TN Republican Staffer Caught Forwarding DISGUSTING Racist Picture (Updated x2)
(From the diaries. SusanG)Here in Tennessee, our politicians (Republican and Democrat) still have not yet figured out that anything they do or say will be subject to scrutiny in the blogosphere, and...
View ArticleQ&A with the candidate: Ben Leming for Congress, TN-6
This is the first of what I hope will be a series of diaries on Daily Kos, based on online question and answer with Democratic Congressional candidates. Inspired by the Sunday Kos diary by Mark Sumner...
View ArticleAt the Polls: Teabaggers FAIL in Tennessee
I wanted to report that the Tea Party supported candidates across Tennessee mostly lost their elections yesterday in the primary. Even in the heart of one of the most conservative, anti-Obama states...
View ArticleIn defense of the Constitution: Against the GOP
Great editorial this morning from the Daily News Journal in Rutherford County, Tennessee - the birthplace of the modern Democratic Party.The editorial, written by the Associated Press (no byline),...
View ArticleBreaking! Secret EXCEPTION discovered in Freedom of Religion!
A friend tipped me off to this, from a few weeks ago, before the recent arsonist burning of a religious holy place in Tennessee, from Republican House Candidate Diane Black (TN-06). You may remember...
View ArticleTN-6: "You Shouldn't Have to Go Broke to Get Health Care"
The choice could not be more clear this fall.Multimillionaire state Sen. Diane Black (R-Hendersonville) is running in TN-6 for the seat being vacated by Rep. Bart Gordon, who at age 60 is retiring...
View ArticleThe Republican carpetbombing continues
And I hadn't even had my coffee yet.As I woke up this morning and turned on the morning news to hear the weather, the first thing I saw on my local CBS affiliate was a story about the economic benefit...
View ArticleI Just Voted & It Was Totally Unsatisfying
I live in the 6th congressional district in Tennessee, where Blue Dog Bart Gordon is retiring. Our surprisingly popular Democratic governor Phil Bredesen is also retiring due to term limits. Like the...
View ArticleNew GOP rep: Sick kids shouldn't get health insurance
Meet Diane Black, the new GOP congresswoman from Tennessee’s sixth congressional district. Like most all of her GOP colleagues, she's eager to repeal health care reform. Why? Because she thinks it's a...
View ArticleMy Resolution Condemning Rep. Black TN-06 Passed by TNDP
Last week, Rep. Diane Black (R) , newly elected Congresswoman to Tennessee's 6th District, appeared on C-Span stating children with pre-existing conditions and chronic illnesses should not have to be...
View ArticleHR3: the Rapist Right to Inseminate their Victims bill
Welcome to the brave new Congress, where rapists and pedophiles will be happy to note that the campaign to reinstate their long-eroded right to inseminate their victims no longer falls on deaf ears.The...
View ArticleDK Elections Daily Digest: 4/22 (Evening Edition)
House: •CA-26: More eliminationist rhetoric from the right (not that they'll ever cease): Anthony Portantino, the Democratic Assemblyman running against Rep. David Dreier, is featured on some second...
View ArticleDaily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 6/24
To receive the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest via email each weekday, sign up here.Senate:•FL-Sen: Usually when I combine "Florida Senate race" and "Republican primary" with "ethics violation,"...
View ArticleDaily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Tennessee Republicans unveil new...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •TN Redistricting: Tennessee Republicans finally unveiled their...
View ArticleRepublicans plan resolution condemning recess appointments when they get back...
Jonathan Bernstein makes a catch he plausibly calls the best self-refuting argument ever. See, Diane Black, one of the House Republicans sponsoring a resolution complaining about President Obama's...
View ArticleI Reply to My Teabagger Congresscritter
I received an unsolicited email from Diane Black, the Republican/Tea Party congresswoman from TN-06. This woman has taken big piles of money from oil industry special interests while pretending to...
View ArticleThis Is a Crazy Idea
So, I need some convincing here.As far as I can see, there is absolutely no one for the Democrats primarying in TN-06 to run against Diane Black. No one. Not a soul.I am sorely tempted to write myself...
View ArticleRepublican memo and white paper push candidates to focus their campaigns on...
Congress is on a two-week break that will be its longest hiatus until August when down-ticket election campaigning will be in full swing. The Republican leadership is urging GOP House members to take...
View ArticleDaily Kos Elections Morning Digest: New poll has more bad news for Dick Lugar
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •IN-Sen, IN-Gov: Another rough day for Dick Lugar: Local newsletter Howey...
View ArticleDaily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Susan Bysiewicz attacks Scott Murphy...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •CT-Sen: Holy shit. What a colossal misfire. Susan Bysiewicz just put out...
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