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

Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey had Trayvon Martin's parents onstage with them singing "Blowin' in the Wind." I am sure Rush and O'Reilly will have fun with that

@TPM Obama: Martin Luther King would like Obamacare bit.ly/1aPxuIK

Mr. Bush was invited to attend the event, but he declined because he recently underwent surgery to place a stent in a blocked heart artery.

Wall Street Journal and some online commenters are obsessed with the absence of Republican speakers at the March. McConnell just spoke at the US Capitol event.

Obama talking now

Man, I hope he chooses right now to launch his secretly-planned race war.

did he read MLK's FBI file as part of the most transparent Admin ever?

death penalty for nidal hasan

Hardly shocking

I don't totally understand why there's even a trial - he wants to the death penalty, the military wants to give it to him... what's the problem?

The system isnt Burger King, bro.

Actually...

I mean why didn't he just get plead out or something

He fully admits the crime and wants the maximum punishment

had no defense, didn't testify

onward to glorious martyrdom I guess

Good point. They should sentence him to death and keep forgetting to execute the sentence.

"sorry buddy, chair's on the fritz again. repair guy said he would be here between 10 and 4 whadayagonna do"

The system isnt Burger King, bro.

― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:03 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Obviously doesn't realize where Whoppers come from

i'm not in favor of the death penalty. but my sense of justice also means that the wishes of the guilty are irrelevant at sentencing.

and wants the maximum punishment

He asked to be sentenced to work at Walmart?!

lol u dumbshit

http://gawker.com/did-cory-booker-make-up-a-newark-drug-dealer-1222369131

Incidentally, this isn’t the only famous anecdote to be questioned during Booker’s showy Senate run. Last year Booker told Du Jour magazine that, in order to escape critics, he patronized a 24-hour salon in order to obtain manicures and pedicures. Today Booker’s Republican opponent, Steve Lonegan, said his campaign staff looked all over Newark for such a 24-hour salon and came up empty. (When asked, a Booker campaign spokesman declined to immediately provide the name of the candidate’s salon to Gawker.)

LOL who the fuck cares

people from the new jersey, the internet. maybe.

Nope

I just checked and I don't give a fuck about Booker's salon, that's pretty desperate

i like ur style, water face

We need more Bill Magills in the politics thread

fun White House negotiating ahead:

You can be sure that congressional Republicans, and probably congressional Democrats as well, will be pressing the White House for concessions and assurances on fiscal issues in exchange for votes on Syria. Much of this horse-trading will be in private because of its unseemly nature, though Republicans may publicly link support for a Syria strike to more money for the Pentagon. And it will be difficult for the White House to refuse to negotiate on the debt limit and on Syria. With at best tepid public support for direct U.S. intervention in Syria, and with the administration struggling to rebut suggestions from critics left and right that we’re going to launch a risky military action because the president screwed up by using the term “red line” for the deployment of chemical weapons by Syria, Obama is not in the strongest position to make or reject demands.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_09/fun_month046696.php

‏@FearDept
"The 9/11 anniversary is this Wednesday, should Americans expect some sort of an attack?"
- Wolf Blitzer to President Obama

Wolf as bad always.

same ol', same ol'

The House Republican caucus may be crazy and its leadership may be weak. But they’re laying the foundation for a debate that will end with spending cuts that further weaken the economic recovery—and continue to undermine vital government services.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114672/boehner-cantor-spending-keep-sequester-cuts-or-face-shutdown

Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor at the New Republic.

Dunno about Jonathan Bernstein's point here.

I don't get it. Inside the beltway dreams

this is a really good piece re demographic shifts left http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/12/the-rise-of-the-new-new-left.html

he thinks warren shd run

yeah i've got that article bookmarked. probably'd be a little better than HRC so bring it on imo

interesting article, feels like a bold prediction; not convinced that's how the chips will fall

one thing id like to see explored in these kind of pieces is how the crazy drop in crime has contributed to the generational leftward shift, tough on crime used to be a major republican selling point

our democracy could not possible be improved!!

An almost completely unknown group with strong ties to the Koch brothers has identified itself as the secret source of almost a quarter of a billion dollars received by conservative political groups in 2012.

The group, Freedom Partners, raised $256 million in the year following its creation in November 2011, and made grants totaling $236 million to conservative groups, according to Politico, which was shown a draft of an IRS document the group plans to file shortly. As Politico put it, the upshot of Freedom Partners’ revelation is that “a totally unknown group was the largest sugar daddy for conservative groups in the last election, second in total spending only to Karl Rove’s American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS.”

my sentence grammar and typo make one nice combo today mistake!!

does anyone edit pieces at the daily beast

idk didnt u use to work there

interesting article, feels like a bold prediction; not convinced that's how the chips will fall

yeah me neither, but he makes a good case. I would vote for Warren over Hillary in a heartbeat.

maybe max was the editor and they forgot to replace him when he left

read all about it, daily beast realizes it doesn't even have an editor, extra extra, "it was a goof"

bevare, bevare seeing de Blasio as an avatar of anything (esp leftism).

as for E Warren, she was getting ready to vote to bomb Syria, maybe?

she confused Syria and Wall Street iirc

as long as neoliberals are running the show, Occupy-type lefties are going to have to shed (their own) blood to change anything.

de blasio being historically centrist and winnng from the left makes him maybe even a better avatar for a changing eletorate

same as Obama? who is governing from the Bush.

de blasio ran well to the left of obamas campiagn, ha i do appreciate yr pun tho