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

what is that site for?

iranian social networking?

INVISIBLY?

tags: us congress, weiner

NOT VERY GOOD AT HIDING DUDE

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:-0

Obviously a FAN-type.

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Wait a sec. Somehow or other I got some santorum on my computer screen. eeech!

the photo was on slate.com, i'm not googling him obvs

don't get drrty, daria

those are some grotesque nipples

did someone post a link to k-lo's hilarious pro-santorum column today

dude is gonna run the most hilarious campaign of the cycle

Even funnier: K-Lo's column responding to Weiner's weiner.

i edited the nipples in
also ned

those are his nipples, i mean. just bigger

lactating does that to nipples

photoshopping ned's nipples in there was a bridge too far imo

I am appalled that you guys refer to some wingnut columnist as K-Lo even tho I don't know who that is

You're appalled that you don't know who she is?

no, fiercely proud of that

I pay no attention to such columnists, Morbs, and I cannot recall ever reading any column by the woman, but just by knocking around ILX I know they're mockingly referring to someone named Kathryn Lopez, who may or may not have a big butt.

Aimless, you sound like you're testifying before a congressional subcommittee.

I will stipulate to these facts, Senator.

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

― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Monday, June 6, 2011 3:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

your dad reallllly doesn't keep up w/ things, krugman is easily one of the most famous economists. written tons of books, his econ work was important before he was a blogger. arguably the most famous living economist?

― iatee, Monday, June 6, 2011 6:06 PM (3 hours ago)

oh yeah no doubt, he's just like a director at a hospital now & his econ degree probably is only somewhat useful, he's pretty much a 'normal'

anyway, if all I read was John Cole and Greenwald I'd laugh myself to death with boredom.

fuckin normals

JUAN COLE xp

Alfred, two politics writers are about all you need, the game is over.

I love baseball but I do not read the guys who write "STATS! All they tell you are FACTS! Gimme the old days when Pete Rose ran to first base on a walk cuz he was a hustlin' white guy who never bet against his own team" etc.

JUAN COLE xp

― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Monday, June 6, 2011

Nope. This guy.

photoshopping ned's nipples in there was a bridge too far imo

...indeed.

just for the record, those are weiner's nipples, enlarged!

man, every time i photoshop nipples i reaaaally regret it!

What was actually going down while people were wasting time thinking about Anthony Weiner's penis. 16 Democrats voted yes: Rep. Jason Altmire (D, PA-04), Rep. Dan Boren (D, OK-02), Rep. Jerry Costello (D, IL-12), Rep. Mark Critz (D, PA-12), Rep. Henry Cuellar (D, TX-28), Rep. Joe Donnelly (D, IN-02), Rep. Tim Holden (D, PA-17), Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D, OH-09), Rep. Dale Kildee (D, MI-05), Rep. Dan Lipinski (D, IL-03), Rep. Jim Matheson (D, UT-02), Rep. Mike McIntyre (D, NC-02), Rep. Colin Peterson (D, MN-07), Rep. Nick Rahall (D, WV-03), Rep. Mike Ross (D, AR-04), and Rep. Heath Shuler (D, NC-11). Not sure what the bill's chances are in the Senate, don't believe the president will veto but if it came to that & he did then I will immediately donate to his reelection campaign, this bill & 95% of the shit going on in reproductive rights this year are a God damned shame.

...and we've got this here little skirmish in Libya too.

did someone post a link to k-lo's hilarious pro-santorum column today

dude is gonna run the most hilarious campaign of the cycle

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, June 7, 2011 1:24 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

oh man I was hoping she'd resurrect the Santorum thing.

Obama says the terrifying words on the debt-ceiling talks: "It's going to require compromises on both sides."

Not sure what the bill's chances are in the Senate, don't believe the president will veto

What makes you say that Obama won't veto? Everything I've read indicates he will. For instance.

jeez, blame the messenger. the public's understanding of economics is totally upside down. i've got no idea what to do about that long term. but something has to be done about unemployment in the short term

― goole, Monday, June 6, 2011 3:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

feeling really depressed about this this morning!

You should be depressed. Public votes against its own interests, (bigger) idiots get elected and do more damage, at best lesser idiots get elected back into office in a few years to clean up some of the mess, while of course perpetuating many of the same mistakes. Because they had popular support, don't you know. I mean, the number of Bush policies Obama has inexcusably extended - from massive tax breaks to unjustified no-end-in-sight military action in middle eastern countries - is depressing, considering he could have taken the opportunity at every turn to at least try and educate the public on the merits of a different approach. Change, if you will.

considering he could have taken the opportunity at every turn to at least try and educate the public

As usual Obama and the Dems have lost the message war--the Republicans have convinced many that the the stimulus was a failure despite stats showing well, it was a partial success. While some economists say it should have been bigger, I have also read some say it should have better targeted, but that Obama let Congress craft it in a selfish I'll help my district way.

Also, good riddance to Chicago economist Goolsbee who just left the White House--he kept advocating to just let the economy and the markets work. He and Geithner's middle of the road policies have not helped Obama look like a leader on the economy. Goolsbee was against helping out the auto industry.

Obama and the Democrats in Congress should be repeating over and over again that a return to Bush economic policies won't work (even if Republicans insist that 3 years into the Obama administration it's no longer valid to blame Bush)

some say it should have better targeted, but that Obama let Congress craft it in a selfish I'll help my district way

^ i agree with this. O had any opportunity to lead right out of the gate, but kind of pussed out imo. and now it's widely viewed as a massive failure.

What makes you say that Obama won't veto? Everything I've read indicates he will. For instance.

would love to be surprised!

One beatiful gift that the GOP has handed the Dems: the Ryan plan is a failure in the eyes of the public. Where are the DNC-funded ads?

in NY - 26

And stubborn David Brooks though is still fighting for the Ryan plan in the NY Times, re-stating it via half-truths so that he can spell out the argument as Republican will drive down Medicare costs via the market while Dems want to try to lessen Medicare costs via a panel of 15 evil federal government bureaucrats, and this won't work and will cause Medicare to fail. I imagine the rest of the Republican world is making or gonna try to make the same argument until they can change the public polls on this. The public originally supported the stimulus plan too.

We'll see if this works:

Senate Democratic leaders are attempting a balancing act on Medicare — by showing openness to containing the program’s ballooning costs but still drawing the line at cutting benefits.

The gambit is aimed at convincing voters that Democrats take the need to reduce the deficit seriously but will protect seniors more than Republicans — a message Democratic leaders think will help them retain their Senate majority against tough odds in 2012.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_134/Democrats-Thread-the-Needle-on-Medicare-206213-1.html

by showing openness to containing the program’s ballooning costs but still drawing the line at cutting benefits.

funny, i think "obamacare" already did this

Republican will drive down Medicare costs via the market

uh

It's David Brooks repeating Republican cliches but he thinks its more than that because he gets to appear on PBS and NPR