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  • Cobalt6 and Perpetual Folly

    With the rapid growth of Cobalt6.net, an exciting venture in which I'm a participant, it doesn't make much sense for me to continue to post here at Democracy in Virginia. I'll leave it up for now, but please come visit our vibrant discussion at Cobalt6.net. Hope to see [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2007, 11:54am EDT

  • Cobalt6.net

    With the rapid growth of Cobalt6.net, an exciting venture in which I'm a participant, it doesn't make much sense for me to continue to post here at Democracy in Virginia. I'll leave it up for now, but please come visit our vibrant discussion at Cobalt6.net. Hope to see [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2007, 3:30pm EDT

  • Impeach Bush!

    I was prepared to hold my nose for the next 563 days to avoid the huge battle that will come with a move to impeach George Bush, even though I believe he has violated the law and the Constitution repeatedly. And his commutation of Scooter Libby's [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2007, 9:52pm EDT

  • Voter Registration Confusion

    There has been some confusion about Virginia's new voter registration system. As I understand it, the problems are more likely to affect newly registered voters than others, but it's still a good idea to check your status, which you can do online.

    H/T to Phil C. (who [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2007, 10:12am EDT

  • What Kind of Liberal Are You?

    I'm proud to be a Social Justice Crusader:

    My Liberal Identity:

    You are a Social Justice Crusader, also known as a rights activist. You believe in equality, fairness, and preventing neo-Confederate conservative troglodytes from rolling back fifty years of civil rights gains.

    Take the quiz at www.fightconservatives.com

    [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2007, 9:14pm EDT

  • Dead Immigration Bill Didn't Go Far Enough

    For a progressive assessment of the Immigration Bill, see "A New Green Card Deal" by Mae M. Ngai in The Nation. She makes the case that we've had illegal immigration problems ever since in 1965 we imposed quotas on countries in the Western Hemisphere.

    She concludes: "We [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2007, 7:41pm EDT

  • No Democracy in the GOP

    If You Want Democracy, Vote for a Democrat!

    Staunton News Leader: GOP members reveal split among party

    One of two things. Or both. Either this split in the Staunton GOP demonstrates the weak leadership of Anne Taetzch (who blogs as “Elle” at In-politically Correct), or it illustrates [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2007, 8:26am EDT

  • Live Large Now, and To Hell With The Future

    Dr. Drew Richardson has a solid Op-Ed piece in today’s Staunton News Leader ("Our focus should be on fair taxes, not no new taxes"). The basic point is that the “debate” over the so-called “no-tax” pledge made by local candidate Scott Sayre and discussed recently in the press by [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2007, 7:39am EDT

  • David Cox: Defining Dems

    David Cox, Democratic nominee for the Virginia Senate from the 24th District, has a terrific piece at Cobalt 6 about the important of consensus building. We do have common ground, and David Cox is the man to help us all find it. [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2007, 2:57pm EDT

  • On the Matter of Alberto Gonzales . . .

    Just because I haven't said it yet today: GONZALES MUST GO!

    There is no possible reason for Bush keeping this guy in the most important law enforcement position in the country other than, as a recent commenter said, he must know where the bodies are buried. But, come on, [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2007, 5:15pm EDT

  • Lugar Breaks With Bush

    If there is any Republican currently in the Senate who understands foreign relations, it would have to be Richard Lugar of Indiana. Being a Hoosier, I’ve enjoyed meeting the Senator once or twice and I have a lot of respect for him, despite his party affiliation. And my admiration has [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2007, 5:56pm EDT

  • The Evil Dick

    Check out Rick Howell's piece at Cobalt 6 about the Washington Post series on the many evil deeds of Dick Cheney. Can you say impeachment? [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2007, 7:47am EDT

  • Saxman Panders to the Right--Again

    Del. Chris Saxman's Op-Ed in today's News Leader misses the point--quite willfully, I'm sure. No one on the planet WANTS higher taxes and no one WANTS inefficient government. However, we do want government to provide services and many of us believe that equity dictates a broader array of services [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2007, 8:03pm EDT

  • Canned Gonzales

    Rick Howell Speaks is absolutely right: fire the bastard already!

    I'm hungry for some "canned Gonzales" . . . but Bush refuses to serve him up. No wonder the Republicans hate government--right now, ours is the worst, most imcompetent, secretive, dangerous government in the history of the United [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2007, 7:08pm EDT

  • Truth Hurts

    More shameful behavior on the part of the Bush administration.

    Donald Rumsfeld is a snake and he should never have been Secretary of Defense. I’m looking forward to war crimes indictments for Rummy, Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney, and even Boy George. In the meantime, check out [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2007, 3:08pm EDT

  • Chris Dodd for President

    I'm pretty happy with the field in the race for the Democratic nomination. I can easily see myself being an enthusiastic supporter of any of the frontrunners: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards. Bill Richardson has some appeal to me, too. But the candidate I'm looking at closely now, the [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2007, 1:22pm EDT

  • Bush Vetoes Progress

    Just when you thought Dubya might be ready to embrace science (in rhetoric, anyway, if not in action), he hits you over the head with a dumb move on embryonic stem cell research. Congress did the right thing and passed legislation to expand funding for important research, research that many [...]
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    Posted: June 20, 2007, 6:17pm EDT

  • 47%? Or is it more like 6%? Or 4%?

