Much as I dislike the DINO anti-choicer, and his egregious toupee, I have to admit we could use a Ben Nelson here
Per an AP article about the Senate Conference deliberations earlier this evening: …Nebraska, Louisiana, Vermont and Massachusetts. These states are getting more federal help with Medicaid than other states. In the case of Nebraska — represented by Sen. Ben Nelson, who’s providing the critical 60th vote for the legislation to pass — the federal government [...]
Stuff like this is why the blog has a category called “Conservative Misogyny”
Via Huffington Post, here’s a list of the 30 Senators (all Republican and including our own Kyl and McCain) who voted against Sen. Al Franken’s amendment that would penalize defense contractors who use mandatory arbitration clauses and other methods to discourage employees from reporting sexual assault: Franken’s amendment ended up passing, 68-30. Here’s a list [...]
We cannot stand by while American businesses and working people are being helped, my friends!
From The Hill: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will lead Republican opposition to the popular cash-for-clunkers program in an attempt to block additional funding when it comes up for consideration in the Senate this week. The House voted 316 to 109 Friday to pour $2 billion more into the program, which has proved so popular that [...]
Racist tool Bob Robb puts his foot in his “mau-mau”.
He starts off innocuously enough, playing the false equivalence game: The budget choices wouldn’t be any easier or more pleasant if Democrats were in charge, and their solutions would be just as unpopular. Sometimes, however, it’s enough just to be the other guy when voters are in a mood to change directions. And while the [...]
Andrei Cherny announces for State Treasurer. Which enrages Howie Fischer for some reason.
At 10:30 this morning on the steps of the State Capitol, Andrei Cherny stood with his wife Stephanie and baby son and addressed an appreciative crowd of supporters, including this here Diva. Stephanie introduced Andrei, and he followed with a brief speech outlining his plans to use the office of Treasurer to guide policies that [...]
Part IV of the Mean People with Bad Ideas Memo, memo.
Hidy ho Divas and Diva-boosters! Been crazy busy with the new J-O-B this past week. In fact, they’re flying me to Vegas for 2 days to do some more training in the field. But I haven’t forgotten my Arizona peeps, especially with all this hoozywhatsit going down over the budget cuts and stimulus funds and Tom [...]
John McCain to Hispanic voters: “You people made your choice”
Senator McCain, once again, did a fabulous job of demonstrating his social ineptitude and poor anger-management skills at a recent meeting with business leaders in Washington. What began as a collegial airing of views abruptly changed when McCain spoke about immigration, according to these sources, who asked not to be identified for fear of retribution. Anonymity was [...]
