{"id":2045,"date":"2010-06-27T04:21:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T11:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2045"},"modified":"2010-06-27T04:21:36","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T11:21:36","slug":"open-thread-6272010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/27\/open-thread-6272010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/27\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I caught up, replying to comments and returning visits.  Last night, I put the CPAP machine on hold and got eight hours of much needed sleep.  I feel rather groggy after all that, but expect to stay up to date today, despite a huge pile of paper on my desk that needs sorting, attention, and filing.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today it took me 4:21.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

To join our fantasy football league,<\/font> click here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From CQ Politics<\/a>: <\/font>"House Democrats were more exposed in 1994 than they are this year," writes Rhodes Cook in Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball.<\/p>\n

"Then, half the seats they were defending were in districts that had voted for the Republican presidential ticket in one or both of the previous two presidential elections (1988 and 1992). <\/p>\n

"This year, just one third of Democratic seats are in similarly problematic terrain – an important distinction since the vast majority of House seats that the Democrats lost in 1994 were in "Red" or "Purple" districts."<\/p>\n

The outlook for2010 and 2012 is not as bleak as the pundits claim.  We need to keep hammering the message that the GOP is intentionally undermining economic recovery, despie the suffering they cause by that tactic, to improve their political chances.<\/font><\/p>\n

From News Hounds<\/a>: <\/font>Geraldo Rivera was on his high horse last night (6\/25\/10) over the now-infamous Rolling Stone profile that led to Gen. Stanley McChrystal\u2019s resignation this week. According to Rivera, Rolling Stone should have known that printing McChrystal\u2019s insubordinate comments would lead to his resignation. Therefore, Rivera argued, the magazine was comparable to Al Qaeda in its danger to U.S. national security. That was over the top enough. But it was even worse considering that this holier-than-thou-on-national-security-ethics reporter was the same Geraldo Rivera who got kicked out of Iraq for broadcasting details about troop movements. He did not even have the decency to acknowledge that he had not practiced what he was now preaching.<\/p>\n

The hypocrisy of Faux Noise, the GOP Reichsministry of Propaganda, knows no bounds.<\/font><\/p>\n

Hat-Tip: <\/font>Daily Kos<\/a><\/p>\n

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Isn\u2019t this ad a work of art?<\/font> <\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>: from Cagle.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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\"27keefe\"<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

Have a great Sunday!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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