    SWAC Girl (cue the self-congratulatory soundtrack) is making a big deal over the fact that her man (does her husband know?) got 47% of the vote in the GOP primary in the 24th Senate District last week. Yes, that sounds good, doesn't it? Good job, pat on the back.
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    Posted: June 20, 2007, 2:15pm EDT

  • New Blog Worth Watching

    If SpankThatDonkey doesn't trust them, they must be doing something right: Virginia Odds Makers. [...]
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    Posted: June 20, 2007, 1:28pm EDT

  • Democracy for All! (Unless you're Palestinian, apparently)

    I'm no fan of Hamas. They clearly are a significant roadblock to Middle East peace. But didn't they win a majority in the Palestinian Parliament in a free election? Isn't the Bush Regime all about promoting democracy in the Middle East? Isn't that the current excuse for our occupation of [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2007, 7:25pm EDT

  • Bush’s War on the Rule of Law

    If the June Harper’s Magazine article “Undoing Bush” was damning, wait until you read “Bush’s war on the rule of law” by Scott Horton in the July issue. Much of the piece describes how the Bush administration has sought to undermine and discredit both the civilian and military lawyers [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2007, 2:46pm EDT

  • Update on Peace Corps Tanzania

    I wrote earlier today about the interference by the U.S. Ambassador, a political appointee, in the operations of the Peace Corps in Tanzania. It now appears that the Peace Corps Director (also a Bush appointee, of course) has strongly criticized the Ambassador and backs the displaced country director. It is [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2007, 6:09pm EDT

  • Ambassadorial Interference in Peace Corps Operations

    Apparently, Ambassador Michael Retzer, a Bush political appointee, has been interfering in the operations of the Peace Corps in Tanzania, according to this blog. If the Peace Corps volunteers who wrote this are accurate, an investigation into Retzer's actions is absolutely necessary in order to preserve the integrity of [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2007, 8:15am EDT

  • Are the SWACtionaries Capable of Making Their Case Without Distortion?

    SWAC Girl (Lynn Mitchell, one of the officers—-for the moment, anyway-—of the Augusta County Republican Committee) just can't help herself, it would seem, after a few months of twisting the truth on behalf of Scott Sayre. In one of her frequent self-congratulatory blog posts recently, she includes the following lie [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2007, 8:28pm EDT

  • 6th District Democratic Bloggers

    The shrill voices of the SWACtionaries have a growing counter-weight to contend with: Democratic blogs in the 6th District.

    There's me, of course: Democracy in Virginia (and my sometimes-interesting, but usually apolitical, litblog, Perpetual Folly.

    Then there's the radioactive Cobalt 6, which promises to never [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2007, 5:11pm EDT

  • Did the Democrats Tip the Primary to Hanger?

    I don't think so, and here's why: Although it seems to me that as between Emmett Hanger and Scott Sayre, Hanger would make the better Senator, from the Democratic Party perspective Scott Sayre would certainly be the preferred oponent in November. If Sayre had won, David Cox might appeal to [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2007, 9:54am EDT

  • Come the Revolution

    I'm a little slow on the uptake this week, but I loved yesterday's editorial in the Staunton News Leader that has already been widely reported. I think it's spot on, although since I'm not a Republican (not that there was ever any doubt), it isn't going to be my [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2007, 9:42am EDT

  • Cox v. Hanger v. Sime

    Now that the sideshow is over, we can all focus on the main event: the November general election. The SWACtionaries can rationalize and backpedal all they want, but the fact is they pulled out all the stops for their man Sayre, the proved themselves to be vile and unethical, they [...]
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    Posted: June 13, 2007, 10:39am EDT

  • Light Turnout?

    That's what I'm hearing. Personally, I did not vote in the Republican Primary. Even though I do have a preference, I think it is up to the Republicans to wallow in their own mess. No matter which way it turns out, I think they're going to come out of it [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2007, 4:59pm EDT

  • Cleaning up George's Mess—Part 11: The National Character

    The last part of the Harper's Magazine article "Undoing Bush" is by Earl Shorris. This analysis of the damage Bush has done to "the national character" is the most disturbing of all, as it concludes that the Bush administration has a disposition to evil, and that the rest of [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2007, 12:11pm EDT

  • Meet the Candidate: David Cox

    By now you know that David Cox is the Democratic nominee for the Virginia Senate from the 24th District, to face in November the Libertarian candidate Arin Sime and the winner of the Republican Primary (June 12), Emmett Hanger or Scott Sayre. Check out this profile of David Cox [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2007, 9:40am EDT

  • And the winner in the 24th is . . .

    Okay, I guess we should wait until Tuesday to count the votes, but already it looks clear to me that Emmett Hanger will win the Republican Primary in the 24th Senate District. And he's run a very interesting campaign, one that allowed Scott Sayre's handlers to spin hopelessly out of [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2007, 8:06pm EDT

  • Conservatives Beware: Cobalt 6 Discovered!

