February 2013 - Page 5 of 12

Thanks, Dead Ed!

February 19, 2013June 23, 2015 Buck Banks

As previously noted, endorsements don’t count for much.
They’re usually bestowed by celebrities and such.
But for candidate Chris Quinn
It will be extra hard to cash in
On an endorsement from recently deceased Ed Koch.

Then Why Not Go By Theodore?

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

Yes, I’m Teddy Turner. You can’t pick your parents.

— Teddy Turner (R), quoted by Politico, “trashing his dad every chance he gets to show voters of the 1st Congressional District he’s not some tree-hugging lefty — or worse yet, Jane Fonda’s son.”

Michelle’s Bangs are Signs of Her Midlife Crisis

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

This is my midlife crisis, the bangs. I couldn’t get a sports car. They won’t let me bungee jump. So instead, I cut my bangs.

— First Lady Michelle Obama, on why she cut her hair, the New York Daily News reports.

In Alabama Fetuses are Bigger than the Brain

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body. That’s a big thing. That’s a big surgery. You don’t have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.

— Alabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R), in an interview with the Montgomery Advertiser, defending her sweeping anti-abortion bill.

The Tea Party Seizes Control of North Carolina, Sets Priorities: European Style Austerity And a Felony Ban on Women Exposing Their Nipples

February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 Jon Ponder

In the 2010 tea party wave election, Republicans took over both houses of the North Carolina legislature for the first time in 140 years. Last November, the tea party completed its takeover with the election of Republican Pat McCrory as governor.

Since then, Democrats and progressive independents have watched in muted horror as the Tar Heel tea party has signaled its determiniation to turn one of the most progressive states in the South — and the tenth largest state in the nation — into a poorly educated, poverty-stricken backwater like South Carolina, Alabama or Mississippi.

[…]

Hard to Take McCain Seriously on Benghazi — He Swallowed Bush’s Lies on Iraq With No Regrets

February 17, 2013February 18, 2013 Trish

Where was all of this squawking after the invasion of Iraq?

Did he care about the THOUSANDS of dead Americans?

Did he care there was no WMD?

Did he care about the 60 Americans that died at embassies during Bush’s tenure?

— A commenter using the name “WiddleBabyWepublican,” on a post showing Sen. John McCain accusing David Gregory, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, of not caring that four Americans died in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012. Gregory had asked McCain what he and Republicans thought they would find “covered up” if they continue to ignore the answers they receive to questions on what happened during the attack.

A Review of Rubio’s Appeal as a Candidate

February 15, 2013 Buck Banks

No matter that he’s only punched up the old script, swung back and forth on immigration policy, and never shepherded major legislation through Congress. What Rubio brings is the star power, adoring fan base, and command of the national media unmatched these days by anyone in Washington outside of the Oval Office. It’s the same aggressive product placement that has made the 41-year-old a top-tier presidential contender just two years after his swearing-in. Rubio is the GOP’s Barack Obama, minus the intellectual heft intimated by two Ivy League degrees and a law-school faculty post. A Generation X-er with a name that sounds like change. The author of an American Dream-laced memoir that, audiences are frequently reminded, helped pay off his student loans. A former state lawmaker and a Senate short-timer with a thin binder of achievements but perhaps blessed with the greatest rhetorical gifts in politics today.

— Beth Reinhard, writing in the National Journal.

Boehner Should Have as Much Influence on the House, Which His Party Controls

February 15, 2013 Buck Banks

The president likes to attack Congress, but if he is serious about enacting this agenda, I think it must start with the part of this Congress that his party controls — the United States Senate. What can he get passed in the United States Senate?

— House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by The Hill.

At Some Point It Becomes a GIF

February 15, 2013 Buck Banks

155

Number of times MSNBC played the tape of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) taking a drink of water between at 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday, the Washington Times reports.

Who Knew Same-Sex Marriage Was Discriminatory?

