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Happy, Shiny Political News

Published on October 21, 2008 By spyderkl

It’s a biggie, too. According to the Colorado Independent, Democrats…wait for it… outnumber Republicans in Colorado. For the first time in many, many years. As of Saturday, Colorado voter registration rolls showed 876,498 active Democrats, 870,435 active Republicans and 789,200 active unaffiliated voters, according to the secretary of state’s office. Despite the lead among active [...]

Colin Powell’s Presidential Endorsement is…

Published on October 19, 2008 By spyderkl

…Barak Obama. Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Sunday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, calling him a “transformational figure” who has displayed “a steadiness” during his race against Senator John McCain. “He has both style and substance,” Mr. Powell said, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He added, “Obama has [...]

An Open Letter to Political Advertisers

Published on October 9, 2008 By spyderkl

Dear Democratic/Republican/Obama/McCain advertisers: We here in Colorado understand the importance of our vote during this election year. Really. We completely get that we have been designated the “new Ohio” this year. We appreciate the importance of our votes. We do. Please, for the love of Cthulhu, enough already with the misleading – yes, even lie-filled [...]

Debate #2

Published on October 8, 2008 By spyderkl

I watched some but not all of the debates last night. Unsurprisingly, I am no longer allowed to watch any political show whatsoever with a drink in my hand. Or with a drink in the same room. Just a couple of thoughts about the roughly 20-30 minutes that I was able to watch (Yay for [...]

Two-timing politicians

Published on September 25, 2008 By spyderkl

So…John McCain was supposed to be on David Letterman last night. Apparently he felt there were more important places he needed to be – and Mr. L was not pleased: Oh, and when you’re going to the same media outlet that ripped your vice-presidential candidate a new one just hours before…maybe not the smartest choice. [...]