"Some people in Connecticut are upset that Joe [Lieberman] now opposes the public option. Namely, the 64% of people in Connecticut who support a public option. But remember, Joe's party is 'Connecticut for Lieberman,' not 'Lieberman for Connecticut.' Big difference. You see, Joe's a true independent. He's independent of political parties, and he's independent of his constituents. I say, stick to your principles, Joe. And as soon as you can, let us know what those are."Who likes this guy? Seriously, who likes this weasel? Buyers' remorse in CT in full effect. I feel for you Ned Lamont.
-- Stephen Colbert
"If I Wanted To Crush 'Em, I Could" - Levi JohnstonGoober on goober violence or When Goobers Attack. Losing the public battle with a unwed father and high school drop-out. That's the GOP for you.
"She was just a normal kid, she wasn't some fat, dumb, Mormon fuckface who should have drank herself to death when she had the chance. She was so beautiful, she didn't even have little pig eyes"Nothing worse than Glenn Beck outliving your child.
Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi stars in this most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking documentary.Reviews seemed mixed. The facts remain: Bush was Worst. President. Ever.
"I would not be doing what I'm doing unless I'm very confident that under the law he's guilty of murder and should be prosecuted," Bugliosi says in the documentary trailer. "Unless this nation is about to be attacked, you don't go to war without telling the people whose sons and daughters are going to die in a foreign land why you're doing to do it."
"Those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention & are likely to say and do anything for even more attention."What a complete selfish moral blank. Her lazy cynicism and sneering hypocrisy encapsulates everything wrong with her conservative generation. Her trust factor is zero.
-- Sarah Palin on Levi Johnston's plan to pose nude in Playgirl
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"Americans by 51-37 percent in this latest ABC News/Washington Post poll say they’d rather see a plan pass Congress without Republican support, if it includes a public option based on affordability, than with Republican backing but no such element."Republicans need to get out of the way. The old way of "divide and conquer" fear politics is over. You tried it, you failed. This is not a race to the bottom.
The House reform bill passes the CBO with flying colors. Not only does the bill qualify below the president's $900 billion price tag, but it also reduces the federal budget deficit by $104 billion over ten years, according to the official word from the CBO. That's better than the Senate Finance bill which only reduced the deficit by $81 billion.It's also worth mentioning that a "robust" public option would've made for a cheaper bill.
"Tea Party" activists tried to organize a "flash mob" to protest at the Capitol this morning, when House Democrats unveiled their health care reform bill. By most estimates, about 10 right-wing activists showed up.What are the chances this Grandmother is on some form of government-run health care?
One Northern Virginia Teabagger, Joann Abbott, a grandmother, said, "If this is organized, we suck."
"It’s hard to do the calculation precisely, but for the cost of 40,000 troops over a few years — well, we could just about turn every Afghan into a Ph.D." -- Nicholas KristofThe butter versus bullets scenario of how to occupy another country is teaching us again and again, people need something to live for that the military can't supply. Not to say they are our next big trade partner, but stability in that region means something to the world.
"In short, there is still vast scope for greater investment in education, health and agriculture in Afghanistan. These are extraordinarily cheap and have a better record at stabilizing societies than military solutions, which, in fact, have a pretty dismal record."And if someone does not educate these people, the hateful fundamentalist groups will. Denying the importance of education is guaranteeing the next generation of opposition. The Islamic Wahhabi extremists offer scholarships for the best pupils to study abroad before returning to become leaders of their communities. How do you counter that?
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"As some Republican senators have said publicly -- that if we kill Obama on this, and we destroy this, and we defeat his, that will drive a stake through his political heart on this administration. I just find that about as irresponsible of a thing as I can think of."This kind of stuff happens, you try to weaken your opponent, but usually there is an alternative position, not just the baseless attacks and fearmongering. Just goes to show how Conservatives stay on message no matter the popular opinion or facts. Just keep repeating the same BS.
-- Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), quoted by The Hill, on the health care reform efforts.
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"I feel that I’m in an alternative universe. For eight years some people called anyone who disagreed with the President’s foreign policy or war in Iraq unpatriotic. Then in the course of two weeks, those same people cheer when the United States does not get selected for the Olympics and boo when our President is the unanimous choice for the Nobel Peace Prize."-- Sen. Claire McCaskillGlad that someone in middle America Missouri is keeping it real. The Bush legacy of divisive politics will take some time getting over. The calm, coolness of Obama is not what immediately attracts the opposition, but over time, they will see that the President is not the boogie man they want him to be.
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population." -- The Nobel Committee
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