Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Chris Dodd puts a hold on Telecom Shamnesty
Thank goodness SOMEONE cares about the rule of law. Bush sure as hell doesn’t.
Oy.
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
S-CHIP veto stands - Dems to fold like lawn chairs
Hell, two of ‘em didn’t even wait for the override vote to fail. The wingnuts are in full cackling and towel-snapping mode - Scientology’s scare tactics work, after all.
And, of course, now they’re trying to sound like leaders without, you know, actually leading:
As I noted last night, they’ll unveil their SCHIP alternative at 3pm Eastern today.
Yes, they’ve got an “alternative” to S-CHIP in the works. And apparently, it’s been written for the Rethuglicans by the right-wing “think” tank, The Heritage Foundation.
I believe the bill is entitled the “Are There No Poorhouses?” Act. I’m guessing that it’s because the “If They Would Rather Die, They Had Better Do It And Decrease The Surplus Population” Act doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.
Yeah, that’ll work!
Gov. Goodhair endorsed Rudy “President of 9/11″ Giuliani this week. I guess the governor thought that since Giuliani was surrounding himself with neocons even The Most Holy George W. Christ is wierded out about, this would help burnish his conservative credentials to Texans who think the governor is not authoritarian enough.
A funny side note to the story is that the local fishwrap - that “librul” bastion that endorsed Bush in both 2000 and 2004, has as the headline to its dead-trees edition “A moderate nudge right.” As if Giuliani and Perry were both somehow anywhere within one AU of “moderate,” much less “liberal.” Although I guess that they’re so far-right that they don’t have much room to go more than “moderately” far right…
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