November 24, 2014

Start the Exaggerations!

November 24, 2014 Buck Banks

Lo, once again, the political cycle completes,
Republicans rise rampant, Democrats sink in defeat.
But Obama’s executive action
Has irked the GOP to distraction,
Predicting armed uprisings and anarchy in the streets!

114th Congress Has a Bunch of Losers

November 24, 2014 Buck Banks

27

Number of incoming House members who have electoral losses on their records — more than 40 percent of the new class — and many of them lost contests for the same seat they will represent in the 114th Congress, Nathan Gonzales writes.

Obama: Pass a Bill Already

November 24, 2014 Buck Banks

Pass a bill. You don’t need me to call a vote to pass a bill. Pass a bill.

— President Obama, quoted by the New York Times, urging Republicans to vote on the bipartisan immigration reform bill that overwhelmingly passed the Senate.

Graham Calls Shame on GOP

November 24, 2014 Buck Banks

Shame on us as Republicans for having a body that cannot generate a solution to an issue that’s national security, that’s cultural, that’s economic. I’m close to the people in the House, but I’m disappointed in my party. Are we still the party of self-deportation?

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by The Hill.

Most Americans Say Political, Economic Systems Are Not Fair

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56%

Of Americans think the country’s economic and political systems are stacked against them, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. “Most striking is how widely shared this sense of alienation now is. Among those saying the system is stacked against them are 58% of Democrats; 51% of Republicans; 55% of whites; 60% of blacks; 53% of Hispanics; as well as decent majorities of every age and professional cluster, including blue-collar workers, white-collar workers and retirees.”

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Bachmann Warns Against ‘Illiterate’ Immigrants

November 24, 2014 Buck Banks

The social cost will be profound on the U.S. taxpayer — millions of unskilled, illiterate, foreign nationals coming into the United States who can’t speak the English language. Even though the president says they won’t be able to vote, we all know that many, in all likelihood, will vote… It’s a wink and a nod, we all know it’s going to happen.

— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), telling the Washington Post that the immigrants given new protections by President Obama could become “illiterate” Democratic voters.

Three-Quarters of Americans Don’t Expect Much Change from the Midterms

November 24, 2014 Buck Banks

76%

Of Americans say the midterm election won’t substantially change the nation’s direction, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.Also interesting: Americans are split almost evenly between positive (41%) and negative (39%) reactions to Republicans controlling both the House and Senate next year.

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Day: November 24, 2014

Start the Exaggerations!

114th Congress Has a Bunch of Losers

27

Number of incoming House members who have electoral losses on their records — more than 40 percent of the new class — and many of them lost contests for the same seat they will represent in the 114th Congress, Nathan Gonzales writes.

Obama: Pass a Bill Already

Pass a bill. You don’t need me to call a vote to pass a bill. Pass a bill.

— President Obama, quoted by the New York Times, urging Republicans to vote on the bipartisan immigration reform bill that overwhelmingly passed the Senate.

Graham Calls Shame on GOP

Shame on us as Republicans for having a body that cannot generate a solution to an issue that’s national security, that’s cultural, that’s economic. I’m close to the people in the House, but I’m disappointed in my party. Are we still the party of self-deportation?

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by The Hill.

Most Americans Say Political, Economic Systems Are Not Fair

56%

Bachmann Warns Against ‘Illiterate’ Immigrants

— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), telling the Washington Post that the immigrants given new protections by President Obama could become “illiterate” Democratic voters.

Three-Quarters of Americans Don’t Expect Much Change from the Midterms

76%

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.

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$4,600

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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.