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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:34pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Ted – you really need to ask Lee Fisher to drop out, and you know it.

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  Back to the tour de force. Brunner cannot be attacked on unemployment BECAUSE she’s not been in a position that is directly responsible for jobs! That’s why she’s the better candidate for it. The attack of her for Ohio’s job losses falls flat because she hasn’t been in charge of the [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:46pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Concern Troll

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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 4:59pm EST
  by Eric

• [Breaking]: Governor Strickland reads Plunderbund…

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  … or the Ohio Constituion. Roughly a month ago, we suggested that Governor Strickland should use his constitutional powers to keep the General Assembly in session until it solves the budget impasse. Today, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Strickland has announced that he is prepared to do exactly that. Have a Merry [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:59pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Bill Mason controls signature requirements for Cuyahoga County seats behind closed doors

  Today, I called the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to get the signature requirements for petitions to be a candidate for the new county executive and council seats and the county executive seat recently created by the passage of Issue 6.  I spoke to five different people, from the bottom [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:58pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Deep thought for all you Fisher supporters out there

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  Facing a double digit gap in the polling, behind millions in dollars, and having virtually no support, it’s a good thing for the party that Barack Obama dropped out and got behind Hillary Clinton. While all these Fisher supporters came out of the woodwork calling Fisher’s primary win inevitable, not one [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Homework: Algebra. Gatsby. Taliban.

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  I love where I live. Arlington County, Virginia is quite a liberal oasis. I heard this story this morning on our local, Washington, D.C. NPR station about one of our middle schools. Apparently, while teaching critical-thinking skills to our next generation, a teacher assigned a mock United Nations debate topic where one [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  by Amber

• 10,000 pot shots and counting!

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  We recently surpassed 5,000 posts here at Plunderbund. It’s a meaningless little milestone for the most part but does speak to the strength and consistency of the blog over time. We are, afterall, in our fifth year of bloggy greatness. Another milestone passed this morning as well. 10,000 comments. [...] [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:57am EST
  by Eric

• Brunner interview, part 2, with special treat for Lee Fisher staff!

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  We all know Lee’s oppo team loves watching these, so there’s a treat at the end for ya’ll. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:51am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Dear Governor Strickland– Take the Senate GOP’s deal

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  I’m going to disagree with David Potts @ BSB over this one.  I don’t understand why Strickland is siding with Buddish and the Ohio Black Legislative Caucus over this one. Here’s the run down:  the Senate GOP has said they’ll given the Democrats the votes needed to freeze income tax rates [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:17am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• This is the hold up on Brunner’s fundraising, in stark relief

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  I was wondering this myself! Second, Marilyn Brown may have cured every Franklin resident of cancer for all I care, but the way she caved and cleared the field for Garrison (when Garrison had not exactly showed the monolithic support you claimed) was crappy, especially after she’d gotten a large number [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:03am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Me on Lieberman at Kos

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  I posted this last night in a diary. I just finished watching Olbermann and Rachel, their thorough demolishing of the sorry human being who is Joe Lieberman, and just had to put this down. I was one of the people most loudly objecting to the Ned Lamont campaign to primary Joe Lieberman. [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:21am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Green Party Gubernatorial candidate nearly chokes to death on his own irony

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  The blogging gift that keeps on giving.  Rather than just admit that the Green Party Gubernatorial candidate was incorrect for suggesting that Strickland opposed wind and solar power when in fact the Governor has enacted numerous policies promoting renewable energy technologies and businesses, he goes all in: “Actions, or inactions speak [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 1:39am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Deep Thoughts – by Modern Esquire

  Take it away. I can say that Lee Fisher has been on the wrong side of many issues. It’s all a matter of timing. The good thing about Lee is that if you don’t like his position on a given topic, just give him time. He’s like the weather.And that’s what [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 1:03am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Lee Fisher’s vote totals from 1998

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  It’s all here.  The first thing I noticed – in an era when it was assumed you needed at least a 100,000 vote margin in Cuyahoga County to win statewide, Lee only won Cuyahoga by 83,000 votes.  That required margin has grown larger since. Lost Franklin County by 12,000 votes.  Lost [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:14pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• ODB: Candace Hoke eyeing Secretary of State

