Lisa Derrick

Sanford Bishop, aka the Dixie Cup Democrat, is a name that’s been leaked for Secretary of Agriculture. A conservative Dem, Rep. Bishop is very well-liked by Georgia’s Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss. Granted he voted for the Bankruptcy Bill, pushed in slightly better terms for farmers, fought against some not-so-great privatization schemes of agricultural loans, but [...]

Poor Sarah Palin, she’s just finished itemizing all her gifts of clothes from the RNC donors and now Pappy Chuck Heath, her dad, has to go and open his mouth. Pappy rattled on about all the boxes of presents streaming in from foreign countries and of course from folks in the good ole US of [...]

Oh, the interwebs have delivered once again, some tasty cake and epic win! It captured my sole. [h/t rain dog, daily kos ]

Influential Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez wrote this sort of turgid tear jerker of a piece about Marjorie Christoffersen of El Coyote resigning over her Mormon faith-based donation to Yes on Prop 8. Here in part, is my response to him: Marjorie Christoffersen never apologized to the many customers gathered there, never said she [...]

The cry heard ’round the Gen XYZ world: It’s not a doll–it’s an action figure can now be applied to President-elect Barack Obama. According to a report in the New York Daily News,  at the Scholastic Store in SoHo: They are literally flying off the shelves. The kids see Obama, and they just want to [...]

Stars are making donations to help offset the costs of the Obama inaug. Topping off the list at $50,000: Halle Berry; Jamie Foxx (listed as self-employed); Motown impressario Berry Gordy, who says he’s "not employed"  which means some damn nice pay for not working; Samuel L. Jackson; and the self-employed Sharon Stone.  Jamie Lee Curtis [...]

Gritty! Hot! Democrat! Country singer Tim McGraw–son of a baseball player Tug McGraw, husband of Faith Hill, father, actor and creator of his own eponymous cologne with: a woody, spicy fragrance that’s irresistibly masculine is seriously fixin’ to run as the Democratic candidate for Tennessee governor in 2010! His qualifications are every bit as good [...]

Barry Goldwater had one on his wrist. George Schultz allegedly has one on his seat. Sarah Palin may have one on her ankle–and maybe her lips, too. Okay, so far the problem with tattoos and politicians is that only Republicans seem to have them. Maybe that’s why Caroline Kennedy’s inner arm ink of a butterfly, [...]

Arrgh! Forget spending  $10,000 for Sarah Palin’s emails–there’s no guarantee you’ll get anything good: The records would then be sent to the state’s Department of Law (which is headed by a Palin appointee) for "privilege review." That is, individual emails could be withheld on the basis of various exemptions. In this economy, the bargain pays off!  [...]

Almost faster than you can repeat this great Rod Blagojevic quote: Let’s put aside the politics and trust the people. Let’s embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that we’re doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois smart cybermarketers have [...]