August 22, 2013

GOP Strategist Criticizes ‘Silly Antics of the Purist Wing’

August 22, 2013 Buck Banks

The party is acting as if the entire world is a GOP primary. That is a very dangerous way to operate. We have massive image problems with the greater electorate, and the silly antics of the purist wing are making our dire problems even worse.

— GOP strategist Mike Murphy, quoted by the Washington Post.

Colo. Senator: Fried Chicken Causes Poverty

August 22, 2013 Buck Banks

When you look at life expectancy, there are problems in the black race: sickle-cell anemia is something that comes up, diabetes is something that’s prevalent in the genetic makeup and you just can’t help it. Although I’ve got to say, I’ve never had better BBQ and better chicken and ate better in my life than when you go down South and you — I love it.

— Colorado state Sen. Vicki Marble (R), suggesting that more blacks and Hispanics live in poverty, in part, because of fried chicken, KDVR reports. Marble went on to mention that Mexicans eat vegetables in Mexico, but stop eating healthily when they immigrate to the United States.

Hirsute of Lip

August 22, 2013 Buck Banks

John Bolton’s seeking conservatives near and far
To help him be the GOP’s 2016 rising star.
But his big liability
Might require a pogonotomy.
See, we haven’t elected a mustachioed president since Teddy R.

Wide Majority Opposes Government Shutdown to Defund Obamacare

August 22, 2013 Buck Banks

71%

Of all voters surveyed opposed a government shutdown to defund Obamacare, while 23% favored a shutdown, a new poll done for Republican members of Congress has found. Among Republicans, 53% opposed, versus 37% who favored,” the Washington Examiner reports.

A Half-Century Later, U.S. Still Has a Long Way to Go

August 22, 2013 Buck Banks

50

Years after Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., just 45% of all Americans say the country has made substantial progress toward racial equality and 49% say that “a lot more” remains to be done, a new Pew Research survey finds.

Colin Powell Publicly Criticizes N.C. Voter-Suppression Laws

August 22, 2013 Buck Banks

I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote. … It immediately turns off a voting block the Republican Party needs. These kinds of actions do not build on the base. It just turns people away.

— Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, taking aim at North Carolina’s new voting law — with N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in the audience — the Raleigh News & Observer reports.

Day: August 22, 2013

GOP Strategist Criticizes ‘Silly Antics of the Purist Wing’

The party is acting as if the entire world is a GOP primary. That is a very dangerous way to operate. We have massive image problems with the greater electorate, and the silly antics of the purist wing are making our dire problems even worse.

— GOP strategist Mike Murphy, quoted by the Washington Post.

Colo. Senator: Fried Chicken Causes Poverty

— Colorado state Sen. Vicki Marble (R), suggesting that more blacks and Hispanics live in poverty, in part, because of fried chicken, KDVR reports. Marble went on to mention that Mexicans eat vegetables in Mexico, but stop eating healthily when they immigrate to the United States.

Hirsute of Lip

Wide Majority Opposes Government Shutdown to Defund Obamacare

71%

Of all voters surveyed opposed a government shutdown to defund Obamacare, while 23% favored a shutdown, a new poll done for Republican members of Congress has found. Among Republicans, 53% opposed, versus 37% who favored,” the Washington Examiner reports.

A Half-Century Later, U.S. Still Has a Long Way to Go

50

Years after Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., just 45% of all Americans say the country has made substantial progress toward racial equality and 49% say that “a lot more” remains to be done, a new Pew Research survey finds.

Colin Powell Publicly Criticizes N.C. Voter-Suppression Laws

I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote. … It immediately turns off a voting block the Republican Party needs. These kinds of actions do not build on the base. It just turns people away.

— Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, taking aim at North Carolina’s new voting law — with N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in the audience — the Raleigh News & Observer reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

50%

38%

31%