"A black sheriff?!": The Official Topic of Obama and New Era American Politics

[Brehvolution]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/restrictions_could_keep_five_million_traditionally_democratic_voters_from_the_polls_in_2012.php?ref=fpblg

14 months to get people photo IDs. Given how impressive OFA's grass roots efforts are, I think they can combat this effectively

Imagine the hysteria if dems did this shit.

[Human Snorenado]

WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE DIRTY LIBRUL COMMIES

[youtube=560,345]cgbJ-Fs1ikA[/youtube]

[Mr. Gundam]

http://www.tnr.com/blog/timothy-noah/95680/gop-harvard-dump-warren - stay classy GOP

Bububu academia is artificially inflated with libruls! They're not allowing conservatives their place in that world!

[Phoenix Dark]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/39241_National_Reviews_Andrew_McCarthy_Falls_for_Bogus_Breitbart_Story

[Phoenix Dark]

He's going to raise close to a billion dollars, not sure that equals "underdog" lol

Looks like Christie will officially announce his plans to enter or not enter on Thursday. So glad that circus is coming to an end

[Mandark]

I think the interest in Christie is evidence for continuing sexism in politics.  His main appeal is that he's a fat douchebag, no?  I don't see a woman with that cv getting too far.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I think the interest in Christie is evidence for continuing sexism in politics.  His main appeal is that he's a fat douchebag, no?  I don't see a woman with that cv getting too far.

I think this disgusting post is a sign of how hard the struggle will be to eliminate cacomorphobia from politics.

[MrAngryFace]

He's going to raise close to a billion dollars, not sure that equals "underdog" lol

Looks like Christie will officially announce his plans to enter or not enter on Thursday. So glad that circus is coming to an end

He'll have his two weeks till GOP voters find something they dont like and get tired of him.

[Phoenix Dark]

I knew Christie was overweight, but I didn't know just how overweight he was until I saw the video of him walking around with Obama surveying the storm damage in NJ. He's like "sit on two toilets and still miss the water" fat.

Get ready for serious concern trolling over his health and who his VP would be

[Positive Touch]

oh em gee @ the latest rick perry controversy

not surprising at all, and i hope it sinks his ass

[Phoenix Dark]

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/herman-cain-rick-perry-niggerhead-controversy

I don't want to yell "I told you so" just yet, I'll wait and see how this argument is met at a GOP debate by the crowd. But it sure seems like Cain done stepped out of bounds

[Human Snorenado]

oh em gee @ the latest rick perry controversy

not surprising at all, and i hope it sinks his ass

What I like was that Herman Cain got asked about it, said it was insensitive to black people, and then Rush etc spent all day BITCHING ABOUT CAIN and now magically Cain doesn't want to talk about it. 

Remember, there's nothing worse about being a Republican than reminding people that yes, the party is in fact racist as fuck.

[Phoenix Dark]

Apparently Rushbo spent all day slamming Cain over his comments. Should have stayed in his place!

[Positive Touch]

Remember, there's nothing worse about being a Republican than reminding people that yes, the party is in fact racist as fuck.

on the flipside...

http://www.racialicious.com/2011/09/30/with-populists-like-these-salon-swiftboats-melissa-harris-perry

[Human Snorenado]

Rick Perry has a hunting lodge named "Niggarhead" (sp) for like 20 years.  Herman Cain remarks that such a name is insensitive to a lot of black people.

The person guilty of racism is obviously Herman Cain here.  Who the fuck takes these fuckers seriously?

[Oblivion]

Why are tea baggers enamored with Chris Christie? Sure, he's an asshole, but his track record is as bad, if not WORSE than Romney, when it comes to living up to conservative principles.

Even Rushbo was smitten with him. Must be a fattie thing.

Also, Melissa Harris Perry is milf-o-licious.

[Oblivion]

Christie fans should be referred to as chubby chasers then.

[TakingBackSunday]

Christie won't run, it's already highly evident.

[Van Cruncheon]

"chris christie plans to waddle for the highest office in the land"

[Phoenix Dark]

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Very good politician, and an asshole. Not many assholes can get people to laugh at stories relating to cutting other people's benefits

[MrAngryFace]

GOP base is made up of people that find that kind of stuff funny until it happens to them.

[Phoenix Dark]

That's the thing though. Republicans are openly advocating for cutting everyone's benefits. Perhaps they get away with it because while everyone gets hurt, some groups (unions, the poor) get hit a lot harder and faster. I might be wrong and I'm sorta drunk watching SC2 tournaments, gonna have to wait for Mandark to google do some research, but this seems like a newish, broad national strategy that goes well beyond just fucking minorities over with cuts, or fucking unions over, etc. That's not to say republicans had the working man's best interest in mind until 2010. They tried this type of assault in 2005 with SS privatization and got soundly rejected, after misreading the election results as a mandate to do stupid stuff. And once again they've read election results as a mandate/excuse to assault entitlements, but the deficit "crisis" has finally given them the chance they've been dreaming about for ages

it's like "yea I'm getting fucked in the ass, but YOU'RE getting DP'd haha"

[Mandark]

The GOP tried to cut Medicare spending in 1995, which was the crux of the shutdown crisis.  IIRC Reagan made a run at Social Security but had to back off and set up a bipartisan commission to give him cover for a deal that didn't even cut benefits.  Along with SS privatization in 2005 and the Ryan budget, that makes four times that Republicans have overreached on rolling back social programs after a big electoral victory.

So it's not new, and I don't think the odds of a major SS/Medicare rollback have gone up.

[tiesto]

First I'm hearing about this "999" plan from Cain. Does it involve trapping all the lower and middle class in a sinking cruise ship?

[MrAngryFace]

Here's a related video:

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Yikes.

Basically, he's taking any kind of tax increase completely off the table by equating it to an assault on American Exceptionalism, class warfare, etc. So the deficit means we all have to make sacrifices. We can't raise taxes on the wealthy even a little; we have to keep under-funding our infrastructure, take lower benefits, and just get used to a lower standard of living altogether. Because to do otherwise would make us a weaker nation.

I thought this guy was a moderate.

Hes totally got a couple Kochs up his ass

[Phoenix Dark]

Kinda wished he decided to run just so republicans could find out he supports civil unions, believes in global warming, and put a Moslem on the NJ SC.

[Human Snorenado]

Kinda wished he decided to run just so republicans could find out he supports civil unions, believes in global warming, and put a Moslem on the NJ SC.

The first two are easy enough- just flip flop.  Last one is kinda troublesome.

Moot point now anyway.

[chronovore]

Honestly? I think Anonymous will deal some damage, but I would not be surprised if there were some serious-as-shit repercussions that come from it, retaliatory acts against Anonymous members who turn out not to be as anonymous as they thought.

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44780673#44780673 -- Fuuuu SCotUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Positive Touch]

tl;dw

sum it up plz

[Great Rumbler]

tl;dw

sum it up plz

Karl Rove is going to spend $100 trillion to trick people into voting against Obama.

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/buddy-roemer-occupy-wall-street_n_996963.html

As far as candidates go, Buddy seems like cool people. Wish he got more face time but he's being honest with donations so thats why he'll never have a chance. God bless America.

[drew]

http://marklevinshow.com/Article.asp?id=2303165&spid=32364

 

[Great Rumbler]

Not really surprising. I mean, when was the last time Sarah Palin was relevant to national politics? Oh wait...NEVER.

[Phoenix Dark]

Duh. She literally can't afford to run for president lolol

[AdmiralViscen]

She should do the cover of sports illustrated swimsuit edition

[Phoenix Dark]

lol @ Palin's big media day being completely drowned by the Steve Jobs news

[Oblivion]

http://chicagoist.com/2011/10/05/board_of_trade_has_a_message_for_oc.php

Needs more blood flowing in the streets.

[Human Snorenado]

People laughed when I said we needed to kill some of them as an example back in 2008.  Who be laughin now, bro?

[Phoenix Dark]

yea I wish they passed the stimulus then jumped right into a fight with Wall Street, regardless of whether it succeeded or not.

[Great Rumbler]

Louis XVI ascended to the throne amidst a financial crisis; the state was nearing bankruptcy and outlays outpaced income. This was because of France’s financial obligations stemming from involvement in the Seven Years War and its participation in the American Revolutionary War. In May 1776, finance minister Turgot was dismissed, after he failed to enact reforms. The next year, Jacques Necker, a foreigner, was appointed Comptroller-General of Finance. He could not be made an official minister because he was a Protestant.

Necker realized that the country's extremely regressive tax system subjected the lower classes to a heavy burden, while numerous exemptions existed for the nobility and clergy. He argued that the country could not be taxed higher; that tax exemptions for the nobility and clergy must be reduced; and proposed that borrowing more money would solve the country's fiscal shortages. Necker published a report to support this claim that underestimated the deficit by roughly 36 million livres, and proposed restricting the power of the parlements.

This was not received well by the King's ministers and Necker, hoping to bolster his position, argued to be made a minister. The King refused, Necker was fired, and Charles Alexandre de Calonne was appointed to the Comptrollership. Calonne initially spent liberally, but he quickly realized the critical financial situation and proposed a new tax code.

The proposal included a consistent land tax, which would include taxation of the nobility and clergy. Faced with opposition from the parlements, Calonne organised the summoning of the Assembly of Notables. But the Assembly failed to endorse Calonne's proposals and instead weakened his position through its criticism. In response, the King announced the calling of the Estates-General for May 1789, the first time the body had been summoned since 1614. This was a signal that the Bourbon monarchy was in a weakened state and subject to the demands of its people.

We must be getting pretty close to public executions of the wealthy, right?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

There needed to be harsh, draconian financial industry legislation in early 2009, back when there was generous public support to do so (and the thing that Barack Obama owed his presidency to)

Instead, people put their trust in Larry Summers and Tim Geithner.

...

[AdmiralViscen]

if obama really wanted to prevent the loss of jobs he would have cured pancreatic cancer

[drew]

lol @ Palin's big media day being completely drowned by the Steve Jobs news

it literally dropped an hour after her announcement

[Mupepe]

Bah, fuck it.  I'll be going to Occupy Houston this weekend.  They're camped outside the JP Morgan Chase building in downtown Houston.  I'll have to put gas in with Chase card to get there :'(

[AdmiralViscen]

Obama's running a great press conference right now. Why didn't he use this language for the last 2 years

[MrAngryFace]

Im occupying my apartment this weekend- tired of the lack of jobs in the bedroom :*( where are the "jobs"?

[MrAngryFace]

Obama's running a great press conference right now. Why didn't he use this language for the last 2 years

I think what irritates me is that the GOP can do such obvious things to not get anything done, and no one is in their face about that. They just nod while the GOP feeds em shit at press conferences.

[MrAngryFace]

fast n furious? wat

[Joe Molotov]

Haha, Bank of America just announced their explanation for the $5 fee they added for debit cards: "Fuck you, we want more money." This is the kind of honesty we need more from our banks! The Scrooge McDuck vault where they swim around in TARP money is starting to get a little low; cutting 30,000 jobs is a good start, but it's gonna take more than that.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/05/news/economy/bank_of_america_moynihan/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2

[MrAngryFace]

Pretty sure all four big banks will end up doing this. They used to use this fee to rip off small business, now that they cant its time to rip off consumers.

[Joe Molotov]

Glad I don't bank at one of the big banks.

[MrAngryFace]

Yeah switching to a credit union was one of the smarters things I eventually did.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm either switching to a credit union or a decent bank. There's a TCF right across the street from me, I'll do some research

[MrAngryFace]

I'm either switching to a credit union or a decent bank. There's a TCF right across the street from me, I'll do some research

It was easy to switch banks, the hard part was getting off my ass and doing it.

[Great Rumbler]

Not surprising to see costs passed onto the consumer.  Not at all.

Capitalism

[Great Rumbler]

Not surprising to see costs passed onto the consumer.  Not at all.

Capitalism

Want to sarcastically bow?  Bow to market interference.  When government tacks onto the costs of doing business, things get more expensive.  Every time.

Interference is the only reason why this might not actually happen. Why would I want to bow to taking away hard-earned profits from job creators? I wouldn't.

[MrAngryFace]

Yes because big business has proven in the past that they will act fairly in an environment devoid of regulation

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm either switching to a credit union or a decent bank. There's a TCF right across the street from me, I'll do some research

It was easy to switch banks, the hard part was getting off my ass and doing it.

Yea, that's gonna be my problem. I'll have to withdraw all my money right? Why can't I just call BoA and tell them to put my money in another bank  :'(

[Great Rumbler]

Yes because big business has proven in the past that they will act fairly in an environment devoid of regulation

Now why would you say that, MAF? History has proven that the public act large will act in an entirely logical, self-serving manner. Any corporation that engages in underhanded tactics or activities that can harm the public will be dealt with swiftly through widespread boycotts and demands for answers from top executives. This pressure is more than enough to keep corporations in line, merely the threat of such things will keep them honest. Unfortunately, we have all this messy regulation that keeps throwing our economy into chaos and keeps the wealthy and powerful in this country from doing what they do best: creating more jobs for hard-working Americans. If only they were truly allowed to be free...