Tag Archives: 2010 elections

Nate Silver explains his chart: I studied the campaign Web sites of Republican and Democratic candidates for the House in the 33 Congressional districts currently labeled toss-ups by The New York Times political desk. Although a few candidates did not highlight particular issues on their official Web pages, and a few others remain engaged in primaries where there is no …

Michele Bachmann’s opponent Tarryl Clark voted to put a 3/8 of a penny sales tax increase on the November ballot. And you know what that means? Crayon prices are going through the roof! And who uses crayons? CHILDREN! Why does Tarryl Clark hate children??!?!

Christine O’Donnell is the Tea Party candidate for the U.S. Senate in Delaware and wants all of you to stop jerking off right now. “The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can’t masturbate without lust,” she said. “The reason that you don’t tell [people] that masturbation is the answer to AIDS and all these …

The Arizona Democratic Party warns about Jan Brewer by riffing on the zombie film 28 Days Later. (Yes, I know that technically they weren’t zombies in the movie.) (Tipped by JMG reader Homer)

Surprisingly free of any mention of Meg Whitman.

The New York Times reports that openly gay Log Cabin Republicans candidate Steve May has recruited several homeless people to run as sham Green Party candidates in an attempt to siphon votes from Democrats in Arizona. Even though he’s been busted, May is unapologetic. “Did I recruit candidates? Yes,” said Mr. May, who is himself a candidate for the State …

Last week Sen. David “Diaper Boy” Vitter easily won the GOP primary in Louisiana despite having been named in 2007 as a regular patron of the famed DC Madam. Vitter later admitted to patronizing prostitutes and committing adultery, but since he’s a hard-right conservative “sanctity of marriage” defender, the GOP has given him a pass. Watch the DNC’s “suspense thriller” …

California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has been dismissed as a potential juror in a child molestation case after telling the court that she could not give the case her “100% best” due to the campaign. The accused man is alleged to have molested several boys, leading attorneys to ridiculously ask the potential jurors if they feel that homosexuality is …

“Here in America we’ve had what maybe three known real big terrorist attacks on our nation. But every day our young people especially, all of us, but our young people especially are in a sense bombarded with the message that homosexuality is normal and natural.” – Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern, repeating her 2009 claim that teh gay are worse …

Amazing news: New York’s largest Spanish-language newspaper has endorsed Charlie Ramos in his bid to unseat vile homophobe Sen. Ruben Diaz. From El Diario: While the incumbent Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. has received attention for opposing marriage equality legislation, Ramos says that his votes against community interests and silence on notorious landlords are among the other issues that compelled him …

Points for working the Mexican flag in.

She’s actually IN this one.

Democratic Party officials in Arizona have accused the GOP of creating fake Green Party candidates in order to split the Democratic vote in November. The complaint names Rep. Jim Weiers, R-Phoenix; Steve May, a Republican candidate for the Legislature; and a House Republican staffer as complicit in an effort to register at least a half-dozen people as Green Party members …

The DNC warns us that unless the Democrats close ranks behind their candidates, many extreme teabaggers stand a good shot of election in November.

Jim the Bow-legged Election Guy is back.

Fight Back New York writes us today to announce the launch of their new website, The Truth About Ruben Diaz, which exposes the New York Senate homophobe on many issues. The current top ten: 1. Ruben Diaz was investigated by the FBI2. He was arrested for possession of heroin and marijuana3. Ruben Diaz was only member of the New York …

THIS POST IS UPDATED.In a transparent ploy to appeal to the teabaggers backing his GOP Senate opponent Marco Rubio, Florida Gov. Charlie “Closet Case” Crist today told CNN that he supports amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. “When it comes to marriage, I think it is a sacred institution, I believe it is between a man and a …