The original Blue Dog scold, Huckleberry Hound In yesterday’s political tsunami that swept the Dems out of control of the House of Representatives, a silver lining in that dark cloud is the evisceration of the Blue Dog Caucus that was the brainchild of President’s Obama‘s former Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel (now trying to ply his bs to the residents …
When Teh SOCIALISM comes… Teh Great White Stoopid will be dressed up like rodeo clowns and forced to live in feed lots with the other cattle. Right to Far Right: Rush Limbaugh (with ginormous man-boobs), Michele Bachmann, Jim DeMint (with banjo), Bill O’Reilly, Max Baucus (chicken suit), Glenn Beck, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell (in back), Rick Santorum, (seated), Sarah Palin …
With the success of the Blue Dogs allied with the Rethugs to delay a vote on health care reform before Congress’ summer recess, the ad wars have begun. No surprise there. But now a new escalation is afoot. From Randi Rhodes’ blog today: So right wing organizers are targeting the town halls of Democrats with angry mobs. It’s a good …
Crank up the volume Nice to report a feel good story on the economy for a change. I speak, of course, of the Cash For Clunkers program that was hugely over-subscribed, exhausting its initial $1 billion funding in a mere six days. At an average of $4,000 per carbon spewing, global climate heating clunker, that means 250,000 new cars vanished …
The Medical Mafia‘s first salvo in the present health care reform war came in the form of an ad run by CRC Public Relations, the group that ran the Swift Boat ads, for a group that calls itself Conservatives for Patients’ Rights. CPR is led by Medicare fruadster Rick Scott, the founder of the Columbia/HCA hospital chain, who got nailed …
