Archive for October, 2009
Wonder Why That Is
Pollster Tom Jensen on NJ-Gov and VA-Gov: “Republicans are winning these races not because they’re winning anyone over, but because they’re planning to vote at a much higher rate than Democrats this year. The truth is if the same set of voters who showed up in 2008 showed up next month Creigh Deeds and Jon [...]
Thrust And Parry In The Global Economy
How deliciously hilarious is this? The kingdom of Saudi Arabia believes (very strongly indeed) that if rich countries cut back oil consumption to fight global warming, they should have to pay compensation to oil producers: Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil [...]
Rep. John Shadegg Confesses To Multiple Counts of Sodomy With A Goat
Yesterday, in the House of Representatives, Republican John Shadegg, who disgraces the great state of Arizona, delivered this carefully considered criticism of healthcare reform efforts: You know, it occurs to me, and I’ll go through these other scandals very quickly, but what we’re really getting here is we’re not just getting single-payer care. We’re getting [...]
Political Geniuses
Specter Staring at “Near Fatal” Re-Election Numbers – Political Wire (10/14/09): A new Susquehanna Polling and Research survey finds that only 31% of Pennsylvania voters believe Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) should be re-elected, and 59% believe it’s time to give someone else a chance. Said pollster Jim Lee: “When I see a re-elect in the [...]
WTF?
“What’s with all the @#%! language?“, Politico.com: President Barack Obama called rap star Kanye West “a jackass.” Vice President Joe Biden told a senator to “Gimme a f—-ing break!” Economic adviser Christina Romer declared that Americans had yet to have their “holy s—-” moment over the economy. Those who pay attention to political rhetoric say [...]
Hillary Defuses Peace Prize Controversy
Hillary Clinton clarifies the whole Nobel Peace Prize thing: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she thinks President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of “his attitude toward America’s role in the world.” “His willingness to really kind of challenge everyone … restores a kind of image and appreciation of our [...]
The Market For Presidential Insults
It has been clear for a while now that insulting the President colorfully in public can be a very lucrative act. The Glenn Becks and Rush Limbaughs of the world, for example, have substantially increased their net worth by liberally spewing hateful insults in his direction on a practically continuous basis. But, clearly, you cannot [...]
No Homo
John Aravosis on Obama’s Big Gay Speech: Barack Obama just promised us that if he becomes president, he’s going to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the Defense of Marriage Act, and get ENDA passed. The speech was Saturday night, October 10, 2009. Very hard to make a case that Obama takes the rights of GLBT [...]
Leftist And Rightist International Allies
(1) Back in the day, America used to have international allies (and enemies, too, to be sure). Well, in the time after the time of Bush (see below, for a defense of this awkward phrase), we have advanced beyond that. Now the Democratic party has international allies. Leftist ones, naturally (given the Nazi-Communist leanings of [...]
Extraordinarily Destructive
Naomi Klein on Democracy Now: This is supposed to be a prize that rewards concrete behavior, concrete action. And there are many people out there in the world who were under consideration for this prize, who every day perform acts that are taken at enormous risk for concrete benefit. I mean, I think that one [...]