On opting out of the news

When my Mom describes the late 1960's and early 70's she doesn't talk about freedom riders, Kent State, the heart breaking assassinations, the wars, the protest, the deaths, trials or…
Thursday Open Thread [6.13.13]

Thursday Open Thread [6.13.13]

Joan Walsh posts that Hillary must be active in 2014:
"...She needs to be part of a Democratic team making the 2014 midterms a referendum on the uncompleted business of the Obama presidency - and on the GOP's outrageous abuse of its minority status to block everything from popular legislation to agency nominations...Clinton has enormous political capital with the Democratic base, and beyond it. She needs to spend some of it turning out voters in 2014, or the presidency might not be a prize worth winning, except as another title in your Twitter bio."
Joe Biden has already started, and I am sure O'Malley and Cuomo are sure to be traveling the country.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 13, 2013

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 13, 2013

Let me get this straight. Jack Markell cuts taxes for his wealthy friends early this session. The only tax among the so-called temporary emergency taxes enacted in 2009 that he cut. Now he says he needs $80 million in new taxes and fees, or bridges will fall down, highways will crumble. Oh, and if they do, it will be somebody else's fault because Markell gave the legislators a full 2 1/2 week's warning before the end of session. Maybe, just maybe, if he stopped appearing on TV, writing half-baked op-eds, or accepting ginned-up awards created solely to increase his national stature (I recommend lifts as an alternative), he might find time to, you know, actually govern. I mean in public, not in secret.
Joe “No Bullsh*t” Biden All But Declares Bush An Illegitimate President

Joe “No Bullsh*t” Biden All But Declares Bush An Illegitimate President

It is all true, so I'm just going to post this whole Dartagnan diary.
The Biden, unleashed:
In remarks made on Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey in front of an audience of donating (doting?) Democrats, Biden went for the jugular.In a reference to Al Gore, who introduced Biden at the Washington, D.C., event, Biden said, "This man was elected president of the United States of America,"according to the pool report. "But for the good of the nation, when the bad decision, in my view, was made, he did the right thing for the nation," Biden continued.
Biden was just getting warmed up....