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We didn't go to Berlin to make a speech, but the LC was still looking out for what's there this week. - A Blog Around The Clock reviews "WALL-E." - archy : volcano news - Bark Bark Woof Woof : bonkers. - Bloggg : untourism. - Collective Sigh : helping the Obamas find a pet, among other things. - Dohiyi Mir : bike for your health. - Echidne Of The Snakes : economic costs. - Florida Progr...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - 5:03 a.m. - 2 clicks 
The McCain campaign whips out a web ad linking Barack Obama to Fidel Castro. A Democrat in south Florida alerted the Huffington Post to the image, which shows Obama and Castro, profiled side-by-side, above a quote from the Cuban leader praising the Illinois Democrat as "the most advanced candidate." [...] But the quote is misleading in regards to the actual political dynamics in play. For sta...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Thu 7:41 a.m. - 6 clicks
The wife of the Democratic candidate stopped by Miami to help raise funds for the campaign. The candidate's wife wore white. Not a hint of camouflage. Campaigning in a linen sheath one week after The New Yorker magazine caricatured her as a black militant, Michelle Obama addressed hundreds of donors in Miami Wednesday in her largest event in Florida so far. About 800 people contributed between...
Bark Bark Woof Woof - Thu 7:41 a.m. - 6 clicks
Desperate for some kind of hook, something that will keep 2008 from being an epic, prodigious electoral failure for them, Republicans are emptying their bags of dirty tricks faster than they can think of them. Facing almost certain electoral carnage against Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), Republican candidate Edward Lynch went on The O'Reilly Factor yesterday to air his claim that Wexler's addre...
Blast Off! - Wed 12:04 p.m. - 11 clicks
We are doing pretty well so far, but we still need your help. Here's the latest update from the Florida Progressive Coalition's fearless leader, Kenneth Quinnell: In our fundraising efforts to attend the Democratic Convention in August, we’ve decided to focus on a small donor campaign. We figured out that it’ll take us 240 people contributing $25 each for us to reach what we need to go to Den...
Blast Off! - Tue 10:06 p.m. - 10 clicks
If you've been reading Blast Off! over the years, you know the one thing that really grinds my gears is hypocrisy. And if there's one person who takes the prize as the Greatest American Hypocrite, it may well be Sen. Joe Lieberman (D? R? I? Who the fuck knows?-Conn.). Holy Joe was in America's Glans™ yesterday stumping for his newest, bestest buddy and big toe , Huggy Bear . And he's as ...
Blast Off! - Tue 10:06 p.m. - 10 clicks
Do you need more that Republicans are the most deceptive and craven people on Earth? In a move at least politically reminiscent of Drunky McStagger 's response to 9/11, when he sent our troops to Iraq after we were attacked by a bunch of Saudi nationals led by a guy hiding in Afghanistan , the Florida Republican Party is reacting to an electoral challenge to one of their stars by pouring mo...
Blast Off! - Sat 11:08 a.m. - 16 clicks
Electoral shenanigans continue in Palm Beach County ... and the question arises, is the GOP responsible again? Five people suddenly and mysteriously filed for Green Party candidacy right at the deadline in several area legislative races -- and no one seems to know who they are . All changed their affiliations, and some their addresses, before or shortly after qualifying in June. "I'm shocked...
Blast Off! - Jul 17 - 12 clicks
Well, this is just too fucking bad . Right-wing nutjob Ed Heeney , who is perhaps best known for his anti-gay rants on The Daily Show in 2004 (see below), was passed over for the GOP nomination in Florida's 27th Senate District, a seat currently held by Democrat (and my Facebook friend) Dave Aronberg. And poor, trod-upon Ed is calling shenanigans on the Republican Party . "My party bet...
Blast Off! - Jul 17 - 11 clicks
I saw the picture before I saw the location , and I just knew ... A billboard on display in Orange County, Florida shows the World Trade Center towers burning while telling passers-by: "Please Don’t Vote for a Democrat." The local ABC News affiliate reports that the person responsible is a local musician "trying to help Republicans" but that "officials with both political parties are calli...
Blast Off! - Jul 16 - 7 clicks
In almost four years of this sucky blog, I've never asked any reader for money for anything, other than maybe an occasional nudge about the DFH stickers . But now I'm going to change that. I'm asking for your help -- not just for me, but for the entire Florida Progressive Coalition (FPC) team that is planning to go to Denver for the Democratic National Convention in August. Frankly, person...
Blast Off! - Jul 16 - 6 clicks
