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06 Apr 2010 22:54

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Politics: GOP forgets ugly feet covered by new health care law, too

  • We wonder what the Craiglist posting for the ugly dude’s feet was – “must have feet that have yellowing, ingrown toenails and you’re completely uncomfortably with showing to the world.” We hope the foot model got paid handsomely for this ad.
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30 Mar 2010 20:33

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Politics: Obama: Those Tea Party types have legitimate concerns

  • My hope is that as we move forward and we’re tackling things like the deficit, imposing a freeze on domestic spending, taking steps that show we are sincere about dealing with our long-term problems, that some of that group will dissipate.
  • President Barack Obama • Discussing, with great care, the Tea Party, which largely views him with disdain. While realizing some of them are on the fringe and tough to court, he does feel that he can win over some of the moderate members with firm economic policies. “I think that there’s a broader circle around that core group of people who are legitimately concerned about the deficit, who are legitimately concerned that the federal government may be taking on too much,” he said. source
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28 Mar 2010 20:46

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U.S.: Obama and Afghanistan: It’s one of his strongest issues

  • 53% of those polled think that Obama kicks butt at Afghanistan
  • 35% think he totally sucks at this
    Afghan War thang
  • 12% fell asleep while the pollster was asking them a question
  • » How does it compare to everything else? He does so well with it that even Republicans can get behind him on it. 37 percent of self-identifying GOP members and 50 percent of indie kids (er, independents) back him on the issue. In the case of Republicans, who give him no better than 15 percent on many major domestic issues, that’s pretty good. So, yeah, this visit to Afghanistan is really good PR for him right now. source
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27 Mar 2010 10:04

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U.S.: To our friends in Searchlight, Nev.: Lock your doors today

  • 5,000+ bloodthirsty Tea Party activists are expected to descend on Harry Reid’s hometown today
  • >1,000 people actually live in the humble villa of Searchlight, Nev.; residents are leaving en masse source
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26 Mar 2010 15:20

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Politics: Would Obama win in 2012? It’s a statistical dead heat

  • 47% of people would vote for Obama in 2012, versus 44 percent for a hypothetical Republican candidate
  • 15% amount Bill Clinton was down in a similar poll in 1994; we all know what happened there (he lost, we think)
  • 75% of Dems want to see Obama reelected; the GOP wants to see LMFAO fan Mitt Romney take him on source
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26 Mar 2010 13:53

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Politics: Rachel Maddow isn’t running for the Massachusetts Senate, hosers

  • Scott Brown said Rachel Maddow was running for Senate. Brown said this in an e-mail designed to raise funds for his next Senate campaign. However, as this Boston Globe full-page ad notes, she’s in fact not running for Senate. Julius may be, though, if his residency checks out. He’s on the Lyndon Larouche ticket. source
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24 Mar 2010 09:22

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Politics: Best way to thank Dems who voted for health care? Advertising

  • $5 million in thank-you political
    ads are coming source
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22 Mar 2010 12:17

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Politics: Conservative commentator: Is health care the GOP’s Waterloo?

  • So far, I think a lot of conservatives will agree with me. Now comes the hard lesson: A huge part of the blame for [Sunday’s] disaster attaches to conservatives and Republicans ourselves.
  • Conservative columnist David Frum • Regarding the situation with health care, which he says is a huge failure on the part of the Republican Party to do anything to work with the Democrats and share in the success of the bill. Even with the likely victories in November for the party as a result of its passage, he argues, it may be, as he puts it, an “abject and irreversible defeat.” Ouch. source
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22 Mar 2010 09:55

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Politics: A ten-minute synopsis of that whole epic health care thang

  • Missed/didn’t care about yesterday? The Huffington Post put together this great video of the highlights of the epic evening in D.C. They should’ve put it to to Pachelbel’s Canon just for effect. In other news, the person who who called Bart Stupak a “baby killer” last night is having his identity protected by his Republican peers. “Members have a right to make an idiot of themselves once without being exposed,” said Rep. Dave Obey, who knows who said it. Oh boy. source
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21 Mar 2010 16:29

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Politics: Health care good to go: Bart Stupak gets what he wants

  • They stood strong. They stood on the principle of a belief. And I’m proud of them.
  • Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak • At a press conference regarding the deal he made with a number of other congressmen to block funding for abortion in the final bill. Dude stood by his principles and won. Gotta give him credit for that at least. This bill’s likely going to pass tonight, as the vote count is now safely over the magical 216 needed for passage. Interesting political theater today. source
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