Karen Dalton-Beninato: The Colony: Notes on a Lazy Day in Louisiana
BusinessWeek writes that Louisiana is the laziest state in the union. The article shows a picture of men in caps watching television, so it must...
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NH-Sen: Is Ayotte with Palin on abortion?
Dave Weigel reports on the Susan B. Anthony List's big breakfast keynoted by Sarah Palin:
Among the candidates and elected officials: New Hampshire senatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte, Maryland congressional candidate Andy Harris, Virginia Del. Barbara Comstock, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), and Rep. John Culberson (R-N.J.)
Let's take a look at that list. Andy Harris is a Club for Growther who led to Democrat Frank Kratovil picking up MD-01 when Harris defeated moderate Republican incumbent Rep. Wayne Gilchrest, who subsequently endorsed Kratovil. Barbara Comstock chaired Scooter Libby's defense fund, just one chapter in a long history of Bush Republicanism. Steve King is eight times crazier than Michele Bachmann. Christopher Smith has been in the House since 1981 and has taken more than 60% of the vote for 28 of those years, so he can pretty much go to whatever breakfast he wants. John Culberson is such a consistent jackass that I can't even pick one anecdote out of the many available.
They all make sense as Palinites, in other words. (With the possible exception of the not-flagrantly-crazy Smith.)
That leaves Kelly Ayotte. Ayotte is running for Senate in New Hampshire, a state where abortion doesn't really come up during elections and where Sarah Palin is really not popular. She's not popular now and she wasn't popular in 2008. And yet, there's Ayotte, in Washington, DC, listening to Sarah Palin say things like:
Obama is "the most pro-abortion president ever to occupy the White House" and asserted that the health care law would fund abortions.
And:
Palin also criticized the media, singling out their coverage of her daughter Bristol, whose pregnancy was announced days after Palin was named the vice presidential nominee....
She said some young women would see what happened to Bristol and perhaps be encouraged to seek an abortion instead of facing similar criticism.
New Hampshire voters deserve to know if Kelly Ayotte is on the same page with Sarah Palin when it comes to abortion.
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Shandy Cobane, Seattle Cop, Stomps Suspected Robber, Gets Wrong Guy
Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The gang unit officer wasn't only caught on video stomping a suspect while saying, "I'm going to beat the fucking Mexican piss out of you homey. Y...
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Alyssa Gomez, aka Raven, and the Death of a Hollywood Beauty
Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: She went from pink dresses to meth and prostitution on the streets of Hollywood. Now a convicted sex offender has been found guilty of killer her ...
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Michael Serges: Cop Twice Found Not Guilty of Rape Still Can’t Get Job Back
Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Texas Deputy Michael Serges was twice accused of raping girls at a juvenile hall. Both times a jury found him not guilty. But he still can't get t...
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Juan-Carlos Cruz, Former Food Network Chef, Tried to Hire Homeless Hitmen
Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: He used to host the Food Network's Calorie Commando show. Now's he charged with trolling Santa Monica for homeless guys willing to kill someone, t...
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Billie Jean Lehman Beheads Neighbors’ Rabbits for Bothering Her Garden
Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: She tried everything to keep the neighbors' rabbits from eating the vegetables in her garden. When all else failed, she cornered two of them and c...
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