So now there’s a big debate about whether the recent Supreme Court decision really opens the door for foreigners and foreign corporations to spend money to influence US elections:
The president, a former teacher of constitutional law, had asserted that the ruling, known informally as Citizens United, would open the floodgates to a torrent of new [...]
2009-2013: The Third Bush Term:
Senior administration officials are briefing the press about President Obama’s speech tonight detailing the 30,000 more troops he’ll be sending to Afghanistan.
They say he will outline a “new window of opportunity” and a “new approach” to the region.
But another talking point emerged, with language we’ve heard before.
An official told reporters that [...]
Roll Call reports that our Harry has scored a major political victory:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday afternoon set the procedural wheels in motion for a crucial vote on a major health care reform bill Saturday night at 8 p.m. and scored a coup by apparently persuading Republicans to abandon their plans to [...]
When Roll Call described the Republican healthcare reform strategy as “delay, define and derail”, they missed one key element: deny.
Here’s Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl putting on a fine exhibition of this key element:
On “Meet the Press” yesterday, host David Gregory asked Kyl a very good question: “[Y]ou and other Republicans have said this healthcare [...]
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 country,” Clinton [...]
Max Baucus is obviously conducting a controlled experiment to see how much bullshit he can serve up about his healthcare reform bill, and its bipartisan prospects, before the media and the Democratic Party are willing to call him an out-and-out charlatan.
So, with the perfectly straight face that comes from years and years of fooling all [...]
There is nothing President Obama wants more dearly than to have a few Republican votes in support of healthcare reform.
Back when he thought he faced a choice between a bill that gives him 100% of what he wants with 52 votes or one that gives him 85% of what he wants with 70 votes, it [...]
For the last few years we’ve kept track of politicians who try to redefine words or phrases to suit their needs, hide the truth, etc. We even have a whole category dedicated to it thanks to reader Nick. The following example might just be the most literal.
Obama: I Could Support A Robust Health [...]
I spotted this sign in SF’s Financial District this week, and had to laugh:
2% on a $100,000 minimum balance. Talk about punishing savers. I walked around for a couple of days, half irritated about the whole thing, half relieved that I’m getting about twice that on a couple of CDs I bought a [...]
Apparently, there is not just honor among thieves, there’s also pride. When you’re in the multi-billion dollar fraud business, there is a pecking order of relative immorality.
When your business plan is to solicit money under false pretenses — by lying about how you invest the money, and then lying about the returns [...]
