1 What is the future of the Tea Party Movement?

2

Soros Calls For More U.S. Stimulus Spending

There is a real danger that U.S. President Barack Obama's goal of trying to cut in half the country's large budget deficit by 2013 could wreck the U.S. recovery and more stimulus spending is needed to breathe life into domestic demand, renowned investor George Soros has said.

In a speech delivered at Columbia University on Tuesday, Soros said the Obama administration was caving in to pressure from Republicans to cut back on stimulus spending and target fiscal consolidation.

"I believe there is a strong case for further stimulus," Soros said. "To cut back on government spending at a time of large-scale unemployment would ignore all the lessons learned from the Great Depression."

3 Well, seems Dave is getting as wordy as Gabe was...

4 FOUR!

5
Soros wants more deficit, eh?  Yeah he's surely got our best interests in mind. 

F*ck that guy.

6 With Soros you've always got to wonder what game he's playing. It's like 3-dimensional chess.

7 Posted by: Ed Anger at October 06, 2010 09:10 AM (7+pP9)

This is where I usually part ways with my liberal friends: When they talk about government spending as a catalyst for growth, and I ask them to explain toe difference between government and private sector spending (other than the efficiency). They sputter and hem and haw, because what they really want to say is that government is smarter and knows where to spend. But they also know that I would have to kill them to remove their genes from the pool.

8

Unexpecteder and unexpecteder:

http://tinyurl.com/343pdyw

 

9

6 With Soros you've always got to wonder what game he's playing. It's like 3-dimensional chess.

It doesn't really matter, does it? If that sorry bastard if for it, we're against it.

10

I think the democrats have done it folks. 

TheyÂ’ve found a totally new, winning argument that will upset the Tea Party fueled conservative revolution.

An idea new and revolutionary in, and of itself!

They want to give people other peopleÂ’s money becauseÂ…  other people want peopleÂ’s money!

Why didnÂ’t we think of that!

11

Gaffe machine Joe Biden says he wants to strangle Republicans over budget

Notorious Democrat gaffe machine Joe Biden (and also current vice president) says he wants to strangle Republicans who have the nerve to tell him about balancing the federal budget. Biden was blurting out at a Democrat fundraising event in Dayton, Minnesota, late yesterday when he "let slip" a desire that many would see as being beneath the office of the vice president. Biden is notorious for unloading such gaffes, and he is certainly more known—in a very disreputable light—for what he lets slip out of his mouth than for anything that he’s actually accomplished as vice president in almost two years. Biden tried to excuse his possible Freudian slip by claiming it was only a joke (good one, sir!), yet he clearly added this somewhat unbelievable explanation only after he noticed the inconvenient presence of all the media outlets that were covering the event.

12

Someday all acceptable products we are directed to buy will come with the cool dem logo.

Kosher so to speak, in a purely evil sort of way.

13 Brought to you by bold Democrats running on AWAY FROM their record of accomplishment.

FTFY

14

I think the democrats have done it folks. 

TheyÂ’ve found a totally new, winning argument that will upset the Tea Party fueled conservative revolution.

An idea new and revolutionary in, and of itself!

Warning - NYT link!

15

On the "unexpected" job cuts. Here are some quotes from the Bloomberg story

 

“It’s more evidence of a lousy labor market,” said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at Maria Fiornini Ramirez Inc. in New York. “Here we are, 18 months into a recovery and we’re not doing much on the job front. Until we digest the excesses built up over decades, you’re not going to see sustained gains in jobs or the overall economy.”

“This is a disappointing result,” Joel Prakken, chairman of St. Louis-based Macroeconomic Advisers LLC, which produces the figures with ADP, said of today’s figures on a conference call with reporters. “It’s going to be a while before employment really perks up.”

 

We're in a wonderful recovery comrades. There is no real evidence for it and all signs say we're still in a recession but it's a recovery no matter what

16

I can play three dimensional chess with one hand while I manipulate my Obama puppet with the other.

I am genius.

17 So is Dave doing "headlines" now and where is Gabe?

18 Douche-nozzle Soros belongs in jail.

A good question from one of these reporters when he spouts this kind of shit would be "why don't you go to the U.S. and spend a pile of your money in middle class shops and stores instead of sucking up the public treasury for offshore drilling in Brazil?

