David Brooks
Dana Millbank
Eugene Robinson
"And so we need to once again decide, do we want to be free, or do we want to be slaves?" - Michele Bachmann
“My administration, is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” - Barack Obama
The Iowa Supreme Court today ruled in a unanimous decision that gays have equal rights to marry and to ban that is unconstitutional. I warned the people of Colorado Springs, that if they wanted to solve their economic problems and become a major tourist spot, they needed to let gays marry here. Now they are all going to go to Iowa this summer and the Midwest will become revitalized, neighborhoods will be rebuilt to look like the Castro District in San Francisco, children will be wearing short shorts with hiking boots, and all of the police will take to wearing mustaches again... Maybe our own Ted Haggard will pack it up and move to Iowa for a brand new start. He can begin "preaching" again; you know you want to, Ted...
It's just too soon to be taking these polls, expecting George Bush's rating to go up. We may have to wait several generations, just like the kids today think we're sick revering the memory of Ronald Reagan... From TPM: "A new Gallup poll tests how former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney have fared in public opinion since they left office. The answer: Badly.
Bush's favorable rating is only 35%, with 63% unfavorable. Cheney is at 30% favorable to 62% unfavorable.
Bush's popularity had been inching up a bit over the course of the 2008 campaign and as he was on the way out -- up to a high of 40% favorable and 59% unfavorable in early January -- but his numbers now are back near the all-time low of 32% favorable and 66% unfavorable from April 2008."
Now, we come to the twisted kind of scenario I truly love, because Sarah Palin is starring in it. that's right, its all about her! No, its not Levi johnston appearing on the Tyra Banks show this coming Monday, will he break the oath of confidentiality he had to sign, or will he dish it out?
Bush's favorable rating is only 35%, with 63% unfavorable. Cheney is at 30% favorable to 62% unfavorable.
Bush's popularity had been inching up a bit over the course of the 2008 campaign and as he was on the way out -- up to a high of 40% favorable and 59% unfavorable in early January -- but his numbers now are back near the all-time low of 32% favorable and 66% unfavorable from April 2008."
Now, we come to the twisted kind of scenario I truly love, because Sarah Palin is starring in it. that's right, its all about her! No, its not Levi johnston appearing on the Tyra Banks show this coming Monday, will he break the oath of confidentiality he had to sign, or will he dish it out?
The charges against Ted Stevens have been dropped, and now everyone is acting like he is innocent, and wasn't a bribe taking, ethically challenged Senator. The Alaskan Republican Party has asked the winner of the election that Ted lost, Mark Begich, to resign and let Ted take his seat back. And, as Politico reports: "Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) called on Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska ) Thursday to step down from his seat and run in a special election in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Begich narrowly defeated Stevens in 2008, a contest overshadowed by Stevens’ October conviction.
Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner emailed her a copy of a statement by Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich calling for Begich to step down.
Asked for her response, Palin simply wrote back: “I absolutely agree.”
When the reporter wrote back to confirm that Palin meant she’d like to see Begich resign in order to hold a special election, the governor responded: “Yes.”
When asked for his opinion, "Alaska Rep. Don Young wants Stevens to run for governor — a move that would set up a Republican primary between the veteran lawmaker and Sarah Palin, if she decides to seek a second term in 2010.
"Personally I'd like to see him run for governor, and that's my personal feeling," Young told the Alaska Public Radio Network on Thursday. "So, we'll see what happens down the line. He probably won't, but I think that would be a great way to cap off a great career as being the governor of the state of Alaska."
"Sen. Begich, in all due respect, won the race," he said. "There is no other recourse. He has taken office, he is now the new senator." Needless to say, Don and Sarah are not on the best of terms, but since they are both Republicans, we can call them frenemies...
A reader from the Alaska Dispatch had this comment on all of this fun: "It would be amusing to hear her give credit to the Obama Administration for upholding the U.S. Constitution and dropping the charges as well as setting aside the conviction, but lightning isn't going to strike twice in one day. "
And, this is what Democrat Mark Begich had to say: "Assuming this morning's media reports are accurate, the decision by President Obama's Justice Department to end the prosecution of Senator Ted Stevens is reasonable. I always said I didn't think Senator Stevens should serve time in jail and hopefully this decision ensures that is the case. It's time for Senator Stevens, his family and Alaskans to move on and put this behind us."
