Posts tagged “Mitch McConnell”
Love and the War Over Contraception
A belated happy Valentines day to all our readers. How fitting that the debate over contraception erupted just as we were approaching the week of the holiday of love? This story first entered the mainstream about two weeks ago, within a week Obama had announced a “compromise.” Some of the smartest talking heads were left [...]
Obama goes to Ohio
President Obama has decided to foray onto House Speaker John Boehner’s home turf in order to bring his jobs proposal directly to the American people. The Obama Administration isn’t being shy about it either: President Barack Obama is marketing his massive jobs proposal from an outdated bridge that links the home states of his two [...]
Depends On The Definition Of “Hit Hardest”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell yesterday, on the possibility (brought up by House Minority Leader John Boehner on Sunday) of giving up on extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans: We can’t let the people who’ve been hit hardest by this recession and who we need to create the jobs that will get [...]
The Height Of Political Assholery
Did you know that some of the central tenets of Islam are economic beliefs? For example, Muslims believe that the government can generate jobs. (Whereas the asshole contingent of the Republican Party, the largest contingent by far these days, believes that the government has never created one single job. Yes, whether you realized it or [...]
Greenspan Throws A Curveball
Over the last week, various Republicans in Congress have distinguished themselves by arguing that the Bush tax cuts desperately need to be extended — without any effort to pay for them — because that’s what the economy oh-so-desperately needs. Forget job creation, forget any form of stimulus; the magic potion is tax cuts. And they [...]
Delusionality And Mendacity: Republicans On The Bush Tax Cuts
Republicans of every stripe continue to spout utterly incoherent gobbledygook on the subject of George “Tax Cuts” Bush‘s tax cuts, the budget deficit and the national debt. Carly Fiorina — who used to be CEO of HP, was fired for incompetence, and decided that she was now qualified to be a Republican candidate for the [...]
Curing Bipartisanality
Just early last week, the Wall Street reform bill was innocently going about its business, perfectly secure in its bipartisanality. It wasn’t just bipartisan-curious, it was actually practicing a bipartisan lifestyle. It didn’t just include Republican ideas, Republican senators had actively participated in drafting the bill. And then along came Mitch McConnell last Tuesday — [...]
Usual Republican Lie From McConnell Elicits Unusual Reactions
In today’s Republican Party, it’s the rule more than the exception for a party leader (or what passes for one in today’s Republican Party) to make totally false public statements. This is true not just when appearing on TV, or speaking to reporters, but also when making speeches on the floor of the House or [...]
The Future Of The Republican Party
So Mitch McConnell has finally decided to abdicate all responsibility to the Republican party, despite being the leader of the Republicans in the Senate. Instead of working for the greater success of the Republican Party (or, more realistically, given his capabilities, we better go with lesser), he is now dedicating himself to helping the Democrats [...]
The Moral Bankruptcy Of The Republican Leadership
These days I need to actively look for reasons to be grateful that Barack Obama is our President. The things that emanate from the speech orifice of Republican congressional leaders are one continuing source. Take Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s performance on Meet the Press yesterday. (That’s the same program which was recently revealed to [...]