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The Soft Bigotry of Short Attention Spans
I realize conservatives have to strike while the iron is hot, but this is pure stupidity: And they’re off: With no defined field of candidates and the last election just six months in the rearview...
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GIN!
Here’s the thing: the best strategy for Republicans is to just let it go: WASHINGTON — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck...
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The Apple of My Eye
Long-time readers of my blog and friends of Team Actor212 know I’m in the tank for Apple products. By my count, I’ve either purchased for myself or as gifts about two dozen Apple products over the...
View ArticleBachmann Won’t Seek Re-election Next Year
New York Times, By Gerry Mullany, May 29 Representative Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who made an ill-fated run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, announced Wednesday that...
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Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead!
Michele Bachmann. We won’t have her to kick around anymore. Obviously, she is spinning this along the lines of a…well, she never really says why she won’t run, only that it has nothing to do with the...
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A New Hope
There’s a really interesting study that’s been released by the College Republican (Inc.) National Committee that bears a little discussion: The College Republican National Committee released a report...
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Dear Senator Reid
It ain’t working. That’s the way you do it. Helped by a marathon speech, Texas Democrats have managed to block a bill that would shut most of the abortion clinics in the state. Democratic state Senator...
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Delayed, But Not Denied
I’m not sure if this is a brilliant tactical move on the part of the President or a tacit admission that getting Obamacare fully enacted will be more difficult than anticipated: (CBS News) The delay of...
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Race to the Bottom
Wow. Such a busy news day. So many things I could write about: a royal baby, earthquakes in China, the name “Cheney” back in the news…but I want to focus on the powerful words of our President from...
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One Step Closer to Pitchforks and Torches
A curious little item in Time Magazine this issue: If you are in any doubt about how little has changed on Wall Street since 2008, check out yesterday’s front page New York Times story about how banks...
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Darrell Issa Moron
Darrell Issa has a long-standing reputation as a self-indulgent obsessive criminal creep. This story might take the cake: But Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican leading the House effort to...
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Bad News/Good News
Altho it’s hard to find good news in this: In a 205-217 vote, lawmakers rejected an effort to restrict the National Security Agency’s (NSA) ability to collect electronic information. The NSA’s chief...
View ArticleExclusive: The Koch brothers’ secret bank
Politico, By Mike Allen & Jim Vandenhei, September 11 An Arlington, Va.-based conservative group, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million...
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Someone Should Kick His Legs Out
I’ll give Ted Cruz credit for one thing, and one thing only: he’s not making a bullshit filibuster: Would You Buy A Used Car From This Man? Republican Ted Cruz of Texas was still on the Senate floor...
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Blinkmanship
At 12:01 tonight, the government may shut down. Unless the Teabaggers blink. Personally, I believe they will, because a four year taste of power is far too juicy to risk over the wrath of the nation...
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Why Is Weaker Boener Killing Children?
And why is this man smiling? Oh. Right. Cuz he’s winning! There are more than enough votes to put a clean continuing resolution (CR) up for a vote. So why won’t Weaker Boener do it? He’s Speaker of the...
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Newtered
In every crisis, there is a watershed moment where the solution – or at least, the denouement – appears. Thus endeth the shutdown: Cry, the Beloved Derper Senate Democrats could introduce a bill to...
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The Saving Grace of Saving Face
Nancy realizes she will be Speaker again, soon. Comes the salvage operation for the House Republican caucus: House Republicans, increasingly isolated from even some of their strongest supporters more...
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The End Times. I Mean, Games
Got one hand in my pocket, and the other is smoking a cigarette… Weaker Boener has had it. WASHINGTON — A frantic day of legislative maneuvering ended in futility for Speaker John A. Boehner on...
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Cruz-in’ for a Bruisin’
What has two thumbs and no friends? So, you know who else besides Weaker Boener stepped on his dick with the shut-down? This guy: WASHINGTON — It might be time for Ted Cruz to get a dog. Because as the...
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