friday …. and west wing week

the brent spence bridge speech

Photos here

‘obama derangement syndrome’

the freak show

ThinkProgress: Audience boos gay servicemember for wanting to serve openly. “Any kind of sexual activity has no place in the military” says Rick Santorum, apparently planning to raise an army of monks and kick all the married officers out of the military. Watch it:

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What?!

Truly, he’s Sarah Palin in pants.

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Credit to Romney, he finally spoke the truth:

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See the ThinkProgress live blog here

‘get going’

on board

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talks with President Barack Obama aboard Marine One during a flight from the White House to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 22, 2011. Riding aboard Marine One, from left, are: Personal Aide Reggie Love; Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; and Press Secretary Jay Carney. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

‘a badge of honor’

President Obama returns to the White House after a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio where he spoke about jobs, September 22

“The Republicans in Congress call this class warfare. Well you know what? If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as plumber or teacher makes me a warrior for the middle class, I’ll wear that charge as a badge of honor. Because the only class warfare I’ve seen is the battle that’s been waged against the middle class in this country for a decade.”

flip-flop mitt, part 27,263

DemRapidResponse

‘perry’s faulty memory on secession talk’

Yesterday:

April 2009:

Steve Benen: …. In early 2009, Perry was so outraged by Democratic efforts to clean up Republican messes, he pushed the rhetorical envelope much further than he should have. The governor denounced the United States government as “oppressive,” arguing that it was “time to draw the line in the sand and tell Washington that no longer are we going to accept their oppressive hand in the state of Texas.” Soon after, he said he doesn’t want to “dissolve” the union of the United States, “But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that.”

A month prior, Perry said of Texas, “[W]hen we came into the nation in 1845, we were a republic, we were a stand-alone nation. And one of the deals was, we can leave anytime we want. So we’re kind of thinking about that again.”

Did Perry specifically use the word “secession”? There’s no evidence of that*. But it’s entirely fair to say Perry dabbled in secessionist rhetoric, which in itself should be considered scandalous in the 21st century.

Full post here

cincinnati

President Obama is greeted on the tarmac upon his arrival at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Kentucky, September 22

President Obama is introduced before speaking at the Brent Spence Bridge, Ohio

“The Republicans in Congress call this class warfare. Well you know what? If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as plumber or teacher makes me a warrior for the middle class, I’ll wear that charge as a badge of honor. Because the only class warfare I’ve seen is the battle that’s been waged against the middle class in this country for a decade.”