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• Kyle Sisk whitewashing his "Willie Horton"-attack of Governor Strickland after reports of Kasich’s pal releasing an alleged police killer and child rapist.

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  Joseph noted that the lead suspect in the massacre of four police officers in the State of Washington was someone that former Arkansas Governor/National Kasich endorser Mike Huckabee. This is days after Kyle Sisk said that Strickland’s political career may be over because he granted clemency (not a pardon) to a [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:07pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• “Success” in Afghanistan means the end of Bin Laden – see Brunner’s Kos diary

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  I always appreciate it when a candidate opens up to questions online, which Jennifer Brunner did today at DailyKos on the subject of President Obama’s Afghanistan speech tomorrow.  I like it even better when the candidate is responsive, which Jennifer was.  When the issue is Afghanistan, and a couple of [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:06am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Obama’s Afghanistan Speech News & Notes

  The long awaited speech on Afghanistan strategy moving forward is tomorrow night at 8pm.  Come back then as we’ll be doing a live chat during the speech as well as just before and just after.  We’ll probably open the chat room at 7:45. Early reports are that the speech will include [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:13am EST
  by Eric

• Dick Cheney at Republican fundraiser in Cleveland Thursday

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  I wonder if I’m invited? 2010 Finance Committee Renewal Dinner with Former Vice President Dick Cheney: VIP Reception – 5:30 p.m. & Dinner – 6:30 p.m. RSVPs must be received by November 30, 2009. 5:30 pm Cleveland Marriot Downtown – 127 Public Square Contact: For more information, please contact Kathi Paroska at (216) 502-0040 [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:02am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Mike Huckabee’s Political Career Is Now Officially Over

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  TPM reports that Maurice Clemmons, the guy who is suspected of shooting and killing four police officers in Seattle today, had his 95 year prison sentence commuted by John Kasich’s best buddy Mike Huckabee. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:54pm EST
  by Joseph

• Julie Carr Smyth Picks Up the LetOhioVote Story

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  It looks like the MSM has finally picked up the story about LetOhioVote. Julie Carr Smyth, Ohio’s AP Statehouse Reporter, put out a pretty good piece today summarizing what I’ve been talking about for weeks – and then taking it a step further. She covered my main point at the beginning: everyone [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:24pm EST
  by Joseph

• Hey guys, the teabaggers love my videos!

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  I wander over to the teabagger websites on occasion, sometimes to see what they’re up to, sometimes to find opportunities to put lunatics on Youtube….and what did I see this morning on the Cleveland Tea Party Patriot blog? Two of the videos on the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots’ blog video feed [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 1:52pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• God Exists Because Colonel Sanders Made Yummy Chicken

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  I’ve heard a lot of crazy theories that claim to prove the existence of God but this one from the nutjobs over at A Good Choice that uses Colonel Sanders (along with a bunch of random scientific measurements) as evidence that the Christian God exists has to be the most [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 11:53am EST
  by Joseph

• John Kasich Dips His Toe in the Wingnut Pool

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  John Kasich is having pretty good luck right now. He has the endorsement of his party and no serious primary challenger to contend with. On top of that, he’s got the shitty economy that he can blame on his opponent. For a guy who left politics nearly a decade ago after [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:30pm EST
  by Joseph

• Are John Kasich and CMH Inc. Circumventing Campaign Finance Laws?

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  So John Kasich is traveling the country getting paid to speak at corporate events. Paid a lot, actually. From Vegas to Minnesota, Kasich is raking in up to THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS a piece for these gigs. That’s more cash for a single afternoon’s work than many Ohioans make in a whole [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:07pm EST
  by Joseph

• PB Weekend Theatre – Megachurch at Studio-a-rama

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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:12pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Hey tebaggers – your 2 weird fetishes do not amount to political thought

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  It’s irrational to find the underside of a toe nail sexually arousing, and yet, for those so aroused, it’s addictive.  It’s called a fetish. If you understand that your fetish is just that, great.  Go suck the underside of a toe nail, see if I care.  If you think your fetishes [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 8:17am EST
  by Tim Russo

