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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Congressmen send $378,000 Rangelbux to charity
At least 27 Democratic members of the House of Representatives have sent to charities $378,000 in campaign donations from scandal-plagued Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., since Feb. 28.
And not a dime to our tipjar. Bastids ...
Starting last November, The Examiner's "Dirty Money Watch" has highlighted 39 senators and representatives and asked whether they planned to keep campaign donations from Rangel.

The Examiner has found $378,000 of Rangel's contributions that have been donated by 27 recipients to charity.
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Posted by: Fred || 03/06/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Big Spender by Peggy Lee

Hey Charlie is all of this worth it ? Why don't you just retire and enjoy the money you got left.
Posted by: Flomoper Darling of the Geats2485 || 03/06/2010 14:29 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
This win seems to be out of right field
Kesha Rogers called for the impeachment of President Barack Obama as the centerpiece of her campaign for Congress, and on Tuesday she won the nomination of her party.

The Democratic Party.

It was no stealth campaign. Rogers shouted it from a sound truck that cruised the four-county 22nd Congressional District. She posted an 18-foot banner emblazoned with the message “Save NASA. Impeach Obama' on street corners. Her Web site is filled with videos and periodic policy statements documenting her stand.

During the campaign, Rogers denounced warnings of global warming as imperialist genocide, proclaimed that London banking interests are bent on ruining America's economy and accused Obama of “pissing on the legacy of President John F. Kennedy' in proposing to end NASA's Constellation program. “I can't believe that most people who voted for her knew that she wants to' impeach Obama, losing candidate Doug Blatt states on his Web site. “I do believe that most of them didn't do any research about the candidates before voting.'

One Democratic blogger already has posted instructions on how to de-select Rogers from a straight party ticket vote.

When a spokesman for Republican incumbent Pete Olson was asked for reaction, he barely suppressed his mirth.“You never take an election for granted,' said Chris Homan, “but you, perhaps, wonder whether the Democrats in this district have profoundly changed their views on the president. She didn't hide her position.'

LaRouche organizer

Rogers, 33, of Stafford, is a volunteer organizer for the LaRouche Youth Movement.
Oh. Okay. Nice knowing you...
Lyndon LaRouche, 87, is an economist and frequent candidate for president who runs as a Democrat. Detractors call him a conspiracy theorist and cult leader. Supporters see him as a visionary willing to buck the establishment. He has run for president eight times since 1976, including a 1992 campaign from prison while serving five years of a 15-year mail fraud sentence.
...and is batshit crazy.
The threat of impeachment is leverage to push for an end to Wall Street bailouts and restore funding for manned space travel, Rogers explained. “If anybody's serious about saving NASA or addressing this economic crisis, they're going to have to put this impeachment question on the table,' she said.

Rogers has been pushing for Democratic Party reform since at least 2006, when she was unsuccessful in a bid to become the state party chair at its convention. “One of the things the LaRouchites are able to do is to engage young people,' said Gerry Birnberg, chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party. “If she can turn out young people to vote for Democrats, all the better.'
...and what are you smoking these days, Gerry?
Birnberg said Rogers has much to commend her. He said his main objection to her candidacy is her association with LaRouche, and that if she instead held many of the same views but belonged to a group called “LBJ Democrats,' her ideas would appear much more mainstream.

Birnberg and Rogers both said much of LaRouche's economic thinking is in line with Franklin D. Roosevelt's, including investment in public works, separating commercial from investment banking and opposition to corporatism. Rogers won a majority of the Democratic vote Tuesday against Blatt, a development analyst, and ordained minister Freddie John Wieder Jr.

Her Web site trumpets her victory with the headline: “The message is clear: Barack Obama has to go.'
Posted by: Beavis || 03/06/2010 10:02 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "I do believe that most of them didn't do any research about the candidates before voting."

Which basically describes most of the non-Koolaid drinkers who voted for Obama in '08.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/06/2010 10:25 Comments || Top||

#2  I love it when the Dems turn on each other.
Posted by: WolfDog || 03/06/2010 11:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Beavis - what do you have against batshit?
Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division || 03/06/2010 12:13 Comments || Top||

#4  That's TU's goldenrod
Posted by: Beavis || 03/06/2010 12:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Apologies to all the batshit fans out there...
Posted by: tu3031 || 03/06/2010 12:34 Comments || Top||

#6  If Ron Paul and Larouche ever meet the political explosion will destroy the planet.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 03/06/2010 14:02 Comments || Top||

#7  It seems like a lot of donks are biting through the restraining straps lately.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/06/2010 16:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Larouche is to the Dems what Ron Paul is to the Repubs -- the funny uncle they try to make sure stays in the attic.
Posted by: OldSpook || 03/06/2010 19:50 Comments || Top||

#9  the district includes south suburbs of houston
Posted by: lord garth || 03/06/2010 21:09 Comments || Top||

#10  "I can't believe that most people who voted for her knew that she wants to" impeach Obama, losing candidate Doug Blatt states on his Web site. "I do believe that most of them didn't do any research about the candidates before voting."

Wed to denial here. 'Til death do you part.
Posted by: gorb || 03/06/2010 23:05 Comments || Top||


Wolf Blitzer apologizes for 'Dept. of Jihad' text on CNN
CNN's Wolf Blitzer has apologized for using chyron text that seemed to question the loyalties of the Department of Justice.

On Thursday, CNN broadcast text that read "HAPPENING NOW, DEPARTMENT OF JIHAD?" and "Are Justice Department Lawyers Disloyal?" as part of its coverage of an ad by Liz Cheney that suggests that because the DOJ hired lawyers who have represented accused terrorists, the department is sympathetic to terrorists. On Friday, Blitzer apologized for the graphic and called DOJ lawyers "patriotic."

"CNN had no intention of suggesting that the Justice Department supports terrorism. Lawyers at the Justice Department are patriotic Americans and we certainly regret any confusion that may have been caused by our graphic."
Posted by: ryuge || 03/06/2010 06:06 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  all seven of their viewers will sleep better tonight
Posted by: Frank G || 03/06/2010 7:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Geez, even CNN is wondering???
Posted by: tu3031 || 03/06/2010 9:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Yeah, had to read that a couple times myself to make sure the coffee wasn't weird.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/06/2010 11:07 Comments || Top||

#4  Glad you noticed Wolf but why apologize? DOJ AG and lawyers are suspect. How about some hard-hitting honest to God reporting? That would be unique and novel and would boost your ratings. Most people have bailed out of watching CNN, MSNBC, and whatever the other networks are because they don't trust them to tell the truth about anything.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/06/2010 17:22 Comments || Top||

#5  So it looks like they think it but don't want to say it. Interesting.
Posted by: gorb || 03/06/2010 23:07 Comments || Top||


NV Sen Poll: Lowden, Tarkanian +13
Not only is Nevada Sen. Harry Reid (D) polling below 50% support right now, but his Republican opponents are now both polling at 50% or more, according to a new Rasmussen survey (March 3, 500 LV, MoE +/- 4.5%). The results fall right in line with a Mason-Dixon survey out at the beginning of the week.

Lowden 51 (+6 vs. last poll, Feb. 2)
Reid 38 (-1)
Und 3 (-5)

Tarkanian 50 (+3)
Reid 37 (-2)
Und 4 (-2)

Angle 46 (+2)
Reid 38 (-2)
Und 5 (-3)

President Obama receives a 44% job approval rating, with 57% disapproving. Just 37% approve of Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) job performance.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 03/06/2010 02:20 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I wonder how many jobs are gonna be lost on 11/2/10, Harry?
And that will be a good day...
Posted by: tu3031 || 03/06/2010 13:11 Comments || Top||

#2  I wonder how many jobs are gonna be lost on 11/2/10, Harry?

I have a feeling that for libs the situation will abruptly change from comedy to tragedy.
Posted by: gorb || 03/06/2010 23:09 Comments || Top||



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