I see President Obama going on Fallon and I think about Mitt Romney trying to slow jam the news, and I am reminded that at some point, personal charisma (or complete lack thereof) is going to be an issue in this campaign.
- The wisdom of age. (Gin and Tacos) Once again, everyone that responded negatively to my comment in last Friday’s Generational War post can kiss my special snowflake Millennial ass. Right there, right on the meat. Not only that, but I’m gonna run every article I can find about how my generation is being colossally screwed over by our forebears, every opportunity I get.
- The Supreme Court is considering SB1070, the controversial Arizona Immigration Law. (Huffington Post) This is one of those “Are you fucking kidding me? Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.” kind of cases that the Supreme Court would be utterly nutso to rule for. Then again, I’ve said the same thing about Citizens United and Obamacare, so we’ll see what happens.
- House GOP Divide Holds Up Highway Projects (Huffington Post) And this is exactly where the rubber meets the road; House GOP obstructionism is now killing members of the House GOP when they can’t demonstrate they’ve done anything.
- Russell Pearce: I “Absolutely” Believe Romney Called SB1070 A “Model” (Huffington Post) Sure, a model for “How to hand another minority group over to the Democrats for twenty years.”
- Pennsylvania Primary: Blue Dog Democrats Lose Seats (Huffington Post) Of course they do, because Democratic voters are starting to wise up to the fact that Blue Dogs are just Republicans who aren’t batshit crazy, and want real, honest to God progressives instead. If we’re only gonna have two parties in this country, I’d like our choices for candidates to be better than “Batshit Crazy” and “The Political Equivalent of Toast”. Charles P. Pierce echoes my sentiments.
- Ready For The Fight: Rolling Stone Interview with Barack Obama (Rolling Stone) Good interview with the President.
- GOP backed into a corner on student loans? (Washington Post) Any halfway decent political party would hammer the GOP every time they stepped in the proverbial “it” until they caved and begged for mercy. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party is many things, but halfway decent isn’t one of them.
- Leveson Inquiry – Rupert Murdoch Testimony Liveblog (The Guardian) Worth following along.
- If you really wanted to honor your heritage you shoulda made a prom dress out of a teevee. (Doghouse Riley) The First Amendment does not guarantee you the right to be a dumbass.
- Jon Corzine is the original George Zimmerman (Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone) Please. If we treated financial crimes the same way we did capital crimes, half of Wall Street would be cooling in Otisville, Sing-Sing, or Riker’s Island.
- The Kathleen Parker Doctrine (Charles P. Pierce – Esquire) In which the most PR-deaf Presidential Administration gives advice to perhaps the most PR-savvy Presidential Administration in recent history.
- Limbaugh returns to attacking Sandra Fluke, This Time For Supporting Student Loan Reform (Media Matters) Because this was a real winner for Rush last time. Is his goal to become the first person to be toxic enough to be dropped by AshleyMadison.com?
- Mitt Romney’s Gay Spokesman: A Milestone in Republican Politics (The Atlantic) No, a milestone would be Mitt Romney telling the Right to go fuck itself and going full bore in on Gay Marriage. This isn’t even news.
- Republicans politicize Secret Service, GSA scandals (TPM) I think Karl Rove is one of the twenty five worst people in the history of the United States, but he knows politics. When he says something is a complete and utter loser of an issue for his own party, it’s probably a complete and utter loser of an issue for his own party.
- Thune: Senate Republicans might escalate government shutdown fight (TPM) Fuck me, not this bullshit again. Every time the GOP threatens to shut down the government, they get absolutely HAMMERED in the polls. Shutting down the government, right before the Election, would be a guaranteed way to get fucked in the ass by the electorate.
- Notre Dame professors call for Bishop to apologize or resign from Notre Dame board for comparing Obama to Hitler (ThinkProgress) Oh, those silly Ivory Tower intellectuals and their deeply held beliefs. Don’t they know that reason and accountability have no place in the Catholic Church or Related Institutions?
- More Americans believe in Witchcraft than Agree with Citizens United (ThinkProgress) So wait, if I throw a SuperPAC in a lake, and it floats, does that mean it’s a witch?
- Media jump on idea that Social Security is going bankrupt, ignore easy way to ensure it’s future. (ThinkProgress) Yeah, good luck finding me anyone that wants to raise the Social Security income cap. It’s the best idea in Washington no one wants anything to do with.
- GOP nominee running for Gabby Giffords’ seat says health care is a “Privilege you earn”, not a right. (ThinkProgress) There’s an ER about a quarter mile from where I”m sitting right now. I’d like this guy to go in there and explain to the kid with a broken arm and no health insurance how health care is a “privilege”, not a right, and see if he makes it out of there alive before the nurses beat him to death.
- 8 reasons why Mitt Romney is more right wing than George W. Bush (ThinkProgress) Because George W. Bush couldn’t win a Republican Primary today running on a “Compassionate Conservative” platform?
- Pat Robertson: Homosexuality is an abomination, but anti-gay bullying is wrong. (ThinkProgress) Here’s a thought: STOP CALLING HOMOSEXUALITY AN ABOMINATION.
