WTW long ago reported on the lone remaining contested congressional race from last November, in Florida's 13th Congressional district.

I think I've finally found the bottom...you know, that place where the bottom feeders feed.  It's where Tom DeLay is standing.  Wherever Tom DeLay is standing.

Or, is Chimp back lying agin? According to sources via The Guardian, oh yeah baby...

We are not after conflict. We are not after crisis. We are not after war.But we don't know whether the same is true in the U.S. or not. If the same is true on the U.S. side, the first step must be to end this vicious cycle that can lead to dangerous action -- war.

I've probably mentioned here before that I think there's a connection between evangelical Christian beliefs and the political position that all people should be left to the mercy of the "market" rather than aided by government intervention.  The thought process required to maintain these beliefs strikes me as sufficiently twisted that it can be called "the God pretzel."

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for superior moral justification for selfishness.

As some figures on the right bemoan the "lack of civility" in public discussions, and lament the inability of opponents to discuss their differences thoughtfully and with respect, we get this from the religious right:

As if you needed any further proof that all the grandstanding and posturing by Republicans who now use "support the troops" as a universal response to all criticism of Iraq is....grandstanding and posturing:

A director who approves the backdating of options faces at the very least a substantial likelihood of liability, if only because it is difficult to conceive of a context in which a director may simultaneously lie to his shareholders ... and yet satisfy his duty of loyalty.

I've now listened to and read numerous comments from the president and his allies about the marvelous qualifications of General Petraeus, the new US commander in Iraq, and no one ever asks the most obvious question in the world.

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