Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The willow is too close to the house.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Second rate reporter says what?

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

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

You cannot shame the shameless.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

A Senator Walker would be an insult to the state and the nation.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

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

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Consistently wrong since 2002

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

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Wingnuts get very offended when you point out what will happen if their ideas are allowed to become reality:

Florida GOP Congressman Allen West this afternoon dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her “vile, unprofessional ,and despicable,” “a coward,” “characterless,” and “not a Lady,” and demanding that she “shut the heck up.”

Wasserman Schultz, in whose neighboring South Florida district West lives, provoked his tirade with remarks after he left the House floor today, in which she responded — without naming him — to the Tea Party freshman’s support for “Cut, Cap, and Balance” legislation to raise the debt ceiling.

“The gentleman from Florida. who represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for Medicare beneficiaries, unbelievable from a Member from South Florida,” Wasserman Schultz said, saying the legislation “slashes Medicaid and critical investments essential to winning the future in favor of protecting tax breaks for Big Oil, millionaires, and companies who ship American jobs overseas.”

Her criticism of the legislation — more or less what most Democrats are saying today — provoked a furious response. West copied members of House Republican and Democratic leadership on the email, as well as his chief-of-staff, Jonathan Blyth.

Thin-skinned bullies. Read the letter- I love the “say it to my face” bit. Didn’t some wingnut blog get pissy with me because I forgot to link them and they ranted about “say it to my face” because, you know, everything on the internet is face to face. I forget who it was, but it was funny.

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  4. 4.

    Violet

    I said this on the previous thread: I can’t believe how he ended the letter:

    You have proven repeatedly that you are not a Lady, therefore, shall not be afforded due respect from me!

    WTF? A woman has to be a “Lady” to deserve respect? What kind of bizarre, antiquated, sexist nonsense is that? By those ancient rules, he’s a black man and therefore not deserving of respect. Does he want to play that way?

  6. 6.

    Linda Featheringill

    Yes, ma’am, Miss Debbie can get feisty at times. Love it.

    But her comments he is complaining about represent nothing but the truth. How can any politician claim to represent his constituents if he/she is actively working to sabotage their health and a modicum of security in their later years? How can this clown [West] claim to represent the people in his district?

    On the other hand, her succinct analysis of his position might have passed mostly unnoticed had West not thrown such a hissy fit. Thank you Allen.

  7. 7.

    MikeJ

    For Republicans there is no downside to acting like a rabid weasel any time anybody says anything. Jake Tapper and Mark Halperin, both straight news reporters, not commentators, both at mainstream networks, will say that DWS was uncivil because she told the truth. Both sides do it, see?

  8. 8.

    James E. Powell

    On the other hand, her succinct analysis of his position might have passed mostly unnoticed had West not thrown such a hissy fit. Thank you Allen.

    I agree. I am disappointed that Democratic congress-creatures are not raising the hue & cry, going full demagogue, on the impact of the Republicans’ publicly stated plans.

  9. 9.

    Chris Wolf

    West is stupid.
    If he would have stayed in the room, she would have said it to his face.

  10. 10.

    freelancer

    Didn’t some wingnut blog get pissy with me because I forgot to link them and they ranted about “say it to my face” because, you know, everything on the internet is face to face. I forget who it was, but it was funny.

    I think it was Radley Balko accusing you of supporting prison rape because you burned the modern incarnation of libertarianism to a crisp and Reason magazine had just published a “special” issue on the Criminal Justice system and you didn’t mention it at all.

    So there you have it, Cole. Denounce Prison Rape, and Al Sharpton. And Mao. Don’t forget Broccoli, Dijon Mustard, Whole Foods or the New Black Panther Party. Do it! Now!.

  12. 12.

    brendancalling

    every time I see that name, I think “Batman’s a wingnut?” and then I remember that’s ADAM West.

