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Politics 101: Don't Brag About Your Sexploits in Public

zarq — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:35:08 -0800

Conservative Republican California State Assemblyman Michael Duvall (Orange County) didn't realize his mic was live, moments before the start of a legislative hearing this past July. So when the 54-year-old married father of two began describing his ongoing affairs with two different women in very graphic detail for the benefit of a colleague seated next to him, he had no idea that he was being recorded. The story was picked up by KCAL, who cited unnamed sources that said Duvall was describing affairs with two married lobbyists. The problem: The KCAL report also tentatively identified one as a utility company representative. (The OC Weekly story says she works for Sempra Energy.) Duvall is the vice chairman of the California State Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce. Duvall "announced his immediate resignation from the Assembly this afternoon."

Barack Obama, President of the Divided States of America

Secret Life of Gravy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:18:40 -0800

Next Tuesday, Sept. 8, speaking at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. President Obama will address the youth of America during a live television broadcast urging them to stay in school. Some school districts, bowing to parent pressure, have decided not to show the speech during school. Governor Tim Pawlenty [...] said on WCCO radio in Minneapolis that the speech, scheduled for Tuesday, was "uninvited" and raises concerns about "the content and motive." One parent was quoted by Fox News as saying: "Children are very vulnerable and excited. I mean, this is the president. I think it's an underhanded tactic and indicative of the way things are being done." Jim Greer, chairman of the Florida Republican Party, said the speech is an effort to "spread President Obama's socialist ideology" and "justify his positions" on health care, the economy and taxes.

The Crack-Up Continues

StrikeTheViol — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:55:05 -0800

The conservative movement continues to suffer problems, within the Republican Party, without, and, well...

Krohn's Disease

psmealey — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:10:27 -0800

Little Mr. Conservative. The interview concluded, Jonathan wistfully handed his mother her cellphone. His parents still won’t let him have one, even though he turned 14 last Sunday, right after he became an instant news media darling and the conservative movement’s underage graybeard at last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Post neoliberal or just pre liberal?

doobiedoo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:31:04 -0800

"The crisis is an opportunity to sweep away the rotten postwar settlement of British politics. Labour is moribund. But David Cameron has a chance to develop a "red Tory" communitarianism, socially conservative but sceptical of neoliberal economics" Philip Blond makes a compelling and long overdue critique of big government and big business in the sporadic tradition of British civic republicanism. His account of political failures and disappointments clearly has a popular resonance and continues to pique commentariat interest since echoes from Cameron and launch by think tank Demos, last month. But is his "one nation" social Catholicism a viable vehicle for collective identity and passionate engagement?

Conservatives are scaredy-cats

XMLicious — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:06:31 -0800

The Politics of Fear: Some Political Views May be Related to Physiology video, audio news stories - BBC, Washington Post, NPR with audio Plus, a 2006 lecture on the heritability of political attitudes by John Hibbing, one of the authors of the above study - flash video or MPEG4 download, starts at around 10:00 and runs for about an hour (during the intro btw he quips "I'm a social scientist pretending to be a scientist...")

Point dog!

hjo3 — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:12:33 -0800

Intense debate about weighty issues like racism, abortion, and immigration... between animals in funny hats! This is the silly punditry of Scenario: Dog v. Cat: Round 1, round 2, round 3.

Kaos vs Control

misha — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:15:42 -0800

Rush Limbaugh may be facing indictment for a fifth-degree felony after encouraging Republican voters to cross party lines and vote for Hillary Clinton ("Operation Chaos"), but if you hurry you can still buy the shirt. Previously.

When this world's big enough for all different views...

Navelgazer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:59:45 -0800

From unprecedented chart-topping, to crossover appeal, to the bizarre image change and retirement from music, he was truly country's Michael Jackson. While many of us may not have cared for his music or paid much attention to his core audience, those of us who were inspired despite ourselves by the (previously posted) Will.i.am video might just find something in the surprisingly liberal prince of the red states. From the GLAAD Hollywood list: What's odd is that nobody assumed it could mean interracial marriages or interfaith marriages. They immediately went straight to the homosexual thing... I can't see love being a bad thing. Lust is different. But if you're in love, you've got to follow your heart and trust that God will explain to us why we sometimes fall in love with people of the same sex. Judgment Day is coming, and I ain't going to be the one standing over people up there.

"He'd zap the programme off and holler/ 'Go and read some Emile Zola."

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:41:03 -0800

Boris Johnson, poet.

