According to David Plouffe on last night's show, it sounds like honest & for true EVERY VOTE will count. In that line of thinking, I repeat a mantra I've been saying & will continue to say for the next 49 days; even if you have to hold your nose to vote Dem, GET OUT THERE & VOTE ON NOVEMBER 2! Here is a list of standing committees in both the House & in the Senate. Below, I "gently" remind you of how the committees will change hands should the GOBP take over 1 or both houses of Congress!
If these facts don't put the fear of {insert deity or non - deity of your choice here} to get out & vote, I don't know what will. Rep. Paul Ryan, he of the gut Social Security & Medicare to balance the budget fame, will take over the House Budget Committee. Rep. Joe Barton, he of the BP/BS apologist fame, will take over the House Energy & Commerce Committee. Rep. Peter King, he of voting against health benefits for 9/11 responders fame, will take over the House Homeland Security Committee. And, just one more House committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, he of the creaming in his jeans at the prospect of investigating this White House fame, will take over the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee.
Let's talk the Senate side, now. Senator Saxby Chambliss, he of trash a decorated war veteran fame, will take over the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senator McCentury, he of the...well...do I REALLY need to go down the list, will take over the Senate Armed Services Committee. And, finally, Senator Racist Dick MORAN, he of racist dick MORAN fame, will take over the Senate Judiciary Committee.
So...again...well, you know...nose holding...yada...yada...yada...
Let's move onto "this day in history." On Sept. 14, 1879, Margaret Sanger, the outspoken early twentieth-century advocate of birth control, was born. If she was around today, Dr. George Tiller's murderer would go after her, too.
On this date in 1948, ground was broken in New York City for the United Nations' world headquarters. You know, the building that John Bolton wanted to gut but then became our UN Ambassador & worked in the damn thing!
Finally, Walter Koenig, of original Star Trek fame, is 74 today. Yep, y'all know what's coming! ;D
Let's Countdown...
#5 "Will Dems Fight?" AKA "Can Democrats Run on Taxes?" - Dems might just be rarin’ to fight & fight hard in advance of the election in November. In the House, the GOBP just might be forced to actually vote on middle class tax cut extensions! House Dems caucused on a game plan; the game plan seems pretty damn obvious to me, but I’m not a politician. Pollster Stan Greenberg was in that meeting. Meanwhile, in the "upper house," Senate Dems got 2 of the GOBP to switch to the "yes" side as far as cloture goes for tax breaks for small businesses. Now, THEY can argue that the GOBP tried to block tax cuts for small businesses in the middle of a recession! Some Dem "strategists" argue that even mentioning the word "tax" will put them in the soup come November.
Is that like PeeWee Herman’s secret word or something?! Mitchie McConnell got up on the Senate floor today to claim that most Americans want tax cuts for EVERYONE to stay in place. {insert annoying buzzer here} WRONG! Plum Line found at least 6 polls indicating that most people want the cuts for the super rich to go the way of the passenger pigeon. Grover Norquist is warning the GOBP they’re falling into a trap getting into this debate so close to the election; Newt the Nazi Lover ain’t happy, either. Most of the GOBP in both houses of Congress honestly don’t know what they’ll do if the Dems force them into a choice between letting tax cuts for the super rich expire or extend the cuts for 98% of the people in this country.
And, here’s Stan Greenberg to talk polls, taxes, and potential Dem response. In the polling conducted by him, 38% support keeping tax cuts for the really rich. By even my admittedly weak math skills, that’s not a majority, yes? To make a long story short, YEP, the Dems CAN run on this issue! The big question is will they. Whether schlepping President Obama’s name on this bill would be advantageous remains to be seen. Here’s Rep. Chris Van Hollen, leader of House Dem election efforts. He thinks Small Price to Pay Goldilocks actually happened to be accidently honest on Sunday morning! Well, I don’t know about THAT. Rep. Van Hollen’s ready for the tax fight; I hope his chutzpah is contagious. The 2% of "small businesses" that would actually see a positive result from tax action aren’t exactly the neighborhood non – chain coffee shop down the street – like the one that’s down MY street. They are big a$$ corporations that probably helped our country get into the economic terlet we’re in! Did y’all notice how Rep. Van Hollen DIDN’T answer Keith’s question about potential blue dog Dems putting the kibosh on using the tax issue in the run up to the election? Congress is a big ‘ol club, ya’ know. Rep. Van Hollen thinks there will be a vote in 1 of the houses of Congress on this tax extension issue before the election; he just doesn’t know which house.