    And then I want Batman to show up and punch Alan West in the nose with one of those giant “BLAM! PUNCH!” balloons they used to use in the old series.

  13. 13.

    Menzies

    @brendancalling:

    And that made me realize that the two Flashes I grew up with were:

    Barry Allen
    Wally West

    West’s superpower isn’t so much super-speed as it’s super-bullshit, though.

  14. 14.

    Linda Featheringill

    I finally tracked down the congressman’s letter.

    “You bitch! How dare you criticize me?” Pow! “And in public!” Bop! “Come closer and say it again and I’ll give you what you really deserve!” Crunch!

  15. 15.

    Brian R.

    What an idiot. If he hadn’t said anything, no one would have noticed.

    Now the story is (1) he’s backing Medicare cuts, (2) he went AWOL during an important debate, and (3) he’s screaming at a colleague, a young woman at that.

    Yeah, that’s going to play well back home, West. Genius.

  17. 17.

    Hunter Gathers

    The Lady better do what West says, or he’ll discharge his weapon right next to her head next time. You know, to get his point across.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    Worth quoting her spokesman’s response:

    “I don’t think that Congressman West is upset at the Congresswoman, but rather with the fact that she highlighted that he and other Republicans are once again trying to balance the budget on the backs of seniors, children and the middle class. As someone who lives in Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’s Congressional district, Congressman West knows that we have hundreds of thousands of seniors in South Florida who have paid into Medicare throughout their lives and now rely on this program to keep them healthy and active. The truth hurts.”

    (via TPM)

  19. 19.

    Citizen_X

    As I said in the last thread: her criticisms were all about policy, nothing personal. His: the exact opposite.

    Thin. Skinned. Punk.

  20. 20.

    General Stuck

    Thought it was Dan Reihl, but probly not. It doesn’t look like the House wingnuts are letting up one iota on their Pickett’s charge under the destroy medicare flag. It is early in the election campaign, and mid summer, so the full effect of their position has likely not been fully absorbed by the masses. But it will be, and even if a sensible candidate wanted to stay away from that hornets nest, the tea tards won’t let them.

    The tea Party and their supporters are working a version of their own long game, to make it passe and mainstream to gut the New Deal and social safety net, and the frosh crop of true believers in congress, are resembling kamikazes hell bent on sinking the dem parties golden chalice of fully woven programs into the matrix of American life. Or, at least doing some damage to it, to change the narrative to direct attack and neutralizing the third rail.

    They may succeed somewhat in the long run, especially if they manage to monkey wrench the general economy, but for the short term, they are as much holding the GOP hostage as the country, or democratic party.

  22. 22.

    Joel

    @nellcote

    I can see why the court ruled the way they did. For one, the law doesn’t really cover online speech very well, and for another, if his conviction were upheld, you’d have an incredibly difficult enforcement problem on your hands. Sucks, but I think the second issue is a real one.

  24. 24.

    Menzies

    @Joel:

    Agreed, I think the enforcement would be the huge problem here. Imagine all the arrests you would’ve had to make with the “IF BROWN WON’T DO IT A BROWNING WILL” posters.

  27. 27.

    Maura Cavaleri

    Frankly, I’ve grown to love DWS. She’s very agressive, very direct and she knows how to break down an issue to small bullets points so the masses can digest it.

    I think he should be censored for unprofessional conduct. What a wanker.

  28. 28.

    aimai

    Can I just say that the valence of this is very creepy? The whole “say it to my face” thing when a loose cannon like West says it is aimed at intimidation, a very sexist kind of intimidation. This is exactly what led Prosser to grab the other judge by the neck. There’s a certain kind of guy who has always relied on physicality and women’s reticence to dominate a room and an issue. They totally lose it when they, as they see it, lose face, are not “respected” or can’t retaliate physically.

    This reminds me of the old line:

    Men are afraid women will laugh at them.
    Women are afraid men will kill them.

