Author: Eclectablog

Republicans don’t know Jack….errr.. Mark (Schauer)

Taking a cue from the Frank Luntz School of Media Savvy, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) sent out an rather interesting email this past weekend. It says, in part: Washington – Despite a myriad of polls showing that a vote in favor of a government takeover of healthcare would be directly at odds with the interests and values of […]

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Nancy Pelosi threatened with a bomb

Nancy Pelosi threatened with a bomb

John Dennis is running for Congress. He’s a Republican running to unseat the most powerful woman in American politics at the moment: Nancy Pelosi. He is encouraging his supporters to send Nancy Pelosi a bomb for her birthday. This same imaging shows up as a pop-up on his website when you first enter it. Oh, sure, it’s all tongue in […]

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And the grownups move forward

And the grownups move forward

I’m taking a day off from being a grownup. In fact, I’m acting childish today. On my way to work, as I drove past the home of the man (Mark Koernke) who placed “Buy Gasmasks Now!” and “Buy more Ammo NOW!” signs in front of his house the day after the 2008 presidential elections, I let my Eff Flag fly […]

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My iPhone brings the good news

My iPhone brings the good news

First there was this on my television screen: Then my iPhone told me this: And the sweetest, juiciest cherry on the top of it all was watching John Boehner beg. I’m just sayin’…

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Organizing for America: Making a difference in Americans’ lives

Proud to be part of something like Organizing for America, a group helping to change America for the better. Over half a million calls by OFA vols nationwide in ten days. Nobody could ever convince me that didn’t make a difference. I’m just sayin’…

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The agonizing pain of sausage-making

So now it all comes down to the abortion issue for Republicans. I’m watching the Republicans on C-SPAN desperately trying to make this into a Big Government Abortion On-Demand Federally-funded abortion bill. Pardon me for a minute: BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! Nice try, you obstructionist, pro-Big Insurance GOPosaurs. I actually heard a Republican saying it’s anti-veteran. It’s pure joy to watch them completely […]

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Teh st00pid. It burns.

I have only three words to say about this video: It is totally freaking hilarious. (Watch it to see why that comment is funny.) I’m just sayin’…

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A lesson for Congressional Dems: the story of Weston Vivian

I had an interesting experience phonebanking for OFA in Ann Arbor this week. One of the names that popped up on my list of calls was Weston Vivian, male, age 85. It was probably the most inspirational call I made all week. Weston Vivian was a U.S. Congressman from Michigan’s 2nd District from 1965-1967. As he told me during our […]

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BREAKING: Dems offer largest deficit-reduction bill since ’93

A Democrat-sponsored bill before the House of Representatives represents the most sweeping effort at deficit reduction in over a decade. Said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: It is the largest deficit reduction measure…since Clinton’s budget in 1993, which ushered in the great economy of the 1990s. This historic move to lower the US deficit reduces it by $138 billion in […]

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The last acts of a desperate party – FREAK OUT TIME!!!

The last acts of a desperate party – FREAK OUT TIME!!!

The Republicans and their brethren on the right are in the final stages of desperation. Yesterday, Mitch McConnell may have won the award for the most lies told in a single sentence: “This is how they’ll try to keep their fingerprints off a bill that forces taxpayers to cover the cost of abortions, that cuts Medicare by half a trillion […]

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The utter brilliance of the ‘Demon Pass’

The utter brilliance of the ‘Demon Pass’

Deem and Pass. Demon Pass. The most unprecedented legislative tactic to ever be totally and completely precendented. The GOP is all adither. The conservative freak-out has begun. Grab the popcorn, kids, this is gonna be a doozy. My first reaction to the news that House Dems might use the “Deem and Pass” procedure to pass the Senate health insurance reform […]

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