Late night jokes:
"Big day in Detroit. You may have heard about this. The Obama Administration asked General Motors C.E.O. Rick Wagoner to step down, and he agreed, which is good news for Obama. You know, the last time he tried to get someone to quit, it took months. And even then, he had to promise her a job as Secretary of State." -Jay Leno
"According to the government, Rick Wagoner was forced to resign because of poor performance. That's embarrassing. You run an organization that loses billions of dollars and then get fired by a guy who heads up an organization that loses trillions of dollars." --Jay Leno
"Here's the part I find odd. Now, the government didn't ask any of those Wall Street C.E.O.s to quit. Isn't that kind of a double standard? I mean, if you build Cadillacs, you're screwed. But if your chauffeur drives a Cadillac, you're okay. Whew!" --Jay Leno
"And listen to this. I guess they're going to, like, be in the car business. President Obama said the United States government will stand by your car's warranty. Assuming, of course, the government is still around in five years." --Jay Leno
"And in a speech in Anchorage, Alaska, Sarah Palin took kind of a cheap shot at her former running mate, John McCain. She said she couldn't find anyone to pray with during the campaign. She's not the only one. Between Jesse Jackson and Reverend Wright, Obama couldn't find anybody to pray with either." --Jay Leno
"And Republican Congressman Peter King says he's very upset that Notre Dame, where he went to law school, is giving an honorary degree to President Obama, even though Obama is pro-choice. He said that giving Obama an honorary degree is putting him in an exalted position. Really? Isn't he President of the United States? You think that little certificate from Notre Dame is going to push him right over the top?" --Jay Leno
"Right after the announcement, Wagoner hopped on his private jet and flew to the unemployment office." --David Letterman
"Now here's a story. A guy in Brazil goes spear fishing, and he accidentally gets shot in his own head with the spear. Well, they operate on the guy. He's unconscious. They pull the spear out and he's going to be fine. And you know the first thing he said when he came to was, 'Well, that's the last time I go spear fishing with Dick Cheney.'" --David Letterman
"We're down to the Final Four now. And by that I mean we're down to the last four working banks in America." --Craig Ferguson
"Today, President Obama announced he is using his own money to redecorate the White House. Meanwhile, he is using taxpayers' money to redecorate the houses of A.I.G. executives." --Craig Ferguson
"MTV, Music Television, is putting actual music videos back on their network. If it works, Fox News said they'll start doing actual news again." --Craig Ferguson
"Barack Obama is taking his first overseas trip as president tomorrow. He is headed to the G20 economic summit. And he's been rehearsing his opening line to foreign leaders. 'Hi, I'm not George Bush. Hi, I'm not George Bush.'" --Jimmy Fallon
"Did you hear this? Some guy is selling a video of Joe Biden's daughter snorting cocaine. I'm not really interested in that. I mean, if I want to see video of a rambling, incoherent Biden, I'll just turn on CNN." --Jimmy Fallon
"Environmentalists say this weekend's Earth Hour was a huge success. An estimated 1 billion people plus turned off their lights, TVs, and appliances from 8:30-9:30. What's interesting is that during this hour, NBC's ratings actually went up." --Jimmy Fallon
"Fox News launched a new editorial website today that is based solely on reporters' opinions, not on the facts of the stories themselves. They're calling the site Fox News." --Jimmy Fallon
Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner emailed her a copy of a statement by Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich calling for Begich to step down.
Asked for her response, Palin simply wrote back: “I absolutely agree.”
When the reporter wrote back to confirm that Palin meant she’d like to see Begich resign in order to hold a special election, the governor responded: “Yes.”
When asked for his opinion, "Alaska Rep. Don Young wants Stevens to run for governor — a move that would set up a Republican primary between the veteran lawmaker and Sarah Palin, if she decides to seek a second term in 2010.
"Personally I'd like to see him run for governor, and that's my personal feeling," Young told the Alaska Public Radio Network on Thursday. "So, we'll see what happens down the line. He probably won't, but I think that would be a great way to cap off a great career as being the governor of the state of Alaska."
"Sen. Begich, in all due respect, won the race," he said. "There is no other recourse. He has taken office, he is now the new senator." Needless to say, Don and Sarah are not on the best of terms, but since they are both Republicans, we can call them frenemies...
