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To: i-node who wrote (452006)	1/28/2009 6:26:19 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576159

"Rather than chipping away at the power of the president the way the Democrats do, the Republicans respect the fact that the Constitution does not envision Congress interfering with presidential power on the advise and consent function." Total asstalk! The (R)'s know: They really have no reason to object to Holder. If they DO, they'll just look like obstructive assholes while the economy craters and Bernie Madoff laughs with his feet up in his mansion. Obama got a MANDATE. They can count. Besides, they would have to filibuster to stop it.

To: i-node who wrote (452006)	1/29/2009 12:40:16 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576159

Outrage Continues To Build As Limbaugh's Hateful Remarks Repulse Most Americans But Seem To Inspire More GOP Members Of Congress downwithtyranny.blogspot.com

To: i-node who wrote (452006)	1/29/2009 12:47:17 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576159

HOW WE GOT IN THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.... Josh Marshall is listening to congressional Republicans give speeches this afternoon on the House floor, explaining their opposition to an economic stimulus package in the midst of a deep recession. He seems rather pained. "It may not be advisable for anyone to actually listen to the arguments House Republicans are actually making on the House floor. We're just listening again to Rep. [Jeff] Flake (R) who appears to have himself outdone himself in militant statements of economic nonsense. Earlier today we heard Flake claiming that tax cuts have no stimulus effect if they go to low-income earners who pay payroll taxes and not income taxes. Now he's explaining how capital spending on AMTRAK is also not stimulus because AMTRAK doesn't run a profit. Again, total non-sequitur. I think rail is something we should be spending a lot more on. But you can certainly disagree with that on policy terms. But you can't claim that that capital spending on rail stock and rail upgrades doesn't provide jobs. Of course it provides jobs. And whether Amtrak is profitable or not is completely beside the point. Where did they get this guy?" I can appreciate Josh's frustration. Listening to House Republicans talk about the economy is not only tedious, it's a striking reminder that these guys don't know what they're talking about. I mean that, literally. They're clueless. There are coherent arguments against the stimulus plan, even from a conservative perspective, but actual GOP policy makers apparently aren't familiar with them. Their arguments about the CBO are wrong. Their arguments about tax credits are wrong. Their arguments about aid to states are wrong. Their arguments about the stimulative benefits of tax cuts are wrong. Their arguments about corporate tax rates are wrong. Their arguments about housing are wrong. Even their arguments about allocation are wrong.* There's probably some entertainment value in considering the "stupid vs. dishonest" dynamic -- maybe Republicans know their arguments are wrong, and are repeating them anyway -- but the end result is always the same. It's hard to get through a single speech without searching frantically for the Maalox. It reached the point today that Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), a member of the leadership, said Democrats are acting like ... wait for it ... former Republican president Herbert Hoover. I suppose, by Ensign's formulation, that makes Mitch McConnell FDR? And perhaps the single most frustrating part of listening to the Republicans' nonsense is the painful realization that it's their misguided worldview that got us into this mess in the first place. It's the same misguided worldview that opposed a stimulus last fall, which would have made this bigger stimulus less necessary now. Congressional Republicans, in other words, still believe they have credibility on matters of the economy, and they demand that everyone respect their authority. It's quite odd. * edited slightly for clarity

To: i-node who wrote (452006)	1/29/2009 12:51:11 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576159

Now liberal actresses have to educate conservative pundits. I wonder what bottom is for you guys? The gutters or the sewers? Alba schools Fox’s O’Reilly in WW II history By Courtney Hazlett The Scoop msnbc.com Jessica Alba is setting the record straight: Sweden was neutral during World War II. Alba and Fox TV show host Bill O’Reilly traded punches last week after the presidential inauguration. After Alba told a Fox reporter that O’Reilly was “kind of an a-hole;” he retaliated by calling her a “pinhead” for telling a reporter to “be Sweden about it,” assuming she meant Switzerland. “I want to clear some things up that have been bothering me lately,” Alba blogged on MySpace Celebrity. “Last week, Mr. Bill O'Reilly and some really classy sites (i.e.TMZ) insinuated I was dumb by claiming Sweden was a neutral country. I appreciate the fact that he is a news anchor and that gossip sites are inundated with intelligent reporting, but seriously people... it's so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during WWII was Switzerland.” Although Switzerland is more frequently cited as an example of neutrality, Sweden did indeed follow a policy of neutrality during World War II. History point to Alba. Simpson not spinning weight loss into mag covers Jessica Simpson has a new country album — and a new full-figured look to go with it, according to pictures of the apple-cheeked starlet nearly spilling out of her high-waisted jeans as she sang tracks from "Do You Know" at a chili cookoff in Florida over the weekend. msnbc.msn.com

To: i-node who wrote (452006)	1/29/2009 12:52:55 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576159

How bankrupt is the GOP when a GOP congressman criticizes Rush and then has to apologize to Rush on his show? Maybe you should run Rush in 2012.

To: i-node who wrote (452006)	1/29/2009 12:57:31 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576159

Sleazy and stupid appear to be the by-words for Coleman. Coleman's Supposedly Friendly Witnesses Backfire By Eric Kleefeld - January 27, 2009, 3:56PM We have seen the best thing that Norm Coleman's legal team has done so far in this election trial -- and it ain't pretty. This afternoon the Coleman team was bringing in rejected absentee voters to show that their ballots were improperly tossed. So far the court has heard from six people, most of of whom said they were contacted by the Republican Party in the last few weeks. They mostly seemed sympathetic enough, putting a human face on the disenfranchised Coleman voter -- but at least two of them appeared to have been rejected properly under the conditions of Minnesota law. One of the voters was Douglas Thompson, who admitted under oath that his girlfriend filled out his absentee ballot application for him, signing his name with her own hand and purporting to be himself. His ballot was rejected because the signature on his ballot envelope (his own) did not match the signature on the application (his girlfriend's). The Coleman team's argument appears to be that he is still a legal voter in Minnesota, as the signature on the ballot was his own, even if admitted dishonesty was involved in getting the ballot. Keep in mind: Thompson's story came up during the direct examination by Coleman lawyer James Langdon. So the Coleman camp fully knew this information and decided to make him into a witness. Another one of the voters, an older man named Wesley Briest, initially responded that he voted at the polls -- not by absentee. Then Coleman attorney James Langdon showed him his absentee ballot envelope, reminding him that he did not go to the polls, too. Upon cross-examination by Franken lawyer Kevin Hamilton, Briest admitted that his wife, who served as the witness on his ballot, did not fully complete the witness section of the absentee ballot. On top of this, the court began over four hours late today, after the judges and lawyers had to go into a closed-door meeting to figure out how to bring in original rejected absentee ballot envelopes in the wake of yesterday's mess involving the Coleman team making alterations to their photocopied evidence. tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com