This is what Jon Stewart, host of the Jon Stewart Show on Comedy Central, said in a recently: “I have one source for news that I turn to more than any other: Twitter.” I agree with Stewart on that point. Twitter and other social media networks have revolutionized how news and other information is distributed.… Continue reading Jon Stewart Congratulates GOP’s “Old White Men” in Ending Racism
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President Obama – Newtown and Boston Tragedies Unable to Change The GOP
As reported by The Hill, President Obama expressed a great deal of frustration at a fundraiser in Boston yesterday. “Sometimes people ask me, ‘Man, how do you stay optimistic because it just seems like a bunch of problems piling up on your desk, and it doesn’t seem like you’re getting a lot of help from… Continue reading President Obama – Newtown and Boston Tragedies Unable to Change The GOP
Ted Cruz On Republican Government Shutdown – God’s Will be Done, As It Will Be – Video
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said over the weekend that he had prayed to God to guide him in the shutdown fight and was sure that “his will be done as I know it will be.” Televangelist Pat Robertson opened Monday’s edition of The 700 Club by describing the Oct. 17 debt ceiling deadline as a “countdown to… Continue reading Ted Cruz On Republican Government Shutdown – God’s Will be Done, As It Will Be – Video
The Egos In The GOP Are More Important Than The Full Faith and Credit of The United States
I sat today and listened as the Republican House Speaker John Boehner talked to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos about the government shutdwon, and I couldn’t help thinking that Mr. Boehner – sometimes described in other media outlets as a “reasonable man” – is one pompous, egotistical ass! Boehner and the House Republicans followed the leadership of a… Continue reading The Egos In The GOP Are More Important Than The Full Faith and Credit of The United States
Republicans: “arsonist telling others not to play with matches”
Roger Simon writes: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) leaves the floor of the House in the wee hours of Sunday morning, having taken action that will probably shut down the government, and releases a statement saying, “It’s time for President Obama to rise above stubborn partisanship.” Which is like an arsonist telling others not… Continue reading Republicans: “arsonist telling others not to play with matches”
The Republican: From the Stupid Party to the Crazy Party
Paul Krugman writes: Early this year, Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, made headlines by telling his fellow Republicans that they needed to stop being the “stupid party.” Unfortunately, Mr. Jindal failed to offer any constructive suggestions about how they might do that. And, in the months that followed, he himself proceeded to say and… Continue reading The Republican: From the Stupid Party to the Crazy Party
GOP Strategist Said Ted Cruz is Lying
Former John McCain campaign aide Nicolle Wallace told Morning Joe guest host Donny Deutsch that Ted Cruz was being “intellectually dishonest” in his mission to shut down the government in order to defund Obamacare, a strategy she felt was tantamount to lying to his supporters at the cost of the GOP’s national ambitions. “I watch… Continue reading GOP Strategist Said Ted Cruz is Lying
The Party’s Over
The signs of decline are everywhere. No ideas. No strategy except saying no. Extreme candidates. An unbending view of the constitution that allows no other interpretation. An aging, angry, declining electorate. Technology that doesn’t work and that isn’t attracting the best young talent in Silicon Valley. A pollster who was so wrong last November it… Continue reading The Party’s Over
The GOP in N.C. are Eyeing SBI Authority
In what has become another ‘unpopular’ plan of action by Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina, the new target is the Attorney General of this state, Roy Cooper. In an unprecedented move, the governor and the GOP are attempting to overthrow the Attorney General’s authority of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and turn it… Continue reading The GOP in N.C. are Eyeing SBI Authority
Civil Disobedience In North Carolina
The fight in North Carolina wages on into its 4th week. Ever since the people of this state elected a Republican Governor, a Republican House and a Republican Senate, the wheels have begun to fall off in the name of, “balancing budgets”. Gov. Pat McCrory and his Right Wing cronies have had backroom and midnight… Continue reading Civil Disobedience In North Carolina
Vice President Biden: Republicans Opposition To Gun Control “Mind Boggling”
Vice President Biden on Tuesday said GOP lawmakers who are threatening to block a vote on gun legislation are making an “almost mind-boggling” move but said he holds hope that the Republican lawmakers will come around and support a vote. Fourteen GOP lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have said they would likely move… Continue reading Vice President Biden: Republicans Opposition To Gun Control “Mind Boggling”
The Brand New Same Old, Same Old – Ryan Plan
With a plate full of crises already looming in President Obama’s second term – North Korea’s nuclear threats, the Drone Program, domestic gun control and continued GOP obstructions on every front – the latest battle is an oldie and not a goodie. It appears Obamacare has resurfaced with a great wave of ‘pomp and circumstance’.… Continue reading The Brand New Same Old, Same Old – Ryan Plan