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Republican Spin on the Individual Mandate
on Nov 7, 2009 in Congress Health Care Republicans I’ve been an opponent of mandates, hoping that the structure of health care reform had gone is a somewhat different direction. Even when the Republican Party technically agrees with me on a point I find their spin to be far too dishonest to tol...
Health Reform Passes House
on Nov 7, 2009 in Breaking News Congress Health Care The House health care reform bill has achieved the 218 votes needed for passage.
Elie Wiesel Condemned Anti-Semitic Messages At Right Wing Protests
on Nov 7, 2009 in Religion I’ve often laughed at the idea that Republicans have any chance at being successful at picking up the Jewish vote. Here’s another example of why this will not happen: Renowned author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel condemned several si...
Embracing One’s Meandering Cat
on Nov 6, 2009 in Blogosphere Democrats George Bush Independents Libertarianism Op-eds Republicans Ron Paul I initially wasn’t going to bother responding to David Brooks‘ column today–until I read Pete Abel’s response. Brooks, perhaps thinking being a New York Times columnist gives him the authority, presumes to understand the tho...
Bizarre Attacks On Obama’s Response To Fort Hood Shootings
on Nov 6, 2009 in Barack Obama Blogosphere George Bush Lacking much of substance to attack Obama on, opponents have been desperate to grab at anything. Several conservative sites have latched onto this criticism of Obama’s response to yesterday’s tragic shooting at Fort Hood. The article comp...
Swift Boat Liar Claims Fort Hood Shooter Was Obama Advisor
on Nov 6, 2009 in Barack Obama Blogosphere John Kerry Some conservatives are sure searching for a way to turn yesterday’s shooting at Fort Hood into yet another way to attack Barack Obama, failing to realize how disrespectful to the troops their sick attempts to play politics with this really are.