• John Kasich’s Big Fundraising Drive… For Himself

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  I have to admit that Kyle Sisk asked a pretty good question today: What kind of lifestyle are John, Karen and the twins leading that Kasich has to continue to do speeches for large speaking fees to just about anyone…and I mean anyone…across the US??? I was already thinking about this myself [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:56pm EST
  by Joseph

• Indy pieces on county reform, and Phillip Morris

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  The new issue of the Independent is out, and I’ve got two pieces in it.  The main piece handicaps the coming county executive and council races….who’s the front runner?  You’ll have to read it to find out! My second piece details a Cleveland event where PD columnist Phillip Morris decided to [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:34pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• ODP, Senate Minority Leader Cafaro are fundraising over the Senate GOP budget fiasco

  I don’t ordinarily post about fundraising pitches, let alone post the entire content of such a pitch in my post (after the break.)  However, I think its noteworthy that the Ohio Democratic Party just sent out a fundraising e-mail from Senate Minority Leader Capri Cafaro (D-Hubbard) capitalizing on the Senate [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:16pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Kyle Sisk quietly removes picture of innocent man from his racist post

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  Well, well, well. After Modern notices how Kyle Sisk decides to smear an innocent man by using the man’s picture purely because the innocent man is black, Sisk removes the picture, and edits the line that puts him on the hook for defamation. Granting clemency to murderers never sits well with [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:41pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Kyle Sisk tries to give Ted Strickland the "Willie Horton" treatment

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  Apparently, conservative blogger Kyle Sisk thinks that Governor Strickland’s granting of clemency to an innocent African-American wrongfully convicted of murder could be a political liability for Governor Strickland: Granting clemency to murderers never sits well with the electorate. Funny, they can be a little touchy about the subject…go figure. For reasons that are painfully [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:34am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Great moments in conservative thinking…

  Former Vice-President Cheney is right.  Obama would have a much easier time dealing with Afghanistan by not thinking.  It’s so much easier to hick it down to the next Administration and, if it’s a member of the opposition party, you can then blast them for replacing your non-strategy with a [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:20am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Lou Dobbs to Run Against Only Hispanic Senator

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  In a preemptive strike against the oncoming invasion of Hispanic immigrants and their eventual takeover of our government, Lou Dobbs plans to run against Senator Robert Menendez “the Senate’s only Hispanic member aned a strong advocate for immigrant rights.” I guess this is what he meant by “constructive problem-solving”. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:52am EST
  by Joseph

• McCain Palin Mob will hit 2 million views this weekend, and counting

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  The video that launched a thousand camera carrying bloggers at the vapid soul of the conservative movement, which became the #7 Most Viral Video of the 2008 presidential campaign, and created an entirely new genre of cinema verite starring the most ignorant fools ever to engage in political discourse….the McCain [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:12am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Republican “Faces” Still Pretty Damn White

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  I got an email from GOP Chairman Michael Steele tonight that had me clicking around on the GOP’s beta website. While there I came across this strange header logo image: GOP “faces” it says next to the image. Which is really weird because I never would have thought that a chubby, short [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:04am EST
  by Joseph

• Infrastructure Fairies?

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  Honestly, I did not think Going Rogue was going to be any sort of challenge to read (of course, I also didn’t think I’d be in the process of buying a house this week!). But the book is boring. After reading a page or two, I think to myself, “Why [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:37pm EST
  by Amber

• John Kasich’s Desperate “2,010 in 2010″ Fundraising Campaign

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  For a few weeks now John Kasich has been pushing his “2,010 for 2010″ fundraising plan via email, online ads and through his website. Hell, his (second) wife even twittered about it last week. The goal of this campaign is to get 2,010 people to donate $20.10 each to Kasich’s gubernatorial [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:12pm EST
  by Joseph

• Great moments in Columbus Dispatch journalism

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  [Disclosure:] I represent a client with a pending clemency petition with the Ohio Parole Board, but it is not any of the cases mentioned in this post. Here’s today’s headline in today’s Columbus Dispatch: “Strickland frees killer he says is innocent.” On its website, right below that story, they ask readers: “Do [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:38pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Fake Strickland Twitter Account FAIL

