Bob Etheridge, Democrat, North Carolina, 2nd District

It's a little bit poorly made, but this video seems to show Bob Etheridge, Democrat, NC 2nd District attempting to molest a young boy with a microphone in some way.



The SEIU should picket Bob Etheridge, Democrat, NC 2nd district. Roughing people up is their job. What was he thinking?

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Liz Sidoti explains why the Sestak thing is bad for Obama regardless of the legality of lack thereof. Excerpt:

White House counsel Robert Bauer said what transpired was neither illegal nor unethical.

But he also said: "There have been numerous reported instances in the past when prior administrations — both Democratic and Republicans and motivated by the same goals — discussed alternative paths to service for qualified individuals also considering campaigns for public office."

Fair enough.

But Obama has held himself to a different standard. By that measurement, and in this case, he failed to deliver.

As a candidate, Obama cast himself as above partisan sniping and political maneuvering — even as he proved to be a shrewd politician able to broker deals. He promised voters turned off by politics and Washington — and yearning for change that this fresh-faced, political newcomer offered — that he would do things differently from his predecessors.

Of course I never saw Barack Obama as being above doing anything dirty. He hasn't proven to be any different than all those white guys except he can probably get away with more. But a lot of people just believe what they hear on TV about transparency, post-partisanship and thrills going up legs. So Sidoti is right—he's damaged by this even absent an investigation for which it would not be wise to hold one's breath in anticipation.

Of course it would be great watching Obama swirling down right after Specter disappeared.

Jimmy Dimora on "all of this 'Good Government' stuff"

H/T Red State. Dimora's true colors are displayed when he gets angry at Plain Dealer reporter Henry Gomez and he starts casting aspersions on Gomez's wife.

Moe Lane points out rightly that the PD did report what Dimora claims they didn't, viz., that Taylor hadn't released the state audits, and that the article includes a quote from Dimora himself!

Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor has yet to release state audits from 2007 and 2008 because of corruption-related questions surrounding county finances. As discussion over the rehired retirees batted back and forth Thursday, Dimora blamed politics for the delay. Taylor is a Republican.

"No one wants [the audits] released more than me," Dimora said. The long wait, he complained, is "holding hostage Cuyahoga County taxpayers. It's not right, and it's not just."

So when Dimora accuses Gomez of lying he's totally full of it.

This took forever to load, and I can only hope that it is because everyone in the county is watching this pathetic meltdown.


Why do I live in Cuyahoga County anyway? Maybe it's so I can have a front row seat when Dimora gets flushed down for the turd he is.

Kucinich's departure will be different. The Great Mothership will come down and hover over Lakewood as it beams up the little guy for his glorious return voyage. I'll cry like I did at the end of ET.