President Obama returns to the White House after meeting with Wounded Warriors being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, December 20
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Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone – hey, I survived my day 😎
No, no LL, I saluted the draw with champagne because my boys will be able to focus on the Premier League once they’re eliminated from the Champions League 😕
“Lesson 5: People say a lot of cruel things about gingers, but they’re actually made entirely of magic and bad tackles. Keep one around for as long as you can.
Thank goodness I was alone in my cube when I read that.
This most certainly applies after PBO’s press conference yesterday:
Lesson 6: The press is a bunch of scabby tossbags. Never speak to them if you can help it. If you must speak to them, treat them with obvious contempt and think about how they are disappointments to everyone they care about the whole time. They will actually think you enjoy their company.
I don’t know what is going on—–see people suggesting a coup attempt by Cantor——but I am really hoping for a liquidation of the party——gross incompetence reasons, a disgrace to our country.
Are they liquidating party due to gross incompetence? RT @CNBC
BREAKING: Speaker Boehner to hold special GOP meeting tonight at 7:45p ET
Another tough day for POTUS tomorrow. Observes a moment of silence for victims of Sandy Hook (closed press) and then deliver a eulogy for Dan Inouye. Sad.
I’m really wondering if the Obama family will get to Hawaii for the holidays. I can see the GOP dragging this out past Christmas just to be bratty toddlers and it would hurt my soul if PBO was seperated from his ladies on Christmas after a grueling campaign. He deserves a break. He has earned it and should be flying off to Hawaii with his family the second after the girls are released from school.
Since they lost the “1 term President” it seems the GOP has now reduced itself to ensuring Christmas holidays are banned for the next 4 years – what a sad and sorry disaster they are.
Meanwhile the share markets world wide continue upwards – they trust President Obama.
Best not to hope for anything like that. Those people are crazy, and we wouldn’t want any harm to come to any of them – despite what they do to others.
What’s really devastating in my opinion Dana Bash, is the fact that for so called journalists in America, journalism is now simply a spectator sport with each journalist taking sides based on what team offers the highest bribe for calling the game in their favor…
We are all so blessed to be living in a time and witnessing the Greatest President of our time. Lets count our blessing. Think bout this; even the little ones adore him and his wife. This is off the chain Historical and on this day the TOD family experienced it. B) (y) 😀 ({})
how does Rusty even hold his head up? his legacy will be that of the worse Speaker in modern history. Now he can’t even get the votes for his Plan B. The orange guy is embarrassed red as an apple.
saw that.. he is such a failure… never once has he shown one whit of concern for the people of this country who aren’t extremely wealthy or republican whackos.
Bohner Plan B sounds like a contraceptive, I don’t know why I keep of that whey plan b is associated with his name :). Had to make light of all their idiocy
The speaker has now pulled his own bill for Paln B, says it’s up to PBO and the Senate to work towards Plan B. I just love the orange guy and his merry men of do nothings. Think dinosaurs.
Hey listen, can someone please tell me when President Obama is going to being his “Usual Sellout,” what with this Mayan thing coming in a few hours? I don’t want to get caught between “Prepping” and calling the Whitehouse about some phantom cave. And can I get an answer kinda quick, I’m getting sleepy and my son is killing me with his screaming about some angry birds
That’s funny, Don. It is kind of funny that after so many years of people waiting to see if the Mayan prediction was true, that the night before the ‘end of the world’, the focus would be on Boehner and this fantasy cliff… I guess that dry-run with that huckster from a couple of years ago calmed everyone down over these end of days prophecies.
If the Mayans had any clue who would be in control of the House, they’d have predicted the end long ago. Hmmmm, maybe this is what they meant. Boner and crew were going to do a self-combustion and disintegrate into nothingness. Gee, I can’t wait until tomorrow. We get front row seats.
Just found out that Boehner’s Plan B failed and couldn’t be brought to the floor due to lack of support. This level of Schadenfreude is unprecedented. That sound you hear is guffaws from the white house.
Great quote dotster3.
I am so happy about this. I hope the reflexive PBO doubters are taking a hard look in the mirror now. I love my President and I trust him. TOD is the only safe place for me.
These emoprogs always seem to step on the punch line. The joke being that President Obama may have vaguely said something about cutting SS and Boehner still couldn’t get the votes to accept it.
if it wasn’t so pitiful, this would be hilarious, but too many people will suffer if these dummies don’t get their act together. Too bad we have these folks as the other party in a two party system. I don’t think they have a brain cell between ’em
Right! Glad your party went OK too, Ms Chips! Chances are we’ll all be able to party right on through tomorrow and the next day, now that the Mayan calendar has been proven wrong!
Saw a clip of Cantor smiling broadly, and answering “no” to every question asked by the jackals. They really are the party of “no” – they’re now saying no to themselves. The Tea Party is going to kill the Republican party, if the last semi-sane Republicans don’t join forces with the Democrats.
I missed your post – said the same below – they are dead in the water – I wish the sequester stopped ALL payments to congress – no pay – no heating – no nothing. But all they want is to bury the poor – literally.
LHM I just got home from Christmas shopping and read that Boehner doesn’t have the votes for his stupid Plan “B”. 😯 What an idiot!
I so wish our media was worth two cents because then the public would have a real clue as to what imbeciles we have in leadership from the Republican Party in Congress.
It would be great if the White House asked the networks for 15 minutes tomorrow night in Prime Time. Too many Americans are clueless as to how crazy these irresponsible Repubs are. They need to have their behinds handed to them in Prime Time.
Because remaining calm allows us to keep thinking rationally. One can’t analyze anything if one is letting oneself be controlled by one’s emotions. This was the major reason I stopped visiting the orange satan site. I have little patience for pants on fire folks.
You are so right LL….from the 2010 deal to the 2011 deal we prag progs have always seen the long view and understood what Pres Obama was doing. We’ve been more right than wrong about him, yet the PL always get the microphone and they are wrong every time, plus they never admit it! Randi Rhodes was one of the few radio hosts who understood the 2011 deal and how it gave Pres Obama leverage if he won reelection. Why she is not on TV I don’t know…it’s a shame because her analysis is usually spot on. Much better than Chris Matthews or Ed Shultz….
Basically the PL doesn’t trust Pres Obama, which make it easier for them to see the worst and never give him credit for the success — they say he’s lucky…smh They talk about the RWers being sheep but it’s so amazing how they so easily believe everything from their loudest chicken little fellow traveler…
What makes me mad is that they’ve wasted President Obama’s time (and his weekends) negotiating when they didn’t have the confidence to pass their own offers. Just call it a day and let the President (and the rest of us) go on vacation already.
Our world didn’t end – but about 5 minutes ago the markets in my world crashed – grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr – the GOP is disgusting – they don’t only want the US to suffer – they want to make it world wide – just as Europe was getting its act together. Utterly despicable
These guys bring back the haunting memories of Thaddeus Stevens and the Radical Republicans after the Civil War, during reconstruction. These people are Radical Republicans. So the Republicans won’t “work” again until after Christmas. They will all go home and brag that they didn’t raise taxes…..they are incredible.
I totally resent the comparison! Without Thaddeus Stevens, we would not have enacted the Thirteenth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 14th and the 15th Amendments; as well as the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which for the first time allowed African Americans in the South to vote and run for office. As an African American, I consider Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner to be two of the most anti racist white members of Congress in history. Stevens was progressives and not regressive. He dedicated his political life, and personal life, fighting for equality of all Americans. Why, he even left a “will” saying that he wished to be buried in “a colored cemetery” to symbolize his commitment to human equality. So, comparing Thaddeus Stevens to these regressive teabag morons is a great disservice to the history of the struggle for human equality in this country.
Short of votes, House Republicans pulled Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” tax bill from the floor late Thursday, testing the Speaker’s hold on his conference and throwing year-end efforts to prevent the fiscal cliff into further chaos.
Party leaders had voiced confidence throughout the day they had enough Republican votes to pass the measure over unified Democratic opposition, but amid mounting defections they announced shortly before 8 p.m. that a vote would be put off.
After a closed-door conference meeting, the Speaker said it was now up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and President Obama to find a way to avert tax hikes and spending cuts set to be triggered in January that economist want could start a recession. He told The Hill that the House would come back “when needed.”
Don’t forget-the fiscal cliff only came about because Republicans decided to refuse to work with Presisent Obama last year, and said they could solve the debt crisis themselves. They are the ones who wasted VP Biden’s time in negotiations last year, then wasted President Obama’s time, then went back to VP Biden when they started losing the negotiations and finally said they could solve it themselves, and would put a sequester in place to force them to act. And here we are…
They wanted his Waterloo. They wanted to break him. They worked their hardest to make him a one term president. Jan 21, 2010, SCOTUS gave them the Citizen United ruling. 32 Billionaires, Fox declared 2X in 2009 and 2010 by two of their VPs that president Obama was their opposition. Ailes tried to recruit Petreaus. Murdoch was donating millions to TBGOPers. MSM joined in.
The President is a generous and patient man. John Boehner famously slept through the phone call the President made to him on election night. So the President just gave him another wake-up call tonight. Pleasant dreams, soon-to-be-ex Mr. Speaker.
President Obama is sitting with V.P. Biden and Jack Lew in the oval office. And in walks Boehner with an offer, President Obama looks at Boehner and says “this is my counter offer, nothing, and I would appreciate it if you would close the door on your way out.”
