Must Reads

Morning Must Reads: March 4

By Alex RogersMarch 04, 20130

Mark Wilson / Getty Images

The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.

6 reasons Ashley Judd will run against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Senate gym: “The sweat-filled room has now replaced the smoke-filled room,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
Romney offers explanation for loss
Ezra Klein backs off recent column, uses conversation with TIME columnist Mike Murphy to explain why Obama can’t make a grand bargain deal with Republicans
Secretary of State John Kerry announces $250 million in aid to Egypt
James Pethokoukis calls on fellow conservatives to end the attack on the Fed
Do you read the news like Hemingway?

196 comments

Newest | Oldest

bobell

1 Like

Okay, it's a little after 10:00 p.m., and I'm off to bed. I hereby officially declare paulejb a no-show.

Dare we hope for two days in a row?

Ivy_B

4 Like

@sacredh This one's for you!

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Will_Saletan_Whips_It_Good?src=rss

Sue_N

3 Like

@Ivy_B @sacredh Somewhere a Republican is trying to figure out how to work this into CPAC …

sacredh

1 Like

NRA to sponsor NASCAR race:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1553043-national-rifle-association-signs-deal-to-sponsor-a-nascar-sprint-cup-race?hpt=hp_t2

Sue_N

1 Like

@sacredh Will the drivers be armed?

sacredh

3 Like

I don't know why they don't race in the other direction. They could turn right all the time.

sacredh

4 Like

It will be called the NRA 500, which incidentally, is the same size clips they like.

nflfoghorn

1 Like

@sacredh 'Thought it would be something like the Playing to Our Base 500. Or the Kill Kids for All We Care Just Don't Take Away My Sacred Right To Blow Somebody's Head Off 500 - Presented by Smith & Wesson.

sacredh

3 Like

John Roberts is a RINO. John Boehner is a wino.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=John+Roberts+cartoons&qpvt=John+Roberts+cartoons&FORM=IGRE

sacredh

1 Like

Right wing of Supreme Court supports racism:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/04/opinion/brazile-voting-rights-act/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Sue_N

3 Like

@sacredh Someone on Roberts' staff needs to sit him down and have the Roger B. Taney talk with him.

sacredh

1 Like

Florida GOP says no to Lurch:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/04/after-scotts-endorsement-medicaid-expansion-rejected-by-florida-house-panel/

nflfoghorn

1 Like

@sacredh He finally winds up on the right side of an issue but will likely not get his agenda through 'cause he turned on the GOTP--most of whom are legislators. And those who support his stance can't stand him for all the bridges he burned during his first year in office (cutting, I mean really cutting, education, killing high-speed rail). This is gonna be fun.

sacredh

1 Like

House republicans want to avoid a shutdown. Kind of:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/04/house-gop-unveils-bill-to-avoid-shutdown-lessen-pain-for-defense-programs-from-forced-spending-cuts/?hpt=po_c1

sacredh

1 Like

There goes my one half of one percent raise. This will be three years without a raise.

bobcn

5 Like

The real explanation for Romney's loss : YouTube (and the Internet)

The MSM was willing to ignore the fact that Romney changed his positions as frequently as he changed his socks. But YouTube just wouldn't forget that he kept making different, conflicting promises to each group he tried to con.

Ivy_B

9 Like

I seem to recall a lot of comments about Menendez and how guilty he was in the prostitution thing. Guess just another fake scandal. Wonder if the Republican fingerprints will show up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/escort-says-menendez-prostitution-claims-were-made-up/2013/03/04/31299fe2-8514-11e2-999e-5f8e0410cb9d_story.html

mantisdragon91

3 Like

@Ivy_B And yet "Diapers Vitter" is still in office. Is there no justice?

sacredh

3 Like

Ivy_B. OT, but I was out getting groceries earlier and ran into a friend. He and his wife went to Las Vegas 2 weeks ago and I hadn't seen him since they left. I asked him how the vacation went. He said he came down with the flu on their second night there and stayed in the room for the rest of the week. His wife had a minor fender bender in the rental car and it was her fault. They were covered by insurance. Both of them together make only a little more than I do. I told him I was sorry their vacation turned out so bad. He said it was the best vacation they'd ever had in their lives. His wife hit for over 30k on their last night there.