    West is a lunatic and he’s done himself no good with this bizarre mix of rage and spittle. But that doesn’t mean the congresswoman shouldn’t watch her back.

    aimai

  30. 30.

    lamh34

    Like I said on the last open thread, if idiots like Allen West and Herman Cain are the faces of Black Conservativism, then it’s no wonder why so many of my fellow AA wanna have none of it.

  31. 31.

    dmsilev

    @amai:
    For me, the first image that came to mind was Preston Brooks. Sadly, I think there are some among the House GOP caucus (West being one such) who are capable of doing what Brooks did to Senator Sumner.

  32. 32.

    Tom Levenson

    The appropriate reply to the Hon. Mr. West would be a version of my uncle the lawyer’s favorite letter to a fellow member of the bar:

    “F*ck you.

    Strong reply to follow.”

  33. 33.

    Stefan

    Florida GOP Congressman Allen West this afternoon dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her “vile, unprofessional ,and despicable,” “a coward,” “characterless,” and “not a Lady,” and demanding that she “shut the heck up.”

    Look at what that bitch made him do…

  34. 34.

    Stefan

    And, because it should never go unmentioned, West is a fucking war criminal who tortured helpless prisoners.

  35. 35.

    Menzies

    @aimai:

    This. The entire email is like this. He starts by referring to her by her first name, and then there’s the overblown triple adjectives, the “say it to my face.”

    And then the “Lady” comment. So he’s annoyed that she treated him like an equal – like another man would treat him – but he’s also demanding that she keep it up so he can, he thinks, have a stronger moral base on which to retaliate. Idiot.

    He never would’ve sent this email if Jim Clyburn had been the one criticizing him.

  37. 37.

    Sly

    It’s somewhat ironic that the spiritual successor to Pitchfork Ben Tillman is black.

  38. 38.

    BGinCHI

    DWS should challenge him to debate the current debt/spending issues live on FL public TV (if they still have it).

    She’d mop the floor with him and he’d probably stroke out.

    Win/win.

  39. 39.

    quannlace

    As I said in the last thread: her criticisms were all about policy, nothing personal. His: the exact opposite.

    Gaah. Is it still possible for the grownups in government to get something done while the wingnuts are pretending to be cowboys and junior spacemen?

    Yeah, I know.

  40. 40.

    b-psycho

    The “not a lady” bit is so transparently him straining not to call her a bitch in writing.

    BTW: why does he live in another reps district and not the one he allegedly represents? I thought there was a rule where you had to have residence in the district?

  41. 41.

    nellcote

    @#22

    Maybe so but I agree with the desent. I just keep remembering all those online wanted posters for abortion doctors and Dr. Tiller. I just don’t take that shit so lightly.

  42. 42.

    Southern Beale

    Meanwhile, Drudge & the Free Republic trip over themselves because a Pakistani donated $250 to Obama. ZOMG * sirens!!! *

    Until they find out he gave $10,000 to Republican Congressman Dan Burton and $6,000 to the NRSC. Then it’s * crickets!!! *

  43. 43.

    rikyrah

    West is ridiculous about ‘say it to his face’.

    the punk ass bytch was talking all big and bad about Rep. Keith Elison, all over right-wing talk radio, and when asked about it, Elison was like, ‘ how come he never said it TO ME’.

    West is a WATB, who has phony town halls, and when faced with honest confrontation, whines like a little girls.

  44. 44.

    Thomas

    How dare she? Point out he intends to screw the vast majority of his constituents and the country, the nerve I tell you. You tell her West, you go and show her what for.

  47. 47.

    piratedan

    @Derf: ohhhh I dunno Derf, maybe because the other side is currently playing chicken with the financial well-being of Western Civilization as we know it; that those kinds of glimmers of hope can expect to the extinguished if the other side is able to hamstring the required increases to the debt ceiling makes them not quite so important in the overall scheme of things. It’s nice to see the economy finally showing some positive signs but by no means are all of the indicators green (see unemployment and jobs numbers from earlier this month) indicating that the recovery is at hand and we can all go back to our day jobs again.

