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Man-Up Time President Obama: Grow Spine and Become Party’s Dictator

Posted on 20 January 2010 by Denis Campbell | Comments (5) | Tags: 1st year, democrats, loss, Man up, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, President Obama, Republicans, Scott Brown

by Denis Campbell
Welcome to the toughest 1st year in the loneliest job in the world. Good that you have a dog and you’re not in Kansas anymore Mr. President. You approached the utter disaster left by the previous occupant with a determination, grit, grace and pragmatism that has long been missing.
Now sir you have to [...]

Guns of August, Why Republican Right Was So Adept at Using Them on Health Care

Posted on 02 September 2009 by Robert Reich | Comments (0) | Tags: democrats, healthcare, Healthcare debate, Robert Reich

by Robert Reich
What we learned in August is something we’ve long known but keep forgetting: The most important difference between America’s Democratic left and Republican right is that the left has ideas and the right has discipline. Obama and progressive supporters of health care were outmaneuvered in August — not because the right had any [...]

Administration Healthcare Programme Creates Vacuum – Idiot Ideologues Storm In

Posted on 19 August 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: democrats, Healthcare debate, healthcare reform, Republicans

By Denis Campbell
Create a vacuum, be unclear, waffle, negotiate with soul-less bullies and you get gamed in Washington and across the USA. These NBC opinion poll graphics are chilling. The healthcare debate handed Republicans control of the US House in 1994. Now, because Congressional Democrats cannot determine what they stand for together, they will all [...]

No, Mr. President, I Will Not “Back Off”

Posted on 06 August 2009 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: Ben Nelson, big pharma, Charley James, Congress, democrats, healthcare reform, Mr. President, Nebraska, stand-up

by Charley James
Dear Mr. President:
According to a senior White House staff member who attended Wednesday’s lunch with the Senate Democratic caucus, you told progressives to “back off” attacking Blue Dogs and ConservaDems for their opposition to meaningful health care reform including the desperately needed public option.
Say what?
No, Mr. President, I will not back off – [...]

MadKane’s Political Limericks

Posted on 13 July 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: Affairs, Alaska, Argentina, democrats, Facebook, Governor Palin, Governor Sanford, Governors, Hypocrisy, Jenny Sanford, lame duck, Limbaugh, Mark Sanford, Media, Media Humor, Nevada, obama, radio, Republicans Humor, Scandals, Senator Ensign, Sins, South Carolina, Stimulus, Talk Shows

by Madeleine Begun Kane
(Give her philandering politicians, dueling Republican gubernatorial meltdowns and Senator Ensign and it’s Christmas in July for MadKane and the rest of us! Enjoy one of the finest and funniest political wits on any planet! -Ed.)
Dueling Scandals
Senator John Ensign surely celebrated when Governor Mark Sanford’s soul-mate scandal took Ensign’s sex-capade off Page [...]

The Week+ in Political Limericks

Posted on 16 June 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: 9/11 Sympathizers, Al Qaeda, Alternate Reality, Automobiles, bankruptcy, Bilingual Education, Blame, Cars, democrats, Dick Polman, economy, Finance, FOX News, General Motors, GM, GOP, Immigrants, Judiciary Satire, Krauthammer, Latina, Law Satire, Leonard Bernstein, lies, Liz Cheney, Maria, Mark Krikorian, Media, Media Lies, Mike Huckabee, money, Names, National Review, news, Newt Gingrich, obama, Obama Nominees, Pronunciation, racism, Republicans Humor, Sean Hannity, smears, Song Parody, Sonia Sotomayor, Speaker, Supreme Court, Talk Show Hosts, Terrorism, Twitter, Values

by Madeleine Begun Kane
Hannity Insanity
Few people are better at creating a Krauthammer-lauded “alternate reality” than Fox’s Sean Hannity. Columnist Dick Polman provides an excellent example:
On his Fox show one week ago, Sean Hannity told his credulous fans that President Obama had made a deliberate effort during his Cairo speech “to give 9/11 sympathizers a voice [...]

The Week in Political Limericks

Posted on 15 May 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: Activist Judge, Cheney, CIA, Congress Humor, democrats, Empathy. Republicans, Employment, Feigned Outrage, GOP, Interrogation, Judges, Law Satire, liars, Lieberman, lies, Limbaugh, Mad Kane’s Political Madness, Madeleine Begun Kane, MadKane, Media, Michael Steele, Nancy Pelosi, obama, Orrin Hatch, Pete Sessions, radio, Rebranding, Republican Rebranding, Republicans Humor, Stocks, Supreme Court, Talk Shows, texas, torture, TV

 
by Madeleine Begun Kane
My Homage To Feigned Outrage
May 14th, 2009
Republicans (and Joe Lieberman) have been staging yet another temper tantrum. What’s their grievance du jour? Speaker Nancy Pelosi said CIA leaders misled Congress about interrogation techniques.
The CIA’s under attack
By the Speaker who gave it a smack.
She accused it of lying.
The GOP’s crying:
She’s mean and must [...]