>>>>>PASS THIS ON! (emails from the right)

washburn — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:16:08 -0800

My Right Wing Dad is a new-ish and rather informal blog that aims to provide "a chance for folks to examine the unrestrained rhetoric that is quietly passed from in-box to in-box in America," by hosting a collection of the emails that form an often untraceable and unacknowledged part of public discourse in the U.S., especially on the Right. Tagged by category (for example: God, college, flag, liberal, and World War II), the amateur archive presents a range of colorful opinion, not all of it strikingly accurate, and some of it offensive. In efforts to understand liberal and conservative habits of communication, it may be worth considering the role of forwarded email in the electoral process, and the reasons that the forwarding of email is popular among some people, and whether this behavior tends to correlate with particular political opinions. The emails hosted on MyRightWingDad may in any case be enlightening, unless you're already on the forward list of someone in the know.

Bojo fo' Lo' M'o'

nthdegx — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:46:58 -0800

"Even the greatest cities have further greatness in them. I will stand for a greater London and for putting the smile back on London's face." Boris Johnson announces his candidacy for Mayor of London, though he is yet to be endorsed by the Conservative Party. Though decidedly right wing in his views (this clip, perhaps more than any other summarises his view on Europe, for example) his very English brand of buffoonery lends him unique appeal (though not universally).

Crunchy Con's

stbalbach — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:50:05 -0800

What is a "Crunchy Conservative"? A new political buzzword or a lifestyle manifesto, the Crunchy Con may even be a new political species, unless you're a Contra-Crunchy Con.

Republican girls gone wild

madamjujujive — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:27:43 -0800

Described as "the View meets the Daily Show and takes a right turn," The America Show, Episode 1 and Episode 2 are pilots that are being floated for possible TV broadcast. Weigh in on their potential. The driving force behind the show is conservative comic Julia Gorin, who also recently launched Political Mavens as "a celebrity-studded conservative answer to Arianna's Huffington Post."

"The House recognises the member from Dooce"

docgonzo — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:34:02 -0800

Canada's governing Conservative Party has expelled one of its Members of Parliament -- for blogging. Garth Turner, Conservative MP for Halton, author of "The Turner ~~Diaries~~ Report" (link) was today suspended from the ruling party's caucus because of his blog. "There is [sic] attacks that were made on individuals, including the Prime Minister," explained Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer. "The theme of confidentiality was not being respected, in their opinion, and it restricted the ability for members to operate in a confidential way." At least one national pundit compares the exiling to 1984.

Politics for adults

tellurian — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:03:31 -0800

18DoughtyStreet Talk TV - 'the home of anti-establishment TV' launches today (they do seem to have fallen a bit behind on their blog though). [trailer] The two main presenters are Tim Montgomerie and Iain Dale. Anti-establishment?

Dot-comservative party?

greycap — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:33:21 -0800

Webcameron. David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party in the UK, reaches out to the Youtube generation.

George Bush: Hatchet Man

stemlot — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:40:33 -0800

Is George Bush to Stalin as Irving Kristol is to Trotsky? When will we start hearing these sorts of claims from the right?

Karma karma karma karma chameeeeleeonnn

catchmurray — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:57:19 -0800

Britain's New Labour have very short memories!

They are trying to persuade people to vote for them by highlighting exactly how they got in to power themselves as being a fault in the Conservative Party

Seeing the other side

caddis — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:04:18 -0800

Why does the Supreme Court Make Justices More Liberal? Does it? If so, why, and why more liberal not more conservative?

Conservative Blogs Rock!

Sagres — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:20:33 -0800

Conservative Blogs Rock! NEW YORK In an argument sure to be challenged in certain sectors of the blogosphere, a story in The New York Times magazine coming up this Sunday declares that conservative blogs continue to best liberal blogs in political and electoral influence.

Excuses, Excuses: How the Right Rationalizes Racial Inequality in America

y2karl — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 07:10:22 -0800

How the Right Rationalizes Racial Inequality in America (Part One - The Labor Market) & (Part Two - Criminal Justice) by Tim Wise

Lee and Dan's Excellent Adverts

Navek Rednam — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:23:11 -0800

The truth behind the spin? - three party political broadcasts (.wmv) made by Lee and Dan, the men behind the VW Suicide Bomber advert, and commissioned by the UK's Channel 4

Matchmaker, matchmaker ... make me a politically-aligned match ...

grabbingsand — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:19:46 -0800

Meet Mark. I am a 49 year old truck driver. Divorced, one daughter, 18, looking for a LADY, 45 to 55 years old, no tatoos, no body piercings except ears, but most importantly NOT LIBERAL (lady and not liberal kind of go hand in hand, don't they?).
Mark is just one of the many available lovebirds waiting for you at Hannidate -- Sean Hannity's very own Internet personals.

Senators' Night Out

yerfatma — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:42:24 -0800

Jeff Johnson wants to know what Pete Coors has to say.