#4 "Indoctrination Fabrication" - President Obama indoctrinated a bunch of school kids again today. ;D Are they all wearing t – shirts with Chairman Mao on them? The main instigator of the indoctrination memo, one – time FL GOBP "leader" Jim Greer, apologized to the President for the role he played last year & admitted to enabling the more bat$hit elements of the party! Uh – oh! No more trips to lesbian bondage clubs for him!!
He’s indicted on 6 felony counts???!!! Hell, THAT’S why he’s being all nicey nice now; he’s scared of going to the Graybar Hotel! Anyway, here’s what Mr. Greer had to say:
In the year since I issued a prepared statement regarding President Obama speaking to the nation’s school children, I have learned a great deal about the party I so deeply loved and served. Unfortunately, I found that many in the GOP have racist views and I apologize to the President for my opposition to his speech last year and my efforts to placate the extremists who dominate our party today. My children and I look forward to the President’s speech.
HEY! I just figured out what Mr. Greer’s game plan is! He gets convicted, President Obama pardons him, and then Mr. Greer becomes White House COS! Huh? HUH?! ;D Ugh...do we REALLY need to relive last year? Today’s speech told kids to stay in school AGAIN – Commie Nazi Socialist Kenyan Anti – colonial! Did I miss any other slurs? Here’s Chris Hayes! Where’s he been? Chris, like me, isn’t TOO terribly impressed with Mr. Greer’s mea culpa. The 2 GOBP Senators who went to the Dem side of the small business tax break cloture aren’t running for re – election.
** OK, most of the time, I’m not too impressed with the "Tweet of the Day"; however, tonight’s was pretty good! Check out that big ‘ol Buddha! HOLY CRAP! Wow...I’ve never seen frickin’ laser beams come from Buddha’s head before. That’ll keep me awake & alert this weekend if frickin’ laser beams start coming out of our Buddha statue’s head! But, it’s pretty small, so the frickin’ laser wouldn’t be THAT much of a big deal. ;D A guy in a car wash got out of his car IN THE WASH because it missed a spot. **
#3 "GOP Policy Wonks" AKA "FOX and Friends" - The GOBP got their economic plans from FAUX Business News. Hey! There’s Rep. Paul Ryan; I introduced him to y’all up above! Yea, Keith & I worked this segment out together; we’re a team like that {diving under futon now}. A whopping 21,000 people watch this yahoo’s show every night?! Then, why the spark are we concerned about it? It’s not like Rep. Ryan’s economic gutting plans aren’t already pretty well known! FAUX News is running a Media Matters ad about their big ‘ol donation to the Republican Governors Association?! $HIT! Here’s Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She thinks FAUX News is finally being transparent in their interest in seeing GOBP candidates get elected. Well, I don’t know if I’d go THAT far. Rep. Wasserman Schultz is ready to fight on the taxes argument, too!
WPITW – There’s that lady with the Jets stuff! I’ve not paid any attention to this ‘cause (1) I’m not a Jets fan, and (2) I am so NOT surprised by "inappropriate behavior" on the part of NFLers. Here’s BillO! Where’s he been for so long?! Oh, he’s got a book to pimp. Bob Dudley, the new Tony Hayward, is claiming the plaintiffs in lawsuits can’t sue them yet because they have to officially apply for damage claims.
#1 "Tempest in a Tea Party" - Polls are closing in some primary states. Christine O’Donnell’s ahead in DE! A woman who used to work for Ms. O’Donnell made phone calls against her former boss. Hell hath no fury like a tea bagger scorned! Cornhole Cornyn’s scared $hitless at the prospect of her winning. Charles KrautWhoEver dissed $t. $arah from Wasilla’s endorsements. Howard Fineman’s in the house to talk primaries. He thinks the Senate GOBP will support Ms. O’Donnell should she actually win. Mr. Castle was forced to "go negative" in his campaign ads, and the citizens of DE might not be crazy about that.