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  Good.  Anthony says she’s considering a few things! The question Hoke must answer is whether or not…. Here’s the deal, Candace.  The question is whether or not YOU ACTUALLY RUN.  If you intend to ACTUALLY RUN, you will have more support than you could ever hope for.  And unless you ACTUALLY RUN, [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 5:46pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• ODB: Lakewood mayor to run for county exec

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  The candidates are jumping in fast and furious.   I remember Ed Fitzgerald from his tenure in Cuyahoga County Young Dems.  Wasn’t impressed.  I suppose he’ll be vying for the big downtown money that would normally go to Joe Cimperman, which means Cimperman has a decision to make, quick.  Add [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:55pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Pam Geller Cancels Rifqa Rally Over “Scheduling Difficulties”

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  Pan Geller’s typical post over at Atlas Shrugs is a long, rambling mess of multiple topics that usually includes wild accusations and conspiracy theories painfully displayed in randomly colored, underlined and bolded words surrounded by pictures of all shapes and sizes. It looks like the work of a 8 year [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:14pm EST
  by Joseph

• ODP’s opportunistic cowardice about to flush ODP down the toilet

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  A lot of people ask me why I support Jennifer Brunner for US Senate, the answer is simple.  Courage.  Brunner says what she’s going to do, then does it.  She ran for Secretary of State saying she’d clean up our sad electoral processes, she did it.  Brunner saw an opening [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 11:23am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Climate skeptic struck down by hand of God in Denmark

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  I don’t know any other explanation for this but to say that God, in an effort to protect his planet, struck down a global warming skeptic on live Danish TV. During a live primetime climate-debate broadcasted on Danish national TV one of the participators, climate-skeptic scientist Henrik Svensmark, had a heart [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:42am EST
  by Eric

• GOP State Rep. Matt Dolan running for Cuyahoga County executive

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  Word is that people are out raising money for Republican Matt Dolan’s county executive race in Cuyahoga.  He’s in.  Problem being, dude has to move into the county.  He currently lives in Geauga County.  Dolan will probably raise a significant amount, so this puts pressure on Dems to settle on [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:05am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Penis Measuring David Bentkowski, Republican Mayor of Seven Hills Obsessed with Plunderbund

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  I wonder who in Cleveland could have possibly searched for “David Bentkowski” on Google today at 4:39pm? I wonder who in Cleveland could have then navigated to this post: Republican Seven Hills mayor Dave Bentkowski’s 9 page discussion of his penis size at 4:41 pm? I wonder who in Cleveland then flagged this [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 7:13pm EST
  by Eric

• Guess who Lebron James has on speed dial? John Freakin’ Wall!

  Yes. That’s right. Tim won’t talk about it even though he talks about everything else Lebron related including his seemingly inexplicable silence on the WTAM Beck/Limbaugh catastrophe or why he and Shaq should buy The Lancer. Somehow this one slipped him by: At the mere mention of John Wall’s name, LeBron [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 6:43pm EST
  by Eric

• So whaddya think, should I run for Cuyahoga County Council?

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  Is the 7th Cuyahoga County Council district ripe for a Russo who’s already done his time?  With Dale Miller’s entry into the 2d District race, I’m beginning to think a lot of big names are looking to make the same jump.  This likely means it’ll be a crowded ballot in [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 10:47am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Thoughts On Jennifer Brunner

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  I want to share some of my thoughts from our recent live interview of Secretary of State and U.S. Senate candidate Jennifer Brunner. I was tied up trying to get the streaming stuff to work and run the regular video camera as well. I did manage to think of the [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 7:12pm EST
  by Eric

• More Vindication for ACORN

  Brian previously posted about findings of an independent investigation which cleared ACORN of institutional wrongdoing. Now a judge has ruled that the government’s attempt to cut off federal funding for the organization was unconstitutional. NEW YORK — The U.S. government’s move this fall to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional, [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 5:41pm EST
  by Eric

