Andrew Breitbart got a special surprise at CPAC this weekend: Blogger Andrew Breitbart has been sued by former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod who contends her reputation was damaged by Breitbart’s posting last year of an edited video. The New York Times reports today Breitbart was served with the lawsuit at CPAC Saturday. Sherrod […]
Apparently Fred Phelps and his ilk of hate mongering minions don’t like anything, comic books included. That’s why it’s no surprise that they showed up at an annual convention of comic book enthusiasts to protest the event: But the comic fans, or as some may call them “nerds”, didn’t sit down and take it. Instead […]
It’s going to be the Republicans big campaign talking point this year – REPEAL! That might work for the crazies in the Tea Party, but a new poll shows that a big majority of those who support repeal actually want the bill repealed so we can get something better – a public option: When asked […]
She is the first one to officially come out against the Senate bill: The Senate health care bill is not worthy of the historic vote that the House took a month ago. Even though the House version is far from perfect, it at least represents a step toward our goal of giving 36 million Americans […]
With Obama claiming that he never campaigned for the public option a new probelm is presented – the “fix it later” argument. This comment by Obama has taken a lot of people by surprise. Even Ezra Klein, a strong bill backer, is calling the President’s bluff on this: Oy. I’ll defend the argument that the […]
BEARS!!!! A bear killed two militants after discovering them in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar. The militants had assault rifles but were taken by surprise – police found the remains of pudding they had made […]
From Think Progress: The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I’ve seen in 30 years. In fact, it’s a $60 billion giveaway to the health insurance industry every year. It was written by healthcare lobbyists, so that’s not a surprise. It’s an outrage. Now those are some harsh words, and I mean […]
No big surprise here: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, according to officials in both parties. Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, officials said. Retired Marine Gen. James […]
Obama has announced that Robert Gibbs will be his press secretary. This really comes as no surprise. Gibbs will be great in that job. As a reminder of how well he is poised to take over from the line of idiots Bush has had, here is when Gibbs owned Hannity.
No big surprise here, but out of all the finalists they were talking about this was my top choice. I think Biden will do good against the Republican attack machine. He can counter them while still maintaining an appearance of likability. He is also the total opposite of Dick Cheney.