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  I like a good fake twitter account as much as the next guy. fake AP Style Book cracks me up. But the fake Ted Strickland account I just found via a Naugle link has to be one of the worst I’ve ever seen. For example: “I bet I could drink a [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:06pm EST
  by Joseph

• OH-02: Close the Book on this election, Schmidt is likely to be re-elected

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  State Representative Todd Book announced that he was withdrawing from the race citing his growing legislative duties (he’s shepherding the legislation that is implemented the legislation to enact both Issues 2 & 3), but it likely has more to do with his less than impressive fundraising last quarter and the [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 3:43pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Time to play the blame game again. And again. And again.

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  I’m a former campaign hack, so despite my aspiration to think long term, I’m always thinking about the next election.  Pinning the blame on George W. Bush and through him Republicans for the economic nightmare we currently are fighting, and pinning that blame on Republican ideology once and for all, [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:02am EST
  by Tim Russo

• PB Latenight Theatre – Ryann Guitar Anderson – a Tremont fixture

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  Ryann Guitar Anderson has been playing around Tremont ever since I can remember, and here’s one of his performances at the Literary Cafe’s Talk Show night, introduced by a very Cleveland-looking Richard Trainer, who’s been hosting the talk show for god knows how long. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:53pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Josh Mandel For Student Council

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  I can’t look at a picture of Josh Mandel with cracking up. Seriously. This guy is running for state-wide office… Despite the fact that he looks like he’s 14 years old, Josh seems to be pretty serious about his campaign and, based on the multiple posts I read this week, he’s [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:56pm EST
  by Joseph

• What I’m thankful for

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  With Thanksgiving week upon us, we’re all supposed to be thankful for stuff.  Which I guess is fine.  My last few Thanksgivings haven’t had much on that front, but this year is different, so here goes. I’m thankful that my country is no longer ruled by a bunch of incompetent ideologue [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:21pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Senate GOP’s handling of the budget is becoming an embarrassing political liability for them.

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  The weekend editorial coverage of the Senate GOP’s inability to produce a package that would get the support of 17 State Senators (even though the GOP has 22 in its ranks) was universally negative. The Columbus Dispatch (R-Columbus) strongly condemned the lack of leadership in the State Senate Republicans: “Do the leaders [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Palin Man – musta been under a tent when we were there

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  This guy says he was camping out in Columbus and ended up at some other Palin book signing….we missed him.  Maybe he wasn’t suited up yet.  Via…who else….Wonkette. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:03pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Tea Party: The Documentary Film!

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  In a world… LOL. Grassroots. (h/t Fired Up! Missouri) Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:31pm EST
  by Eric

• Quick Question…

  WTF is wrong with Missouri? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:29pm EST
  by Eric

• Negativity: Tea Baggers in Illinois Heckle Woman Who Lost Daughter and Unborn Grandchild

  Here it is. Your Tea Bagger Patriots: Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by Eric

• More Sarah Palin Supporter Greatness from Camp Stupid

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  A friend sent me a link to a new video by New Left Media, who interviewed Sarah Palin supporters outside of the Borders bookstore in Dublin, Ohio. We saw this guy the morning of the event. He had a cameraman (nice camera) and an actual microphone and was interviewing people [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:55am EST
  by Eric

• Lebron & Shaq vs. Rush & Beck – It’s time.

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  Diaried at Kos. This week, Cleveland’s city planning commission denied permission for Nike to replace the giant 10 story Lebron James banner across the street from Quicken Loans arena with this new one… …for obvious reasons. Commission member Norman Krumholz called James’ image on the mural “terribly negative.” James’ grim visage and hardened stance [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:17am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Late Night PB Theatre: Green Day/American Idiot

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  Two Green Day’s in a row, but it’s worth it. For our commenting friend mvirenicus, too. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:12pm EST
  by Eric

• Blackwell Attacks Obama for Speaking Skills. Seriously!