Think that will ever happen with our press?????

hahahahahahah

19 That is one tiny logo.

20 File under 'symbolic importance': Presidential seal falls off Obama's podium during speech.

21 Soros belongs in a Malaysian jail with roaches crawling over him and daily floggings.

22 Methos brought this up last night

one, two, three......

Read the comments................

23

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is greeting foreign diplomats at a White House reception, hailing a "new era of engagement in the world."

 

Barry is right this is new. No other president has gone around apologizing for America and bowed to foreign leaders

 

Appearing with first lady Michelle Obama, the president told his guests that in a world that's more interconnected than ever, it's in America's best interest for all countries to prosper.

More one world socialist bullshit. In Barry's tiny mind it's in America's best interests for every country but America to prosper

24 Soros deserves to be found, partially eaten by rats, in a Bombay back alley.

25 Warning - NYT link!

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 06, 2010 09:19 AM (fx8sm)

I'd already clicked and that aww-shit wiped out over 5 months of NYT avoidance, but thanks for the heads up.   I'll check further down the comments for warnings next time.

26 First?

27

From what Hussein linked to:

The lure of the minimum wage issue for Democrats is especially strong now, when the economy is so weak and so many voters are struggling to pay their bills with low-paying jobs.

Yeah, let's just force companies and small business' to pay their workers more in a tough economy. Methinks the damn politicans need to stay out of business. Hell, we can already see how THAT is going...

28

curious, I think Gabe is in the middle of moving to DC.

From Jake Tapper on Twitter:  Women usually break for Dems by 10 points, but in the latest abc/wp poll, women going for Dems on generic ballot only 47-44.

29

Carl in Jerusalem has a link to an article from an interview with Dinesh D'Souza about his new book The Roots of Obama's Rage:

http://tinyurl.com/26qp7on

The One will not be pleased...

or given his ego, he'll think the book is about him.

30 6 With Soros you've always got to wonder what game he's playing. It's like 3-dimensional chess butt sex.

Posted by: joncelli at October 06, 2010 09:13 AM (MLQL2)

FIFY

31

Obama use of foe's tax records reviewed

Speeches assailed Koch Industries

A federal inspector general is looking into whether the Obama administration used confidential taxpayer information in an effort to attack a political opponent, Koch Industries.

The review was revealed Tuesday by Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, two weeks after he and a handful of other top Senate Republicans called for the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax issues to look into the matter, saying either administration officials had illegal access to taxpayer information or were inappropriately speculating in public about the company's tax status.

Charles and David Koch, brothers who control the Kansas-based company, are libertarians who have used some of their wealth to fund conservative groups and causes that oppose much of President Obama's agenda. Mr. Obama has singled out the company for criticism in speeches.

In an Aug. 27 briefing with some reporters on calls to restructure the corporate tax code, an unidentified administration official cited Koch Industries, a major privately held energy company, by name, and then seemed to indicate that the company didn't pay any corporate income tax, according to the Wall Street Journal.

"In this country, we have partnerships, we have , we have [limited-liability companies], we have a series of entities that do not pay corporate income tax," said the senior administration official, according to press reports. "Some of which are really giant firms - you know, Koch Industries is a multibillion-dollar business."

The Weekly Standard, which first questioned whether the comments crossed a legal line, has reported that the unidentified administration official "appears to have been" Austan Goolsbee, named last month as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
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After we win the House we need to launch a few dozen investigations.

32 Alan Grayson, Brash and Outspoken (Warning! Link to NYT)

This is the headline of a fluff piece on Grayson in the NY Times. It minimizes his missteps, and touts him as a tough liberal willing to fight the evils of the republican machine.

And the Times wonders why their circulation is falling?

Wow.

33 Yeah, this is just a TDY assignment for me. Gabe back soon

34 After we win the House we need to launch a few dozen investigations.

Posted by: Ed Anger at October 06, 2010 09:36 AM (7+pP9)

Do we? I think that the goal of the next congress must be deficit reduction and the return of our freedoms. Investigations of the excesses of the Obama regime, while tempting, will send the wrong message. We can't be seen as vindictive.

Maybe later, when there is a republican in the White House!

35 This ain't hump day, it's Baseball Day. Basaball hassbeeen berry berry good to me

36 After we win the House we need to launch a few dozen investigations.

Posted by: Ed Anger at October 06, 2010 09:36 AM (7+pP9)

Do we? I think that the goal of the next congress must be deficit reduction and the return of our freedoms.


