American Politics Thread 2013: I'm a cool Rodham grandma in the USA

yeah, maybe. and it's true that for about 1/3 of americans, he IS judged by how many laws he repeals, or how much he can freeze the workings of the government.

That is a horrible thing to say

how many laws have they repealed?

Zero

Well I guess they repealed some stuff that was blocked by the senate

they're doing even worse than we thought

sure would be nice if the GOP had a president signing their legislation!

lol weiner

now that 'thedirty.com' is in the news again, let's look back at the OTHER time a site to talk about banging chicks in scottsdale, ariz. made its mark on the american polity

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/08/ben-quayle-denies-writing-for.html

hi goole!

Obama Seeks to Reset Debate Over Direction of the Economy

In remarks to supporters on Monday night, Mr. Obama acknowledged what the speech wouldn’t do: it would not “change any minds,” he said. And it would not offer any new proposals. The president said the address on Wednesday would be “thematic” rather than prescriptive. Any new ideas will come in a series of other speeches in the weeks to come.

What’s the point?

because everyone is paying attention to political news in the summer

be prepared for my speech on Wednesday in which I will prepare you for later speeches

he should have done this through 15-second SNL ads

haha otm

the point is to continue perpetuating the illusion that there is a point

That remark about 'how many laws we repeal' basically says that every Congress before this one was wrong-headed and passed laws it never should have passed and ought to be repealed. But those Congresses were precisely as legitimate as this one, elected by the voters and sent to DC to legislate. So, I must conclude Boehner is an idiot who can't think his way out of a paper bag, or else he just says stuff he thinks sounds good without thinking at all.

I think in Boehners mind politics is the same thing as governing so burning down the other dudes shit is regular business.

SAC indicted

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/us-usa-healthcare-republicans-idUSBRE96O0EJ20130725

FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity, a conservative issue group financed by billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, known for funding conservative causes, are planning separate media and grassroots campaigns aimed at adults in their 20s and 30s - the very people Obama needs to have sign up for healthcare coverage in new online insurance exchanges if his reforms are to succeed.

"We're trying to make it socially acceptable to skip the exchange," said Dean Clancy, vice president for public policy at FreedomWorks, which boasts 6 million supporters. The group is designing a symbolic "Obamacare card" that college students can burn during campus protests.

Americans for Prosperity launched a $1 million TV ad campaign against the healthcare law this summer to test its message in swing states of Virginia and Ohio. The 30-second ad presents a young pregnant mother who asks questions that suggest the law will raise premiums, reduce paychecks, prevent people from picking their own doctors and leave her family's healthcare to "the folks in Washington."

freedom works

...just says stuff he thinks sounds good without thinking at all.

^^^ From "welfare queens" to "death panels" to Michele Bachmann's entire political career, GOP have mastered talking loud, saying nothing.

I think they're excellent at it!

They truly are! I've often said I wish progressive causes had spokespeople so adept at tossing red meat and getting their base motivated. I mean, they kinda do, but...

Some laws Boehner does not want to repeal:

NYTimes
Top News
House Defeats Effort to Rein In N.S.A. Data Gathering
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
The 217-205 vote was far closer than expected and displayed the shifting allegiances and fierce lobbying on both sides of the issue.

nice to see him working with Obama there

Nancy too.

http://www.squareone-learning.com/cartoons/nancy.jpg

oh man mccain's gonna lose it

https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/360433838339526657

mccain's already visited, kerry and him led the effort toward normalization of relations

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/25/weiner-estimates-he-sexted-three-women-after-resigning/?hpt=hp_t1

my favorite bit: "It's not dozens and dozens," he said. "It's six to ten, I suppose, but I can't tell you absolutely what people are going to consider inappropriate or not."

Obviously having a hard time telling what people consider inappropriate.

a hard time you say

mccain's already visited, kerry and him led the effort toward normalization of relations

― balls, Thursday, July 25, 2013 12:45 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah a while after i posted that i remembered that from one of his many many profiles (the DFW one maybe?)

but still, maybe?

Charlie Savage on John Roberts' influence on the FISA court:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/politics/robertss-picks-reshaping-secret-surveillance-court.html?ref=politics&_r=0

Congratulations on finding a way to make me more disgusted with politics:

“With the Obama administration poised for a huge public education campaign on healthcare reform, Republicans and their allies are mobilizing a counter-offensive including town hall meetings, protests and media promotions to dissuade uninsured Americans from obtaining health coverage,” Reuters reports. “‘We’re trying to make it socially acceptable to skip the exchange,’ said Dean Clancy, vice president for public policy at FreedomWorks, which boasts 6 million supporters.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/pelosi-looks-to-assuage-angry-democrats-with-letter-to-obama-questioning-nsa-snooping/article/2533515

ugh fuck her

Seriously..

"I thought that impeachment would be divisive for the country. ... If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story." -- Nancy Pelosi, 2008

https://twitter.com/michaelhayes/status/360839251027431425/photo/1

^ the torn bill of rights

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/business/media/nbc-announces-mini-series-on-hillary-clinton.html

can't wait

It's a four-hour miniseries, but since it's on NBC it will be canceled after the second hour.

what a disaster for nbc

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/485119_10151309074333278_1641232265_n.jpg

oh jesus

lol

agl

We all saw the "1998 and after" Shrillary miniseries already.

huh?

The reality show! Can't top that; no actress can reproduce the campaign-trail "gallonagas."

I guess a couple hours dramatizing the healthcare reform screwup just didn't sell in the suites.