January 7, 2015

A Hard Right

January 7, 2015June 23, 2015 Buck Banks

Was Jeb Bush’s campaign theme choice unwise?
Or is he courting votes from afflicted guys?
At this critical junction
He invokes erectile dysfunction
By naming his PAC “Right to Rise.”

Those who oppose Speaker Boehner come from the fringe,
And those who opposed him now have no right to whinge.
Because once they voted,
Their betrayal was noted,
And they set themselves up for Speaker Boehner’s revenge.

White Terrorist Suspect Sought in Bombing of NAACP Offices

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Jon Ponder

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Agents from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were in Colorado Springs yesterday collecting evidence at the scene of a mid-morning bomb attack on the local NAACP office there yesterday. According to local media accounts, witnesses saw a balding, middle-aged white man fleeing the scene in an old white pickup truck.

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McConnell Explains that Bipartisanship Means Obama Does what GOP Wants

January 7, 2015 Buck Banks

Bipartisan progress can only be achieved if President Obama is interested in it.

— Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by CNN.

Most Don’t Think Their Priorities Will Be Addressed by Government

January 7, 2015 Buck Banks

76%

Of those who cited a top national problem said they did not think progress would be made by President Obama and GOP leaders to address the problem they mentioned, according to a new Pew Research poll. “And there, at least, was one point of partisan agreement. That dim view was shared by 78% of Republicans, 71% of Democrats and 80% of independents.”

Why Ernst Didn’t Take Obama’s Calls

January 7, 2015 Buck Banks

It was the White House switchboard. I was a little embarrassed that I’d been rejecting the president’s calls.

— Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), in an interview on WHO Radio, explaining how she ignored phone calls from an unknown number after she had won the U.S. Senate race.

Well, at Least We Know Jeb’s Take on Gay Marriage in 1994

January 7, 2015 Buck Banks

Day: January 7, 2015

A Hard Right

Vengeance Is His

White Terrorist Suspect Sought in Bombing of NAACP Offices

McConnell Explains that Bipartisanship Means Obama Does what GOP Wants

Bipartisan progress can only be achieved if President Obama is interested in it.

— Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by CNN.

Most Don’t Think Their Priorities Will Be Addressed by Government

76%

Why Ernst Didn’t Take Obama’s Calls

It was the White House switchboard. I was a little embarrassed that I’d been rejecting the president’s calls.

— Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), in an interview on WHO Radio, explaining how she ignored phone calls from an unknown number after she had won the U.S. Senate race.

Well, at Least We Know Jeb’s Take on Gay Marriage in 1994

Should sodomy be elevated to the same constitutional status as race and religion? My answer is No.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by BuzzFeed, arguing against gay marriage in a 1994 Miami Herald op-ed piece.

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%