December 2013 - Page 3 of 7

Most Say Biggest Threat Is Big Government

December 18, 2013 Buck Banks

72%

Of Americans say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this question, according to Gallup.

He’s No Michelangelo

December 18, 2013 Buck Banks

We know George Zimmerman’s a black teen hater,
And to family and friends he’s an armed danger.
But though he’s making some dough,
Another thing we now know —
Is he’s really not much of a painter.

Would Hillary Lead as a Progressive?

December 18, 2013 Buck Banks

The question that we have is, will it be the Hillary that leads the progressives? Or is it the Hillary that says, ‘I’m already going to win the Democratic nomination, and so I can shift hard right on Day 1.’ We can’t afford any more hard right. We had eight years of George Bush. Now we’ve had five years of Obama, [who], I would argue, in many cases has been a corporatist.

— Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by the Weekly Standard.

Looking Ahead at Obama’s Next Three Years

December 18, 2013 Buck Banks

The inescapable reality of the remainder of the Obama presidency is that he never again will have the congressional votes to pass liberal legislation. That leaves the president with stark choices: Does he continue to make speeches into the wind about economic inequality knowing that nothing will change during the next three years? Or does he embark on an experimental effort to find non-traditional backdoor methods to spark the economy? Does he go with partisan talking points or the quest to find Republican partners?

— Walter Shapiro, writing in the American Prospect.

McCain Keeps It Classy

December 18, 2013 Buck Banks

Harry, I’m going to go kick the crap out of you.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by the New York Times, before giving a speech blasting Sen. Harry Reid’s proposal to change the filibuster rules.

Most Disenchanted with Obama Say They’ll Vote Republican

December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 Buck Banks

72%

Of those who disapprove of the job President Obama, congressional Democrats and congressional Republicans are doing say they’d vote for the GOP candidate for U.S. House in their district if the election were held today, while just 14% say they’d vote for the Democrat, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Jon Stewart Takes on Tea Party Attacks on Conservatives Like John Boehner, John Cornyn and Ronald Reagan

December 18, 2013 Jon Ponder

Pope Not Bothered by ‘Marxist’ Label

December 16, 2013 Buck Banks

Marxist ideology is wrong. But in my life I have known many Marxists who are good people, so I don’t feel offended.

— Pope Francis, in an interview with La Stampa, responding to conservatives — chief among them Rush Limbaugh — who say he’s a Marxist.

Quinn’s Plan Apparently at Odds with God’s Plan

December 16, 2013 Buck Banks

I’m very, very annoyed and disappointed that my plan wasn’t God’s plan. I really want to know what the reason is.

— Christine Quinn (D), quoted by the New York Daily News on her failed mayoral bid.

Nearly 5 Million Will Cease to Get Unemployment Benefits in 2014 If Program Expires

December 16, 2013December 18, 2013 Buck Banks

Month: December 2013

Most Say Biggest Threat Is Big Government

72%

Of Americans say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this question, according to Gallup.

He’s No Michelangelo

Would Hillary Lead as a Progressive?

— Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by the Weekly Standard.

Looking Ahead at Obama’s Next Three Years

— Walter Shapiro, writing in the American Prospect.

McCain Keeps It Classy

Harry, I’m going to go kick the crap out of you.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by the New York Times, before giving a speech blasting Sen. Harry Reid’s proposal to change the filibuster rules.

Most Disenchanted with Obama Say They’ll Vote Republican

72%

Jon Stewart Takes on Tea Party Attacks on Conservatives Like John Boehner, John Cornyn and Ronald Reagan

Pope Not Bothered by ‘Marxist’ Label

Marxist ideology is wrong. But in my life I have known many Marxists who are good people, so I don’t feel offended.

— Pope Francis, in an interview with La Stampa, responding to conservatives — chief among them Rush Limbaugh — who say he’s a Marxist.

Quinn’s Plan Apparently at Odds with God’s Plan

I’m very, very annoyed and disappointed that my plan wasn’t God’s plan. I really want to know what the reason is.

— Christine Quinn (D), quoted by the New York Daily News on her failed mayoral bid.

Nearly 5 Million Will Cease to Get Unemployment Benefits in 2014 If Program Expires

4.9 million

Number of unemployed U.S. workers who will no longer receive unemployment benefits if the program expires, according to the Washington Post.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

Numerati

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.