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Steve Benen: Jennifer Rubin today reflects on President Obama’s re-election strategy, and argues he’ll struggle to point to meaningful accomplishments …Obama “accomplished nothing,” she says, other than “jamming through” – which is apparently synonymous with “passing with large majorities in both chambers, following a year-long fight” – the Affordable Care Act.
Well, he also passed the Recovery Act, which prevented a depression and created 3 million jobs.
And there was also the Wall Street reform package …. which featured the most sweeping overhaul of financial industry regulations since FDR.
Come to think of it, we also saw a rescue of the American auto industry, DADT repeal, a breakthrough student-loan-reform bill, ratification of New START, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the biggest overhaul of our food-safety laws in 70 years, new regulation of the credit card industry, a national service bill, expanded stem-cell research, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, net neutrality, the most sweeping land-protection act in 15 years, and health care for 9/11 first responders……
More here
The Obama Diary 
Regardless of the rhetoric to the contrary he has kept his half of the promise for greater civility.
He sure has kept his promises. Randi Rhodes is on fire today talking about PBO’s accomplishments. She just said that she did a month by month research, and she is talking about all of the good news out there regarding the economy.
TONS of good economic news! Tons! She’s kicking ass today!
I wondered who was listening to Randi Rhodes today. She was on fire supporting our great President. What a pleasure to listen!
Yep, Randi was VERY good today; broke it down like a fraction.
Yo! Lunch is over, 2 hours to go!
We knew he would!
Good News you would never guess based on what the media reports
Historic drop in executions as U.S. death sentences reach 35-year low
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/01/historic-drop-in-executions-as-us-death.html
It’s time for us to give him something to work with, eh?
that would be great Yardarm! Blue in every state! 🙂
Share this with all your environmental friends
Obama deserves credit for strong growth in energy industry
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/01/obama-deserves-credit-for-strong-growth.html
PBO looks so young in this vid; he’s handsomer than ever 4 years later! IMHO! 😉
I was just thinking the same thing. I hope he doesn’t look like Bill Clinton or George W. Bush after 2016.
He won’t. He is too honest and straightforward… Not a drop of corruption in him!
Jon Huntsman is going to wish he had stayed in China after this primary season. And he will probably never win as a Republican after this debacle.
He has not exhibited much talent as a candidate. The only thing he has going is he is the only Republican candidate that is not crazy.
We are really lucky to have Steve Benen correcting and calling out the folks who pedal lies about this administration. He is a real gem.
He totally is. Very grateful for him.
Absolutely !
Love Steve Benen. He is one of my favorites.
I am also very grateful for Steve Benen. He is a very good person who stand up and calls the rightness out there.HZ
Jennifer Rubin can go suck on a rotten egg. She never gives PBO credit for anything. For f*cks sake when the Israeli embassy was under attack in Cairo, PBO got on the phone and through negotiations got all the hostages free and when Israel had a bush fire, PBO immediately sent financial help and man power but did Rubin give him creit? Nope. Instead she writes crap; saying he hasn’t accomplished anything. Nov. 6, 2012 can’t come soon enough. I want to see the absolute shock on these juvenile “journalists” faces when PBO prevails once again.
She wants him.
Have you ever seen her? She is not a looker.
LOL! she want that hunk of man.
Jennifer is a rightwing wacko. I wouldn’t expect anything else from her.
She is also in the tank for Willard. In her eyes he can do no wrong.
That proves it!
Someone mentioned yesterday that Romney was mocking the President for saying the phrase “repair the world”, which is actually a Jewish prayer that some say three times a day. This Jennifer Rubin wants to praise Romney, who could give a flying leap about her Jewish traditions – and yet she denounces President Obama, who’s actions have shown his support for the Israelis tenfold.It shows what she’s made of. She is a sour cynic.
Someone need to ask that bitch Jennifer Rubin what has the Republicans accomplished. The only thing they have done was obstruct, filibuster, anything thing this President tried to do to make this economy better. What is so sick about these republicans is that they will lie in a minute.
