Oct 21, 2008
08:42 am
Joe Klein is booted from the Straight Talk Airline. I guess Straight Talk means talking points, and since Klein won't echo them McCain wants nothing to do with him.
Mar 1, 2008
12:10 pm
McCain is in it knee deep when Klein is even going after him:
Hagee is a loose cannon Revelation literalist who believes that a Greater Israel--including the Palestinian territorities--will presage Armeggedon and the Rapture. He isn't a big fan of Roman Catholicism. This is an interesting political situation for McCain, who angered wingnuts by--honorably--dissing Cincinnati talk show host Bill Cunningham earlier this week. A McCain rejection of Hagee's support would be seen as another sign of weakness by Rush and such. An acceptance of Hagee's support would spell trouble for McCain with catholics and sane people everywhere. So, what's it to be, Senator?
True the Republicans just use religion as a political tool. It's nothing more than that. Look at how they change religion just to appease a block of voters.
Feb 20, 2008
09:41 am
This morning on Morning Joe they were talking about Obama not having much experience or accomplishments in the Senate. Joe Klein actually brought up a very interesting point. There was another Senator who didn't have much experience or accomplishments and became President, and was a very much loved President. That person? John Kennedy.
I wanted to bring this up because of something that happened on MSNBC last night. Huffington Post posted a video of Chris Matthews "humiliating" an Obama Surrogate last night. The surrogate, Texas State Senator Kirk Watson, was asked by Tweety to name one accomplishment Obama has had in Senate. When he couldn't, Tweety kept pushing and pushing him.
Huffington Post didn't include the last part of this segment though. At the end, Keith Olbermann asked Tweety to name one accomplishment of the entire Senate during that time. Matthews couldn't and said that "would require much more work". So highlighting the accomplishments of a single person is easier than naming one out of 100 people? That makes a lot of sense.
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Over 2,200 veterans, who couldn't afford health insurance, died in 2008. On Veteran's Day 2009 IntoxiNation decided to highlight tweets from polticians who oppose healthcare reform yet wanted to claim how they supported our veterans on Twitter. Here is an example of one such tweet
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| President Obama Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 48.5% |
| Disapprove: | 46.0% |
| Spread: | +2.5% |
| Generic Congressional Vote | |
|---|---|
| Republican: | 44.0% |
| Democrat: | 43.4% |
| Spread: | +0.6% |
| Direction of Country | |
|---|---|
| Right Direction: | 33.4% |
| Wrong Track: | 61.0% |
| Spread: | -27.6% |
| Congressional Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 19.3% |
| Disapprove: | 75.7% |
| Spread: | -56.4% |
