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health care
Anthony Weiner Off White House Christmas Card List
Something tells us Rep. Weiner will slowly back away from this comment… "Many of us are disappointed that we have not had a more forceful president," said Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., Wednesday. "I think Nancy’s done about as about as much as she could have possibly done, given that the …
Famously Quoteworthy: Touchdown Dance
Rahm Emanuel, in anticipation of passing health care form, but never wanting to sound cocky: ‘No spiking the ball on the 20-yard line here.’
Auto-Tune the News #9: Nobel. Health Care. United Nations. [w/ Grayson]
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-quickly) makes his Auto-Tune the News debut.
There’s No Crying in Health Care Reform
Patrick O’Connor: House feels left out on health care
Entertainment Alert: City Council Meetings Are The New Town Halls
Now that recess is over and Congressmen seem to be done with these health care town halls, Americans are going to have to visit their city/town council meetings for cheap forms of entertainment. For example, watch this lady drop a bomb during a discussion of education…apparently her testimony "wasn’t relevant" …
Taking the Health Care Debate to the Woods
Leave it to the geniuses at Funny of Die to capture the moment perfectly. Gus Porter, American Legend with Thomas Haden Church from Thomas Haden Church
Guess They Need a More Loaded Question
When push polls go wrong … [um, next question please!]
From Angry Mob to “Death Panels”
Go sell crazy somewhere else, we’re all stocked up here… From Sarah Palin’s Facebook page: The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s “death panel” so his bureaucrats can decide, based …
Thrushed Into the News
POLITICO’S Glenn Trush knows how to get a reader’s attention. [talk about a lead] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is one of the most despised political figures in the country. And, frankly, she doesn’t give a damn. And just how does Nancy feel about being so well-liked? "I don’t care." And …
If a Congressman goes to a Committee room …
and no one is around to hear him, does he make a sound?
Famously Quoteworthy: The Birds, Bees and Barton
"I think I have the perfect antidote, Mr. Chairman, to teenage pregnancy. Require every teenager to sit through one of these markups. If that doesn’t put you in a nonsexual, noninteractive mood, nothing will" — Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), apparently turned off by health care debate. [Yeas & Nays] h/t …
Oh, you meant Congress
We thought you meant… um… A good old fashioned headline war is one thing. Completely opposite takes on something as banal as a Congressional agenda are a bit different. Yet that’s what avid hill rag readers got yesterday morning, courtesy of The Hill and CQToday, both of which took a …