June 9, 2011 - Pensito

Ed Rollins made Sarah Palin furious
With a remark that she claims was spurious.
When she demanded a retraction,
Ed sprang into action,
Admitting that she’s SERIOUSLY not serious.

Rollins Ridicules Palin — Again

June 9, 2011 Buck Banks

What’s the retraction? I say she’s serious?

— Ed Rollins, quoted by Politico, on Sarah Palin’s team demanding a “retraction” of comments he made saying Palin is not serious.

Weinergate Depressing Congressional Use of Twitter

June 9, 2011 Buck Banks

120

Number of tweets from Democrats Monday, June 6, the day Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) held his press conference when he admitted he lied about his Twitter account being hacked and that he had sent lewd messages via Twitter and Facebook to women. That’s about 30 percent less than the frequency of tweets two Mondays before. On the Republican side, 338 tweets were sent the Monday of Weiner’s presser, about an 18 percent drop from two weeks before.

More Americans Identify as Democrat

June 9, 2011 Buck Banks

45%

Of Americans identified as Democrats last month as compared to 39% who identified as Republicans, according to a new Gallup poll. The six-point Democratic edge is the largest measured since October 2009, when the gap was seven points.

Maddow: The GOP’s David Vitter Problem

June 9, 2011 Jon Ponder

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

In Anti-Austerity Push, Moveon.org Hacks Fox News’ Ticker: ‘We Are Being Lied To – America Is Not Broke’

June 9, 2011 Jon Ponder

Moveon.org hijacked the news ticker at Fox News world headquarters and inserted this message:

“We are being lied to. Rightwingers are destroying the middle class and trying to kill our unions. The country is not broke. We are the richest country in the world. USA is twice as rich as China. Our economy is bigger than most of Europe combined. We are not broke. We are being lied to. We will rise up. We will fight back. We will spread the truth.”

This is part of Rebuild the Dream, a new anti-austerity initiative from Moveon.org, which will be launched on June 23 in New York City in an event hosted by Van Jones and featuring the Roots and artist/DJ Shepard Fairey.

Day: June 9, 2011

Gringrich 2012 Crew Mutinies, Tosses Capt. Newt Overboard

Gingrich’s aides are only leaving him because they love America so much.

– Dave Weigel

To understand why Newt Gingrich’s staff quit “en masse,” you have to understand Kenyan anti-colonial behavior.

-Luke Johnson

At least Newt wasn’t being treated for cancer when this happened.

– Brian Beutler

News Flash: Herman Cain Is a Homophobe

I believe homosexuality is a sin because I’m a Bible-believing Christian, I believe it’s a sin. But I know that some people make that choice. That’s their choice.

— Pizza mogul, presidential candidate and apparent homophobe Herman Cain, clearly not reaching out to gay voters on CBS News.

Of Questionable Seriousness

Rollins Ridicules Palin — Again

What’s the retraction? I say she’s serious?

— Ed Rollins, quoted by Politico, on Sarah Palin’s team demanding a “retraction” of comments he made saying Palin is not serious.

Weinergate Depressing Congressional Use of Twitter

120

Tweet

More Americans Identify as Democrat

45%

Of Americans identified as Democrats last month as compared to 39% who identified as Republicans, according to a new Gallup poll. The six-point Democratic edge is the largest measured since October 2009, when the gap was seven points.

Maddow: The GOP’s David Vitter Problem

In Anti-Austerity Push, Moveon.org Hacks Fox News’ Ticker: ‘We Are Being Lied To – America Is Not Broke’

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“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

11

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%