• ODB: Skindell to seek Dale Miller’s state senate seat

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  Anthony follows up on the Dale Miller to Cuyahoga County council news. Skindell’s departure from the House of Representatives has left a wide open hole which has drawn three entrants to date – Lakewood Councilpeople Nickie Antonio, Tom Bullock, and former State Senator and Cleveland Councilman Dan Brady. Let the clusterfuck begin. Share [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 12:15pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• BREAKING – Dale Miller will leave his state senate seat, run for county council

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  I’ve confirmed from several sources that State Senator Dale Miller will leave his State Senate seat to run for one of the 11 newly created county council seats in Cuyahoga County. Very interesting on several levels.  First, this creates a scrum for Dale’s Senate seat, and what a scrum that will [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:20pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• John Kasich flip flops on casinos while making the most ironic political statement of the year

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  And the reporter who had this information (of course) conveniently misses both. During the Issue 3 campaign John Kasich was asked, multiple times, what his stance was.  For the most part, the Central Ohio Republican refused to issue any opinion.  He demurred and claimed that he simply hadn’t studied the issue.  [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:31pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• VIDEO: Jennifer Brunner on Afghanistan

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  Here’s the Afghanistan portion of today’s interview with Jennifer Brunner.  We talked about other stuff, that’ll come next week.  Some thoughts. Jennifer clearly seems conflicted about the Afghanistan situation.  I respect that she’s changed her position, but change her position she did.  We discussed drones in Pakistan, Al Qaeda, and how [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Pam Geller Continues Assault on Bary Family, Ignores Real Abuse in Knox County

  Pam Geller continues to wage her personal Jihad against anything and everything Muslim. And a young Ohio girl and her family continue to be caught in the crossfire. Pam and her freaksquad of hate-spewing, religiously intolerant fuckwits are planning another rally in Columbus later this month in an attempt to [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 3:09pm EST
  by Joseph

• Jennifer Brunner interview video later today

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  Video of the Jennifer Brunner interview we live streamed today will be available on Youtube later today.  Thanks to all who watched online.  More thoughts later, but generally, we all found Jennifer very forthcoming, and we appreciate the opportunity to engage.  Stay tuned for video. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Jennifer Brunner Live on Plunderbund TODAY at 11am

  Join us today at 11am when we’ll be interviewing Jennifer Brunner on her position related to Afghanistan.  We’ll be spending 30 minutes with the candidate for U.S. Senate and will be streaming the discussion live.  We’ll also be shooting some regular video and will post for those unable to view [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:07am EST
  by Eric

• Green Party Gubernatorial candidate throws a hissy over Plunderbund

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  This reflects everything that annoys me about the Green Party.  They cannot handle any criticism, even when they’re caught red-handed lying about a Democratic incumbent’s record on the environment.  In response to my earlier post pointing out the Green Party’s gubernatorial candidate has been, on multiple occasions, flat out lying [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:51pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Uh….Steelers? Buh-bye.

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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:17pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Dear Ohio Green Party: Issue a smug alert for your gubernatorial candidate and then STFU.

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  There is nothing more useless in our democratic system of government than a Green Party candidate.  I can’t think of a single organization that has been more self-defeating to its goals than the Green Party (well, maybe NAMBLA, but that’s hardly good company.) Lately, no-shot Green Party gubernatorial candidate has been [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:48pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Republican hypocrite Jon Keeling begs, prays, fondles beads, CRYING OUT for Lee Fisher

  I had heard that living a hypocritical, taxpayer funded existence when you’re supposedly a small government conservative Republican caused mental issues.  But I never thought I’d come across Jon Keeling, former Kasich staffer, current and career long suckling on the government teat, also known as DJ Tablesauce. It doesn’t behoove the [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Deep thought

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  For the past few weeks, every story on the Democratic Senate primary has mentioned that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is hosting a D.C. fundraiser for Lee Fisher as yet another sign of the Fisher campaign’s awesomeness. And yet, I know I’m not the only Democrat who thinks that Harry Reid’s [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:05am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Rasmussen… the firewall poll for the GOP