Ah Jon. You coulda been a contender.
AND ‘THIS WILL BE THE MOMENT’ …………………..AGAIN! 4 MORE YEARS FOR 44….WITHOUT A DOUBT…HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF IN 2012!
Just what I needed to get fired up for OFA phone banking tonight! Find your neighborhood OFA team (barackobama.com) then look for events. Every action has a ripple effect!
Word.
Willard the markets of have spoken and they have firmly requested that you sit down and shut up with your 47th out of 50 states-ranking in job creation:
Stocks Kick Off 2012 With a Bang
“On the economic front, growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector accelerated in December, rising to 53.9 in December, according to the Institute for Supply Management. Economists had expected a reading of 53.2, according to a Reuters Poll. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
And construction spending increased 1.2 percent in November, its highest level since June 2010, according to the Commerce Department. Economists surveyed by Reuters expected spending to rise 0.5 percent in November…
January is typically one of the strongest months for equities. And according to market statistics, if the first trading day of the year is positive, the full-year finishes higher almost 70 percent of the time.”
http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/01/governor-scott-walkers-failure-is-nearly-complete.html I feel badly for the people in WI….wonder if they ALL learned their lesson.
Both sides do it.
Written by: Matt Osborne| January 03, 2012
The Republican Party always has a new plan for taking down [strike through Clinton] Obama, and that plan always makes room for liberal discontent. Here’s Greg Sargent yesterday: While it’s true that disapproval of Obama on the economy is running high over government’s failure to fix the economy, the independents and moderates who will decide the presidential election agree with Obama’s overall fiscal vision — his jobs creation proposals and insistence on taxing the wealthy to pay for them. They also recognize that Republicans are more to blame than Dems for government’s failure to implement those proposals.
But as Steve Kornacki recently noted, blaming Obama for failing to transcend politics as usual despite determined GOP opposition may be the best way to give indys and moderates a reason to vote against Obama even though they generally agree and sympathize with him. And so, after doing everything in their power to prevent Obama from successfully transcending partisanship and achieving transformative change — even if it meant repeatedly opposing solutions to profound national problems they once embraced — Republicans will now attack him for failing to transcend partisanship and achieve transformative change.
And who will help them achieve this? Why, none other than the professional poutragers of the left, for whom the president has indeed failed “to transcend partisanship and achieve transformative change.” That line is their battle-standard, and under its flapping tassels everything is terrible and it is the president’s fault. They would be this way for any Democratic president, not just Obama, but their rhetoric has reached fever-pitch in a disturbingly-familiar harmony.
~snip~
http://www.osborneink.com/2012/01/both-sides-do-it.html
During an interview with ABC’s Terry Moran on Monday, GOP presidential contender Ron Paul made an astounding admission. When asked by Moran if, “When you lay your head on your pillow at night, do you see yourself in the Oval Office?” Paul responded simply: “Not really.”
Kingmaker…wants a legacy for himself. That is all.
Thank you, Norbrook!
Sometimes I’m Insufficiently Liberal
As readers of this blog may have guessed, I’m not in the “pure” category when it comes to being a liberal. I call myself a “pragmatic liberal,” because while I’m generally liberal, I also have a strong pragmatic streak. I said a year ago: What that means is that I will always go with “what works” over an impractical solution, or take what is achievable for now versus doing without anything in the vague hope that “the perfect” will somehow happen. Even aside from pragmatic, I sometimes have some other stances that aren’t really “liberal.” What are they?
~snip~
http://cendax.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/sometimes-im-insufficiently-liberal/#more-3176
That needs to be sent to every freaking one of those pathetic whiny emoprogs…..
Wow! Norbrook. A hammer came down on a nail somewhere. This’s why I call myself left-indie
very interesting and good commentary!
OH 🙂 Check this out
http://barackobama.tumblr.com/tagged/important-posts-about-potato-chips Looks like Iowa to me!
