Author: Gatemouth

The Gateway (Chuck the Schmuck Edition)

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Schmuck Barron? The almost certain impact of Barron's run for Governor will be to draw enough black voters off the Democratic line who never bother to return to it down-ballot to cost the Democrats the State Senate and leaving three white men in "The Room." However, fear that Barron's party name would convey racial exclusivity turned out to be off-base; instead "Freedom Democratic Party" conveys nothing but Old Left nostalgia and memories of Fannie Lou Hamer and 1964 Ole Miss. However, before proceeding with such a purposefully confusing Party name, Barron might want to take a gander at this excerpt from Edward Schwartzman's "Political Campaign Craftmanship” and instead choose a name that won’t get him knocked off the ballot, like the “Psychotic Ego Trip Party“, which has the additional advantage of truth in labeling. Barron Says He’s Running to Protest Cuomo – City Room Blog – NYTimes.com cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com

The Gateway (Nothing About Soccer Edition)

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New frontiers in pathetic; money quotes: "We are the largest group of SERIOUS Alvin Greene supporters on Facebook. For whatever reason, you have chosen to view or join this group in support of Alvin Greene. The thing that separates this group from others is that we are 100% serious about supporting his candidacy. The m…e…dia, the democratic party of South Carolina, and almost everyone else wont give this guy a chance to breath. Show your support here.

Qualifications:
– Mr. Greene holds a BA in Political Science from South Carolina University.
– Mr Greene has served in the Army, in the Army National Guard, and the Air National Guard for 14 years. He has won several awards."

"We have a contact with Mr. Greene, and I am working on figuring out if we could gather some questions from the group and ask them to Mr. Greene if it was ok by him. I wil keep everyone posted." One Million Strong for Alvin Greene

Front Page, Lead Article, NY Times STYLE Section, because, after all, it is, above all else, a fashion statement, right? For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges – NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com

The Gateway (Shabbos Desecration Edition)

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Schneiderperson schwims through the schlime w/Schlein. Why is Eric Schneiderman Using Eric Espada's Fixer? blogs.villagevoice.com
 Maybe he thought it was fermenting. Jersey jihadist Carlos Almonte is terror at spelling, too; proud of sign, 'Death to all Juice' www.nydailynews.com
 Personal to Danny O'Donnell; do you think it was hate speech? Rosie O'Donnell & Friends – Helen Thomas Is Right! (And a Victim To Boot) www.youtube.com http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/

Chait pastes Lamar Alexander: "It's as if you propose that, in order to get your family out of debt, your 23 year old son living at home gets a job, and the son replies that he likes the part of your idea where he gets paid, but let's leave out the part where he goes to work. This is basically Alexander's case. And he's one of the moderate Republicans! Most of them just deny the science of climate change altogether. The moderate position is that we can fix the problem via magic." Lamar And The Magic Climate Plan | The New Republic www.tnr.com

Hugo A Gogo

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HUGO CHAVEZ (in 2005): “The World has enough for everybody, but some minorities, the descendants of the same people that crucified Christ, and of those that expelled Bolívar from here and in their own way crucified him, have taken ownership of the riches of the world, a minority has taken ownership of the gold of the world, the silver, the minerals, water, the good lands, petrol, well, the riches, and they have concentrated the riches in a small number of hands.”

The Gateway (Ladies’ Night Edition)

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Nevada GOP Senate front runner Sue Lowden takes the idea that chicken soup is penicillin a bridge too far and the chickens come home to roost, and low and behold, the cure is worse than the disease. Sharron Angle And Party Suicide | The New Republic www.tnr.com

I'd vote for a yellow dog or even Lindsay Graham against Jim DeMint, but this guy I'm not so sure about S.C. Dem winner faces felony charge – Jessica Taylor – POLITICO.com www.politico.com

Helen A Bucket (Doubting Thomas)

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A reader writes:

“I'm not going to defend Helen's comment, but I will defend her right to freedom of speech & no American should be 'shamed' just because they have an opinion. How would any of like to be the scorn of the media because we said something others didn't like (which is often with most of us).”

Helen Thomas was an opinion columnist. Everyday, people try to "shame" opinion writers because they have an opinion. To restrict our ability to do so would be to impinge upon our own freedom of speech.

I’m pretty much a free speech absolutist. I will defend to the death your right to use the N-word, and my right to (usually) condemn you for doing so.

Thomas said something shameful–I reserve the right to shame her.

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