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  So Kasich’s astroturfing blogger, Third Base Politics, is trumpeting the latest Rasmussen poll showing Kasich ahead by nine points.  The idiot actually thinks its noteworthy that 70 some Kasich supporters tweeted about it.  (That’s remarkable, how?) Yes, Rasmussen, the favorite pollster of the GOP (since everyone realized that John Zogby was [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:36am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Pam Geller’s Personal Jihad

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  I don’t know about you but I remember being 17 all too well. I remember thinking I was the smartest person in the world. And I remember thinking my parents were complete idiots who didn’t understand me or any of the teenage turmoil, tension and occasional trauma I was going [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:31am EST
  by Joseph

• Great moments in Fisher spin…

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  So, the Fisher campaign insists that David Plouffe’s endorsement has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that his political consultancy campaign is on the campaign’s massive payroll in what (if Fisher is the nominee) would be a major national race next year.  From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: “That’s ridiculous,” AKPD [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 7:27pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Great moments in Joe Hallett journalism

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  Joe Hallett once wrote a column that implicitly accused me of engaging in hate speech by suggesting that I had written about an Ohio Democratic operative’s sexual orientation as a means of a personal attack.  Of course, Hallett’s column carried the charge without citing anything I actually said.  In reality, [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 7:02pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Rep. Jeff Wagner thinks health insurance premiums are for kicks

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  Modern already documented the douchebaggery of one Kris Jordan. It doesn’t stop there. Jeff Wagner appears ready to trump the youngster Kris. He is, afterall, a veteran of douchebaggery it seems: Rep. Jeff Wagner, R-Sycamore, said his amendment to prohibit insurers from denying coverage for any medical reason was proposed “tongue-in-cheek.” “If [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  by Eric

• Lee’s own MONEY, in its MILLIONS, endorses Lee Fisher for US Senate, joining David Plouffe

  This has to be game over for Jennifer Brunner.  Joining the courageous paid staff of Lee Fisher, including consultant Alan Melamed, campaign manager Geri Prado, even Lee’s own driver, and most courageous of all, Lee Fisher’s campaign consulting firm’s top partner David Plouffe – is the actual currency in Lee [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:42pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Lee Fisher’s driver, in STUNNING development, endorses Lee Fisher with David Plouffe

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  The incredible flood of Lee Fisher staff endorsing Lee Fisher got probably the biggest “get” of all time.  Lee’s own driver. “I’m not the first driver for Lee Fisher, won’t be the last, but I’m probably the first Lee Fisher driver to endorse Lee Fisher, ever”, said the driver who requested [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:34pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Alan Melamed bravely joins David Plouffe in endorsing signer of paycheck, Lee Fisher

  Number of comments: 1
  All that fundraising is starting to pay off for Lee Fisher.  Alan Melamed, who may be the highest paid member of Lee Fisher’s staff, finally got off the fence. “This was a tough call,” said Melamed, who is currently paying for his third home in Palm Beach on Lee Fisher’s dime. [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:26pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Big News! Lee Fisher’s campaign manger Geri Prado joins David Plouffe, endorses Lee Fisher!

  Number of comments: 1
  The growing list of members of the Lee Fisher campaign staff payroll who bravely endorse Lee Fisher is campaign manager Geri Prado! “I fully endorse the signer of my paycheck,” said Prado.  ”It’s a big paycheck, and very full of money!  Not as big as David Plouffe’s, but hey, it’s a [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:21pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• BREAKING – Guy whose firm is on Lee Fisher’s payroll endorses Lee Fisher

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  Someone over at the Fisher camp really needs to take some medication for the whole “endorsement” press release twitch.  Anthony notices that David Plouffe, superstar of the Obama campaign, really isn’t all that much of an endorsement. What the CNN article fails to mention is Plouffe’s consulting firm, AKPD Message and [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:04pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Ok, ok….I meant Tiger Woods’ “idiotic” marriage – he probably did it for golf

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  I guess I owe the married people an apology – I’m sorry for calling the entire institution of marriage “idiotic”.  Really, I am.  What I meant to say is that in most cases like Tiger Woods’, marriage is idiotic. On the whole, society’s marriage obsession is…hmm…..how about ridiculous? I’ve seen more [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:33pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Jennifer Brunner on Plunderbund Friday 11am

