We just don’t understand this logic. Fifty-four percent of those surveyed don’t think Perry is doing a great job, but with such a crowded field of candidates he still holds on to a lead among likely voters. With 38% support among those surveyed, he’s the likely winner. Bell and Strayhorn are in a statistical dead-heat [...]
10.30.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
As the holidays grow near, many of us start the ‘dread’ early. The level of dysfunction in the Pinkdome family compound is a Tennessee Williams Southern Gothic tragedy that ought to charge admission. We always send a case of Veuve home before we arrive just to make sure there’s a bottle nearby at all times. [...]
10.30.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The CD-22 race pitting Democrat Nick Lampson, write-in Republican Shelley Sekula-Joe-Gibbs, and some other write-in candidates is apparently closer than anyone had anticipated. A Houston Chronicle poll shows that 36 percent of respondents would vote for Gibbs for a write-in candidate (about 80 percent of whom said they’d vote for Gibbs), while 35 percent [...]
10.30.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Al Gore has signed on as an environmental consultant to the UK and clearly he’s scared the piss out of Tony Blair. The PM has said “What is not in doubt is that the scientific evidence of global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions is now overwhelming.” Just to drive the point home, he also [...]
10.30.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The Chairmain of the New Jersey College Republicans has earned a sad title at such an early age: Douchebag. Apparently, in a slew of emails, Steven Damion attempted to extort money from a candidate’s campaign in order to get support from the New Jersey College Republicans. Oops! That campaign notified lots and lots of [...]
10.28.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Seriously, why would State Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso be attending a Get Out The Vote event with John Cornyn in El Paso? My other favorite thing in this bit of news someone sent over to me is Republican candidate Dee Margo blaming Senator Shapleigh for the floods in El Paso. There is some serious [...]
10.27.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
It’s almost Happy Hour, and we’re taking a cue from Congresswoman Kay Granger. Granger, who bears an uncanny resemblance to an eagle sniffing the armpit of the Statue of Liberty, has a recipe on her website (here, under “Beverages”) for “Easy, Killer Margaritas”.
Making them is simple, just mix a can of limeade, a can [...]
10.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
While searching for stupid pictures of Rick Perry on flickr, I came across the above gem. And I know what you’re thinking: where can I get my hands on that shirt? And why don’t girls dress like that all the time?
Not sure about the second question, but you can get your hands on [...]
10.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Let’s revisit “water-boarding” for a minute. Does it or does it not fall under the category of torture? If so, then is torture a.) wrong, b.) violation of the War Crimes Act or c.) Bush policy in spite of a. and b.?
The answer is C.
Cheney indicated that the Bush administration doesn’t regard water-boarding as torture, [...]
10.27.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome