GOP Strategery Strikes Again: Death by Amendment
Sen. Jim DeMint just killed the Grassley/Wyden amendment to get rid of "Secret Holds" in the Senate.The poison in DeMint's counter-amendment? It would immediately establish a border fence and bypass...
View ArticleI Won't Lift a Finger for Lincoln in Nov...
...unless it's my middle finger.I wouldn't pee on her house if it were on fire.She just claimed on TV that her vote "isn't for sale."Bullfuckingshit.I bet her Derivatives legislation goes out of Fin...
View ArticleHey Schumer, shove that fist up your own a**
Are Democrats even trying to win anymore?Lincoln was embraced by her colleagues on the Senate floor as a conquering general returning from war. Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.), in charge of the Senate...
View ArticleSurprise! Brown's Officially a No!
Just in from TPM.Scott Brown will officially vote NO on Financial Reform legislation after he got the Obama Administration, Sen. Dodd, and Rep. Frank to bend over backwards for him.
View ArticleHow did Shep Smith (i.e. Real Journalist) End up at Fox News? (UPDATED)
How did a REAL Journalist end up on Fox "News"?Get this guy a show on MSNBC! Perhaps a morning show? From 6am-9am? Personality-wise, he'd be a perfect fit since he's pretty energetic, bubbly, and...
View ArticleWhy the Tea Party Pulling the GOP Over a Cliff is Bad for USA
According to media yesterday, the Tea Party claimed another scalp as Ken Buck won the Senate nod over Lt. Gov. Jane Norton. Now, Jane Norton was certainly not a moderate but in the hyper-conservative...
View ArticleMiddle Class Tax Cuts will NOT be Easier After November!
This is going to be a short diary because I'm pretty pissed at the punting of this issue and I just want to throw one counterpoint out there to one of the biggest pieces of BULLSHIT that's going around...
View ArticleWho here Supports Sensible Gun Control?
'Cause it seems like I'm the only one.Not really much of a diary but I want to commission my own unscientific poll of DKos diarists.No name calling, no shouting, or caps lock, or anything. Just want...
View ArticleHope NPR is Ready for the Right Wing Hate Machine
The right wing hate machine is revving up again and this time they've set their sights on NPR. After having successfully destroyed ACORN over a handful of bad employees and ginned up stories of voter...
View ArticleMy guess on Obama's tax cut strategery (UPDATED)
I'm pretty furious that Obama isn't going to fight on the tax cuts but I hope he's getting something in return for it. For me it would have to be: The START treaty DADT repeal Unemployment extensions...
View ArticleSen. Menendez on GOP: "Do you Negotiate with Terrorists?"
At a press conference this afternoon with several Senators calling out Republicans for blocking middle-class tax cuts, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) escalated the Dem rhetoric by comparing the GOP's...
View ArticleMiddle Class Tax Cuts Still Would Have Cost $3 Trillion
Just wanted to point something out about this deal. This deal is expected to cost about $1 Trillion. The "making permanent tax cuts for those under $250,000" we were all fighting for? $3...
View ArticleEveryone Needs to Take a Breath
Obama is not going to resign. Nor should he. He was entrusted by us and the American people to four years and he should be given that time to prove himself.There will be plenty of fights in the next...
View ArticleKoch-Heads: The New White Drug
The following is a citizen news alert about a new menace ravaging the streets of our Nation. Be advised, the following story does contain graphic depictions of effects of addiction.
View ArticleThis in NO Way Compares with Bush I's Gulf War Victory
People have been pointing out that Bush I started and WON the Gulf War pretty quickly and had approval ratings in the 90's before going on to lose the election in '92. Although there it is important...
View ArticleRomney/Bachmann: Looks like the Tea Party is Stuck with Him
If you had asked me a month ago who was going to win the GOP nomination, I would have said that Romney had no chance in teabagger hell of winning it due to his strange "thread-the-needle" tactic of...
View ArticleI Want Obama to Be a "D*ck"
It's all over the intertubes today that Mark Halperin called Obama a "dick" on Morning Joe and so now everyone's calling for some sort of punishment for him.But you know what? I want Obama to be a...
View ArticleObama isn't Really Serious About Raising Medicare Age
Well, the news today seems to be summed up in this Huffpo article: According to five separate sources with knowledge of negotiations -- including both Republicans and Democrats -- the president offered...
View ArticleAfter 90 years in Business, FilmCraft Closes in Detroit...Blames Gov. Snyder
After 90 years of motion picture film processing in Detroit, Grace & Wild Studios has ceded to the increasing dominance of the digital world and closed its FilmCraft division in favor of handling...
View ArticleYou don't need the 14th Amendment to Call the Debt Limit Unconstitutional
Although I still think the Debt Limit is explicitly unconstitutional according to the 14th Amendment, it's quite clear that Pres. Obama's legal team has concluded otherwise. "This administration does...
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