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Grassley Calls Obama Dishonest
Senator Grassley who has been stringing the Democrats along for months in the health care debate has been spending his August recess doing everything he can to derail the entire process. First he tells his constituents that they should “be afraid” of the Democratic plan and that it would “pull the plug on grandma”.... »
The Power of the Police
The recent arrest of Harvard Professor Skip Gates has generated an intense debate among the media on the issue of race in this country. When the story first broke the instinctual reaction for some was that this arrest must have been about race. Why else would a black man be arrested in his own... »
Republicans Give Up On Hispanic Vote
I have heard many in the news media refer to the Supreme Court hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination as boring and having very little real news value. Chris Mathews and Peggy Noonen even complained that she was “over coached” and stiff. A boring and uneventful nomination hearing was exactly what the President wanted for... »
Sonia Sotomayor: The Senators Own The Stage
As I watched the Supreme Court hearings the last couple of days, I was surprised but not shocked that the Republican Senators were being so tough on Sonia Sotmayor. It seemed, at first, to be completely counterproductive for the Republicans to continually repeat the same attacks over and over again with no expectation of... »
Sonia Sotomayor – Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan has resurfaced as a reliably conservative sound bite machine for MSNBC this week over Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee. Pat seems to be singularly focused on the one issue of the white firefighters who filed a discrimination suit against New Haven Ct. The case, and Sotomayor’s ethnicity has combined for him into a... »
Supreme Court Nominee – Rush Limbaugh
The day just wouldn’t be complete without a quick note about Rush Limbaugh. Rush predictably chimed in with his unique vision of Sonia Sotomayor. Rush just couldn’t help himself and had to make it all about race. The very fact that Sotomayor is Hispanic became the sole reason Obama nominated her and in turn,... »
Supreme Court Nomination – The Left
While the right wing pundits spent time beating their chests and spitting into the gale force winds that constitute the Sotomayor nomination, the left were so confident in ultimate victory in this battle that they could spend their time analyzing the right’s strategy and tactics. Chris Mathews Hardball made it quite clear that the... »
Socialism isn’t Scary Anymore
For years, the right wing has been successful in labeling the left as socialist. From their ideological pure perspective, this seems perfectly natural. If you believe that capitalism and free markets will solve all problems and that “Government is the problem”, then anything that limits capitalism or expands government must be socialism and that,... »
Diversity is Better
Setting aside the political and social conventions of the day, one could argue that having a Latino woman or an African American man as a representative at the constitutional convention would have produced a “better” result that included all Americans in the democratic system instead of institutionalizing the exclusion of some. One could argue... »
The Bible and Gun Club
About 10 years ago there was a low budget film entitled The Bible and Gun Club. It describes a group of door to door salesmen who sell both guns and bibles to needy citizens on their way to a national sales convention in Las Vegas. The salesmen find no contradiction in this seemingly diverse... »
Political Buffet
- Trump Takes Credit for Romney Win February 6, 2012
- 2016 Campaign Has Already Begun February 6, 2012
- Nevada Caucuses Flop February 6, 2012
- What Gingrich Will Do Next February 6, 2012
- Quote of the Day February 6, 2012
Video Buffet
- Economist Dean Baker: Hannity's Claim That "You Can't Say The Economy is Improving" Is "Silly Nonsense" February 6, 2012
- Loesch: Women Who Have Abortions Are "Ageist Bigot[s]" Who Believe That Those "Not As Far Developed As You Somehow Don't Count" February 6, 2012
- Lila Rose: Planned Parenthood Using Breast Cancer As a "Front" To Garner "Public Funding For An Abortion Business" February 6, 2012
- Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law's Barbara Arnwine Calls Fox News The "Purveyors" Of Racial Code Words February 6, 2012
- Doocy Uses Discredited Attack To Claim "There's A Million Less People Than We Thought Working ... That's Kind Of Fishy" February 6, 2012