US POLITICS SPRING 2011: Let's just call off this country.

And the liberal blog and academic world wants Obama to at least propose something and force the Republicans to knock it down, but Obama's Wall Street leaning econ team thinks its better for him to just say I will cut the deficit differently and slightly less than the Republicans; plus trust me jobs will return.

*section = sector

andrew breitbart hacked anthony weiner's press conference

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1n&tag=watchnow

he just got up at the podium and has been taking questions for 15 minutes

this is bizarrrrrrre

aw it just ended

The starting point for this effort, however, must be the recognition that winning majority support cannot be based on simply repeating the standard arguments of the past. The fact that the public continues to strongly support "jobs" or "job creation" on opinion polls does not mean they still support the post-war Keynesian policies that kept unemployment low in the 1950's and 1960's. No amount of rhetoric - no matter how passionate or theatrical - can make this reality disappear.

this is some Ph.D.-level gabbnebism.

― I-95 Phuck Phace (Eisbaer), Monday, June 6, 2011 3:17 PM (51 minutes ago)

boom

i'm conflicted on humphrey's legacy (i should really read nixonland, this is like the 10th time i've seen it recommended), but i'll always have a soft spot for him - probably the most powerful pharmacist in our history

work has been slow recently so i've found myself reading things i'd usually avoid, but if you want to read something stupid: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/opinion/06douthat.html

douthat gets under my skin for some reason

an actually good op-ed:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/opinion/06krugman.html

side question: how well-known is krugman among normals? i was talking to my dad, a liberal with a graduate degree in economics, a few months ago and his name came up; he wasn't familiar with him

he was in 'get him to the greek'. so.

ha yes

when he concentrates on explicating economic data, Krugman is unimpeachable, but as a liberal icon he's another scarf wearer who doesn't look at the camera when he's in closeup.

Man, this Weiner guy. At least he's completely owning up, but he so should have seen this coming to such an extent that he should have had this presser on day one.

How long until it's revealed that one or more of his recipients is underage?

so, he's on now? Breitbart was an opener?

Oh, he's on. Tragic stuff, but he's not going to pull a Dwyer.

lol I was just looking for some photos of Anthony Weiner's wife Huma Abedin. Amid a bunch of photos of her, there was one of Susanna Hoffs.

"tragic" lol, one of the worst Dem reps from NYC goes down, let's have a party!

as in? he's copping to it? Stewart is gonna be so bummed

Also glad to hear I will be spared in the nuclear holocaust

xpost I meant tragic in the Greek sense, dude.

pretty sure that Khrushchev-Humphrey deal is dead, right now Biden is asking the Chinese to spare Wilmington.

xp

aw crap

such a dipshit for thinking he could lie his way out of this

for real!

hubris

the karmic payback from him doing those phony "outraged progressive" bites on the House floor is sweet

hilarious that breitbart thinks this vindicates him from being something other then a slimy piece of shit

hilarious that breitbart thinks this vindicates him from being something other then a slimy piece of shit

― bnw, Monday, 6 June 2011 20:46 (2 minutes ago)

I'd guess that the fact the story turned out to be true will give Breitbart a lot more influence in American politics. Which is hilarious and really fucking terrifying.

so wait is he resigning? I don't like him and kinda don't really care but whatever

I'm guessing the wife isn't standing next to him? A Hillary lieutenant and a Schumer clone, that was a match made in Republicrat heaven.

so wait is he resigning? I don't like him and kinda don't really care but whatever

― S'cool bro, I only cried a little (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, June 6, 2011 8:53 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

No he's not and will run for reelection.

i think weinerslav is useful when it comes to big-issue US politics yelling stuff

Just a minor lol in this thing. A couple of VERY low level conservo blogs I've stumbled across have been using this photo for Weiner's wife Huma Abedin.
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/253826_10150619463410066_882680065_18779607_6289002_n.jpg
The problem being that isn't a photo of Huma Abedin. It's Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles.

his "rising star" phase is done, good 'nuff for now.

Useful for some clips on those shows hardly anyone watches, yes. Hasn't changed jack.

Oh, I guess I already mentioned that upthread. short term memory loss must be a symptom of something.

hero takes a fall

will never understand how grown guys in public positions think they're the one guy who can just g'head and send noodz of themselves to strangers and not get caught, I have sympathy for some of the lamest dumbasses anywhere but seriously pol dudes this one's easy. DON'T DO SHIT THAT WOULD EMBARRASS YOU IF YOU GOT CAUGHT, the end

Useful for some clips on those shows hardly anyone watches, yes. Hasn't changed jack.

― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Monday, June 6, 2011 9:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

otm

This ought to do wonders for Ant's favor among ultra-Orthodox family-values voters

will never understand how grown guys in public positions think they're the one guy who can just g'head and send noodz of themselves to strangers and not get caught, I have sympathy for some of the lamest dumbasses anywhere but seriously pol dudes this one's easy. DON'T DO SHIT THAT WOULD EMBARRASS YOU IF YOU GOT CAUGHT, the end

Lol OTM

Level of sympathy = 0

who will yell at Megyn Kelly in the afternoons now?

xp: (signed, a dude who allowed his college roommate take a nude picture of him and send it to roommate's cybergirlfriend in SC back in 1993)

Wasn't it called the information superhighway then?

I think you need to expand on this story a bit, DJP

Expand, you say.

It will swell out of proportion.

it's a very sensitive area

sharing junkpix are the new Oval Office hoovers, just apologize and voila