Archive for October 6th, 2011

I thought I smelled something funny…

Filed in National by jason330 on October 6, 2011 • 4 Comments

This hasn’t happened yet, but I already know what I’m going to write.

Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 6, 2011 • 3 Comments

Ezra Klein: “Right now, the protests are at a tipping point. The unions and MoveOn.org are mounting a sympathy march this afternoon. Van Jones’s Rebuild the Dream and Russ Feingold’s Progressives United are blasting messages of support. Prominent elected Democrats such as Rep. John Larson, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus; Rep. Louise Slaughter, ranking member on the House Rules Committee; and Sen. Jeff Merkley have all applauded the movement. What these Democrats and liberal-activist groups are looking for is something similar to what conservatives found in the tea party: an opportunity to recharge and rebrand.”

Scott Brown just stepped in it.

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 6, 2011 • 28 Comments

So we all know that Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts posed nude in Cosmo in his youth. Last week, during a Democratic primary debate this week, Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren was asked how she paid for college. “I kept my clothes on,” Warren replied. “I borrowed money.”

This morning, on a right wing radio show, Scott Brown was asked to respond to that, and he laughed and said “Thank God.”

BCBS Doesn’t Pay Income Tax?

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 6, 2011 • 5 Comments

Oh the little things you learn every day. In stating that he wants state funds invested in Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Delaware to stay in Delaware when or if Blue Cross merges with the Pittsburgh-based Highmark, Attorney General Beau Biden mentioned that Delaware has exempted Blue Cross/Blue Shield from paying income taxes for 75 years because of its work.

I think that should end, don’t you?