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— First Lady Michelle Obama, mistakenly referring to herself as a “single mother” during an interview with WCAX-TV.

The ongoing debate over gay marriage is truly a test of wills.
It’s been recast as a movement to reverse societal ills.
But it’s not so much a revolution
As it is a sudden evolution —
We wouldn’t be shocked to see Senate Democrats start growing gills!

North Carolina GOP Bill Would Impose Poll Tax on College Students

April 5, 2013April 5, 2013 Jon Ponder

photo-sen-bill-cook-nc — N.C. Sen. Bill Cook

In 21st century Jim Crow, it is not just African-Americans whose voting rights are being put risk by neo-Confederates. In North Carolina, the tea partyists who have recently taken over the legislature and governor’s mansion are targeting any group that reliably votes against them, including college students of all races.

A bill filed recently in the N.C. legislature, where Republicans hold veto-proof majorities (which are irrelevant because the governor is also a Republican), would impose a poll tax on the parents of college students who register to vote in the town where they go to college, which the Supreme Court has ruled is their right:

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Most Americans Would Defend South Korea Against North Korea

April 5, 2013 Buck Banks

55%

Of Americans say the United States should use its military forces to defend South Korea if that nation is attacked by North Korea, while 34% disagree. Americans are split on whether such an attack is likely.

The High Price of Justice

April 4, 2013 Buck Banks

$120,000

Amount taxpayers could shell out to figure out how indicted former Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper might have misappropriated about $70,000, the Pittsburgh Tribune reports.

Not a Cut

April 4, 2013 Buck Banks

President Obama says he’s going to give back 5 percent
To show solidarity with workers in the government.
It’s a really nice gesture
And keeps eyes on the sequester,
But then, we’re all still going to be paying his rent.

Obama Seeks to Avoid ‘Perpetual Campaigns’

April 4, 2013 Buck Banks

My intention here is to try to get as much done with the Republican Party over the next two years as I can, ’cause we can’t have perpetual campaigns.

— President Obama, quoted by Reuters.

NRA Shows Up at the National Press Club for Roll Out of Its ‘Guns in Schools’ Proposal with 20 Armed Goons

April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 Jon Ponder

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Dana Milbank:

The gun-lobby goons were at it again.

The National Rifle Association’s security guards gained notoriety earlier this year when, escorting NRA officials to a hearing, they were upbraided by Capitol authorities for pushing cameramen. The thugs were back Tuesday when the NRA rolled out its “National School Shield” — the gun lobbyists’ plan to get armed guards in public schools — and this time they were packing heat.

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The Truth is In the Gaffe

April 2, 2013 Buck Banks

I hate that. Black tie benefit for homeless.

— Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), quoted by the Baltimore Sun, in an accidentally released text message complaining about having to wear a tuxedo for a United Way fundraiser.

Limbaugh Conservatism Versus O’Reilly Conservatism

April 2, 2013 Buck Banks

There are various ways to describe the civil war rising inside the Republican Party: insiders versus outsiders, pragmatists versus true-believers, establishment versus Tea Party. Here’s another: Bill O’Reilly conservatives versus Rush Limbaugh conservatives. … O’Reilly and Limbaugh are both conservative; they both idealize an older, pre-lapsarian America that they believe leftists want to destroy in the name of progress. The difference is that Limbaugh’s conservative vision is more static and more personal. For O’Reilly, traditional morality is not an abstract, coherent set of beliefs; it’s the folk wisdom of ordinary people at any given moment, and it can change.

Month: April 2013

First Lady as Single Mother

Believe me, as a busy single mother — or I shouldn’t say single — as a busy mother, sometimes when you’ve got a husband who is president it can feel a little single. But he’s there.

— First Lady Michelle Obama, mistakenly referring to herself as a “single mother” during an interview with WCAX-TV.

It’s Not Flip-Flopping!

North Carolina GOP Bill Would Impose Poll Tax on College Students

Most Americans Would Defend South Korea Against North Korea

55%

Of Americans say the United States should use its military forces to defend South Korea if that nation is attacked by North Korea, while 34% disagree. Americans are split on whether such an attack is likely.

The High Price of Justice

$120,000

Amount taxpayers could shell out to figure out how indicted former Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper might have misappropriated about $70,000, the Pittsburgh Tribune reports.

Not a Cut

Obama Seeks to Avoid ‘Perpetual Campaigns’

My intention here is to try to get as much done with the Republican Party over the next two years as I can, ’cause we can’t have perpetual campaigns.

— President Obama, quoted by Reuters.

NRA Shows Up at the National Press Club for Roll Out of Its ‘Guns in Schools’ Proposal with 20 Armed Goons

The Truth is In the Gaffe

I hate that. Black tie benefit for homeless.

— Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), quoted by the Baltimore Sun, in an accidentally released text message complaining about having to wear a tuxedo for a United Way fundraiser.

Limbaugh Conservatism Versus O’Reilly Conservatism

— Peter Beinhart, in the Daily Beast.

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%).”