Why can't we do both?

37 #7

Isn't it interesting how the ones yelling loudest for more public spending "stimulus" are also the ones who want to slash military spending?

Apparently buying arms, training and employing soldiers doesn't "stimulate" anything.

38 Noisy Wind Turbines Attract Complaints -- NY Times

Here's another link to the NY Times, but it's a great one. Who knew that "Green Energy" wasn't perfect?

39 "At a run rate of $10 billion in POMO purchases per week, the Fed will be the largest holder of US Treasuries in the world before the midterm elections."'link

40 "We can't be seen as vindictive" = "We must be shown as tolerating attempts to destroy the Republic".

Period.

Kid gloves should have come off long ago.  An example must be made.

41

Do we? I think that the goal of the next congress must be deficit reduction and the return of our freedoms. Investigations of the excesses of the Obama regime, while tempting, will send the wrong message. We can't be seen as vindictive.

Maybe later, when there is a republican in the White House!

I think they can do both, especially if we get the senate as well.

42 Why can't we do both?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 06, 2010 09:42 AM (Vz9lf)

Obviously we can, but vindictive (appearing) investigations will send the strong signal that it's just business as usual. ideally Congress will rise above politics and actually do something about the huge problems we face. Deficit reduction, shrinking government, repealing "health reform" and a few others.

Let's get that done first and then worry about sending these pricks to jail.

43 #39  Here's another link to the NY Times, but it's a great one. Who knew that "Green Energy" wasn't perfect?

Sweet vibrations, heh.  The NYT has also omitted that these wind turbines are also Cuisinarts for birds. 

44
ideally Congress will rise above politics

I cannot point out enough the absolute inanity of this statement.

45
Isn't it funny how democrats have to pretend to be Republicans in order to get elected?
Bash Republicans, but then pretend to be just like them!

46 Oh, my.......one
two

47 Apparently buying arms, training and employing soldiers doesn't "stimulate" anything.

Posted by: looking closely at October 06, 2010 09:43 AM (PwGfd)

It stimulates our enemies to cower and behave, and that's the kind of stimulus I like!

48

Investigations are important, because it will send the message that this illegal use of information for political reasons will be prosecuted. It is extremely important that message is sent before 2012.

If you thought the Obama Campaign + Media Complex was a force in 2008, imagine Obama Presidency + Media Complex in 2012. God knows the lapdogs aren't going to report on this stuff voluntarily, so we will need congress to out this information for us.

49 three

50

ideally Congress will rise above politics

I cannot point out enough the absolute inanity of this statement.

I concur, politics is zero sum, we win, they lose, that simple.

I don't want a one party state, squabbles and poltical fights are good. Political parties are good things.  I don't want a new system, i just want my side to win.

51

 We can't be seen as vindictive.

 

With all due respect, that's bull. If the Obama administration is as corrupt as it appears, it MUST be brought to light. As far as I can see, this guy makes Nixon look like George Washington.

52 Who knew that "Green Energy" wasn't perfect?

Anyone with half the sense God gave a goose?


This didn't take long. *spit*

53 I admit to being somewhat ambivalent on investigations.  I hate the lawlessness with which all of them, but especially the Democrats, treat their sacred time holding the public trust.  On the other hand, there's nothing healthy about a republic where each entering class of legislators witch-hunts the proceeding.
Wow, I sound like Poppin' Fresh.  Fuck em.  Damn the torpedoes and investigate away.  The rule of law is the rule of law, and trying to "set an example" for Democrats of proper behavior is a fool's errand.

54 Posted by: Dang Straights at October 06, 2010 09:50 AM (fx8sm)

The operative word is "ideally." I am under no illusions that it will happen, but business as usual hasn't worked out too well, and many of the new candidates are, at least for the time being, refreshingly not from the mainstream of the party. That's what makes me hope.

55 47
Isn't it funny how democrats have to pretend to be Republicans in order to get elected?
Bash Republicans, but then pretend to be just like them!

As Rush has said ad infinitum, liberals cannot win here on their ideas alone.  They must obfuscate and hide who they really are, at least until they get into office. 

Nobody paying attention should be fooled by the "fiscal conservative" or other conservative-chameleon Democrat anymore.  

