Preface.
This piece was originally a comment on by What IS leadership and what kind of leader do WE want? by Abbyrose86. In response to a request that it be posted separately, and with the concomitant desire to improve and...
Would the nation stand up and say no to the oligarchs who are trying to buy this country for themselves? Well I see I should have had faith all along.
Hurricane Isaac reminds Americans to consider whether America should be a country that comes to the rescue when people are in trouble or if America should be an Ayn Rand utopia where the rule is survival of the wealthiest and those who suffer are on their own.
When we last left Bob Woodward in The Perils of Bobline, he was tied up and left on the railroad tracks by the evil Snidely Obama who threatened him that if he didn't pay the mortgage, he would take away his publishing house and let the train run of media opinion over him.
Both Clinton and Biden have since, apologized for their votes for H.J. Res. 114 because they did not think at the time that President Bush would use it as an excuse to invade Iraq. The irony is that now the vote is being used against President Obama's vice president in the same manner he used it against his 2008 primary opponent.
When the only thing that's enough is too much...
In his weekly press conference June 25, 2014, House Speaker John Boehner confirmed that he will initiate a lawsuit on behalf of the House against President Obama over the administration’s use of executive actions. Boehner asserted:
"This is about defending...
If I was President and Congress was like, "No way we're taxing rich people and stuff!" I would be so like, "Uh-uh, you're gonna tax rich people, bitch!" and they would be so like, "Damn! Okay! We'll tax rich people, just get out of my face!"
On the first Thanksgiving, immigrants who were very vulnerable were welcomed by this land's citizens and treated with compassion and generosity. In other words, Republicans are completely bewildered why we celebrate Thanksgiving.
It was a no-brainer (or as known in Republican circles, a "Gohmert") for Republicans to vote against background checks, an assault weapons ban and a gun magazine limit. And it was just as easy for them to be "outraged" by the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi. Only If deaths help them politically, do they matter.
