US POLITICS: AMERICANS, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR NEW PRESIDENT... SCOTT BROWN!

what on earth is he saying?!

is this English?

lol @ the music in the background

3/5, needs a bit more reverb tbf

i was hoping it was someone's cell phone at first. wtf is it?

who is this guy and what is he saying?

ok who the fuck is this scumbag Ryan

big lol @ his top donor

kinda hoped it was keyboard cat playing off Paul Ryan douche

the Decemberists wanted to give an impromptu show to demonstrate their support for the bill

alright, who voted for Jake Gyllenhaal

OBAMA LOOKS DAZED!

I have a theory about this summit - O knows there are a lot of us who're really super disappointed with him on core issues so he wants to put the other side all in front of the cameras at once to remind us that however pissed we are about getting sold out on abortion & torture & warrantless wiretapping, it's still the case that the others guys all eat shit, with spoons, from bone china they inherited from their shit-eating grandparents

"with spoons."

bone china made from the ground up bones of you and me!!!!

Joe the Beer Wholesaler

bone china made from the ground up bones of you and me

underrated dischord band iirc

Christ, McCain is seriously thinking about running again isn't he

doughnut holes rule

okay, but did obama dodge that representative's specific criticism that the democrats' bills are too costly ("bend the cost curve up")? those are legitimate concerns. are there answers?

tempted to buy some munchkins

http://img-cdn.mediaplex.com/0/13966/devastated_v2_300x250.gif

elves, munchkins, unicorns: ksh is down with all that stuff

i hate those ads.

xp

elves, munchkins, unicorns: ksh is down with all that stuff

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.)

too true

Xavier Becerra is kicking some ass imo

no he's not.

i don't think that's jackass representative's point.

his point is that what's been put before the CBO is rigged, so the scoring is skewered.

you think Cantor carried all that paper to the meeting himself?

no, it isn't I don't think! he's pointing out that Ryan was lying

lol @ the look in the eyes of the woman in the background

I have a theory about this summit -

your theory is correct imho. this is all theater, and O's really good at it

he enjoys it too. i think he wishes he could govern by debate club. "ok, we won on points. so you guys have to vote for our health care bill." if only.

^^^would totally be okay with this, can we rewrite the Constitution now plz

seconded.

this is all theater

it sounds more like "Shoot the Freak" at Coney Island to me

it sounds more like "Shoot the Freak" at Coney Island to me

I lol'd really hard at this & I thank u for it <3 <3

What's the man with the green tie's name?

Bozo

perfect, thanks

And now: King of the Clowns.

holy christ has Boehner gotten this far as a public speaker?

Boehner looks like dudes who used to hang around Cyndi's Adult Books in PDX

good times

say "scrap the bill" one more time, guys...

Through the looking-glass:

an important part of the Democrats’ problem is that Obama himself is their only star, and this format is not working for him. He certainly seems engaged and well informed (even given a few misstatements of fact, at least one of which John Kyl made very clear.) But he doesn’t seem like the President of the United States—more like a slightly cranky committee chairman or a patronizing professor who thinks that saying something is “a legitimate argument” is a way to avoid having an argument. He is diminished by the circumstances, he’s cranky and prickly when challenged, and he’s got no one to help him. The other Democrats around the table have been worse than unimpressive. The Republicans seem genuinely well-prepared, seem to have thought through the question of who should speak about what rather carefully, and several of them have done quite a good job making their case against the Democrats’ approach. If we were to judge by debating points, Republicans certainly won the morning handily.

is that KJL

they are just so beastly!! luckily our boys have carried the day!!

re: med mal reform ad nauseum

hasn't the CBO determined that it might save about 0.5% ?? I guess that's something, but come on guys...

had to stop watching this