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Well, at Least We Know Jeb’s Take on Gay Marriage in 1994

January 7, 2015 Buck Banks

Should sodomy be elevated to the same constitutional status as race and religion? My answer is No.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by BuzzFeed, arguing against gay marriage in a 1994 Miami Herald op-ed piece.

GOP Frontrunner Jeb Bush Fumbles Position on Marriage Equality

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 Jon Ponder

Supporters of marriage equality celebrated a milestone yesterday when county clerks in Florida began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. With the expansion of marriage rights into the third largest state, marriage equality is now the law of the land in 70 percent of the United States, a remarkable turnaround on an issue that was considered political poison just a few years ago.

The victory was not welcomed unanimously, of course. Among the first to speak for the dyspeptic was Jeb Bush, Florida’s former governor and the GOP’s putative 2016 presidential frontrunner. It was Bush’s first campaign-related statement this year — and it did not go smoothly.

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America, the Chickenhawk Nation

January 5, 2015 Buck Banks

The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.

— James Fallows, writing in the Atlantic.

We Don’t Believe David Cameron

January 5, 2015 Buck Banks

Yes, he sometimes calls me ‘bro.’

— British Prime Minister David Cameron, in an interview with the Daily Mail, on his relationship with President Obama.

RIP Mario Cuomo, June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015

January 1, 2015 Jon Ponder

This is his speech to the 1984 Democratic Convention — very few of the disparities he described have changed in 30 years.

Year: 2015

Well, at Least We Know Jeb’s Take on Gay Marriage in 1994

Should sodomy be elevated to the same constitutional status as race and religion? My answer is No.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by BuzzFeed, arguing against gay marriage in a 1994 Miami Herald op-ed piece.

GOP Frontrunner Jeb Bush Fumbles Position on Marriage Equality

America, the Chickenhawk Nation

The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.

— James Fallows, writing in the Atlantic.

We Don’t Believe David Cameron

Yes, he sometimes calls me ‘bro.’

— British Prime Minister David Cameron, in an interview with the Daily Mail, on his relationship with President Obama.

RIP Mario Cuomo, June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%