I think Canter did stab John Boehner in the back, did you see that little smirk Canter had on his face as he walked out of the building. Canter stabbed Boehner, and he twist the knife in deep. Why the hell didn’t we put Nancy Pelosi back in the Speaker seat?
Chipsters: we made it through the day pretty fine, but it’s. not. the. same. here. without. you.
you know . . . . welcome home. xoxo and glad the party was better than expected.
The President made Grover Norquist break his own tax pledge that dates back to when he was a 12-year-old. The only politician, from either party, to ever successfully do so.
John Boehner loudly claimed to have a Plan B that would shame the President as the biggest tax raiser in American history, but in turns out he doesn’t have enough votes to pass his own Plan B.
Meanwhile the President has given up nothing. Not a single, solitary, thing.
Dan Rather, Ezra Klein and your merry band of emoprogs who have been bleating across the blogosphere since Election day, you want to remind me again who got rolled for their wallet and their watch?
Amazing unravelling of the party, and a personal unravelling of Boehner. It’s remarkable malpractice that he scheduled a vote on something this big and didn’t have the votes.
Will someone let me know when they get to Plan C? I’m sure Plan Cookemom can help them out of their mess. I’d start with the whole House floor covered in the Republican unfavorable poll numbers, and the little red Dow Jones arrow pointing downward. Then anyone who still needed more convincing would have to leave the chambers. The only folks allowed to stay would be those who are serious about stuff. Plan Cookemom.
Boehner walks into the oval office and says to President Obama “I want some respect Barack, I’m smart not dumb, send John to do this, send John to do that, send John to pick somebody up at the airport. I was passed over Barack and I want some respect.”
Indeed – especially now that the GOP have imploded. They’re talking about imaginary deals that never happened. He just said that he’s got a lot of faith in Nancy Pelosi, and he’s willing to give her the benefit of the doubt regarding CPI – and yet, he doesn’t extend the same courtesy to President Obama. Whenever you hear these people say “I worked hard to get Pres Obama re-elected….”, you now they’re going to bash him in the next breath. They think it’ll be easy to come out of another recession… Sheesh!
It’s called “favor”……when you walk in the light. You are the light.
Hi Chips, welcome home. Yardam done good. Real good.
He said, “Congress already had a party goin on”
(should we let him know, the party is over? The Orange Man has left the building……now sitting on his favorite bar stool crying.
Plan B was really Obamacare in disguise or Plan Barack.
Jake the Snake will no longer harass us with his stupid thoughts that his brain twisted to form a question.)
So much happened today, I need some music to keep me smiling as our First Family board the plane for a much needed vacation.
I am glad you made it through the party.
Jake the snake is leaving ABC and going to CNN. Apparently in the works for awhile when he was told Stephonapolus was staying on at This Week. Seems like Jake wanted that job real bad. When it didn’t happen he bolted to CNN. He will be the Washinton correspondent and just like his BFF Chuck the toad will have a one hour M-F bloviating, spew his hate show in late afternoon. UGHHHH!
The GOP thought they would have a republican President & would be able to stop the “cliff” by attacking the middle class, the poor, medicare and social security. The people decided otherwise – so the GOP want to decimate the economy to make “the people pay for voting for PBO”
There was nothing but embarrassment for Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans tonight, as they were forced to pull the vote on Boehner’s “Plan B” tax bill at the last minute because, as Boehner said, they didn’t have the votes to pass it. The Speaker sent the House home for through Christmas, with the option of recalling them afterwards if there’s anything for them to do.
For tonight, it’s a debacle, and they look foolish. But I’d caution against reading too much into this episode. It’s not at all clear it changes anything moving forward.
Luke Russert sucks at his job, because he pontificates and is consistently wrong all the time. he needs to keep his opinions and judgments to himself. I really can’t stand listening to his voice.
In the wake of House GOP leadership pulling their “Plan B” bill from the House floor, White House press Secretary Jay Carney said that President Obama remains “hopeful” that a deal still can be reached.
“The president’s main priority is to ensure that taxes don’t go up on 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses in just a few short days. The president will work with Congress to get this done and we are hopeful that we will be able to find a bipartisan solution quickly that protects the middle class and our economy,” Carney said in a Thursday statement.
Doesn’t sound to me like PBO got on a plane . . . . . . I tell you, if ever I was interested in seeing an example
of integrity, in the flesh, doing hard work, not leaving the room until the conversation is o.v.e.r.,
I now have my extraordinary opportunity to see, study, take it on for myself. He said he was “persistent”. yes.
With honor.
Do I feel sorry for Boehner? Hell no! I feel sorry for our country that these are the kind of nasty radical hateful terrorists Republicans that our President have to deal with.
Absolutely, Anniebella, ABSOLUTELY. Treason comes to mind, but the true definition is a bit too strong, though not by much,
So… I’ll go with sedition. The archaic definition is actually spot on.
se·di·tion (noun)
1. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
2. any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
3. Archaic. rebellious disorder.
Something is seriously wrong with Ezra Klein. Any one who thinks Eric Cantor is “a moderate” cannot be taken seriously as a political analyst. Ezra Klein should not be taken seriously. He thinks Eric Cantor is “a moderate” who may be picked to Replace John Boehner as Speaker.
Will FLOTUS and the girls go to Hawaii like they did last Christmas and hope and pray POTUS would join them? I have a feeling they might just spend Christmas in D.C., because POTUS will be working trying to get a deal, and I think the Obama family will want to be together for Christmas, in D.C. or Hawaii.
It really is hard to find the appropriate description. Boehner is now WAY past asshole, douchebag, incompetent….I shant go on. This is the embarrassing asswipe that decided it was helpful to insult the President at each and every one of his press appearances during the negotiation. Apparently there was not one single maggot on his staff of many to advise him that the People are sick of that?
The Force is strong within PBO, the Jedi master. Boehner, Mitt, Karl Rove, and so many others have fallen prey to his mastery.
The Jedi is calm in the face of aggression; letting the Force work through him to defeat those who have given themselves over to the Dark side.
Okay, my Geek response is done. As the kids say, the GOP is messed up.
Sad thing is – he has nothing else – all the GOP in congress can do about anything is cry. Let’s cry for the unemployed, the elderly, the young without health care, the children who died in a massacre, the military who were wounded or died in wars of our making.
I’m watching the share market in my world – it has dropped over 1% in an hour and still heading down – great Christmas for those whose pensions are invested in the markets. It just keeps happening for reasons beyond stupid.
In my world these actions could cause “a double dissolution of parliament” – new elections for both houses – I guess that isn’t part of your government processes.
Thank you, nath. We’ve always known that the gravest threats to promise of America will always come from within. Ever since 20Jan2009, we’ve seen incontrovertible evidence that that is the case.
I think most in the media are big assholes, Lisa. They think they know everything when they know nothing, and many of them think the Constitution makes the president a dictator. They demand that PBO to do things that they never demanded of any other president. I stopped taking them seriously so long ago that I’ve forgotten when I started doing it.
Can’t they vote for her as the best choice as Congress leader, WITHOUT having to switch their party affiliation? Is there a law against them doing this?
“It is expected that members of the House vote for their party’s candidate. If they do not do so, they usually vote for someone else in their party or vote “present”. Those who vote for the other party’s candidate often face serious consequences, up to and including the loss of seniority. The last major instance where a representative voted for the other party’s candidate was in 2000, when Democrat Jim Traficant of Ohio voted for Republican Dennis Hastert. In response, the Democrats stripped him of his seniority and he lost all of his committee posts.”
But, to take the step of voting for Leader Pelosi, any R doing that would know that their future in the House would be of no value to their constituents if they remained an R. If they took an Independent status or Dem status then they’d have leverage. If 17 of them were truly interested in doing their best service to their constituents and the Nation, they’d switch to Dem under a variety of conditions such as Committee positions, support from the DCCC (including no support for anyone who’d primary them in 2014), etc.
My hope is that at least 17 of the 113th Congress Rs are savvy enough to know how strong their position would be if they joined with Ds and elected Leader Pelosi Speaker.
So, can anyone tell me where we go from here?? I’m sorry that I actually haven’t been following up as I should but since that Boehner plan failed, where does that leave the WH, the Senate and the chances for a deal? Are we ” going over the cliff” ?
Well, I think PBO is going to try and forge a deal with McConnell and Reid – that might just be the one they’ve already voted on. Then they’ll have to see if the House will line up. It’s going to be another knucklebiter.
Bobfr, there is a saying in my culture that says he who tries to poison the innocent ends up tasting or taking their own poison inadvertently, could it be the gop at this point just started tasting their own poison?
I was thinking something similar, Esi. It would seem that the republicans would have stopped trying to hurt PBO politically or otherwise by now because everything thing they’ve done has backfired on them. Only insanity would cause them to keep doing crazy stuff and keep having it backfire on them. I knew when Cantor and Boehner were saying earlier today that they had the votes to pass Plan B, that they were lying. Plan B was a political stunt intended to the president look bad. The republicans have seen the bad polls on them, and their desperation compelled them to try to pass Plan B in a last ditch effort to portray themselves in a positive light. It didn’t work, and Boehner is somewhere right now drowning his disappointment in a couple of stiff drinks.
Yes, Esi – The first ‘taste’ and victims were Romney/Ryan … the others didn’t learn …. now they’ve assured minority, if any, status to the GOP for a very long time.
One thing is very clear at this point. Boehner, or whoever is his replacement is, cannot pass any kind of a deal on the debt without some Dem. votes. Because the crazy caucus won’t allow any deal to pass.
This drunk joker led his unruly caucus in the Serenity Prayer?!?!?! Bwahahahaha! He’s probably under a table somewhere face down in a bowl of Bacardi. What a pathetic jackass.
If Boner had ANY, and I mean just a TINY bit of decency in his silly little body, he would simply get a few “sane” republicans to join the democrats and pass a good deal. But he’s not a leader in any way, shape or form. SMDH.
None of this changes the big picture, though — it was always about letting the tax rates expire and getting on with it. All the rest is just theater.
Evening all !! I find it hilarious yet pathetic that the GOP is in such disarray and so incompetent. seriously how stupid are people to keep voting these morons in?
But I place the REAL blame on emoprogs who didn’t vote in 2010. We wouldn’t be having this Fiscal Cliff fight if Democrats had kept control of the house.
On top of all this, my twitter account(@pinkbunny70) got suspended a 2nd time! I have NO idea why they’re suspending my account!
I haven’t aggressively followed people, haven’t spammed, and certainly don’t open multiple twitter accounts. This is so frustrating and annoying!!
i’m still hopeful that the president and the first family will bring senator inouye’s casket back to hawaii tomorrow night. the public viewing in hawaii state capitol begins at 5 pm saturday. since the president is delivering the eulogy tomorrow in d.c., he may also speak at the memorial sunday morning at punchbowl national cemetery.
then the president needs to just rest, play golf, go surfing, lick shave ice, and wrap christmas presents!
Finally got a chance to post after a hectic day, and I’m so pleased with the GOP plan b fiasco! The emoprogs on Old Orange and elsewhere are now scrubbing the egg off their faces. Have a wonderful evening Chips, TOD, lurkers, everyone. 🙂
I offer a toast of my very good gimlet to our calm, poised, and lethal Barack Hussein Obama, and to all of us for being wise enough to not lose our shit over every little thing. L’chaim!
I’ll drink to that. Cheers to the end of Grover’s Norquist’s pledge, the end of Plan B and the end of debt ceiling hostage taker John Boehner’s speakership.
buzzfeed has some fun details.check the last paragraph–boehner can’t control the rethugs because there’s no candy to give them:
‘ Just minutes into the meeting, the door burst open and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, surrounded by a wall of aides, hurried out. He did not comment to reporters before he walked into an office and closed the door.
After Cantor left the meeting, Rep. Mike Kelly yelled loudly at his colleagues, attempting to rally them around Boehner. But according to Republicans in the room, the outcome was already clear. Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy just shook his head, telling the room the votes simply weren’t there.
A short time later, Boehner exited an elevator onto the first floor of the Capitol.
When asked about the meeting by Buzzfeed, Boehner said simply “It went well.”
If he thought that, he was the only one.
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One source explained that while members appeared sympathetic to Boehner’s efforts, they were adamant that they wouldn’t go along with the Kabuki theater the plan entailed — passing a measure that Obama would reject; sending it to the Senate to reduce the income levels of tax increases from $1 million to something closer to $500,000 or $600,000 a year; and then re-passing the bill in the House, this time with Democratic support.
The source said that a number of lawmakers told Boehner bluntly: “If this was the final deal, I’d be there for you. But the Senate’s not going to pass it.”
When asked what the next step was in the talks, a leadership aide would only say “it’s unclear.”
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Boehner’s leadership team, in particular Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, has also found itself hamstrung by the lack of earmarks. Traditionally the carrot used to bring along members to take tough votes, their absence has made the process of whipping the conference exponentially more difficult.’
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http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO Goodnight everyone! Keep those candles a glow all through the night! Solstice is upon us, 3:12am PST. It will be all Light and Peace going forward, we walk with a very great man, we help him to carry the weight of Change and Hope. We do this willingly and wholeheartedly, smiling on each other, proud to be a part of so great a step in history! Goodnight!
aloha isonprize~
my youngest son and his wife are stationed at the american embassy in addis ababa. no funny video from them, but i like to think this bit represents them all. so many americans around the world, serving our country right now, whether in the military or diplomatic corps, or ngo assignments. thanks to you all for your service! and merry christmas!
I just watched the video of Cantor as he was leaving the meeting after the vote was tabled. People are labeling it the “walk of shame”, but from the smirk on Cantor’s face, I don’t think he is “shamed” at all. I think Cantor’s perfectly happy with the knife he put in Boehner’s back. He literally looks like the cat that ate the canary.
Seriously look at the video and tell me that Cantor looks doesn’t look like a cat who sees a bowl of cream right within this reach.
I’m not up on my Bible lit, but would Cantor not be Boehner’s Judas?
Brutus also comes to mind – except that Boehner is no Caesar. Cantor is delighted at the downfall of Boehner – doesn’t yet realize that he is headed the same way.
What is impossible to understand – these people are supposedly Christians – they are approaching the supposedly happiest time of the Christian calendar and all they can do is “make the people suffer”. They are wicked – they have no idea of the suffering they cause (or perhaps they do – hence the evil smiles).
I can’t believe the people in Cantors district voted him back into office when all he does is campaign for more money. He spends no time in his district. I assume he lives in a Republican heavy district and they just vote R no matter what.
West Wing Week just popped up in my YouTube subs so I took a look. The look on PBO’s face as he’s about to go out to give that first Sandy Hook address really gets your attention…talk about a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
That last part of a very sad week leaves us with a smile: Bo immediately climbing on Michelle’s lap at the children’s Christmas party and her comments about it. So cute.
all i want for christmas….. is gun control legislation with teeth!!!!!
‘ A 2-year-old girl was recovering in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital Thursday, a day after she was hit by a stray bullet that flew through the window of her home while she was watching cartoons. ‘
Between now and 3 Jan 2013 if millions of PBO supporters would focus on those two objectives we could dramatically transform the next two years.
Democrats winning margin for the House was more than 1 million votes and the only reason we don’t control the House in the 113th Congress is because of gerrymandering. So, for all those in Congressional Districts with an R headed to the 113th House of Representatives it is essential for the DCCC and DNC to provide them with a list of the 17+ Rs that are more likely to flip – either to D or to Independent but committed to caucus with Ds.
The majority of Americans have now seen a display of such incompetence by Boehner, and recklessness by the Tea Party that it’s likely we would see significant support for those R’s willing to do the People’s business by supporting Pelosi for Speaker and working with Dems to restore the middle class.
Mike Allen Politico must work for Boner, I mean all he does is spew Congressional right wing crap and that writes a story about it.
What an out of touch, in the pocket reporter this idiot is…
Mike Allen, Jim Van dehan.. are all right-wing shills. Mike Allen use to be a WHC for I think News Week before him and a few other right-wingers started Politico in Feb 2007. He was one the most ass-kissing, brown-nosing WHC during GWB, I had ever,ever seen.
I have been saying since Feb 2007, that Politico is nothing but the Drudge Report on steroids
An executive order from President Obama aimed at protecting the nation from cyberattacks is likely to be issued in early 2013, and perhaps as soon as January, observers say.
The long-awaited executive action is unlikely to be taken before the end of the year, given the delicate negotiations over the “fiscal cliff.” Republican lawmakers have made it known that they strongly oppose an executive order on cybersecurity.
Tim Heulskamp (R) Oaklahoma, did you just see what he said?
Wow! I am telling you, 2014 is going to be a Wave election, way more than 2010 was.
The Publuc will not put up with these Guys for much longer.
I am telling you, the House Is Democratic in 2014, I just called it.
Now all we have to do is survive for 2 years.
That was the most remarkable demonstration of the unhinged and deranged GOP that I have seen in a long time. I am still reeling from that interview. It showed better than anything why the Republican Party has made our government dysfunctional. That interview needs to be seen by all Americans. I hope it goes viral. It showed clearly why we can’t get anything done with their rigid ideology.
And remember Joe said he had asked several Republicans to come on the show to discuss GUNS and they said they could not say anything until the NRA had their press conference. Imagine that. And don’t forget they had to get approval from GROVER NORQUIST on the bogus plan b. Why are these people in government when all they do is surrender their judgment to other people.
I happened to be flipping channels and I stumbled on Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) losing his shit on Morning Joe regarding the economy and assault weapons. I’m going to post the clip when it’s uploaded and everyone has got to watch it to realize the craziness Pres. Obama is dealing with. The dude basically wished the economy to go to hell in a hand basket as long as millionaires wouldn’t see a tax increase and he likened assault weapons to playthings. You have to watch the clip to fully understand the craziness. The outright horror of what he was saying. Children died in Newtown and he was acting as though it was a joke. This is what Boehner and Pres. Obama have to deal with. These animals aren’t human. It was insane! Twitter is blowing up like mad and people who don’t normally tune into politics but noticed Twitter blowing up, tuned into Morning Joe and couldn’t believe that Huelskamp is what passes for a republican these days. Keeeerist!
