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Posts Tagged ‘atlanta’

Super Delegates Abandoning Hillary?

Friday, February 15th, 2008

A change is gonna come?Rep. John Lewis will announce today that he’s bailing on Hillary and will vote for Obama at the DNC convention, according to the New York Times. Why? Because he represents Atlanta and Atlanta voted 3:1 for Barack. BUT WAIT: Hillary’s campaign says the NYT lies! And John Lewis is not exactly a random congressman — if he jumps ship, it will suddenly be okay for a whole lot more congressional Democrats to do the same. Meanwhile, fellow Georgia Congressman David Scott is supposedly switching to Obama, too. [NYT/CBS/WP/AJC]


Atlanta Paultards Attack Giuliani, Suck More

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

paultard nuking commences in 5Rudy Giuliani made a campaign stop in Atlanta today, a peculiar move considering Atlanta isn’t in Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina. On his way to see some old guy’s rocking chair store, Giuliani’s equally old supporters were ambushed by a “younger crowd” of Paultards. The crowd interrupted Giuliani’s remarks with a mix of “RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!” and “FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!” shouts, and an awkward verbal melee ensued. MORE »


Georgia Gov. Claiming Victory in Rain Prayer

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

mmm... david phillips...Well, shit. After Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and his ilk prayed for rain Tuesday to end the state’s drought, the Atlanta region was drenched through Wednesday night. How many tears did God pour out? According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, overnight rainfall totals were .14 inches at one airport, .21 inches at another airport and .28 inches at an air base. It’s still unclear whether Jesus blesses other things besides airports in Georgia. MORE »


National Park Service Loves Psychotic Backyard Porn

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Listen people: If you want to send “political” e-mail, do it from special secret political e-mail accounts. Have you learned nothing from Karl Rove and the Bush Administration? We received one lonesome message protesting the fact that we noted Jesse Malkin’s very public slide into low-budget amateur porn, and here it is:

Subject: Humorless
From: “Pat_R[redacted]@nps.gov”
11:56 am (32 minutes ago) MORE »


Two Down-to-the-Wire Races Fight to the Wire For Our Fleeting Interest (To the Wire)

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006