Clearly, Senator Clinton. There is still a long time until the election, so anything could happen.
John Edwards looked desperate and Barack Obama looked boring. And the others … well, they looked about the same.
It was interesting, however, the way Kucinich avoided answering the question about Roe v. Wade. Kucinich had an election-year conversion in his first run for the White House, and it’s clear he doesn’t support abortion rights.
Categories: 2008 election · Sen. Hillary Clinton
I’m still trying to play catch up following a very busy week, but I just HAVE to comment on this. On Monday digby posted that NARAL has decided to endorse Rep. Al Wynn (in Maryland) in the primary! As a Maryland resident, what makes me so CRAZY about this is that there is an excellent pro-choice woman challenging him! As digby writes:
NARAL has endorsed Al Wynn, one of the worst Bush Dogs in the congress, a total corporate sell-out to the highest bidder, in a primary in which we have a true blue female pro-choice candidate who would go to the mat for reproductive freedom and every other progressive cause. If they couldn’t support the real progressive, why in the hell didn’t they just lay out?
I find this inexplicable and inexcusable.
Is there any reason for NARAL to jump into a race to the detriment of a total pro-choice woman?
What Nancy Keenan has done to women and to choice in this country is a horror show.
I can share with you that MD-NARAL has not always looked out for the interests of women in this state. They have been willing to sell out young and poor women, in favor of state legislation that benefits their core financial supporters.
Women in Maryland would be better served to join MD NOW, an advocacy group that works to protect ALL women in Maryland.
But back to the Congressional race – please support DONNA EDWARDS. Regardless of where you live, dig into your pocket and send her whatever you can afford. No contribution is too small.
Categories: 2008 election · things that make me crazy
PANTS SUIT:
Remember the DC administrative law judge who brought the $54 million dollar pants lawsuit? Well, it seems he’s lost more than his pants (which were returned to him). He has now lost his job.
The Associated Press reports:
A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants has lost his job, District of Columbia officials said.Roy Pearson’s term as an administrative law judge expired May 2 and the D.C. Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges has voted not to reappoint him, Lisa Coleman, the city’s general counsel, wrote Nov. 8 in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Associated Press.
Pearson lost his lawsuit, and his $120,000-plus per year job. All I can say is GOOD. Someone with such a misguided sense of “justice” should not be sitting on a bench.
The couple he sued have sold their cleaning business and moved on.
Previous posts:
Tearful Judge in $54 Million Pants Lawsuit June 2007
DC Judge Loses $54 Million Pants Lawsuit June 2007
Judge tries (again) to take cleaners to the cleaners August 2007
Categories: $54 million pants · Head Start · faith-based initiatives
