Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

People are complicated. Love is not.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

I’m just a talker, trying to find a channel!

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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  1. 1.

    nancydarling

    Tim, I just hung up from Rep. Guitirrez’ office then clicked on here. They were very polite and sympathetic. I pointed out all the former immigrants who are now citizens who are hurting for lack of health care.

  2. 2.

    adamchaz

    Just called him. I can’t believe he would vote against healthcare the senate bill over immigration. I’m as sensitive as the next guy for the need of immigration reform, but hijacking the healthcare bill would be political suicide.

    As a citizen I getting extremely pissed by the attempts of different democrats to hijack this bill.

    I’m looking at you Kucinich and now Guitierrez.

  3. 3.

    John Cole

    Guitierrez is a yes. Check my twitter feed.

    I’m not sure who started this rumor, but if you saw the interview he gave last night in its totality, it was quite obvious he just needs a kiss on the lips with a little tongue from Obama about immigration reform, and he is a yes.

    I’d focus on Capuano.

  4. 4.

    John

    I think TPM is hyping up a lot of nonsense. Some liberal congressmen are hedging to get assurances from Obama on other stuff, and TPM reports it as though they’re vowing to vote no.

    I think the chances of either Capuano or Gutierrez voting against health care are close to nil.

  5. 5.

    blahblahblah

    I just called Mike Capuano (as a constituent, which I am) to THANK him for threatening to vote against the Senate bill in the House. Further, I told his staffer that I voted for Capuano (which I did) and that if he voted against this obscenity I would vote for him again in the next election. However, I am also fully prepared to vote for a primary opponent if he votes for a giveaway to private monopolies without any check in the marketplace or price regulation.

    KILL THIS BILL.

  6. 6.

    Cyrus

    Rep. Guitierrez wants to hear from you.

    Sorry if this has been covered before – I haven’t been around much lately, if there has been discussion of this issue I’d be glad to see a link – but he probably doesn’t, unless you live in his district. Their staff probably won’t actually hang up on you, but they aren’t interested in what you have to say unless your phone call has the same area code as their district. If you want to influence Congressmen who aren’t your own, then giving money or writing letters to the editor of his local paper seem like they would be more effective.

    Just comes to mind because a friend of mine is a staffer of a centrist Democrat (she says that he hasn’t officially supported the health care reform bill yet but she’s pretty confident that he will) and she’s been getting hundreds of calls over the past week from right-wing nut jobs trying to turn him to their side, and it’s just been an annoyance.

  10. 10.

    Anya

    Tim, I think TPM is playing a cynical game. They are going for the hype and over estimating the level of opostion to this bill from Dems.

    I am not sure what happened to TPM but they are beginning to lose me. Just check how many stories they have on the Massa thing.

  11. 11.

    mo

    they just ran that he confirmed his opposition to them. If people are wavering even a little, I’m glad TPM is publicizing it – it’s inspiration to actually call. I live in Guitierrez’s district and have called a couple times, but generally don’t feel it’s worth it. Just called one number and will call the other soon.

    (I do think being a Chicago district, I can’t imagine him actually voting against Obama.)

  12. 12.

    KDP

    The latest update from TPM here.

    Current take is two stories depending on whether you are constituent or media. I’d say keep calling and make your voice heard to support the bill.

    Speaking of, it’s time to call Stark’s office again just to say thank you for his continued support of health care reform.

  13. 13.

    John

    I am not sure what happened to TPM but they are beginning to lose me. Just check how many stories they have on the Massa thing.

    TPM has always loved the political scandals. If you go back far enough, you’ll see he was all over Gary Condit stuff back in the early days of the blog. That kind of thing is not to everyone’s taste, of course, but that’s hardly a change in the way Marshall runs his blog.

    This stupid hyping of supposed liberal “no” votes seems a lot more problematic to me. Because, basically, I don’t believe a word these guys are saying. There’s just no way Capuano or Gutierrez is going to vote to kill health care reform. Gutierrez is obviously positioning to get Obama’s backing on immigration reform stuff, but there’s no way he’ll vote against the bill. I have absolutely no idea what Capuano thinks he’s doing, but I think the chances that he’ll vote against the bill are also pretty remote.

    If Pelosi gets the votes she needs from Pro-Lifers/Blue Dogs to insure the passage, there’s just no way these guys are going to kill health care reform over immigration (Gutierrez) or being a fucking pussy for no reason (Capuano). If Pelosi doesn’t get the votes she needs from the moderates, then there won’t be a vote at all.

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