  48. 48.

    piratedan

    well then why didn’t West show up at her office to express his displeasure instead of sending her an e-mail, chickenshit bastard, oh that’s right…. she was still WORKING for her constituents….

  49. 49.

    Citizen_X

    @aimai: I agree completely with the whole threatening vibe. He’s furious that she criticized him while he was out of the room. She wouldn’t dare do that if he were there, right? Because REMEMBER ME, BITCH? I’M THE PSYCHO THAT FAKE-EXECUTES PRISONERS.

  50. 50.

    joes527

    Are the folks who comment on stories at Politico for real, or are they all trolls.

    Because, if any of them are for real, my low opinion of the human race just dropped a couple of notches lower.

  51. 51.

    Zach

    To be fair he’s totally right. The cut-cap-and-balance bill is way different than the Ryan budget, which specifically cuts Medicaid and Medicare drastically. Rather, the Ryan budget spends way too much money to be valid if cut-cap-and-balance were to become law: the Ryan budget violates all 3 requirements of cut/cap/balance and would continue to do so for many years. It raises taxes (“widens the tax base” in Ryan’s parlance), runs a deficit for a long time (even if you believe magic accounting), and requires a massive debt ceiling increase.

  54. 54.

    patroclus

    Frankly, I think the Dems should use her speech – word-for-word – after every speech given by a wingnut Republican who voted to terminate Medicare and replace it with a meaningless voucher.

  55. 55.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Derf:

    Of course you will never hear a peep about it from Captain doom John Galt Cole. But if those numbers were negative he would have posted several blogs on it by now.

    My wife’s business, around since 1893, surviving through the depression and the 70s recession, threw in the towel Monday. They’ll close forever at the end of this month.

  56. 56.

    Patrick Eagan

    I’m ashamed when asked who my congressman is . . . the Honorable Allen West, the asshat. This is just one more example of the class of the man, or lack of class.

  58. 58.

    Violet

    @Origuy:
    Maybe I was thinking of the state legislatures. I saw something on this where some Rep didn’t live in his district and it was a big deal, but maybe he was a state rep.

  59. 59.

    drkrick

    So Derf’s complaint is that Cole is too hard on Obama? That’s certainly a unique take on things.

  61. 61.

    Cacti

    It’s kind of cute to watch West go full-on caveman.

    If those were his public pronouncements, you can bet there were plenty of “b” and “c” words flying in private.

  62. 62.

    Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen

    Should be interesting to see which way the GOP goes with this. They’ll either stand behind him making “Yeah, you tell her!” noises or walk away briskly while murmuring “That crazy n!gger is NOT with us.”

    Ah, who am I kidding. They’ll do the former and call anyone who objects a racist until he draws too much flack. At which point Operation Scurry Away will commence.

  63. 63.

    Cain

    @Linda Featheringill:

    “You bitch! How dare you criticize me?” Pow! “And in public!” Bop! “Come closer and say it again and I’ll give you what you really deserve!” Crunch!

    This sounds more like Adam West! :-)

  65. 65.

    Canuckistani Tom

    Little OT, but this is as good a place to ask it as anywhere

    Up here, if a government member goes way beyond the pale, their party can vote him/her out. (It’s an easy way to limit the damage to the party itself) S/He doesn’t lose the seat, they just become an independent. If the circumstances change (i.e not guilty), they get let back in.

    Now I know IOKIYAR, but do the parties in the USA even have this mechanism? I’ve been wondering if in order to get the debt ceiling passed, a freshman teapartier would have their closet skeletons released, and then thrown out of the GOP by the powers that be as a warning to the rest. (Out of 80+, someone has to have secrets)

  67. 67.

    gpleigh

    Is there some sort of Florida feng shui where he gets to live in her district and represent another?

  68. 68.

