March 18, 2011 - Pensito

Golfer-in-Chief

March 18, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Newt Gingrich says it’s just not OK
For the Prez to pick wins in the double-A,
Not when Japan’s got Godzilla
And Gaddafi’s a killa …
Chill out, Newt, and let the man play!

Verbatim

March 18, 2011 Buck Banks

I’m glad he’s out playing golf. I happen to be a golfer. I think presidents deserve down time. And believe me, he is in constant communication with what’s going on … I mean, what do you want him to do, stay in his house and be on the phone with the ambassador to Japan all the time?

— Former Vice President Dan Quayle, on criticism of President Obama for playing golf with crises in Japan and Libya under way.

Majority Now Favors Gay Marriage

March 18, 2011 Buck Banks

53%

For the first time, more than half of Americans in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say it should be legal for gays and lesbians to marry. That milestone result caps a dramatic, long-term shift in public attitudes. From a low of 32 percent in 2004, support for gay marriage has grown to 53 percent today. Forty-four percent are opposed, down 18 points from 2004.

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Economic Pessimism Is Growing

March 18, 2011 Buck Banks

37%

Share of Americans who believe the economy will get worse in the next year spiking to 37%, a 15 point gain from December, according to a new CNBC survey. It’s now just five points below the all-time high of 43% in June 2008, which came in the midst of a surge in gasoline prices.

Majority Against U.S. Involvement in Libya

March 18, 2011 Buck Banks

74%

Believe the United States should “leave it to others” to resolve the situation in Libya, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll; a Pew Research survey finds 65% think the United States doesn’t have the responsibility to do something about the fighting in Libya; a Fox News poll finds 65% oppose the U.S. military getting involved.

Verbatim

March 18, 2011 Buck Banks

So on paper he’s a very qualified person if you just take out the part that he’s the father of my campaign manager.

— Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R), in an interview with WNEP-TV, on appointing the father of his top political adviser to head the Pennsylvania Turnpike at a salary of $196,700 a year.

Rep. Weiner Mocks GOP Vote to Defund NPR

March 18, 2011 Jon Ponder

Day: March 18, 2011

Golfer-in-Chief

Verbatim

I’m glad he’s out playing golf. I happen to be a golfer. I think presidents deserve down time. And believe me, he is in constant communication with what’s going on … I mean, what do you want him to do, stay in his house and be on the phone with the ambassador to Japan all the time?

— Former Vice President Dan Quayle, on criticism of President Obama for playing golf with crises in Japan and Libya under way.

Majority Now Favors Gay Marriage

53%

Economic Pessimism Is Growing

37%

Share of Americans who believe the economy will get worse in the next year spiking to 37%, a 15 point gain from December, according to a new CNBC survey. It’s now just five points below the all-time high of 43% in June 2008, which came in the midst of a surge in gasoline prices.

Majority Against U.S. Involvement in Libya

74%

Verbatim

So on paper he’s a very qualified person if you just take out the part that he’s the father of my campaign manager.

— Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R), in an interview with WNEP-TV, on appointing the father of his top political adviser to head the Pennsylvania Turnpike at a salary of $196,700 a year.

Rep. Weiner Mocks GOP Vote to Defund NPR

Poetic Justice

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“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“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.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$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%