There were a number of ballot measures in the recent election that asked people if they wanted to see the Citizens United Supreme Court decision overturned. And the results are that over seven million people said that corporations are not people and money is not free speech. The state of Montana passed initiative I-166 with […]
What makes this even more ironic is that it is based on data from Fox Business. According to that same data, states that voted for Mitt Romney not only have fewer people with college degrees, they have lower median household incomes and more people below the poverty line.
The only way this could be better is if it were a photo of Gene Wilder from Blazing Saddles.
You can see a longer (and even better) version of this here.
“Congratulations to President Obama on being reelected president of the United States. Turns out it is not all bad news for the Republicans. It seems that depression is covered by Obamacare.” – Jay Leno “The long national nightmare is finally over. We have expressed our will at the polls. The results have been tallied and […]
© Jim Morin I hope that people don’t forget about reversing the Citizens United decision just because Obama won the election despite overwhelming corporate spending to defeat him. As Jen Sorensen put it: Yes, we beat the Koch Brothers and Adelson and corporate dark money this time. But really, this race should not have been […]
© Nick Anderson After blaming just about everyone in America for our woes (gays, immigrants, women, Democrats, non-whites, …), I guess it would be too much to expect the GOP to do anything other than blame everyone else for their election loss.
“Everyone is asking how this storm is going to affect the election. I think it’s given Obama momentum because of how he handled it. He approached it so differently than Bush; he showed up.” – Bill Maher “Oabma’s been getting bipartisan praise for how he handled the hurricane. Even Fox News tried to praise it. […]
I really like Jon Stewart’s summary of the election and what it should mean for the future, but I fear that Stephen Colbert’s parody of what the Republican reaction will look like may be more accurate:
Here’s a short reading list of interesting articles about why and how Romney and the Republicans managed to turn almost certain victory into failure. First stop is a really interesting interactive infographic from Slate, the “Pundit Scorecard”. Go look at it. It is interesting that there were a number of predictions of the presidential election […]
I found this image on Facebook. I’m not sure if it is valid. First of all, the Washington Territory wasn’t created until 1853, and yet this says the map is from 1846. And the Civil War itself didn’t start until 1861. So this is not a “Civil War Map” and it sure isn’t from 1846. […]
“The hurricane cleanup seems worse than we thought. President Obama came to New Jersey. Chris Christie invited him to come in, and they put politics aside to get New Jersey up and running as soon as possible. And then they had lunch together and President Obama gained 10 pounds.” – David Letterman “Today Rush Limbaugh […]
One of the few interesting things I heard while watching election coverage last night was the observation that this was the first presidential election in our country’s history where none of the main contenders for president and vice-president were white protestants. Obama is the only protestant, but is not white. Romney is white, but a […]
© Tom Toles And the best news was that it was over relatively quickly.
A few months ago, everyone predicted the GOP would win a majority in the Senate. Instead, the unthinkable happened and Dems actually gained in the Senate. They also gained around ten seats in the House. Gay marriage has been on various state ballots 33 times, and always lost. Until now. Last night four states approved […]
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