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  Just a programming note to let everyone know that we have worked out a time to have Jennifer come on to discuss her campaign and specifically her position on Afghanistan and answer questions we have about her shift in positions as previously blogged about here at PB. Friday, December 11th [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:57pm EST
  by Eric

• Fear and Loathing in Minnesota

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  Michele Bachmann is asked why she elicits so much outrage and loathing among liberals: “I don’t know. I’m a lovable little fuzz ball! I have no idea what they would have to fear. I guess you would have to ask them; they would have the better answer to your question. I [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  by Eric

• Ohio House passes legislation prohibiting health insurance companies from not covering autism and diabetes

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  Today, the Ohio House of Representatives passed HB 8 (57-39) which would prohibit health insurance plans regulated by the State of Ohio from denying coverage for autism.  A similar bill regarding diabetes, HB 81, also passed today by a vote of 58-38. Why, yes, there’s a douchebag argument why health insurance [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 11:21am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Public option, Medicare buy-in, all breaking during a CAVS GAME?

  Number of comments: 3
  Dear US Senate – please DO NOT break news DURING A CAVS GAME, especially one that goes into overtime, which the Cavs end up LOSING.  Highly irritating. Anyway, I like the idea of opening up Medicare to people aged 55-64.  No brainer, both substantively, and especially politically.  Unfortunately, I do not [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 7:38am EST
  by Tim Russo

• PB Late Night Sports Theatre: John Freakin’ Wall!

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  OK, so it’s clear my football season is winding down in a very disappointing way. My Steelers have had yet another disappointing season after a Super Bowl win. Somebody call me the wahmbulance! I’m going to have to pull out the silver polish and lean on the past again by [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:14pm EST
  by Eric

• Copenhagen doomed from the start?

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  Is the Copenhagen Climate summit dead on day 2? Developing nations are furious over what is being dubbed the “Danish text”, a draft agreement that apparently gives rich nations every benefit while putting the UN’s role in the background. This has thrown the talks into disarray. We seemed to be [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:23pm EST
  by Eric

• Al Roker Planning Murderous Jihad?

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  Matt Lauer and Al Roker are in Afghanistan this week. And they both seem to be wearing – gasp! – a scarf. I imagine Michelle Malkin and the rest of the anti-Muslim wackos (e.g. Pam Geller) will be calling for a boycott of the Today Show by the end of the [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:52pm EST
  by Joseph

• Jennifer Brunner vs. Sherrod Brown

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  I’m having one hell of a rotten month, so this game we’ve been playing with the Brunner campaign is supremely ill-timed.  But I’m gonna take something positive from it.  WARNING – inside blog drama below. It was almost exactly four years ago that I and other bloggers reported – that’s right, [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:51pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Vindication for ACORN?

  Number of comments: 2
  After much uproar over James O’Keefe’s “clever” undercover videos about the tiny* community organization ACORN, the results of an independent investigation are in, and ACORN has been cleared of institutional wrongdoing. While some of the advice and counsel given by ACORN employees and volunteers was clearly inappropriate and unprofessional, we did [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 2:49pm EST
  by Brian

• The Lancer – an opportunity for Lebron and Shaq

  Number of comments: 3
  As with all tragedy, there is opportunity.  The destruction by fire of one of Cleveland’s most treasured African American institutions is yielding a lot of declarations of support.  But in a city that has been careening downhill for decades, there is precious little money to bring the Lancer back to [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Ohio to execute convicted killer using new single injection method

  Number of comments: 10
  Kenneth Biros is to be put to death today using a new single injection method. The new method was developed after the botched execution of Romell Broom in September. I post this not to get in to any big debate about the death penalty. I’m against it. I understand this [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Eric

• George Dixon vows to rebuild The Lancer, suspicions build on cause of the fire

  Number of comments: 1
  PD’s been on top of this story, good for them. A passerby reported the building ablaze at 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Fire officials said Monday they are still seeking the cause but that, so far, nothing appears suspicious. Dixon is not so sure. His alarm company notified him of something amiss before dawn [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:05am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Sarah Palin loves… porn?

