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

I'm not watching this btw what was the McCain snap...?

mccain: takes a turn to speak and goes on about stale talking points from last year that aren't really relevant to discussion at hand

obama: the election is over

it's a little depressing but not surprising that the general level of debate doesn't rise above your average political blogging: "do you really think washington knows better?" "do you really not want any regulation at all?" "government takeover!" "evil insurance companies!" "fraud!" "her dead sister's dentures!"

(thought louise slaughter did kick ass tho -- she used to be my rep, <3 her.)

has anyone put together a nice summary of all the preposterous bullshit republicans have said this morning? I'm at work and just want to read the cliff's notes

the Mccain bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPsbV-IvLDU

looool

<3 u Michael Steele stay strong dogg

hahahahaHAAAA

WHAT UP

The monumental bad faith is so obvious.

that's the thing m. white, i don't even think it's bad faith anymore. i think they do believe this shit. i can't find any other explanation for it. it's a whole party made up of hoos' roomate or something.

stupid or crazy, what's the difference

yeah my only misgiving about obama's "look, you guys support lots of government regulation: food, drugs, etc" is that he's way underestimating the number of congressional republicans who would honest to god scrap all that shit if they had the chance. (or maybe he's just ignoring them and talking directly to "the people," but the number of average americans who would reflexively oppose "government regulation" in any given poll is probably depressingly high too.)

"look, you guys support lots of government regulation: food, drugs, etc"

i'm gonna keep repeating this point -- i think this is only an effective argument against people who feel a duty to have some kind of logical consistency at all, and, republican pols are not those people. i don't think a comparison with some other kind of reg has ever occurred to them.

it's probably worth it for the president to demonstrate one more time that republicans ARE either stupid, or crazy, or lying, or ass-backwards, which i guess is the point of this whole charade.

(that said, the paul ryan budget document was kind of interesting, as far as "consistency" goes)

the real audience for this bs seems to be wavering dems, as in: these are the people you think we ought to be working with, and/or, these are the people who are going to be running things if you fuck this up.

but the number of average americans who would reflexively oppose "government regulation" in any given poll is probably depressingly high too.)

I wonder about that, tipsy. It's kind of like all the high--powered business execs I've talked to who are all 'free-trade,small-government' except when it's their industry that stands to benefit from govt assistance or preference.

The real utility of this, is that it will be a motherlode vein of clips and quotes and zings not only for Nov political ads but the interwebs and their culture of zing.

I vote for crazy over simple stupidity or bad faith.

Weren't they supposed to be back by now?

let's get real here, people think "regulation" means forcing people to pay for owl habitats and jobs for crackheads. you try to point out that it means no thumbs in your meat, no viruses in your lettuce, and stairs that don't collapse...

the real audience for this bs seems to be wavering dems, as in: these are the people you think we ought to be working with, and/or, these are the people who are going to be running things if you fuck this up.

maybe. i think the real audience are any and all "persuadable voters," who will appreciate the fact that the president (a) organized this meeting and is, therefore, "searching for bipartisanship," and (b) just himself against the entire group of gop representatives, is a clear cut above them all, and is making them look foolish.

the "persuadable voters" will, in turn, hopefully pressure their congessional representatives to pass -- or at least give them cover to pass -- hcr.

holy lols at Michael Steele

Here we go

Does any persuadable voter of squishy independent even watch cspan or even the news for christ's sake

some do. more will see it rehashed in other formats.

Boehner's face is the fucking stuff of nightmares, he should be in horror movies

i think the real audience are any and all "persuadable voters" congressional aides and staff.

all Camp's & others' "leave it to the states" thing is in this case largely about abortion imo - that's the subtext to a whole lot of this stuff

Boehner's face is the fucking stuff of nightmares, he should be in horror movies

so true. he could also be cast as "boss hogg" if anyone wants to create a new dukes of hazard. cantor could be "roscoe."

a facebook friend's comment from a healthcare discussion there:

I quit a job I loved to take a job with less pay but good health insurance for my whole family. I worked there for a year and ended up going back to my old job because while we had insurance, I didn't make enough money to keep the lights on. 2 medical bankruptcies later my uninsurable husband can't get insurance no matter how much we'd be able to pay.

this kind of thing just breaks my brain. how can we just put up with this stuff?

Love the point that pools are a form of segregation.

lol senators and their extended metaphors.

Love the point that pools are a form of segregation.Love the point that pools are a form of segregation.

I kind of don't

Well doesn't Ned Flanders contend that insurance is a form of gambling?

http://images.appshopper.com/screenshots/294/488907.jpg

Good lookin out wearin a 900 pair of frames to the health care summit, Marsha Blackburn

are those really 900 dollars?

she is so so so terrible

and guys, can we go ahead and assume everyone knows there are "deep philosophical differences" here and skip the whole first 5 min yammering on about them, thx.

are those really 900 dollars?

I sell them for 800 because I am a standup guy & care about my customers' fashion needs but everybody else on the block starts @ 900

man, i could've saved me $100 bucks

minus that "me"

and guys, can we go ahead and assume everyone knows there are "deep philosophical differences" here and skip the whole first 5 min yammering on about them, thx.

― king willie style (will)

looking forward to the debate over the transcendental subject scheduled for 3 PM

LOL here comes fightin' Joe Biden

Biden: "I'm always relectuant to tell everybody what the American people think"

thank you, thank you

lololol

my Nancy Pelosi Crush of Shame continues, purple suit is killin me tbqf

lol @ Biden describing one senator as "a man I have an inordinate amount of respect for"

dude is a gem

what on earth is he saying?!

is this English?