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Dropkick Murphys Call on Walker to Stop Using Their Music

January 26, 2015 Buck Banks

Please stop using our music in any way … we literally hate you!!!

Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, admonishing Gov. Scott Walker (R) to stop using their music for his political purposes, in a scathing tweet, The Washington Times reports.

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Jindal Says GOP Must Earn the Right to Govern

January 26, 2015 Buck Banks

I think the GOP needs to earn the right to be a governing party. We can’t just be the party of no. We have to be a party of solutions.

— Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, quoted by the Washington Post.

What Boehner Did During the SOTU

January 26, 2015 Buck Banks

This is the president’s night, and so I sit there and try to make no news. Although, inside, I’ve got a lotta things rollin’ through my mind.

— Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by the AP, on what he’s thinking about during the State of the Union address.

Bush Offers Donors a Price List

January 26, 2015 Buck Banks

$500,000

Amount Republican Jeb Bush is telling donors they they must raise by March 31 to join his “national executive committee,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “A pledge form for Mr. Bush’s newly formed Right to Rise political committee offers other levels of membership: donors who collect $250,000 by March 31 can join the ‘national committee,’ $100,000 to join the ‘state executive committee’ and $50,000 for the ‘state committee.’”

Chris Christie has Received 77 Diet Books

January 26, 2015 Buck Banks

77

Number of books about the topics of diet, exercise, bariatric surgery or self-help weight loss that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) has received since he’s been in office. “The records show that gift-givers have seen fit to shower the governor with virtually every diet book, CD, DVD and weight loss kit available,” the Newark Star Ledger reports.

Palin Claims to Have a ‘Servant’s Heart’

January 26, 2015 Buck Banks

Yeah, I mean, of course, when you have a servant’s heart, when you know that there is opportunity to do all you can to put yourself forward in the name of offering service, anybody would be interested.

— Sarah Palin, quoted by ABC News, on whether she’s interested in running for president in 2016.

Wendell Ford Gets the Last Word in His Obit

January 26, 2015 Buck Banks

There are no victories in Washington only varying degrees of defeat.

— Former Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY), quoted by the Louisville Courier Journal, in his obituary.

Obama Adds New Words to SOTU Lexicon

January 23, 2015January 28, 2015 Buck Banks

Ben Smith of Northeastern University analyzed the language of President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night against every SOTU since 1790 and found Obama introduced a number of words never before used in the address. The list includes:

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Barbour Shares Some Folksy Insights on a Romney Run

January 23, 2015 Buck Banks

My grand-daddy used to say you don’t learn much from the second kick of a mule.

— Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R), quoted by Bloomberg, on Mitt Romney running for president again.

Republican House Is Stuck on Unpopular Topics

January 23, 2015 Buck Banks

Week one, we had a Speaker election that didn’t go as well as a lot of us would have liked. Week two, we spent a lot of time talking about deporting children, a conversation a lot of us didn’t want to have. Week three, we’re debating reportable rape and incest — again, not an issue a lot of us wanted to have a conversation about. I just can’t wait for week four.

Please stop using our music in any way … we literally hate you!!!

Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, admonishing Gov. Scott Walker (R) to stop using their music for his political purposes, in a scathing tweet, The Washington Times reports. Tweet

I think the GOP needs to earn the right to be a governing party. We can’t just be the party of no. We have to be a party of solutions.

— Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, quoted by the Washington Post.

This is the president’s night, and so I sit there and try to make no news. Although, inside, I’ve got a lotta things rollin’ through my mind.

— Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by the AP, on what he’s thinking about during the State of the Union address.

$500,000

77

Yeah, I mean, of course, when you have a servant’s heart, when you know that there is opportunity to do all you can to put yourself forward in the name of offering service, anybody would be interested.

— Sarah Palin, quoted by ABC News, on whether she’s interested in running for president in 2016.

There are no victories in Washington only varying degrees of defeat.

— Former Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY), quoted by the Louisville Courier Journal, in his obituary.

My grand-daddy used to say you don’t learn much from the second kick of a mule.

— Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R), quoted by Bloomberg, on Mitt Romney running for president again.

— Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), quoted by TPM, on the priorities of House Republicans.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“There are a lot of Ukrainian drones in the air. It would be dangerous.”

— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, quoted by the Associated Press, when President Trump asked him if he would accept Moscow as a venue for peace talks.

“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.

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%

Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, admonishing Gov. Scott Walker (R) to stop using their music for his political purposes, in a scathing tweet, The Washington Times reports.

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