February 1, 2013

One-Name Wonder

February 1, 2013 Buck Banks

So Geraldo, whose real name is Gerry
Wants to run for U.S. Senate from New Jersey.
Though his moustache alone
Might play well in Bayonne,
Does he really think people from Jersey are that crazy?

Alabama, 10th Top ‘Taker’ State, Is Most Conservative, According to New Poll

February 1, 2013February 3, 2013 Jon Ponder

A new poll from Gallup found that more Alabamians think of themselves as “conservative” than residents of any other state. This puts the state in the running for first in hypocrisy, since it is also the tenth biggest recipient of federal spending among the states, versus its tax receipts. (The District of Columbia was the top recipient, but it is not a state.)

Yes, this tea party/neo-Confederate hotbed is also the 10th largest “taker” state. Here’s an overview of the socialist largess that jack-booted bureaucrats from the federal government shove down Alabama’s throat:

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Alabama, North Dakota and Wyoming the Most Conservative States in 2012

February 1, 2013February 1, 2013 Buck Banks

49% to 50%

Of residents of Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming identify as conservative — the most conservative states in 2012. Residents of Washington, D.C., (41%) and Massachusetts (31%) were the most liberal, according to Gallup.

Vitter Calls Rubio ‘Naive’ on Immigration

February 1, 2013 Buck Banks

I love and respect Marco. I think he’s just amazingly naïve on this issue.

— Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), on the Laura Ingraham Show, criticizing Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) immigration position.

Lamar Alexander Again Proves He’s an Unmitigated Idiot

February 1, 2013 Buck Banks

I think video games is a bigger problem than guns, because video games affect people.

— Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), quoted by Kotaku.

Majority Believe Federal Government Threatens Their Freedoms

February 1, 2013 Buck Banks

53%

Of the public says that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms, while 43% disagree, a new Pew Research survey finds.

NRA Has Taken Control of Congress

February 1, 2013 Buck Banks

When he and his colleagues stepped off the elevator in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday morning and found TV cameras waiting in the hallway, LaPierre’s bodyguards swung into action. One of them, in blatant violation of congressional rules, bumped and body-checked journalists out of the way so they couldn’t film LaPierre or question him as he walked. ‘You don’t have jurisdiction here!’ a cameraman protested as an NRA goon pushed him against a wall. After the melee, congressional officials informed the NRA officials that, in the halls of Congress, they had to follow congressional procedures — which prohibit manhandling. This must have come as a surprise to the gun lobbyists, whose swagger seems to suggest that they are, in fact, in control of Congress.

Day: February 1, 2013

One-Name Wonder

Alabama, 10th Top ‘Taker’ State, Is Most Conservative, According to New Poll

Alabama, North Dakota and Wyoming the Most Conservative States in 2012

49% to 50%

Of residents of Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming identify as conservative — the most conservative states in 2012. Residents of Washington, D.C., (41%) and Massachusetts (31%) were the most liberal, according to Gallup.

Vitter Calls Rubio ‘Naive’ on Immigration

I love and respect Marco. I think he’s just amazingly naïve on this issue.

— Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), on the Laura Ingraham Show, criticizing Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) immigration position.

Lamar Alexander Again Proves He’s an Unmitigated Idiot

I think video games is a bigger problem than guns, because video games affect people.

— Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), quoted by Kotaku.

Majority Believe Federal Government Threatens Their Freedoms

53%

Of the public says that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms, while 43% disagree, a new Pew Research survey finds.

NRA Has Taken Control of Congress

— Dana Milbank, writing in the Washington Post.

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%).”