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  I’m still laughing about something I read this morning. Not surprisingly, it’s something Ken Blackwell wrote. In Kenny’s latest Townhall article he calls President Obama “unprepared” because he took a breath prior to saying the word ‘quadrennial’ in a speech last year. Here’s the video. Give it 28 seconds. I promise [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:17pm EST
  by Joseph

• Sorry Duct Tape Dude, The Wars Cost More

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  Tim and Eric’s latest video from the Palin book signing/homeless encampment includes a debate between Tim and some kid over which cost more: the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or the Stimulus Bill (AARA). The short answer, just based on actual spending approved by Congress, is the War. By a few [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:11pm EST
  by Joseph

• Sarah Palin Making Big Money…for Democrats!

  Thanks Sarah! Guess who else is raking in the dough as Sarah Palin noisily returns to the national stage: her detractors. After months of trailing Republicans in fundraising, Dems raised $11.5 million in October, a record for a non-presidential year Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:49pm EST
  by Eric

• A Question for Bengals Fans…

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  I have a quick question for Bengals fans: Where Dey At? LOL. Yes, my Steelers lost to a flunky too. Thanks for the bailout Bungles! Update: My prediction is that comments in this post will go on for infinity. One thing for sure, I’m not letting some Bungles flunky get the last [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  by Eric

• DJ Steph Gloss – Cleveland State of Mind

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  CelebrATE 2 AND…..wait……..never mind……..Go Chiefs!! Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:24pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• EPIC SNL Digital Short: Palin in 2012, You Were Warned

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  Totally. Completely. EPIC. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:24pm EST
  by Eric

• Breaking News from Wingnut World: Obama Won’t Run for a Second Term!

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  The Kansas City Star’s Steve Kraske, BizzyBlog’s Tom Blumer, and BizzyBlog Commenter Joe C. are all dumb as boxes of rocks. They read the following quotes and come to the conclusion that Barack Obama is not going to run for a second term in 2012: “You know, if – if I [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  by Eric

• Camp Palin Part Deux: Return of Duct Tape Dude

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  fter Tim published the last video from the all-night Palin book signing camp-out in Dublin Ohio, people began to ask us if we had more footage. But of course! When we originally went out to see what was happening at the Border’s bookstore in suburban Columbus Ohio where people were [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:06am EST
  by Eric

• Former Fox News Anchor Now with The Onion

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  Would this be considered a lateral move? Suzanne Sena, former primetime/late night news anchor on Fox News Channel, is back in front of the camera, this time anchoring for ONN: Onion News Network. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:36am EST
  by Eric

• Late Night PB Theatre: Know Your Enemy

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  Seemed appropriate given the past couple of days: Thanks to all who sent notes of support or commented them. Really appreciated. Great to have some new fans too! Stay tuned… Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:34pm EST
  by Eric

• The twitching rage of the irrational Republican when you tell them they fucked up our country

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  Update: You ask. We answer. For those wondering if Republicans are fucked up, thanks for searching and stopping by. Your answer is below. Hanging around the Palin idiots as much as Eric and I did yesterday really gets you down.  It’s hard to believe there are this many people in America [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:04pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Consensus Among Economists Says Stimulus Working

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  You could probably have figured this out by now.  The more liberal economist is saying the stimulus was not big enough and another infusion will be needed to get the economy fully on track.  The more conservative economist is saying the stimulus has been a disaster and is not working, [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:49am EST
  by Eric

• Irony Alert: Clinton Won’t Attend Free Clinic Because It’s…TOO POLITICAL!