    A new element, deadly to conservatives and other wrong-thinkers, has been discovered in the Shenandoah Valley. Check out: Cobalt 6. [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2007, 7:31am EDT

  • Support the Brady Campaign



    Support the Brady Campaign. [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2007, 9:43pm EDT

  • WHY WOULD CONGRESS PROTECT CRIMINALS INSTEAD OF POLICE?

    Tell Congress to Repeal the Restrictions on Crime Gun Trace Data

    From Stop the NRA:
    "The gun epidemic is our monthly 9/11, our weekly Katrina, a continuing Iraq war on our streets and in our schools. It is our daily Virginia Tech. Yet, we don’t [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2007, 9:23pm EDT

  • Cleaning up George's Mess—Part 10: Diplomacy

    American foreign policy today is arrogant. It has been that way for some time, but the Bush administration has taken arrogance to new heights. According to Anne-Marie Slaughter's section of the Harper's Magazine article "Undoing Bush," "The paradox of American foreign policy today is that the United States, though [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2007, 3:04pm EDT

  • Cleaning up George's Mess--Part 9: The Military

    Edward Luttwak writes about the military in Harper's Magazine's article, "Undoing Bush." He describes a military that is severely depleted, that Barry McCaffrey, a retired 4-star General, says is starting to unravel, and that Colin Powell calls "about broken." It's all due to mismanagement of a war that was [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2007, 12:48pm EDT

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    Posted: June 06, 2007, 7:14am EDT

  • Democrat for Supervisor, Beverley Manor District: Lee Godfrey

    The Augusta County Democratic Committee last night nominated Lee Godfrey to run for Supervisor from the Beverley Manor District. Lee has extensive experience in business and local government and has worked with county comprehensive plans in the past, an important function of supervisors in Augusta County. We'll share more about [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 8:39pm EDT

  • Democrat for Supervisor, Pastures District: Tracy Pyles

    The Augusta County Democratic Committee last night nominated Tracy Pyles to run for re-election as Supervisor from the Pastures District. Tracy was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1996 and brings to the position a wealth of experience. He has also served the Augusta County [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 8:36pm EDT

  • Cox is Not an "In-Case-of-Emergency" Candidate

    Just saw a post at Anne Taetzch's In-Politically Correct that was so disingenuous it was practically vomit-inducing. First, she wilfully misinterprets the Chris Graham interview with David Cox at The New Dominion this morning. There is no "in-case-of-emergency" aspect of Cox's candidacy. Emmett Hanger is not a Democrat and isn't [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 3:23pm EDT

  • Libby Gets What Cheney Deserves

    The New York Times reports that Scooter Libby has been sentenced to jail for perjury and obstruction of justice. Poor Scooter. He lied, probably to protect Dick Cheney, and he got caught. Worse yet, he got prosecuted (which is a bigger sin, in this administration). But [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 12:40pm EDT

  • David Cox in The New Dominion


    David Cox, the Democratic Party nominee for Virginia Senate from the 24th District, talked to The New Dominion's Chris Graham. Read the interview. [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 11:09am EDT

  • Lee Ervin – Democrat for Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney

    Last night the Augusta County Democratic Committee nominated Lee Ervin to run for Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney.

    Lee has served in this position for 25 years and has the wealth of experience we need in Augusta County.

    Vote for Lee Ervin on November 6th! [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 10:52am EDT

  • Breaking News: Augusta County Nominating Caucus Meets

    As expected, the Augusta County Democratic Nominating Caucus met this evening and made the following nominations:
    Commonwealth Attorney: Lee Ervin
    Supervisor, Pastures District: Tracy Pyles
    Supervisor, Beverly Manor District: Lee Godfrey

    More details tomorrow . . . [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2007, 10:32pm EDT

  • Cleaning up George’s Mess—Part 8: Intelligence

    By now we all know that the Bush Regime not only pressured the intelligence services to produce evidence that would justify the invasion of Iraq, they actually distorted it when they didn’t like what they saw. James Bamford tells the story in the “Intelligence” section of “Undoing Bush” in [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2007, 10:48am EDT

  • Coffee Shop Talk with Sam Rasoul

    From Sam Rasoul For Congress:
    PRESS RELEASE
    For immediate release
    6/3/07

    ROANOKE...Sam Rasoul, campaigning to be the
    Democratic candidate for Congress from Virginia's 6th
    District, will be at the CODA Cafe across from the
    Grandin Theatre, on June 5th at 6:30 pm as part of a
    series of [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2007, 6:10pm EDT

  • Wine Tasting

    Nothing to do with politics. Just got back from a wine tasting at King Family Vineyards in Crozet. Virginia has lots of wineries and I've been to a few of them, but I love taking people to KFV because the people are friendly, the facility is inviting and expansive, [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2007, 3:49pm EDT

  • Lies of the Right

    I swear it's a fulltime job correcting all the lies and misinformation that the Rightists spew. Here's a great story about it at Raising Kaine. [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2007, 3:47pm EDT

  • The Big Lie

    Not just a lie, a "Big Lie" at DailyKos. [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2007, 8:36am EDT
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