Category: Campaigns+Elections

  • Women=Insects

    Todays nucklehead comment from the leader of the Republican Party. “If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that Republicans have a war on caterpillars, then we’d have problems with caterpillars.” — RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Bloomberg TV, insisting that the GOP’s…

  • Scotch & Water Open Thread

    Scotch:  So much for the Georgia puritans. Water:  Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta taxpayers score big win. How Super Tuesday is like Groundhog Day: Looks like another six weeks of Gingrich & Santorum. Mittens is still waiting to be picked for the team. It sure felt good to vote for President Obama yesterday, let’s…

  • This Is Not About Children

    In light of this week’s contraception, forced vaginal exam and panels without women nonsense, I thought a little ’92 Tori Amos’ quote was appropriate: “It’s incredibly sad to come back to my country. I’ve just been in Ireland, where people are fighting desperately–fighting–for women to have the right to choose if they want to have an abortion or not.…

  • The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    I’ve become more and more convinced as time goes on that President Obama is going to have a historic victory in 2012, and this past week hasn’t discouraged that opinion. I’ve always had a pretty high opinion of President Obama as a politician, and his greatest political strength has always been something unique – drawing…

  • Could Rick Perry aid in the rise of a 3rd Party in Georgia?

    I am sure that most of us laughed (I did), when we heard that not only did Rick Perry fail to qualify for the Virginia ballot but that he is suing to get on the ballot (I laughed at this as well). But then I started thinking, what if he won his day in court?…

  • March 2012

    No, not the GA Presidential Primary, this! Can’t wait.