Prediction: Michele Bachmann will not understand a word at Oral Argument

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Sunday March 25, 2012 · 2:23 PM PDT

2012/03/25 · 14:23

"It's been talked about all this last week," she said on ABC's This Week. "And I have a ticket. I will be in the Supreme Court chamber to hear these oral arguments live."

Thank god.

It seems that after a brief scare Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has in fact secured a coveted seat at Oral Argument before SCOTUS on the health care bill.

Bachman, you will remember, is a constitutional scholar. Here, she makes here case for why it is unconstitutional:

Ok, so I guess she kind of just says its unconstitutional and thus makes it so. It's too bad she's not litigating the case herself.

So here's my prediction: Michele Bachmann will sit through oral argument this week, and not understand what the hell is going on. Advocates on both sides will cite precedential cases, and make nuanced arguments about the reach of the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause. Bachmann will nod her head as the former Solicitor General Paul Clement makes his pitch, but will wonder why he is not screaming at the Justices things like: "Socialism!" "Death Panels!" and "Who cares about the Commerce Clause the American People Do Not Accept a Government Takeover of Health Care And It is Definitely Unconstitutional!"

And in late June, when the Court reaches its 8-1 decision upholding the mandate as a proper exercise of an enumerated power under Article I and the Necessary and Proper Clause, somewhere, Michele Bachman's head will finally explode.

Speech time Mr. President!

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Sunday November 14, 2010 · 6:47 AM PST

2010/11/14 · 06:47

"I reiterated my commitment to getting the START treaty done during the lame-duck session," Obama said, noting that Congress returns next week for its postelection session

Personally, I don't think the President is doing all that bad a job. Certainly not perfect, far from it, but I think we can all agree we need a little bit of the 2008 Obama back. Back then, Obama was only good at speaking, right? Now he seems to be much better at the other stuff, governing.

If you take a good look at what's happened these first two years, it seems pretty clear that Obama knows how to solve this country's problems. For the most part, he's actually had his priorities straight the whole time. His failures have all be political. And that's why we got weak health care, a weak stimulus, DADT kicked down the road, etc. Just imagine for a moment the GOP didn't exist. No politics to deal with. What would have happened then? Imagine if everything Obama brought up, everything he wanted to do, was passed. What an amazing two years this would have been. I bet we'd even have some single payer!

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Tuesday September 14, 2010 · 9:14 AM PDT

2010/09/14 · 09:14

It appears that America doesn't have a monopoly on teh stupid when it comes to marijuana. George Michael was sentenced to eight weeks in jail for his latest in a string of drug-related charges. Apparently, the self-proclaimed "terrible driver" crashed into a London store because he was too high on weed. At least that's what the judge thought.

Associated Press:

A British judge told the wayward star his addiction to marijuana put him and the public at risk.

Oh. A marijuana addiction.

BlueGA

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 5:16 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 17:16

Sarah Palin is quickly developing a pastor problem of her own, which by all accounts should be much worse than Obama's ever was. We learned that Palin's church had the director of Jews for Jesus give a sermon two weeks ago, and Palin was there. He gave a warm introduction and a collection plate was even passed around for donations to the organization.

Then, just recently we learned that Palin's pastor himself found his calling through Jews for Jesus. "If it were not for Jews for Jesus, I would not be standing here," said Kroon.

This in itself would be a huge problem for Jewish voters. But it gets worse. Jews for Jesus supports Israel, but Pastor Kroon does not. He recently granted an interview to "Brother Nathanael" of the anti-Israel website Real Jew News: The Zionist War for World Dominion.

In the interview, you can clearly see that Kroon is no friend of Israel:

Brother Nathanael Kapner: “Do you support the current State of Israel?”

Pastor Larry Kroon: “I believe that God has a special plan for the Jews. However, I cannot say whether or not the current State of Israel is part of that plan.”

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 12:02 AM PDT

2008/09/02 · 00:02

There's no doubt that the Rev. Wright controversy hurt the Obama campaign. Obama eventually handled it well and came out fine, though definitely hurt. Gov. Palin's association and membership in the Alaskan Independence Party, however, should be much worse.

Now, it's possible that somehow Palin can somehow disassociate herself with the group if ABC's report turns out not to be true. But, assuming it is, this will be a huge problem for Palin and McCain.

The McCain campaign has yet to comment on this story, which already may be a good sign. But when they do, if they do not deny the report, they will have to try to explain it away. The defense may be that the party does not advocate secession from the United States, it just wants a vote on the issue. Even if explaining it that way could make it go away, it seems that's not really the case. Most members of the group are in favor of secession. In fact, the group's chairman, Lynette Clark, stated that she was in favor of secession.

"My own separate opinion as an individual is that we should be an independent nation," Clark says. Others in the AIP "believe that being a commonwealth would be a good avenue to follow."

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Wednesday August 27, 2008 · 6:31 PM PDT

2008/08/27 · 18:31

Last night, following Hillary's wonderful speech, I wrote a diary with this very same title, noting that the one element that was unfortunately missing from Hillary's otherwise perfect speech was a full on endorsement of Obama's readiness and leadership ability.

