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Politics + Other Mistakes
Welcome to the Channel 9 News Noodle. I'm Kootie McDoof.
Politics + Other Mistakes
In the wake of its chaotic state convention, the Maine Republican Party has cleverly positioned itself to appeal to a whole new segment of the public: Anarchists.
Politics + Other Mistakes
The only thing worse than taxes is tax breaks.
Politics + Other Mistakes
Debt is a fundamental part of American life. Car payments. Mortgages. Partially unpaid bills from irate Colombian hookers.
Mark your ballots
Democracy is a messy system of government. Its basic tenets encourage the ignorant masses to react based on emotional appeals, thereby overwhelming the reasoned judgments of the educated elite.
State laws
There are two types of people who routinely ignore state laws.
“Sodomy-based marriage”
"There is no basis in nature for a right to sodomy," Michael Heath told the Associated Press in March.
Clean Elections
It's fun to pretend there are supernatural solutions to our problems.
The Maine Democratic Party
The last time the Maine Democratic Party had a competitive candidate in a statewide political race was in 2006, when John Baldacci was re-elected governor. And that was hardly a landslide. Even with Baldacci's incumbency, he got barely 38 percent of the vote.
Will Bruce Poliquin make the ballot?
I'm writing this before it's officially decided whether State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin qualified as a US Senate candidate for the Republican primary in June.
Picking the next Senator
Picking the next US senator from Maine is a no-brainer, now that independent Angus King is officially in the race.
Campaign advice
Watch your step. The floor might be slippery from all these drooling political consultants, an occupation noted for its lack of self-control.
Straw polls
Welcome to the 2012 Republican Party caucus for the town of East Abunni, Maine.
Political trivia
Time for political trivia. For each correct answer, treat yourself to a beer.
The Maine Democratic Party's US Senate prospects
Thanks for coming to my power-point presentation.
America Elects
There are a few acceptable reasons for keeping your identity a secret.
Energy prices – and sources
A few months after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, my wife and I were wandering around the eastern part of that city and came upon a little antique shop, where the last vestiges of the old Communist ways were slowly being flushed out, much to the owner's dismay.
Maine's counties
There are worse things than Maine's antiquated system of county government.
A funeral for The Maine Clean Election Act
It should have been a somber moment, but the awful shouting intruded on the funeral service.
Democrat domination
The Very Smart People have proclaimed that the Democratic Party is about to reclaim control of the Maine House of Representatives.
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