56 Your tax dollars at work:  Piltdown Warming; the Musical

57

I wonder whether any dems are going to read this hit piece:

http://tinyurl.com/2dlys88

On freaking unions!

In the freaking Atlantic, for cripes sake!

Sheesh.  Barry will definately not be pleased!

Instapundit.

58 Coons leads O'Donnell 61-37 (with leaners) in a new University of Delaware poll just out.

59

Yeah, this is just a TDY assignment for me.

In case you don't speak military, that's Temporarily Deployed Yonder.

60 Obviously, Soros is leveraged to profit from government spending, making him a windfall that he can use to rule us all and further enrich himself.  It's why big money men love statist Democrats.

61 #54  This didn't take long. *spit*

So much for liberal "tolerance" of diversity of thought. 

btw, how unexpected this is:

Credit rating agency Fitch downgrades Ireland's debt from 'A+' to 'AA-' and warns of negative outlook - RTE http://bit.ly/d8NHyI

62 With Soros you've always got to wonder what game he's playing. It's like 3-dimensional chess. Posted by: joncelli at October 06, 2010 09:13 AM (MLQL2) When it comes to that bastard I prefer he play "dirt nap".

63 Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 06, 2010 09:53 AM (YmPwQ)

Posted by: Ben at October 06, 2010 09:53 AM (wuv1c)

The status quo has fucked us up so badly that things must change. And running to the committee rooms for investigations is part of the status quo. I agree that this administration is unbelievably crooked. There is plenty of time to expose them, but the deficit and a few other things must take precedence.

64

WASHINGTON – Desperate for jobs and cool toward President Barack Obama, working-class whites are flocking to Republicans, turning a group long wary of Democrats into an even bigger impediment to the party's drive to keep control of Congress.

Compared with better-educated whites, working-class whites tend to be older and more conservative — groups that traditionally lean Republican and are uneasy with the young president's activist governing.

 

Ahh...yes, "better educated" whites are liberal Democrats like the jerkoffs at AP

65
Democrats hold all the levers of power.  They have destroyed our economy in a short time with their full-throttle social welfare state spending spree.


Biden - shut the fuck up.

66

Coons leads O'Donnell 61-37 (with leaners) in a new University of Delaware poll just out.

I think that one is a total write-off.  At least it sent a message to Republicans that you have to act like Republicans even in non election years because you will be held to account.

Hopefully they understand that voters on our side are sick of voting R just because the D's are so bad. You have to offer us substance not just expect we will vote for them because we are scared of democrat policies.

 

67

Let’s compare the size of the tax cuts to the total amount of spending over the next ten years and see how ‘drastically’ it would expand the deficit.

http://tinyurl.com/2dpttye

 

 

68 Congressional investigations usually make all parties (and Parties) involved look foolish, vindictive and dishonest. Which is a pretty honest representation of the Congress. But they're still worthwhile. Especially the DoJ cases. Without a fix there, we won't be looking at many Repubs anywhere, including the White House.

69

Our goal should be to win 99 seats in teh House...with that, we will sing 99 Luft-Balloons into Der Gotterdammerung! 

I'm sure they're feeling the financial squeeze pretty intensely at the DNC. 

70

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 06, 2010 09:53 AM (YmPwQ)

Posted by: Ben at October 06, 2010 09:53 AM (wuv1c)

The status quo has fucked us up so badly that things must change. And running to the committee rooms for investigations is part of the status quo. I agree that this administration is unbelievably crooked. There is plenty of time to expose them, but the deficit and a few other things must take precedence.

the system isn't changing any time soon.

Also the Republicans can use it as leverage.

Obama, let the tax cuts expire or else we might look into this issue or that issue.

That's how this works.  The Republicans aren't going to win in november, write bills that curb spending and have Obama sign them. He is going to veto everything, unless the republicans can give him a reason not to. The threat of investigations might be that reason.  Leverage is a good thing.

71 Posted by: Lincolntf at October 06, 2010 10:01 AM (Ly+aE)

Good point. And I will enjoy those hearings, but there are bigger fish to fry.

72
"At some point, You've Made Enough Money"

-- Barack Obama


(It's working, Obama.  You're a genius!)

