Pres. Obama’s “the choice” election midterm mantra isn’t working out very well in one key area. Big Democratic donors have a choice and they’ve decided to sit out the midterms. Who’s shocked by this story? Pres. Obama, Sen. Reid and Speaker Pelosi compromised on health care without a fight. They did deals in the dark [...]
Archive | September, 2010
McDonalds: ‘Media reports stating we plan to drop health care coverage… completely false’
–updated below– Steve Russell, senior vice president and chief people officer McDonald’s USA, responds in a statement: “Media reports stating that we plan to drop health care coverage for our employees are completely false. These reports are purely speculative and misleading.” – Politico Pulse Michelle Malkin gets suckered by the word “may” in a headline. [...]
Tea Party Senate Leader Jim DeMint Stops Women’s Museum
cross-posted at Huffington Post This shouldn’t be surprising, because Republicans were also against the Lily Ledbetter Act. But it’s really remarkable in the 21st century when right-wing Senate Tea Party leader Jim DeMint puts a hold on a women’s museum, because he thinks the only thing women are known for is being abortion rights advocates. [...]
Meg’s Nannygate: Blames Brown & Gloria Allred
I am deeply worried about Nicky and her family. I believe Nicky is being manipulated by Gloria Allred for political and financial purposes during the last few weeks of a hotly contested election. This is a shameful example of the politics of personal destruction practiced by people like Jerry Brown and Gloria Allred. The charges [...]
Village Voice: ‘White America Has Lost Its Mind’
About 12:01 on the afternoon of January 20, 2009, the white American mind began to unravel. It had been a pretty good run up to that point. The brains of white folks had been humming along cogently for near on 400 years on this continent, with little sign that any serious trouble was brewing. … [...]
Some Good News for Democrats But…
–updated below– The survey also found growing energy among some core Democratic voting blocs, such as African-Americans and Hispanics—a tightening that is common as an election draws closer, according to pollsters. The GOP now holds a three-point edge, 46% to 43%, when likely voters are asked which party they would prefer to control Congress. That [...]
Obama’s CYA 2010 Talking Points for Rolling Stone
.… The idea that we’ve got a lack of enthusiasm in the Democratic base, that people are sitting on their hands complaining, is just irresponsible. [...] We have to get folks off the sidelines. People need to shake off this lethargy, people need to buck up. Bringing about change is hard — that’s what I [...]
VP Biden Goes Back to the ‘Whining’ Well
–bumped– The White House plan to jazz up the base is now clear. They’re going to blame the current circumstances on you, because inside the White House bubble Pres. Obama can still do no wrong. But first the plan is to say that you’ve got no choice, because the alternative is worse. That is so [...]
Trumka Admits Union Got Beat By the Tea Party
We are starting to wonder whether Congressional Democrats lack the courage of their convictions, or simply lack convictions. – The New York Times It’s good that V.P. Joe Biden told Lawrence O’Donnell last night that people should take the Palin-O’Donnell pack seriously, then take them on through the issues. The problem is that the Democratic [...]
2010: Overconfidence on the Right, Nothing to Vote FOR on the Left
The survey, conducted jointly by the Tarrance Group and Lake Research Partners, shows that if the congressional elections were held today, 47 percent of likely voters would pick a Republican candidate and 43 percent would pick a Democrat. That’s a five-point shift toward the GOP since the last poll, in mid-September, when both parties were [...]
2012: Obama Beats Sarah Palin by 8, But It Won’t Be ’08
A significant majority of voters are considering voting against President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, expressing sour views of his new health care law and deep skepticism about his ability to create jobs and grow the sluggish economy, according to the latest POLITICO / George Washington University Battleground Poll. Only 38 percent of respondents [...]
60 Minutes Offers Extremist Right-Wing Pamela Geller a Platform
cross-posted at Huffington Post It was a segment that embarrassed “60 Minutes” and proved Scott Pelley doesn’t do his homework, at least not where editing his own segment is concerned. It comes at about 4:26 in the video, Pamela Geller getting interviewed by Scott Pelley, introduced as someone who writes a “far right wing blog” [...]
Right Celebrates Conservative Women as Malaise Hits Democrats
The marketing of conservative women by the Right is even more boldly impressive when juxtaposed against the Democratic brand today. You’ll understand after you read Rick Pearlstein’s acerbic assessment of the new Democratic logo, which is emblematic of the 2010 malaise. It’s the manifestation of the weakness of the Democratic Party in the era of [...]
Stephen Colbert: ‘I like talking about people who don’t have any power.’
“I like talking about people who don’t have any power. And this seems to be [about] people without any power,” he said, arguing that migrant workers “don’t have any rights.” … “We invite there here and ask them to leave,” he said. – ABC News Stephen Colbert went to Congress to get attention focused on [...]
2010: Obama and Democrats Face Independent Problem
Obama’s job approval rating among independent voters stands at just 39%; 50% disapprove of the president’s job performance. Still, Obama’s rating among independent voters is higher than George W. Bush’s was in September 2006 (29% approve/57% disapprove). – Pew Poll When Republicans took out Tom Daschle they did it with John Thune. Today, Tea Party [...]
TM Must Reads
THE 21st century world offers ways to tweak your appearance, or alter it altogether, with women finally able to combat directly the comparison that’s always been around. Men look distinguished as they age, while women look old, unattractive, or to use Rush Limbaugh’s favorite comment, who wants to look at a woman with wrinkles? The 2012 plastic surgery statistics are out and the American Society of Plastic Surgery tells the story.
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been going on.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.
“Norma Rae is a survivor and for the first time in her life she’s got a chance to become something more… a winner.” – Promo for “Norma Rae” CRITICS like Anne-Marie Slaughter, but especially Maureen I-Love-My-Pearls Dowd, and others [most of whom didn't read the book or do their homework] who are blaming Sheryl Sandberg for being a billionaire Ivy League graduate, while accusing her of letting corporations and government off the hook, are missing a major point.
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle or two, and queue up a sexy playlist on your iPod.
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song.
“Last night I interviewed Jill Stein the presidential candidate for the Green Party on this show. And I confess right now, I should have asked her to just get out of the race.” – Jennifer Granholm, “The War Room” [Current TV] THE ARGUMENT Jennifer Granholm makes above is a tactic that no longer fits the times.
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what nobody in Congress or either political party has shown in decades. Leadership without regard to anything but his own duty to the people, which included the cops in the eye of volcanic carnage.
“Rick Doblin has done a lot for the field, but he is more of a populist,” Grob says. “We need careful and controlled scientific studies showing the efficacy of these drugs so funding can continue.” Broader awareness of these sorts of end-of-life psychedelic studies could be good for everyone, the researchers say.
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature.
**UPDATED** Would we be any worse off with Stephen Colbert as president? I doubt it. Politifact has watched the video “(repeatedly!
Despite rising public concern about the federal budget deficit, Americans favor keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are rather than taking steps to reduce the budget deficit (by 60% vs. 32%). – Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits This is starting early, so it’s time to revisit the facts.
“If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” – Sect. Hillary Clinton Women can do it, too.
The interview with Obama by George Stephanopoulos wasn’t nearly as contentious as the interview with the Edwardses. No Republican talking points from Stephanopoulos yesterday, like when he accused Edwards of abandoning the troops with this beauty: “Do you think the Democrats should be saddled with the idea of completely cutting off funding for the troops?” Or this one: “You know, a lot of Democrats still in the Senate think that your position here is cynical political theater.
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