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Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble, gobble, gobble.
I am thankful for The Rachel Maddow Show
Huntsman's tweet is strange. Evolution is NOT something one believes in or doesn't. Creationism is a belief, misguided though it may be. Evolution is a proven fact, despite being dubbed the "theory" of evolution. Scientists may need to change their choice of wording if they want people who have yet to advance beyond Neanderthal reasoning ability to accept the truth of their conclusions but, in all likelihood, they will just shake their collective heads in disbelief that people with the ability to reason choose not to.
Seriously? Are you really implying that reality and perception are one and the same thing? Although the sun is a huge fusion reactor, people may perceive that as the reality, or they may perceive the sun as a chariot driven by the god Apollo. By stating that he 'believes' in evolution, Huntsman was not declaring evolution to be a faith system; instead, he was simply using a handy shorthand to declare that he accepted evolution as fact. He was using idiomatic English, that's all.
Yep. He was also very clearly distancing himself from the sciencephobic righties. I think he might give the Dems a challenge if he runs in 2016.
He's still too plasticene. And why does Tony Bennet need to see the President's birth certificate? Is he going to write him a song?
Reading the statement released by SENATORS McCAIN, GRAHAM AND AYOTTE is frightening.
Just scarcely buried in all the rhetoric is the message -- Let's go to war with Iran.
Goosebump time . . .
I am SO thankful that we do not have a clueless war-monger like Romney in the Oval Office. The senators are really out in far-right-field.
Regarding McCain and Benghazi...
McCain wants to know who changed the talking points, but noticeably uninterested in finding out who murdered our fellow citizens.
If he had been truly interested in the latest information on Bengazi, he would have attended the briefing given to the Intelligence Committee instead of trying to get more news coverage. What a goof-ball!
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mcCain is uninterested in finding the murderers, because he wants to blame Obama.
It seems to me that the Republican party should be extinct from our needs in our Congress. They are up to all their old tricks. Like Boehner bringing Paul Ryan back into the fold as if he has anything important to add to the Obamacare program. Boehner seems to want to make the President eat his words over his reaction when reading Ryan's first proposal for health care. That was the only time I saw Obama get on National T.V. outraged.
It seems to me that the Republican Party is all but extinct in it's usefulness to us as a Nation.Boehner dragging Paul Ryan back into the circle of Republican's who want to tear the Obamacare Act into shreds. Boehner also seems to want to make the President eat his words about Paul Ryan's propsal when he first read it. It is the only time I saw the President get on national T.V. and show how outraged he was at the prospects of Ryan's proposal. This is nothing but yet another tactic to beat down the President. Now they are going to take it to the streets so people understand that they can have free health care if needed. I watch Rachel Maddow every night here and my mind is opening up to the flaws in all Nations around the world. I thank you for your humor and you're frickin' right!
Boehner's attempt to include the ACA in discussions about the budget and the "fiscal cliff" is most likely a negotiating tactic. It's a bargaining chip that Republicans can throw away to move the final outcome to the right.
Dems need to counter by putting some proposals on the table that they are equally unlikely to get. Increasing the SS and Medicare tax rate would be one. (That's something we need to do, but it won't be a part of this agreement.) Extending unemployment insurance to, say, 156 weeks. Including dental and vision care in the ACA. Spending lots of money on infrastructure.
It's important that the negotiations be symmetrical. Otherwise, Obama will do what he's done so many times before: start in the middle and move the final agreement farther to the right.
I think it is time to just write off the negotiations and let the Bush tax cuts expire. Maybe then there will be good faith bargaining.
Both sides need to demonstrate to this nation that they can govern together before January or risk losing all credibility with independent voters in 2014. The Republicans have the added burden of demonstrating they can govern AND satisfying Grover Nordquist, Rush Limbaugh, evangelical Christians, the Tea Party conservatives and traditional pro-business, pro-defense conservatives at the same time.