February 15, 2013 Buck Banks

To redefine marriage is discriminatory towards those who hold the sincerely held religious belief that it is a sacred institution between a man & a woman.

Month: February 2013

Thanks, Dead Ed!

Then Why Not Go By Theodore?

Yes, I’m Teddy Turner. You can’t pick your parents.

— Teddy Turner (R), quoted by Politico, “trashing his dad every chance he gets to show voters of the 1st Congressional District he’s not some tree-hugging lefty — or worse yet, Jane Fonda’s son.”

Michelle’s Bangs are Signs of Her Midlife Crisis

This is my midlife crisis, the bangs. I couldn’t get a sports car. They won’t let me bungee jump. So instead, I cut my bangs.

— First Lady Michelle Obama, on why she cut her hair, the New York Daily News reports.

In Alabama Fetuses are Bigger than the Brain

When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body. That’s a big thing. That’s a big surgery. You don’t have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.

— Alabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R), in an interview with the Montgomery Advertiser, defending her sweeping anti-abortion bill.

The Tea Party Seizes Control of North Carolina, Sets Priorities: European Style Austerity And a Felony Ban on Women Exposing Their Nipples

Hard to Take McCain Seriously on Benghazi — He Swallowed Bush’s Lies on Iraq With No Regrets

Where was all of this squawking after the invasion of Iraq?

Did he care about the THOUSANDS of dead Americans?

Did he care there was no WMD?

Did he care about the 60 Americans that died at embassies during Bush’s tenure?

A Review of Rubio’s Appeal as a Candidate

— Beth Reinhard, writing in the National Journal.

Boehner Should Have as Much Influence on the House, Which His Party Controls

The president likes to attack Congress, but if he is serious about enacting this agenda, I think it must start with the part of this Congress that his party controls — the United States Senate. What can he get passed in the United States Senate?

— House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by The Hill.

At Some Point It Becomes a GIF

155

Number of times MSNBC played the tape of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) taking a drink of water between at 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday, the Washington Times reports.

Who Knew Same-Sex Marriage Was Discriminatory?

To redefine marriage is discriminatory towards those who hold the sincerely held religious belief that it is a sacred institution between a man & a woman.

— Illinois state Sen. Kyle McCarter (R), on Facebook, in response to the state Senate approving same-sex marriage in Illinois.

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%).”

Yes, I’m Teddy Turner. You can’t pick your parents.

— Teddy Turner (R), quoted by Politico, “trashing his dad every chance he gets to show voters of the 1st Congressional District he’s not some tree-hugging lefty — or worse yet, Jane Fonda’s son.”

This is my midlife crisis, the bangs. I couldn’t get a sports car. They won’t let me bungee jump. So instead, I cut my bangs.

— First Lady Michelle Obama, on why she cut her hair, the New York Daily News reports.

When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body. That’s a big thing. That’s a big surgery. You don’t have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.

— Alabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R), in an interview with the Montgomery Advertiser, defending her sweeping anti-abortion bill.

Where was all of this squawking after the invasion of Iraq? Did he care about the THOUSANDS of dead Americans? Did he care there was no WMD? Did he care about the 60 Americans that died at embassies during Bush’s tenure?

— Beth Reinhard, writing in the National Journal.

The president likes to attack Congress, but if he is serious about enacting this agenda, I think it must start with the part of this Congress that his party controls — the United States Senate. What can he get passed in the United States Senate?

— House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by The Hill.

155

Number of times MSNBC played the tape of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) taking a drink of water between at 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday, the Washington Times reports.

To redefine marriage is discriminatory towards those who hold the sincerely held religious belief that it is a sacred institution between a man & a woman.

— Illinois state Sen. Kyle McCarter (R), on Facebook, in response to the state Senate approving same-sex marriage in Illinois.

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%

Where was all of this squawking after the invasion of Iraq?

Did he care about the THOUSANDS of dead Americans?

Did he care there was no WMD?

Did he care about the 60 Americans that died at embassies during Bush’s tenure?