He also insulted Joe most mightily, but Joe couldn’t touch him. The guy was so entrenched in his ideology, he even went after Joe politicizing Newtown. Joe nearly blew a gasket. He left the entire round table of Republicans sitting there with their mouths open. Right after they went to break, but before the mikes were cut, you could hear them say, Wow, Oh boy, and other utterances of disbelief. Later, Joe got a text from a former Bush adviser who said he was so angry he was shaking. He said Joe should have these nuts on everyday so the sane Repubs could see where their party was going. It was classic, but not surprising. This guy was on Washington Journal yesterday and today Washington Journal has his nutty buddy on spewing the same garbage. Mad cause they were kicked off the committees for being insane.
Joe had it coming. I watch most of that video and when the interview began both Joe and Mika were slobbering all of this guy. ‘A real conservative’ , ‘you would be by my side making these decisions’ , ‘this is guy I would go to’. They were just showering him with praise. Now they act all shocked, like they’ve never knew the GOP could be like this? That a “real conservative” would have these beliefs”. PFFFFTTT!!
He attacks them when it is politically expedient for him. He does not have much to say about the party on their overall policy. He only wants them to dress the message up to be more palatable, not to make significant change. Joe is all about Joe and right now he’s shaken because he sees the dead end path his party is taking. He only wants them to take a different path, not change the destination.
Happy Birthday youngster! Enjoy the new decade with much vim and vigor. Trust me, it just gets better and better. I found unparallelled wisdom and growth….too bad I didn’t have it earlier, but nothing like making up for lost time.
I didn’t say hellllllllooooo O’s yet, so Up and At ’em you TODdies!!!!! There’s a dusting of snow on the lawn on this great getting up day. It’s less than expected, which is fine by me, though I admit to the beauty of the first snowfall.
So on the day we honor the victims of Newtown with a moment of silence, the silent NRA decides to break theirs. This had better be a phenomenal statement they give today. It took them a whole week to draft it.
The Obama Diary 
Thanks Chips!
Congrats on 1szt Allison. Chips, are your thinker than the drunk I am?
I’m slober as a sljudge Proud, promise. Hic. Actually, honest, I am. I think 21 and a half year olds like me are drunk-proof.
chips as long as you’re safe, happy, and smiling that’s what counts! sounds like you’re in good spirits and good ‘spirits’ [“Hic”] are in you. lol!! 😉
How was the Party Chips
Quite civilized Proud, therefore hugely disappointing 🙂
They kicked you out, didn’t they ?
Ssssh. (Yes).
ha ha ha!!! :))
goody. a new thread
Sounds like Happy Hour. 🙂
Chips, are you drowning your sorrows over the CL draw?
No, no LL, I saluted the draw with champagne because my boys will be able to focus on the Premier League once they’re eliminated from the Champions League 😕
ROFL!!!!! That’s why I adore you, Chips.
BTW, take a look at Dirty Tackle’s piece on Sir Alex and his seminar at Harvard. I had to stifle my laughter.
Will do LL ….. but almost afraid to look!
A taste:
Thank goodness I was alone in my cube when I read that.
Scholesieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! 😆
😆 😆
This most certainly applies after PBO’s press conference yesterday:
Lesson 6: The press is a bunch of scabby tossbags. Never speak to them if you can help it. If you must speak to them, treat them with obvious contempt and think about how they are disappointments to everyone they care about the whole time. They will actually think you enjoy their company.
GREAT ADVISE. 😀 😀 sound reasoning too.
I don’t know what is going on—–see people suggesting a coup attempt by Cantor——but I am really hoping for a liquidation of the party——gross incompetence reasons, a disgrace to our country.
The Republicans are an embarrassment to the nation. Mitt Romney wasn’t the only idiot in the Republican Party.
Off-topic but pertaining to our Beloved President…. I just bought 5 different Obama 2013 calendars!
Good job!
VitaminL, you do know you only have TWO eyes, right? Just checking.
Hey this is the closest to the top I’ve yet to be! 😉
Me, Too! I’m usually still reading the Rise and Shine thread when chips has posted at least two more.
Greetings, Chips!!
Helloooooooooooooo Meta!!! Did everyone behave today???
Yes, a little too much if you ask me. Yardarm takes your orders VERY seriously.
He really does…and the party for College Kay getting Straight A’s is long overdue. Time to Party!!!!!! TL throws confetti and pours some champagne.
Ah, I knew my shipmate would keep order, the man is a hero!
I can’t believe he turned off the music and emptied all the bottles overboard though. Seemed drastic, too much order.
That’s my Yardarm!!!! 😆
That’s what you get when ‘someone’ puts a wrong man in charge.
But Amk, if I left you in charge the blog would have suffered the same fate as Rusty’s Plan B. 😕
Blow it out your shorts amk! 😦
Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa I really can’t catch my breath hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa oh shit another laughing attack is coming Hahahahaaaaa………………
Meta – I have been reading all your tweets – sizzling doesn’t cover it – brilliant gets closer – thank you
Oh, thank you!!
thankhips, Welcome home Chips. I hope you had a wonderful time at your Christmas party. Thank you for being you. ❤
It should say “thanks Chips, Welcome home. I hope you had a wonderful time at your Christmas party. Thank you for being you. “<3
You’re the kindest RanMan, thank you so much! It was a very pleasant day, nothing like I expected – no fights, nothing! Bizarre!
nothing like I expected
Chuckle! 😆
Another tough day for POTUS tomorrow. Observes a moment of silence for victims of Sandy Hook (closed press) and then deliver a eulogy for Dan Inouye. Sad.
I wonder if he ever gets a real minute. When I see his laugh I think he’s genuinely happy even if only for a moment. He does so much.
Best Joke Ever: https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/281915050002903040
I’m so glad that with all POTUS have to deal with, that he has his FLOTUS and the girls to go home too.
x10000000000000000
President Obama and Vice President Biden will attend the Friday funeral service of the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, the White House announced.
I’m really wondering if the Obama family will get to Hawaii for the holidays. I can see the GOP dragging this out past Christmas just to be bratty toddlers and it would hurt my soul if PBO was seperated from his ladies on Christmas after a grueling campaign. He deserves a break. He has earned it and should be flying off to Hawaii with his family the second after the girls are released from school.
Since they lost the “1 term President” it seems the GOP has now reduced itself to ensuring Christmas holidays are banned for the next 4 years – what a sad and sorry disaster they are.
Meanwhile the share markets world wide continue upwards – they trust President Obama.
Hope there are a few teabbagers carrying guns in there. Come on nutters, Just Do It.
Best not to hope for anything like that. Those people are crazy, and we wouldn’t want any harm to come to any of them – despite what they do to others.
Disagree. Time to taste their own bitter medicine and all that,
What’s really devastating in my opinion Dana Bash, is the fact that for so called journalists in America, journalism is now simply a spectator sport with each journalist taking sides based on what team offers the highest bribe for calling the game in their favor…
Shameful…
We are all so blessed to be living in a time and witnessing the Greatest President of our time. Lets count our blessing. Think bout this; even the little ones adore him and his wife. This is off the chain Historical and on this day the TOD family experienced it. B) (y) 😀 ({})
how does Rusty even hold his head up? his legacy will be that of the worse Speaker in modern history. Now he can’t even get the votes for his Plan B. The orange guy is embarrassed red as an apple.
Is this because they want something more extreme?
okay so they haven’t held the vote on their ‘plan B’? Anyone know if thats still Boehner’s plan for tonight?
nope he just pulled his own bill. this is a bad person couldn’t sell his bad plan to his bad teapots.
And just a week or two ago, McConnell filibustered his own bill.
yep these guys don’t know if they’re on foot or horseback.
saw that.. he is such a failure… never once has he shown one whit of concern for the people of this country who aren’t extremely wealthy or republican whackos.
whatever his plans are, they will be on the rocks.
lol.. shaken not stirred 😉
🙂
that tweet is hilarious- thanks for the update dotster 🙂
Bohner Plan B sounds like a contraceptive, I don’t know why I keep of that whey plan b is associated with his name :). Had to make light of all their idiocy
should be I don’t know why I keep thinking of that when…
hahahahahaha!
Boehner just made a complete JOKE out of himself AGAIN. WOW, this is beyond hideous.
I almost feel sorry for him – but they’ve made this bed themselves.
The speaker has now pulled his own bill for Paln B, says it’s up to PBO and the Senate to work towards Plan B. I just love the orange guy and his merry men of do nothings. Think dinosaurs.
They could end all this by just voting for the Senate bill. Come back and fight another day.
Dinosaurs?
I was thinking: FUCKING REDICULOUS ASSHOLES.
well dinosaurs are now extinct, FUCKING RIDICULOUS ASSHOLES however still exist today in plentiful supply.
Proceed Speaker Boehner
Hee, hee…
You forgot “please” as in “Please Proceed, Mr. Speaker”
Hey listen, can someone please tell me when President Obama is going to being his “Usual Sellout,” what with this Mayan thing coming in a few hours? I don’t want to get caught between “Prepping” and calling the Whitehouse about some phantom cave. And can I get an answer kinda quick, I’m getting sleepy and my son is killing me with his screaming about some angry birds
That’s funny, Don. It is kind of funny that after so many years of people waiting to see if the Mayan prediction was true, that the night before the ‘end of the world’, the focus would be on Boehner and this fantasy cliff… I guess that dry-run with that huckster from a couple of years ago calmed everyone down over these end of days prophecies.
*begin*
ROFL!! Hey now, the Mayans are on US CST, so there are still a few hours left.
