Posts about Daily Kos as of October 19, 2009

10/19/2009
It isn’t Republicans who are holding up Obama’s “reforms!” Debra Saunders opened her most recent column with: If the Democrats’ health care package is so great, why are President Obama and Dem congressional leaders so hungry to share the credit for its passage with a Republican? It’s not as if D.C. Dems are opposed to hogging the glory when a federal program is popular. So why did Obama feel the need to announce after the Senate Finance Committee passed a health care measure with the support of Sen.
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10/19/2009
Smashing pumpkins a hit – Statesman Journal AURORA — As the giant pumpkins slammed to the ground at Fir Point Farms, the crowd shrieked and clapped. Children were chanting: “Hit that car, hit that car.” One after another, six pumpkins each weighing more than 200 pounds fell 120 feet from a The Cash Cops of Tenaha – Counter Punch I t was Friday of the last day of August, 2007 when Arkansas resident James Morrow attempted to mind his own business while driving peaceably through Tenaha, a small East Texas town in Shelby County south of Shreveport and Longview.
10/18/2009
crowth : Sen. Franken Questions an Arbitration Lawyer about Binding Arbitration (via Glinner : Daily Kos : SenatorFranken )
10/17/2009
Crossposted at Daily Kos
When Bernie speaks, he speaks the TRUTH (capital TRUTH)
    And though his words are not sugar coated he says five words that every American should hear Loud and Clear.
    “The Middle Class is Collapsing”

HuffingtonPost.com
    More below the fold      For Wall Street it is the Roaring 20’s. For everyone else it is the Great Depression 2.0.

10/17/2009
      Wilson raised $2.7M, Miller $1.7M
The real concern, IMHO, is that Wilson raised >$2M from small dollar donors.
Adam B

    Are you going to stand for THAT! The guy who yells “YOU LIE”, while lying about it! is beating Rob Miller? Not on our watch, he ain’t!
    If you can Donate To Rob Miller for Congress (SC-02) today at Act Blue , please do.
    If not, no worries, I know times are hard.

10/17/2009
Michelle Malkin   Lead Story An ACORN-Friendly, Big Labor-Backing, Tax-and-Spend Radical in GOP Clothing By Michelle Malkin  •  October 16, 2009 10:09 AM Yes, it’s time for the upside-down elephant. The Stupid Party is at it again. The subject of today’s column: An abomination in the NY23 special congressional race to replace former GOP Rep. John McHugh, who accepted President Obama’s Army Secretary position. Way to go, Beltway GOP establishment.
10/17/2009
#1 THERE’S A REP FOR THAT!!
#2 Markos Moulitsas (founder of the Daily Kos ) on the Ed Show, “we’re tired of Harry Reid’s excuses”.
#3 4th grader asks President Obama, “Why Do People Hate You?”
#4 Power Company Trying To Shut Off Cancer Patient’s Oxygen
Mable Randon is suffering from the late stages of cancer. She’s bound by a wheel chair and only breathing with the help of an electrically-powered oxygen machine.