Anyone else not surprised that Republicans have been caught spending money in a West Hollywood club entitled Voyeur, which specializes in lesbian sex acts? Johnathan Strong reporting for Carlson’s Daily Caller: Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at [...]
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Russian Terrorism Delivered by 2 Female Suicide Bombers
–updated– Senior lawyers in the Obama administration are deeply divided over some of the counterterrorism powers they inherited from former President George W. Bush, according to interviews and a review of legal briefs. The rift has been most pronounced between top lawyers in the State Department and the Pentagon, though it has also involved conflicts [...]
To Be ‘Pro-Life’ You Must Stand Up For Women’s Freedoms
expanded and cross-posted on Huffington Post I have said from the start that my goal was to see health-care reform pass while maintaining the long-standing principle of the sanctity of life. The president’s executive order upholds this principle and current law that no federal funds be used for abortion. I and other pro-life Democrats are [...]
David Frum, Sarah Palin, and Right-Wing Reach
The era of William F. Buckley long ago vanished from the conservative landscape. Republicans no longer welcoming deep thinkers who can strut their intellectual stuff by challenging the status quo. Go along, or move along little doggies. So, so long David Frum. The only thing left from the intellectual high bar of Buckley’s musings is [...]
The Pope’s Disgrace
Ah yes, another Catholic Church pedophile abuse scandal from the lecturing pro selective life crowd. Oh, but the Vatican says it’s all about smearing Pope Benedict. Perhaps they should consider that when a cardinal acts immorally reprehensible he will have to deal with the consequences. We all are judged here on earth, with the Catholic [...]
Back to the House
The Senate Parliamentarian has accepted Republican challenges to the current bill in Senate reconciliation, sending it back to the House. Working until 2:55 a.m. according to reports (keeping my hours these days). One thing that’s been talked about a lot in the last 24 hours is Sen. Ron Wyden’s opt-out mandate measure. As readers know, [...]
Republican Right-Wing is the Tea Party
–updated below– Just when you think the Republican brand couldn’t get any worse. Enter the Tea Party to help, with new accusations and evidence that the rhetoric is turning into something far more serious than political activism, which goes well beyond a “personal touch.” Even though there is no evidence whatsoever that Sarah Palin is [...]
Obama – Netanyahu Meet Under Media Blackout
No reporters or photographers were invited to record the scene or even a handshake between the two leaders, who met one day after Netanyahu, in a speech to a pro-Israel group, rejected the administration’s plea that he halt construction in a disputed area of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians as their capital. – Washington Post At [...]
Obama Signs Historic Health Care Bill – Legal Wrangling Begins
–updated below– A jubilant moment in the White House and for the Democratic Party. As I’ve written before, just because the bill the Democrats concocted is a bad one, the moment today was never the less historic. From the New York Times: In political terms, Republicans face strong crosscurrents. Polls suggest that a sizable part [...]
Politics Over Policy, the People Get It
In a CBS poll taken before Obama’s Republican health care bill passed, it’s clear the American people saw what was going on. Stupak’s dramatic grandstanding that brought an executive order so he could save face was the finale after the White House final pitch, which was to “save Obama’s presidency” by not handing Pres. Obama [...]
Obama’s Republican Health Care Bill
expanded and cross-posted at Huffington Post No wonder insurance company stocks are soaring this fine spring Monday. The whole affair has made Bill Kristol and the editors of NRO crack under the strain, while forgetting their own history. Megan McArdle’s “tyranny of the majority” is one of the more humorous responses to Speaker Pelosi’s win, [...]
House Health Care Finale
Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s. – “Waterloo,” by David Frum Final vote: 219 Democrats vote Yea. Voting Nay: 34 Democrats; 178 Republicans. Obama makes a deal with Stupak for an executive order. But would Stupak have voted no on the bill without it? He’s going through the [...]
Health Care Free For All
–updated– “It may not happen in my lifetime, or Dick Cheney’s, but hopefully by Easter. … “I found Rahm. I created him. I made him what he is today. I am so sorry.” – President William Jefferson Clinton (at Gridiron Dinner) “There is no deal yet,” according to Major Garrett, with Rep. Bart Stupak. Politico [...]
Un-American Activities
The reality that people in the 21st century would have the unmitigated gall to yell racial slurs at American hero Rep. John Lewis sickens me to my core, but it also breaks my heart. The people who did it are worse than un-American. They’re everything this country fights against. From CNN: “I haven’t seen heard [...]
Michael Moore, John Dingell Take on Stupak
–important updates below– “I strongly disagree with Bart,” Dingell said during an appearance on MSNBC. “I think he’s wrong.” – The Hill One of the more unconscionable things Mr. Stupak is doing is lying about the current (bad) legislation. He’s telling his colleagues that women using their own money in the exchanges will be able [...]
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