May 7, 2013 - Pensito

NRA Closes Its 2013 Convention with Speech by Vietnam War Draft Dodger

May 7, 2013May 8, 2013 Jon Ponder

Why does the NRA hate America? The final speaker at the gunmakers’ convention in Texas last weekend was Ted Nugent, who, during the Vietnam War, conned his way out of conscription by defecating in his clothing and not bathing before going in for a physical examination at the Draft Board.

Nugent was last seen when he was the guest of a Texas tea bagger congressman at the State of the Union speech in February.

Kurtz’s Work Hurts

May 7, 2013 Buck Banks

Last Sunday 360,000 people watched Howard Kurtz’s apology.
For his inaccurate tweet, he said he was really truly sorry.
Some say that at the least,
Now he’s left the Daily Beast,
Tina Brown won’t have to pay his $250,000 salary.

Limbaugh Could Lose Access to 40 Radio Stations

May 7, 2013 Buck Banks

40

Number of radio stations, including his flagship channel, New York’s WABC, Rush Limbaugh would lose access to if he leaves Cumulus Media at the end of his current contract. The Week reports Limbaugh, who has the No. 1 rated talk radio program in the country, is threatening to leave Cumulus after the company blamed him for declining revenue.

Gore Received $70 Million from Al Jazeera

May 7, 2013 Buck Banks

$70 million

Amount former Vice President Al Gore and Current TV co-founder reportedly received for his 20% stake when he sold the cable network to Al Jazeera, Bloomberg reports.

Obama’s Too Nice to People Who Want to Destroy Him

May 7, 2013 Buck Banks

All of these things we’ve said about what the president could do, should do, might have, could have, but the central thing to keep in mind is his opponents — you talk about taking them out to dinner, making nice with them — these people, politically, want to cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs.

— Dan Rather, in an interview on the Chris Matthews Show.

Why Golfing with Obama is a Good Thing

May 7, 2013 Buck Banks

With the major fiscal issues our country is facing, not to mention foreign relations issues around the world, anytime you can get the president’s ear for a few hours, I think that’s a good thing.

— Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), quoted by the Washington Post, on playing golf this afternoon with President Obama.

Bill Asks Folks to Give Hillary a Break Already

May 7, 2013 Buck Banks

Day: May 7, 2013

NRA Closes Its 2013 Convention with Speech by Vietnam War Draft Dodger

Kurtz’s Work Hurts

Limbaugh Could Lose Access to 40 Radio Stations

40

Gore Received $70 Million from Al Jazeera

$70 million

Amount former Vice President Al Gore and Current TV co-founder reportedly received for his 20% stake when he sold the cable network to Al Jazeera, Bloomberg reports.

Obama’s Too Nice to People Who Want to Destroy Him

— Dan Rather, in an interview on the Chris Matthews Show.

Why Golfing with Obama is a Good Thing

With the major fiscal issues our country is facing, not to mention foreign relations issues around the world, anytime you can get the president’s ear for a few hours, I think that’s a good thing.

— Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), quoted by the Washington Post, on playing golf this afternoon with President Obama.

Bill Asks Folks to Give Hillary a Break Already

She’s taking a role in the foundation, she’s writing books, she’s having a little fun being a private citizen for the first time in 20 years.

— Former president Bill Clinton, quoted by the Washington Post, asking for everyone to give her a break over 2016 presidential speculation.

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%