73

Soros - C3PO

Morons - Chewbacca, ready to rip off C3PO's arm

74 I really hate the phrases "working-class" and "better-educated."  Yeah, that MA in Gay Studies means you're pretty much stuck asking if they want whip on that, but what the fuck is up with the implication that people with technical/professional degrees don't work?!

75 22 Read the comments................
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Especially the ones that start "I have a 150 IQ and went to Harvard". They're always fun.

76

Coons leads O'Donnell 61-37 (with leaners) in a new University of Delaware poll just out.

I think that one is a total write-off.  At least it sent a message to Republicans that you have to act like Republicans even in non election years because you will be held to account.

Hopefully they understand that voters on our side are sick of voting R just because the D's are so bad. You have to offer us substance not just expect we will vote for them because we are scared of democrat policies.

 Posted by: Ben

1.I've never even heard of a Univ of Del poll before, and I live here.

2. No methodology was included.

3. Why would we write off anything in this of all years? Especially when she managed to raise cash? We don't need Republicans saying this, the Dems and the local paper can be counted on to say nothing but this, no matter whether its true.

4. No, I do not mean that we should pretend that this is the greatest candidacy in the history of the Senate. Just try giving up on November 3rd, not in October.

77 Shorter Soros: I wanna short the dollar.

78

Posted by: Mrs. Leamas at October 06, 2010 10:06 AM

 

begone sock.

79

'Disgusting' sculpture stays on show in Milan

Hmm... If all the members of Moron Nation were to chip in a few bucks, maybe we could buy this sculpture and ship it to Barry with a note that reads, "Twirl on it."

80 Can we get a Slushop of the fancy-schmancy new logo superimposed on a photo of Obama with his idiot boards?

81 Soros is still alive? Well, day isn't over yet.

82

"I believe there is a strong case for further stimulus," Soros said. "To cut back on government spending at a time of large-scale unemployment would ignore all the lessons learned from the Great Depression."

OR it could actually remind people that government spending during the Great Depression MADE IT LAST LONGER.

Ass.

83 But they also know that I would have to kill them to remove their genes from the pool.

Posted by: Kilgore at October 06, 2010 09:14 AM (LH6ir)

And we would applaud you, sir.

84 The Delaware race is a useful guerilla front--the Dems had conceded the race to friend of Dems Castle, so when he was dislodged, the Dems found themselves needing to commit resources to this race.  I'm not optimistic that O'Donnell will win, but she's one hell of a heat shield and she's drawing out their armies of gorillas.  Her emergence also made the Dems reveal their strategies early on in the campaign.     

85

I'm of the "do both" mindset. As some have pointed out, Zero is gonna vetro anything the Pubs give him that make any sense to a rational person. The key is to put the pressure on him, not let him paint the Pubs as obstructionists.

. In the meantime, there are plenty of offenses committed by Zero and his cronies that warrant immediate attention, the racist DOJ policies scandal being just one, off the top of my head.

When the Dems took over, they were threatening Bush with investigations. Deep down, they knew they had nothing, or at least would have exposed themselves if they had gone ahead. I repeat, this administration and Congress are committing blatantly criminal and unconstituional acts almost every day, and it cannot be tolerated.

86 TDY= Temporarily Divorced for a Year

87 curious- Wow.. Halvorsen has been pummeling Kinzinger with TV ads on free trade and jobs lately.. I haven't seen one ad for Kinzinger.

I hope those numbers are real and they hold up!

Now, if we could also get that bitch Melissa Bean overthrown as well!

88 That's how this works.  The Republicans aren't going to win in november, write bills that curb spending and have Obama sign them. He is going to veto everything, unless the republicans can give him a reason not to. The threat of investigations might be that reason.  Leverage is a good thing.

This is why I continually say that the Republican House must write budget bills for individual departments. You know, the way it used to be before LBJ and the way the founders intended it.

Write a budget that zeros out EPA. If he vetoes it so what? Let him get nothing.

You can do that at the same time you investigate legitimate crooks. That is the key to "investigations". They must investigate legitimate wrongdoing like the mess at the DOJ.

89 Lincoln - there are two kinds of Congressional investigations - the carnival atmosphere of public hearings and the lesser known, fingernail pulling, inquisition executed by GAO investigators. A few of the former and a lot of the latter will go a long way. Ken Jennings and John Holdern make good candidates for the former; AGW and ACORN spending the latter.