    General Stuck

    Geesh, The Pirates are for real this season, beat Cincy again tonight, and in first place.

  71. 71.

    RossInDetroit

    So back to the douchebaggery for a minute. Can’t West be censured for calling a colleague ‘vile’ and ‘despicable’?
    Please?
    I have no idea how often this happens but this seems to be a pretty blatant case. No he said/she said involved.
    I’m struggling to think of one work environment where this would be tolerated and I came up with WWE.

  72. 72.

    WaterGirl

    I was struck by the tone of the opening words of the email message: “Look, Debbie” AND by the subject: “Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman-Schultz”.

    Both of those strike me as things that are not appropriate for communication between two people of equal standing. Someone should tell this guy that he’s not her boss.

    Edit: RossInDetroit, just saw your post. Completely agree. He put it in writing, no less, and he copied other people. And he thinks he’s the one who has been wronged. Amazing.

  74. 74.

    Suffern ACE

    @Canuckistani Tom: I’ve never heard someone being kicked out of one of the parties. They may leave and join the other party. Like everything else, members who step out of line are technically disciplined by the party leaders and it is usually campaign finance related. They may be left out in the cold when it comes to doling out the money for the national election committees. Or they may not get that committee assignment (that oversees that industry that is expected to contribute to their election committee). Some of the committee assignments are more lucrative than others. Yeah, there are prestige committees, and those for the public minded, but the ones that deal with, say, financial services oversight double as piggy banks.

    Yep. It’s a lovely system we had here until Citizen’s United added another layer (even larger perhaps) of money control to the mix.

  76. 76.

    Bender

    The virulent racism of the Ball-Juicers continues unchecked.

    “Read. Between. The Lines.” — Sheila Jackhole Lee

  78. 78.

    Nutella

    @Canuckistani Tom:

    Here in the US you’re a member of a party if you say you’re a member and you can change parties any time. The only exceptions I know of are

    1. Congressional D and R caucuses can refuse to accept you, but I don’t think they’ve ever done that even for ‘independents’ like Lieberman.

    2. Many, but not all, primaries require you to register as a member of the party before voting. You can register in a different party for the next primary, though. Wisconsin’s fake Democrats in the recent recall primaries were perfectly legal ratf*ckers.

  80. 80.

    Davis X. Machina

    @Nutella: They can leave you without a committee assignment. Jim Traficant was the only member of the House without one, after he voted for Denny Hastert for Speaker.

  81. 81.

    hilts

    Mark S.,

    If Michele Bachmann had any decency, she’d apologize to Brian Ross. There’s no fucking excuse for roughing up a reporter who’s asking a legitimate question. It’s sickening to watch this knuckledragging neanderthal being treated as a serious presidential candidate.

  83. 83.

    Suffern ACE

    @Mark S.: Yep. The migraine story is being told not for our benefit, but for the benefit of someone who shall not be named. Seriously, I don’t know who leaked this so I can’t name them. Perry or Mittens seem the likely sources.

  86. 86.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    @Bender: Do you have a random idiotic phrase generator? It seems to be in worse shape than the one at the top of this blog.

  88. 88.

    jwb

    Things are slow around here and the Goopers are having a bad day, Bender will show up. You can set your clock by it.

  89. 89.

    Bender

    vile, unprofessional ,and despicable

    To be fair, West over-reacted to this particular incident. I mean, The Biggest Liar In Congress lies about Republicans all the time. It’s what she does. It’s all she does. It’s her freaking job to lie about Republicans.

    So this was a camel’s-back deal for him, I guess. In general, he was more kind to Debbie Whassupwithherface-Schlitz in his characterization of her than she deserves. He didn’t mention her Bea Arthur voice, her Chris-Farley-in-Drag hairstyle, and that Austin Powers would try to unmask her at a glimpse.

  90. 90.

    Bender

    I’ll type it slow for you… go-the-fuck-away

    Ummmm, no. I was here way before you. I’ll be here after you.

