Ahh, I “love” the political critters in the House. Why?
Just watch…

Here’s the thing, the reason these folks can get away with nonsense like this is because congressional districts have been so gerrymandered as to be almost completely red or blue. And given that Rep. Foxx is from North Carolina’s 5th district (very safely Republican) [...]

Why yes…yes there is.
And all they’re asking you to do is give them $30 so they can send all 50 state attorney generals a fax demanding Obama show his birth certificate.
Fun fact: this is actually running on a CBS affiliate in Texas and other locales across the country.

In related news, if you think Obama is [...]

I found the following hilarious and I honestly don’t think it’s doctored.

Yes, he’s an alien.
Or a God.
Or a Hawaiian.
Take your pick. :-)

One of the most intellectually dishonest political commentators is at it again.
What’s weird is his reason for not answering the question. Basically, he says there’s no way he can define “white culture” without getting himself in trouble. And that begs the question…why make a statement that claims Obama has a deep seated hatred for it? [...]

Remember when I was talking about impotent rage on the left and the right in a post about Glenn Beck a couple days ago?
Well, now we’ve got an analog to that and it comes in the form of this shameful screed by one of MSNBC’s newest commentators…
The Republicans lie! They want to see you dead! [...]

Perhaps he’s seeing the bipartisan/populist writing on the wall?

So, will the Baucus bill begin to get some traction in conservative circles?
More as it develop…

In a post about excerpts of Obama’s health care speech released earlier today I predicted the following…
Republicans who don’t want health care reform to pass will be out in full force filling the airwaves with disinfo. That’s nothing new, but this time they’ll be desperate because this speech will be positioned as a game changer [...]

Equal parts touching, sad and inspiring.
Definitely worth a watch.

And here’s the text…
Mrs. Kennedy, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember their son Edward as the heir to a [...]

Yes, he’s a man of many words…but he needed a few more this time…

And yet this will become the highest rated show on cable television. Guaranteed.
*sigh*
Updated:
Some folks in the comment section have told me that he was just playing a joke, misspelled it on purpose, etc.
Yeah, that’s why in the first clip he spelled Oligarchy [...]

Listen, I truly hope that the Dems don’t use the reconciliation process to try and get the health care reform bill passed. Why? Well, it seems if they took this path they’d have to break up the legislation in two pieces, the budget portion and the insurance reform portion. The budget they could do via [...]

Whether you love them or hate them (it’s hard to be indifferent), there’s no doubt that the Kennedy brothers are still the people you think of first when talking about political dynasties.
MSNBC has put together a documentary of John, Bobby and Teddy and it’s set to air soon.
Here’s a preview of some of the interviews [...]

The Finance Committee keeps plugging away and the Maine senator talks to Andrea Mitchell about it…

Yes folks, it’s all about co-ops. That will allow the moderate Republicans and the Blue Dog Democrats enough cover to vote for this thing.
The only question now is will the left wing of the Democratic party accept this bill and [...]

I’m not a huge fan of Congressman Frank. However, I will say that in this video he is exhibiting the best retort to a nutter that I’ve seen. Anyone who compares the President of the United States (any POTUS) to Adolf effing Hitler deserves to be verbally abused in this manner. Period.
If you [...]

You may have heard about this before, and one Florida lawmaker is finally doing something about it.

Yes, I realize these laws are meant to prevent repeat offenses, but either up the penalties for those offenses or just leave them be. Once somebody gets out of prison, that should be it. End of story. If they [...]

Yesterday, Obama positioned the public option as something that everybody was getting hung up on. Not only that Kent Conrad said he wouldn’t vote for legislation that had it in it and neither would Blue Dog Dems or moderate Repubs.
Well, now HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is continuing the meme that the public option isn’t necessary…and [...]

Shocking, I know.
Ed’s post is here — and it is indeed some very good writing.
Allahpundit responds:
For the rare distinction of having earned Olbermann’s blessing, let me be the first to say to Ed: You are the RINO king. Enjoy the throne of shame; if you need me, I’ll be at the [...]

I’m becoming more and more convinced that Republicans in Washington simply don’t want any sort of health care reform. Because the way this “death panel” nonsense is picking up steam seems coordinated.
The latest is one of the Republicans working on health care legislation in the Senate, Chuck Grassley. Here he is talking in Iowa yesterday…

“Pull [...]

“In LaCrosse, Wisc., the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital system is, according to the Dartmouth [Atlas of Health Care], the least expensive place in America for the last two years of life. They have an advanced directive program, and over 90 percent of their patients have an advanced directive. They have electronic health records, so everybody on [...]

With friends like these…

Seriously, I don’t get this dumb strategy of painting town hall folks, whether they’re astroturfers or not, as Un-American, like the KKK, etc. It’s not only counterproductive, it’s completely lazy. You could easily marginalize purposefully rowdy people with the facts of the debate and yet this is what we get?
As I’ve said [...]

What’s telling about the conversations surrounding the “evils” of government run health care is how many people seem to reflexively applaud the notion of government staying out of the business of health care…and yet nobody who’s on Medicare wants to get rid of it.
Watch the following clip and tell me it’s not frustrating to watch…

And [...]