  Well, not exactly. But this cheap, crass, unfair, and completely hilarious edit of her appearance on Oprah says otherwise! Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:28am EST
  by Brian

• Brunner cancels interview her blogger unilaterally scheduled

  Number of comments: 5
  We’ve just been notified, 2.5 hours ahead of time, that Jennifer Brunner needs to reschedule the interview her campaign requested to clarify her position on Afghanistan, scheduled themselves, and announced unilaterally through their blogger Jeff Coryell on Saturday around midnight. What the hell is going on over there? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:04am EST
  by Tim Russo

• YouTube Tuesday – Nikon Girl

  I’m a bit of an amateur photographer (not a very good one, but I enjoy it), and I stumbled across this gem on the intertubez. I’m a “Nikon” kind of guy myself, but should I be alarmed that (despite laughing heartily at the entire experience) I was focused so much on [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:50am EST
  by Brian

• Tiger Woods’ valiant defense of marriage

  Number of comments: 10
  As we begin to learn that Tiger Woods has more mistresses in his cell phone than clubs in his er…bag, I simply must comment. Tiger is a hero of mine, because I play golf, I love golf, and I love watching great sportsmen excel at the most difficult sports.  The only [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:09pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Great moments in commenting – David Bentkowski penis email edition!

  Sometimes, Cleveland.com can be quite funny.  Case in point – nothing can escape the matter swallowing black hole that is the endless Republican obsession with genitalia, not even…. Hey Bentkowski,” stop holding your own” and get the friggen leaves off my treelawn. They have been there for weeks. You sir are [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:03pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Gov. Strickland announces new rules that encouraged the unemployed to become better educated/retrained

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  This is the kind of common sense reform we expect from a Democratic Administration– encourage the unemployed to get an education by not letting their full-time student status jeopardize their unemployment benefits.  “This change in eligibility will help eliminate obstacles and open doors, just when Ohio’s unemployed workers need it [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Conservative blogger finally admits it: John Kasich will raise taxes

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  Kyle Sisk is the first conservative blogger to admit that the entire candidacy of John Kasich for Governor is about hiding one fact: that for all his promises to repeal taxes, not only will John Kasich not do that, but he’ll raise taxes instead. Given Sisk’s recent history of scrubbing his [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:05pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• The end of my interest in (and patience with) Going Rogue.

  Number of comments: 5
  It only took 24 pages. I picked up the book to give it another try after Thanksgiving. My annoyance with the first 15 pages had faded. All I remembered was the boredom. So, I gave it another shot. Then, on page 22, she quoted “french writer Blaise Pascal.” I wondered if that [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:31pm EST
  by Amber

• Gov’t to recover nearly all TARP funds

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  Wanted to pass on this little tidbit – evidence that government expenditures can be managed in such a way to both provide measurable economic benefit, and largely protect the investment of The People. WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department expects to recover all but $42 billion of the $370 billion it loaned [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:46pm EST
  by Brian

• Conservative blogger Kyle Sisk suffers from crippling case of Strickland Derangement Syndrome and Kasich-inspired amnesia

  Number of comments: 1
  It’s sad to hear someone in our Ohio political blogging community struck with not one, but TWO mentally degrading diseases.  How long has Sisk being keeping his health a secret?  Does his family know? I’m not a doctor, nor do I know if anyone with a medical degree has diagnosed [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Brunner on PB Tuesday, Dec. 8, 10 am, to discuss Afghanistan flip flop

  We’ve nailed down a BlogTalk interview with Jennifer Brunner for tomorrow, 10 am, right here at Plunderbund.  For the record, this interview was at the Brunner campaign’s request, in response to this post noting that Jennifer Brunner supported Barack Obama’s increase in troops to Afghanistan in February, which she now [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:46am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Tea Party Outperforming GOP on Generic Ballot

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  From Rasmussen: In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:26am EST
  by Joseph

• Campaign bloggers can’t write about their campaign while claiming their campaign hats are off.

