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I realized that I have a lot in common with the walking boil known as Karl Rove.
Both of us were born and raised in the mountain west.
Both of us were raised in Republican households.
And both Karl Rove and I attended the University of Utah, and both of us left the school before graduation.
Unlike Karl, I [...]

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Today at the College Republicans‘ national convention in Arlington, VA, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council made a very questionable comparison between the men and women serving in the U.S. armed forces and the kids of the College Republicans:
“They’re giving their lives as you’re giving your time.”
Essentially, he was ranking the actions of some [...]

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Do you blog? Wanna take a survey to make some poor researcher at MIT very happy? Then click on the snarky graphic!

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Just received a call from a pollster, asking about political views. But because I’m an elected official and an official member of the D.C. Democratic State Committee (and, by association, an official affiliate of the Democratic National Committee), I was exempt from their poll.
I wonder why my view is invalid? I’m not a [...]

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Karl Rove is the embodiment of all that is wrong with theocons and the right wing of the Republican Party. He is truly evil, and wishes to destroy all that is good and just about the United States by spreading lies and distortions that create unnecessary fear and cruel societal manipulations.
It is Rove who [...]

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For a long time, I’ve been troubled by high school kids making the jump to professional sports by completely foregoing college. While there are a few exceptions, most of these kids don’t have the emotional maturity to enter a society of adults. They don’t have the basic life skills to cope with adult [...]

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