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Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on "The Commission Has Been Road-Blocked": Republicans' War On The FEC by Pete Martin and Zachary Roth

2009-07-01T13:35:21Z

Yeah... weird, right? You'd think they'd at least pursue Mr. Soros. It does make them seem like they have these very, very bad principles, but that never turns out to be the case on closer examination.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Exotic Argentine Open Thread by Andrew Golis

2009-06-24T15:29:46Z

There are also really good chocolate chip cookies.
http://www.brooklyncompany.com.ar/homeingles.html

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Accused Far-Right Killer Has Bizarre, Troubled Past by Zachary Roth

2009-06-17T14:17:04Z

Yeah, that's laugh out loud funny. Especially since that's the core of opposition to the MinuteMen.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on One Year Ago: The Bill Clinton 'Scumbag' Scoop by Greg Mitchell

2009-06-04T12:47:27Z

No, it wasn't a big story then. I clicked into this story because I was puzzled someone would even mention it.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on The Odd Pulitzers by Matthew Cooper

2009-04-21T12:51:55Z

To be fair, most of the coverage of the financial crisis was between 6 and 15 years too late. Like policy, reportage is much less helpful once a crisis comes to a head. And the election coverage last year continued to be poisoned by the urge to make major party candidates seem palatable.

The eligibility of online media was announced no later than December 8th...
http://malechem.blogspot.com/2008/12/im-now-eligible-for-pulitzer.html

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on FutureGen 'Clean Coal' Earmark Removed From Stimulus by Elana Schor

2009-02-12T18:45:50Z

When the thugs were interfering with the 2000 recount in Florida, I stayed at work rather than flying down there. I thought the rule of law would take care of itself. That's a decision I still rue.

Rionn Fears Malechem recommended Oberstar: Mass Transit Got the Shaft to Make Room For Tax Cuts by Elana Schor

2009-01-21T22:48:44Z

Rionn Fears Malechem recommended Warren Panel: Treasury Eroding Confidence It Seeks To Restore by Zachary Roth

2009-01-09T17:19:55Z

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Coleman: I'm Going To Court by Eric Kleefeld

2009-01-06T21:26:52Z

Read 'Al Gore' for 'Norm Coleman' and pretend it's 2000. You'll get a warm, happy glow.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on In Private Memo, RNC Chief Concedes That GOP Is Bereft Of Ideas, Vows Change Of Direction by Greg Sargent

2008-12-19T23:43:36Z

I know with NAFTA, Don't Ask/Don't Tell, the Defense of Marriage Act, workfare and so forth it can be confusing, but Clinton was a Democrat.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Legislating Early Voting and Universal Registration Create Partisan Rifts]]> by Kate Klonick

2008-11-10T13:52:34Z

Hey, about national registration. I think maybe states should have more rights. I look at an issue like Fair Marriage, and I see the Defense of Marriage Act, allowing states to ignore one another's marriages. If marriage was federal, would same-sex couples be allowed to marry anywhere?

It seems states can learn from one another and create civil freedoms, but making things federal just tunes national policy to the current ideologues.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Palin On Democrats: "Do They Think The Terrorists ... Are The Good Guys?" by Greg Sargent

2008-11-03T19:41:14Z

How much did you think about John Kerry two days after the 2004 election? I think he said something last year and I was surprised to hear he still existed, much less that he was still in the Senate.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Now is the time to withdraw corporate political personhood by Tankard2

2008-10-27T02:18:03Z

As the Bush impeachment was the ruler by which we judged the 110th Congress, this should be our metric for the 111th.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Talking Points Memo Supports Ralph Nader by truthseeker77

2008-10-23T17:41:58Z

Seriously? Why Nader? I worked on his campaigns in 1996 and 2000, when he claimed to be all about building the Green Party. Then in 2004, he cobbles together some coalition that doesn't even included us, and I think in 2008 he's dispensed with party membership altogether.

As a standard bearer for Greens in local races, Nader made a lot of sense. But, what's he up to now?

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on Right-Wing Pundit On Voter Fraud Claim: Never Mind]]> by Zachary Roth

2008-10-21T21:16:37Z

So... if you ever want to assert I exist, please don't link to my white pages listing. I can imagine people calling Duran Duran from your post, and I'd rather that didn't happen to me.

Rionn Fears Malechem Commented on The "LOBBY" Strikes Again......... by Rionn Fears Malechem

2008-10-20T03:54:33Z

I just wanted to point out that I really don't think I posted this. That RLAdolf is addressing someone named 'Merman' suggests this originally came from somebody else's blog, and that it's assigned to me is just a technical problem at TPM. I'm not going to complain to them, as I don't want to track a trouble ticket, but if you want to right this wrong, feel free to point them at this comment.