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

the coveted postmodern demographic will be pleased

Obama is endorsing that bait and switch gang of 6 plan that gets rid of some deductions for the rich while lowering their rates, at the same time it cuts social security and medicare.

he pisses off enough of the Democratic base to the point where they stay home on Election Day and we get President Romney

On the bright side, not much of a CHANGE.

^This.

Different base, tho

Plus, it would likely mean no more Rowe v Wade

And not even watered-down health care as Romney has renounced his past...and not even watered down, wink wink financial regulation as Romney doesn't like Frank-Dodd. And he might sign off on getting rid of the EPA if the Republicans get the Senate.

But yep not much change on cutting Social Security and Medicare or going after whistleblowers.

x-post --Roe

Or military spending

And he might sign off on getting rid of the EPA if the Republicans get the Senate.

sadly, other than huntsman, Romney is probably the most "pro-environment" republican candidate.

"sadly" because yeah, he's already been walking back his statements on climate change from a few years ago. but at least he made them in the first place.

but at least he made them in the first place.

do you say this about Obama too

haha, no, but obama's not running in a primary against a bunch of people that are actively trying to destroy the climate for the next 1000 years

IMHO, if we can't trust a "Democratic" President to stand up for Social Security and Medicare then we can't trust him to stand up for Roe v. Wade, the EPA, financial reform (such as it is), or any other liberal honeypot.

(actually, MAYBE Obama will stand up for Roe v. Wade ... God forbid some Goldman Sachs' daughter gets knocked up by some Williamsburg hipster douchebag and can't safely abort the kid.)

as for my earlier post about Obama being rolled in a "rope-a-dope" ... of course lotsa GOPers are batshit crazy or dumb enough to believe their own BS about the debt ceiling (see Cantor). however, the ones who really matter (McConnell and Bohner, plus Romney et. al.) know what even the whiff of a default can do.

i understand you, it just looks to me like those guys are really alone these days. they aren't the only ones who 'really matter'

(actually, MAYBE Obama will stand up for Roe v. Wade ... God forbid some Goldman Sachs' daughter gets knocked up by some Williamsburg hipster douchebag and can't safely abort the kid.)

i think someone in those circumstances could get a safe termination. sorta still clinging to 'america is a civilised country & could not repeal abortion rights', really, even alongside every other inside baseball tactical argument.

boehner seems to have spent the last couple weeks proving that he doesnt really matter at all

isn't that a thing, now, that they do not have a leader, and are just a fleshy collection of useless guys

I wonder how much Boehner hates Cantor

A lot! Boehner, remember, has sucked on cigarettes on Congress' back porch since the nineties. His remarks and behavior (as chronicled in newspapers; who knows what really happened) suggest he really didn't mind sharing credit with Bam as the cutter of a Grand Bargain.

One of my best buddies met Boehner once, just after the 2008 elections. While my friend was getting color and reaction quotes at the Democratic Club in DC, Boehner walks in, a little drunk, and orders a round for everyone, whereupon he says within earshot of my friend that "you guys" ran "one fucking great campaign." The guy's a bro, just not a bright one.

Boehner hates me because like all Republicans, he can't do the math.

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/BigPictures/Cantor.jpeg

ha that's a great anecdote alfred

so, yeah, all those stories that hack journalists share about the good old days of Reagan and Tip O'Neill telling jokes and sipping champagne are concealing the truth about how things really haven't changed.

Broehner

My buddy stepped outside for a cigarette, then realized he was out. Boehner and one of his aides happened to be outside too, and my buddy's like, "Man, do I need a cigarette so badly that I need to bum one off John fucking Boehner?" Apparently the Minority Leader noticed his discomfort, and offered him the whole pack.

Boehner's voice sounds like he has multiple packs of cigarettes at his disposal at any time

The senior senator of tobacco

congressman, that is

this is killing me

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0711/Allen_West_tirade_WassermanSchultz_viledespicablenot_a_Lady.html

From: Z112 West, Allen
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 04:48 PM
To: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Cc: McCarthy, Kevin; Blyth, Jonathan; Pelosi, Nancy; Cantor, Eric
Subject: Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman-Schultz

Look, Debbie, I understand that after I departed the House floor you directed your floor speech comments directly towards me. Let me make myself perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I am happy to oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional ,and despicable member of the US House of Representatives. If you have something to say to me, stop being a coward and say it to my face, otherwise, shut the heck up. Focus on your own congressional district!

I am bringing your actions today to our Majority Leader and Majority Whip and from this time forward, understand that I shall defend myself forthright against your heinous characterless behavior……which dates back to the disgusting protest you ordered at my campaign hqs, October 2010 in Deerfield Beach.

You have proven repeatedly that you are not a Lady, therefore, shall not be afforded due respect from me!

Steadfast and Loyal

Congressman Allen B West (R-FL)

he keeps it REAL

Their districts are a hair's breath away from each other, by the way.

Didn't realize the 'cut/cap' measure the House passed actually includes a stipulation that any future tax increase will require a two-thirds majority vote in both houses!!!

yep it was a pretty ridiculous piece of legislation

wait, stop, is that seriously an actual letter composed by a US Congressman and not a Facebook status update?

this really is not going to end well is it?

apparently mullah omar is dead

http://twitter.com/#!/jeremyscahill/status/93504797881278465

or it could be a hack, who really knows

Scahill is no hack

haha

seems that taliban's website was hacked

apparently mullah omar is dead

― tupac, bach (J0rdan S.),

woah at first I read that as King Abdullah for some unknown (ethnocentric) reason and was totally bummed out. then I reread it and I am no longer bummed out, heh.

i'm not mad

hoos will you fucking chill

soon as i sober up

"Cc: McCarthy, Kevin; Blyth, Jonathan; Pelosi, Nancy; Cantor, Eric"

shut the heck up

Didn't realize the 'cut/cap' measure the House passed actually includes a stipulation that any future tax increase will require a two-thirds majority vote in both houses!!!

This is some devastating fucking news. Now we slide faster towards the Oligarchy Singularity.