Well, folks. Bill Clinton did it. And if this doesn't reassure Democrats, then nothing will. Bill and Hillary delivered a one-two punch. Hillary set the stage. She urged her supporters to reject John McCain and support the party. Bill followed up by showing us why Obama is the one who needs to be President.

I'm not sure to what extent this was the plan. I suspect it was all along. Hillary and Bill would work together to reunite the party. And what an incredible job they did.

I think the most interesting thing about these last to nights is how effectively the Clintons united this party. Now, I think a lot of us Obama supporters were thinking, "boy, the Clintons really need to fix what they broke."

BlueGA

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 8:56 PM PDT

2008/08/26 · 20:56

I thought Hillary's speech tonight was amazing. It was well delivered, sincere, and left no doubt what is at stake in this election. This was not the Hillary Clinton I could not stand during the primary. This was a Hillary Clinton that would have been the best choice for Vice President (had it not been for what went on during the primary). This was even a Hillary Clinton I myself would have voted for in the primary (again, had it not been for everything else).

And I think it was effective. I don't see how any former Clinton supporter who watched this could not vote for Obama. It would be an insult to her candidacy.

But a few minutes later, I remembered one important thing that I wish Hillary would say and she has yet to say. I don't know whether I can blame her for not including this in tonight's great speech. But I can't help but wonder why it has not come up yet.

Clinton still has not said Obama is ready to lead. She has not taken back anything she said during the primary. She has not said she was wrong.

BlueGA

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 9:22 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 21:22

Mark Halperin claims he has the inside info that Romney is McCain's VP choice. I for one hope Halperin is actually right for once. But right under that, he says that Gen. Petraeus is also being considered, as McCain's darkhorse, I suppose.

People close to the campaign also floated a wild-card choice, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq. They said it was not beyond the realm of possibility that Mr. McCain would ask him to join the ticket, although General Petraeus has no experience in elective government and has said repeatedly that he is not interested in the vice presidency.

Now, I for one found this pretty hard to believe. Is it even possible for him to just pack up and leave Iraq all the sudden and hit the trail? I doubt it.

Naturally, this has to be seen as nothing more than a desperate cry for attention, when all eyes are on Obama and his potential picks. And if McCain's choice is really leaking out a full week before the announcement, he'll have an especially hard time getting any attention in the next week.

Well, it turns out McCain is doing it for attention and his own advisors admit it.

BlueGA

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Monday August 18, 2008 · 6:00 PM PDT

2008/08/18 · 18:00

Despite the "conventional wisdom" that Obama's dreams of winning Georgia are just that, new Rasmussen polls show that not only does Obama have a reasonable shot at winning Georgia, but Democratic candidate Jim Martin has an even better shot of unseating horrible Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss.

Rasmussen:

Jim Martin, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate after defeating Vernon Jones in a run-off primary election earlier this month, is now trailing incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss by just six percentage points. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Peach State finds the incumbent ahead of his challenger 48% to 43%.
When “leaners” are included, Chambliss leads 50% to 44%.

BlueGA

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Sunday May 25, 2008 · 8:54 PM PDT

2008/05/25 · 20:54

[I posted this originally on MyDD. I know there have already been multiple diaries about this here as well. My comments are mostly directed at those few die-hard Hillary supporters left who won't come to terms with the reality here, and I doubt there are many left here. But I thought I'd post it anyway to share my thoughts.]

Watching “Recount” on HBO brought back all the terrible memories of the 2000 fiasco and so much more. I was only 12 when it happened, and I’ll admit I was thoroughly confused by what went on. All I knew was that the election was very close and the U.S. Supreme court decided democracy just took too much damn time.

HBO did a fantastic job of clarifying that awful mess. It certainly wasn’t a feel good movie—in fact, it was more of a “feel like complete shit” movie. It made me pissed off again. How the hell did this happen? Voters disenfranchised by the thousands, non-partisan decisions in the hands of the most partisan of people, butterfly ballots, hanging chad, planted protestors disrupting vote count and assaulting a lawyer, election officials being tricked left and right by the disruption created by the Republicans.

BlueGA

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Monday March 31, 2008 · 6:51 PM PDT

2008/03/31 · 18:51

Every once in a while I will find myself browsing MyDD, Hillaryis44, Taylor Marsh, etc., and get lost in anger. I forget for a few minutes that the blogosphere is not a microcosm of the country, and I wonder what has happened. Every time, I think about writing a diary about how the party seems torn apart, how racism is much more alive in the Democratic party than I thought, and how something has to be done.

Then I remember that the party as a whole is not like that. I think.

Still, I can't help but find it very disturbing that a large portion of so-called progressives can embody what I so despise about the GOP. How can they really believe the shit they are spewing? Obama is racist?

Barack Obama is the George Wallace of the Left

That tops the rec list at MyDD.

BlueGA

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Wednesday March 05, 2008 · 2:48 PM PST

2008/03/05 · 14:48

There has been a lot of talk lately about how Hillary can’t win and how she must get out of the race. But that is wrong, and I have PROOF. The campaign came out this morning with a memo, to which many responded: but where’s the path to the nomination. Well, it wasn’t that clear in the memo, I’ll admit, but I think after you read this we can lay to rest the claim that Clinton doesn’t have a realistic path to victory.

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