Archive for September, 2009

Faux Outrage

Filed in National by on September 10, 2009 36 Comments

If I delve deep into my “fairometer” and ask it if it was wrong for the President to be called a liar I have to say it was not, in all fairness.  The problem was, the President wasn’t lying.  The other problem is that the Patriotic Party would have hung someone if it happened to their […]

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Guest Post: RSmitty’s Thoughts On Last Night

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Editor’s note:  RSmitty emailed the following post to Delaware Liberal. I have a high-level of self-regulation when it comes to principles and morals.  In June 2009, I switched my party registration from Republican to Unaffiliated, largely in part to my intended disassociation from those who were gaining control of the national-party platform.  I have been […]

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More Tape From El Somnambulo’s Latest Session Leaked!!

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Editor’s Note: It appears that the lovable luchadore is making significant progress in learning to love his inner first person. As this EXCLUSIVE TAPE shows, however, he still needs to find a happy ME-dium: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCayacFcCX4[/youtube]

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Memorable Moments During The Speech

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I’m going to tell you straight out that I thought that was one of the best speeches I’ve seen Obama give. He had a lot of goals to accomplish in the speech: reassure the wavering leftwing, make the case for reform, position himself as sensible and centrist, knock down misinformation and make the case for […]

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It was their Waterloo (UPDATED)

Filed in National by on September 9, 2009 92 Comments

With two shouted words tonight, the Republican Party has lost all respect, credibility, integrity and honor. And with those two words, one Congressman from South Carolina proved that the Republican Party is nothing but the insane conservative fringe. It can no longer be denied. Never before in my lifetime, and perhaps longer, has a member […]

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Late Night Video: What Birthers Believe

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After you watch this, the Birther movement will make perfect sense. It’s filled with logical people. h/t Balloon Juice

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Transcipt of Obama’s Health Care Reform Speech

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Here is the transcript for the whole speech: Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system […]

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Live Blog Obama’s Speech – NOW!

Filed in Delaware, National by on September 9, 2009 25 Comments

We’ll be live-blogging President Obama’s speech tonight.

Please join us!

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And more spot on video

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSNQpEbtlP4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fandrewsullivan%2Etheatlantic%2Ecom%2Fthe%5Fdaily%5Fdish%2F&feature=player_embedded#t=12[/youtube]

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Some levity

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CO2SfB1dnA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fandrewsullivan%2Etheatlantic%2Ecom%2Fthe%5Fdaily%5Fdish%2F&feature=player_embedded#t=27[/youtube]

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Baucus Has Lost His Ever-Lovin’ Mind

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No public option plus a mandate that everyone buys insurance plus a fine of up to 3,800.00 for those who don’t purchase insurance equals disaster… and protests Tea Baggers could only dream of achieving.

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I Think There’s A Lot More Of This Republican Congressional Birther Support Then We Realize

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Rep. Jean Schmidt her “Birther” street cred. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YshG_Ok8idc[/youtube] Does she really believe this, or is she simply intimidated by her own base?  Either way this has gotten completely out of hand. (h/t Balloon Juice)

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The Loyal Opposition

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Yesterday, conservative commentator Rhymes with Right, in response to me saying what we all know to be true (that the Republican loyal opposition is controlled by the radical fringe of their party who believe that the President is not a natural born citizen, that believe he will create Death Panel, and that he seeks to […]

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