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  FFS. Probably one of the biggest political junkies of all time and someone who tried (and failed) to pass health care reform won’t attend a free clinic because Keith Olbermann made it too political? Oh for good god damned sakes you have got to be kidding me. Earth to Bill Clinton: [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:18am EST
  by Eric

• Teabags Weren’t Dumb Enough, Bring on “Lemons for Obama”

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  Just saw this ad on Craig’s List looking for “Conservative Political Volunteers for anti-Obamacare event”. Their plan somehow revolves around handing out lemons in plastic bags… Good luck with that guys. Your only hope with this plan is to have someone come up with a clever, sex-related name for your lemony movement. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:04pm EST
  by Joseph

• President Obama’s Approval Ratings Most Closely Resembles Ronald Reagan

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  USA Today has a neat interactive graph that let’s you compare Presidential approval ratings. I found this comparison of Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan pretty interesting: Another worth plugging in to the comparison meter is Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. All your graph are belong to us. Boo Hoo. Ouch. (ht [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:36pm EST
  by Eric

• Irony Alert: Sarah Palin Booed For “Quitting on the Job” at Book Signing

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  Boy, I love me some irony.  What the hell else did they expect given her history of quitting on her home state of Alaska so that she could travel around in a custom bus taking dollars from unsuspecting sycophants? Seriously. Palin’s little book tour appears to be like honey to stupid [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:20pm EST
  by Eric

• The myth modern GOP and “fiscal conservatism”

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  Anybody who has been paying attention should not be surprised by this, but Reagan conservatism has consistently resulted in an increase in debt relative to GDP, while Democrats have consistently reduced debt relative to GDP. Post-Eisenhower, conservatism has been pretty broken, and despite their caterwauling about “smaller government” and “fiscal responsibility”, [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:28am EST
  by Brian

• Video from all-night Palin booksigning campout in Dublin

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  Update: Welcome Wonkette, DailyKos, and Crooks and Liars readers! Thanks for the support. We hope you’ll bookmark and RSS Plunderbund and come back often. [We won't link there, but we got Freep'd too!] ot sure, but this may be the first blogger produced video shot at a Sarah Palin book-signing campout.  [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:57am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Stupak is the Pitts.

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  A guest post from Kelley Bell, courtesy of The Huffington Post: A firestorm is coming. Can you feel it? The women of this country are fuming, like steam in a pressure cooker the timer is about to go off, and these women are going to explode. After a long and difficult debate [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:09am EST
  by kelleybw

• Cafe Press: Praying for the President’s Death is “Fair Political Commentary”

  Let me start by giving Cafe Press credit for actually responding to my email complaints. Also for temporarily suspending the sale of the wingnut merchandise that promotes the death of President Barack Obama. But based on the email response (see below) that I received from Cafe Press, it sounds like they [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  by Joseph

• RIP Stefanie Spielman

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  Stefanie Spielman, wife of former OSU and NFL great Chris Spielman, died today of breast cancer at just 42. Her advocacy for more than a decade has raised more than $6.5 million for breast cancer research. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:28pm EST
  by Brian

• China Cheats and We Lose Jobs

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  I had to skip my second night with the Palin book to attend (and work at) a town hall meeting in Baltimore about U.S. manufacturing policy, or rather, the need for a U.S. manufacturing policy. I’ve been working on this issue for a while but I finally understood more about why [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:53pm EST
  by Amber

• Tea Baggers: Obama stole the election

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  Yes, that is a serious headline. Wingnuts apparently believe by an overwhelming margin that Obama actually stole the election. Among Republicans, however, only 27% say Obama actually won the race, with 52% — an outright majority — saying that ACORN stole it, and 21% are undecided. Among McCain voters, the breakdown [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:45pm EST
  by Brian

• Governor Strickland Should Call Special Session on Budget. Who’s With Us?

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  Modern has been all over this state budget issue. Today it escalated to a call for the Governor to exercise his executive powers to force a special session by proclamation in order to keep Republican Senators from bailing on the state to go home for the holidays to their families [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:59pm EST
  by Eric

• Governor Strickland sure sounds like he’s seriously considering a special session

  From the Columbus Dispatch (Strickland: Don’t leave town): “I think it would be unseemly for the legislature to leave this town with this matter unresolved,” he said. “I understand next week is a holiday period of time. I certainly think this is important enough that all of us should be willing to [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:34pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• More Palin Greatness from someecards

  Must be Palin week. She coming to town or something? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:21pm EST
  by Eric

• Photo: New Palin Book Fiction?