That’s cute. He better keep that chip safe. Hopefully, someone will find one that looks like the entire map of the United States of America, and it will foretell a landslide victory in November. 🙂
It’s locked in Tupperware!
Go Michigan! Thank you, eclectablog!
Citizens’ referendum to repeal Emergency Manager law has enough signatures
January 3, 2012
At a Detroit rally yesterday to protest the imposition of an Emergency Manager on the city, Brandon Jessup of Michigan Forward announced that Michigan Forward has gathered over 170,000 petition signatures for their effort to put the repeal of Public Act 4, the Emergency Manager law, on the November 2012 ballot. Only 161,305 are needed.
~snip~
http://www.eclectablog.com/2012/01/citizens-referendum-to-repeal-emergency.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eclectablog%2FkInS+%28Eclectablog%29
Great!
Is the window for more signatures closed? Usually 10% of names are thrown out, which would be 16,000 in this case and thus not enough signatures to force a referendum.
Not yet, because we were given forms to get signatures over the winter break and they are due back tomorrow.
The petition drive’s organizers have set a goal of 250,000 signatures, in order to ensure they have enough to pass muster with the Michigan Secretary of State.
“We got to make sure we don’t have any errors,” Jessup said. “Don’t rush this thing through, because this is about our survival.”
Jessup repeated Jan. 18 as a target deadline for delivering the quarter-million signatures to Gov. Snyder.
Oh, God bless them and let’s pray they are fully successful.
what a great effort! I had heard something about this on MPR a few weeks ago that this was coming up – they must have really gotten their house together and organized. Way to go!
That Ratigan guy is an idiot of the highest level :X
I mean 😡
Another PL ratfucker, who only started having “problems” with Wall Street when Obama became President.
He is so vile. Just hearing him speak made me want to puke!
I watched him today…..he is indeed vile…but i believe there is a method to this madness….and it just makes me more determined to Presssss ONN
http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/01/more-than-all-the-previous-40-years.html
With two years of the Obama administration, almost four times as much clean energy has been put on the grid on public lands as in all the previous 40 years.
All the renewable energy ever permitted on public lands totaled 1,800 MW by the end of 2008. In the last two years, the Department of the Interior has approved 6,600 MW of new projects. […]
The uptick in clean energy permits marks a real change in US energy on government-owned land. Public lands have traditionally been approved for oil and gas leases which generate federal revenues of between $5 billion and $6 billion a year. To get an idea of the scale of this change, the total for the two years of Obama renewable energy projects approved will generate just under $1 billion a year to the federal coffers: $786 million annually.
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/01/03/396520/pipeline-inspector-whistleblower-keystone-xl-pipeline-disasterq/
It’s funny to watch the clip of Norah Odonell being shocked when Newt said Mitt is a liar. Yes, Norah, he is a liar.
She looked very foolish.
Bill, don’t O’Donnell look foolish all the time?
It was funny. She looks like she’s had a bad face lift too…something is up with her eyes – they look more slanted than they used to.
I agree, her eyes looked very unusual. I almost didn’t recognize her.
Today the media’s going on and on about the Romney boys because high school girls are fawning all over them. Ugh!!
They look like a bunch of spoilt brats.
I’ll bet they are not fun.
Really because the youngest is 30yo and the eldest is 41yo…
Nice try media, but FAIL.
To hell Romney, the media and those spoil rich brats of Romney’s.
The Brady bunch!
Here is a story…
that will change from day to day
based on the polls
or whichever way the wind blows that day
“Inevitable” Romney Meets the Santorum Surprise in Iowa
By Al Giordano – January 2, 2012 at 12:24 pm
While none of the Republican candidates in 2012 have come close to the level of grassroots gravitas of the Obama ’08 campaign prior to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, we have to remember two things: First, that prior to Obama’s emergence, the American leaders in grassroots organizing were not on the left or Democratic side of the spectrum. It was the Christian Right, with its Sunday church pulpits, phone banking, direct mail fundraising and house parties that had been the phantom field organization of the Republican party presidential victories in 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000 and, again in 2004, when that was the key factor in defending then-president George W. Bush’s reelection from Democrat John Kerry in key swing states like Ohio. That grassroots field apparatus is still there, even if it has fractured into many competing organizations and sectors that have not been able to – not until tomorrow night, anyway – coalesce behind a single GOP presidential candidate. But it’s still there, lurking, a specter that haunts Willard Mitt Romney and his “inevitability” claims.
