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  • Romney Calls Santorum the ‘D’ Word

    Romney Calls Santorum the 'D' Word

    Mitt Romney believes that his best line of attack is making the claim that he has not spent a moment as a D.C. politician while his two main opponents, Newt ...

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  • Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    No two ways about it, Rick Santorum had a good night. Not only did he sweep Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri but he also got off the best line of the ...

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  • “We the Rich…”

    We the Rich...

    Few would argue the fact that Citizens United has been a major player in the Republican primary...and many if not most would concede that none of it has been healthy ...

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  • A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump’s Endorsement ()

    A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump's Endorsement ()

    As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney. Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if ...

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  • Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...

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  • Republican Cannibalism

    Republican Cannibalism

    I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...

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  • Romney Hood

    Romney Hood

    One of our readers sent me an email with an idea for an illustration - Mitt Romney as Romney Hood. I thought it was brilliant and came up with the ...

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  • Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole. "Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...

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  • Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback.  Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...

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  • SOTU

    SOTU

    There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet. The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...

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  • Just Another GOP Debate

    Just Another GOP Debate

    The highlights from last night's debate. - Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war. - Santorum, who ...

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  • No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously. “We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...

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  • Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns. Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...

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  • The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    Good line. My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016.  The most electable guy in the field and he could ...

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  • Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice. So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...

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  • The Constitution – Libertarian’s False Idol

    The Constitution - Libertarian's False Idol

    Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope. ocLiberal: I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...

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  • Gingrich’s Delusional Politics

    Gingrich's Delusional Politics

    In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich. “I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...

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  • What Do North Korea and Indiana Have In Common?

    What Do North Korea and Indiana Have In Common?

    Story 1: North Korea punishing those who 'didn't display enough sadness over Kim Jong Il's death' North Korean authorities are reportedly punishing citizens who did not display enough sadness over the death ...

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Cialis Is A Socialist Drug

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Three months of battle with my no-spam software is finally over.  Relief.

As some of you might be aware, for the last number of months comments containing the words socialist or socialism were being directed to a moderation queue and I had no idea as to why.  A ridiculous number of hours have been spent searching the code looking for a clue as to why a relatively harmless word like socialism would be regarded as spam by the software.  The search is now over.

The culprit was the word cialis, a word I had placed in my blacklist about four months ago as a way of combating the high number of spammers wishing to promote ED cures on my blog. What I neglected to note at the time was that any word which contained the subword cialis, would also be automatically blacklisted.   And so it went with soCIALISm and soCIALISt.

So to all my right-wing buddies out there, regardless of any issues you might be experiencing with either cognitive or erectile dysfunction, comment away and rest assured that writing “Obama is a socialist, nazi, communist, fascist pig” will no longer get you moderated.  How wonderful is that?

Open thread.

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Wednesday Morning’s Painful Open Thread

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Horrible pain emanating from my left ear this morning.  Not sure what it is but it might be some sinus blockage.  I’m googling ‘ear pain’ as I write.  The entire ear lobe is sensitive to my touch and any tilting of my head causes me to scream out and call out for my mother.

Yes I know. Don’t touch it and don’t tilt my head.  Thanks.

An open thread until I can get the pain under control.

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Sunday Morning Talking Heads

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Plan your morning right and you get to see Rahm Emanuel, Richard Shelby, Bill Nelson, Barbara Boxer, Gov. Haley Barbour, Sen. Mary Landrieu, Robert Gates, Joe Lieberman and Mitch McConnell explaining why they’re right and everyone else is wrong. Enjoy.

I’m going to spend a quiet morning and then look forward to spending the afternoon with the kids on yet another Fathers Day.  I was thinking yesterday how unfortunate it is that I did not keep at least one of the many paper neckties the children made for me over the years.  I’d proudly wear it today as I did back then.

To every dad out there, may your Fathers Day be a good one.

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ZZZZZZZZzzzzzz…

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Sleep is not my thing.  I’m usually up before 7 AM which is great except for the fact that I usually get to bed way after midnight.  I might have to rethink this anti-sleep crusade I’m on.  It’s catching up with me.  I woke up after 9 this morning and last time that happened I was 18 months old.

Late start on the day.  Open thread and Happy Wednesday Thursday.

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Dealing With Life

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Posting has been on the low side for the last few days.  Sorry.  I’ve been dealing with some critical issues and it’s occupying much of my time.  Hopefully it’ll all be good in a day or two.

Open thread.

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