If the Mayans had any clue who would be in control of the House, they’d have predicted the end long ago. Hmmmm, maybe this is what they meant. Boner and crew were going to do a self-combustion and disintegrate into nothingness. Gee, I can’t wait until tomorrow. We get front row seats.
Just found out that Boehner’s Plan B failed and couldn’t be brought to the floor due to lack of support. This level of Schadenfreude is unprecedented. That sound you hear is guffaws from the white house.
UT you simply must tweet that. A tweet with the words ‘Shadenfreude” and “guffawing” together would be stupendous!
Brilliant!!!
Absolutely delicious!
Boehner has left the buiding! QUICK…lock the doors! :)~
Oh, holy Elephants, rusty orange weeper will be droning his sorrows in a BAR soon?
Pleasingly plump lady warms up her throat…
You mean the “fat lady” is gonna sing instead of gargle? 🙂
So that was the “Alley” that Carney was talking about at the daily press briefing taday.
He has eyezzzzzz, that Jay Carney
This is embarrassing.
Great quote dotster3.
I am so happy about this. I hope the reflexive PBO doubters are taking a hard look in the mirror now. I love my President and I trust him. TOD is the only safe place for me.
So does this mean that Eric Cantor is taking over? That doesn’t sound great.
Ed Schultz just teased STEVE BENEN and MICHAEL TOMASKY coming up next to discuss the Boehner debacle.
These emoprogs always seem to step on the punch line. The joke being that President Obama may have vaguely said something about cutting SS and Boehner still couldn’t get the votes to accept it.
well. it’s a wrap. the house is done til after Xmas. forget putting coals in their stockings, give these guys a big pile of poo.
It would be an insult to poo.
if it wasn’t so pitiful, this would be hilarious, but too many people will suffer if these dummies don’t get their act together. Too bad we have these folks as the other party in a two party system. I don’t think they have a brain cell between ’em
Germany reporting in! It’s 2:26 a.m. We’re all still here! (A little rainy though.)
Hey Germany – it’s a good thing you’re here to witness the GOP debacle. It’s hilarious! But very sad for America.
You are right, Theo… more than absurd, and indeed sad. Boner: worst Speaker EVER.
Not one glimmer of hope in that Republican party.
Pheeeeeeeeeeew!!!!! 🙂 Party on, Andogriff!
Right! Glad your party went OK too, Ms Chips! Chances are we’ll all be able to party right on through tomorrow and the next day, now that the Mayan calendar has been proven wrong!
Saw a clip of Cantor smiling broadly, and answering “no” to every question asked by the jackals. They really are the party of “no” – they’re now saying no to themselves. The Tea Party is going to kill the Republican party, if the last semi-sane Republicans don’t join forces with the Democrats.
I missed your post – said the same below – they are dead in the water – I wish the sequester stopped ALL payments to congress – no pay – no heating – no nothing. But all they want is to bury the poor – literally.
You’re right. They’ve shown that they’re not there to serve the country.
LHM I just got home from Christmas shopping and read that Boehner doesn’t have the votes for his stupid Plan “B”. 😯 What an idiot!
I so wish our media was worth two cents because then the public would have a real clue as to what imbeciles we have in leadership from the Republican Party in Congress.
President Obama should just “happen” to show up at Carney’s briefing tomorrow and lay the wood one more time concerning Boehner’s foolishness.
It would be great if the White House asked the networks for 15 minutes tomorrow night in Prime Time. Too many Americans are clueless as to how crazy these irresponsible Repubs are. They need to have their behinds handed to them in Prime Time.
Why is it that it is always we prag progs who are proven right re: Obama, and the PL never takes its dose of STFU?
We are omnipotent and omniscient. We are little gods along with our ‘Dear” leader 😆 😆 😆
Heh.
Because remaining calm allows us to keep thinking rationally. One can’t analyze anything if one is letting oneself be controlled by one’s emotions. This was the major reason I stopped visiting the orange satan site. I have little patience for pants on fire folks.
You are so right LL….from the 2010 deal to the 2011 deal we prag progs have always seen the long view and understood what Pres Obama was doing. We’ve been more right than wrong about him, yet the PL always get the microphone and they are wrong every time, plus they never admit it! Randi Rhodes was one of the few radio hosts who understood the 2011 deal and how it gave Pres Obama leverage if he won reelection. Why she is not on TV I don’t know…it’s a shame because her analysis is usually spot on. Much better than Chris Matthews or Ed Shultz….
Basically the PL doesn’t trust Pres Obama, which make it easier for them to see the worst and never give him credit for the success — they say he’s lucky…smh They talk about the RWers being sheep but it’s so amazing how they so easily believe everything from their loudest chicken little fellow traveler…
What makes me mad is that they’ve wasted President Obama’s time (and his weekends) negotiating when they didn’t have the confidence to pass their own offers. Just call it a day and let the President (and the rest of us) go on vacation already.
They were never going to agree on anything anyway, theo…it was all a pre-determined sham. Disgusting.
Our world didn’t end – but about 5 minutes ago the markets in my world crashed – grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr – the GOP is disgusting – they don’t only want the US to suffer – they want to make it world wide – just as Europe was getting its act together. Utterly despicable
With GOP divided on tax vote, Boehner pulls ‘Plan B’ off House floor
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/12/20/178078/house-gops-plan-b-vote-shows-anything.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=news#storylink=cpy
I guess this is what Boehner meant by “job creation”
These guys bring back the haunting memories of Thaddeus Stevens and the Radical Republicans after the Civil War, during reconstruction. These people are Radical Republicans. So the Republicans won’t “work” again until after Christmas. They will all go home and brag that they didn’t raise taxes…..they are incredible.
I totally resent the comparison! Without Thaddeus Stevens, we would not have enacted the Thirteenth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 14th and the 15th Amendments; as well as the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which for the first time allowed African Americans in the South to vote and run for office. As an African American, I consider Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner to be two of the most anti racist white members of Congress in history. Stevens was progressives and not regressive. He dedicated his political life, and personal life, fighting for equality of all Americans. Why, he even left a “will” saying that he wished to be buried in “a colored cemetery” to symbolize his commitment to human equality. So, comparing Thaddeus Stevens to these regressive teabag morons is a great disservice to the history of the struggle for human equality in this country.
Short of votes, House Republicans pulled Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” tax bill from the floor late Thursday, testing the Speaker’s hold on his conference and throwing year-end efforts to prevent the fiscal cliff into further chaos.
Party leaders had voiced confidence throughout the day they had enough Republican votes to pass the measure over unified Democratic opposition, but amid mounting defections they announced shortly before 8 p.m. that a vote would be put off.
After a closed-door conference meeting, the Speaker said it was now up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and President Obama to find a way to avert tax hikes and spending cuts set to be triggered in January that economist want could start a recession. He told The Hill that the House would come back “when needed.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/274187-house-gop-pulls-plan-b
It’s now up to the President to avoid the fiscal cliff?????? WTF?
Don’t forget-the fiscal cliff only came about because Republicans decided to refuse to work with Presisent Obama last year, and said they could solve the debt crisis themselves. They are the ones who wasted VP Biden’s time in negotiations last year, then wasted President Obama’s time, then went back to VP Biden when they started losing the negotiations and finally said they could solve it themselves, and would put a sequester in place to force them to act. And here we are…
Karma? Prudence? Poetic Justice. Fate?
They wanted his Waterloo. They wanted to break him. They worked their hardest to make him a one term president. Jan 21, 2010, SCOTUS gave them the Citizen United ruling. 32 Billionaires, Fox declared 2X in 2009 and 2010 by two of their VPs that president Obama was their opposition. Ailes tried to recruit Petreaus. Murdoch was donating millions to TBGOPers. MSM joined in.
All For what?
They hate pres Obama more than they love America,
FORWARD!
Cantor is smiling as his party screws the world
Pathetic!
Speaker Boehner coun’t even get enough votes for his own plan in his own caucus. Just curious, is the Obama “sellout” still a go?
Ms dotster3,
Sorry for the post below but did not see that you had posted it already.
Apologies.
No problemo—-that tweet deserves the double.
Okay reading farther, it seems he said they had the votes to humiliate Boehner further? I’m not sure having Cantor is much better for us.
I’m sorry I am very stupid about this. Early today Cantor told people that they had the votes, but now he’s smiling because they don’t?
The President is a generous and patient man. John Boehner famously slept through the phone call the President made to him on election night. So the President just gave him another wake-up call tonight. Pleasant dreams, soon-to-be-ex Mr. Speaker.
PBO shows Boehner more respect than his own caucus.
Scene one, Take one.
President Obama is sitting with V.P. Biden and Jack Lew in the oval office. And in walks Boehner with an offer, President Obama looks at Boehner and says “this is my counter offer, nothing, and I would appreciate it if you would close the door on your way out.”
POW!!!!
I think Canter did stab John Boehner in the back, did you see that little smirk Canter had on his face as he walked out of the building. Canter stabbed Boehner, and he twist the knife in deep. Why the hell didn’t we put Nancy Pelosi back in the Speaker seat?
What? Are The Sopranos back?
HAHAHAHAHA 😀
Chipsters: we made it through the day pretty fine, but it’s. not. the. same. here. without. you.
you know . . . . welcome home. xoxo and glad the party was better than expected.
Ah, thank you Sara, you’re lovely!