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  Over the weekend, Brunner campaign blogger Jeff Coryell announced on DailyKos that Brunner was going “to respond to Tim Russo on his home blog, Plunderbund.net [sic]” tomorrow at 10 a.m.  That was exclusive news to us in that the campaign had yet to tell us that they wanted to do [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:16am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• NYC Teabaggers Complain About Terror Trial Costs and Embarrassment of “White Race”

  I just watched this video of the teabaggers in NYC protesting the potential trials of terror suspects (ht Andrew Sullivan). About 50 seconds in you’ll see a woman with tea bags hanging from her hat complaining that the cost of police protection for 2 years worth of terror trials will [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:21pm EST
  by Joseph

• Republican Seven Hills mayor Dave Bentkowski’s 9 page discussion of his penis size

  Number of comments: 7
  Mike McIntyre of the PD has himself one of the finest emails of all time – a dissertation on the size of Republican Mayor Dave Bentkowski’s penis – written by Dave Bentkowski, Republican mayor of Seven Hills – about his own penis. Repeat. Republican mayor of Cleveland suburb Seven Hills, David Bentkowski, [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 4:21pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Brunner campaign staff Jeff Coryell defends Afghan pander

  And announces a Brunner appearance on Plunderbund, Tuesday at 10am, to have a “debate” about Afghanistan.  We have yet to confirm any of that on our end, but I guess Jeff gets to make those decisions for all of us! I’m not going to address Jeff’s arguments, as he claims to [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 1:38pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Pam Geller loses her shit over Plunderbund!!

  Number of comments: 1
  Breaking!!!!  See you in Columbus, Pam, I’ll be the one in the burqa….OOPS!  Just blew my jihadist cover!  Alert Patrick Poole! Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• The Lancer, a Cleveland institution, burned to the ground this morning

  Number of comments: 6
  What a sad piece of news.  The Lancer Steakhouse, one of the most venerable African American businesses in Cleveland, was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. No one was injured, but there was no insurance. The Lancer was one of the centers of African American political and social circles in [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:47am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Pat Tiberi Co-Sponsors Resolution to Prevent Signing Treaty in Copenhagen

  Number of comments: 4
  Pat Tiberi isn’t the most successful legislator in Congress. Not by any realistic success metric. According to GovTrack Tiberi has only sponsored 25 bills in the past 9 years. 19 of them never even made it out of committee and only 2 were actually passed. Two bills in nine years. That’s [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 9:11pm EST
  by Joseph

• How to get Vice President Palin

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  To all the anti-war pacifists in my party.  Please remember the following. No Democratic candidate for president in 2008 who advocated what you now advocate made it past the Iowa caucuses. Not one. If Barack Obama had changed his Afghanistan proposals, which he has held to, without variation, for more than 3 solid [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:44pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• I think I’ve found a video opportunity!

  This batshit crazy bitch better bring her A-game Dec. 22. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 11:49am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Tennessee Mayor: Muslim President Hates Jesus, Charlie Brown

  Number of comments: 5
  Russell Wiseman, the Mayor of Arlington, TN, posted this on Facebook: “Ok, so, this is total crap, we sit the kids down to watch ‘The Charlie Brown Christmas Special’ and our muslim president is there, what a load…..try to convince me that wasn’t done on purpose. Ask the man if he [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:31pm EST
  by Joseph

• Pam Geller Feins Outrage over Rifqa Bary While Knox County Fails Real Sexual Assault Victim

  Number of comments: 8
  The Columbus Dispatch recently published a series of articles on domestic violence in Ohio. It’s one of the better things to come out of the Dispatch recently. And also one of the most disturbing. The articles deal not only with the horrible stories of domestic violence but also with the [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  by Joseph

• Brunner supported troop increase to Afghanistan in her announcement thread at BSB

  Number of comments: 1
  When Jennifer Brunner announced her candidacy in February in a thread at BSB, I asked her point blank about a troop increase in Afghanistan. Jennifer, as a US Senator, you will be an integral part of the foreign policy decision making of the country. What is your vision of the US [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Jennifer Brunner wants troops to build bridges

  Number of comments: 10
  Add to the base pandering list one Jennifer Brunner. Jennifer decided to go the route of the panderers even before Obama’s speech, which she spent being featured at a women’s forum. We call that pot shots from the cheap seats. If you have a strong principled stand against the President’s [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by Eric

• An Afghanistan surge is precisely what you voted for. Yes you.

