Pam Bondi Didn't Vote in 2008

Peter Schorsch has broke news on Florida Republican Attorney General candidate Pam Bondi. The Tiger Bay Club held a debate with Attorney General candidates Bondi, Democrat Republican Holly Benson and Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp. Bondi was asked by political consultant Dave Zachem how she voted on the 2008 ballot initiative Amendment 1. Bondi had no idea what Amendment 1 was or that is was suppose to lower property taxes.

Amendment 1 failed to live up to the promises that property taxes would decrease. However, it was a major issue during the 2008 Florida campaign cycle. The fact that Bondi was not aware of Amendment 1 shows how disengaged she is from public policy. Not an attractive trait from someone running for statewide office. It turns out Bondi wasn't even interested in the 2008 presidential election. Schorsch's reporting came up with documentation that Bondi did not vote in 2008. No wonder she wasn't aware of Amendment 1.

Bondi clearly isn't interested in policy or politics. It seems to me she is running to advance her career. That is her right but a lame reason for running for public office

Rednecks Against Obama

Southern conservatives explain they won't vote for Barack Obama because he is an "Arab" (false) and a n*&ger." These people are shit-faced drunk and vulgar. The woman thinks we are at war with Iran. That makes her about as savvy on foreign policy as the American Enterprise Institute.

Why the Hispanic Vote Matters

Mel Martinez on Meet the Press.

Hispanics are going to be a more and more vibrant part of the electorate and our party better figure out a way to talk to them," Martinez said, asked about why Hispanics had flocked to Democrats last Tuesday. He cited some GOP'ers anti-immigration rhetoric as a turnoff for many Hispanic voters.

The GOP can't call themselves a big tent and pander to racists. It one or another. The Southern Strategy is dying. Obama changed race in American politics.

I disagree with Martinez on McCain.

He noted that "Sen. McCain did not deserve what he got, he valiently fought for immigration reform, but the (anti-immigration voices in our party, if they continue we're going to be relegated to minority status."

McCain publicly disown his own immigration reform bill. Hispanics are the largest growing voting group. It was a act of political stupidity and McCain was justly punished.

Image of the Day

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Originally uploaded by Barack Obama

The adults are officially in charge.

More photos of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, on election night, can be seen on Flickr.

Why Ralph Nader Is An Asshole

Only a huge gaping asshole would imply that Barack Obama an Uncle Tom.

To put it very simply, he is our first African American President; or he will be. And we wish him well. But his choice, basically, is whether he is going to be Uncle Sam for the people of this country, or Uncle Tom for the giant corporations.

Nader has decided to be the cracky racist uncle. Only a self-destructive politician, a racist or huge gaping asshole would speak this way of Barack Obama on the day of the election. Anyone who still thinks that Nader has the judgement or temperment to be president should watch the video.

Shepard Smith: I just wonder in hindsight, if you wished you used a phrase other than Uncle Tom?

Ralph Nader: Not at all.

Shepard Smith is the most rationale anchor on Fox News. He asked Nader if he regretted his statement. Nader stood firmly behind his use of a racist term. A huge gaping asshole.

Bob Novak Vs. Bob Novak

Columnist Bob Novak has jumped the shark with outing Valerie Plame's identity, his profanity-laced walk off on CNN and leaving the scene after hitting a pedestrian. Novak's latest column declares Barack Obama has no mandate. Even with a decisive victory and Democratic majorities.

But Obama's win was nothing like that. He may have opened the door to enactment of the long-deferred liberal agenda, but he neither received a broad mandate from the public nor the needed large congressional majorities.

The Democrats fell several votes short of the 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate that they were seeking and also failed to get rid of a key Senate target: Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Republicans, though discouraged by the election's outcome, believe Obama will be hard-pressed not so much to enact his agenda but to keep his popular majority, which he considers centrist, as he moves to enact ultra-liberal legislation, particularly the demands of organized labor.

Apparently, Novak felt differently about George W. Bush's 2004 51 percent victory. A CNN interview captures Novak's fair and balanced punditry.

Q: Bob Novak, is 51 percent of the vote really a mandate?

NOVAK: Of course it is. It’s a 3.5 million vote margin. But the people who are saying that it isn’t a mandate are the same people who were predicting that John Kerry would win. … So the people who say there’s not a mandate want the president, now that he’s won, to say, Oh, we’re going to accept the liberalism that the — that the voters rejected. But Mark, this is a conservative country, and it showed it on last Tuesday.

This classic Daily Show video captures the true greatness of Robert Novak.

Feminist Town Forum

Via Jill: The Feminist Town Forum is today.

A Feminist Town Forum
Wednesday, November 5 @ 7:00PM

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It’s been a long election season, and now it’s time to come together to figure out what it all means and what’s next.

At this culmination of our This Is What Women Want election project, join us, our panel of national leaders, and feminists around the country to discuss what happened on Election Day, and what we should be thinking about and doing now to fight for equality and justice for all.

This is a first of its kind event convening feminists from around the country live via the blogosphere! Watch live, converse with other audience members around the country and submit your comments and questions in real time.

Panelists will include:

BYLLYE AVERY
Founder of the National Black Women’s Health Project and MacArthur Genius Award Recipient

MICHELLE GOLDBERG
Journalist and author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

ANNE ELIZABETH MOORE
Critic, activist, artist, journalist and author

PAULA RAYMAN
Founding Director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Center

LORETTA ROSS
National Coordinator, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective

ANDREA BATISTA SCHLESINGER
Executive Director, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy

Come optimistic, disgruntled, angry, or just exhausted. Come in person or online. But come. We need to hear every voice and idea!