The second thing to remember is that Obama’s grassroots and online fundraising really didn’t kick in to high gear until the night he won the Iowa primary and, a week later, the night he lost the New Hampshire primary to Clinton, was in fact the night that the Obama campaign broke all online fundraising records in US politics. As we’ve argued for 20 months now, all it takes to derail the Romney Express is for the Evangelical Right of the GOP base to unite behind a single candidate. As hard as it is for political factions to come to alliance, the early caucus and primary process tends to force them into it. Americans are pragmatic when it comes to politics. They gravitate toward winners and electoral contests almost always boil down to two or three candidates who are perceived as having a chance to win. The votes and the money then drop the also-rans and follow those leaders.
~snip~
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/romneys_odd_definition_of_midd034502.php What?
For those who can’t watch clips online, Mitt Romney was on MSNBC this morning, and fielded a question from Tom Brokaw about whether Romney expects to deal with rising poverty if he’s elected president. The Republican replied:
“Well, I want to make sure we have a safety net to care for those that are poor, but I want to get those who are poor into the middle class.
“My ambition is to make sure that we start creating jobs again in this country and that we have rising median incomes, as opposed to the 10% decline we’ve seen in the last four years.
“To get people back into work, get higher incomes, and let people have a middle-income life standard they had in the past. That’s the whole effort that I’m involved in.
“Somebody who’s fallen from the middle class to poverty, in my opinion is still middle class.”
I think a lot people feel that way.
And that’s the problem. People don’t realize how little money they have and Republicans feed on this.
RT @ppppolls: Obama’s strength in Virginia and Colorado makes it so he only needs to win 1 of the FL/OH/PA trio…change from Kerry and Gore
http://live.reuters.com/Event/Iowa_Caucuses_2012
I never do this, but the post is short enough that I can only capture its sense by quoting it in full. From TPV:
Thanks to rootless_e, h/t jeffersonobama.
Hallelujah for this spot on quote.
2012 is the year that emo progressives finally, unequivocally, permanently and publicly debased themselves. The questions is no longer if they are blinded by privilege but how much so.
The emos are the same as a bigot when confronted by a non-English speaker: IF I YELL LOUDLY ENOUGH THEY WILL UNDERSTAND ME. For all the education that most emos have, you’d think they would’ve figured out by now that people don’t like others yelling at them. That’s why they’re mostly irrelevant.
The guy behind the Willie Norton ad, is the person running Mitt’s PAC(MSNBC).
NLRB finds musicians at three symphony orchestras are employees, not independent contractors
December 29, 2011
The National Labor Relations Board has found that musicians playing for symphony orchestras in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Texas are employees, not independent contractors, and therefore are eligible to vote on whether they want union representation.
In a 2-to-1 decision in Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, issued Dec. 27, the Board reversed the Regional Director’s decision to dismiss an election petition and sent the case back to the region for further action.
In unpublished decisions issued the following day, citing Lancaster, the Board also found that musicians at the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra and Plano Symphony Orchestra are employees.
Read more: http://www.nlrb.gov/news/nlrb-finds-musicians-three-symphony-orchestras-are-employees-not-independent-contractors
JeffersonObama seems to have read “Ron Paul” when Paul Ryan is being mentioned.
Good catch! I made the same mistake.
Loved this tweet: “If you don’t believe Romney created 100,000 jobs, you’ve never been to India.”
I retweeted that one.
A moment of Zen: a baby orangutan and a French bulldog.
Awwww..this is cute.
Where ? ? ?
Got it!
