William “Willie” N. Meggs
“Since the legislature is building airport hangars instead of funding FDLE, they’re a little behind.”
— Florida State Attorney Willie Meggs, when asked when the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would finish its examination of the computer used by former State House Speaker Ray Sansom (R-Destin). Sansom was indicted by a grand jury [...]

“Most Americans look at this as a personal situation.” Graham let out a laugh and said: “I’ve got plenty of sins that I’m not going to share with anyone else.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is widely rumored to be gay and in the closet, as quoted by Politico. Graham said Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) [...]

Today’s the day in Minnesota: we might have a new Democratic Senator in Al Franken. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s Arjun Jaikumar is live blogging and twittering from inside the courtroom where Sen. Norm Coleman’s challenge of a ruling favorable to Franken is being heard. Tune in for what appears to be some good stuff [...]

“Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate.”
— G. Gordon Liddy, convicted felon and rightwing radio host, commenting on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Liddy went on to translate a phrase from Sotomayor’s other language, which he referred to as, “Illegal Alien.”
Thanks [...]

“And remember, one of al Qaeda’s goals — it’s not just to attack the United States. It’s to prove that we’re hypocrites, that we don’t live up to American principles. So when we use torture and abuse, we’re playing into one of their stated goals.”

On the one hand, you can see why any comparison on the Republican National Committee’s part between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and James Bond character Pussy Galore would be just…yucky.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah): “I thought it was reprehensible, irresponsible and unpersuasive.”
After viewing an RNC video that juxtaposed the speaker with the James Bond
villainess, Rep. Jason Chaffetz [...]

That the Republicans are a party of old white men could be a headline from “Duh” magazine.* But when you see how that plays out in real life, as the Miami Herald showed with the 2010 Florida races, it’s pretty surprising stuff.
The Republican front-runners for statewide office include Gov. Charlie Crist for Senate, Attorney General [...]

In recent months the U.S. population has become more “hawkish” according to some polls. A recent Zogby poll found that 53 percent of those polled think the U.S. will mount strikes against Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. I’m not so sure it’s due to increasing hawkishness or more an increasing realization that [...]

I occasionally sign one of those form letters battling some big issue. I rarely edit the form letter and usually forget about it about a nanosecond after I hit the “send” button. But recently the recipients of these form letters have been responding. Here’s an e-mail I received out of the blue today from a [...]

Photo from New York Daily News
The vice president of the United States of America is hunting at a private club that flies the Confederate flag, the symbol of a society built on the backs of enslaved people, the descendants of whom the vice president is supposed to represent.
But hey, Cheney’s minions are saying it doesn’t [...]