Archives: July, 2009

The Beer Summit — and a Party Crasher
Trish Ponder | Jul. 30, 2009

Joe Biden just can’t help himself. And we just can’t help but like him anyway. (Official White House photo)
For the record:
The president was drinking Bud Light, Biden was drinking Buckler (a nonalcoholic beer), Gates was drinking Samuel Adams Light and Crowley was drinking Blue Moon.

Poll: Schwarzenegger at New Low
Jon Ponder | Jul. 30, 2009

Gov. Schwarzenegger’s pollling may be at an all-time low, but he is lucky it is as high as it is considering what a wretched job he did during the budget negotiations:
In a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California, only 28 percent of respondents were happy with Schwarzenegger’s performance, the worst rating of [...]

Americans Hope Palin Will Stay in the Kitchen
Trish Ponder | Jul. 29, 2009

After demonstrating she most emphatically cannot take the heat, a new poll shows most Americans think Sarah Palin should stay in the kitchen. FOX News, of all places, reports the numbers.
About a third of Americans think the best job for Palin is homemaker
About a third of Americans think the best job for Palin is homemaker [...]

Public Option Could Save Billions on Non-Emergency Treatment in ERs
Jon Ponder | Jul. 29, 2009

One of the most pernicious dysfunctions of the current health care system is that it often puts uninsured people, particularly workers with low and mid-level incomes, in the position of going to emergency rooms for treatment for non-emergency medical problems. This not only puts additional stress on emergency services, it is the least effective way [...]

Shatner Recites Palin on Conan
Trish Ponder | Jul. 28, 2009

William Shatner makes sense of the hot mess that is Sarah Palin’s mind.

Topics: Alaska, Campaign 2012, Conservative Agenda, Message Points, News, Palin

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Obama: Can’t We All Just Get a Bud?
Trish Ponder | Jul. 28, 2009

They’re saying that Pres. Obama could do for beer what he did for Portuguese water dogs. Breathless reporters are already lining up to reveal what beer is served when Obama sits down with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley and asks, “Can’t we all just get along?”
What beer would [...]

Topics: Obama Presidency, Politics, Popular Culture

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Florida Republicans’ Grievance Committee Smells Like a Purge
Buck Banks | Jul. 27, 2009

Not satisfied with losing a bunch of elections last November as well as a whole bunch of formerly loyal members from every level, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) appears to be trying to finish the job through what looks from the outside like a purge of, gasp! — Libertarians. At least that’s what one [...]

Topics: Campaign 2012, Conservative Values, Florida, Incompetence

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Arizona’s Priorities are Different from Yours and Mine
Trish Ponder | Jul. 27, 2009

A new Rasmussen poll provides the third reason you don’t want to live in Arizona. First, let’s review numbers one and two:
1. John McCain is your United States senator
2. Temperatures over 110 are common
And now, number three:
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Arizona voters say it is more important for Congress to pass immigration reform than health [...]

Topics: Conservative Agenda, Health Care, Immigration, News

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Quote du Jour
Buck Banks | Jul. 27, 2009

I can tell you with absolutely honesty that when I sit around with my political friends … there’s very little or no discussion of Sarah Palin.
— White House adviser David Axelrod, interviewed on CNN.

Topics: Verbatim

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Florida Sen. Jim King Dies
Trish Ponder | Jul. 26, 2009

Florida State Sen. Jim King
Florida lost a great one today. State Senator (and former Senate President) Jim King died of pancreatic cancer. And even though King was a Republican, I found him to be fair, thoughtful, and always humorous. He shared a trait that any good legislator or public servant has: when you came to [...]

Topics: Florida, Politicians, Republicans

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