Randi! Just called this President a BAD ASS PRESIDENT 🙂 She broke this down SOOOOOOOOOO good today!
For a while I was concerned that the PL mentality was taking hold of her. Perhaps she and Cenk had a quarrel over the break – especially after he advised Iowa voters to not vote for the President.
Someone called in today and told her that he was so glad that she was back, that he didn’t like Nicole 🙂 She said that Nicole’s nice, but that she doesn’t listen to her…or something like that. Sounded like she was happy to be back. She totally backs this President….
Randi really should listen to Nicole. She needs to hear what Nicole is saying in her place.
Just saw this quote on Facebook: “Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.” ~~~ Chief Justice Earl Warren, 1952
So true, huh?
Well, yes. It’s because they always want to know that THEY are taken care of, and want no one else getting more than they have. Selfish.
Angry, selfish, self serving people
Tweeted that one too
Steve King (IA-R) has been appearing on teevee all day to say he is not endorsing anyone. He is a creep. What is the point?
Reminder, peeps:
8:15 PM Eastern
Race to 2012: Obama addresses supporters
President Obama participates in a video teleconference with Iowa caucus attendees.
Livestreamed at http://live.cnn.com/
David Gregory is making a mistake going against DWS.
David Gregory was despicable—-again—–but DWS took care of him pretty good. It was so gratifying to see someone strike back at Gregory’s utter nonsense and partisan Republican rhetoric. DWS is great!
She was great. Gregory is a jerk
Yes, DWS is such a fantastic improvement over Tim Kaine. She can stand up to all these MSM bulllies.
Is it me or does the media sound depressed? Maybe GOP enthusiasm is not as high as they would like us to think it is. Maybe more folks in Iowa are talking about PBO than anything else. Chuck Todd seemed more subdued; Gregory looked angry/sad.
Kaine’s “problem” was that he fully expected to run for office again and coming from a purple Virginia he couldn’t be a fire breathing defender of Dems – especially issues that might not play as well back in Virginia. Wasserman Shultz seems happy to be in the House and to work her way up in leadership there and comes from a safe blue seat.
Yes.
Poor non-Ed Murrow.
Where is Keith ?
Not sure, but for an interesting graphic, go to Current’s website. There is a huge graphic of the GOP contenders; holding pride of place, larger and in the middle, is…. Ron Paul. It’s not even surprising any longer.
crap! no rev al 😦
MSNBC panel (including Rev Al)
He is appearing on the caucus coverage with Rachel as the head moderator.
Ouch. Rachel as head moderator. That’s gotta hurt Keith’s ego.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is great she let David Gregory have it on Hardball. He is a real jerk. He tried talk about the President’s vision. She let him know that President Obama is beating every repub candidate in Iowa.
Now I have to bleach my brain.
😆 😆
I’ll wait for the OFFICIAL word from either Jay Carney or the man himself, Obama.
Calm, deliberative, getting ducks in row. Nah, I’d rather he tear off his checkered shirt and spray machine gun fire around a la Rambo.
ROFLMAO! 🙂 🙂 LL your incredible sense of humor is off the charts!
But I agree…the getting ducks in a row is quintessential PBO.
Who is that person tweeting that ?
A proud Obama supporter I would wager, and likely a lurker or a regular poster at TODville.
Rev Al only one on that panel making any sense.
Thanks Rev Al.
Hey everybody,
Ms. Chips, thank you for posting “promises kept” I have tears wow! Love you so much…Obama/Biden 2012
I had the same response to the video. Goosebumps and tears.
Is UpChuck Todd going to be on all night ?
Unfortunately, probably so.
From ThinkProgress. When Mike fracking Huckabee chides you for being unserious, you know you’ve screwed up.
Yeah. Who would have thought that Huckabee would be the voice of reason. Pretty damn pathetic.
Michael Steele is on tv morning, noon and night.
Does he ever sleep?
Trvia. His sister was married to Mike Tyson, the boxer. She is an MD. Figure that out.
