Believe it or not

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:44 PM EDT (Robert Draper)

President Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls while the top Republican leaders and strategist were conjuring up ways to submarine his Presidency. They plotted out ways to put the brakes on Obama's legislative platform. GOP people like Eric Ca …

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John Boehner Threatens To Take America Hostage In Second Debt Showdown
Tue May 15, 2012
- Boehner is honoring his pledge with Norquist. That pledge means more than the American people the flag and this country. Now the GOP wants to spend more money on defense when even the defense dept says it isn't necessay.
This May be the most Disastrous Looking Poll for Obama Yet
Tue May 15, 2012
- I love polls because the Gallup Poll shows Obama leading Mitt by 56% to Mitt's 36%. Everybody has a poll and they are all different.
Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike
Tue May 15, 2012
- One really fed up Boomer: I agree with what you said. There is waste and I am sure that some depts overlap with others and why does a congressman or women need a staff of 50 people or more.
Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike
Tue May 15, 2012
- First of all he made a pledge to a--ss hole Norquist not to raise taxes therefore they plan on no increase in revenue. Then they want to raise or keep the military budget which the Defense Dept said could be cut. So let just rob from the poor and the elderly and give to the wealthy.
Tea Partiers Backing Scott Walker May Run Afoul of IRS
Tue May 15, 2012
- Tea bagges are just plain ignorant so move their a--ss to Texas, La, Miss, Al and SC. There are all on the last peg of the ladder of education and since the tea baggers are against public schools they would fit right in.
Who Really Caused the Deficit?
Tue May 15, 2012
- hooptydo: You damn right I am going to blame the GOP and the tea baggers. They all were excited and proud that we went into two wars and cut taxes at the sametime. It is unheard of and the people on the right are brain dead.
The Stupidity Grows By Leaps and Bounds
Sun May 13, 2012
- Don: You cannot tell the right anything because we know they are just brain dead. It is a disease they got over 3 years ago and they can't seem to find the cure.
Grover Norquist Has Won The 2012 Presidency
Sun May 13, 2012
- Well at the GOP convention if they stand up and say the pledge of alliegence it will be to Norquist and not the flag or the United States.
The neutering of Mitch McConnell
Mon May 14, 2012
- Those people in Ky are so damn stupid. They don't know there is possibly two ways to skin a cat. One is throw McConnell out of the leadership role. The other is vote him out of office and since that won't happen then take the damn leadership away from him.
Bristol Palin Mocks the President and His Daughters
Mon May 14, 2012
- Did Bristle ever graduate from high school? If not what the hell is she doing running her mouth as if she knows something. Look how dumb her mother is and she graduated from beauty school.

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John Boehner Threatens To Take America Hostage In Second Debt Showdown
Source: Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info
In the wake of the debt deal in August 2011, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted that the Republican Party took America hostage to get their way and said they would do it again. That threat is now coming to fruition. On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner wi …
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This May be the most Disastrous Looking Poll for Obama Yet
Source: Silicon Alley Insider
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Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike
House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he will again insist on spending cuts and budget reforms to offset the increase.I
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Who Really Caused the Deficit?
Source: Talking Points Memo
As the chart below reveals, the main drivers of projected deficits over the next decade are the wars... in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush tax cuts and the so-called “automatic stabilizers” — unemployment insurance spending, lower tax burdens — built into e …
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Tea Partiers Backing Scott Walker May Run Afoul of IRS
Source: MotherJones.com
Tea Party Patriots could prove to be a formidable force in Wisconsin given the size of its fundraising machine; Martin recently bragged that the group raised $12 million last year. And that could be problematic. As a nonprofit group, TPP is banned from devoting the bulk o …
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