The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook OBAMA “may need a prompter, but at least he doesn’t need an I.V. bag.” …and that’s just Stewart for starters. Love it that Jon Stewart also calls out Senator John McCain’s convenient immigration flip flopping.
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Obama SOTU Turns Emotional on Gun Safety “Deserve a Vote” Chant [Full Remarks]
“President Obama made clear tonight that he will continue fighting to create jobs, rebuild our economy, and strengthen America’s middle class. All of us should work together to reduce gun violence in our communities and invest in our future – in education, infrastructure, and research. We will need a balanced approach to our budget, one [...]
Top Story: Obama’s Winnings and the Unreasonable Liberal
“If you want to pull the party, the major party that is closest to the way you’re thinking to what you’re thinking, you must, you must show them that you’re capable of not voting for them. If you don’t show them you’re capable of not voting for them they don’t have to listen to you, [...]
Paul Ryan Sees Himself as the Next Dick Cheney, While Trying to Avoid the Sarah Palin Curse
DELUSIONS OF Darth Vader dance in Paul Ryan’s head. The New York Times tells quite a different story from the recent AP item that dripped of desperation of what to do after a Mitt Romney loss. That is why some of Ryan’s biggest boosters are considering whether it wouldn’t be better for Ryan to resign [...]
Obama’s Grand Bargain is Not a “Betrayal,” It’s What He Believes In
“It is safe to say many groups are very concerned that a grand bargain will be foisted on the Congress that goes against what Democratic candidates promised on the campaign trail,” said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future. “And it is clear the president is considering making the grand bargain that he [...]
Debates Over, Republican Noise Tries to Drown Out Reality [Videos]
THE RACE is tied. Ohio still looking like the Democratic firewall, thanks to Mitt Romney, a state he has to win, but Obama needs, too. The notion that Sen. Harry Reid would let Nevada slip to Romney is laughable, when you think of scenarios to 270. So now that the debates are over, perhaps people [...]
96 Pro Social Security Groups Demand Hands off COLA [Updated]
Social Security benefit payments will rise by only 1.7 percent in 2013, down sharply from a 3.6 percent increase in 2012′s cost of living adjustment (COLA). That boost followed two years of no COLA increase. The Social Security Administration said next year’s COLA would raise the average monthly benefit payment by $21, to $1,261 from [...]
Chuck Schumer: Dump Simpson Bowles, It’s a “Tax Trap”
MUSIC TO my ears when Sen. Chuck Schumer’s speech started circulating. Schumer was talking about something Jared Bernstein has warned about too. The highlighted section from Sen. Schumer is the most important. “If upfront rate cuts are the starting point for negotiations on tax reform, it will box us in on what else we can [...]
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, [...]
AARP Boos Paul Ryan
WHEN YOU work in Congress crafting policy it’s a different story than when you stand in front of the very people you’re planning to shiv if you get the power. From Think Progress, their post was tweeted 5,493 as of this post, with Ryan getting called “liar” and told him to “go home.” Mr. Ryan [...]
Peggy Noonan to Romney: “Mitt, this isn’t working.”
IT’S BEEN a very bad few weeks for Mitt Romney, which just got worse. How bad is it? Read Peggy Noonan today. Republicans are going to have to right this thing. They have to stabilize it. It’s time to admit the Romney campaign is an incompetent one. It’s not big, it’s not brave, it’s not [...]
Paul Ryan Squirms as Norah O’Donnell Catches Him in a Whopper
GETTING CAUGHT spinning your own vote is something that’s becoming a common event for Mitt Ryan’s running mate. It’s the Medicare issue, where Ryan had the brass, as former Pres. Bill Clinton judged it, to criticize Pres. Obama for something he did, too, the sequester edition. To review: The Budget Control Act included sequestration as [...]
Barack Obama: “I’m the President” [Full Remarks and Analysis]
“Ask Osama bin Laden if he’s better off now than he was four years ago.” – Senator John Kerry YOU KNOW a Democratic convention was successful when Barack Obama’s speech is good as usual, but there were others that were better. I was stunned by this convention, which was powerful beyond all expectations. Democrats should [...]
TOP STORY: A Talk Only Bill Clinton Could Deliver [full remarks]
“It takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did.” – President Bill Clinton PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON was on a mission and he was going to leave no fact unfurled. Coaxing the audience, “Now, listen to me now,” he continued to bring everyone ’round to hear his pitch. It was vintage Clinton. [...]
What Remains After the Balloons are Gone
AT LEAST THE Democrats know how to put on a show, which is more than you can say for the Republicans. Tonight will include Scarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington, as well as Natalie Portman and Eva Longoria. Meanwhile, below the stagecraft remains the same elite political system that is strangling fairness and access for all. [...]
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