Rethugs Demand Dems Undergo Empathobotomy

Even before the GOP regained control of the House, they’d successfully cowed Democrats into accepting their terms on legislation ranging from health insurance reform to the extension of the Bush tax cuts. Since then, they have upped their game by extorting large cuts in the social safety net in exchange for extending unemployment insurance to the millions of workers laid off …

Weeper of the House

Boner proves that self-pity can trump empathy Comparing the double standard for crying applied to men like John Boehner and women like Nancy Pelosi, the incoming and outgoing Speakers of the House respectively,  Barbara WaWa comments: “…this guy has an emotional problem. That every time he talks about anything that’s not raise taxes [sic], he cries.” The Boner cries about …