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A new organization opposing Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary, entitled “Americans for a Strong Defense,” has been created and will run advertisements and grassroots efforts in Arkansas (represented by Dem Sen. Mark Pryor), North Carolina (Dem Sen. Kay Hagan) and Louisiana (Dem Sen. Mary Landrieu).
Connecticut’s governor is meeting with Vice President Biden tonight on the gun-control proposals. He was supposed to attend events earlier in the week but was unable because of other statewide commitments.
Just bizarre… an FDU poll finds 63% of people believe at least one of four conspiracy theories presented to them. Political Wire: “ ‘56% of Democrats and 75% of Republicans say that at least one is likely true. This includes 36% who think that President Obama is hiding information about his background and early life, 25% who think that the government knew about 9/11 in advance, and 19% who think the 2012 Presidential election was stolen.’ Most interesting finding: ‘Generally, the more people know about current events, the less likely they are to believe in conspiracy theories - but not among Republicans, where more knowledge leads to greater belief in political conspiracies.’”
Cabinet shuffle… “The imminent departure of Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlights the political struggle President Obama has faced in trying to enact even a portion of the sweeping clean-energy and climate change agenda he envisioned when he ran for the White House in 2008,” National Journal writes.
Jill Lawrence: “Forget all the caterwauling about women (a bit of which, admittedly, came from me). The impending departures of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar leave President Obama’s Cabinet with zero Hispanics, setting off nervous tremors among Latinos and underscoring the inch-deep Democratic bench in that demographic.”
The president and Michelle Obama went out to Café Milano in Georgetown for the first lady’s birthday. She’s 49.
The Onion is out with an “autobiography” of Joe Biden, written in Joe Bidenese. From the foreword: "Hombre, you've just done Uncle Joe a real solid buying this book. I ain't the kind of guy who forgets his debts. Next time we meet there's a tallboy of ice cold Beast on me."
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If the president intends on leaving a legacy it will be one of the American people. Americans have been complacent long enough about the role and size of government. The righty fascist have their tea party, why not a grass roots organization to move the country forward instead of back, as the tea party fascist insist.
"Republicans More Educated & Informed, Higher Political IQ, per Liberal Pew Poll"...."In a 2010 Pew survey, Republicans outperformed Democrats on 10 of 12 questions, with one tie and Democrats outperforming Republicans on just 1 of the 12. In the latest survey, however, Republicans outperformed Democrats on every single one of 19 questions."
So much for the 'spin' by NBC
http://gulagbound.com/35139/republicans-more-educated-informed-higher-political-iq-per-liberal-pew-poll/#.UPl4EifBGpc
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
You seriously get your information from a Soviet Socialist Republics Gulag Roy? I thought you republicans hated socialists. I couldn't find the Pew poll you are referring to Roy, just the commentary from the Soviet Socialist Republics Gulag.
Wow! Every question had to do with a meth lab.
Organizing for Action is a great idea, opposing Chuck Hagel isn't. The "Just Bizarre" note is funny...
Mistrust and paranoia run rampant among the TeaCakes, and finding Republicans with good knowledge of current events is a challenge lately.
Republicans don't want knowledge of current events. They just want knowledge of Fox and Limbaugh daily events. Truth and knowledge is an irritant to republicans.
Mo, You are just a typical lefty extremist pretending you know what the Republican Party is about !
Common sense things like ACTUALLY HAVING A BUDGET when your country is $16.45 trillion in debt is an irritant to you.
After Jim's post. Not only is truth and knowledge an irritant to republicans, us Liberals also irritate them. I'd say I'm irritating Jim right now.
Jim it's not hard to know what you republicans are all about. All anybody has to do is read your uninformed, hate-filled irritated posts.
TeaPeople want what they want....but they really don't know what they want!...Bumper sticker, catch phrases is all they understand....."Stop the Spending"....for programs:
Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency......Abolish the Department of Education.....Guns for everyone....Repeal Roe v Wade......Privatize/voucherize MEDICARE.....Destroy MEDICAID.....Privatize Social Security......Defund Meals on Wheels....Defund Planned Parenthood.....Lower taxes on the Super Rich......Repeal all Regulations......Invade any sovereign country for any reason.
Mo, The problem with you liberals is you throw out wild-ass opinions ... then turn around and declare them to be "Facts" ! LOL !! You are unable to back up your "facts", and when challenged to do so, you run and hide, hurl insults and/or name-calling, or at best ... provide a link to some other libtard's opinion and declare that to be fact !
You are, however, quite entertaining ... you remind me of a puppy running around in circles desperately trying to catch its tail !!!!!!!!
The problem with you righty fascist is your misinformed. Jim, I have read your hate filled idiotic post that are so full of lies and stupid that they have no credibility what so ever and then come in here and accuse Mo of it. What you need to do right now it that anatomical impossible thing, go screw yourself you sicko.
Typical "progressive" ... johnnyboy cannot compose a decent sentence, then calls me a "sicko" right after accusing me of a "hate-filled post" ! LOL !! I love it when liberals prove me right so quickly !