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  Walked by books in a local Meijer and found this: Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Eric

• Capri Cafaro calls Harris’ bluff: There was no Plan B.

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  The Columbus Dispatch reports what Harris’ Plan B really was: Unable to find enough votes, Senate Republicans are going home until December without plugging the $851 million state-budget shortfall. … “I assure you, we have a plan, and it’s a good plan. But it takes bipartisan support.” In other words, there never was a [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:20am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Mother Jones Exposes Tea Party Front Group AAPS

  The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. Sounds official, right? Most whack front groups do. Mother Jones does a great job of exposing these fools for what they are: Yet despite the lab coats and the official-sounding name, the docs of the AAPS are hardly part of mainstream medical society. Think [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:26am EST
  by Eric

• Republican lemmings following Sarah Palin over a cliff

  The PalinPalooza continues, indeed accelerates.  For a woman who incessantly mocked the “celebrity” of Barack Obama, Sarah Palin is making Barack look like an amateur.  The Republican Party, and all their organs of manipulation, play right along. They’re all in.  Good.  Because nothing is more certain in today’s media environment than [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:41am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Fox News Proven Fair and Balanced? Um…No

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  Consider this my blood curdling scream or whatever. Tom Blumer, our favorite wingnut lunatic faux financial blogger hailing from the southwest corner of the state, has what he thinks is a compelling post up that claims he’s settled once and for all the issue of whether Fox News is fair [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:36am EST
  by Eric

• Senate Health Care Reform Bill Released, Features Stupak Compromise

  Complete text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by the Senate is now available online. You can download the PDF here. Video of the presser: $127 billion reduction in deficit. 94% coverage. Includes an opt-out public option compromise. I’m still unsure of this one. Seems like you could opt yourself [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:31pm EST
  by Eric

• Fox News Caught Using Old Footage AGAIN

  Fresh from a recent fiasco that forced Sean Hannity to formally apologize to Jon Stewart on the air for using old footage of teabagger rallies to prop up numbers of lesser attended teabagger events, Fox News follows up by… …doing it again! Um…can we dispense with the “fair and balanced” claptrap finally? Share [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:06pm EST
  by Eric

• Conservative Christians Trying to Kill the President with Prayer

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  I was just reading a story in the Cleveland Leader about some religious nutjobs who are selling t-shirts and bumper stickers on cafe press asking people to pray for President Barack Obama to die. Psalm 109:8 says “May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.” Jesus would be [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:43pm EST
  by Joseph

• Plain Dealer’s Phillip Morris threatens to “take it outside and kick your ass” – twice

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  Details coming soon in next week’s Independent! Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:31pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Leave Sarah Palin ALONE!

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  I imagine lots of crackpots and weirdos call in to CNN and leave messages for Rick Sanchez. Most of the them never make it on the air. But I guess this one was just too good to pass up. It’s only a few seconds long. Worth the click… Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:42pm EST
  by Joseph

• New Oxford American Adds “Teabagger” and “Birther” to Dictionary

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  Congratulations conservative nutjobs. You were so successful last year at making asses of yourself in public that the nice people over at Oxford are adding you to the dictionary. Included along with lots of facebook and twitter-related terms are these wingnutty wonders: birther – a conspiracy theorist who challenges President Obama’s US [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:26pm EST
  by Joseph

• Senate Democrats to Senate GOP: Let’s see Plan B

  The Cleveland Plain Dealer  is strongly suggesting that the Ohio Democratic Senate Caucus has rejected the Ohio Senate GOP’s ideological plan.  Sen. Dale Miller, a Cleveland Democrat on sits on the Senate’s Finance Committee, said he can’t support the Republican offer. “This is not a real fix,” he said. “This [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:45pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• The Senate GOP is sure a smart bunch…

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  More from the Columbus Dispatch on the Senate GOP’s raid of the Ohio Housing Trust Fund: The proposed raid of $30 million from the Housing Trust Fund is already drawing criticism from House Democrats who say the move is unwise as Ohio faces the worst foreclosure crisis in state history. The fund [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:27pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Senator Gary Cates doesn’t support all-day kindergarten