90 Posted by: Chitown Jerry at October 06, 2010 10:15 AM (dz+QL)

One of my friends pointed that out to me this morning and then said "and go to CNN and look at the past results", he's from illinois and an independent.  But I'm thinking he's leaning towards logic these days.

91 Vic - I have heard rumors of quarterly appropriation bills by agency, and a new budgeting formula (again agency based).

92 Posted by: toby928™ at October 06, 2010 10:19 AM (S5YRY)

I love when the CNBC guys report earnings on a particular stock are up by like 25%....except they are still down 75% pre the debacle.

93 The Delaware race is a useful guerilla front--the Dems had conceded the race to friend of Dems Castle, so when he was dislodged, the Dems found themselves needing to commit resources to this race.  I'm not optimistic that O'Donnell will win, but she's one hell of a heat shield and she's drawing out their armies of gorillas.  Her emergence also made the Dems reveal their strategies early on in the campaign.     

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

 

The 2010 DE Senate race; the tethered goat of the Republican Party. Not exactly rousing, but hard to refute at this point. Who knows, if Al Franken shoots his mouth off, we may get some fodder (see what I did there?)

94 Virginia democrat candidate (female) has embarrassing college pics. see blog BVBL for pics of Krystal Ball. warning: mildly NSFW for oral dildo

95 Totally O/T but FUNNY AS HELL!

A MUST SEE:
Trail Cam

A perfect place to hunt for a little of everything! 

For those of you that have never hunted in South Texas, sometimes they post motion detector cameras at their feeders/tanks to see what is going on.  

Check out this sequence at a water tank.

96

Soccer Dad points out why it is so great to be a lefty... and a journalist... or better... a lefty journalist:

http://tinyurl.com/2bxuy5w

You can say fraking anything!

97 Ben, Republicans are going to win, then they are going to write good bills that Obama will veto (or the Senate fillibuster), then they will write bills with politically critical stuff - like repealing Obamacare tied to Medicaid reauthorization and operational funds for Astan tied to a functional defense bill, etc. The 21 Dem Senators up for election in 2012 can bet their careers on Obama's coatails when those bills come up for cloture and veto override.

98 Why can't we do both?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 06, 2010 09:42 AM

We have to do both. Screw the political optics -- there are people out there who have been systematically looting and destroying America, and they need to be exposed as the criminals and traitors they are.

This morning's NY Slimes has an editorial whining about the Chamber of Commerce getting foreign donations for its attack ads (mostly about Democrats). Evil! Evil! Somehow, they never bothered to show any concern about Osama Obama's online "donation" scheme that brought a flood of foreign loot into his campaign.

The leftwing M.O. has long been to "investigate" their foes. With their strength among the MFM, they  have no trouble getting their lies and distortions accepted as "fact."

Start the investigations immediate in January. Start at the top. Give the soldati a chance to rat on the capos and the Godfather himself. Cut off the head of the snake and it is rendered harmless.

99

90 Chi-town Jerry

curious- Wow.. Halvorsen has been pummeling Kinzinger with TV ads on free trade and jobs lately.. I haven't seen one ad for Kinzinger.

I hope those numbers are real and they hold up!

 

Halvorsen has been running ads featuring seniors yelling at "Adam" Kitzinger to leave their social security alone.  Demeaningly calling him "Adam" and saying how young & inexperienced he is, and leave our social security alone.  That's the kind of ad that will get old people to the polls, he needs to buy some TV time and hit back.

100 Poll dump:

Coons leads 49%-30% in a new University of Delaware Center for Political Communication poll. With leaners, Coons' lead expands to 61%-37%.

In the Delaware House race, John Carney leads 48%-31% over Glen Urquhart.

Portman 55 Fisher 38 Quinnipiac

Brady 46 Quinn 38  Rasmussen

Scott 39 Sink 41 TCPalm/Zogby

Walberg tied with Schauer in Michigan.

Johnson down 1 to Kissell in a Citvas poll or RV's and up 5 in a poll of LV's.

And of course the hill polls where republicans are leading just about every frosh dem mentioned.

101 RCP House Race:

Old - 190D 37TU 208R
New - 188D 37TU 210R

Avg gain: 49.5

102 Beck just played parts of this.

Does the law require people to "serve the public interests" if they are private sector employees?