Bill, I’m afraid I can’t figure that one out. At all.
Robin givens!
Her brother was a football player for Houston!
Riddle. Me this Batman?
Robin Givens was his first of three wives. Steele’s sister was his second and they had two children.
And the white German guy hates America (possible arsonist) Go figure.
Weird. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/la-arson-suspect-is-mentally-ill-his-mother-says-in-court.html
Hah!
http://twitpic.com/5x88xr
🙂 Republican field?
There’s Tom Brokaw feeding some “Obama’s really in trouble in Iowa” garbage on NBC Nightly News. And he’s airing an interview with some Iowan who said Obama was not “a man of faith” and referenced Rev. Wright—-AGAIN. Noticed Wright popping up on commentary on my local news blog today also. I think they’re dredging him up because they have nothing else, other than the teleprompter which pops up regularly and ridiculously. Back to instilling a little fear again—-Rev. Wright!!! Scary and black!!! Disgusting. I hope with all my might that all these haters have to take a seat again—-for the next 4 years and beyond.
Brokow is a limousine liberal….
I could say something less kind.
What respect I had for Brokaw is gone. He is a old dried up journalists who want someone to notice him.
Broke-off is trying to divert attention from the poor enthusiasm for what is supposed to be the FIRST of the GOP political events of the year. Nice try Broke-off shifting attention to the President by peddling untruths and race-baiting.
Chris and Lawrence are HITTING Mitt Romney’s lawyer!! They have him tongue twisted.
Ben Ginsbirg is the aid. He helped with Citizens United.
That guy is one nasty piece of work. I worked at the law firm (don’t know if he’s still there) where he worked in D.C. Used to be mostly Democratic lobbying firm, when they started letting GOP like him on board, whole complexion, atmosphere stunk and still stink. He is not a very nice person, in and out.
I guess the Iranians really want PBO to be re-elected if they’re willing to do something that will rally the country around him.
Story here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/03/us-iran-usa-idUSTRE80208P20120103
I sure hope they don’t mess with a US Navy Task Force. They’d be better off shaving a gorilla while riding in an elevator. In the words of Mr. T, “I pity the fool.”
So, once again, his staff is split on what ti do here.
One story today said that a senior staffer said they are not doing this.
In the end, it’s the Presidents decision!
No it seems more like the media doesn’t know what is going on and keeps putting their foolish spin. Here is another tweet that may help give us some perspective as to why the decision seems to be “dragging” out. As Liberal Librarian says: PBO makes sure all his ducks are in a row…
And the fact that it’s being leaked? A big FU to the Turtle and his Klown Kaukus.
Actually, when I read the TPM report on this it wasn’t at all definitive that’s what was implied, but that he may not take advantage of TODAY’s opening. Read it again:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/obama-bypasses-key-window-to-recess-appoint-director-of-consumer-watchdog.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
http://news.yahoo.com/construction-spending-near-1-1-2-high-november-150427413.html Construction spending up
http://news.yahoo.com/manufacturing-expansion-hits-six-month-high-ism-150855649.html;_ylt=AjuoUdIWGfM0Kbn9C68YS1Ws0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTQ4dWs3aGNjBG1pdANTZWN0aW9uTGlzdCBGUCBCdXNpbmVzcwRwa2cDZTJiZmU1OTEtNzEwZi0zZjI2LWI2ZWItMGFkNDJhNzFlMTljBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNNZWRpYVNlY3Rpb25MaXN0BHZlcgNhM2Q0ZGQ1MC0zNjIyLTExZTEtYWY3ZS0xMzdiN2EyMjM2OTE-;_ylg=X3oDMTFvdnRqYzJoBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3
Manufacturing spending UP
FailinPaIin said on FOX_News today:
“As for MichelBachmann. She has a lot to offer, also, but I don’t think it is her time this go around. And I believe that unless she, too, wants to spend her own money or borrowing money and perhaps go into debt. Which heaven forbid, you do that to your family? Perhaps she is one, too, who would start saying ‘supporters of mine, why don’t we coalesce around one of the other candidates and let’s move together as a team to get that right primary candidate chosen?'”
