Tuesday, August 2, 2011

"Daily Show" Slams Obama For Not Including Tax Increases In Deal

"Daily Show" Slams Obama For Not Including Tax Increases In Deal

Daily Show: The debt ceiling debate ends in a budget deal that raises the debt limit and includes trillions in spending cuts but has no revenue increases. (VIDEO)

Monday, August 1, 2011

A Helpful Roundup of the Democrats New Tone During the Debt Debate (Updated)

A Helpful Roundup of the Democrats New Tone During the Debt Debate (Updated)


In the last week or so, progressive politicians and their top media allies have really taken their rhetoric to a new level:

Rep. Nancy Pelosi – “We’re trying to save life on this planet as we know it today.”
Rep. Nancy Pelosi – “They want to destroy your rights.”
Sen. Harry Reid – “The time for ideological extremism should end.”
Rep. Rangel – “These people don’t care about our country.”

VERUMSERUM.COM

TONY DIGIROLAMO- I LOVE THIS ONE: Margaret Carlson – “they’ve strapped explosives to the Capitol and they think they are immune from it.”


Video: Giffords returns

Video: Giffords returns

Some lucky journalist out there knows the backstory on this, I’m sure, but we’ll have to wait for the details. Still nothing authoritative on the wires an hour later. In fact, the most colorful background comes from — who else? — Joe Biden:

HOT AIR

Must read: How the SEALs got Bin Laden

Must read: How the SEALs got Bin Laden

An instant classic from the New Yorker, far too valuable to be buried in a Headlines item this morning. Take 10 minutes to wash down the bitterness of the debt-ceiling fiasco with a moment of true American greatness.

HOT AIR

Joe Biden: Talk of terrorists

Joe Biden: Talk of terrorists

Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit, according to several sources in the room.

Biden was agreeing with a line of argument made by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) at a two-hour, closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting.

POLITICO

TONY DIGIROLAMO- THE VP SAID THIS ON THE DAY REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS RETURNED TO THE HOUSE FLOOR AND VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SHOOTING IN ARIZONA.


Gay marriage: awkward issue for some GOP hopefuls

Gay marriage: awkward issue for some GOP hopefuls

Same-sex marriage might seem like a straightforward issue: You're for it or against it. Yet for the field of Republican presidential hopefuls, it's proving to be an awkward topic as public attitudes change and more states legalize gay unions, the latest being New York


JUST STAND ON PRINCIPLE...

Perry not hiding his Christian beliefs

Perry not hiding his Christian beliefs

"The issue that is most important and most on people's minds is jobs," Perry said.

"The candidate that Americans can get excited about, that truly understands that and can deliver that, I think, is a candidate that is really going to excite the imagination and get the juices flowing of the electorate out there," he said. Pointing to an increase in employment in his state, the governor said he's cracked the code for figuring out how to create jobs.