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  Even though he’s a Republican, I just called my State Senator to express my displeasure at the Senate GOP’s proposal, specifically, that they would revoke the requirement that schools provide all-day kindergarten next year, or waivers permitting, as soon as they can, but providing additional funding over what the state [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:53pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Ohio Senate GOP: “Drill, Baby, Drill”

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  So, the Columbus Dispatch, has more details on exactly how the Senate GOP would fill the gap with less than a full freeze of the final income tax cut: Raids $30 million from the Housing Trust Fund Removing the requirement that schools provide all-day kindergarten starting next school year, and the requirement [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:01pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• [UPDATE:] Ohio Senate Republicans decide to go with the five, instead of seventeen.

  Despite their best efforts, the Senate GOP Caucus could not unite behind an alternative plan to Governor Strickland’s proposal to freeze the implementation of the final phase of the state income tax cuts begun in 2005.  Therefore, they have resigned themselves to giving the Democrats the five votes necessary to [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:46am EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Sarah Palin Thinks We Missed Fort Hood Warning Flags, There

  Hi, Sarah. It’s warning SIGNS. The flags are RED. RED flags. Warning SIGNS. Dontchaknow there! Warhol never said 15 minutes would last this long… (ht TPM) Best comment at TPM: She’s right. How can we prevent another Oklahoma City Bombing if we don’t screen for right-wing crazies who believe wacky conspiracy theories, [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:29am EST
  by Eric

• First Disturbing Nugget from Going Rogue

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  I bought the book yesterday. I seriously considered going to a bookstore in another town where there was no chance of me running into someone I know or having the cashier recognize me, but I just took a deep breath and went into my neighborhood B&N. Then, I circled the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:40am EST
  by Amber

• WTF, Joe Biden drivers, WTF?

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  Um, 3 accidents in a week? Can we get the Vice President another travel detail? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:37am EST
  by Eric

• PB Late Night Local Theatre: Saintseneca at WRUW Live from Cleveland

  On occasion, we’re gonna try and focus PB Latenight theatre on local bands.  Here’s Saintseneca playing in the studio at WRUW earlier this month: Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:51pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• I just unfriended Marilyn Brown on Facebook, you should too

  Got into a discussion about our homophobe gay baiting neanderthal blonde Sarah Palin Democrat Jennifer Garrison today, and it was just depressing.  Then I look at my Facebook feed, and there’s an update from Marilyn Brown, Garrison’s former opponent in the primary for Secretary of State. So I unfriended Marilyn Brown.  [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:58pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Dear Republicans; please continue your obsession with bows, et al

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  Mrs. Bitch, I believe I love you. Amazing. Dickless Cheney is giving advice on proper Presidential etiquette. On the world stage, Cheney is the equivalent of Muammar Gaddafi when it comes to diplomacy. Oh yeah, he’s the first person I’d run to for pointers if I wanted to really make a good impression on [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  by Tim Russo

• Ohio Senate Democrats make a power play in the budget impasse: 5 v. 17.

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  Look, I’ve been really hard on the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus, its leaders, and particularly Ohio Senate Minority Leader Capri Cafaro. It’s hard when you are so outnumbered by the Senate Republicans to be politically relevant, or to convince Democratic donors to donate to your caucus in your campaign to chip [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Why the Mayor of Portsmouth was the only Ohioan happy with last night’s MNF game

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  Earlier this month, Portsmouth Mayor Jim Kalb learned that he, like plenty of other incumbents currently, were not going to be re-elected.  However, Kalb didn’t just lose his re-election… he came in third… in a three-candidate race…. where one of the candidates was a write-in.  And yet, Mayor Kalb could [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:43pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Pam Geller Does Not Deserve My Respect

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  I’m catching a little flak for my intentionally nasty post about Pam Geller and her comments at yesterday’s anti-Muslim rally in Columbus. So I thought I’d take a second to clarify. Pam Geller and her pals are horrible human beings who spread hate and lies while pretending to care about the [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:52am EST
  by Joseph

