Showing posts with label elections 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elections 2012. Show all posts
Sunday, July 31, 2016

Ed Clere's up for re-election. Here's a look at his first four District 72 races.

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In 2016, Ed Clere is seeking a fifth term in the Indiana House of Representatives (District 72), and I thought it might be interesting to lo...
Saturday, December 01, 2012

How sweet it is: Sour grapes and fluffery from St. Daniels.

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I never doubted that Barack Obama would win, but at no time did I ever foresee the sheer entertainment value afforded us during the weeks si...
Monday, November 19, 2012

"Father Douthat Explains It All," and Charles Pierce begs to differ.

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I, too, read Douthat's piece in the Sunday NYT . Unlike me, Charlie Pierce is willing to deconstruct Douthat's bilge clause by claus...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Howey on political innovation.

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The last of Howey's talking points should be required reading on the part of every Democratic Party decision- and/or king-maker in Floyd...
Friday, November 09, 2012

From an endangered moderate Republican comes this spot-on final word about the 2012 national election.

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I bow, scrape and supplicate. I wish I could have written this , although perhaps the fact that I am NOT a moderate Republican denies me a u...
Monday, November 05, 2012

Who I'm voting for, against, and in spite of.

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It cracks me up: As an independent business owner writing a personal blog, I'm abused and threatened for running a Dennis Roudenbush ad ...
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Sunday, November 04, 2012

Tuesday is ELECTOR DAY. In Indiana, that means ALL DAY long.

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Just a reminder: Since 2010, Indiana no longer labors under the restrictive blue laws that formerly forbade alcohol sales until the closi...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

Voters' Guide 2012, from the News and Tribune.

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You always say to yourself: What explains a candidate's unwillingness to return the survey? Illiteracy? Sloth? Too many Bud Lights? ...
Friday, October 26, 2012

I don't suppose it could be a green building?

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In other words, elect this group of respectably conservative socio-economic development wizards, and the landowner in question just might...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Children First? Well, of course ...

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 ... followed by the main entree, and then dessert. After that, a glass of Port is nice. For more on the school board race: Floyd schoo...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Mourdock's corn-fed theocratic fascism should not distract from genuine issues of reproductive choice.

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The current GOP position on God, rape and pregnancy shows a tremendous debt to Greek mythology. --Andy Borowitz Welcome to L'Ameri...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Top Ten Things I’d Rather Do than Vote for Don Sakel for School Board.

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Top Ten Things I’d Rather Do than Vote for Don Sakel for School Board 10 Receive a “free burger a day for a year” gift card from Rally’s ...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Restraint, damn it!

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And so I keep waiting for some sign of a pulse from the Grabowski for State Representative campaign. Then, finally, one comes to me via Face...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

I'm getting sleepy.

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Well, it turns out they do read, after all, if sporadically. Thanks to B for the tip. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to shower. But ...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

9th district: Two debates. Need more.

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The Grand in New Albany sounds like a fine choice for the yet-to-be-added third debate, although perhaps it might be awarded to the Kentucki...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Steve Bush: " I can be a county elected official because I do not work for the county."

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Pete posted a photo on Facebook , and I asked a question ... and to my shock and amazement, Floyd County Commissioner Stephen Bush promptly ...
Monday, July 09, 2012

"An Intervention from Your Continental BFF."

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America, But Better: The Canada Party Manifesto , by Chris Cannon and Brian Calvert @TheCanadaParty  On Twitter Thanks to RS for the ...
Monday, June 25, 2012

John Griffin Miller: "As Paul Simon said in Mrs. Robinson, 'any way you look at it you lose.'”

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Let's let John Miller tell his story. Whatever your opinion of John, there are numerous topics for fruitful discussion included therein....
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Floyd County doomed to ruin as sole possessor of the ATM password is deposed.

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Yesterday's Floyd County election results tell us that perennial county council kingpin Ted Heavrin was rejected by Democratic voters. ...
Monday, May 07, 2012

Election is tomorrow: Drink early and vote often.

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There's an Indiana primary election tomorrow, and the single most important point that voters absolutely must remember is this: Bars...