103

We can't be seen as vindictive.

I have to disagree with the implication that investigations would be seen as vindictive.  Vindictiveness would apply if the electorate was uninformed and apathetic about misuse and abuse of power at the federal level.  The Lewinsky debacle during Clinton's tenure could be and indeed was seen as vindictive party politics.  Personally I think all the trashing he got was duly deserved, but not every one of my politically-likeminded fellows feel the same, then or now.  "It was just SEX," is the argument I hear most often.  "It's not like he was committing TREASON or something.  It should have stayed a private matter between him and the ice bit- I mean, Hillary."

The abuse of power demonstrated by the Obama administration, however, is far more chilling, because the effects aren't internal or personal to the president himself.  The blatant misuse of power demonstrated by this administration has far-reaching effects for all Americans, all the way down to the individual level.

*The Department of Justice.  'Nuff said. 
* The emerging story about Obama's administration potentially using private tax records to defame the Koch brothers
* The unconstitutional thuggery of the "shakedown" of BP to establish the $20 billion relief fund for those affected by the Gulf Oil Spill

And these are just what I see as the tip of the corruption iceberg.  I want the next congress to launch investigations.  If they don't, they're going to make me just as angry as the bastards I want them investigating.  And I'm sure I'm not alone, not only here in Moron Nation but throughout the country. 

104 Coons leads O'Donnell 61-37 (with leaners) in a new University of Delaware poll just out. Posted by: Greg Nice try, troll.

105 Huck endorsed Lollar, the marine running against Steny Hoyer in Maryland. 

It's odd, but I see an endorsement from Mitt on his web page (and now there will be a new one from Huck) but I don't see Palin listed.  Maybe she did but he just doesn't display it prominently.  It is Maryland, after all. 

106 Lisa Rab, writing for something called The Broward Palm Beach New Times, ponders:

How to Cope With Sarah Palin, Homecoming Queen  LINK  

Excerpt:

Rumors of cruelty never marred the queen's reputation. Small snubs in the hallway, the haughty sense of superiority, her minions ate it up. The fact that she was unremarkable in every measurable way -- neither smarter, nor kinder, nor more accomplished than the rest of us -- never troubled her followers. She was an object to idolize, unadulterated by reality.

Palin, of course, is far more sinister. She's managed to influence elections and undermine notions of female power -- forget the glass ceiling, let's stay home and shoot grizzlies! -- with alarming speed.

107 <i>Humpday!</i>

And just what have you done that makes you think you've earned this reward?

108 (R-TX) Gov. "Perry  said he spoke Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's chief of staff and once again made his request for an additional 1,000 National Guard troops on the Texas-Mexico border, a request that has been repeatedly denied." --Austin-American Statesman

David Hartley was shot and killed on Falcon Lake, a reservoir between Texas and Mexico on the Rio Grande. Reports from Mexico vary between the media claim that no one heard any shots fired from the lake's direction, and then from the Mexican local police that area is a conflict zone between competing drug cartels and ranchers.  Rick Perry issued what's publicized as an ultimatum for Calderon to call him within 48 hours with a report on Hartley's missing body. Why didn't Perry arrange for a joint force underwater investigation to find the body?

And what is stopping Rick Perry from organizing the Texas Sovereign State Guard as his official responsibilities require these days? Even CALIFORNIA has sole authority for use that's limited within the state alone with the California State Military Reserve.

Writing a letter to Obama is the extent of Perry's public and official indignation, with Obama either not ever reading it or refusing to respond to boot.  Gov.Perry has expressed no public outrage with the Hassan massacre shooting troops and civilian police at Ft. Hood in Killeen, TX . The Politically Correct Army response to the incident is his, as well. Forget about it.

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Kilgore:

>>Obviously we can, but vindictive (appearing) investigations will send the strong signal that it's just business as usual.<<

Not if you put them on C-Span and air the laundry in public.  Not covering for their bad acts would actually be quite refreshing.

>>ideally Congress will rise above politics and actually do something about the huge problems we face. Deficit reduction, shrinking government, repealing "health reform" and a few others.

Let's get that done first and then worry about sending these pricks to jail.<<

Nah.  Let's do both at the same time.  I feel vindictive after having healthcare and multi-trillion dollar deficits shoved down my throat "for my own good".