The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Even a mention of Abraham Lincoln, “a Republican president who mobilized government to build the transcontinental railroad,” brought no applause from the GOP side. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) yawned. One Republican backbencher, Jeff Landry of Louisiana, [...]
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Pres. Obama, Where’s the Leverage?
“Pass this jobs bill… Pass this jobs bill… Pass this jobs bill…” times 17. The patter was hot and strong from the top, while Pres. Obama rocked the house. But it eventually broke down to blousy rhetoric meant to reach out to Independent and swing voters, but also Republicans. Oh, and next week we’re going [...]
Obama’s ‘American Jobs Act’: It’s Bipartisan!
Pres. Obama’s speech streaming live at 7 pm EST. [...] Steve Bell, senior director of the bipartisan Economic Policy Project, said Wednesday that the scope of the plan is too small. “It doesn’t even sound good,” he said, arguing instead for a $640 billion, 12-month payroll tax holiday for employers and employees. … – White [...]
Rick Perry’s Thug Politics
**UPDATED** Pictures sometimes don’t require a script. Things reportedly got testy during a commercial break, when Rick Perry confronted Ron Paul. I don’t know about Ron Paul, though I’m certain his supporters will go nuclear over this one, but when a man puts his hands on another man, pointing a finger in his face for [...]
Romney Scores Big: 21st Century Man v. 20th Century Tough Guy
“The issue in the book ‘Fed Up,’ governor, is you say that by any measure, Social Security is a failure,” Romney said. “Our nominee has to be someone who isn’t committed to abolishing Social Security, but who is committed to saving Social Security … I will make sure that we keep the program and we [...]
Team Obama Yearns to Recapture 2008 ‘Spirit’
He is frustrated — particularly at Republicans on Capitol Hill, but also at some of his own aides, according to people who have spoken to him recently — that he has been unable to rise above the morass of Washington and recapture the spirit that helped him win election. – Jeff Zeleny Pres. Obama’s “job [...]
Coulter and Ingraham to Palin: ‘Fish or Cut Bait’
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com “[A]t some point, Sarah Palin has to take some responsibility for her supporters as Ron Paul must for his. Palin’s dragging out the tease on her decision has compounded the problem and we’ve reached a breaking point.” (via Eric Erickson) This is long time in coming and much deserved. [...]
Rick Perry’s National Coming Out
Gov. Rick Perry, come on down. According to Molly Ball of Politico, debating isn’t something he relishes; instead, he ducks avoids them: “he skipped debates entirely against his general election opponent in 2010.” After winning the Ames straw poll, Michele Bachmann’s candidacy is on life support. Even her departing campaign manager said so, but it’s [...]
Fox News Channel Strikes Again, Edits Hoffa’s Speech
This is one of the sleaziest, most dishonest things I’ve ever seen Fox News do. People need to start seriously asking what’s going on with a news organization that would try to pull something like this. – Charles Johnson HOFFA: Everybody here’s got to vote. If we go back and keep the eye on the [...]
Chris Wallace Proves (again) Why He’s the Worst Anchor on TV
… But both parties are not rotten in quite the same way. The Democrats have their share of machine politicians, careerists, corporate bagmen, egomaniacs and kooks. Nothing, however, quite matches the modern GOP. [...] – Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult Fox News Channel and Chris Wallace won’t [...]
Pres. Obama and Sarah Palin have A Lot in Common
No two people represent the preening, whining celebrity culture of our politics more than Mr. Obama and Mrs. Palin. After Speaker Boehner stiff-armed Pres. Obama, I was waiting for this predictable storyline to surface. It’s fitting it comes from Roger Simon. Who cares? The White House cares. Very much. [...] Yet the White House did [...]
Adieu, Summer
We tore out ivy, weeds and overgrowth this year, planting anew across the yard. It was a labor of love. The companion to the beautiful grass pictured here is fennel flowering. The waxy leaves give it a fairyland look, which the dragonflies adore, as do the butterflies, which were plentiful because we planted just for [...]
Gloria Steinem to Headline Obama Park Avenue Fundraiser
“… Without the women’s vote — because women comprise the majority of the electorate — it’s virtually impossible for a candidate to win the election.” – Jennifer Lawless, director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University This is the alternate, political version of why buy the milk if the cow is free?, with [...]
Obama and His Base, Mitt and Rick
Way down at the bottom of the latest CNN poll: Meanwhile, the survey indicates that number of Democrats and independents who lean towards the Democratic party who would like the party to nominate someone else besides President Barack Obama has topped out after months of steady growth. Seventy-two percent of Democrats want to see Obama [...]
Queer Talk: “The Militant Homosexual”
On August 23, 1971, Newsweek ran a story with this headline: “The Militant Homosexual.” Jim Burroway, at Box Turtle Bulletin, has a regular “Today in History” column. That’s LGBT related history, and it’s one of my daily “must reads.” On Tuesday, he provided an overview of that Newsweek article, printed about two years after the [...]
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