Feb

8

Obama in 2007: You Can’t Be Against Super PACs One Day and for ‘em the Next

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***** Recently the Obama campaign started asking fundraisers to support a pro-Obama Super-PAC. Team Obama says this isn’t a flip-flop, but if it isn’t, I don’t know what is. I wrote the other day that in 2010 when the Supreme Court blocked a ban on corporate political spending in Citizens United v. FEC, Obama called [...]

Feb

8

Let’s Move: Tug of War in the White House

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Alternate title: Caption what George Washington must be thinking: ***** Usually when somebody talks about a “tug of war” going on in the White House, they’re referring to staff disagreements. Why was the First Lady playing tug of war in the Blue Room? Because Biden was hosting a water gun fight in the State Dining [...]

Feb

8

Santorum Sweep

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It’s looking like this could be a three-way race at least through Super Tuesday, which is in about a month. RIck Santorum swept caucuses in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota yesterday. Most interesting was Minnesota, where Santorum won 45% of the vote, compared to a third place Romney, who got only 17% of the vote. As [...]

Feb

7

Obama Tests New Weaponry for US Military Use After Pentagon Budget Cuts Take Effect

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The Obama administration has called on the Pentagon to find $259 billion in cuts over the next five years. With that kind of financial hit, some of our weapons systems will be affected and need to be adjusted accordingly. Today, President Obama tested something that could be standard issue for our warriors in the field [...]

Feb

7

‘Obama Girl’ Still Undecided in 2012

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Still no endorsement from one of the most talked about pro-Obama sheep from 2008. As it turns out, being Obama Girl was a thankless job… literally: She has her own critiques of the man she once supported. “I haven’t really decided which way I’m going to go yet,” said Ettinger when asked who she’s going [...]

Feb

7

Breaking: Super PACs are OK Now

Filed Under Law, Politics | 10 Comments

Here’s President Obama back when the Supreme Court blocked a ban on corporate political spending and “Super PACs”: President Obama called it “a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans.” [...]

Feb

6

Chrysler’s Super Bowl Ad Featuring Clint Eastwood: An Obama Ad in Cheap Disguise?

Filed Under Business, Entertainment, Politics | 19 Comments

Sunday night I watched the Super Bowl but must have ducked out in the kitchen for another beer and Dorito re-load when they showed the ad that’s being talked about in political circles: The Clint Eastwood “Halftime in America” ad for Chrysler that could double as an Obama for America ad. It does have that [...]

Feb

6

Need Another Motivation to Vote Obama Out?

Filed Under Law, Politics | 37 Comments

Okay, so you might not be excited about this year’s crop of Republican candidates. I understand that, but over the weekend I heard from some people who might not even vote as a result of their disgruntlement. So if you might be included in that mix, here’s something else to keep in mind about what’s [...]

Feb

4

Settled Science: Republicans More Likely Than Democrats to Achieve Orgasm

Filed Under Politics, Science & Nature | 24 Comments

My own theory why Democrats have more trouble orgasming is that the solar panel arrays on their vibrators can make the experience rather cumbersome: Republicans are more likely to have better sex than Democrats, according to a new, 5,000-subject survey released by Binghamton University and Match.com on Friday. More than half – 53% – of [...]

Feb

4

Recovery Bummer: ‘Green Job’ Training Program Put on Hold

Filed Under Global Warming, Politics | 4 Comments

Paging Sheriff Joe! This story comes to us from the state of Washington, but it’s pretty much reflective of what I’ve been reading around the country: Government-funded training for so-called green jobs has come to a near standstill in Snohomish County, having produced lackluster results. Over the past few years, about 500 residents in the [...]

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