David Corn @ Mother Jones Burns & Haberman @ PoliticoJonathan Chait @ The New Republic Jonathan Chait @ NY Magazine Ezra Klein @ the NYT reviews the bills sponsored by Paul Ryan And from a 2009 campaign video, Paul Ryan confirms he bases his political views on a novel:
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Lunacy Gone Mainstream: Cons Giddy Over “2016: Obama’s America”
Remember during the GOP primaries when Newt Gingrich said this? “What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]? That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior.” At the time, it seemed that Gingrich was simply doing what […]
Nick Hanauer video: Time Well Spent
Nick Hanauer has been called an ‘uber-rich’ guy, and for good reason. In the time it takes to check out this link, he’ll make more than most people do in a year. What makes him interesting enough to read about and watch is the fact that he think he should be taxed more and folks […]
Juanita Jean Giving Lessons On How It’s Done. (Politics, That Is)
Good friend and fellow founder of the OFBS (Old Farts Bloggers Society), Juanita Jean, has squared off with a lightweight politico who wants to be a judge, or something like that, in the local primary. For those of us who know JJ well, we’ve all witnessed that it’s triple DDD STUPIDDD to do that, especially […]
The Death of Civility: No Respect for Those Who Disagree
Tonight, I went to a nice bar/restaurant to get out for a decent meal, a glass of wine, and some great people watching. Little did I know that the whole evening would be cut short by an over-bearing neanderthal who watches waaaay to much Fox News. It’s happened to me before. The weird thing is, […]
President Obama Slow Jams the News with Jimmy Fallon
MUST WATCH: Last night, President Obama was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and slow jammed the news about student loan interest rates:
Clint Eastwood Says It All at Halftime. Conservatives, of Course, Hated It.
If you haven’t seen the Halftime in America commercial featuring Clint Eastwood, you have to take a couple of minutes and watch. It was Classic Clint, gruff voice and all, talking about how we pulled together to save the auto industry and how Detroit, and the US, is recovering. It put into words what many […]
Is Rick Perry finally going to go away?
This may very well prove that there is a God and he is merciful: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/19/breaking-perry-to-drop-out-thursday/?hpt=hp_t1&hpt=hp_c1 http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/19/10189602-perry-to-drop-out-of-gop-presidential-race-endorse-gingrich This has certainly not come a moment too soon. Now the main problem will be getting him the hell out of the Governor’s mansion … oh wait, he hasn’t been there for a couple of years either. How about […]