Epic media fail on full display in Iowa
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: To paraphrase an old lawyers joke, "What do you call a thousand media villagers at the bottom of the Potomac River? – A good start." Advertisement America would be so much better off if all of the blow-dried pretty boys and girls with empty heads in the corporate news media – particularly … Read more
Contract for The American Dream
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Tuesday, Representatives of MoveOn.org, Rebuild the Dream and the Center for Economic Policy and Research joined Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) to launch a progressive “Contract for the American Dream” to urge the administration and Congress to turn away from budget cutting and focus on job creation. Liberals outline stimulus agenda in … Read more
Superman: Socialist supporter of welfare, Obamacare?
by David Safier h/t to AZ Blue Meanie for sending me this public service announcement from 1952 featuring Superman. When Mr. Stanton says we don't need hospitals in his town in the first panel, Superman sets him straight: "Since the days of the first settlers, Americans have helped each other when sickness and trouble came. … Read more
Rick Perry: Social Security and Medicare are Unconstitutional
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The secessionist Governor Goodhair, Rick Perry (R-TX) has never been accused of being a bright man. He makes his predecessor George W. Bush appear almost cerebral. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that when he pontificates about constitutional law, a subject which he knows absolutely nothing about, he gets … Read more
Pearce Recall: Tom Cattey withdraws, endorses Jerry Lewis
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: And then there were two… Independent Tom Cattey has suspended his campaign and has endorsed Republican challenger Jerry Lewis in the Pearce Recall election. Mesa minister Cattey drops out of Pearce recall election Cattey, a registered independent with no political experience, said he never intended to split the vote in the race. … Read more
Rick Perry’s dishonest jobs claim
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Washington Independent has a take down of the right-wing noise machine's dishonest talking point about Governor Rick Perry's Texas job growth. Perry touts misleading job growth stats at gathering for state legislatures: Gov. Rick Perry delivered his signature anti-Washington, states’ rights rhetoric to a packed theater at the National Conference for … Read more
1st presentation of The Gatewoods
by David Safier Yesterday, I proposed playing the Henry Gatewood/Republican Debate drinking game. Gatewood, as regular readers of BfA know, is the crooked banker in the 1939 western, “Stagecoach,” who said, in one steady stream of bloviation: “‘America for Americans! The government must not interfere with business! Reduce taxes! Our national debt is something shocking!” … Read more
