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- Howard, Howard, he's our man

By seashell on Oct 22, 2009 5:54 PM EDT

http://www.truthout.org/1022091

...and newlywed Pitt is humorous. Who knew? :-)

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    The Republican Party did its part last week to make sure everyone in America got their USDA recommended daily allowance of dumb by rolling out a new RNC web site that became an immediate first-ballot entrant into the Unintentional Comedy Hall of Fame. For openers, when the site was unveiled, a prominent link to "Future GOP Leaders" when clicked, led to a page reading, "404 Error: This page could not be found."

    The rest of the site is riddled with pictures of black people and women, two groups that tend to vote for GOP candidates about as often as water gets turned into wine at weddings. The page dedicated to the history of the party was filled with references to great 19th century accomplishments - the Trans-Continental Railroad and the ending of slavery were most prominently displayed - but the 20th century pickings were, understandably, pretty slim. Best of all, the page dedicated to Ronald Reagan referred to him as "Ronaldus Magnus," which, loosely translated, means "Ronald the Great."

    Yeah. That happened.

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By seashell on Oct 22, 2009 6:05 PM EDT

Big Eddie just said, "...now that Sestak is out...."

What happened? Wasn't he running ahead of Specter?

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By puddle on Oct 22, 2009 8:23 PM EDT

Obama Made Arlen Specter Big Promises For Switching Parties. Now, Specter ...

Newsweek - Howard Fineman - ‎Oct 19, 2009‎

Right now, Specter leads Sestak in most polls, but it hasn't gone unnoticed among Democrats that Sestak holds his own against the likely GOP candidate, ...