Glad you made it home in one piece.
Thank you shipmate, and for the positively excellent order you kept around here – not a drop of drink spilt. 🙂
Yeah but there are a few pissed off TODers, I think.
I hope you chucked them overboard?
Naw. Just a little extra duty in lieu of a Captains mast. 🙂
Let’s do the math:
The President made Grover Norquist break his own tax pledge that dates back to when he was a 12-year-old. The only politician, from either party, to ever successfully do so.
John Boehner loudly claimed to have a Plan B that would shame the President as the biggest tax raiser in American history, but in turns out he doesn’t have enough votes to pass his own Plan B.
Meanwhile the President has given up nothing. Not a single, solitary, thing.
Dan Rather, Ezra Klein and your merry band of emoprogs who have been bleating across the blogosphere since Election day, you want to remind me again who got rolled for their wallet and their watch?
Sun Tzu brilliantly channeled! 😆 😆 😆
This this this, Fired up. Ezra, Dan and ridiculous Howard dean—all irrelevant.
PBO our beloved leader, sleep well and long tonight.
FiredUpInCA
What U said needs to be tweeted.
Bravo, FiredUpInCA! Absolutely spot-on comment.
Amazing unravelling of the party, and a personal unravelling of Boehner. It’s remarkable malpractice that he scheduled a vote on something this big and didn’t have the votes.
Well, Cantor assured EVERYONE that they had the votes. Surely Cantor would have no reason for lying, would he?
But the media hacks will not report that Bill – they will now attack the senate.n It never ends – unbelievable
Will someone let me know when they get to Plan C? I’m sure Plan Cookemom can help them out of their mess. I’d start with the whole House floor covered in the Republican unfavorable poll numbers, and the little red Dow Jones arrow pointing downward. Then anyone who still needed more convincing would have to leave the chambers. The only folks allowed to stay would be those who are serious about stuff. Plan Cookemom.
Yeeeeeeah….Boehner’s screwed.
As my Jewish grandmother from a past life would’ve said: oy, gevalt.
Scene Two, Take Two.
Boehner walks into the oval office and says to President Obama “I want some respect Barack, I’m smart not dumb, send John to do this, send John to do that, send John to pick somebody up at the airport. I was passed over Barack and I want some respect.”
Poor Fredo. It was damned cold what Michael did to him.
😆
I feel like this needs to be drummed in peoples heads all the freaking time.
AMEN Ut!
Howard Dean should support the President 100% or shut up
The continual b.s. about reducing the deficit – IF the economy recovers – there will be no deficit
Indeed – especially now that the GOP have imploded. They’re talking about imaginary deals that never happened. He just said that he’s got a lot of faith in Nancy Pelosi, and he’s willing to give her the benefit of the doubt regarding CPI – and yet, he doesn’t extend the same courtesy to President Obama. Whenever you hear these people say “I worked hard to get Pres Obama re-elected….”, you now they’re going to bash him in the next breath. They think it’ll be easy to come out of another recession… Sheesh!
“We worked hard to get him elected”. What they don’t say: “Sp now we own him”.
Yup – that’s exactly what they mean.
I just realized that this is what happened today. Damn…..Pres. Obama is a master chess player.
It’s called “favor”……when you walk in the light. You are the light.
Hi Chips, welcome home. Yardam done good. Real good.
He said, “Congress already had a party goin on”
(should we let him know, the party is over? The Orange Man has left the building……now sitting on his favorite bar stool crying.
Plan B was really Obamacare in disguise or Plan Barack.
Jake the Snake will no longer harass us with his stupid thoughts that his brain twisted to form a question.)
So much happened today, I need some music to keep me smiling as our First Family board the plane for a much needed vacation.
I am glad you made it through the party.
Jake the snake is leaving ABC and going to CNN. Apparently in the works for awhile when he was told Stephonapolus was staying on at This Week. Seems like Jake wanted that job real bad. When it didn’t happen he bolted to CNN. He will be the Washinton correspondent and just like his BFF Chuck the toad will have a one hour M-F bloviating, spew his hate show in late afternoon. UGHHHH!
I smell low low low ratings for jake the snake.
The GOP thought they would have a republican President & would be able to stop the “cliff” by attacking the middle class, the poor, medicare and social security. The people decided otherwise – so the GOP want to decimate the economy to make “the people pay for voting for PBO”
Rachel has a good show.
What a mess!
Good Deeds, Dollars And Kindness Flood Into Newtown
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/newtown-sandy-hook-school-shooting/hc-good-deeds-sandy-hook-shooting-1220-20121220,0,6831746.story
That’s heartwarming Edwina. Thanks for posting it.
There was nothing but embarrassment for Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans tonight, as they were forced to pull the vote on Boehner’s “Plan B” tax bill at the last minute because, as Boehner said, they didn’t have the votes to pass it. The Speaker sent the House home for through Christmas, with the option of recalling them afterwards if there’s anything for them to do.
For tonight, it’s a debacle, and they look foolish. But I’d caution against reading too much into this episode. It’s not at all clear it changes anything moving forward.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2012/12/20/boehner-plan-b-vote-fails-enjoy-the-republicans-debacle-but-dont-read-too-much-into-it/
Luke Russet says the speakership is not at risk – remember that in 2013 when Boehner is gone.
What the hell does he know? He isn’t a zit on his old man’s ass!
Luke Russert sucks at his job, because he pontificates and is consistently wrong all the time. he needs to keep his opinions and judgments to himself. I really can’t stand listening to his voice.
Has the Obama family, with PBO, left for Hawaii?
No Sara, PBO is delivering remarks at the funeral service for Senator Daniel Inouye tomorrow morning, don’t know what happens after that.
Yes, now I remember that.
PBO is doing the eulogy tomorrow for Senator Inouye.
In the wake of House GOP leadership pulling their “Plan B” bill from the House floor, White House press Secretary Jay Carney said that President Obama remains “hopeful” that a deal still can be reached.
“The president’s main priority is to ensure that taxes don’t go up on 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses in just a few short days. The president will work with Congress to get this done and we are hopeful that we will be able to find a bipartisan solution quickly that protects the middle class and our economy,” Carney said in a Thursday statement.
Doesn’t sound to me like PBO got on a plane . . . . . . I tell you, if ever I was interested in seeing an example
of integrity, in the flesh, doing hard work, not leaving the room until the conversation is o.v.e.r.,
I now have my extraordinary opportunity to see, study, take it on for myself. He said he was “persistent”. yes.
With honor.
I hope they go to Hawaii as a family and LET THEM COME TO HIM ON THEIR EXPENSE.
Do I feel sorry for Boehner? Hell no! I feel sorry for our country that these are the kind of nasty radical hateful terrorists Republicans that our President have to deal with.
Absolutely, Anniebella, ABSOLUTELY. Treason comes to mind, but the true definition is a bit too strong, though not by much,
So… I’ll go with sedition. The archaic definition is actually spot on.
se·di·tion (noun)
1. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
2. any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
3. Archaic. rebellious disorder.
Barack Michael Coleone Obama ROCKS!!!
You better believe it!!!
Shalom!!!
I am thinking that Nancy Pelosi is a hero in here somewhere. yes?
Boehner could take lessons.
Ezra Klein: Has there been a House speaker in modern American history with less control over his members than John Boehner?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/20/will-boehners-speakership-survive-until-plan-c/
Something is seriously wrong with Ezra Klein. Any one who thinks Eric Cantor is “a moderate” cannot be taken seriously as a political analyst. Ezra Klein should not be taken seriously. He thinks Eric Cantor is “a moderate” who may be picked to Replace John Boehner as Speaker.
agree!
Comment on TP: Boner just went flaccid. Sorry….couldn’t help myself:) Cialis for Christmas!!
Dayum! LOL
Yeah. For his brain!
I like that.
Thank you Bob – scarey that the GOP house can do more damage to the USA than OBL
Will FLOTUS and the girls go to Hawaii like they did last Christmas and hope and pray POTUS would join them? I have a feeling they might just spend Christmas in D.C., because POTUS will be working trying to get a deal, and I think the Obama family will want to be together for Christmas, in D.C. or Hawaii.
It really is hard to find the appropriate description. Boehner is now WAY past asshole, douchebag, incompetent….I shant go on. This is the embarrassing asswipe that decided it was helpful to insult the President at each and every one of his press appearances during the negotiation. Apparently there was not one single maggot on his staff of many to advise him that the People are sick of that?
The Force is strong within PBO, the Jedi master. Boehner, Mitt, Karl Rove, and so many others have fallen prey to his mastery.
The Jedi is calm in the face of aggression; letting the Force work through him to defeat those who have given themselves over to the Dark side.
Okay, my Geek response is done. As the kids say, the GOP is messed up.
Sad thing is – he has nothing else – all the GOP in congress can do about anything is cry. Let’s cry for the unemployed, the elderly, the young without health care, the children who died in a massacre, the military who were wounded or died in wars of our making.
I’m watching the share market in my world – it has dropped over 1% in an hour and still heading down – great Christmas for those whose pensions are invested in the markets. It just keeps happening for reasons beyond stupid.
In my world these actions could cause “a double dissolution of parliament” – new elections for both houses – I guess that isn’t part of your government processes.
What time is Senator Inouye’s service?
Friday
Washington, D.C.
9:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. HST) Sen. Inouye’s casket escorted to Washington National Cathedral
10:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m. HST) Public memorial service at Washington National Cathedral
Great tweets, Bobfr! Totally agree with you about the current terrorist threat to our country.
Thank you, nath. We’ve always known that the gravest threats to promise of America will always come from within. Ever since 20Jan2009, we’ve seen incontrovertible evidence that that is the case.
#TrustBarack He’s Earned It
Ari Whatever is a huge asshole.
I think most in the media are big assholes, Lisa. They think they know everything when they know nothing, and many of them think the Constitution makes the president a dictator. They demand that PBO to do things that they never demanded of any other president. I stopped taking them seriously so long ago that I’ve forgotten when I started doing it.
THIS!
Double THIS!
Exactly what I also said on Twitter some minutes ago. Great minds think alike
Neat!!
I’ve been urging her to go after 17 113th Rs for the past few weeks. Let’s all try to help her any way we can.
#FORWARD
Can’t they vote for her as the best choice as Congress leader, WITHOUT having to switch their party affiliation? Is there a law against them doing this?
Pretty sure the Speaker is always a majority party leader, only that party gets to vote.
only that party gets to vote.
Oh! TY, P! 😆
Screeeeech! Dashed away so quickly, forgot your hug. {{{Pamela}}}
Apparently they all vote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives but
“It is expected that members of the House vote for their party’s candidate. If they do not do so, they usually vote for someone else in their party or vote “present”. Those who vote for the other party’s candidate often face serious consequences, up to and including the loss of seniority. The last major instance where a representative voted for the other party’s candidate was in 2000, when Democrat Jim Traficant of Ohio voted for Republican Dennis Hastert. In response, the Democrats stripped him of his seniority and he lost all of his committee posts.”
Yes.
But, to take the step of voting for Leader Pelosi, any R doing that would know that their future in the House would be of no value to their constituents if they remained an R. If they took an Independent status or Dem status then they’d have leverage. If 17 of them were truly interested in doing their best service to their constituents and the Nation, they’d switch to Dem under a variety of conditions such as Committee positions, support from the DCCC (including no support for anyone who’d primary them in 2014), etc.
My hope is that at least 17 of the 113th Congress Rs are savvy enough to know how strong their position would be if they joined with Ds and elected Leader Pelosi Speaker.
#FORWARD
TY2, Bobfr & 99Ts – I’m learning more about American politics than my little head can, or wants to, hold, and it’s all Pres. Obama’s fault. 😆
So, can anyone tell me where we go from here?? I’m sorry that I actually haven’t been following up as I should but since that Boehner plan failed, where does that leave the WH, the Senate and the chances for a deal? Are we ” going over the cliff” ?
Well, I think PBO is going to try and forge a deal with McConnell and Reid – that might just be the one they’ve already voted on. Then they’ll have to see if the House will line up. It’s going to be another knucklebiter.
Bobfr, there is a saying in my culture that says he who tries to poison the innocent ends up tasting or taking their own poison inadvertently, could it be the gop at this point just started tasting their own poison?
I was thinking something similar, Esi. It would seem that the republicans would have stopped trying to hurt PBO politically or otherwise by now because everything thing they’ve done has backfired on them. Only insanity would cause them to keep doing crazy stuff and keep having it backfire on them. I knew when Cantor and Boehner were saying earlier today that they had the votes to pass Plan B, that they were lying. Plan B was a political stunt intended to the president look bad. The republicans have seen the bad polls on them, and their desperation compelled them to try to pass Plan B in a last ditch effort to portray themselves in a positive light. It didn’t work, and Boehner is somewhere right now drowning his disappointment in a couple of stiff drinks.
Yes, Esi – The first ‘taste’ and victims were Romney/Ryan … the others didn’t learn …. now they’ve assured minority, if any, status to the GOP for a very long time.
One thing is very clear at this point. Boehner, or whoever is his replacement is, cannot pass any kind of a deal on the debt without some Dem. votes. Because the crazy caucus won’t allow any deal to pass.
This drunk joker led his unruly caucus in the Serenity Prayer?!?!?! Bwahahahaha! He’s probably under a table somewhere face down in a bowl of Bacardi. What a pathetic jackass.
If Boner had ANY, and I mean just a TINY bit of decency in his silly little body, he would simply get a few “sane” republicans to join the democrats and pass a good deal. But he’s not a leader in any way, shape or form. SMDH.
None of this changes the big picture, though — it was always about letting the tax rates expire and getting on with it. All the rest is just theater.
Evening all !! I find it hilarious yet pathetic that the GOP is in such disarray and so incompetent. seriously how stupid are people to keep voting these morons in?
But I place the REAL blame on emoprogs who didn’t vote in 2010. We wouldn’t be having this Fiscal Cliff fight if Democrats had kept control of the house.
On top of all this, my twitter account(@pinkbunny70) got suspended a 2nd time! I have NO idea why they’re suspending my account!
I haven’t aggressively followed people, haven’t spammed, and certainly don’t open multiple twitter accounts. This is so frustrating and annoying!!
Anyone else have experience being suspended?
i’m still hopeful that the president and the first family will bring senator inouye’s casket back to hawaii tomorrow night. the public viewing in hawaii state capitol begins at 5 pm saturday. since the president is delivering the eulogy tomorrow in d.c., he may also speak at the memorial sunday morning at punchbowl national cemetery.
then the president needs to just rest, play golf, go surfing, lick shave ice, and wrap christmas presents!
Nancy Smash will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
w00t! Nancy Smash!
Nite all
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Can’t wait to see a real Speaker press conference tomorrow at 1.
Finally got a chance to post after a hectic day, and I’m so pleased with the GOP plan b fiasco! The emoprogs on Old Orange and elsewhere are now scrubbing the egg off their faces. Have a wonderful evening Chips, TOD, lurkers, everyone. 🙂
I offer a toast of my very good gimlet to our calm, poised, and lethal Barack Hussein Obama, and to all of us for being wise enough to not lose our shit over every little thing. L’chaim!
I’ll drink to that. Cheers to the end of Grover’s Norquist’s pledge, the end of Plan B and the end of debt ceiling hostage taker John Boehner’s speakership.
Cheers! LL
Three fingers of grog!
Cheers!
Cheers, LL!
#TrustBarack He’s Earned It
G’nite you lot. I’m all in…….Taps!
buzzfeed has some fun details.check the last paragraph–boehner can’t control the rethugs because there’s no candy to give them:
‘ Just minutes into the meeting, the door burst open and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, surrounded by a wall of aides, hurried out. He did not comment to reporters before he walked into an office and closed the door.
After Cantor left the meeting, Rep. Mike Kelly yelled loudly at his colleagues, attempting to rally them around Boehner. But according to Republicans in the room, the outcome was already clear. Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy just shook his head, telling the room the votes simply weren’t there.
A short time later, Boehner exited an elevator onto the first floor of the Capitol.
When asked about the meeting by Buzzfeed, Boehner said simply “It went well.”
If he thought that, he was the only one.
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One source explained that while members appeared sympathetic to Boehner’s efforts, they were adamant that they wouldn’t go along with the Kabuki theater the plan entailed — passing a measure that Obama would reject; sending it to the Senate to reduce the income levels of tax increases from $1 million to something closer to $500,000 or $600,000 a year; and then re-passing the bill in the House, this time with Democratic support.
The source said that a number of lawmakers told Boehner bluntly: “If this was the final deal, I’d be there for you. But the Senate’s not going to pass it.”
When asked what the next step was in the talks, a leadership aide would only say “it’s unclear.”
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Boehner’s leadership team, in particular Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, has also found itself hamstrung by the lack of earmarks. Traditionally the carrot used to bring along members to take tough votes, their absence has made the process of whipping the conference exponentially more difficult.’
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/conservatives-kill-republican-tax-plan
Would someone kindly educate me on how to post pics/tweet/vids here in the comments? Thanks!!
To post tweets- simply click anywhere on the tweet, look down to the link for “details” and click there. Copy the URL of the window that appears and paste it on the comments section. To post videos from YouTube just paste the URL here and the video will appear. I don’t know how to post pictures.
I believe Chipsticks is the only one who can post pictures.
Many thanks!
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO Goodnight everyone! Keep those candles a glow all through the night! Solstice is upon us, 3:12am PST. It will be all Light and Peace going forward, we walk with a very great man, we help him to carry the weight of Change and Hope. We do this willingly and wholeheartedly, smiling on each other, proud to be a part of so great a step in history! Goodnight!
aloha pamela~
Beautifully said, Pamela. We walk with a very great man, indeed.
Ok all, this librarian is pooped. See y’all on the flip side, where all the books are good.
christmas fun with the u.s. embassy in warsaw!
Okay, Susanne, THAT was so very cute!
aloha isonprize~
my youngest son and his wife are stationed at the american embassy in addis ababa. no funny video from them, but i like to think this bit represents them all. so many americans around the world, serving our country right now, whether in the military or diplomatic corps, or ngo assignments. thanks to you all for your service! and merry christmas!
I just watched the video of Cantor as he was leaving the meeting after the vote was tabled. People are labeling it the “walk of shame”, but from the smirk on Cantor’s face, I don’t think he is “shamed” at all. I think Cantor’s perfectly happy with the knife he put in Boehner’s back. He literally looks like the cat that ate the canary.