Ivy_B

2 Like

@sacredh OK. Where do I need to go and say you're my friend? I've tried with the scratch offs, but that didn't work. Now your legendary luck is just transferring to friends? Man! ;-)

sacredh

I have been a 1%er in my heart.

sacredh

1 Like

Ivy_B, they're not close friends, they're more like friends of friends that we just see when there's a cookout or something. They're good people though and that money will be a game changer for them. When I ran into him before they left he asked me to shake his hand for luck. He thinks it worked. Lol.

outsider2011

1 Like

@Sue_N @Ivy_B @sacredh

IN!

Sue_N

2 Like

@Ivy_B @sacredh I'm telling you, we need to get a powerball pool or something going here in the Swamp and have sacred buy the tickets. We'd all be 1 percenters!

nflfoghorn

5 Like

Dang! Truly amazing what lengths Republicals will go through to catch someone in a lie. And for the effort to turn out botched like a Wile E. Coyote plan.

retiredvet

5 Like

I've always really liked those cartoons. The coyote is convinced that he's the smart one and never wins. In fact, he loses in pretty spectacular ways. Wile E. Coyote a good analogue for the right these days. Meep meep!

outsider2011

5 Like

Was just paulie, of course @Ivy_B

nflfoghorn

7 Like

Being Paulie means never having to say you're sorry.

Ever.

Especially to your sworn enemies.

MementoMori

4 Like

@outsider2011 Might explain why he's a no-show today. For as much as he pummeled that story, for it to turn out it's fake....

Ah well, hope he stays gone.

outsider2011

2 Like

This should not be news:

Politicians, especially conservative ones, massively overestimate the conservatism of their constituents on the issues of gay marriage and universal health care, an academic paper published Sunday has found.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/04/politicians-conservatism_n_2806684.html

Sue_N

1 Like

@outsider2011 It goes back to the echo chamber. Their idea of "constituents" is the Fox audience and the right-wing blogosphere. Those are the only voices they listen to.

retiredvet

1 Like

The study is from academia. Education is a dirty word for these idiots. Why should they believe it?

sacredh

3 Like

The new republican ad war:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Tea+Party+%2b+Apocalypse&qpvt=Tea+Party+%2b+Apocalypse&FORM=IGRE

La_Randy

2 Like

LOL Of The Week: Republicans Finally Get Their Austerity, And Want More

"The “sequester” now goes down in history with blowing the surplus, Tora Bora, Iraq, Katrina, the financial crisis and the near-debt default in the GOP’s streak of amazing successes. With a streak like that, the only question is whether they’re better at hurting the country accidentally or on purpose.

When it comes to the sequester, the damage will definitely be done on purpose."

outsider2011

1 Like

This was a funny/interesting read:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/03/04/things-more-terrifying-than-ashley-judds-nudity/?hpid=z2

outsider2011

2 Like

“In the real world we were kidding ourselves” Newt Gingrich talks to Salon about why he and his party were so wrong about the election and the future of the GOP

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/03/in_the_real_world_we_were_kidding_ourselves/

outsider2011

3 Like

Boehner said he believed cuts were needed, but that "there are smarter ways to cut spending than this silly sequester that the president demanded... we need to address the long-term spending problem. But we can't cut our way to prosperity.”

Where has this sanity been for the past 4 years?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/03/john-boehner-mitch-mcconnell-sequester_n_2801102.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

bobell

4 Like

The president "demanded" the sequester? Somehow I missed that.

nflfoghorn

2 Like

That's what Woodward said anyway....

outsider2011

1 Like

@bobell

It's the spin

mantisdragon91

4 Like

@bobell Sure he got of his Camel, held a tulwar to Boehner's neck and made him swear on the Koran that he will give him the sequester so that Obama and his Muslism brethren can over run a weakened US Military.

roknsteve

1 Like

@mantisdragon91 @bobell Pres. Obama rides a Magic Carpet just like in Aladdin. And Boehner is really a Slestak who lives in Middle Earth. Didn't you get the memo?

mantisdragon91

3 Like

@outsider2011 And the panic sets in. Much like when they did something similar under Clinton, Republicans are starting to realize that they will bear the brunt of the public's ill will once their services become impacted.

outsider2011

1 Like