An astronishing yet unsurprising statistic unearthed by blogger David M. Of all Ivy League faculty donations to candidates, 92 percent went to Kerry. The highest rate of donations to Bush in any Ivy League University is 16 percent – at Princeton. Meanwhile, blogger Michael Petrelis has done some digging on mega-rich socialist, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of the Nation. She has donated around $145,000 over twenty years to various candidates and organizations.
ONLY IN AMERICA: Regular readers will know what I think of Robert Byrd – a bloviating, bigoted thief of other people’s money. But his family lineage nevertheless makes for fascinating reading. This is from his bio on his website:
He is married to the former Erma Ora James, his high school sweetheart and a coal miner’s daughter. They are the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Mohammad (Mona Byrd) Fatemi and Mrs. Jon (Marjorie Byrd) Moore. Senator and Mrs. Byrd have been blessed with six grandchildren — Erik, Darius, and Fredrik Fatemi; Michael (deceased), Mona, and Mary Anne Moore — and four great-granddaughters: Caroline Byrd Fatemi and Kathryn James Fatemi; Emma James Clarkson and Hannah Byrd Clarkson. In February 2004, Senator and Mrs. Byrd welcomed their first great-grandson, Michael Yoo Fatemi.
From a member of the KKK to Michael Yoo Fatemi in two generations. Not bad.
MORE DISHONEST SPIN: Once again, the anti-marriage forces have been spinning a little too heavily. Anti-gay senators Brownback and Cornyn have been claiming that the late Senator Moynihan would have opposed extending the responsibilities of civil marriage to gay couples. Not so fast, says his wife.
The Dish 