GOP’s relentless war on the poor and middle class continues to impress

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How many times have you heard some broke-ass teabagger quote this gem from memory?... "Almost 70 percent of the federal revenue is provided by the top 10 percent of taxpayers now. Between 45 percent and 50 percent of Americans pay no income tax at all." While we all know the trick, and we clearly see the clumsy slight of hand switcharoo mid-statement from "federal revenue" to "no income tax", this zombie economic lie goes on and on. How often have you heard the GOP leadership take the high ground when it comes to protecting America's wealthy from the rapacious greed of the nation's poor? Here is Mitch McConnell on the topic:
(CBS News) The United States tax code favors lower income Americans too much already and should be restructured to make it fairer to upper income earners, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said.
WTF? ...

The Georgetown bin Laden

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Joe Hurley:
Last week, Councilman Vance Phillips was the victim of a bin Laden attack. The terminology which will always live in American ignomy, refers to a spineless coward who sits in the darkness, and deliberately, and gleefully, inflicts pain on innocents in order to accomplish his deranged agenda. Pakistan had its bin Laden. Sussex County has one as well. ...

Cohen quotes the actual letter & Phillips’ attorney fires shot across Christopher’s bow

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These are the first direct quotes from the letter that I've seen. (Is the full text available online anywhere?)
"This letter is written to inform Delaware elected officials, elected by the people I might add, of the situation that began in 2010 and may still be ongoing today involving Sussex County Councilman Vance Phillips of the 5th District and an under aged girl," it began. ...

Spot the Journalistic Fallacy

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We've had a decade of living with the havoc wrought by a radicalized GOP and an utterly impotent Democratic Party, and the press still has serious problems reporting on the modern two-party system. See if you can spot the fallacious thinking embedded in the premise of this TPM front pager.
Hard-Right Base Gives GOP Hell On ‘Obamacare’ And Taxes After spending President Obama’s first term emboldening the most ideologically intense elements of the conservative movement, elected Republicans are now finding themselves in a box on critical issues like health care and taxes with limited options to avert national crises.

Sam Latham’s defense of KWS makes labor look bad

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At a time when Americans approval of labor unions is reaching a record low, this quote from Latham seems to crystallize the criticism people have for labor.
"She's the only incumbent who wasn't endorsed. She's the only female statewide official. I think it's a travesty. What does it say about the Democratic Party, the party of diversity, the party of inclusion?" said Sam Lathem, the state AFL-CIO president with Democratic clout. (grapevine)
So basically... she is an insider who, even though she stinks at her job, should keep her getting a paycheck because in addition to being an insider, she is also a woman. With friends like Latham, does labor need any enemies?

Kowalko & Jaques to file “Single-Payer” health care bill

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This is El Somanbulo's territory. All I know is what I read in press releases.
State Representatives John Kowalko (25thDistrict) and Earl Jaques (27th District) announced they have filed HB 392, legislation that will provide Health Care coverage to all Delaware residents. The legislation will provide universal health care coverage access through a system that will reduce administrative costs by minimizing and centralizing the current system that requires multiple payment forms and consists of medical decisions being rendered by insurance company bureaucrats with no medical background.

Time for a new DelawareLiberal.Net radio spot?

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For those who may not remember, back in May of 2007, the DelawareLiberal community wrote and raised a few bucks to air this radio spot. (click on the top link) I love the copy on that one. I loved sticking it to Mike Castle, George Bush and I especially the tag line: "At DelawareLiberal we haven't figured out how to make money. But we know how to make change!" Now, I know that there are no Sheldon Adelsons in our midst, so this is a small scale, probably low impact campaign. But I still think that it makes sense to remind the broader community that this is the place to be if you follow local and national politics.

What’s With the Romney Antics ?

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Posting hecklers to disrupt Axlerod's press conference. Driving a bus around and honking a horn outside of Presidential speech? Is it just oddball behavior? Probably not according to Josh Marshall. It all seems part of Romney's plan to appeal to the Gingrich/Santorum fringe of the party that wants a bad ass.