Posts Tagged ‘politics’
About friggin time Mr. President
Obama decries the obvious hypocrisy of the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, and many voices in the GOP: “Some of the same folks who have been hollering and saying ‘do something’ are the same folks who, just two or three months ago, were suggesting that government needs to [Read More]
The ridiculous meme of anti-incumbent anger
There has been a meme in the media in 2010 that voter anger is going to drive out a lot of incumbents. I know the story is generally focused on November, but, you would think, if voters were truly furious, a lot of congressmen would be losing the primaries. Rachel Maddow [Read More]
N.C. Senate Primary
Someone help me out. June 22 is an important date in North Carolina politics for registered Democrats We have to choose a candidate in a primary runoff between Cal Cunningham and Elaine Marshall. I voted for the third-place finisher Ken Lewis. Ken Lewis has endorsed Elaine [Read More]
Republican hypocrite of the day
The administration, they were hands off. They didn’t do anything. Where were the boats that could have been commandeered by the government to be sent into this region to deal with that oil plume as it was coming up in the water and destroying marine life? Nowhere to be [Read More]
American Idiot: Deficit Crusader
(h/t Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish) But Obama’s the one screwing over our grandchildren. Sarah Palin says President Obama’s proposed 2011 budget is “immoral” because it increases the national debt, which she called “generational [Read More]
Republican Hypocrite of the Day
And I’m not going for the easy one, who is Rep. Souder, the pro-abstinence, family-values-spewing congressman who just resigned for having an affair with his aide. I saw this quote from Rep. John Mica of Florida: I’m not going to point fingers at BP, the private [Read More]
This week in Antichrist news
Percentages of Republicans who, according to a new Harris Poll, believe: 67% – Obama is a socialist 57% – Obama is a Muslim 45% – Obama was “not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president” 38% – Obama is “doing many of the [Read More]
Elections matter
I’ll ignore the ugly stuff out there for a minute and savor the fact that the most important legislation in my lifetime has passed. It should be crystal-clear to everyone that the two political parties aren’t quite the same. Elections do matter. If you voted for [Read More]
Health Care Reform: Final Arguments
I could write a lot more about this. I’m so sick of it. Looks like Congress will pass the damn bill tomorrow. Good. Against: (Tea Partiers Protest Outside Capitol, 2010.03.20) Oh, and Civil-rights leader Rep. John Lewis is a n****r. And Rep. Barney Frank is a f****t. [Read More]