Seriously look at the video and tell me that Cantor looks doesn’t look like a cat who sees a bowl of cream right within this reach.
I’m not up on my Bible lit, but would Cantor not be Boehner’s Judas?
Judas is the perfect name for him. He looks very pleased with himself.
Brutus also comes to mind – except that Boehner is no Caesar. Cantor is delighted at the downfall of Boehner – doesn’t yet realize that he is headed the same way.
What is impossible to understand – these people are supposedly Christians – they are approaching the supposedly happiest time of the Christian calendar and all they can do is “make the people suffer”. They are wicked – they have no idea of the suffering they cause (or perhaps they do – hence the evil smiles).
I can’t believe the people in Cantors district voted him back into office when all he does is campaign for more money. He spends no time in his district. I assume he lives in a Republican heavy district and they just vote R no matter what.
Doesn’t he always look like that?
He could be faking it. He looks like the type to do that.
a short video (just ignore Anderson…) of photographer Callie Shell’s photos of Pres. Obama and his family from 2009. Enjoy…
Beautiful pics, I had not seen any of those. Great way to end the day. G’nite folks!
West Wing Week just popped up in my YouTube subs so I took a look. The look on PBO’s face as he’s about to go out to give that first Sandy Hook address really gets your attention…talk about a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Thank you rain – puts everything in perspective – if you remove the “s” – from https – I think the video will show – I hope!
Thanks, I was wondering if that was the problem.
Double PBO. I’m NOT complaining!! 😎
Rain, for some reason the https confuses WordPress.
Chica, remember NOT to delete this dup as it WILL piss off the WordPress gods.. 👿
i think she went to bed right after her party. i know the feeling!
That last part of a very sad week leaves us with a smile: Bo immediately climbing on Michelle’s lap at the children’s Christmas party and her comments about it. So cute.
https://twitter.com/SheSheGo/status/281992367790252033
all i want for christmas….. is gun control legislation with teeth!!!!!
‘ A 2-year-old girl was recovering in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital Thursday, a day after she was hit by a stray bullet that flew through the window of her home while she was watching cartoons. ‘
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/20/16050497-2-year-old-girl-watching-cartoons-is-hit-by-stray-bullet-in-tennessee-shootout?lite
That is absolutely horrible, and unacceptable in a nation as advanced as ours.
This is horrific.
rachel had some fun with carney’s methaphor (includes a terrific picture of pbo in a batplane!)
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/12/20/16050423-please-please-let-the-president-have-a-batplane?lite
Before getting a bit of rest ….
Between now and 3 Jan 2013 if millions of PBO supporters would focus on those two objectives we could dramatically transform the next two years.
Democrats winning margin for the House was more than 1 million votes and the only reason we don’t control the House in the 113th Congress is because of gerrymandering. So, for all those in Congressional Districts with an R headed to the 113th House of Representatives it is essential for the DCCC and DNC to provide them with a list of the 17+ Rs that are more likely to flip – either to D or to Independent but committed to caucus with Ds.
The majority of Americans have now seen a display of such incompetence by Boehner, and recklessness by the Tea Party that it’s likely we would see significant support for those R’s willing to do the People’s business by supporting Pelosi for Speaker and working with Dems to restore the middle class.
#FORWARD
excellent plan bob!
that’s all for today. good night chips and tods~
Hilarious #boehnerfilms tweets
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BoehnerFilms&src=hash
These tweets are great, very funny. Thanks for the link AMK.
The President answers the Gun Petition-
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/12/obama-calls-on-americans-to-help-fight-gun-violence-152587.html
Mike Allen Politico must work for Boner, I mean all he does is spew Congressional right wing crap and that writes a story about it.
What an out of touch, in the pocket reporter this idiot is…
That is all!
Mike Allen, Jim Van dehan.. are all right-wing shills. Mike Allen use to be a WHC for I think News Week before him and a few other right-wingers started Politico in Feb 2007. He was one the most ass-kissing, brown-nosing WHC during GWB, I had ever,ever seen.
I have been saying since Feb 2007, that Politico is nothing but the Drudge Report on steroids
Strangely enough, Morning Joe for the past week has been to the Left of Fox news and CNN. Surprise!
He seems to be against children being shot – guess everyone has something that will change their mindset
He is even upset with his Republican buddies
An executive order from President Obama aimed at protecting the nation from cyberattacks is likely to be issued in early 2013, and perhaps as soon as January, observers say.
The long-awaited executive action is unlikely to be taken before the end of the year, given the delicate negotiations over the “fiscal cliff.” Republican lawmakers have made it known that they strongly oppose an executive order on cybersecurity.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/274175-cybersecurity-order-likely-in-january-observers-say
Good!
Tim Heulskamp (R) Oaklahoma, did you just see what he said?
Wow! I am telling you, 2014 is going to be a Wave election, way more than 2010 was.
The Publuc will not put up with these Guys for much longer.
I am telling you, the House Is Democratic in 2014, I just called it.
Now all we have to do is survive for 2 years.
Saw it Jovie. Unbelievable.
This is what the President has to deal with.
We have to CLEAN HOUSE (literally) in 2014.
Obama/Biden 4 more years!
LET’S JUST SAY IT, REPUBLICANS ARE THE PROBLEM
That was the most remarkable demonstration of the unhinged and deranged GOP that I have seen in a long time. I am still reeling from that interview. It showed better than anything why the Republican Party has made our government dysfunctional. That interview needs to be seen by all Americans. I hope it goes viral. It showed clearly why we can’t get anything done with their rigid ideology.
And remember Joe said he had asked several Republicans to come on the show to discuss GUNS and they said they could not say anything until the NRA had their press conference. Imagine that. And don’t forget they had to get approval from GROVER NORQUIST on the bogus plan b. Why are these people in government when all they do is surrender their judgment to other people.
Then again, Joe isn’t giving any of his tax dollars to those poor folks – why should he pay taxes – some folks never change
I happened to be flipping channels and I stumbled on Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) losing his shit on Morning Joe regarding the economy and assault weapons. I’m going to post the clip when it’s uploaded and everyone has got to watch it to realize the craziness Pres. Obama is dealing with. The dude basically wished the economy to go to hell in a hand basket as long as millionaires wouldn’t see a tax increase and he likened assault weapons to playthings. You have to watch the clip to fully understand the craziness. The outright horror of what he was saying. Children died in Newtown and he was acting as though it was a joke. This is what Boehner and Pres. Obama have to deal with. These animals aren’t human. It was insane! Twitter is blowing up like mad and people who don’t normally tune into politics but noticed Twitter blowing up, tuned into Morning Joe and couldn’t believe that Huelskamp is what passes for a republican these days. Keeeerist!
He also insulted Joe most mightily, but Joe couldn’t touch him. The guy was so entrenched in his ideology, he even went after Joe politicizing Newtown. Joe nearly blew a gasket. He left the entire round table of Republicans sitting there with their mouths open. Right after they went to break, but before the mikes were cut, you could hear them say, Wow, Oh boy, and other utterances of disbelief. Later, Joe got a text from a former Bush adviser who said he was so angry he was shaking. He said Joe should have these nuts on everyday so the sane Repubs could see where their party was going. It was classic, but not surprising. This guy was on Washington Journal yesterday and today Washington Journal has his nutty buddy on spewing the same garbage. Mad cause they were kicked off the committees for being insane.
Joe had it coming. I watch most of that video and when the interview began both Joe and Mika were slobbering all of this guy. ‘A real conservative’ , ‘you would be by my side making these decisions’ , ‘this is guy I would go to’. They were just showering him with praise. Now they act all shocked, like they’ve never knew the GOP could be like this? That a “real conservative” would have these beliefs”. PFFFFTTT!!
Please Get that video out there, we have to get rid of these Guys. They are Traitors!
Let’s start a twitter campaign
First time I’ve heard Joe attacking his party – “They can’t see around the corner – with guns – with the economy – with contraception”
And yet he is still saying “The President has to be the grownup” – What is with the GOP – why are they are the children? Self implosion
He attacks them when it is politically expedient for him. He does not have much to say about the party on their overall policy. He only wants them to dress the message up to be more palatable, not to make significant change. Joe is all about Joe and right now he’s shaken because he sees the dead end path his party is taking. He only wants them to take a different path, not change the destination.
Just a reminder. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/12/republican-partys-post-election-meltdown
It’s a great getting up morning! I am celebrating the big 60 today.
Good morning TODers.
Congratulations! Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday, Mae:)
Happy Birthday Mae ~ have a lovely day 🙂
Happy Birthday youngster! Enjoy the new decade with much vim and vigor. Trust me, it just gets better and better. I found unparallelled wisdom and growth….too bad I didn’t have it earlier, but nothing like making up for lost time.
woot! you’ll love the 60s, mae! best yet!!
https://twitter.com/dumbGOP/status/281949914781597696
This is the video. Tim Huelskamp is insane.
Morning everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/12/21/rise-and-shine-380/
I didn’t say hellllllllooooo O’s yet, so Up and At ’em you TODdies!!!!! There’s a dusting of snow on the lawn on this great getting up day. It’s less than expected, which is fine by me, though I admit to the beauty of the first snowfall.
So on the day we honor the victims of Newtown with a moment of silence, the silent NRA decides to break theirs. This had better be a phenomenal statement they give today. It took them a whole week to draft it.