PRESIDENT OBAMA fires the acting (interim) head of the IRS, appoints Daniel I. Erfel from the OMB, but that’s scene as “damage control.” What would Ronald Reagan have done? Whatever it was it would have been enough. After all, he got away with Iran-Contra. George W. Bush got away with secret torture chambers and lying [...]
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Benghazi “Whistler-blowers” and the Partisan Hacks
Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, told congressional investigators that the State Department internal review of the catastrophe at the mission in Benghazi “let people off the hook,” CNN has learned. [CNN] THERE ARE no two people more associated with partisan brawls than Joseph diGenova and Victoria [...]
Queer Talk: Log Cabin Republicans ad says “Reagan’s Big Tent Isn’t What it Used to Be”
The ad by the Log Cabin Republicans, “Reagan’s Big Tent Isn’t What it Used to Be,” won’t make them popular with the further Right and Tea Party Republican types, but of course, that’s not going to happen anyway. What it does is add to the pressure being applied to the GOP to recognize growing support [...]
Reagan Budget Chief: George W. Bush “Bankrupting the Nation” through Two “Unfinanced Wars”
This dynamic reinforced the Reaganite shibboleth that “deficits don’t matter” and the fact that nearly $5 trillion of the nation’s $12 trillion in “publicly held” debt is actually sequestered in the vaults of central banks. The destruction of fiscal rectitude under Ronald Reagan — one reason I resigned as his budget chief in 1985 — [...]
Showtime’s Dick Cheney Doc Reveals What Obama and Hillary Clinton Did in Resurrecting America’s Foreign Policy Brand
“If you’re a man of principle, compromise is a bit of a dirty word. The President made the decision that he wanted to avoid major controversy. It was his call, so that’s what we did.” – Dick Cheney on George W. Bush’s decision to reverse himself on warrantless wiretaps when he finds out what Cheney [...]
Top Story — Jesse Helms Man Judge Sentelle Leads Three-Judge Panel to Reject Obama’s NLRB Recess Appointments
THE DECISION announced today is a stunning and very sobering end to an otherwise spectacular week. It is also wholly and completely political, proved through involvement of Chief Judge David Sentelle, who was responsible for Ken Starr’s appointment back during the Clinton witch hunt. Read this oldie but a great one from James Carville to [...]
Secretary Clinton’s Full Remarks on Benghazi to Senate Foreign Relations Committee [Video Update]
SECRETARY CLINTON’s full remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are below. The ARB, the declassified Accountability Review Board Report on Benghazi is now online, as is Secretary Clinton’s letter about the ARB to Senator John Kerry, who has been nominated as her successor, from back in December. Other documents are available as well. Thank [...]
Top Story — McChrystal: Assault Weapons for Soldiers, Not America’s Streets
“I think we have to look at this legislation. The number of people killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations. I don’t think we’re a bloodthirsty culture, and we need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people.” – Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal on assault weapons ban THERE IS no [...]
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. [...]
Another Edition of Newt was Wrong
SOMETIMES A video is all you need. From Meet the Press on Sunday: O’DONNELL: Who said this? ‘The tax increase will kill jobs and lead to a recession, and the recession will force people out of work and onto unemployment, and actually increase the deficit.’ That’s Newt Gingrich, in 1993, on the Clinton tax increase, [...]
Showbiz Beat: Larry Hagman Passes, Made “J.R.” an ’80s Icon
In his memoir, Hello Darlin’, Mr. Hagman said, “Ronald Reagan was campaigning against Jimmy Carter, American hostages were being held in Iran, Polish shipyard workers were on strike, and all anyone wanted to know was, who shot J.R.?” [Dallas News] NO ONE represented the good old excess of the 1980s better than “J.R. Ewing” in [...]
Top Story — Obama’s 2011 Grand Bargain Detailed in Documents Obtained by Bob Woodward
“He is, in his gut, a fiscal conservative. There is a Blue Dog Streak in him.” – David Plouffe in The Price of Politics, by Bob Woodward IF YOU haven’t read Bob Woodward’s latest book, The Price of Politics, you may not appreciate the documents below fully. We’re about to see Obama’s “excessive pragmatism,” as [...]
Ronald Reagan: “Social Security has Nothing to do with the Deficit” [Video]
FOR ALL those people who worship at the feet of Ronald Reagan. As grand bargain fever whips up, keeping Social Security out of the mix should be a priority, something Senator Bernie Sanders and others have been preaching for a long time. The numbers are on the side of Democrats and progressives. From Democracy Corp: [...]
Lena Dunham Ad Upsets Mourdock Supporters [Video]
IT’S ALREADY known around here that I’m a huge fan of the brilliant Lena Dunham and an avid viewer of HBO’s GIRLS. So, I’m sure you’re not shocked that I love this Obama ad. Young women vote in much smaller numbers. If that wasn’t true, Al Gore would have become president. All these years later, [...]
Washington Post/ABC Poll: Obama Trails Romney by 33 Points with White Males
However, Romney does now boast a statistically — and substantively — important lead on the economy, which has long been the central issue of the race. When it comes to handling the nation’s struggling economy, 52 percent of likely voters say they trust Romney more, while 43 percent say they have more faith in the [...]
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