NO SUCK ups, please. Your party and political position exist for your own amusement or delusion. You can’t impact a thing. Unless you’re a member of the Tea Party, that much maligned and mocked political entity that continues to send shudders through our government and populace. They’ve succeeded in hamstringing the Speaker of the House [...]
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Chris Christie’s Weight Is a Presidential Health Issue
“That’s ridiculous,” said Christie. “I mean, that’s ridiculous. I don’t know what the basis for that is.” [ABC News] GOVERNOR CHRIS Christie is wrong. What’s worse is that he appears to be in denial, too. His weight is an issue when considering him for the presidency and voters are right to consider it as one. [...]
Jon Stewart Uses F.D.R. to Reveal Mitt Romney’s Voodoo Economics
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook THERE ARE no details, but Mitt Romney wants to cut taxes 20%, expand Pentagon funding, continue services, while he guts avenues of revenue. Stewart reaches back to the father of Democratic Party principles, F.D.R., who gives [...]
Obama, the Only Moderate Republican in 2012
“Obama is the conservative reformist of my dreams. #ToryPOTUS” – Andrew Sullivan (via Twitter) IF YOU have any remaining doubts about how far right the Democratic Party has been led under President Obama perhaps now you’re finally getting the picture. Obama’s been aided by the wingnut right in falsely caricaturing him as a radical socialist, [...]
Pearl Harbor and the Memo Detailing the ‘Japanese espionage effort’
This film, narrated by Tom Brokaw for National Geographic, was produced in 2001. You’ll have to get through about a minute of advertising, but it’s worth it, especially for those of you who don’t know the history and the legacy. Today, it’s the 70 year commemoration of that fateful day. A new book publishes a [...]
V.P. Joe Biden Gives a Stemwinder After Blasting ‘Zero Credibility’ Republicans
Remember who we are… From a whisper to a rallying cry, V.P. Joe Biden reveals how it’s done. Not because of just the words, but because you believe the man who’s saying it. He’s the exact vice president Barack Obama needs, providing the perfect emotional connection to issues, not just professorial meanderings on a theme. [...]
We’ve Got Power
Streaming live video by Ustream …and we’re back. I must say I did enjoy looking at fashion magazines with a flashlight last night, though since I’m a creature of the 21st century having power is preferred. (The flip side of my reading life, which right now is No Ordinary Time, reminding me about when Democrats [...]
A Friendly Rebuttal to David Sirota (from the ultimate outsider – a former Clintonite)
David Sirota has taken up the multi-dimensional chess argument for Obama, though in a different way than his loyalists and fan boys. David begins by excusing the results we’ve had so far as simply being that he isn’t a liberal. Well, that’s an understatement, but then he says Obama is a “bizarro FDR.” Sirota is [...]
Republicans have Obama’s Economic Number
“I thought he was a dick yesterday,” Halperin, who also is a senior political analyst for MSNBC, said on Morning Joe, referring to the President’s conduct during his press conference. – Mark Halperin apologizes for Obama gaffe The Daily Show – Broke Bank MountingGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show [...]
Progressive Notes: Social Security, FDR, AARP, Unions & Ohio
Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Senator Sanders and others held a great rally with seniors to push pols not to touch Social Security in any way. Next, a letter to the President for today, but written in 1938. In 1937 F.D.R. made a bad move to cut spending in a depression. [...]
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