  91. 91.

    burnspbesq

    West is going to vote for legislation that will fuck tens of thousands of his constituents, and they will be so mad about it that he’ll only be re-elected with 56 percent of the vote instead of 60.

    What the fuck kind of country are we going to leave behind for our kids?

  93. 93.

    Martin

    What the fuck kind of country are we going to leave behind for our kids?

    Thankfully, one where all of West’s voters will have long died from nothing worse than natural causes.

    Know hope.

  94. 94.

    Mnemosyne

    “The gentleman from Florida, who represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for Medicare beneficiaries, unbelievable from a Member from South Florida,” Wasserman Schultz said, saying the legislation “slashes Medicaid and critical investments essential to winning the future in favor of protecting tax breaks for Big Oil, millionaires, and companies who ship American jobs overseas.”

    So, Bender, explain to us what part of the above is “lies.” I’ve even highlighted the relevant passages for your convenience.

    Oh, and “all of it!” doesn’t count. Unless you can show that West does not support the Ryan plan as DWS claims, there’s not one lie up there.

  95. 95.

    burnspbesq

    @Yutsano:

    What the duck does Bender ever blather on about? He and Trollenschlongen are mirror images of each other, one on the left, the other on the right. Kinda like Patt Morrison and Hugh Hewitt used to be on “Life and Times,” but way stupider.

  97. 97.

    fuzz

    Citizen X at 49,
    I’ll admit I laughed at that.
    Though admittedly it is a little sad that I live in a country where firing a handgun next to someone’s head after you’ve had him stripped and beaten (when you’re a fucking bn commander no less, this wasn’t pfc. england here) is exactly what it takes to launch a successful political career.

  98. 98.

    Svensker

    He didn’t mention her Bea Arthur voice, her Chris-Farley-in-Drag hairstyle, and that Austin Powers would try to unmask her at a glimpse.

    Because the important thing about a woman in politics is whether some random male blog commenter thinks she’s sexy or not. Seriously?

    She had it coming, officer, she made me hit her.

    Gah…

  99. 99.

    Poopyman

    Just as a for–what–it’s–worth, Wisconsin Dem Dave Hansen has beaten Tea Partier David Vanderleest, currently by 69% to 31% with 55 of 72 precincts reporting.

    That’s one down, 5 to go.

  101. 101.

    Comrade Mary

    Aw man, sorry to hear about your wife’s business, Fuckhead. That’s not just your living, which is important enough, but it’s also family history and pride.

  102. 102.

    celticdragonchick

    @Bender

    Don’t you need to change your colostomy bag? Your shit is beginning to smear your computer screen and foul everything around you Your charge nurse will be annoyed when she comes to up your meds.

  103. 103.

    celticdragonchick

    Because the important thing about a woman in politics is whether some random male blog commenter thinks she’s sexy or not. Seriously?
    She had it coming, officer, she made me hit her.

    Yeah, I noticed that too. Uppity wimmins need to shut their “jackholes” and go cook his dinner, goddammit.

    What a dripping tool.

  105. 105.

    Brian R.

    I was here way before you. I’ll be here after you.

    I believe the words you’re looking for are “John Cole, I dare you to block my IP address from accessing this site.”

    You’re welcome.

  106. 106.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Aw man, sorry to hear about your wife’s business, Fuckhead. That’s not just your living, which is important enough, but it’s also family history and pride.

    Meh, blame the Confidence Fairy.

  107. 107.

    OzoneR

    What the fuck kind of country are we going to leave behind for our kids?

    Ayn Rand’s Utopia

  109. 109.

    Dennis SGMM

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    I’ll add my condolences. I’ve always been a Whitehat in the Navy of life so I have no idea how it must feel to have your business go under – especially a generations-old family business.

  110. 110.

    Bender

    So, Bender, explain to us what part of the above is “lies.”

