September 2011 - Page 17 of 18

Out of Spite

September 2, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

We’re all talking about Sarah Palin — still.
We’ve speculated on whether she’ll run till we’re ill.
It’s no longer any fun,
Tea Partiers don’t even want her to run!
Which is why, out of spite, she probably will …

Even Tea Partiers Don’t Want Palin to Run

September 2, 2011 Buck Banks

66%

Of Tea Party members say they don’t want Sarah Palin to run for president, while just 28% do, according to a new Fox News poll.

Job Growth Has Stalled Since Boehner’s GOP-Tea Party Took Charge

September 2, 2011September 2, 2011 Jon Ponder

1. Job growth under stimulus when Democrats controlled Congress; 2. Job decline under Boehner and GOP tea party anti-growth obstructionism

The GOP tea party won control of the House last year by promising independent voters that, if elected, they would focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” But upon gaining a majority in the House, the tea party has focused instead on abortion, gay marriage and playing political games designed to obstruct the economic recovery in order to ensure that Mitt Romney, Rick Perry or someone even more incompetent and less qualified is elected president next year.

The latest jobs report out today indicates that employment has stalled, with unemployment stuck at 9.1 percent, proving yet again that the GOP tea party’s obstructionism on the economy is paying off. And since their endgame is to saddle the White House with responsibility for the poor growth their own obstructionism creates, their leader, Speaker John Boehner, was quick to blame the president for the weak numbers.

Steve Benen at Washington Monthly has nailed Speaker Boehner and his tea party bosses for first claiming credit for a good jobs report in the early spring, but now trying to blame the White House for the stalled growth ever since.

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From the Department of No Atheists in Foxholes

September 2, 2011September 2, 2011 Trish

Our people are suffering now, and they need support now. And they (Congress) can all go down there and get back to work and figure out budget cuts later.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), often suggested as a presidential candidate, disagreeing with Rep. Eric Cantor that before offering disaster aid, the federal government must make commensurate cuts in other areas.

What’s a Day?

September 1, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Obama and Co. wanted Tuesday,
But Boehner and Co. shouted “Ixnay!
If you want our blessing
To speak at a joint session,
You’re gonna have to move it to Wednesday!”

“See, on Tuesday our candidates are debatin’
Whether, indeed, you are Satan.
You can either compete with the NFL
Or take your speech and go back to hell.
NO! is what this Party of No is sayin’.”

Baldwin Would Like to be NYC Mayor

September 1, 2011 Buck Banks

The old adage you hear people say who are interested in politics: I would like to be the mayor, I don’t know if I want to run for mayor.

— Actor Alec Baldwin, who has been rumored to be considering a bid for mayor of New York, quoted by CNN.

Gawker Applauds Obama’s ‘Dickish’ Ploy

September 1, 2011 Buck Banks

The most gratuitously — and joyously! — dickish move of his presidency.

— Gawker’s description of the Obama administration’s attempt to schedule his economic speech before a joint session of Congress on the night of the GOP presidential debate.

CEOs Paid More Than Their Companies Paid in Taxes

September 1, 2011 Buck Banks

25

Of the 100 largest U.S. corporations paid their chief executives more last year than they paid in federal income taxes, according to An Institute for Policy Studies report.

Condi Chews Out Dick

September 1, 2011 Buck Banks

You can talk about policy differences without suggesting that your colleague somehow misled the president. You know, I don’t appreciate the attack on my integrity that that implies.

— Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, quoted by Reuters, “firing back” at what former Vice President Dick Cheney wrote in his memoir, “In My Time.”

No U.S. Troops Died in Iraq in August

September 1, 2011 Buck Banks

0

Number of United States service members killed in Iraq in August, the first time since the American invasion of Iraq an entire month has passed without a single U.S. death, the New York Times reports.

66%

Of Tea Party members say they don’t want Sarah Palin to run for president, while just 28% do, according to a new Fox News poll.

Our people are suffering now, and they need support now. And they (Congress) can all go down there and get back to work and figure out budget cuts later.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), often suggested as a presidential candidate, disagreeing with Rep. Eric Cantor that before offering disaster aid, the federal government must make commensurate cuts in other areas.

The old adage you hear people say who are interested in politics: I would like to be the mayor, I don’t know if I want to run for mayor.

— Actor Alec Baldwin, who has been rumored to be considering a bid for mayor of New York, quoted by CNN.

The most gratuitously — and joyously! — dickish move of his presidency.

— Gawker’s description of the Obama administration’s attempt to schedule his economic speech before a joint session of Congress on the night of the GOP presidential debate.

25

Of the 100 largest U.S. corporations paid their chief executives more last year than they paid in federal income taxes, according to An Institute for Policy Studies report.

You can talk about policy differences without suggesting that your colleague somehow misled the president. You know, I don’t appreciate the attack on my integrity that that implies.

— Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, quoted by Reuters, “firing back” at what former Vice President Dick Cheney wrote in his memoir, “In My Time.”

0

Number of United States service members killed in Iraq in August, the first time since the American invasion of Iraq an entire month has passed without a single U.S. death, the New York Times reports.

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

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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%