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeez, I miss that woman!!!
Who can make that sh*t up?
I don’t miss her. Still hoping to run into her in the grocery store one day so I can tell her what I REALLY think!
If you cannot find her at the grocery store she might be found at the wig shop at a local strip mall.
Or under a rock.
Linda my head is spinning with a terrible headache after reading this statement from the half termer. 🙂
Really. The immigrants in my neighborhood speak better English than she does.
Every time I read or hear some statement she’s made, I’m reminded of how unfair life really can be.
Once again the media has let the public down. How could they in good conscience ask Sarah Palin her assessment of Michelle Bachmann’s chances without a follow-up from veteran political analyst Kelly Clarkson?
Okay that was funny. Wasn’t sure where you were going, but that was the perfect pay-off.
😆 😆 I must remember not to drink anything while I’m reading the comments here, my monitor and keyboard are not happy campers right now. GOOD ONE. 😀
So, here’s my question: Who do we want to see winning tonight? Personally, I’m so pumped up about running against the lying weasel, that I can hardly wait. What do you guys think?
Anybody, but I want them to be hurt, so it needs to last til may, or so.
Romney has the beltway media in his pocket, and a lot of money.
But he has a lot of baggage.
The rest of the field is under him!
I know you want the lying weasel 🙂 Which one! They’re ALL lying weasels! Romney is fine…every time he opens his mouth, a lie comes out, Paul…doesn’t even WANT to be President…he said so to NPR ( see my post around here somewhere) Gingrich….? Really? Sandorum….???really? Perry? Non entity. Bachmann, Huntsman…persona non grata….It’s pathetic. I pick Weasel!
Romney. I don’t I’ve ever despise a politician more. I want us to burn his ugly ass.
Yea, I’m a little fired up… 😉
And ready to go? 😉
More like ready to walk very slowly, but yea…:)
Romney it is!! The Fool on the Stool!
You need to come up with a different monicker. That always reminds me of the Beatles’ “Fool on the Hill”, which is an AWESOME song. I don’t want to ruin it by associating it with Mittens. 😉
How about “Willard the Liar”? It is not too catchy but accurate.
Or “Tool on the Stool”? Or “Willard the Rat”.
“Willard the Rat’ is giving rats a bad name.
That makes me think of Michael Jackson…and I liked him 😦 I did mention TOOL on the Stool the other day…that fits:)
I want Romney to win. I want to see him thoroughly and irreparably defeated and humiliated in November 2012.
High-Five!
🙂 🙂 🙂
Oh……….they’re just getting ridiculous now
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/01/03/396931/the-candidate-who-cried-treason-santorum-says-obama-consistently-sided-with-our-enemies/
Uhm, what’s going on here?
There is tension brewing between Olbermann and Current. My sources on hill tell me so.
I read something about this on Mediate last week. Keith is never satisfied and he has a huge ego. If his ego wasn’t so large he would be okay. I was impressed when he participated in raising money for those health clinics. He has his positives and negatives.
The greatest failing in ancient Greek religion was hubris. Having an inflated sense of yourself always led to a downfall.
Is that Howard Fineman?
This guy is done.
Sounds gruesome. Heh.
Meanwhile here’s a tweet from Al Gore:
I really hope Jen Granholm isn’t going down that rabbit hole.
Her new show has already started!
She would be well advised to consider the old adage: When you lie with dogs, you wake up with fleas.
Not unless you’re my puppy and you get regular flea medicine. Then you just wake up a little stinky.
🙂 🙂 There is an exception to every rule!
I think she is going to have her own show.
I just turned on Current TV and Granholm, Cenk and others are there, but no Keith.
Olbertoons apparently has gone too crazy even for Current… it also isn’t helping him that his ratings have been drastically declining!
What about Cenk?
Really. If KO’s ratings were crap, I can’t imagine Cenk will be the Turkish Knight.