    Short answer: It’s a very, very false choice. Even if we took away tax breaks on — and these focus-grouped bogeymen are all really lies, too — corporate jets, “Big Oil,” “Millionaires,” corporate jets, and “job-shippers,” (and corporate jets!) Medicare would still be dead broke in 2024 or soon after. There’s no trade-off that could save Medicare. Debbie Whassupwithherface-Schlitz knows this. She just hopes she (and her buddies in the media) can fool low-info voters with the same-old 1982-era boilerplate bullshit.

  111. 111.

    Yutsano

    @Bender:

    Even if we took away tax breaks on —and these focus-grouped bogeymen are all really lies, too—corporate jets, “Big Oil,” “Millionaires,” corporate jets, and “job-shippers,” (and corporate jets!) Medicare would still be dead broke in 2024 or soon after.

    Yet again, your evidence, it is lacking.

  112. 112.

    Cain

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    My wife’s business, around since 1893, surviving through the depression and the 70s recession, threw in the towel Monday. They’ll close forever at the end of this month.

    Sorry to hear that dude.

  113. 113.

    Bender

    Yeah, I noticed that too. Uppity wimmins need to shut their “jackholes” and go cook his dinner, goddammit.

    If I were as classy as a Progressive, I’d go on HBO and get big laughs talking about how I’d “hate-fuck” her, or I’d go tell jokes onstage about her getting gang-raped by black men. Because IOKIYAD.

    And Sheila Jackwagon Lee shouldn’t shut her embarrassment-hole because she’s a woman. It’s because she’s an insane idiot gasbag racebaiter. There’s a big difference.

    I doubt she even cooks.

  116. 116.

    Bender

    Yet again, your evidence, it is lacking.

    Because you don’t like it? The only one of Debbie Wasserface-Schillz focus-grouped imaginary “savings” that would have any real impact would be the repeal of Bush tax cuts for upper-incomes. This is estimated by the Democrats to save $700B over 10 years (which is a joke in itself, but let’s accept it for now). That entire amount would pay for about the next 18 months of Medicare. That’s it. So instead of being broke by 2024 like the trustees say, it might make it to 2025.

  118. 118.

    Alex S.

    Allan West always tries to come across as an extremely masculine, tough man. Maybe he has a small penis.

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    Steeplejack

    @Derf:

    Do you even read the articles that you link to? I mean beyond the headlines?

    Twelfth graph down in your first story:

    Economists at Capital Economics in Toronto, who had forecast a big jump in June starts, said the gain was catch-up after unusually severe weather had prevented builders from breaking new ground.
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    In addition, reconstruction from deadly tornadoes and floods was going to get under way, they said.
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    “Housing starts may continue to creep gradually higher from their still depressed levels. But the low rate of household formation, the high supply of existing homes and tough competition from foreclosed homes will mean that starts are unlikely to return to a normal level of around 1 million for another four years yet,” said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, in a research note. [Emphasis added.]

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    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: DWS is da shiznit. And JSF, for all he will occasionally aggravate me, is a damn good fuckhead. I hope he comes out of this all right.

    Hi hon.

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    TB

    I would have responded with “Congressman West, this is Washington D.C., not Iraq, and Debbie Schultz is a Representative of the Congress of the United States, not some blindfolded, handcuffed Iraqi that you threaten to shoot in the head. Please act with some grace and decorum.”

  125. 125.

    Chris

    Florida GOP Congressman Allen West this afternoon dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her “vile, unprofessional ,and despicable,” “a coward,” “characterless,” and “not a Lady,” and demanding that she “shut the heck up.”

    “I must’ve hit pretty close to the mark to get him all riled up like that, huh kid?”

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    Paul in KY

    JSF, sorry to hear about your wife’s job. Hopefully she can get unemployment. Best of luck to her.

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    henrythefifth

    So he sends her an email complaining that she didn’t say it to her face? LOL train.

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