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From blackwaterdog's diary, what President Obama thinks about  the massive head explosion from the rightwingnuttia at the President's bow in Japan: If you're traveling for Thanksgiving, here's a guide to which airlines offer wi-fi. (h/t ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Moyers,  Barack Obama,  Bill O'Reilly,  Lou Dobbs,  PBS

Mr. Protocol Himself

When the President of the United States bows to a foreign leader, our friends and allies don’t expect it and our adversaries perceive it as a sign of weakness. I think it’s fundamentally harmful and it shows in my mind that this is a guy, a president, ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Dick Cheney

Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up

The uproar over the on-again, off-again guidelines on when women should have mammograms is proof of the blindingly obvious: Health-care reform that actually controls costs -- rather than just pretending to do so -- would be virtually impossible to ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Karl Rove,  Barack Obama

Purity Now, Purity Tomorrow, Purity Forever ...

Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support to demonstrate that they "espouse conservative principles and public policies" that are in opposition to "Obama’s socialist agenda." According to ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama

Over 8 Million Uninsured Children In America

... air the ad on national cable and in D.C. beginning Monday, in an effort to up the moral and emotional urgency of the health care debate with the message that the lives of an untold number of individual children hang in the balance. ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  20 Nov 2009

Virginia Foxx Makes An Elephant Of Herself

I would have said Foxx (R-NC) made an ass of herself, but we won't malign that noble beast here. Watch it: FOXX:  ... and actually the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this, in this country, uh, just as we were the ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Jesse Helms,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate

Harry Reid: It's Their Way Or The Highway

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the first key test vote on his $848 billion health care bill will be taken Saturday, but he declined to say whether he has 60 senators lined up to vote yes. "We will find out when the votes are taken," he told ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harry Reid

Dithering

For the past several weeks, the usual suspects have been attacking President Obama for not making a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan quickly enough for their warmongering taste. And despite the fact that whatever the ultimate decision is, ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Dick Cheney,  John McCain,  Charles Krauthammer,  Bill Kristol

All Kinds Of Crazy

"For many reasons, this is by far the best book and greatest literary achievement by a political figure in my lifetime." "I strongly believe that if every Republican primary voter reads this book, Sarah Palin will win the 2012 nomination in a landslide, ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Sarah Palin,  Levi Johnston,  Oprah Winfrey

Rape Enablers Failed To Anticipate The Consequences

Last month, when 30 Republican senators signed on as corporate sponsors of rape, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) was handed an extremely potent line of attack to use during next year's elections. And what's the response from the GOP ...

From BARBINMD, Daily Kos,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

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