This is one of the most inspiring stories I’ve ever read. Here’s the first paragraph and a photo of Ms. Jones: Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery, has lived a life long enough to touch three centuries. And after voting consistently as a Democrat for 70 years, she has voted early for the country’s first black...
Anti-Choice Freakazoids: Obama Wants to Kill Babies
This is a mailer being sent out to anti-choice voters in Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Colorado by the Susan B. Anthony List, a radical anti-choice group: Aren’t anti-abortion voters already sure who they’re voting for? They’ve got fetuses on their signs for god’s sake. Are there undecided or...
The People Who Opposed the Civil Rights Movement Cite MLK in Opposition to Obama
Here’s a new ad brought to you by conservatives: the same people who did their best to keep blacks from having the right to vote, are trying to keep them from voting now, opposed the civil rights movement, and called Martin Luther King a “communist” who was undeserving of the Nobel Prize for Peace. I guess the point of this ad is to give...
New Obama Ad: So Long, Bitches
A great ad that hammers home two critical themes: the Bush economy is in the crapper and John McCain = George...
GOP Felon Support Watch III
It’s been four days since Republican Senator Ted Stevens became a convicted felon. The Republican Party — despite individual calls for his resignation by John McCain and Mitch McConnell — still supports his reelection. Here’s the NRSC website today (note in particular the right sidebar which claims that Mark Begich — the only...
