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The Great Debate: This weekend’s debate between Prez candidates Barack Obama and John McCain at Orange County’s Saddleback Church has been making the news—mostly because by all accounts, McCain kicked Obama’s ass. Of course, McCain, even as a “fake” Republican, had the advantage in a debate where the setting is a church, which tends to [...]

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The first image above is a button that was on sale at the Texas GOP Convention.  According to Politico’s Ben Smith:  “The speakers were generally respectful of Obama, the Dallas Morning News reports, but this is the sort of stuff that the RNC has been warning state parties about for months.”
From P+P contributor Ryan [...]

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rnc2004.pngThe insights revealed in the recent ravings of Crazy Ann Coulter on a persistent oppressive American political fantasy.

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It was August 27, 2004, the Friday night before the Republican National Convention was coming to New York City. I was dating Danny and he liked bikes, so I joined him on the monthly Critical Mass bike ride around Manhattan.
Later, as the officer put on the plastic-flexi cuffs, I shouted, “What are you doing? This [...]

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monksthumb2.pngPushing Off
Dissent is at the heart of democracy. But I never want to be cuffed, starved, intimidated by the cops again.

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