Archive for June 19th, 2012

Things Black Presidents are Not Allowed to do….

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on June 19, 2012 • 5 Comments

From Greg Pinello’s “I have the Floor” blog. Here are just a few:

1. Deliver State of the Union without being heckled
2. Complete Rose Garden remarks without interruption
3. Call for a joint session of Congress (the NERVE!)

The Irony: Republican Opposition to their Own Individual Mandate Idea will lead to Single Payer.

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on June 19, 2012 • 33 Comments

To understand the irony of our current situation, and what is about to happen once the U.S. Supreme Court either strikes down the Individual Mandate or the entire Affordable Care Act itself because it cannot be severed from the Individual Mandate, we must first go back to 1993.

President Clinton campaigned on reforming the U.S. Healthcare system to bring universal coverage to all Americans. The core element of his “Health Security Act” was a plan to place the burden of insurance coverage on employers across the country, large and small. In other words, it was an employer mandate.

Republicans gathered from far and wide and labeled this as an attack on small businesses, and offered a counter proposal.

Guess what it was?

The Georgetown bin Laden

Filed in Delaware by jason330 on June 19, 2012 • 46 Comments

Joe Hurley:

Last week, Councilman Vance Phillips was the victim of a bin Laden attack. The terminology which will always live in American ignomy, refers to a spineless coward who sits in the darkness, and deliberately, and gleefully, inflicts pain on innocents in order to accomplish his deranged agenda. Pakistan had its bin Laden. Sussex County has one as well. …

Tuesday Open Thread [6.19.12]

Filed in National by MJ on June 19, 2012 • 11 Comments

The state representative who was ~~gagged~~ prevented from speaking by Michigan House GOP leaders performed The Vagina Monologues last night on the steps of the Capitol in Lansing.

Krugman: you can’t be honest…without sounding partisan

Filed in National by jason330 on June 19, 2012 • 16 Comments

Bookmark this PBS profile of Paul Krugman, and keep it at the ready if you ever need a big does of sanity.

Cohen quotes the actual letter & Phillips’ attorney fires shot across Christopher’s bow

Filed in National by jason330 on June 19, 2012 • 39 Comments

These are the first direct quotes from the letter that I’ve seen. (Is the full text available online anywhere?)

“This letter is written to inform Delaware elected officials, elected by the people I might add, of the situation that began in 2010 and may still be ongoing today involving Sussex County Councilman Vance Phillips of the 5th District and an under aged girl,” it began. …

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 19, 2012

Filed in National by El Somnambulo on June 19, 2012 • 13 Comments

Hmmm, this one’s really interesting, at least politically. HB 363(Keeley) requires that bail bondspersons be residents of the State of Delaware. Say-y-y, Isn’t Robert Bovell, who ran against Helene Keeley in 2010 in a primary, a bail bondsman? Why, yes, yes he is. He also ran for mayor as an R, and has run on the so-called ‘Working Families’ Party line. And, isn’t Robert Bovell running for mayor of Wilmington in the Democratic primary this year? Why, yes, yes he is. And isn’t Dennis P. Williams, who is also running as a D, a co-sponsor of HB 363? Why, yes, yes he is. So, here you have a bill introduced on June 5, 2012 that just happens to address the occupation of one of the co-sponsor’s rivals for Mayor. And, as I read the synopsis, this bill would have the effect of eliminating out-of-state competitors of this erstwhile candidate from his profession. Sure as shit smells like a big stinky quid pro quo to me. Can Bovell’s withdrawal from the race and endorsement of Dennis P. Williams be far behind?