Day: September 1, 2010

Boehner Invites Birther Radio Host to Broadcast from House ‘Speaker’s Office’ on Election Night

Jon Ponder

Willy Cunningham
Willy Cunningham
Ohio-based racist hate-speech provocateur Willie Cunningham first made national news in February 2008 when GOP presidential candidate John McCain threw him under the bus after Cunningham had warmed up the crowd at a McCain campaign event with a long screed insulting then-candidate Barack Obama as “a hack, Chicago-style Daley politician” and saying that “the great prophet from Chicago [will one day take] the stand and the world leaders who want to kill us will simply be singing Kumbaya together around the table with Barack Obama.”

Now Speaker Wannabe John Boehner has invited Cunningham to broadcast his radio smearfest from Boehner’s office on Election Night:

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Verbatim

Buck Banks

I was always taught as a young officer, when you succeed you give credit to others. When you fail, you take responsibility. The President, I guess, never got that lecture.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview on Fox News, on President Obama not praising former President Bush for the “surge” that helped end combat operations in Iraq.

Rick Scott Running Out of Running Mates

Trish

Carroll
Florida Dist. 13 Rep. Jennifer Carroll
Finding a running mate hasn’t been easy for Florida Governor candidate Rick Scott. The disgraced former HCA/Columbia Healthcare CEO left scorched earth between himself and the Republican Party of Florida in his primary campaign with state Attorney General Bill McCollum. And while state party partisans were quick to claim “unity” after the voters’ decision, they aren’t casting their personal fortunes with Scott.

The long list of people to turn down a chance to be Scott’s Lieutenant Governor include state Sen. Paula Dockery, former Lt. Gov. (under Jeb Bush) Toni Jennings, University of North Florida Pres. John Delaney, and state Reps. Mike Weinstein and Juan Zapata. It got to the point earlier in the week that Florida politicos were tweeting in jest, “Deeply honored but must turn down Scott running mate offer. Would take too much time from family.”

As Scott finds the field of Number Twos narrowing, persistent rumors point to his selection of state Rep. Jennifer Carroll (R-Orange Park). Like Scott, Carroll has had more than her share of ethics questions during her years of pubic service.

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Verbatim

Buck Banks

There’s going to be a government shutdown, just like in ’95 and ’96 but we’re going to win it this time and I’ll be fightin’ on your side.

— Political strategist Dick Morris, quoted by TPM, predicting a repeat of how Republicans forced a government shutdown under President Clinton after they won control of Congress in 1994.