illegal immigrant from Peru.
Patricia Pastor Sandoval worked for Jim and his wife Dawn for several years, starting in 1987. During that time, Sandoval claims the Gibbons knew of her illegal status and took pains to cover it up, occasionally requiring her to hide in the basement to conceal her illegal status. To boot, the Gibbons family dismissed US laws by:
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The 'Corrupt Bastards Club' , formerly known as the GOP
That difference in approach captures the basic problem with public discourse. We want to talk substance, they want to talk personalities. Like it or not, people prefer their approach. There is no point denying human nature; we need to embrace reality and use it to our advantage.
Fortunately, this election season the Republicans have provided a perfect opportunity for us to beat them at their own game. I'm talking about the Corrupt Bastards Club. Here's the best part... you can play too.
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Rebranding the GOP: The 'Corrupt Bastards Club'
What we call ourselves says a lot about how we view ourselves and how we want others to view us.
We do the same thing with political labels. Democrats become "Liberals" become "progressives" become "reality-based." Republicans have gone from calling themselves "Conservatives" to being members of the "GOP," the "Party of Lincoln," or more recently, the "Corrupt Bastards Club." This is not an epithet I am hurling around like "fascist" or "liar." I wish I had thought of it... but I didn't. This is a term Republicans used among themselves behind closed doors...
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Reminiscing About the Future: Chuck Hagel vs. Hillary Clinton
Richard Nixon manipulated Americans into believing he had an honorable exit strategy from Vietnam. Ronald Reagan successfully convinced voters he championed a Norman Rockwell society that valued hard work and neighborhood generosity. In 1988, oilman George Herbert Walker Bush won in part as the "environmentalist" candidate. Twelve years later his son stole the presidency after campaigning as a "plain spoken" truth telling man of the people with a "humble" foreign policy.
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My Liberal Fantasy: Russ Feingold's 2008 Nomination Acceptance Speech
Good evening, I love New York! Applause. Smiles broadly and waits for silence. And I proudly accept your nomination for President of the United States. Crowd erupts with sustained applause and cheers.My friends, the time has come for an American renaissance of community, values, and justice. Almost seven years ago in this great city Osama Bin Laden unleashed his terror and the Republican Party unleashed a reign of indecency. Tonight we begin anew in the very city where it all went wrong. We bring hope.
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Dignity's Apostle: My Interview With Author Robert W. Fuller
Progressives are struggling to synthesize a movement that can rise above identity politics and mobilize people under a unified theme. Robert W. Fuller, Ph.D. argues in his newly published book, All Rise (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.), that simple dignity is an elusive need that cuts across demographics of race, gender, age, and class. Fuller attributes this void to a culture of "rankism" which he defines as "abuses of power associated with rank." In his writings Fuller advocates for a grassroots effort to establish a "dignitarian society."
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Freefall: The GOP Ratings Plunge
That's a nice figure to see in an election year. The only thing I want to know is why the White House approval ratings dropped off so much. It's really significant, and it can be useful going into November to know the other side's weaknesses.
In other words, it's time for the nonstop thrill ride that is opinion poll analysis. Whee. In all seriousness, though, there's some really interesting stuff in here, and we're going to unravel it so you don't have to.
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Iran is not building any nukes whatsoever.
Donald Rumsfeld talked about the role of the Bush administration in history in his op-ed yesterday. But given the fact that Iraq had no WMD's, given the fact that there is no crisis in Social Security, and given the fact that Iran is not building any nukes, the Bush administration will go down in history as the administration that cried wolf.
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Rove and Cheney square off in locked cage match.
The most recent of the articles is an article suggesting that Cheney will retire after the mid-term elections. This, after a couple of articles suggested that Cheney, based on "anonymous sources" was taken out of the loop on Bush's foreign policy decisions. We know that Karl Rove is a master of whisper campaigns. I suggest that he is planning to save his own skin. We know that Bush and Rove had a rift after Plamegate broke out. I suggest that they have patched up their differences the best they could and are now working together to tag team Cheney.
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Hysterical Republicans hit new low in Washington State.
A perfect example of hysterical Republicans yelling and screaming is happening right in our backyard. Here in Washington, the GOP sunk to a new low by launching an attack ad in the mail which looked like a sex offender notification card.
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GOP "Reforms" Coming Soon
When such legislation is offered, ask your representatives and senators and local newspaper editors the following questions:
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DeLay QUITS!
Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay decided Saturday to give up his post as House majority leader, clearing the way for new leadership elections among House Republicans eager to shed the taint of scandal, two officials said.Of course, the GOP's sudden push to oust DeLay is really just a P.R. move, a means of scapegoating him for doing what the rest of his putrescent party has been doing... the same party that has defended him lo these many years from ethics charge after ethics charge.
Who knew that it would only take a few dozen polls and an election year for the GOP to pretend to be interested in "reform" again after ten years of corruption?
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