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AR-01: Ellington Up On The Air With A Great First Ad

Sep 28, 2012 4 Comments ›› ARDem

You may have noticed that I've been absent of late.  Well you know how it goes, life has to come first.  But I just had to post this great new ad that Ellington is up on tv with here in the first district: It's a great ad, hitting the jobs message and taking a firm stand ...

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Boozman Votes Against Jobs For Troops After Writing Part Of The Bill

Sep 20, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

I'm with Rachel Maddow and Patrick Murphy on this one.  John Boozman is a disgrace: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A bill that would provide job training for military veterans failed Wednesday thanks to a Republican filibuster. Supporters of the plan, which President Obama has endorsed, are ripping the right, insisting ...

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Americans For Prosperity Gets Stood Up To

Sep 19, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

The Americans For Prosperity bus tour rolled through Jonesboro and Paragould today.  Only unlike 2010, a couple of things were different.  First, their crowds were considerably smaller than they were then.  Second, they were met with protesters this time. Now, first let's talk about Paragould.  We had a great crowd in Paragould and the Democratic Central ...

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SD-11: Republicans Lie About Harrelson’s Commitment To Vets Two Months After He Buries His Vietnam Vet Dad

Sep 18, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

Arkansas Republicans are a bunch of scumbags.  This is the mailer that they're sending out to attack Steve Harrelson: Where to begin with this nonsense? First, it's patently false.  Steve had proposed an amendment that would have strengthened the penalty for protesting a soldier's funeral beyond a certain line and voted against the bill after that amendment ...

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SD-09: Holland Trying To Seal Records Of His High Speed Chase

Sep 17, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

Bruce Holland...What a jackass...  We all remember "Fireball" Holland's little run in with the law early last year where he was caught speeding at more than 100 mph and then ran from the cops, claiming he didn't see officer.  Well Holland's little incident is back in the news again because he's apparently made an effort ...

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HD-85: Whitaker Outraises His Opponent

Sep 17, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

One of these men isn't smiling for a reason.  Our endorsed candidate in the HD-85 race, David Whitaker, the guy who looks very happy in this pic and for good reason, has outraised his Republican opponent, Paul Graham, and has more cash on hand. FAYETTEVILLE – David Whitaker, candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives in ...

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Conservatives Still Grasping At Straws On “Voter Fraud”; Trying To Make Hallum’s “Election Fraud” Fit The Bill

Sep 17, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

Hey, guess what!  The Arkansas Project's back!  Yeah, kind of took me by surprise too.  Though in fairness it's not the same soft core porn site it was way back in the day.  It's actually got real articles, though I'd take some issue with the factual accuracy of them.  But hey, at least the women ...

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On Greg Leding & The ERA

Sep 17, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

There's been a lot of talk in ERA circles about whether or not State Rep. Greg Leding is fully committed to the Equal Rights Amendment after campaigning for it in '10.  It's also been said that Leding, at one point, stated that "The ERA needs time to breathe."  I have no idea whether that's true ...

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Yes, Your Daily Hubbard Will Continue

Sep 16, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

In response to a few questions I've gotten, yes, the Daily Hubbard will be continuing.  I just had a busy week and didn't get around to adding more updates.  No worries, your daily dose of crazy, angry old man will continue next week.  I promise.

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HD-26: Loy Mauch & Those Communist, Anti-Confederate Public Schools

Sep 16, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

The last politician in Arkansas to rave about public education being communism was U.S. Senator Lt. Gov. failed perennial candidate Jim Holt.  That brand of nuttiness effectively ended Holt's political career, and with any luck an old letter to the editor Mike Cook's dug up might just help do the same for Neo Confederate Loy ...

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AR-01: Rick Crawford’s Speaker Won’t Take Up Farm Bill

Sep 14, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

Your Republican House, failing Arkansans: For the first time in modern history, Congress is going to fail to produce a farm bill. This in one of the worst farmland drought years in recent memory. The drought has resulted in more than 1,800 counties in 38 states being declared natural disaster areas, and every sector of agriculture ...

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Another Day, Another Extremely Misleading Right Wing Mailer

Sep 14, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

These SuperPAC clowns aren't even trying anymore. Again, this is another cookie cutter ad that will be used to hit state reps and senators across Arkansas, this one from a group called the 60 Plus Association.  On the back you find the fine print that tells you they're talking about the state insurance exchanges along with ...

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Your Daily Hubbard, 9/13/12

Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

On page 37, Jon Hubbard has something he really wants to get across to us liberals: And oh yes, my liberal friends, one more thing- America, love it or leave it! Seriously, this moron wrote a book with a whole page set aside to say that in big bold letters like that.  (Actually, it's a whole lot bigger ...

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Governor Beebe Supports Medicaid Expansion

Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

Thank you Governor Beebe! LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday he supports expanding Medicaid eligibility in Arkansas under the federal health care law after officials assured him the state could later opt out, setting up a potentially heated fight with Republican lawmakers as they try to win control of the state Legislature. Beebe, a ...

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Mitt Romney Has A Southern Whites Problem

Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDem

If I was in the Romney camp, I'd be very worried about this: Reuters) - Sheryl Harris, a voluble 52-year-old with a Virginia drawl, voted twice for George W. Bush. Raised Baptist, she is convinced -- despite all evidence to the contrary -- that President Barack Obama, a practicing Christian, is Muslim. So in this year's presidential ...

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