All Posts Tagged With: "Obama"
An Interesting Poll
Steve Benen breaks it down, but here is what stands out to me:
Elsewhere in the poll, Americans said they are concerned about the deficit, but when asked about nine different ideas for deficit reduction, the public opposed all nine. Try not to be surprised. [emphasis mine]
Seriously, we’re all talk.
About that GOP mandate…
Republicans may have made [...]
Tone Deaf
I’m really not certain if writing this post is worth it. I’m also not certain I want to go down this road again. Truth is… I’m weary. Even sadder, I’m tuning out.
First, this isn’t a post about policy – it’s about tone.
On that note, I have a few questions for certain Progressives/Liberals/Democrats:
What is your end [...]
It Was Only A Matter Of Time
There was no avoiding this.
In fact, impeachment talk moved yesterday from Tea Party rallies to at least one Republican Member of the House, Darrell Issa. And Issa’s not an obscure backbencher; he’s the ranking Republican on Oversight and Government Reform, and he also sits on the Judiciary Committee.
The incentives all run to impeachment, [...]
“It’s Worth Thinking About”
At yesterday’s Q&A with Democrats Obama delivered a line that should have every Democrat sitting up and taking notice. If you watch the video below one thing stands out – Obama is not laughing.
“There was apparently a headline after the Massachusetts election. The Village Voice announced that Republicans win a 41-59 majority. It’s worth thinking [...]
I Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before
If you haven’t read Kevin Drum’s article, please do. He puts into words exactly how I feel.
The striking thing to me, though, is how fast the left has turned on him. Conservatives gave Bush five or six years before they really turned on him, and even then they revolted more against the Republican establishment than [...]
2010: The Year They Go Even More Insane?
You gotta love the Republicans. And by Republicans, I am talking about their idiotic birther teabagger deather base, and not necessarily elected Republican officials (although certain elected officials like Palin and Bachmann certainly fit the former and the latter). They all, to the last man and woman, think they are going to win [...]
7Jan2010 | Delaware Dem | 15 comments | Continued
Impatient for Beau
Beau Biden is enjoying his time home with his family, and tackling the AG’s office after a year away. Personally, I believe he will run and I believe the race, once underway, will not be close. But our 24 hour 7 days a week national media wanted their instant gratification yesterday.
23Dec2009 | Delaware Dem | 6 comments | Continued
Looking For Some Good News?
As a person who’s been held hostage and treated like cargo by the airlines, I’m thrilled with this new law.
Via Think Progress:
Responding to horror stories of stranded travelers, the Obama administration ordered airlines today to allow passengers to disembark from planes that have been stuck on the tarmac for more than three hours. With the [...]
The Castle Conundrum
To win this election, Castle must now go negative, and he cannot if he wants to win the election. To win this election, Castle must be the moderate he has professed himself to be, and, for some reason, after all these years, he is acting like the conservative he is.
17Nov2009 | Delaware Dem | 15 comments | Continued
Did Dems Ever Do This to the Bush Twins?
Oh, wait, Dems weren’t allowed in the clubs’ VIP rooms when the Bushies were cavorting.
Anyways, here’s what happened at Sidwell Friends (where the Obama girls go to school) this morning.
I am sure that the Quaker school took this message from the Westboro Baptist Church directly to heart:
“Quakers?! Are you frigging kidding me? You pretend to [...]
Only in Delaware
Those damn Capanos. Gerry Capano, the monster who shot a hole into Anne Marie Fahey’s ice chest coffin so it would sink, had a little domestic dispute this past week. Who represented him at court as a public defender? Ferris Wharton. Who was his judge? Jane Brady. [...]
4Oct2009 | Delaware Dem | 25 comments | Continued
Newsmax wants a Military Coup over Obama
I mean wow. Just wow. But the right doesn’t insight violence…nahhhhhhh
From John L. Perry at Newsmax:
There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the Obama problem. Don’t dismiss it as unrealistic.
America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. [...]
