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Today’s Liberal Beef? Enough With the “Obama-gates” Comparisons to Watergate
Today’s liberal beef? The GOP is so desperate to find something to hang on President Obama– in the hopes of somehow, someway tarnishing his Presidency– that virtually anything that happens in any agency, in any capacity, no matter how minor, becomes worthy of a “gate” designation; as in Watergate. Now, for the record, let me reiterate a few of the major disappointments of my own with this current President. I desperately wanted to see an orange-clad perp-walk of Wall Street banksters after the 2008 crash. Didn’t happen. Not one. They got bonuses for pete’s sake! Obama is the worst negotiator is history! Thank gawd he didn’t negotiate the Louisiana Purchase or we’d be part of France….and I like my deodorant dammit….ooo lah frakking lah! Gitmo. ‘Nuff said. The explosion of privatized prison for profit which is the REAL reason marijuana is still illegal. But then I read last weekend’s news reports about scandal politics “sweeping Washington.” Give me a damn break. I read, breathed, ate and studied about Watergate and Nixon for years. None of these “incidents” even rise to the level of the third-rate burglary and bugging of the Democratic National Committee’s offices at the Watergate Hotel by three [...]
Obama To Tour Oklahoma Tornado Damage Sunday
President Barack Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to visit families and inspect firsthand the damage left by devastating tornadoes that ravaged suburbs, wiped out neighborhoods and killed 24 people, press secretary Jay Carney announced Wednesday. ### Source: TPM Read more
Johnny Bang Bang’s Gun Emporium – A Sketch From TMFS
President Barack Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to visit families and inspect firsthand the damage left by devastating tornadoes that ravaged suburbs, wiped out neighborhoods and killed 24 people, press secretary Jay Carney announced Wednesday. ### Source: TPM Read more
Paul Ryan is writing a book
Paul Ryan is writing a book. But don’t expect Game Change. According to a source close to Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican is working with attorney Bob Barnett to release his first major book next year, and it’ll feature a mix of autobiography, political analysis, and policy prescriptions. So far, Ryan has been doing the writing by himself. The early theme of the draft is a broad discussion of American renewal, with an emphasis on the Republican future and the party’s need to articulate what he calls the “American idea.” Behind the scenes, Ryan is worried that the GOP is losing its connection with working Americans, and he has been writing about how the party needs to speak more to those in poverty about empowerment and economic freedom. His recent speeches at the American Enterprise Institute’s Kristol dinner and at Benedictine College have touched on this issue, and Ryan is eager to broaden the argument into chapter form. On a personal level, the book will highlight his childhood in Janesville, Wis., his time as an aide to Jack Kemp, and his rise through the congressional ranks. Kemp, especially, will have a special place in the book, and in many ways, Ryan’s [...]
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