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Doug Hoffman Double-Plus Concedes NY-23 Race
Well, now that Rep. Bill Owens has been voting on stuff for a few days, I suppose it’s about time:
The Conservative Party candidate is conceding the race for New York’s 23rd District for the second time, saying he doesn’t have enough votes.
Doug Hoffman had withdrawn his first concession to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, saying the race was close enough that absentee ballots could change the outcome in the closely watched New York Congressional race.
Now, Hoffman said he has no hope of winning.
Probably Glenn Beck will make this moron un-un-concede again.
Deep Thought
Someone on CNN is currently explaining that the Prime Minister of India will be eating vegetables tonight and will go home with a jar of honey from somewhere or other. Why is this breaking news?
I am getting on an airplane, so here are some news clips.
- Wingnuts who, like Sarah Palin, aren’t big fans of the whole “book-learnin’” thing are confusing Palin’s memoir Going Rogue with satirical collection of essays Going Rouge. (NY Post)
- In preparation for his presidential campaign, Lou Dobbs says he is reaching out to Latino groups, probably to tell them to get out of his ‘Merica go back to Mexico, or wherever. (Think Progress)
- The White House revealed the magic number of new soldiers for continued war-making in Afghanistan: 34,000. (McClatchy)
- The City of Baltimore will require “crisis pregnancy centers” that do not offer information about abortion to post signs saying so in their waiting rooms. Empowering women to make educated decisions about their bodies is, of course, highly controversial. (WJZ)
- Here is your thing to be thankful for this week: Tom DeLay will return to Dancing with the Stars to preform in the season finale. (Politics Daily)
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Deep Thought
Before Dick Cheney spends too much time criticizing Obama for bowing to the Emperor of Japan, he might want to remember that one of the presidents he served threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister. So maybe we have a little bit of embarrassment to make up for.
Quote of the Day
So, instead of science, I’m going with crazy. I’m going to start planning trees in politicians’ front yards in the middle of the night and tape toy guns to the branches pointed to the door so when they wake up and walk out of their houses in the morning they’ll think it’s the forests coming to get their revenge.
–Former Vice President Al Gore, appearing on Saturday Night Live
37 Ethics Charges Filed Against Sanford
We haven’t heard too much from America’s Governor™ lately, but it looks like he’s hearing some bad news today:
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the allegations released Monday.
The civil charges, which carry a maximum $74,000 in fines, stem from a three-month investigation by the state ethics commission and could be pivotal in a push by some lawmakers to remove him from office. The state attorney general is deciding whether the governor would face any criminal charges.
The allegations include 18 instances in which Sanford is accused of improperly buying first- and business-class airline tickets, violating state law requiring lowest-cost travel; nine times of improperly using state-owned aircraft for travel to political and personal events, including a stop at a discount hair salon; and 10 times he improperly reimbursed himself with campaign cash.
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Among the mistakes the ethics commission says the governor made were his:– Approval of the purchase of four first- and business-class commercial airline tickets for a June 2008 trip during which he met with his mistress in Argentina.
– Personal use of state-owned aircraft for trips such as the birthday party of a campaign contributor in Aiken, and flying from Myrtle Beach to Columbia for a ”personal event,” including a haircut.
– Reimbursing himself nearly $3,000 using campaign contributions, including about $900 for expenses to attend a Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami and a hunting trip in Dublin, Ireland, several days later.
Considering that Republicans in the South Carolina legislature already don’t like him so much, it will be hard for Mark Sanford to avoid impeachment. On the plus side, that will leave him with plenty of time for “hiking” on the Appalachian Trail.
- So those Iraqi elections that are supposed to happen in January? Probably not happening in January, says Secretary Clinton. Let freedom ring! (AP)
- Somebody had the terrible idea of putting Fred Thompson and Lou Dobbs in a room together, and now Lou Dobbs is running for president, maybe. (The Corner)
- Free Republic has declared jihad against Best Buy for acknowledging the existence of Muslims and their holidays, which is worse than trying terrorists in civilian courts! (Wonkette)
- Rep. David Obey (D-WI) has proposed a new tax to pay for America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as opposed to the current method of just hoping the money comes from somewhere. (ABC News)
- What’s worse than Glenn Beck gathering teabaggers in DC the day after 9/11 to call our president a terrible socialist Kenyan Muslim? Glenn Beck gathering teabaggers in DC on 9/11 to call our president a terrible socialist Kenyan Muslim. (Media Matters)
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