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What I'm Loving Tonight at the DNC: Casey, Hillary, And Grayson
Posted by Eli , Firedoglake on August 26, 2008 at 9:00 PM.

Bob Casey Jr., while not the greatest speaker in the world, had the line of the night, and possibly the year:

John McCain votes with Bush 95% of the time.  That's not a maverick - that's a sidekick!

If there is any one meme I would love to see circulated and repeated over and over again in this presidential campaign, that would be it.  It simultaneously demolishes McCain's"maverick" reputation and ties the Dubyatross around his neck where it belongs.

Kickass, nail-cheaters-to-the-wall, progressive Blue America Democrat Alan Grayson demolished establishment DCCC tool Charlie Stuart in the FL-08 primary, 48%-27%.  This can only be good for centrist Democrats!

Hillary 4 Obama!

I haven't spent the past 35 years in the trenches, advocating for children, campaigning for universal healthcare, helping parents balance work and family, and fighting for women's rights, here at home and around the world... to see another Republican in the White House squander our promise of a country that really fulfills the hopes of our people.

And you haven't worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last 8 years, to suffer through more failed leadership.  No way, no how, no McCain.

Barack Obama is my candidate, and he must be our president.

And then she referred to her "Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pantsuits."

Also: Brian Schweitzer was great, full of energy and charisma and mischief.  I had the same reaction as Christy - why the hell wasn't he the keynote???

Siegelman Slams Rove
Posted by Eli , Firedoglake on March 29, 2008 at 7:49 AM.

Don Siegelman is a free man! Pending appeal, anyway. And that YouTube is just the tip of the iceberg - NYT has more:

In a telephone interview shortly after he walked out of a federal prison in Oakdale, La., Mr. Siegelman said there had been "abuse of power" in his case, and repeatedly cited the influence of Karl Rove, the former White House political director.

"His fingerprints are smeared all over the case," Mr. Siegelman said, a day after a federal appeals court ordered him released on bond and said there were legitimate questions about his case.

(...)

The former governor, a Democrat, said he would "press" to have Mr. Rove answer questions about his possible involvement in the case before Congress, which has already held a hearing on Mr. Siegelman. On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee signaled its intention to have Mr. Siegelman testify about the nature of his prosecution.

How many lives does Karl Rove have left? He wriggled free of prosecution for outing Valerie Plame, and the clock's running out on the US Attorney firings/coverup investigation - could this be the one that finally brings him down?

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