Monthly Archives: February 2010
Keep On Truckin’ (But Don’t Break a Nail)
From U.S. News & WORLD REPORT: Nothing’s changed for Scott Brown when he drives to work, even though it’s now in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol. The newly elected Massachusetts Republican senator still drives his 2005 green GMC Canyon … Continue reading →
Filed under abortion, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Democrats, Gay rights, Global warming, Homosexuality, humor, Mitt Romney, movies, Nancy Pelosi, parody, politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Senate, snark, Torture, waterboarding, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Barney Frank, conservatives, contraception, Cosmopolitan, domestic violence, Gail Huff, health care, Health Insurance, Joe the Plumber, Massachusetts, preexisting conditions, rape, Saturday Night Live, Scott Brown, SNL, socialism, tax cuts, Tea party, terrorism, welfare, Zoolander
Pearls(tein) of Wisdom
From Steven Pearlstein at The Washington Post: I’m not sure what else was accomplished at Thursday’s Blair House summit, but surely one result is that we learned what Republican “leaders” really think about health care and health insurance. The most … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Chuck Grassley, Congress, Democrats, humor, John Boehner, John McCain, Jon Kyl, Lamar Alexander, Medicaid, Mitch McConnell, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, Senate, snark, Tom Coburn, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Charles Boustany, Charles Grassley, Dave Camp, Eric Cantor, Frank Luntz, health care, Health Insurance, health summit, Joe Barton, John Barrasso, John Kline, malpractice, Marsha Blackburn, Medicare, Mike Enzi, Paul Ryan, Peter Roskam, preexisting conditions, small businesses, Steven Pearlstein, taxes
Do Most Party Crashers Bring Whine?
From THE HILL: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told his colleagues on Tuesday that Republicans plan to attend the president’s high-profile healthcare summit this week in order to “crash the party.” According to a House GOP leadership aide familiar … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Harry Reid, humor, John Boehner, movies, Nancy Pelosi, parody, politics, Republicans, Senate, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Eric Cantor, health care, Health Insurance, health summit
The Russians are Unbecoming! The Russians are Unbecoming!
From MEDIAITE: Not that there was any doubt that men’s figure skating silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko was in the running for worst sportsman of the 2012 Olympic Games before, but Plushenko, always the fierce competitor, has taken his unique ability … Continue reading →
Filed under humor, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, Russia, Sarah Palin, snark, Vladimir Putin, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Alexei Popov, Daisuke Takahashi, Evan Lysacek, Evgeni Plushenko, figure skating, Olympics, Sochi, Vancouver
Tom Coburn ♥ Gridlock
I love gridlock.–Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), February 19, 2010 Now, before you go getting your panties in a big wad, it’s not what you think. Senator Coburn wasn’t talking about government getting nothing done due to the recalcitrance of the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Constitution, David Vitter, Democrats, Harry Reid, humor, John Boehner, Media, Mitch McConnell, parody, politics, Republicans, Senate, snark, Tom Coburn, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as earmarks, health care, Oklahoma, Party of No, Tea party
One hand taketh, the other stab-eth in the back
From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — With the Senate poised to take a first test vote on a jobs bill, governors said Sunday that they still needed assistance from the federal government but urged Congress to focus more on … Continue reading →
Filed under Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Congress, Harry Reid, humor, Medicaid, Mitch McConnell, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, Senate, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as 2012 election, Democratic Governors Association, Ed Rendell, Gary Herbert, governor, Haley Barbour, Jack Markell, Jennifer Granholm, Jim Douglas, Jim Doyle, jobs bill, Mississippi, recession, Republican Governors Association, stimulus, Tim Pawlenty, unemployment
Such a Small Tent, But So Many Circus Acts
From POLITICS DAILY: Glenn Beck, the Fox News personality and chalkboard scrawling libertarian hero, gave the marquee speech Saturday night at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. Swapping out a teleprompter for his famous chalkboard, Beck wowed the faithful … Continue reading →
Filed under Ann Coulter, Constitution, Corruption, Democrats, Fox News, Glenn Beck, humor, Iraq War, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, parody, politics, Republicans, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, snark, television
Tagged as 2012 election, Andrew Breitbart, BigGovernment, Conservative Political Action Conference, corporations, CPAC, deficit, Dick Armey, economy, gold, Goldline International, Jim DeMint, Libertarian, Michele Bachmann, Mike Pence
The Gang’s All There!
From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — For 30 minutes on Thursday, Mitt Romney, a likely Republican candidate for president in 2012, offered a systematic indictment of what he described as the failed presidency of Barack Obama. A little earlier, … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Chimpy, Congress, Constitution, Democrats, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, humor, Mitt Romney, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as 2010 election, 2012 election, African-Americans, Bob Bennett, Charlie Crist, climate change, Conservative Political Action Conference, conservatives, CPAC, Dick Armey, Elin Woods, energy, Federalism, FreedomWorks, health care, Hispanics, Income tax, Jason Mattera, Jim DeMint, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Liz Cheney, Marco Rubio, Michael Williams, RuPaul, Scott Brown, taxes, Tea party, terrorism, Tiger Woods, Tim Pawlenty
