Year: 2013
Obama Not Ideological
I’m not a particularly ideological person.
— President Obama, quoted by Politico, at a Democratic fundraiser.
Majority Support Path to Citizenship
63%
“A consistent and solid majority of Americans — 63 percent — crossing party and religious lines favors legislation to create a pathway to citizenship for immigrants living in the United States illegally, while only 14 percent support legal residency with no option for citizenship, according a report published Monday by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute.” — New York Times
Biden Has True Friendship With Obama
I’m thankful for my personal relationship with the President. I guess it’s a funny way to say it, but it is personal. There’s a real friendship between us, and I have a great deal of respect for him.
— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by Time.
Grassley a Fan of Christie
Just look at his physique: You know, when Washington’s ready to blow up, wouldn’t it be kind of nice to have a guy like him sitting on the pot?
— Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), telling WHO-TV that he’s a fan of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) as his important state looks ahead to the 2016 presidential campaign.
Under Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, Republicans’ Obstruction of Presidential Nominees Has Been Unprecedented
After five years of filibusters, obstruction, lengthy waits for confirmation and arguments over whether the party that failed to win either the White House or the Senate nonetheless has the power to hold top government jobs open for as long as Barack Obama is president, Senate Democrats finally decided that enough is enough. On Thursday, nearly every member of the Democratic caucus invoked a procedural maneuver that will allow the Senate to confirm several blocked nominees by a majority vote. The era of minority rule is over, at least where it comes to almost every confirmation.
Illinois Legalizes Marriage Equality – Now 115 Million Americans Live in States Where Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal
115 Million
Combined population of the 16 states, now including Illinois, and the District of Columbia where marriage equality is legal.
Fox News Spoken-Word Artist Hasselbeck Opines: Oprah’s Calling out Republican Racists Could ‘Undermine Racism’
And certainly throwing around racist accusations, calling someone a racist certainly for disagreeing when they are indeed not, would undermine racism when it does occur.
– Fox News word-salad speaker Elisabeth Hasselbeck, reacting to Oprah Winfrey’s criticism of Republican racists in a recent BBC interview.
That’s right.
– Hasselbeck’s co-host Steve Doocy concurs.
That’s right.
– Hasselbeck’s co-host Steve Doocy concurs.
On British Television, Oprah Assesses the State of Racism in America’s Republican Party
Republicans do not like Oprah’s assertion that racism won’t end until the current older generation of white bigots, the vast, vast majority of whom are Republicans, dies off. But you’ll notice that the push back from Limbaugh and the rest are mostly personal attacks and criticisms of Oprah and the president, and thin on arguments against the substance of what she said. They can’t refute it, because she is right:
