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Lies that Mitt Romney Tells

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Now that Rick Santorum has officially suspended his campaign, the only things in the way of Mitt Romney are Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. In other words, we now know who the Republican candidate for president will be. So I guess it is time to start examining the record of Mittens in earnest. We all [...]

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Winning the battle but losing the war?

Monday, April 9, 2012

While the Republicans seem to throw all their energy into winning political battles, they have a very short attention span when it comes to actually governing. Their emphasis is on tactics, not on strategy. So while they somehow managed to win the 2010 midterm elections, they fumbled the ball after that. And overturning health care [...]

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Word!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

© Tom Tomorrow Is it possible for the health care debate to get any more insane? I’m curious why the business community is not speaking out in defense of Obamacare. Anything that can bring down the cost of health insurance, while keeping workers healthier, will be a tremendous boon to the economy. Even the health [...]

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The Messenger Shooting Himself in the Foot

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

© Joel Pett Yes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia really did say that if the government can force you to buy health insurance, then it could force you to buy broccoli. Steven Pearlstein easily tears this argument to shreds: Another of Scalia and Alito’s cute debating tricks was to latch on to an opposing argument [...]

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The Doctor is in Court

Sunday, April 1, 2012

© Ed Stein [commentary by Ed Stein] Another one about the Supreme Court’s likely decision, unthinkable just a few months ago. If the Court throws this back to Congress, it may be another generation before Americans can enjoy the health care security that every other industrialized democracy enjoys. In the meantime, more millions will be [...]

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Talking out of both sides of their ass

Sunday, April 1, 2012

© Adam Zyglis I’ve heard of being two-faced, but this is ridiculous.

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Juris Prudence

Saturday, March 31, 2012

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court discussed severability — whether overturning the individual mandate in the health care reform law would require overturning the entire law. Justice Antonin Scalia scoffed: If we struck down nothing in this legislation but the — what’s it called, the Cornhusker kickback, okay, we find that to violate the constitutional proscription [...]

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Amnesia

Friday, March 30, 2012

© Jim Morin The individual mandate was originally a Republican idea, and they introduced two health care bills that included an individual mandate. Romneycare includes it. Ironically, Barack Obama in 2008 was opposed to it. But when Obama changed his mind, the Republicans suddenly became against it. So the Republicans are desperately fighting to repeal [...]

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An Argument Against Healthcare

Friday, March 30, 2012

[reprinted from The Borowitz Report] WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – The following message was released today by the National Alliance of Funeral Directors: This week, several Republican Supreme Court Justices have argued that the Affordable Care Act supported by the Obama Administration is unconstitutional. At the National Alliance of Funeral Directors, we couldn’t agree more. [...]

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Unhealthy Interest

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

© Kevin Siers Is anyone else worried that after such insane decisions as Citizen’s United, the Supreme Court is going to do something really stupid to health care reform? I may have to move away again after all.

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Tribal Politics

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The NY Times has an interesting article by psychologist Jonathan Haidt that examines the behavior of voters. To understand politics, we are often told to “follow the money”. Monetary self-interest is a good predictor for the behavior of politicians, but it doesn’t seem to help at all for understanding how people vote. Consider people who [...]

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The Bankruptcy of Opposing the Individual Mandate

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Somehow, you knew this was going to happen. The woman who owns a small auto repair shop and is now the lead plaintiff in the case going to the Supreme Court to overturn Obama’s health care reform because she claims she should not be required to have health insurance, has filed for bankruptcy with a [...]

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Jon Stewart v. Rush Limbaugh

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Politicians may be afraid to take on Rush Limbaugh, but a few people aren’t: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Jon Stewart is brilliant. As an added bonus, Stephen Colbert “rushes” to make sure that Stewart doesn’t have all the fun: Twenty six companies have pulled their advertising from Limbaugh’s show. If [...]

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Exercise Some Control!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Republicans can’t seem to stop talking about birth control: I love it when Rick Santorum claims that he is against birth control because of “the increasing number of children being born out of wedlock in America”. Duh, that’s what birth control will prevent, if it is available to women. Really! © Jim Morin

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The Other InnerTubes

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

© Matt Bors Wow, this makes more sense than most of what Santorum actually says. Or if you want to see more silly quotes from the candidates, try this political quote generator.

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