Just days after taking office a little over a year ago, Obama checked off an item that had long been on the pro-choice community’s to-do list when he repealed the so-called Mexico City policy prohibiting foreign family planning groups from receiving U.S. funds if they provided abortions or even referred patients for abortions.
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“Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith–or, for that matter, my citizenship.”
— President Barack Obama, speaking Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast
Yikes. Stephen Colbert is getting credit for shredding Harold Ford on his show last night–and he was skillful at trying to pin down the would-be New York Senate candidate. But most of Ford’s wounds were self-inflicted. (Video after the jump.)
Among those Ford managed to insult in under six minutes:
“No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens….Allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.”
— Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint …
GAGH! What is wrong that man?? Why can’t he stay out of public view and let these two families he’s created rebuild their lives in peace? (I’m going to assume he’s not down with the mutual silence pact.) There have been a lot of delusional people in American politics, but John Edwards just might take the cake. Let’s review:
John Edwards finally admits what we already knew: “I am Quinn’s father.” He and Mark McGwire are now tied for least-surprising admission of 2010. Anyone else? OJ, got something to tell us?
A proposal: I know Andrew Young (the former Edwards aide who originally claimed the child was his) has a book coming out. And I know there have …
Sigh. For years, I’ve been pleading with people to ignore Pat Robertson when he spouts off with his crazy-ass explanations for disasters (among other things). But because he can always be identified as a televangelist and former GOP presidential candidate (i.e., a guy with at least something of an audience), it doesn’t matter how many …
They’re dropping like flies, those embattled-Democrats-in-races-they-were-possibly-likely-to-lose. Chris Dodd is reportedly ready to follow his colleague Byron Dorgan and start collecting his Senate pension next year. (He could always try again from Iowa, where the Dodd family moved for the Connecticut senator’s unsuccessful 2008 …
Yikes. As the Secret Service deals with the news that a third party crasher–in addition to the publicity-whoring couple who shall not be named–ended up at the White House state dinner in November, perhaps the security service might want to consider consulting with some professionals. Like whoever reconfigured the guest list checking …
Because others won’t be far behind… The general in charge of U.S. troops in northern Iraq has issued an order that would make female soldiers who become pregnant subject to court-martial (the same would apply to male troops who impregnate another soldier, although that’s obviously harder to prove). Does that mean that if two unmarried …
In addition to getting a sweetheart deal for his home state, Ben Nelson also got Harry Reid to offer more than the Casey abortion language in the manager’s amendment. In addition to providing stronger conscience protections for medical institutions and health workers opposed to abortion, and expanding adoption tax credits, the manager’s …
And speaking of the War on Christmas….this is as good an excuse as any to post my favorite song from the brilliant “A Colbert Christmas” special. Take it away, Toby Keith!
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Bill O’Reilly and the rest of the Committee to Save Christmas may get all worked into a lather over the fact that some retailers prefer “Seasons Greetings” or “Happy Holidays” to “Merry Christmas.” But a growing Christian counter-movement says they’re missing the point. The Advent Conspiracy urges Christian to slow down, spend less, and …
