July 2014 - Page 3 of 10

Most Americans Oppose Impeaching Obama

July 28, 2014 Buck Banks

65% to 33%

Margin by which a majority of Americans oppose impeaching President Obama and also oppose House Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit against the president by 57% to 41%, a new CNN poll finds. In addition, a majority disagree by 52% to 45% that Obama gone too far in expanding executive power.

— Charlie Crist (D), quoted by St. Petersblog, on Gov. Rick Scott (R) not wanting to talk about climate change because “I’m not a scientist.”

— Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), quoted by Politico, on his relationship with Hillary Clinton.

Boeing CEO Might Want to Retire After All

July 27, 2014July 27, 2014 Trish

The heart will still be beating, the employees will still be cowering.

— Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing Aircraft, explaining why he won’t retire when he turns 65 next month. McNerney apologized for the part about his employees cowering, saying it was a joke, after their representatives labeled it, “the Jack Welch style of anti-personnel management.”

Clueless: Rep. Curt Clawson, R-Fla., Mistakes Committee Witnesses from U.S. Govt for Foreign Nationals

July 26, 2014July 26, 2014 Jon Ponder

In case you missed it, check out this episode from a Republican-led House committee last week in which Rep. Curt Clawson from Bonita Springs, Fla., embarrasses himself, his family, his state, his party and the nation. It’s not just that he was completely and utterly wrong in his assumptions, his wrongness is compounded by the smug sneer he wears throughout his exchange with the witnesses.

As the Miami Herald put it: “Flori-duh Rep. Curt Clawson thinks U.S. officials of Indian descent represent Indian govt“:

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Clinton Is Just Another Politician from the Gilded Age

July 25, 2014 Buck Banks

I’d like to find a reason to believe she’s a political force who stands for something in an era when there is a real appetite for serious change. She could, after all, decide to campaign vociferously in favor of the ACA this summer and fall (universal healthcare is, after all, one of her positions), but that might siphon money away from her foundation and candidacy. She could get out there and start framing a foreign policy vision. But, again, too risky. I see nothing that suggests a real passion for getting on with the fight – just the usual presumptions of a super-elite, super-rich and super-cocooned politician of the gilded age.

— Andrew Sullivan, on The Dish.

Biden Wishes His Kids Were Republicans

July 25, 2014July 27, 2014 Buck Banks

I should have one Republican kid who’d grow up to make money.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by WLWT, when talking about the professional choices made by his children.

McCain: Lethal Injection Should Be Lethal

July 25, 2014 Buck Banks

The lethal injection needs to be an indeed lethal injection and not the bollocks-upped situation that just prevailed. That’s torture.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by Politico.

Almost Half of All Americans Worry About Their Weight

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 Buck Banks

45%

Of Americans worry about their weight “all” or “some of the time,” significantly higher than the 34% who reported this level of worry in 1990, according to Gallup. Naturally, Americans who consider themselves to be overweight are much more likely to worry about their weight than are those who say their weight is “about right,” 67% vs. 32%, respectively.

Congress’ Inaction on VA Reform ‘Embarrassing’

July 24, 2014 Buck Banks

It’s embarrassing.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with the Huffington Post, on the inability of Congress do even the bare minimum to address VA hospital reform.

65% to 33%

Margin by which a majority of Americans oppose impeaching President Obama and also oppose House Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit against the president by 57% to 41%, a new CNN poll finds. In addition, a majority disagree by 52% to 45% that Obama gone too far in expanding executive power.

I’m not a scientist either but I can use my brain and I can talk to one.

— Charlie Crist (D), quoted by St. Petersblog, on Gov. Rick Scott (R) not wanting to talk about climate change because “I’m not a scientist.”

It’s not like we’re pals.

— Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), quoted by Politico, on his relationship with Hillary Clinton.

The heart will still be beating, the employees will still be cowering.

— Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing Aircraft, explaining why he won’t retire when he turns 65 next month. McNerney apologized for the part about his employees cowering, saying it was a joke, after their representatives labeled it, “the Jack Welch style of anti-personnel management.”

— Andrew Sullivan, on The Dish.

I should have one Republican kid who’d grow up to make money.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by WLWT, when talking about the professional choices made by his children.

The lethal injection needs to be an indeed lethal injection and not the bollocks-upped situation that just prevailed. That’s torture.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by Politico.

45%

It’s embarrassing.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with the Huffington Post, on the inability of Congress do even the bare minimum to address VA hospital reform.

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

11

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%