Posts about Politico as of August 3, 2009

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08/03/2009
Chuck Todd is a contributing editor at Meet the Press.NBC’s Chuck Todd has this very revealing bit in Politico today.Targeting, among others, Glenn Beck (by name) and, not by name, Roger Ailes and Arianna Huffington.Dissing Beck as a “radio DJ” using “crazy language” to deliver “outrageous rants,” for which he should be taken off the air, Todd goes on to foam that “actual journalists” may be headed toward a Beckian world of Howard Beales, the unhinged TV star from the film Network.“It’s getting nuts that the folks who are creating the perception of an ideological/polarized media world are people who have never really spent their lives being journalists.
08/03/2009
Today, House members are back home to begin their month-long recess. The far right has indicated that they plan to welcome many of their representatives with large, angry throngs (“ town halls gone wild ”). The corporate lobbyists engineering these “grassroots” efforts have indicated their harassment strategy is to “yell,” “stand up and shout,” and “rattle” the members. Politico reported that Democratic members of Congress are increasingly being confronted by “ angry, sign-carrying mobs and disruptive behavior ” at local town halls.
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08/03/2009
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was talking about the party he leads when, in remarks to the committee’s governing body here Friday, he compared the GOP’s improving fortunes to the unlikeliest of individuals.“As Hillary Clinton would say, we found our voice,” Steele quipped.Yet six months into Steele’s term at the helm of a badly bruised party, some of the Republicans who winced through his stumbling debut suggest the chairman could just as easily have been speaking of
‘Not one single dime!’hyscience.com
08/03/2009
( Click on image to see larger image ) In his first presidential speech to Congress, President Obama promised : “If your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.” That was, of course, then, before our Know-Nothing-in-Chief began demonstrating that he had not even the sketchiest of a grasp of economics and initiated the largest government spending spree in U.S. History – and did so based on bogus budget arguments .
08/03/2009
Dems skipping town halls with their constituents – crushliberalism.com 08/03/2009 Not content with letting John Conyers have all the fun neglecting his job duties , other Dems want to get in on the action of screwing the American people without looking them in the eyes.  Details : Screaming constituents, protesters dragged out by the cops, congressmen fearful for their safety — welcome to the new town-hall-style meeting, the once-staid forum that is rapidly turning into a house of horrors for members of Congress.
08/03/2009
August 3rd, 2009 admin Posted in Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Code Pink, Communism, Communist Front groups, Congress, Conservatives, Delusional Dupes and DUmmies, Democrats, Economy, Fraud/misrepresentation, Government, Government corruption, Healthcare, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, Journalistic Malpractice, Liberal Media/Bias, Liberal World, Marxism, Propaganda, Socialism, conservative, liberalism, news | Comments Off-By Warner Todd HustonAn amusing episode being promulgated by the extremist, left-wing group Think Progress has cropped up recently.