Day: November 5, 2008
Once More, With Feeling
I just wanted everyone to be able to watch this again, but without the cold dread about it not happening.
The Widget for the 2009s
Click on “MORE” to generate a random Barackism from Slate’s Encyclopedia Baracktannica, a handy reference for the next eight years even though some of the terms were added during the primary.
Abramoff Claims Another Victim: Florida’s Tom Feeney
Two other pieces of good news from Florida. U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney (R-East Central Florida) was soundly trounced by former state Rep. Suzanne Kosmas. Feeney was one of the poster children for the corrupt Tom DeLay/Jack Abramoff years, enjoying an infamous golfing excursion to Scotland on the lobbyist’s bankroll among many other gifts.
Kosmas forced Feeney to address his misdeeds squarely, resulting in what passes for an “apology” from a Republican, which means he said he didn’t do anything wrong, and even if he did it wasn’t his fault, and gosh, how did he know it was bad to be bought and sold by power-brokers?
The other news is interesting if suspicious. U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Lakeland), who won re-election easily, announced he will step down as No. 3 in the Republican leadership of the House.
Franken Will Get Recount, Cites Poll “Irregularities”
Or, as FOX News put it, “Republican Norm Coleman had been named the winner of a second term in the U.S. Senate, but Al Franken is still holding out.”
In fact, Franken trailed Coleman by only 571 votes out of 2.9 million in the Minnesota Senate race. Gee, why can’t he just accept the will of the voters and move on? Yes, that’s sarcasm. Coleman and Franken had 42 percent of the vote each, while Jesse Ventura style Independent Dean Barkley received 15 percent.
Barkley, who then-Gov. Ventura appointed to fill the seat of Sen. Paul Wellstone for about eight weeks after his death and until Coleman’s inauguration, was polling around 17 percent before the election, but his supporters were expected to jump ship for either Coleman or Franken. Instead, most of them sat tight.
Franken says there is evidence of hanky-panky in the initial returns.
