April 2014 - Page 4 of 7

Dealing with Inouye’s Dying Wish

April 15, 2014 Buck Banks

I received that letter, ostensibly coming from Sen. Inouye himself, a half an hour before he died in Washington, D.C. Literally. Whether or not this could be construed as Sen. Inouye’s dying wish — let me put it this way — is problematic.

— Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D), quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on whether a letter requesting that he appoint Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D) to the Senate was authentic.

Cheese Stands Alone

April 14, 2014 Buck Banks

Wisconsin Republicans support their state’s right to secede.
They say the 10th Amendment says they can, if they please.
But if they give the 49 the axe,
They’ll have to charge import/export tax,
And who’s going to pay extra for regular old Wisconsin cheese?

Half of Americans Think Their Federal Income Tax is too High

April 14, 2014 Buck Banks

52%

Of Americans say the amount they have to pay in federal income tax is “too high,” while 42% say it is “about right,” according to Gallup. The percentage who say their taxes are too high has hovered around 50% since 2003, although the current 52% is up from 46% two years ago.

Huckabee Thinks North Koreans are Freer Than He Is

April 14, 2014 Buck Banks

I’m beginning to think there’s more freedom in North Korea sometimes than there is in the United States.

— Mike Huckabee, quoted by TPM.

You Only Have to Be 25 Years Old to Be Part of the Problem

April 13, 2014April 14, 2014 Trish

50%

Of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere since the start of the industrial age was produced since 1990, according to a new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The group urges major reforms to how energy is produced and consumed globally, including not exploiting every last fossil fuel deposit left on earth.

G.W. Bush Makes LBJ Joke

April 11, 2014 Buck Banks

You know, I’m impressed by the new renovations at the library. I want to thank you for showing them to me. Former presidents compare their libraries the way other men may compare their, well… Just wondering how LBJ would’ve handled that.

— George W. Bush, quoted by First Read, at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library.

Florida Political Insiders Think Jeb Will Run

April 11, 2014 Buck Banks

74%

Of 120 of Florida’s “most plugged in politicos” think Jeb Bush (R) will run for president in 2016 but just 32% think Sen. Marco Rubio (R) will do so, according to new Florida Insider Poll. In addition, a whopping 87% said Rubio would not run if Bush does.

What Sibelius Would Take Away

April 11, 2014 Buck Banks

If I could take something along with me, it would be all the animosity.

— Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, quoted by the New York Times, on her resignation.

The Urinal Test

April 10, 2014 Buck Banks

Why women gather in the powder room remains a mystery
To a real man’s man like Big Mike Huckabee.
Guys can go fishin’
And guys can go huntin’,
But a REAL man walks alone when he gets up to pee.

Huckabee: ‘I’m a Man’s Man’

April 10, 2014April 10, 2014 Buck Banks

Guys like to go fishing with other men. They like to go hunting with other men. Women like to go to the restroom with other women. I don’t get that. I can tell you this much: if I ever say, ‘I have to go to the restroom’ and some guy says, ‘I’ll go with you,’ he ain’t goin’ with me. That much I know.

I received that letter, ostensibly coming from Sen. Ino­uye himself, a half an hour before he died in Washington, D.C. Literally. Whether or not this could be construed as Sen. Ino­uye’s dying wish — let me put it this way — is problematic.

— Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D), quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on whether a letter requesting that he appoint Rep. Colleen Hana­busa (D) to the Senate was authentic.

52%

Of Americans say the amount they have to pay in federal income tax is “too high,” while 42% say it is “about right,” according to Gallup. The percentage who say their taxes are too high has hovered around 50% since 2003, although the current 52% is up from 46% two years ago.

I’m beginning to think there’s more freedom in North Korea sometimes than there is in the United States.

— Mike Huckabee, quoted by TPM.

50%

You know, I’m impressed by the new renovations at the library. I want to thank you for showing them to me. Former presidents compare their libraries the way other men may compare their, well… Just wondering how LBJ would’ve handled that.

— George W. Bush, quoted by First Read, at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library.

74%

Of 120 of Florida’s “most plugged in politicos” think Jeb Bush (R) will run for president in 2016 but just 32% think Sen. Marco Rubio (R) will do so, according to new Florida Insider Poll. In addition, a whopping 87% said Rubio would not run if Bush does.

If I could take something along with me, it would be all the animosity.

— Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, quoted by the New York Times, on her resignation.

— Mike Huckabee, quoted by TPM at a speech in Iowa.

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

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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%

I received that letter, ostensibly coming from Sen. Inouye himself, a half an hour before he died in Washington, D.C. Literally. Whether or not this could be construed as Sen. Inouye’s dying wish — let me put it this way — is problematic.

— Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D), quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on whether a letter requesting that he appoint Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D) to the Senate was authentic.