Hit the link to get an RSVP for the event.

President Barack Obama

Fox News has declared Barack Obama the winner.

Obama Wins Iowa

Obama wins another battleground state.

Barack Obama has now added Iowa's seven electoral votes to his total, as he builds on his commanding lead over John McCain.

Obama now has 202 electoral votes out of the 270 he needs for the nomination

Obama Wins Colorado

Another victory for Barack Obama in Colorado. Democrat Mark Udall is Colorado's new U.S. Senator.

Progressives will dance in the streets, if Betsy Markey defeats Marilyn Musgrave.

Betsy Markey has a substantial early lead over incumbent Marilyn Musgrave as she attempts to become the first Democrat in two generations to represent Northern Colorado in Congress.

The Democratic challenger built up a huge advantage in early and absentee returns in Larimer and Boulder counties.

Those are counties Musgrave lost in her 2006 re-election bid, but the incumbent is performing even more poorly in early returns today than she did two years ago. The 4th Congressional District's other population center, Weld County, historically has supported Musgrave but hasn't yet reported any results.

This is turning out to be a fun night.

The McCain Campaign Smears On Last Day

McCain economic advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin defends his campaign calling Obama a socialist. Holtz-Eakin then tells Chris Matthews not to believe the exit polls. The same polls showing McCain losing the election. Notice the bottom of the screen shows Obama's lead in college electoral votes. The McCain camp can't stop lying.

Update: Holtz-Eakin is sounding like Baghdad Bob. Spin has taken over reality for these people.

Obama Wins Ohio

So much for Joe the Plumber helping John McCain in Ohio.

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama moved within 70 electoral votes of becoming the first African-American president in history on Tuesday night, winning Ohio, Pennsylvania and several other large Eastern and Midwestern states, according to projections by NBC News.

Obama won his home state, Illinois. Republican Sen. John McCain was in a close fight in his home state, Arizona, in a race that NBC News said was too close to call.

Arizona should be an easy win for McCain.

MSNBC Calls Pennsylvania For Obama

Barack Obama is the winner of Pennsylvania.

Electoral Votes

Obama - 103

McCain - 58

College Electoral Breakdown.

CNN reports college electoral votes favor Barack Obama 77 to John McCain's 34.

Vermont and Kentucky

CNN calls Vermont for Barack Obama and Kentucky for John McCain.

Electoral Votes

McCain - 8

Obama - 3

Pissed Off Again Naked Brunch

Woke up this lovely Sunday morning to the attached Republican Doctrine accusing us of a lack of patriotism, stupidity, and more in a love letter from a resigning Bush.  Well, Rethuglicans, it's a shame it's come to this.  Really LOW tactics.  From my neighbors no less.  I am surrounded by you maniacs.  To bad, so sad you are losing and WILL lose this Presidential election.  And, God Bless America on a fuckin' Sunday back at 'cha.

Click on the image to read page 1 of the diatribe.

Or you can click on these links to read each page; there are 5 of them.

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Be sure to pass this around and to your local Democratic Headquarters.  I am.

According to Polltracker '08 which averages all polls by state and then nationslly, Obama is kicking McCains butt.

Nationally  51.2% to 42.4% on average

Electoral Votes  Obama 306   McCain 157

Oh, Happy Day!

By the way, I printed a huge fuckin poster of Obama yesterday and I'm sticking it in my yard with the other three Obama signs already out there.  A better fuck you I couldn't have come up with.

Newt's out of the running

A couple Sundays ago, Michael reported that Newt Gingrich was thinking seriiously about running for president -- something whiich I've expected since the GOP field is so weak. Hell, Fred Thompson, the supposed savior of the Republican field, couldn't even raise more money than John McCain, whose campaign was dead in the water a couple months ago. Now that's weak. But anyways, I was hoping that Newt would run, win the GOP nomination, and then get absolutely crushed in the general election. Alas, Newt probably realized this would happen... He is a historian, after all. I imagine he has a sense of how the American electorate is trending in the current reality. And the wave is not breaking towards his side.

So Newt would rather run a 527/think tank type thing. He's out.

But what about the brewskis?

Bill Clinton wants you on his couch to watch a presidential debate with him. No, really! He says so in the latest email I got from the Hillary campaign:

There are two things in this world that I love more than anything else -- my family and politics. So you can imagine just how fired up I get when Hillary is on the stage debating the issues that matter to our country.

So here's an idea: why don't you and I share that excitement together during an upcoming debate. Hillary's campaign will pick three people -- each invited with a guest to watch one of the upcoming presidential debates with me. We'll sit down in front of a big TV with a big bowl of chips, watch the debate, and talk about the race. If you enter before the Sunday midnight deadline, you and a guest could be the ones to sit down with me to watch a presidential debate.

First, seeing this kind of political hokeyness makes me snicker. I don't have trouble imagine President Clinton as one of those guys who's perfectly comfortable with grabbing a bag of chips and settling down in front of the TV to dwindle away a Sunday afternoon watching football, but I just can't imagine any of us there with him.

But, more importantly, what about the beer? Because I'll tell ya, there's a direct correlation between the more debates I have to watch translating into the more six packs I want to guzzle. Do I even need to explain why?

Given that paradigm, personally, I feel that "Getting shitfaced with Wild Bill!" would be a much better selling point for this campaign stunt. Could somebody forward this to Hillary's campaign and let them know that they have Bill's approach all wrong and mine is the way to go? Thanks.

[Crossposted from Sugar Land is Dreaming]