Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Fox News Makes Fools Out Of MSM Again
One story that the MSM has been very enamored of this year is the Obama administration vs. Fox News. The administration (rightly IMO) has accused Fox of being biased. The MSM has circled the wagons in defending Fox and going as far as saying Fox = MSNBC (someone please remind me at what time Fox […]
Beau Biden – The Long Tease
Those of us who were hoping for a big announcement from Beau Biden at last night’s Jefferson Jackson dinner walked away disappointed. The conditions were perfect for an announcement – the party base was there, huge media coverage and a former president spoke. Still, no announcement. Let’s look at the evidence: Menendez from the DSCC […]
Live From The Jefferson Jackson Dinner!
Follow our live tweets from Liberal Geek, Unstable Isotope, Mike Matthews, and Nemski. Click here and here. We’re live at the Jefferson Jackson dinner. Still waiting for the main event to start. We’re eating chicken and are only allowed to drink red wine for free. (Is someone complaining?) Your humble bloggers are successfully able to […]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday, but not just any old Tuesday. It’s Jefferson Jackson Tuesday. It’s freaking Bill Clinton Tuesday! I’m beside myself with excitement for tonights event. So let’s get started threading. I found this Politico article interesting. You might call it a moment of duh, but it is discussing the GOP’s “woman problem.” Ya think? But […]
Another Dispatch From The GOP Braintrust
This is probably what you would consider a classic political gaffe: It’s been a couple of weeks since the RNC’s Michael Steele said something foolish and had to walk it back, so I suppose we were due for another gem. Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele, who is known for making controversial statements, on […]
When Your Name Becomes A Verb
The Washington Post has a profile on unsuccessful Republican House candidate Dede Scozzafava and the fallout from the unusual race for NY-23. Even as she now hopes to return to her normal life of local politics, laundry and choir practice for next month’s big performance of Bach’s Christmas Cantatas, the political forces that swept her […]
Advice For Blanche Lincoln: Go Big Or Go Home
Blanche Lincoln is one of the worst weak-kneed ConservaDems in the Senate. She’s voted against the public option and seems to be following the losing Creigh Deeds strategy – pretend to be a Republican. Why would people vote for a Democrat if they want a Republican? Steve Benen has similar advice: If I were a […]
Monday Open Thread
It’s Monday and I still have a bit of a high from Saturday’s passage of the historic health care reform bill. As someone said on Twitter, they’ve never seen so many people watching C-SPAN and tweeting on a Saturday night. Speaking of health care reform – Josh Marshall is very optimistic: There are many events […]
Those Contributions Are Fungible
Are you aware of the logic of the Stupak amendment? John Aravosis explains: The House passed the anti-choice Stupak amendment last night. Basically, the amendment stops any government money from funding insurance plans that cover abortions. The twisted logic being that any money connected to any insurance company covering abortions is “abortion money,” i.e., profits […]
Sometimes I Despair For Humanity
Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel issued a statement condemning the use of Dauchau in a protest sign at the Thursday Bachmann tea party protest: Not much room for discussing who saw which sign in this statement from the Elie Wiesel Foundation: Elie Wiesel on the GOP Tea Party’s anti-Semitism and Holocaust comparisons: “This […]
House Health Care Reform Voting Begins At 9:30 – UPDATE – Bill Passes 220-215
If you’ve been following the news today, you probably know that the House health care reform bill, H.R. 3962 is coming to a vote tonight, probably around 9:30 PM. If you’ve been following (watch at C-SPAN) you probably know that there’s been hours worth of braindead commercial-worthy moments. One of the worst was the group […]
Weekend Open Thread
Well, it’s the weekend and it’s open thread time! Whoopeee! Anything exciting going on this weekend? I have to go shoe shopping. I know you’re all jealous. So let’s get started. I found this really interesting (via Eschaton): John S. Reed, who helped engineer the merger that created Citigroup Inc., apologized for his role in […]
Anti-Abortion Democrats Betraying Women Once Again
Conservatives say they want to get government out of our lives and don’t want “government bureaucrats” standing in the way of the relationship between doctors and patients. Unless, of course, you’re a woman then the pregnancy-is-punishment lobby is only too happy to tell you what to do. Democratic leaders in the House have caved to […]
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