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Right Wing Freak Out Over Melissa Harris Perry’s Comments Children Have Right to Decent Housing and Education

April 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The right wing freak out MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry’s so-called Communist views continues. This time Harris-Perry is back with another promo saying, “Americans will always want some level of inequality, because it’s a representation of meritocracy,” and generously allows that “People who work hard and sacrifice and save their money and make major contributions — we think that they should earn a little more.”

There’s more – “But we also, however, have to have a floor under which nobody falls. And if you’re below that – especially if you’re a child and you’re below that – we are not going to accept that. You do have the the right to health care, and to education, and to decent housing and to quality food at all times.”

This latest Communist statement will clog up the news cycle for days, with the usual chorus of Haterade drinkers ranting how dare she give a sh*t about the little people.

Watch Melissa Harris Perry rile the right wing:

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Chelsea Clinton Opens Door for Political Run, Would Run If She Could Make ‘Meaningful’ Impact on Country

April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Chelsea Clinton Opens Door for Political Run, Would Run If She Could Make ‘Meaningful’ Impact on Country. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Chelsea Clinton opens the door to political office, saying she would run for office if she could make a “meaningful” impact on the country.  She made the comments during an interview on NBC’s “Today.” She works as a special correspondent for the network. Chelsea Clinton also talked about her mother, Hillary Clinton’s possible 2016 presidential run, saying, “As a daughter, I very much want her to make the right choice for herself. I know that will be the right choice for our country, and I’ll support her in whatever she chooses to do.”

“Right now, I’m grateful to live in a city and a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor, my governor, my president and my senators and my representative,” Clinton, who lives in New York City, said on NBC’s “Today.” “If at some point that weren’t true and I thought I could make a meaningful and measurably greater impact, you know, I’d have to ask and answer that question.” Source

Chelsea Clinton Opens Door for Political Run, Would Run If She Could Make Meaningful Impact on Country
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Hey Michele Bachmann, George W. Bush is Most Expensive Ex-President with Over $1.3M

March 26, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Hey Michele Bachmann, George W. Bush is Most Expensive Ex-President with Over $1.3M (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)

As Rep. Michele Bachmann continues to spew lies about President Obama’s ‘lavish lifestyle’ at the taxpayers’ expense (four personal chefs and a dog walker for Bo), Politico reports that former president George W. Bush is the most expensive ex-president.

According to Politico, ”The costliest former president? George W. Bush, who clocked in at just over $1.3 million. That includes almost $400,000 for 8,000 square feet of office space and $85,000 in telephone costs.’

That’s a big chunk of the ”the nearly $3.7 million on former presidents last year” by the federal government. “That covers a $200,000 pension, compensation and benefits for office staff, and other costs like travel, office space and postage.”

Um, imagine how much of our taxpayer dollars was spent when he was president. Add the Iraq War to that as well, since he took us into war on a lie. All that is lost on the right wing, including Michele Bachmann, who should be worried about her ethics investigation.

Hey Michele Bachmann, George W. Bush is Most Expensive Ex President with Over $1.3M
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Sen. Rand Paul: President Obama, George W. Bush Could Have Been Jailed for Drug Use

March 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and said that President Obama and former President George W. Bush could have “conceivably been put in jail” for using drugs.

Sen. Paul said: “Look, the last two presidents could have conceivably been put in jail for their drug use and I really think – look what would’ve happened, it would’ve ruined their lives. They got lucky. But a lot of poor kids, particularly in the inner city, don’t get lucky and they don’t have good attorneys and they go to jail for some of these things and I think it’s a big mistake.”

Um, I think he forgot former President Bill Clinton, but as host Chris Wallace said, ”Actually, I think it would be the last three presidents, but who’s counting?”

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RNC Growth Opportunity Project Calls For Outreach to Black and Hispanic Communities

March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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RNC Growth Opportunity Project Calls For Outreach to Black and Hispanic Communities (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Republican National Committee released an ambitious set of recommendations aimed at revitalizing the party following a shellacking in last November’s elections, calling for sweeping changes to the party’s infrastructure, outreach and nominating process aimed at the 2016 presidential election, NBC News reports.

The report ”calls for drastic changes to almost every major element of the modern Republican Party.”

Wall Street Journal characterizes the report as a “scathing self-analysis” that “describes the party as ideologically ossified, unable to speak to a wider electorate and increasingly seen as representing the rich and the old.”

This outreach is well needed but the party has to realize that they can’t allow rogue voices to denigrate blacks, Asians, Latinos, the gay community and women without the leadership disavowing such ugly and racist rhetoric. People like Rush Limbaugh, Donald Trump, Ted Nugent, Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter can’t be the standard-bearers for the party or their ambitious “Growth Opportunity Project” will be a joke.

The Republican Party has shown that it could care less about the 47 percent of Americans Mitt Romney deemed as deadbeats. They would certainly feel no qualms about pulling the rug out from under the millions of Americans struggling to find gainful employment and those struggling to stay in their homes with underwater mortgages. Better yet, they really care about the top one percent of Americans.  You can’t kick a man while he’s down and expect him to run to you with open arms on election day.

Excuse me for being cynical, but Reince Priebus can unveil all the outreach projects he wants, unless the Republican Party changes the very essence of its existence, a Republican president won’t be heading to the White House in 2016 or 2020. Demographics aren’t on their side and they rich, old white right wing evangelicals who call the shots just don’t get it. As then candidate Barack Obama said on the campaign trail in 2008, “if you put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig.” Um, no matter how Reince Priebus tries to mask the stench coming from the Republican Party, it still stinks the world over.

