Some Humor: GOP Primary + The Onion meme

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Sunday October 04, 2015 · 6:47 AM PDT

2015/10/04 · 06:47

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Walker: Area Man's Life Comes to Tragic Middle

Sometimes it's hard to find humor the Republican primary, other times, not so hard. More beyond the squiggle.
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Death Threats and Taxes

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Friday October 25, 2013 · 10:39 AM PDT

2013/10/25 · 10:39

Several Pennsylvania legislators - 4 of 5 of whom are Republicans - have received threats and harassment after being featured in a Wanted-style poster for their opposition to a property tax bill, HB 76.

From the Centre Daily Times:

(State Rep. Kerry) Benninghoff said he received a letter implying he would be shot at a public meeting if he didn’t support the plan. Later, a postcard addressed to his daughters arrived at his office with the return address of his rented Harrisburg apartment.
“The second one was a little alarming,” Benninghoff told the Centre Daily Times on Thursday. “Probably I was the only one to take note (of the return address). That’s the way you sent a message (of) ‘I know where you live and I know you have children.’

What did Benninghoff (a Republican, by the way) do to become the target of such threats, you ask? More below . . . Read More

PA-Gov Corbett receives "F" for the environment

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Friday October 11, 2013 · 8:58 AM PDT

2013/10/11 · 08:58

PennEnvironment released its evaluation of Governor Tom Corbett's environmental record. Big Surprise: it ain't good.

PennEnvironment’s report card includes some of the most hotly-debated environmental policies in Harrisburg—and Gov. Corbett’s position on those issues—since becoming governor in 2011. The full report card can be viewed at: http://www.PennEnvironment.org/... (pdf).
“From the first bill he signed into law that gutted energy conservation for buildings across Pennsylvania, to rolling back protections to keep our parks safe from drilling and proposing to dismantle funding for farmland preservation, this report card makes it clear that our environment has taken a beating under Gov. Corbett,” said Adam Garber, PennEnvironment field director. “Fortunately, broad bipartisan support in the Legislature was able to defend against many of the governor’s shortsighted proposals.”

Some of the Corbett lowlights include:

Gutting Green Building Standards (Act 1 of 2011): First legislation signed into law by the governor (Act 1 of 2011) to roll back the implementation of energy conservation standards for buildings constructed in PA.
Carte Blanche for Frackers (Act 13 of 2012): Signed far-reaching law (Act 13) that guts environmental and public health protections from gas drilling and fracking, and so far, it has been found unconstitutional by the state courts.

Eliminating Funding for our Parks and Open Spaces (2012 Budget Proposal): A 2012 budget proposal to dissolve funding for the Keystone Fund, the state’s cornerstone program for protecting state parks and other recreational areas.

Promoting Drilling on College Campuses (SB 367): Legislation signed into law that allows fracking and gas drilling on our higher education campuses.

See the full report at http://pennenvironment.org/...

Bill Cahir, former Dem candidate for PA-05, killed in Afghanistan

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Friday August 14, 2009 · 5:43 AM PDT

2009/08/14 · 05:43

This is just awful.

If any of you were following the race for the open seat in PA-05 last fall, either in my diaries, or otherwise, Bill Cahir's name will be familiar to you. He was one of three very strong candidates who ran for the Democratic nomination here in this R+10 district. The nomination went to another candidate, and the district eventually went to the Republican candidate.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Bill Cahir, 40, was killed in combat in Afghanistan yesterday. This is a great loss to America.

Some links to visit:
Report in The Centre Daily Times - Bill's hometown newspaper
Breaking report from the Express-Times, where Cahir worked as a correspondent for many years.
Story in Politico.
Hardball segment about Bill

More about this hero on the flip . .

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Wednesday August 12, 2009 · 10:49 AM PDT

2009/08/12 · 10:49

I attended the town hall in State College this morning, along with about 400 others. An additional 1600 or so were shut out in the overflow.

AP coverage
Local coverage

Where to begin?

Crowd breakdown in the hall: I'd guess maybe 60% anti-reform/ teabaggers/ deathers/ etc. and 40% everyone else.

Repeated themes from the 60%: limited government, socialism, spending, illegal immigrants, 'read the bill,' tort reform, Constitution, founding principles, and a few sprinkles of abortion, euthanasia and God.

Repeated themes for the 40%: public option, single payer, Medicare, clean energy

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 10:52 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 10:52

Here's a quickie to alert everyone what's happening in Centre County, PA

From Common Cause:

Word has just come in from Amy Zeller at Penn State University that one of the polling places for PSU students has been asking over 1/2 the students to fill out provisional ballots due to their names not showing up on the voting rolls. The polling place is the Knights of Columbus building near the campus. She has contacted the Election Protection hot line, 1-866-OUR-VOTE to report the issue. Power Vote (www.powervote.org) has also sent out one of their election protection volunteers to monitor the situation.

