Oh noes: Sen. Orrin Hatch threatened an all-out political “war” and promised a new high in partisan tensions if Democrats employ a rarely used Senate rule to win approval of their health reform bill. His provocative statements came a day after President Barack Obama made a plea for bipartisanship and cooperation in his State of …
Republican Stupidity
Pants on the Ground
For some reason, the GOP allowed the cameras to roll at their retreat during a question time session with President Obama, and he spent the next hour and a half depantsing them. Pretty funny stuff: Link (the embed killed this site for a while and is now not working) If Mike Pence really is regarded …
As Long As You’re Phone Banking
31 House Republicans voted to declare that wingnut wiretapper James O’Keefe was “owed a debt of gratitude by the people of the United States”. Since you guys in Republican districts have been asking me what to do, why not ask their staff how they feel about O’Keefe now? Republicans who support wiretapping in general (that …
There Is Your Opening, President Obama
Right here: A prominent Republican senator said Thursday that President Obama is seeking to spark “class warfare” with increasingly populist rhetoric and a series of regulatory measures aimed at Wall Street. “I think they think if they can create enough animosity toward Wall Street and corporate America, they get into this traditional sort of Democrat …
Early Morning Open Thread: Steele Reserve
Frank Rich’s Sunday column “The Great Tea Party Rip-Off” told me things I did not know about RNC Chair Michael Steele: Steele is widely regarded as a clown by observers of all political persuasions, but he is clownish like a fox… though Steele is black, and perhaps the most enthusiastic player of the race card …
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Spawn of Zombie Reagan XIII: The Horror Never Ends
Shorter Edwin “Durty Pichurs Is Icky” Meese: How dare Judge Walker and his anti-Prop-Hate minions try to get all up & judge-y in other peoples’ personal business! No, seriously: “Most troubling, Judge Walker has also ruled that the trial will investigate the Proposition 8 sponsors’ personal beliefs regarding marriage and sexuality. No doubt, the plaintiffs …
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Nerves Of Steele
A guy can still hope that Michael Steele will stick around to embarrass his party at least through the 2010 midterms. Sadly, as of right now all signs point to no. The paid speaking gigs struck me as entrepreneurial and somehow fitting given the essentially criminal way that Republicans generally govern these days. Plus, all …