Some Not So Random Political Thoughts
Just because I was sedated and sadistically eviscerated during my stint in Third Person Rehab, I still had time in between fevered dreams to think about what was going on locally and nationally. Here are a couple of observations:
1. The seeds to defeat in Saturday’s 37th RD Special Election were sown by Bob Gilligan in [...]
With the Passing of Kennedy, Time for Obama to Emulate JFK
Though JFK inspired so many of ‘bulo’s generation with his appeal to youthful idealism, people forget that it was Lyndon Baines Johnson who succeeded in passing most of the landmark bills that JFK had proposed, but had not gotten moved through the Congress.
Here’s what LBJ did:
He resolved to complete Kennedy’s legislative agenda, and his success [...]
Obama Reminds Republicans Of Their Free Enterprise Mantra
This has to hurt. But I guess having your own words used against you never feels good.
Why would it drive private insurance out of business? If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care; if they tell us that they’re offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, [...]
Joe Klein Speaks The Truth
Via Balloon Juice.
To put it as simply as possible, McCain–and his cohorts–are trying to score political points against the President in the midst of an international crisis. It is the sort of behavior that Republicans routinely call “unpatriotic” when Democrats are doing it. I would never question John McCain’s patriotism, no matter how misguided his [...]
Lunch Break News
You’ve been told a lie – Monsanto and the Agribusiness lobby want you to think chemical farming is vastly superior to organic farming. Organic farming can feed about as many people as chemical farming, and in the developing world, it could feed 80% more. Check out the science. (DKos)
Obama leads Republicans by about 20 points [...]
That Didn’t Take Long
To play the tired PC card. Which, we are already clear, is basically the default position of retreat for those who can’t find rational or civilized arguments for their daily fear and loathing and paranoia.
There is simply no attempt to delegitimize political speech from this site. We absolutely welcome it. We do work pretty hard [...]
President Obama Orders Stephen Colbert to Shave His Head
As usual, Colbert is crazy and his guests are good sports. If you hadn’t heard, The Colbert Report is broadcasting from Iraq this week. Make this an Open Thread and tell us what is on your minds.
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Obama Orders Stephen’s Haircut – Ray Odierno
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The Family That Paved America’s Way for the Obamas
’Bulo thinks that, without this family coming into the homes of tens of millions of Americans every week, the embracing of Barack Obama might well have been delayed for many years, and may never have happened at all.
The impact of this family, as a positive influence on the black community, as well as on America [...]
Breaking: Obama to Name Republican Guv as Ambassador to China
If you’re seeking to do away with your potential political rivals, you could do worse than sending them on a long sojourn to China.
CNN is reporting that:
President Obama has selected Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to be his ambassador to China, sources tell CNN.
Huntsman, who speaks Mandarin Chinese and has adopted a daughter from [...]
Obama Orders EPA to Lead Chessy Bay Cleanup
More proof that elections matter. And great news for one of America’s most endangered waterways. From today’s Washington Post:
President Obama took a dramatic step to revive faltering efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay yesterday, issuing an executive order that could empower the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set a more demanding timetable and penalize [...]
Deep Media Thought
Today, while you listen to everyone say that Presdient Obama did a great job last night (and he did) , please recall that they all thought Bush’s “there must be some WMD’s around here somewhere” routine was hilarious.
The Washington press corps is a bunch of idiots.
More Catholic than the Pope.
I’ve got my differences with his Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, but at least I feel he is a consistent man as to placing the utmost value on human life. He opposed the Iraq War as unjust and spoke out about it frequently. He is against the death penalty. He is against [...]
7May2009 | Delaware Dem | 13 comments | Continued
It’s time to be lied to
Tired of hearing the grim truth about their economic future, Americans demanded that the bald-faced lies resume immediately, particularly whenever politicians feel the need to divulge another terrifying problem with Wall Street, the housing market, or any one of a hundred other ticking time bombs everyone was better off not knowing about.
In addition, citizens are [...]
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