Next target, Judge Sotomayor, compliments of Randall Terry. See Right Wing Watch for the full plan, but here’s an excerpt: “We must stop permitting this hypocrisy, cowardice, and treachery in our midst. Pro-life voters are calling on pro-life Senators to filibuster Sotomayor. “A Senator cannot say, ‘I want to overturn Roe,’ and then vote to [...]
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Dems Get Hit at Home on Health Care
–updated– Can there be any doubt what these job loss numbers mean? More people will be struggling to keep their health care insurance. However, when you’re getting big money from insurance companies, which includes many Democrats, it seems you’re willing to ignore the needs of million and millions of people. Mary Landrieu is getting hit [...]
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Obama’s Michael Jackson Friday Detainee Dump
–updated– Calculating that the world is riveted on all things Michael Jackson, which is true, Pres. Obama evidently is hoping this leak will slide underneath the media mat this late on a Friday. The Washington Post and ProPublica report: The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has [...]
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Health Care Tonight
In the run up to the ABC event tonight (10 p.m. eastern), some thoughts on health care and where we stand. Political analysis below, because I’m no health care expert, and even those who are still have to fight the political winds, which are gale force and in your face. Sure, 70% of the public [...]
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Obama: ‘The Iranian People Can Speak for Themselves’
UPDATE: Some member of the White House press corps have their egos in a bunch because Obama called on Pitney, out of usual sequences, but also with a little coordination on the question. Michael Calderone has written a peevish post about it. But in the update, Burton dismisses any notion that it was a set [...]
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Obama’s ‘Gird Your Loins’ Moment has Arrived
“Remember I said it standing here, if you don’t remember anything else I said,” Biden continued. “Watch, we’re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it’s [...]
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Bill O’Reilly’s Guilt
“I’m reporting a fact. If they had gotten behind me, babies would be alive today.” – Bill O’Reilly “They” in the quote above refers to conservative commentators. O’Reilly said this in a back and forth with Laura Ingraham on “The Factor” Thursday. As he turned his ire towards conservatives, which even took Ingraham a bit [...]
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Poll: Close Gitmo; 76% for Public Health Care Option
Doubt about health care? Maybe, but people’s patience is still intact. As for Gitmo, the Wall Street Journal extrapolates something else: A majority of people also disapprove of his decision to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. What they’re actually referring to is the “worry” quotient, which is shown in the first line [...]
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Obama (and the People) v. the AMA (and the GOP)
The AMA is not on our side, at least according to what they sent to the Senate: But in comments submitted to the Senate Finance Committee, the American Medical Association said: “The A.M.A. does not believe that creating a public health insurance option for non-disabled individuals under age 65 is the best way to expand [...]
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‘TM-DC’ Podcast
–updated below– This week’s podcast is ready, also available on ITunes, as well as RSS feed. Subjects include… Week Ending 6-6-09: D-Day at 65; Dr. Tiller’s Murder; Obama in Cairo, with Clinton; the Liz Cheney Media Blitz; McChrystal and 1,000 new Special Ops for Afghanistan. Pres. Obama in his weekly radio address stressed the importance [...]
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Opposition to Obama’s Faith-Based Pick at HHS
–updated below– There is quite a kerfuffle stirring about Obama’s new pick to lead the HHS Faith-Based (even as an Episcopalian, I loathe that term) Office, Alexia Kelley. Sarah Posner has a post up on it. Evidently Ms. Posner isn’t too familiar with Mr. Obama’s political gamesmanship. It’s called triangulation. Obama appoints Kathleen Sebelius to [...]
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‘Morning Joe’ Mixes Up the Generals
“Morning Joe” comes early. Very, very early. But you’d think Joe Scarborough would at least notice when his co-host reads the wrong general up for confirmation in the Senate. Or when they blew it they’d be open and honest enough to alert their audience. Now everyone gets things wrong. But none of us have a [...]
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‘Pro Life Feminism’ is a Fantasy
–updated– Today on Women on the Web, an interview about “Pro-Life Feminism” takes a walk through the whole feminism debate. The irony that it appears the day after a right wing fanatic murdered a women’s health care doctor is not missed, though this event is being ignored by some. Did you check out “Morning Joe” [...]
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‘Christian’ Terrorist Murders Dr. Tiller at Church
I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence. – President Barack Obama Witness the pro selective life policies of the extremists on the [...]
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