© Matt Wuerker Ironically, the rollout of Health Care Reform (AKA Obamacare) is one of the things that will not be affected much by a government shutdown.
In a new Quinnipiac poll released today, American voters overwhelmingly reject the Republican strategy of holding the government hostage in order to block implementation of Obamacare. They oppose 72 to 22 percent Congress shutting down the federal government. Even self identified Republicans are divided on the issue, supporting the shutdown by 47 percent with 44 […]
© Mark Fiore Commentary by the cartoonist, Mark Fiore: Sure, it seems extreme, but extreme times call for extreme cartoons. When you have the Republican Speaker of the House threatening a national default, food stamps being slashed while farm subsidies are increased and an attempt to defund a program that has been in existence for […]
© Adam Zyglis Even some Republicans are standing up to Ted Cruz and his efforts to shut down the government. Which is difficult for them, since right-wing groups have punished severely any GOP politician who dares to vote the same way as Obama (even on a health care bill that was originally a conservative idea). […]
Monday, September 30, 2013
The conservative propaganda machine is going full tilt trying to turn the American people against health care reform before it goes into effect on Tuesday and people have a chance to actually benefit from it. How desperate are they? Pretty freaking desperate I’d say. This week, conservatives keep repeating the lie that Warren Buffett just […]
Monday, September 30, 2013
Just a few months ago, in July, the Republican Deputy Whip in the House said the following: It seems to me there’s appropriate ways to deal with the law, but shutting down the government to get your way over an unrelated piece of legislation is the political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum, it is […]
Monday, September 30, 2013
“This is the 41st time that they have voted to repeal Obamacare. This is really not governing, this is more like a drinking game; every time they vote to defund, Boehner knocks back a Wild Turkey.” – Bill Maher “The leader in this movement to defund Obamacare is Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas. He […]
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Well, it looks like the conservatives are going to get the government shutdown they want. In fact, they are already celebrating. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann says “We’re very excited. It’s exactly what we wanted, and we got it.” She believes that the GOP will be rewarded for standing firm in their demands. “People will be very […]
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Further evidence that the fight over health care reform is more of a referendum on Obama, and not really about health care. CNBC did another poll asking people for their opinion of health care reform, but they did something interesting. “In CNBC’s third-quarter All-America Economic Survey, we asked half of the 812 poll respondents if […]
Saturday, September 28, 2013
“President Obama warned that the government could shut down in two weeks. Obama added, ‘Not because of a budget impasse but because we’ll all be watching the last episode of ‘Breaking Bad’.’” – Conan O’Brien “Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell admitted they have no Plan B if the House doesn’t avoid a government […]
Friday, September 27, 2013
PolitiFact has been doing fact checking about Obamacare since 2009. Here are their top 16 myths and lies about the law (full explanations at the link). The law rations health care, like systems in Canada and Great Britain. False. (Florida Governor Rick Scott on Fox News.) It has “death panels.” Pants on Fire. (Sarah Palin […]
Friday, September 27, 2013
Sometimes I have mixed feelings about Senator John McCain, but sometimes I really love him. This is one of those latter times. Full transcript here. And of course, Jon Stewart has something to say about the same thing that McCain is upset about — Ted Cruz comparing himself to Churchill and Obama to Neville Chamberlain.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
“Joe Biden has people talking that he’ll run for president after he was spotted at a fundraiser in Iowa this week. Unfortunately, he missed giving his speech because he spent four hours trapped in a corn maze.” – Jimmy Fallon “USA Today had a front-page feature on the new healthcare law. It said that the […]
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
It is not very often that a financial story comes along that requires referencing the Einstein’s theory of relativity to explain, but we have finally come to this. One week ago, the Fed made an important surprise announcement — that it would not be reducing its bond buying program. The result of this announcement was […]
