Archive for June, 2009
Frank Luntz Tells Them What to Say — Health Care Edition
Everyone who has paid attention to politics since Bill Clinton knows the name of Frank Luntz. He is a GOP pollster whose specialty is messaging. As in finding the words that either make it easier for people to emotionally engage on a position. Key to this effort is that truth or accuracy or anything near […]
Happy Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a holiday that many people don’t know about. From Wikipedia: Though the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued on September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863, it had minimal immediate effect on most slaves’ day-to-day lives, particularly in Texas, which was almost entirely under Confederate control. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, […]
Even The Cato Institute Laughs At Republicans
I love the title of this post “If You Call Obama ‘Socialist’ Then the House GOP Is 99% Socialist.” As I note in a recent New York Post op-ed Republicans are fond of implying that President Obama is a big-spending socialist. But the House GOP recently offered a spending cut plan that was able to […]
Jon & Kate to Divorce (No Word on Mike Castle’s Plans Yet)
America can breath again. The reality stars will be joining the ranks of the not married anymore. Who could have predicted that life under a microscope would put a strain on their marriage?
Sam Seder Talks To Palin Supporters
They like Sarah Palin so they are annoying idiots to begin with. They are New Yorkers who like Sarah Palin so they are annoying idiots to the 15th power MyDDcommenter adds… NewsBusters reports about the very liberal Campbell Brown and her show’s panel discussion. Sam was a participant… I quote: “The CNN anchor then asked […]
Racist Staffer “Reprimanded,” Keeps Job
Do you remember Sherri Goforth, the aide to Tennessee state senator Diane Black? She’s the aide who sent out an email with a picture of all the presidents that depicted Obama as only eyeballs (’cause he’s dark, you know, har har).Well, Senator Black has responded to the calls for firing Goforth by sending a sternly […]
America’s Best Blogger Fired by Washington Post
The right-wing meme about the Lib’rul Media? Uh, not so much. The Washington Post, whose editorial page has been moving further and further to the right, has fired Dan Froomkin, the best bleeping blogger in America, whose White House Watch was must-reading during the Bush years and even more so during the early months of […]
The Delaware Liberal Style Book Name for Mike Protack is now…
Michael D. Protack, leader of the Delaware Republican Party All contributors are urged to use that in all posts from now on. h/t Liberalgeek
Pushing The Issue: HB253
John Kowalko chairs the Joint Sunset Committee and he’s trying to challenge the Delaware Way from that vantage point. Case in point: HB253 (restructuring the Victims Compensation Board). From the presser: House Bill 253 is identical to Senate Bill 144, which was developed by and sponsored by the members of the Joint Sunset Committee, a […]
Proof That Money Does Not Equal Class
Take a look at this house and tell me your first thought isn’t Real Housewives of New Jersey. Yes, yes, I know the house in question is tied to the Ensign scandal – I don’t care. Frankly, the real scandal is how tacky this super-sized McMansion is. Truly a crime against architecture. A reader at […]
Obama Announces New Regulatory Plan
Yesterday the Obama administration released its plan for new regulations of the banking and finance industry. The President’s plan will: Require that all financial firms that pose a significant risk to the financial system at large are subjected to strong consolidated supervision and regulation Increase market discipline and transparency to make our markets strong enough […]
The Bankrupt Rhetoric of Rationing
Health care rationing that is. David Leonhardt at the NYT has another Must Read article detailing all of the ways that health care is rationed in the US. Today, I want to try to explain why the case against rationing isn’t really a substantive argument. It’s a clever set of buzzwords that tries to hide […]
Can Sussex County be saved from the worst instincts of Sussex Countians?
Joan Deaver, the SC Council’s lone Democrat thinks so. Note: This took a long time to load on my computer. It might be my computer and it might not.
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