Just Smile and Wave Boys, Smile and Wave…

Posted on 08 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 20 years ago, 27 day, angry, bi-partisan support and working together, blatantly use smear tactics that are simply lies, both should have grabbed the microphone and stopped it, call him Hammas’ best friend, calm, cannot be good for McCain, cesspit (below the gutter), Clinton supporters into the fold after a bitter fight, CNN flash poll result shows Obama winning, collected, condescending and patronising language, debate tonight was a push, democrats, Denis Campbell, favourables continuing to rise, hollered by audiences this past weekend in stump speech, How will anyone govern after this bitter fight?, how will he govern?, injecting blatant racism, Just Smile and Wave Boys, Leaving the debate hall early, link Obama to terrorists, McCain, McCain and Co., McCain needed to win decisively, McCain was asked “how do we beat the bitch…”, McCain was tense, mischievous penguins in the kids film Madagascar, more of a true Town Hall moment than at any other point, needed to hit it for six, not helping him, Obama looked cool, Obama stayed behind and talked to everyone who wanted t, only place McCain can go to win, patronising, polarised after the primaries, rancour between Dems and Repubs is toxic and hurtful, Sarah Palin, should have said “no Senator Obama is a committed and d, slight win for Obama, Smile and Wave…, this is ridiculous, threatening someone under United States Secret Service, tougher task this time around, UK Tories and Labour do not like each other, unthinkable for a national party leader to play the rac, will so alienate the country and the world, “Kill him” and “terrorist”, “that one”

 
By Denis Campbell
“Kill him” and “terrorist” were hollered by audiences this past weekend in stump speeches by Sarah Palin and John McCain. Just as when McCain was asked “how do we beat the bitch…” he smiled and waved like the mischievous penguins in the kids film Madagascar.
Sorry but threatening someone under United States Secret Service [...]

John McCain’s Obfuscation Talk Express

Posted on 05 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 19-months, 62-day, 7-days to scratch the surface of you, 8th month in a row of losses, against the 35-year head of the foreign relations commi, Alaska, Annie Oakley and her gun, Charley James, Comedy Central, Convention, democrats, Donna Reed Show style, eased on down the road, Economy shed 84000 Jobs in August, First Dude, George Bush, hate America, his policies, hopelessly lazy MSM bought the Republican storyline, I wish I was home, Joe Biden, John McCain no longer needs, Jon Stewart, Juneau, keep Sarah hidden from the media, King and Queen of the Republican Prom, liberal media, licking his chops, lie out of both sides of your mouth, lily-white, Madison Avenue, male dominated, matching her two years of executive experience, maverick, McCain, McCain-Palin airplane, mentioned 5-years as a POW at every stop, middle class America, misty-eyed around the flag, obama, Obfuscation Talk Express, obfuscation talk sprint, parallel universe, Pippi Longstocking rebelliousness, praise the talk show loons, re-started the culture wars, Republican talking head, Sarah Palin, she’ll run out of smart-ass 1-liners, showed disturbing images of 9-11, St. Paul, the press politely knows their place, they grow and consume you, tough policy questions, voted for 90+% of the time, Wasilla, whip up your base in fear, you refuse to address or acknowledge your past bullying, your trunk line system was overwhelmed

 

Balloons fell from the rafters in St. Paul where the Obfuscation Talk Express (Straight, had left the building) crowned the King and Queen of the Republican Prom and eased on down the road to a 1950’s, Donna Reed Show style, lily-white, male dominated, middle class America, where the press politely knows their place and doesn’t ever [...]

The GOP Barracuda Theme Song

Posted on 04 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 62-days, 9-week sprint to the finish, a verb and 9-11) Giuliani, ability, Barracuda Theme Song, Clinton-supporting Nevada women, CNN, Country first, crowd pleaser, democrats, Dick Cheney, diversity challenged, electoral count predictor, energised, Excel Centre, focus group, George Bush, Georgia, Governor Sarah Palin, gun-toting, hardly convinced that she was qualified to be vice pres, Hillary Clinton supporting women, hint of culture war, hitwoman, hockey Mom, Huckabee, it was snippy, Joe Biden, language and terror focus, left over from 2004, lily-white, McCain, Mitt Romney, moose hunting, Nevada, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, obama, Once she started mudslinging I thought it's the same ol, overly harsh "sarcasm" pervading her address, poise, pure red meat GOP partisanship, Republican, Republican National Convention, Republicans looked to redirect the anger with base-plea, Republicans seem to have lost the plot, right wing, Rudy (a noun, she's a good speaker, she's using McCain, the economy, The HUffington Post, tomorrow, two dozen women were reportedly between 30 and 60 years, Undecided, vintage 1992, warm-up act, Washington, weak supporters of Barack Obama, webcast live to reporters, were not as impressed, witness protection program, won over rabid faithful

Country first, ha(!), this was pure red meat GOP partisanship at its best as hitwoman Governor Sarah Palin gave a speech thin on specifics but loaded in every sense of the word with snarky attacks on Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
In the diversity challenged (read lily-white) Excel Centre, the red meat thrown up by Huckabee, [...]

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