Hominid Views

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has “issues” with Obama’s overseas trip—a trip that might help bring the Olympics to the U.S.:

…Boehner torched President Barack Obama Wednesday for his European trip to pitch the Chicago Olympics bid, criticizing the president for “going to go off to Copenhagen when we’ve got serious issues here at home [...]

When I learned that Palin’s book would be titled “Going Rogue,” the first thing that came to mind was satirically renaming it “Going Rouge.” But then I thought the better of engaging in a childish, sexist attack. Me??? Never!
Anyway, it’s not clear to me that anyone would even understand….
Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Exhibit 3:

The [...]

Okay…so maybe the plan isn’t exactly, “Republicans want you to die quickly”. Perhaps we could leave it at: “Republicans want you to go bankrupt quickly.”
Or maybe Republicans haven’t thought much about the underlying problems of millions of Americans who can’t afford insurance. And maybe they are ignoring the dreadful [...]

I can’t believe I am about to say this.
Former Senator Dr. Bill Frist (R-TN) has written a remarkably sensible piece on health care reform:

The argument for an individual mandate centers on three principles.
First, it would achieve fairness. No family in America should fear bankruptcy because of an accident, a child’s cancer, or a heart [...]

Public Policy Polling examined their most recent nation-wide poll to address whether or not Obama has been getting hammered by the health care reform debate. The result:

The number of Obama voters who’ve abandoned him because of health care and the number of McCain voters who’ve joined him because of health care appears to [...]

President Obama is sure sounding like former President George W. Bush these days. He needs to chill on the Qom nuclear processing facility that Iran recently declared. The hardline (and rather misleading) rhetoric has made this non-event the talk of the nation over the last several days. This is [...]

Today is “Glenn Beck Day” in Mt. Vernon, Washington. In celebration of this “special” occasion, I’ve collected my favorite Glenn Beck-themed media clips.
Glenn Beck becomes the “Dumbest man on the Planet” by misunderstanding the Constitution.
The Phone Call:

The Conversation: Get Off My Phone!
InfoMania: Blood shooting out of his eyes and [...]

The new Senator from Massachusetts.
Olbermann: Palin rails against the U.S. on foreign soil.
Even Hugo Chavez thinks FAUX News is a joke.
Maddow: A day of good and bad at the U.N..
Defining “Glenn Beck Crazy”:

Young Turks: Glenn Beck’s surprising presidential choices.
Stranahan: Glenn Beck makes some connections.
Headzup: Mt. Vernon, WA celebrates Glenn Beck day:
Glenn Beck’s morning [...]

During the 2008 election season, I reported on just about every head-to-head general election poll produced. Throughout the year I tried to remain objective and just stick to the number. I resisted all temptation to offer critique of legitimate polls and the pollsters that conducted them.
There was one big exception. [...]

Sen. Al Franken gets right to the core of an issue that has been driving me nuts since the illegal wiretapping stuff first came out:

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) decided to read the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution to David Kris, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, who was testifying to the [...]

The Hammer tries to dance away his problems and make everything groovy:

(For a more Democratic take on this song, here is a version by the Hardlyworthit Players.)

Ok…this is getting weird. Here is the video of Glenn Beck being interviewed by Katie Couric; and, the transcript:

KC: Let me do a quick name game thing: Hillary Clinton.
GB: Ah…I Can’t believe I’m saying this. I think I would have much preferred her as president and may have voted for her against John [...]

The Bush smear machine is alive and well, and remaining ever vigilant against the “traitors” from the previous administration.
Recall how they smeared former “terrorism czar” Richard Clarke, former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, and former Bush Spokesman Scott McClellan upon the respective releases of their tell-all books. Now former junior White [...]

An unfortunate side-effect of this is the dialectical ambiguity that arises when a New Englander speaks of “post-Paterson politics.”

The Wingnuts have been trying to frame ACORN for awhile now. Is this purely politically motivated, or is it a manifestation of Wingnut racism?
My suspicion is that it is mostly politically motivated. But, what else can you call it when there’s a concerted effort to crush an organization that [...]