I wonder if he will get his GED anytime soon ? He might have to pass remedial English first ! LOL !!
jim-1455434 - Common sense things like ACTUALLY HAVING A BUDGET when your country is $16.45 trillion in debt is an irritant to you.
Jim, can you name one common sense national discuss that you think GOP have engaged in lately? You know, like gun issues, how we structure our taxation, health/women issue, national security, immigration.
Gun control is pretty damn irrelevant when our country is on the path to doubling the national debt under Obama's regime ! When Obama took office, the national debt was $10.8 trillion. Today it is exceeding $16.4 trillion and rising rapidly ! Obama will double the national debt of ALL his predecessors combined !!
Hell, our country is headed towards bankruptcy and all you libs can worry about is womens health issues while our country's financial health SUX !!
900 deaths per month by gun is irrelevant? I guess money is more relevant than life itself, right Jim? Or maybe money is more important than lives other than your own. Either way, pretty shallow and callous Jim!
Again with the misinformation jim, you are truly a sick SOB, and need to STFU. Stupid. The republicans are more responsible for the debt and its out of control spending and credit card bills from the Bush administration that have caused it. So its you that sucks boy. Not the country.
MO lots of numbers, now that statement is down-right funny! Dump on the conservative news shows while constantly spouting the verbiage of the Rachel's and Ed's from your left-wing sites.
Hypocritical, no?
You gist calling Fox a news show. You do know Fox is just entertaining propaganda?
And Rachel Maddox and the Mr. Ed show are not propganda outlets for the Obama administration? Or for that matter, MSNBC with it's talking head, Chuckie Todd? and let's not forget the " leg humper with a tingle".
Get real there libbie.
Many years ago, it was Mr. Ed the talking horse ... now it is Mr. Ed the babbling jacka$$ !
when is funnygirl going to be funny? She seems to be 1angrygirl.
You will wait a long time before you find any righty, fascist that can be funny. They all suck at comedy and running the country.
You want comedy Johntho? How about the spending with the Obama administration programs. When he was campaigning, as always, didn't he state he would reduce the debt by 1/2? See it yet? In 2006 he stated that increasing the debt ceiling was as irresponsible act. But here he goes again, wanting to increase the ceiling.
His early administration policies spent money like a drunken sailor, but it did nothing to stimulate the economy, just added more debt to an already bad situation.
Moving past $17T in debt and wanting to spend more? That's a good thing?
The real comedy is the professional politicians who
Yes Johntho, they're funny when they're trying to be serious - but not funny when they try to be funny. Odd.
i think 1funnygirl is one of those sad clowns.
Crank up the machine. We saw what it did to Romney/Ryan. Let's see what it does for LaPierre/Murder Inc.
It is called fighting fire with fire. The Republicans don't hesitate to do things like that so Obama and the Democrats shouldn't either.
Expect the worst in leadership from the Obama administration. He's already given us four years of misery & sloth, why should anything change in the next four "get used too it"
We as a country are merely wasting our time with another collectivist experiment. It always comes around because There are Many who believe in Utopia or "Heaven on Earth". '
Which is only a fantasy driven by free will and arrogance of persons unwilling to submit to a higher power. You see everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody want's to die. So in turn Progressive, Collectivist's are willing to destroy the hard fought for Liberty we enjoy, too create through centralized Government... the............................ Me same as You. Paradise
, Where unicorns crap little nuggets of gold that slide down a rainbow into everyone's cereal bowl and we all dance around with flowers in our hair with no responsibilities or accountability for the future, or for just the feels good in the moment mentality. tra la la, It'll all be alright I've got a four leaf clover. b/s Yes, never mind reality, who needs it, it's a downer 4ward ----->rt
It really does not effect some who plan for the future correctly,or have the ability to mitigate loss, As I do.
However the Middle class are the ones who suffer the greatest damage to prosperity during these mad-scientist experiments the progressive lefties are mixing up in there test tubes. The poor & professional welfare recipients will do as they always do. Which is get by with less, the Wealthy will cruise along as usual, the Middle class will continue to see their hopes of advancing into the upwardly mobile "not rich but not struggling to make ends meet class" being dashed on the rocks of dispair and lack
Your right General for you? and correct I'm not speaking for everyone, and your situation is not representative of everyone.
Gdp is still pathetically indigent, no where near the level for prosperity across the board.
The employment situation is apathetic at best.
Division of the people is exasperated on racial lines & by class envy, fueled by hyperbolic poly-partisan vitriol.
The Executive & Congress departments of Government don't even attempt to address the issues important to the country's fiscal future. Merely bickering endlessly over side issues to d-sway from the real challenges we face nationally. .ie debt, deficit no budget in nearly 4 years. national security issues like securing he borders, lessening our dependence on international energy consortium's & taking steps to strengthening the domestic manufacturing base to help provide equitable employment here in America.
Putting America on welfare won't fuel the Economy like Nancy Pelosi claims. EVER