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America Is So Post-Racial, We Don’t Even Need Black People in Our Senate
Tweet Florida Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, who lost in yesterday’s election. By now, many of you have heard the bad news that yesterday’s elections didn’t go so well for Democrats. Though they were able to hold onto control of the Senate, Republicans took the House and expanded their presence in the Senate. While zillions of [...]
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The Women of the GOP & Warped Gender Identity
TweetThere is a heavy focus by the mainstream news media on the large(r) number of women candidates running in this year’s midterm elections. Many of the women running are Republican, conservatives and/or Tea Party fools nominees. One of the main newsmakers and agitators is Sharon Angle, the Republican nominee for Senate who recently told her [...]
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Michelle Obama: On The Road Again
Tweet First lady Michelle Obama officially, and albeit reluctantly, joined the midterm election campaign trail today in support of the various Democrats fighting close races to keep their congressional seats. With stops in Chicago and Milwaukee among other major cities, the Dems are hoping to capitalize on her popularity which according to opinion polls is [...]
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Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck said rape accusation was “a case of buyer’s remorse”
TweetIt must be election season because the outrageous comments from politicians just keep coming. Up today: Colorado’s Republican Senate candidate and professional victim-blamer Ken Buck dismissed a rape charge as “a case of buyer’s remorse.” The Colorado Independent reported on Monday that Buck, a Tea Partier and anti-choicer, refused to prosecute a rape case back [...]
Midterm Elections Post-Mortem