January 28, 2011

Verbatim

January 28, 2011 Buck Banks

I can report that granny is safe.

— President Obama, quoted by The Hill, vigorously hitting back at GOP claims that the new health care law is “a job-crushing, granny-threatening, budget-busting monstrosity.”

Verbatim

January 28, 2011 Buck Banks

I don’t want to go out and campaign for candidates, I don’t want to be viewed as a perpetual money-raiser. I don’t want to be on these talk shows, giving my opinion, second-guessing the current president. I think it’s bad for the country, frankly, to have a former president criticize his successor.

— Former President George W. Bush on C-SPAN, saying he’s not interested in raising money or campaigning anymore. He then noted the irony: “In spite of the fact that I’m now on TV, I don’t want to be on TV.”

Hawaii to Sell Obama Birth Certificate

January 28, 2011 Buck Banks

$100

The cost of a copy of President Obama’s birth records under a change in privacy laws Hawaii lawmakers are considering that would allow anyone to get a copy of the certificate in a move “that backers hope will finally dispel claims he was born elsewhere,” the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports.

The Obama Oscillation

January 28, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

In sales, one must cater to one’s market.
In politics, it’s dangerous to stick to a template.
First he’s a socialist,
But now he’s a centrist —
If nothing else, Obama remains a moving target.

Pensito Review Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

January 28, 2011November 19, 2014 Jon Ponder

6

Number of years Pensito Review has been publishing. Thanks to all our readers.

Verbatim

January 28, 2011 Buck Banks

We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue. And then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.

Day: January 28, 2011

Verbatim

I can report that granny is safe.

— President Obama, quoted by The Hill, vigorously hitting back at GOP claims that the new health care law is “a job-crushing, granny-threatening, budget-busting monstrosity.”

Verbatim

— Former President George W. Bush on C-SPAN, saying he’s not interested in raising money or campaigning anymore. He then noted the irony: “In spite of the fact that I’m now on TV, I don’t want to be on TV.”

Hawaii to Sell Obama Birth Certificate

$100

The cost of a copy of President Obama’s birth records under a change in privacy laws Hawaii lawmakers are considering that would allow anyone to get a copy of the certificate in a move “that backers hope will finally dispel claims he was born elsewhere,” the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports.

The Obama Oscillation

Pensito Review Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

6

Number of years Pensito Review has been publishing. Thanks to all our readers.

Verbatim

— George Orwell, from his essay, “In Front of Your Nose.”

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”

I can report that granny is safe.

— President Obama, quoted by The Hill, vigorously hitting back at GOP claims that the new health care law is “a job-crushing, granny-threatening, budget-busting monstrosity.”

— Former President George W. Bush on C-SPAN, saying he’s not interested in raising money or campaigning anymore. He then noted the irony: “In spite of the fact that I’m now on TV, I don’t want to be on TV.”

$100

The cost of a copy of President Obama’s birth records under a change in privacy laws Hawaii lawmakers are considering that would allow anyone to get a copy of the certificate in a move “that backers hope will finally dispel claims he was born elsewhere,” the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports.

6

Number of years Pensito Review has been publishing. Thanks to all our readers.

— George Orwell, from his essay, “In Front of Your Nose.” Tweet

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

— George Orwell, from his essay, “In Front of Your Nose.”

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