Apparently he was misleading his fans, the show is moving to another night. which night? who cares, I was just hoping for a scandal.
There is still a problem. He should be on the panel TONIGHT with the others and he isn’t.
And up until yesterday or earlier today he was tweeting that he’d be on tonight’s panel.
Ouch. Pissed another “network” off?
Hope he hasn’t been living lavishly. He’s not going to get another job any time soon.
FYi:
Wish I knew/understood the details of this!
I know right? Why would one day make a difference between serving a whole extra year.
But he didn’t pound the pulpit and go RAWR and drop the mic. So, you know, sellout!
Is there even a recess? I thought the terrorists are holding Congress open 24/7 so that big bad Obama won’t appoint anyone.
Apparently there’s a limited amount of time when the Senate isn’t in session. It’s during that time that PBO can make recess appointments. Consider it the design flaw in the Death Star.
I have no idea what’s going on and what the rules are. White House barely says anything on the issue and blogs are always throwing out some amendment here and there. I’m just gonna wait and see.
I saw again on Twitter that PBO might announce the recess appt. tomorrow during his economic speech in Ohio.
Chipsticks, did I read earlier today (sorry it’s been a crazy day at work) that you were the Iowa Dem Caucus Director in “08?!?!
Oh yikes no forus50! But I can completely see how that post read that way – I put a video in the middle of Mitch Stewart’s email so it might have looked like I wrote “I was the campaign’s Iowa caucus director in 2008”, instead of Mitch! 😳
Did I miss PBO talking to Iowa?? Link??
I know that it is at 8:15 on CNN live link…
Not sure how old these polls are, but, POLLGASM.
More polling goodness.
Speaking of promises kept:
Al Qaeda on the Ropes: One Fighter’s Inside Story
“New recruits have stopped coming, Hanif says. “When new people came they brought new blood, enthusiasm, and money. All that has been lost.” The money may be a bigger problem than the manpower, he says. Al Qaeda used to receive millions of dollars a year from Arabian Gulf contributors, but Hanif’s uncle says his contacts tell him the donations have dried up.
Instead, he believes, the money is going to the more productive and generally nonviolent Arab Spring movements in North Africa, Syria, and Yemen. “I think Arab people now think the fight should be political at home and not terrorism aimed at the West,” says the uncle. “The peaceful struggle on Arab streets has accomplished more than bin Laden and Zawahiri ever have….”
al Qaeda has nothing left to offer local militants. The group is broke, and most of its best explosives and technical specialists have either died or left the vicinity. There aren’t even enough fighters left to act as reinforcements.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/01/01/al-qaeda-on-the-ropes-one-fighter-s-inside-story.html
Disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda.
Got that, Jon Stewart?
Thanks.
Sweet. But he hasn’t done anything….yeah, right.
Funny, I just saw a CNN live stream open with Huntsman campaigning in NH. He will be the new Giuliana, Jr. 🙂
Test
Does anyone know where one can find MSNBC streaming?
try rentadrone.org
http://www.rentadrone.tv/msnbc-live-rockinroosters/
here you go halo:
http://www.zahipedia.info/2010/01/28/online-msnbc-news-live-msnbc-live-news/
ROFL!!
Just posted my “breaking news” in the wrong thread—bringing it here because y’all will want to know that Perry broke down crying today in his appearance before Nationwide Insurance—-pretty sad in itself. He started crying about ——–regulations!!!!! He was crying about states having regulations!!!! He said to remember this, that he will “ma (breakdown in middle of the word—sob sob) make Washington as inconsequential in your life”—-not a sensible sentence but it made him cry! So sad, isn’t it? And quite amazing and crazy that we have a candidate for the president of the United States who is crying about regulations!
Hi everyone, new post here:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/01/03/heads-up-75/
Love Rev. Al. He just said that Rick Santorum can’t run family against the Obama family. I am so happy that he is on that panel. 🙂
These caucuses ain’t got nothin on him