Archive for the 'Democratic Idiocy' Category
Shiny Objects
The fact of the matter is that Planned Parenthood is nothing more than a shiny object.
The Democrats have already caved, by agreeing to $78 billion in cuts:
“The numbers have been agreed to, but it’s an opportunity for the right wing in the House to really sock it to women,”Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said. “I don’t [...]
QOTD
Bill Hangley, on FB:
Can’t build a road. Can’t fix a bridge. Can’t lay train tracks. Can’t pay teachers. Can’t help you with college. Can’t patrol Wall Street. Can’t raise taxes. Can’t protect entitlements. Can’t find Bin Laden. Can’t end the two wars we already started. Bomb Libya? Sure, we can do that.
I’ll add that if, [...]
Open Letter #2: Senator Casey, Why Did You Vote Against Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure?
Senator Casey:
As I have discussed in previous emails and calls to your office, your decision to support the president’s extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans was a bad idea. I did not know that it actually endangered Pennsylvania residents however: why did you, a senator whose state is plagued with crumbling [...]
Open Letter to Bob Casey, Friend of the Wealthy
[amended from the original, which was addressed to a very good legislative aide in Casey's office. Also, instead of providing links, I have embedded them.]
Dear Senator Casey,
I am aghast and disgusted that you voted for this destructive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.
Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. With a net worth of more half a [...]
Bob Casey’s Office: “the Wealthy Create Jobs, so they Deserve a Tax Cut.”
That is what Senator Casey’s office told me when he voted to extend tax cuts for rich in exchange for 13 months more unemployment for those already receiving it (but of course nothing for those who’ve exhausted their 99 weeks: Senator Casey’s office would presumably prefer that those people and their kids curl up and [...]
Read More..>>Running Away
So the president’s core proposal, to end the Bush tax cuts while extending a cut to the middle class, is generally considered to be another borken promise, another cave-in.
You would figure if he really wanted them, he’d be putting pressure on the Senate. But no: he is running away like the coward he is.
President Obama [...]
Piggies Redux
Most of this post is built from an email i just shared with another blogger, betting him that the Democrats will be unable to pass tax cuts for the middle- and working-classes only:
Hamsher’s line about “it’s christmas for god sakes” really hit me hard.
From 2005-2008, I worked at a human services organization here in [...]
Hamsher Speak, You Listen
You can watch the whole thing here.
and call me a firebagger all you want: jane hamsher has passion and grit that you rarely see anywhere else.
Obama: Maybe Not So Progressive After All, Part Two
I never knew that protecting torturers from their crimes was a progressive value.
In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies the that governed interrogations of detained terrorist suspects. A “confidential” April 17, 2009, cable sent from [...]
Obama the “Progressive”
here’s your progressive Obama, right here:
The comments came after a much-anticipated meeting at the White House between Obama and GOP leaders, their first face-to-face encounter since Democrats suffered heavy losses on Election Day. No formal agreement was made, but the meeting marked a sharp departure from the practice of the past two years, when Obama [...]
