Archive for June 28th, 2006

Howard Dean Drops Acid

Howard Dean, you know, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee? The one so many “Deaniacs” thought was going to re-energize the party and lead it into the 21st Century? Kicking butt and taking names? Yeah, that one. Turns out he’s a total limp dick. Every time I see him on TV I cringe, [...]

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PinkDome Announcement

As you may or may not have read, Star Jones has left ABC’s The View earlier than anticipated. This unanticipated timing brings us to good news for all of us at PinkDome. Star Jones will be joining PinkDome’s team to bring you the best in political and legal coverage of national politics. Welcome Star Jones [...]

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Political Consultants are Scum

Well, d’uh. We knew that already.

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Redistricting Ruling Out

The Supreme Court ruling on the Texas redistricting case was released this morning.
The Court rejected the D’s gerrymandering claims, as well as their arguments that mid-decade redistricting was unconstitutional. It did rule, however, that Congressional District 24 (in Irving) 23 (a good chunk of west Texas, currently represented by Henry Bonilla-R) was invalid under [...]

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Burn ‘em if you got ‘em

One vote. The Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. The ban was on the checklist of the Republicans to energize their base coming into the mid-term election cycle.
Burning the flag is offensive, I think we all agree on that fact. But, to me, infringing on free speech is just as offensive. Yes, [...]

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