It’s Wednesday and we have thread.
Are you suffering from Crazy Fatigue? I know I am.
Speaking of crazy, crazy birther lawyer/dentist/real estate agent Orly Taitz is appealing her $20,000 fine. Do you think she’ll get a fine every time she files now?
Here’s a taste of Taitz’s latest (bolded text in original):
Judge Land’s actions that amounted to misstating or misrepresenting ninety percent of what was presented in the pleadings and argument, completely ignoring ninety percent of the argument and facts, making extremely rude and demeaning remarks, showing bias; taken together, appear to be designed to silence her and, intimidate her and above all, punish her for what the Court perceived as political rather than “core” constitutional questions. It appears to be a thinly veiled threat to other attorneys not to pursue similar Constitutional issues, which will have a chilling effect on the ability of the public to use Federal Court system to uphold their constitutional rights. Judge Land’s remarks amounted to nothing short of political lynching, which turned into feast and celebration by the media mob.
I’ll bet you never expected to see the words “Orly Taitz is appealing” in a sentence did you?
Do you remember the contention that the Washington Post/ABC poll that showed high support for the public option and low support for Republicans was somehow flawed? It’s completely in line with other recent polls.
And that’s really the key here. The latest CBS News poll found 22% identify themselves as Republicans. The latest AP poll found 21%. Ipsos/McClatchy put the number at 19%. Gallup had the highest total for the GOP, at 27%, but the Pew Forum study had it at 23%, while NBC/WSJ found 18%.
Average those together, and we find about 21% of the public are self-identified Republicans. What did the Post/ABC find? 20%.
I think we have found a new game now – things that are more popular than Republicans. I’ll start the list:
– Civil Unions for same sex couples – 67%
– The Public Option for health care reform – 57%
– Same sex marriage – 42%
Heh – it looks like Matt Yglesias had a similar idea. His statistic – 37% of Americans think the U.S. government has had contacts with extraterrestrials.