Dick Cheney famously said “Reagan proved deficits don’t matter.” Cheney was presumably talking about the political implications of deficits, because Reagan won reelection even though he blew up the deficit more than all of his predecessors combined (while continuing to claim to be a fiscal conservative). But now, economist James Galbraith claims that deficits don’t […]
In 2005, President Bush nominated his White House lawyer Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. Five years later, President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan. Neither has ever been a judge, however there is no question that Kagan has the more impressive credentials. However, some Republicans see it differently. Here are some quotes, from then […]
John McCain is running a campaign ad in Arizona, saying that Arizona should “Complete the Danged Fence” and increase border security: But McCain himself voted against the fence, and voted against increasing funding for border security several times. Did he just forget?
© Stuart Carlson Is turnabout fair play? UPDATE: This post hit the front page of social news site Reddit, and some pretty ironic flaming is going on over there. What I find amazingly ironic is that most of the arguments are over whether government is good or government is bad, like it could be purely […]
“This oil spill in the Gulf is affecting everybody. In fact, when I went to lunch this weekend and ordered the sea bass, they asked if I wanted it regular or unleaded.” – David Letterman “This is going to be the biggest environmental disaster ever. You know what that means? More bonuses.” – David Letterman […]
Lewis Black is brilliant: UPDATE: I can’t stop laughing every time I watch this.
The Maine GOP (which is historically moderate) had their convention last weekend and adopted a radical, tea-party inspired platform, to the surprise of even the authors of the new platform. But what is really ironic is that the group that wrote the new platform met in a classroom of a nearby school, and objected to […]
“How about that Times Square bomber? Now, I’m no genius, but this guy left his house keys in the bomb car. It was the one flaw in an otherwise perfect crime.” – David Letterman “I just read the hilarious re-post made by a locksmith in Washington DC about the Times Square bomber. The suspect says he […]
Once again, the GOP formulated their talking points against the Supreme Court nominee before Obama had even named the nominee. © Drew Sheneman When Elena Kagan was nominated, Republicans attacked her because she has never been a judge. Ironically, Kagan was nominated by then-president Clinton to be a judge on the Court of Appeals, but […]
I am reprinting this letter from Daily KOS because it is a brilliant rant, and because the author specifically encouraged people to reprint it. It was originally written as a response to her very conservative brother who was trying to blame everything on Obama to get her to vote conservative in the upcoming election. It […]
Even though people keep complaining that taxes are too high, USA Today analyzed publically available information and concluded that total taxes — including income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes and all other taxes — are now lower than they have been since 1950. Currently, everyone, on average, pays 9.2% of their income in taxes of […]
This entire video is great, but it really gets interesting around the 4:50 mark, when Jon Stewart points out the stunning irony of conservative pundits comparing Obama to Bush; for example, claiming that the nomination of Elena Kagan is “Obama’s Harriet Miers”, the oil spill is “Obama’s Katrina”, health care is “Obama’s Iraq”, and on […]
Yesterday, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele released a statement about Obama nominating Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. His major complaint against Kagan seems to be this: her support for statements suggesting that the Constitution “as originally drafted and conceived, was ‘defective’” OMG, how can a nominee to the Supreme Court believe that the […]
Whatever you think of governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, you have to admit that he has a good sense of humor. On Monday, he gave the commencement address at Emory University in Atlanta (and received an honorary degree in return): This is my first law degree. … Finally, the Kennedys will think I’m a success. And Maria […]
Reagan famously stated that government was not the solution, government was the problem (while simultaneously growing government at unprecedented rates). But I’ve always thought that the reason Republicans believe government is always the problem is because they don’t know how to govern. Of course, there is an alternative theory that they want to prove that […]
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