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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

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.

GOP Frontrunner Jeb Bush Fumbles Position on Marriage Equality

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 Jon Ponder

Supporters of marriage equality celebrated a milestone yesterday when county clerks in Florida began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. With the expansion of marriage rights into the third largest state, marriage equality is now the law of the land in 70 percent of the United States, a remarkable turnaround on an issue that was considered political poison just a few years ago.

The victory was not welcomed unanimously, of course. Among the first to speak for the dyspeptic was Jeb Bush, Florida’s former governor and the GOP’s putative 2016 presidential frontrunner. It was Bush’s first campaign-related statement this year — and it did not go smoothly.

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America, the Chickenhawk Nation

January 5, 2015 Buck Banks

The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.

— James Fallows, writing in the Atlantic.

We Don’t Believe David Cameron

January 5, 2015 Buck Banks

Yes, he sometimes calls me ‘bro.’

— British Prime Minister David Cameron, in an interview with the Daily Mail, on his relationship with President Obama.

RIP Mario Cuomo, June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015

January 1, 2015 Jon Ponder

This is his speech to the 1984 Democratic Convention — very few of the disparities he described have changed in 30 years.

Month: January 2015

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.

GOP Frontrunner Jeb Bush Fumbles Position on Marriage Equality

America, the Chickenhawk Nation

The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.

— James Fallows, writing in the Atlantic.

We Don’t Believe David Cameron

Yes, he sometimes calls me ‘bro.’

— British Prime Minister David Cameron, in an interview with the Daily Mail, on his relationship with President Obama.

RIP Mario Cuomo, June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015

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%