July 23, 2014 - Pensito

Jose Don’t Surf

July 23, 2014 Buck Banks

Get Rick Perry out from behind a teleprompter,
And he’s more like butcher, less like a doctor.
When it comes to immigration,
Just pass him some ammunition.
He’s shooting little wetbacks from a helicopter.

Christie Comments Cryptically on N.Y. Gov Race

July 23, 2014 Buck Banks

We don’t pay for landslides, and we don’t invest in lost causes.

— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Connecticut Mirror, when asked about the New York governor’s race.

Voter Turnout in Primaries at an All-Time Low

July 23, 2014 Buck Banks

14.8%

Average rate of voter turnout in the 25 states that have held statewide primaries so far this year — down from 18.3% in 2010, a new report finds.

King Asserts That Obama Is Not An American, But In a Different Way

July 23, 2014 Buck Banks

Now I don’t assert where he was born, I will just tell you that we are all certain that he was not raised with an American experience. So these things that beat in our hearts when we hear the National Anthem and when we say the Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t beat the same for him.

— Rep. Steve King (R-IA), quoted by BuzzFeed, on President Obama.

Colbert’s Right: Palin Does Know of What She Speaks

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 Trish

You can trust Sarah Palin on impeachment because she is an expert on leaving office in the middle of a term.

— Stephen Colbert, satirically agreeing with Palin’s calls to impeach Pres. Obama.

Photo Op: Mom-Jeans Wearing Rick Perry in Helicopter Gunship Hunting Refugee Children

July 23, 2014July 25, 2014 Jon Ponder

This photo is making the rounds but I’ve had trouble tracking down the source. It appears to show Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry in a helicopter gunship leaning on a powerful-looking weapon aimed at the ground. He is scanning the field below presumably, given recent headlines, seeking to target and shoot refugee children who are attempting to cross the U.S. border from Mexico. A commenter somewhere on Facebook pointed out that the gun Perry is leaning on is not loaded, but I can’t verify that either.

But check out how he’s dressed and posed for the photo op. He is shown in profile — jaw clenched, with his baseball cap on backwards and his “I’m smart” glasses removed — wearing a flight jacket with mom jeans. His right hand is gripping the weapons but his left hand is carefully draped over the gun to display his Aggie ring (shown in photo to the right).

Update: Mystery solved. See comments.

Day: July 23, 2014

Jose Don’t Surf

Christie Comments Cryptically on N.Y. Gov Race

We don’t pay for landslides, and we don’t invest in lost causes.

— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Connecticut Mirror, when asked about the New York governor’s race.

Voter Turnout in Primaries at an All-Time Low

14.8%

Average rate of voter turnout in the 25 states that have held statewide primaries so far this year — down from 18.3% in 2010, a new report finds.

King Asserts That Obama Is Not An American, But In a Different Way

Now I don’t assert where he was born, I will just tell you that we are all certain that he was not raised with an American experience. So these things that beat in our hearts when we hear the National Anthem and when we say the Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t beat the same for him.

— Rep. Steve King (R-IA), quoted by BuzzFeed, on President Obama.

Colbert’s Right: Palin Does Know of What She Speaks

You can trust Sarah Palin on impeachment because she is an expert on leaving office in the middle of a term.

— Stephen Colbert, satirically agreeing with Palin’s calls to impeach Pres. Obama.

Photo Op: Mom-Jeans Wearing Rick Perry in Helicopter Gunship Hunting Refugee Children

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%).”