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  • The Church, Birth Control and Santorumatozoa

    The Church, Birth Control and Santorumatozoa

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  • Romney Calls Santorum the ‘D’ Word

    Romney Calls Santorum the 'D' Word

    Mitt Romney believes that his best line of attack is making the claim that he has not spent a moment as a D.C. politician while his two main opponents, Newt ...

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  • Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    No two ways about it, Rick Santorum had a good night. Not only did he sweep Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri but he also got off the best line of the ...

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  • “We the Rich…”

    We the Rich...

    Few would argue the fact that Citizens United has been a major player in the Republican primary...and many if not most would concede that none of it has been healthy ...

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  • A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump’s Endorsement ()

    A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump's Endorsement ()

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  • Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...

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  • Republican Cannibalism

    Republican Cannibalism

    I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...

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  • Romney Hood

    Romney Hood

    One of our readers sent me an email with an idea for an illustration - Mitt Romney as Romney Hood. I thought it was brilliant and came up with the ...

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  • Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole. "Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...

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  • Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback.  Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...

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  • SOTU

    SOTU

    There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet. The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...

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  • Just Another GOP Debate

    Just Another GOP Debate

    The highlights from last night's debate. - Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war. - Santorum, who ...

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  • No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously. “We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...

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  • Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns. Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...

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  • The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    Good line. My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016.  The most electable guy in the field and he could ...

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  • Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice. So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...

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  • The Constitution – Libertarian’s False Idol

    The Constitution - Libertarian's False Idol

    Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope. ocLiberal: I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...

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  • Gingrich’s Delusional Politics

    Gingrich's Delusional Politics

    In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich. “I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...

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Anthony Weiner vs. The Party of No

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The story.

Place:  The U.S. House of Representatives

The Issue:  Vote on a bill that would provide $7.4 billion to cover health care costs for responders who were affected and sickened by the 9/11 attacks.

Scenario:  Both parties agreed that the bill was a worthy one.  Dems, concerned that Republicans would attempt to append non-related partisan amendments to the bill, suspended the rules and went straight to the vote.

Result:

- The bill, requiring a two-thirds majority, was defeated by 159 United States Representatives who voted against it.

- Republicans argued that they voted ‘NO’ on the bill on grounds that while agreeing with the contents of the bill, they opposed the procedure that did not allow them to offer amendments.

- Responders involved in the rescue and actions of 9/11 are now forced to battle health insurance companies in the courts.

New York Democrat Anthony Weiner reacts.

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Comments

  1. Sam says:

    Awesome video, glad that someone stood up to the party of “No!”

  2. Dee says:

    I think I <3 Representative Weiner.

  3. ritterrific says:

    I found the Youtube link and posted this on Facebook. Then I added a comment to credit you with bringing this to my attention on your blog. When I tried to use the short URL link from your tweet, Facebook popped up a message that this had been reported as “offensive content”. So I used the full URL with no problem. I also mentioned in my comment that the only ones who might find the link offensive were the Republicans in congress because it calls out their hypocrisy.

  4. Anthony Weiner is my hero. The GOP has become the most shameful party in the in history of the country, putting their own lust for power above the needs of the citizenry. It is disgusting they did this at the expense of the 9/11 responders.

    Many who may have voted for this bill are undoubtedly being extorted by their party leaders who are withholding additional campaign funds from their leadership PACs.

    This practice was started by Newt and it is how they keep their members towing the party line. They also withhold chairmanships for the same reason.

    Recommend everyone read “Money in the House” by Marian Currinder for some excellent insight as to why our politics are where they are.

  5. Morton Weiss says:

    To bad Reid doesn’t have Weiner’s balls.

  6. janine says:

    So the Repubs voted no on a bill they agree with because they don’t like the procedure. Brings to mind two responses. One — pot/kettle and two — they are still employing schoolyard bully tactics

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