August 2013 - Page 4 of 10

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.

Bringing “I Blame Obama” to a New Level

August 21, 2013August 21, 2013 Trish

29%

Louisiana Republicans who blame Pres. Obama for the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Obama was eight months into his term as a freshman senator when the disaster struck, but only 28% of the state’s GOP voters blame George “Doin’ a helluva job Brownie” Bush, despite the fact that he was actually president at the time. The other 44% said they can’t say who was at fault, or more likely, can’t admit it was Pres. Bush.

Dogged Days, Part 2

August 20, 2013 Buck Banks

For Barack Obama, this summer’s been one long slog.
Between Congress, woes and scandals, he should’ve moved to Prague.
But there’s nothing like a terrier
To make the White House merrier,
And there’s nothing Americans love more than a presidential dog.

Amazon: Where 40 Minutes Equals $4.8 Million

August 20, 2013 Buck Banks

$4.8 million

Amount of revenue Amazon lost when its servers went offline for 40 minutes yesterday afternoon.

Cook: Odds favor Dems in Budget Showdown

August 20, 2013 Buck Banks

It’s difficult to understand why any Republicans on Capitol Hill would like their odds in any kind of budget showdown this fall that could result in a government shutdown. Very simply, they would be going into a game with an incredibly weak hand, and their odds of winning would be quite small. … While Obama’s numbers are hardly impressive, they are still much better than those for congressional Democrats, and they aren’t even in the same time zone as the bleak numbers for Republicans in Congress. This being the case, who goes into this fight with the least credibility? The answer is Republicans in Congress … It’s a time for Republicans to be realistic and for both sides to be adults — and allow a reasonable deal to be reached.

— Pundit Charlie Cook.

Majority Believe Aid to Egypt Should Be Stopped

August 20, 2013August 20, 2013 Buck Banks

51%

Of Americans think aid to Egypt should be cut off, a new Pew Research poll finds, and 50% think President Obama’s response has not been tough enough. The office of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the head of the appropriations state and foreign-operations subcommittee, said Monday that $500 million in military aid to Egypt has been temporarily cut off.

Month: August 2013

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.

Bringing “I Blame Obama” to a New Level

29%

Dogged Days, Part 2

Amazon: Where 40 Minutes Equals $4.8 Million

$4.8 million

Amount of revenue Amazon lost when its servers went offline for 40 minutes yesterday afternoon.

Cook: Odds favor Dems in Budget Showdown

— Pundit Charlie Cook.

Majority Believe Aid to Egypt Should Be Stopped

51%

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%).”