• David Potts sockpuppets his own fundraising drive

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  I’d like to echo this point from Eric’s post about the Ohio blogosphere, with a real time lesson. David is basically arguing that we need to go beyond the “rhetoric” and start raising money. One problem with that. We don’t have the numbers of readers to effectively raise cash. We joke [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by Tim Russo

• Blogging Is As Blogging Does: An Answer to Potts’ Decline of Blogging Series Part 2

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  For those who missed the first post: Blogging Is As Blogging Does: An Answer to Potts’ Decline of Blogging Series Part 1 I continue my answer to Pott’s Decline of Blogging post by addressing his second underlying point in the post.  The point being bias in writing and putting money where [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Eric

• Pam Geller Hates Muslims, Fears Cookies: The Movie

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  The video of Pam Geller’s opening comments from today’s “I hate Muslims more than you” rally in Columbus is included below. Lot of things to see here: 1. Pam has no fucking clue what she is talking about (see below) 2. Pam can’t seem to find pants that fit. 3. Pam’s low-class, long-islandly accent [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:14pm EST
  by Joseph

• So Now Bill Todd Wants to be a Legislator

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  Bill Todd long ago mastered the art of being a slimeball political operative. But a few years back he decided he wanted to get elected to office. No office in particular, mind you. Just some office. So first he moved from Powell to Columbus in 2005 so he could run for [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:41pm EST
  by Joseph

• Norm Cummings, LetOhioVote.org and More Proof for my Revenge Theory

  So while we are on the topic of people from Virginia trying to influence Ohio politics… Take a quick look at the domain registration record for LetOhioVote.org: Domain Name:LETOHIOVOTE.ORG Created On:19-Jul-2009 01:00:48 UTC Registrant Name:Norman Cummings Registrant Street1:388 Meadows Drive Registrant City:Lancaster Registrant State/Province:Virginia Registrant Postal Code:22503 Registrant Phone:+1.8044623429 Yep, that’s good old Norm Cummings again. Former Blackwell campaign staffer, [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:23pm EST
  by Joseph

• John Kasich’s Website Company, Emotive, Also Helped Mr. Macaca

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  I spent a few minutes today researching emotive, John Kasich’s Virginia-based website design and hosting company. It turns out they have some experience working with political campaigns, including the senate campaign of fellow Virginian George “Macaca” Allen. Allen, as you probably remember, was running pretty strongly for reelection to the Senate [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:35pm EST
  by Joseph

• Deep thoughts on sports for the weekend

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  The same people who think the Bengals aren’t ready for Steelers after the Steelers show rejuvenation after Monday’s game against Denver are the same people who said the Bengals couldn’t beat the Ravens after the Ravens showed rebirth after playing . . . Denver.  Maybe these teams aren’t back in [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:20pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Anyone want me to read Sarah Palin’s book so you don’t have to?

  Number of comments: 4
  I’ll do it – and “report” back – if you ask. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:18pm EST
  by Amber

• Ohio’s new execution protocols applauded by… the Ohio Public Defender’s Office?

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  How often do you see this?  Today, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections announced, via an affidavit in federal court, that it has adopted a new lethal injection protocol.  The protocol was necessary after several death row inmates challenged the constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection method of executions under [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:45pm EST
  by ModernEsquire

• Jon Keeling now terrified of teleprompter reading teabagging Rob Portman opponent, Tom Ganley

  Jon Keeling, everyone’s favorite taxpayer funded, former John Kasich staffer, Ohio Republican douchebag blogger, is really tipping his hand lately.  Yesterday, Jon Keeling made it clear he’d rather that Rob Portman run against Lee Fisher.  Today, he takes a silly shot at Tom Ganley, Portman’s teabagging, NY23 Doug Hoffman endorsing, [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:01pm EST
  by Tim

• On Abortion, Some Day We Expect a Damn Good Answer

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  From De Magno Opere: Which begs the question of why men – whether they are religiously banned from marriage or merely popularly elected officials – feel they have the obligation (much less the right) to decide for women what they should and should not do with their bodies. Someday, I expect a [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:25am EST
  by Eric