  Number of comments: 10
  Hey liberal groups and 2010 campaigns. You know what? That base you are pandering to? They voted for more troops in Afghanistan. So did you. Do me a favor and stop the breathless pandering to the anti-war bloc of the Democratic Party and get back on the O-train. [...] [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:51am EST
  by Eric

• Unemployment rate dips, Bizzyblog pulls out the logic-twisting pretzel machine

  Number of comments: 2
  Down to 10% from 10.2% in October, with revisions DOWNWARD in job losses going back to September.  All of which is WAY better than expectations.  Month to month numbers are notoriously unpredictable, particularly at the bottom of a recession, but this is a good sign that the recession is beginning [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:37am EST
  by Tim Russo

• 5,000 Strong!

  Number of comments: 2
  We recently hit the milestone of 5,000 posts here at PB. It’s pretty funny that this post was the one. Maybe that’s why it blew up the comments…or maybe it’s because we like a good diversion every now and again. I’ve been watching the number get near the 5k mark [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:36am EST
  by Eric

• Peggy Zone Fisher steps into Aunt Jemima cartoon controversy

  Here we go.  The Diversity Center, whose president & CEO is Lee Fisher’s wife, Peggy Zone Fisher, today issued a condemnation of the Aunt Jemima depiction of Nina Turner by George Forbes’ Call & Post. We call on the Call and Post to retract its November 25, 2009 depiction of State [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:43pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• PB Latenight Theatre – Eats Tapes

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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Enough with the pandering, please

  Number of comments: 1
  So the president makes a decision, the orders are given, it’s done.  Cue the cowardly pandering. Nothing says “courage” quite like waiting for the precise moment that your “principled” position is literally an impossibility before you run out to tell us all that NOW, yes NOW, after the troops are literally [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:46pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Should Powerful Men Not Get Married?

  Number of comments: 10
  [Note: This is the 5,000th post here at Plunderbund. Ironically enough it is not really about politics. also ironic - and typical - is that it blew up in comments. Very Plunderific! YaY milestones!] Should Powerful Men Not Get Married? My TV-boyfriend Dylan Ratigan thinks so. His theory is that [...] [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:21am EST
  by Amber

• Mocking Away Homophobia One Corduroy Skirt at a Time

  Number of comments: 4
  Homophobes invade campus. Campus fights back. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:16am EST
  by Joseph

• There is no such thing as a fiscal conservative Republican, period.

  Number of comments: 1
  The Ohio Constitution mandates that Ohio’s budget be balanced.  And yet, at best, only five of the twenty-two GOP State Senators is willing to vote for the necessary plan to balance the budget.  Republicans cannot on one hand attack the State’s Democrats for balancing the budget by freezing a tax [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:11am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Lee Fisher’s continued descent into oblivion

  In the past week, two things happened which further proves that Jennifer Brunner will be our US Senate nominee in 2010.  Lee Fisher pandered to the base on Afghanistan, proving to us all that he believes he has a primary, and the GOP yawned, attacking Brunner over Afghanistan instead. Lee’s done.  [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:42am EST
  by Tim Russo

• It’s Humphrey Bogart month on TCM, hell yeah

  Anyone who’s been over to my place knows that there are largely four channels on my TV – wherever the Cavs are playing, MSNBC, the occasional PBS doco, and TCM.  I learned last night that this month’s Star of The Month on TCM is Humphrey Bogart.  Which means I’m gonna [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:18am EST
  by Tim Russo

• PB Latenight theatre – Cavs Delonte West KFC Rap

  Number of comments: 1
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:12pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Deep Thought

  There’s never been anything false about hope.  Indeed it springs eternal. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:53pm EST
  by Eric

• Barack gets it – you’re pacifists. That’s ok.

  Number of comments: 5
  I like being in a political party, the Democratic Party, so resolutely anti-war at its core, and within its base.  There is no “pro-war” Democrat.  Those people are Republicans.  Anti-war Democrats include us all.  It means when we decide to fight a war, we make sure we do it right, [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  by Tim Russo