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RNC Growth Opportunity Project Calls For Outreach to Black and Hispanic Communities
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President Obama on Justification of Drone Program: “I Am No Dick Cheney on Drones”

March 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
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President Obama on Justification of Drone Program:  ”I Am No Dick Cheney” (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)

President Obama reportedly said he was “no Dick Cheney on drones” during his visit on Capitol Hill with House Democrats. Um, the right wing is now in freak-out mode as though Dick Cheney was ever anyone to emulate. He was proud of the interrogation techniques used by the Bush Administration, including waterboarding. He reportedly made the remark when confronted by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) over his administration’s refusal to show congressional intelligence committees memos from the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel justifying the use of lethal force against American terror suspects abroad, Politico reports.

In response to Rockefeller’s critique, Obama said he’s not involved in drafting such memos, the senators told POLITICO. He also tried to assure his former colleagues that his administration is more open to oversight than that of President George W. Bush, whom many Democratic senators attacked for secrecy and for expanding executive power in the national security realm.

“This is not Dick Cheney we’re talking about here,” he said, according to Democratic senators who asked not to be named discussing the private meeting.

Two Obama administration officials, who asked not to be named, confirmed Rockefeller raised the drone oversight issue with the president at the session. The White House had no comment on Obama’s alleged reference to the former vice president.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller was absolutely right to confront President Obama on the drone program, but the problem I have is why the Dick  Cheney remark was leaked in the first place. You see, this is the reason why I am no longer a Democrat — they don’t stick together. President Obama’s excuse is insulting on so many levels. Tit for tat, right? Come on Mr. President, you are beginning to sound a lot like Dick Cheney.  His comment makes Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster look smart.

President Obama on Justification of Drone Program: I Am No Dick Cheney on Drones
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Reportedly Considering 2016 Presidential Bid

February 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Reportedly Considering 2016 Presidential Bid (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Oh no, say it ain’t so — there is word that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is considering a run for the U.S. presidency. Um, can we say bad idea? Lloyd Grove reports that Emanuel  ”is said by well-connected Democrats to be considering the idea of running for president if Hillary Clinton opts out of the 2016 race.”

“The 53-year-old Emanuel, who is busy raising money for his 2015 reelection campaign in the Windy City, has had discussions both over the phone and face to face in the past month with Democratic Party donors and fundraisers about a possible White House run, according to sources.”

The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former Chief of Staff, was “was scrambling to throw cold water” on the bit of news.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Reportedly Considering 2016 Presidential Bid
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Mother Jones: ‘Massive New Plan’ by Liberals to Remake American Politics Uncovered

January 9, 2013 by 2 Comments


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Mother Jones:  ’Massive New Plan’ by Liberals to Remake American Politics Uncovered(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mother Jones reports that one month after President Obama won reelection, “top brass from three dozen of the most powerful groups in liberal politics met at the headquarters of the National Education Association, a few blocks north of the White House” with ambitious plans to remake American politics. This is the kind of news that will have conservatives foaming at the mouth.

“At the end of the day, many of the attendees closed with a pledge of money and staff resources to build a national, coordinated campaign around three goals: getting big money out of politics, expanding the voting rolls while fighting voter ID laws, and rewriting Senate rules to curb the use of the filibuster to block legislation. The groups in attendance pledged a total of millions of dollars and dozens of organizers to form a united front on these issues–potentially, a coalition of a kind rarely seen in liberal politics, where squabbling is common and a stay-in-your-lane attitude often prevails.”

Mother Jones: Massive New Plan by Liberals to Remake American Politics Uncovered
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NBC News Reporter Robert Bazell Raises Questions Hillary Clinton Blood Clot May Not Be Related to Concussion

December 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Despite an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton releasing a statement saying she is hospitalized due to a blood clot stemming from a concussion, the questions continue to swirl. Why hasn’t a statement been released by the New York Presbyterian Hospital?

The top science reporter for NBC News raised questions Monday about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s hospitalization, raising the possibility the blood clot causing isn’t linked to an earlier concussion.“It’s not exactly clear what is happening with Secretary Clinton’s health,” NBC News chief science and health correspondent Robert Bazell said.

“All we have is a statement from her office. The hospital isn’t saying anything and the statement from her [office] says that she had this blood clot that stemmed from the concussion and she’s being treated with blood-thinning drugs,” Bazell continued. “The problem is that usually when blood clots come from concussions, they can’t be treated with blood [thinners.] So either it’s not really related to the concussion and she’s got a blood clot in her leg or something, or there’s something else going on that we’re not being told. And right now, we’re just sort of seeking that clarification and hoping for the best as she’s being observed.” Source: Politico

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M-Word: Rep. Hank Johnson Apologizes for Using the Word “Midget” on House Floor

December 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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M-Word:  Rep. Hank Johnson Apologizes for Using the Word “Midget” on House Floor. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

So now we have the m-word? Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) learned the hard way that calling someone a “midget” wasn’t politically correct in 2012 and he has since apologized.

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) today apologized for using what he terms “the m-word” during a speech the previous evening.

What is this shocking term? Midget.

The Georgia Democrat used the word — offensive to some, who prefer the term “little people” to describe those with dwarfism, he noted today — in a metaphor about the Michigan labor situation in which he made a point about an unfair matchup. “What happens when you put a giant with a midget in a cage fight?” he asked rhetorically.

Today, he said he has since learned that the language is “no longer socially acceptable,” much like the “n-word,” which he said used to be widely used but is no longer. “It was out of ignorance, not spite or hatred,” he said. “I will never use that term again.”

He called it a “learning moment.” Source

M Word: Rep. Hank Johnson Apologizes for Using the Word Midget on House Floor
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