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Terror Babies, Mosques in Manhattan, and Gay Marriage
In case you missed it, Republican leadership has completely gone off the deep end … I mean completely.There is Texas Congressmen Lou Gohmert, whose insanity brought us “terror babies.” (I swear they are real. There was one at brunch on Sunday who wou… Continue reading
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Let’s Win One for Steve
This week the movement to stop climate change suffered two deaths. One was the end of the year-long effort to find 60 senators willing to support a variant on the Clean Energy and Climate bill that was passed a year ago by the House of Representatives…. Continue reading
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Republican Congressman Bob Inglis Blasts His Own Party: ‘We’re Getting What We Deserve’ (VIDEO)
Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) offered a candid criticism of the House Republican leadership and other members of his party in a C-SPAN appearance on Thursday.Inglis — who was defeated in his bid for re-election in a primary runoff last month — took aim at… Continue reading
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Jim DeMint Won’t Rule Out Seeking Senate Leadership Position
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint isn’t denying the suggestion he may pursue a Republican leadership post in the U.S. Senate.DeMint, a Tea Party favorite, discussed his political ambitions in an interview with the Greenville News in South Carolina on Tues… Continue reading
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New Rule: The Republican Leadership in America Must Produce Their Birth Certificates
New Rule: The Republican leadership in America must produce their birth certificates! Not because I doubt they’re Americans, I just want to make sure they’re not eight years old. I mention this because a major talking point on Fox News and hate radio these days is that, after a year and a half of Obama, it’s time to bring the “adults” back into power, so they can rein in our deficit, defeat terrorism, and focus on America’s real enemy: cleaning ladies in Arizona. But I must protest the premise, because conservatives are the ones who tend to believe in magical ideas, like: America is never wrong; you can defeat terrorism militarily; and lower taxes will somehow fix the deficit. And I’m not even mentioning the stuff about how Jesus used to fly around on a pterodactyl and just hated it when homos ate wedding cake.
Now, am I saying there are no adults in today’s Republican Party? Absolutely not, there are — but like a lot of parents today, the adults let their kids cow them. And silence them. And rule over them. Rush Limbaugh is a child, a primal scream of a man, but he gets his way because he’s the fat bully on the playground; and Glenn Beck is the weepy kid who’s always crying because he’s insane and you don’t know what he’s going to do and who he’s going to take with him.
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Harry Reid Going Ahead With Reg Reform Vote Despite GOP Filibuster Threat
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is still planning to introduce financial regulatory reform legislation on Monday, despite threats from Republican leadership that the bill would be filibustered on the floor.
Aides to the Nevada Democrat tell the Huffington Post that plans remain in place for a 5:00 p.m. cloture vote on the bill crafted by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) — setting up, what promises to be, a major showdown between the two parties.
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Friday Talking Points [120] — Republicans Chicken Out
Democrats had a pretty good week last week. As attention shifts away from unpronounceable volcanoes (more on them in a moment) to the struggle in the Senate over Wall Street reform, the two parties almost seem to have changed their normal methods of playing the political game. The Republicans are all over the map on the issue, and extremely worried about the impression by angry voters that they are doing Wall Street’s bidding — as well they should be. Republicans are, one day, loudly denouncing the reform bill, using their standard Big Lie technique… and then, the next day, saying a deal is very close, and even voting for strong reform in committees. Republicans (some of them, at least) are chickening out of the upcoming partisan battle the Republican leadership seems to want over the issue (more on chickens later on, too). Democrats have, so far, managed both to admirably stay on message and showed an amazing amount of backbone in countering specious Republican arguments. And, so far, polls show the voters are solidly on the Democrats’ side on this one, and just not buying what Republicans are telling them. As I said, we seem to have entered BackwardsLand, or something.
What I think is happening in the Republican camp is that they woke up this week to the fact that they are truly painting themselves into a corner. Imagine yourself literally painting a floor, backing your way into a corner while the rest of the room glistens with fresh paint. At some point, you are going to raise your head, look around, and realize what a stupid mistake you’ve just made. I believe the Republicans just passed that point in time.
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The Treme Effect: Despite Governor’s Warning, Bourbon Street Enjoyed
Bourbon Street is still luring them in, despite Governor Bobby Jindal’s warning to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans yesterday. He told the crowd, “We invite you to extend your stay. Enjoy this beautiful weather enjoy our great food, our great music our great culture spend a little money in our hotels and our restaurants we’d appreciate it. I do have a word of warning to RNC staffers, you may want to stay away from Bourbon Street – just a word of advice,” referring to RNC staffers charging expenses at lesbian bondage club.
I overheard a group of Republican conventioneers walking into the French Quarter complaining about Michael Steele’s efforts at damage control. Then they grew silent as a float full of men in kilts danced to “Come on Eileen” and pulled passers-by into their mayhem.
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