A totally biased and unreasonable list of blogs that I think you might enjoy reading.
The Obama/Biden ticket has been relentless with their criticism of John McCain and his association with former lobbyists. They might wish to rethink some of this rhetoric :
WASHINGTON — As Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama targets his Republican rival Sen. John McCain for hiring former lobbyists to work on his campaign, a key member [...]
Pollster Charlie Cook gives Team McCain some bulletin-board material, proclaiming that if McCain wins, he’ll quit polling and go bag groceries or work behind a fast-food counter.
Hey Charlie, make sure you separate the laundry detergent from the bread…geez, this might provide some comic relief.
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This election season I’ve been writing on politics for Richmond.com (an entity that’s in the news today because Media General just bought it).To give my SLANTblog readers, such as they are, a concentrated dose of the mayoral race — which a lot of peop…
The LCDC ran a back cover full page ad this week in Leesburg Today (and other local papers, I believe)telling us that Loudoun County is Obama country. Really? Then why do we only have the most liberal of the elected Democrats listed in a long list of county supporters? All I saw were Kelly Burk [...]
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Ignorant Racists WhoSucceeded In American PoliticsThe Triumph of Ignorance [from Red State Rebels] Posted by Jeffrey St. Clair on October 28th, 2008 | Link Why Morons Succeed in American PoliticsBy George Monbiot How was it allowed to happen? …
Ignorant Racists WhoSucceeded In American PoliticsThe Triumph of Ignorance [from Red State Rebels] Posted by Jeffrey St. Clair on October 28th, 2008 | Link Why Morons Succeed in American PoliticsBy George Monbiot How was it allowed to happen? …
MAKE SURE EVERYONE, DROP WHAT YOUR DOING AND SHOW UP IN SPRINGFIELD TOMORROW MORNING.I’ll be there, lets make sure the country hears us, that Northern Virginia will fight for John McCain and Sarah Palin!
The group opposing Prince William County’s use of “Investigations in Number, Data, and Space,” known colloquially as “Math Investigations,” is planning a protest at the McCoart Building on Tuesday (election day) for those who might not be all that engaged in this election and might be looking for something else to do. I hope they [...]
The group opposing Prince William County’s use of “Investigations in Number, Data, and Space,” known colloquially as “Math Investigations,” is planning a protest at the McCoart Building on Tuesday (election day) for those who might not be all that engaged in this election and might be looking for something else to do. I hope they [...]
There are very few albums that can touch Oasis’s 1994 “Definitely Maybe.” Very few. Oasis is in my top three along with Dave Mathews and Pearl Jam as the bands that help narrate my life. The years 1992-2000 pretty much…
This is how we campaign in Virginia – with singing phone banks and dancing canvassers. Specifically, these old-time musicians and volunteers are jamming for Obama in Charlottesville, Virginia featuring Darrell Rose, Lydia Martin, Cleek Schrey, Liz Me…
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The image above is from a screen capture of the Drudge Report at 10:20 pm on Friday night. Did he get a call from the Zogby folks? Is this poll accurate or even what they will report tomorrow? Let’s see if Drudge had this correct and lets follow Zogby…
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“There has always been a rush to the polls by African-Americans early,” he said at the square in Covington, a quick stop on a bus tour as the campaign entered its final week. He predicted the crowds of early voters would motivate Republicans to turn out. “It has also got our side energized, they see [...]
Today, NBC political guru Chuck Todd gave his insights as to what to look for in each and every state on election night. In many cases, he says that the Republican’s problems on the state level stem from what’s going on nationally. But that’s not always the case. Ohio, Todd says, may go to McCain due to the Ohio [...]
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Louis “Studs” Terkel, American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster, died today.Here’s a bit of Studs from his last interview - conducted by Edward Lifson, posted Oct. 23, 2008:”I started to ask Studs about the pioneering Chicago organizer Saul Al…
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From the Federal Election Commission last year:
The Federal Election Commission (FEC/Commission) announced today that Mitchell Wade and MZM, Inc. will pay a $1,000,000 civil penalty, the second largest penalty ever paid in the 32-year history of the FEC. The FEC has accepted a conciliation agreement in which Mr. Wade admits to knowingly and willfully violating the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) by funneling $78,000 in corporate contributions to two federal candidates. The Commission unanimously approved the conciliation agreement.FEC Chairman Robert Lenhard stated: “There are serious consequences for those who knowingly and willfully try to funnel illegal contributions into federal election campaigns. The historic civil penalty collected in this case shows that the FEC has a strong and vigorous enforcement program in place.”
This penalty brings the total civil penalties assessed by the FEC in 2007 to more than $4.7 million, which is the second largest amount ever collected in a single year in the Commission’s history. The Commission collected $6.2 million in all of 2006.
Facts of the Case
MZM (now known as True Norte, Inc.) is a corporation and a government contractor. At the time the violations of the Act occurred, Mitchell Wade was the principal owner and Chief Executive Officer of MZM. Richard Berglund was employed by MZM as a manager of an office of MZM located in Martinsville, Virginia.
Mr. Wade used MZM corporate funds to reimburse employees and their spouses for contributions to the campaign committees of Representatives Virgil Goode and Katherine Harris. Richard Berglund assisted in the scheme by receiving cash from Wade from which Berglund made a contribution under his and his wife’s name and then distributed the remaining cash to other employees of MZM, and in some cases their spouses, to make contributions. In total, Mitchell Wade and MZM reimbursed, directly and indirectly, $78,000 in contributions to two federal candidates.
On February 24, 2006, Mitchell Wade pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts, including one count of election fraud by unlawfully making campaign contributions in the name of another. On July 23, 2006, Richard Berglund pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation by unlawfully making contributions in the name of another.
Respondents disclosed the violations of the Act to the U.S. Department of Justice and have cooperated with the Commission in resolving this matter. Mitchell Wade and MZM have also taken responsibility for the liability of the former employees of MZM and their spouses who acted as conduits for the reimbursed contributions. The Commission has determined to take no further action with respect to those conduits. In addition to the $1,000,000 civil penalty to be paid by Mr. Wade and MZM Inc., Richard Berglund has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $42,000.
The Commission found no evidence that either Goode for Congress or Friends of Katherine Harris knew that the contributions were illegal, and both committees have either refunded or disgorged all MZM-related contributions.
In which Bill Kristol lets us in on a secret.
See, all that stuff Winky and Blinky keep saying to keep “the base” happy isn’t really true. McCain is really “a moderate” and won’t implement the most radical GOP platform in history, no matter what Sarah says.
It’s unclear which version of the truth is more disheartening.
Tonight in one word…I am - Melancholy. Enjoy Technorati Tags: Rhonda Vincent