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Monday, September 22, 2008 12:00 AM

Single funniest blog post I ever read

A right-wing commentator denounces unlimited presidential power as "un-American" because "America exists precisely because of our desire to rein in government and make it accountable to the people."

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  • Monday, September 22, 2008 02:20 PM

    an opportunity

    It is time to grab back the votes of the working class. For more than 1/2 century the Democratic Party could depend on the votes of the "regular folks" and that is a vast majority of the country. It is time to get them to come home.

    Let Bush II be known as the "Great Uniter". Let him be the one to put most of America under a big tent called the Democratic Party and let us win this election cycle in a landslide. (or a mudslide since Rove will still be involved)

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