A reader from the Alaska Dispatch had this comment on all of this fun: "It would be amusing to hear her give credit to the Obama Administration for upholding the U.S. Constitution and dropping the charges as well as setting aside the conviction, but lightning isn't going to strike twice in one day. "
And, this is what Democrat Mark Begich had to say: "Assuming this morning's media reports are accurate, the decision by President Obama's Justice Department to end the prosecution of Senator Ted Stevens is reasonable. I always said I didn't think Senator Stevens should serve time in jail and hopefully this decision ensures that is the case. It's time for Senator Stevens, his family and Alaskans to move on and put this behind us."
Late night jokes:
"Big day in Detroit. You may have heard about this. The Obama Administration asked General Motors C.E.O. Rick Wagoner to step down, and he agreed, which is good news for Obama. You know, the last time he tried to get someone to quit, it took months. And even then, he had to promise her a job as Secretary of State." -Jay Leno
"According to the government, Rick Wagoner was forced to resign because of poor performance. That's embarrassing. You run an organization that loses billions of dollars and then get fired by a guy who heads up an organization that loses trillions of dollars." --Jay Leno
"Here's the part I find odd. Now, the government didn't ask any of those Wall Street C.E.O.s to quit. Isn't that kind of a double standard? I mean, if you build Cadillacs, you're screwed. But if your chauffeur drives a Cadillac, you're okay. Whew!" --Jay Leno
"And listen to this. I guess they're going to, like, be in the car business. President Obama said the United States government will stand by your car's warranty. Assuming, of course, the government is still around in five years." --Jay Leno
"And in a speech in Anchorage, Alaska, Sarah Palin took kind of a cheap shot at her former running mate, John McCain. She said she couldn't find anyone to pray with during the campaign. She's not the only one. Between Jesse Jackson and Reverend Wright, Obama couldn't find anybody to pray with either." --Jay Leno
"And Republican Congressman Peter King says he's very upset that Notre Dame, where he went to law school, is giving an honorary degree to President Obama, even though Obama is pro-choice. He said that giving Obama an honorary degree is putting him in an exalted position. Really? Isn't he President of the United States? You think that little certificate from Notre Dame is going to push him right over the top?" --Jay Leno
"Right after the announcement, Wagoner hopped on his private jet and flew to the unemployment office." --David Letterman
"Now here's a story. A guy in Brazil goes spear fishing, and he accidentally gets shot in his own head with the spear. Well, they operate on the guy. He's unconscious. They pull the spear out and he's going to be fine. And you know the first thing he said when he came to was, 'Well, that's the last time I go spear fishing with Dick Cheney.'" --David Letterman
"We're down to the Final Four now. And by that I mean we're down to the last four working banks in America." --Craig Ferguson
"Today, President Obama announced he is using his own money to redecorate the White House. Meanwhile, he is using taxpayers' money to redecorate the houses of A.I.G. executives." --Craig Ferguson
"MTV, Music Television, is putting actual music videos back on their network. If it works, Fox News said they'll start doing actual news again." --Craig Ferguson
"Barack Obama is taking his first overseas trip as president tomorrow. He is headed to the G20 economic summit. And he's been rehearsing his opening line to foreign leaders. 'Hi, I'm not George Bush. Hi, I'm not George Bush.'" --Jimmy Fallon
"Did you hear this? Some guy is selling a video of Joe Biden's daughter snorting cocaine. I'm not really interested in that. I mean, if I want to see video of a rambling, incoherent Biden, I'll just turn on CNN." --Jimmy Fallon
"Environmentalists say this weekend's Earth Hour was a huge success. An estimated 1 billion people plus turned off their lights, TVs, and appliances from 8:30-9:30. What's interesting is that during this hour, NBC's ratings actually went up." --Jimmy Fallon
"Fox News launched a new editorial website today that is based solely on reporters' opinions, not on the facts of the stories themselves. They're calling the site Fox News." --Jimmy Fallon
Iowa Supreme Court said gay-YES!
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the justice system is evidently more garbled than ever right now; they should simplify the law as much as possible for the sake of average people
ReplyDeleteThere was a movement a few years ago to get laws and policies written in plain English instead of legalese. It was felt that if you say what you mean there would be less wriggle room for varying interpretations. Unfortunately, most of Congress is run by lawyers, so it never got off the ground. In fact, our President is a lawyer and a teacher of Consttutional law...
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