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 6:08 AM PDT

2008/10/27 · 06:08

Boy, it's a really bad year for Republicans if they have to sweat hanging on to Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional district. But that seems to be what's happening. I've been hearing rumors of internal polls that show the race for this open seat nearly tied, although no numbers have been released. And now the GOP candidate, Glenn Thompson, is being flooded with late contributions.

The contributions of more than $50,000 in the first 15 days of October, and at least $12,000 more since then, suggest that the race in the traditional Republican stronghold of the 5th Congressional District is close or at least that Republicans nationally don’t want to risk losing it.

At the same time, the Democratic candidate, Clearfield County Commissioner Mark McCracken, who has not received any financial help from the national Democratic organization, on Thursday put $5,125 of his own money into his campaign, a late-hour commitment that again suggests the race is close.

Should the netroots bother with PA-05

38 votes Vote Now!

Should the netroots bother with PA-05

nope, keep dreaming

9 votes

yes, show red-area dems like McCracken some love

7 votes

yes, make Thompson and the NRCC squirm - no free rides

5 votes

hell yes, it's an open seat and we can win it this year

16 votes

don't bother, there will be redistricting in 2010 anyway

1 vote

PA-05: 12 candidate sextravaganza! with video!

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Friday April 18, 2008 · 7:32 AM PDT

2008/04/18 · 07:32

Did I hook you with the title? There is video, and there is a sex scandal. Scandaliscious details on the flip . . . It's getting close now to Pennsylvania's primary on Tuesday, and I probably won't be able to write about my congressional race again before that. You see, I shun the computer on weekends, and I'll be doing my part to GOTV for Obama for these last few days anyway.

I thought I would do a prediction diary, but how can I guess what will happen in the 9-man GOP clusterfuck for this nomination? And our chances at flipping this district in November could be greatly improved depending on which poor choice as little as 12% of the district Republicans finally settle on. At this point, the 3 frontrunners all have some sort of scandal in their backgrounds, and the other 6 have no money. The fractious Republican primary seriously couldn't have gone any better for us. Retiring Rep. John Peterson must be kicking himself for endorsing so late in the game. He really could have prevented all this infighting. But he didn't, so . .

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Thursday April 17, 2008 · 6:57 AM PDT

2008/04/17 · 06:57

Update: Holy crap. This rumor has been going around the comment boards but now Walker has been charged with stalking! See below fold for excerpt! /end update

Oh boy, the 2 wealthy front-runners for the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania's open seat 5th district are really pounding on each other now. The other 7 candidates must be hoping that the voters turn away disgusted from the squabbling to choose one of them instead - but which one? Retiring Rep. John Peterson's late endorsement of Centre County GOP chairman Glenn Thompson only seems to have confused the race even more.

Meanwhile, the 3 Democrats keep plugging along. Cahir has an ambitious schedule across the district over the next 6 days. McCracken spoke to the Penn State College Dems earlier this week. I'm not sure what Vilello has been doing, and his events page doesn't list anything.

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24 votes Show Results

Whose ad is funnier?

24 votes Vote Now!

Whose ad is funnier?

Walker's negative Shaner ad

1 vote

Shaner's negative Walker ad

13 votes

pie fight!

10 votes

Updated: Obama camp response to BitterGate protests

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Tuesday April 15, 2008 · 9:35 AM PDT

2008/04/15 · 09:35

This is a follow-up to 2 diaries yesterday (one from poblano and one from AHiddenSaint) that highlighted Hillary AFSCME supporters milking the bitter controversy for all it's worth. Over the weekend in Altoona, PA, 8 people (at least 2 from out of state) protested in front of Obama's Altoona HQ - a supposed spontaneous outpouring of outrage. Their message? - "We are not bitter and we have the signs to prove it!"

Supposedly, this was one of 6 similar Clinton-related NOT-BITTER protests across Pennsylvania over the weekend.

Obama supporters are responding now

Poll

229 votes Show Results

Which are you?

229 votes Vote Now!

Which are you?

bitter

37 votes

sour

2 votes

sweet

2 votes

salty

13 votes

bitter-sweet

31 votes

sweet & sour

17 votes

extra special bitter

75 votes

spicy!

52 votes

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Some Humor: GOP Primary + The Onion meme

Death Threats and Taxes

PA-Gov Corbett receives "F" for the environment

Bill Cahir, former Dem candidate for PA-05, killed in Afghanistan

Specter in State College, PA this morning

Penn State students made to vote provisionally

PA-05: GOP worried; Dem McCracken could win

PA-05: We Are Penn State, and we saved the day

PA-05: east vs. west, or why I was so wrong

PA-05: 12 candidate sextravaganza! with video!

PA-05: Update: Walker charged! the Republicans go negative, w/ videos

Updated: Obama camp response to BitterGate protests