Jon Stewart Nails Hannity for Using Wrong Protest Footage (Video)

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Don’t Want’ The Public Option: It’s Actually ‘Kind Of Popular’

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Last night on Fox News, host Bill O’Reilly and analyst Brit Hume discussed the prospects for the Senate passing a health care reform bill. After struggling with the terminology for the “public option,” O’Reilly ultimately concluded that “all the polls say” that “the folks don’t want it.”

Rupert Murdoch: Beck Shouldn’t Have Called Obama Racist — But He Was Right

www.huffingtonpost.com | Submitted by admin on Nov 10, 2009

After a summer of silence, News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch has piped up to say that his newest Fox News star, Glenn Beck, “was right” when he called President Obama a racist in July even if he was wrong to say it.

Jon Stewart parodied Glenn Beck on the Daily Show (Video)

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Alan Grayson Freaks Out GOP – They Attempt to Strike Record (Video)

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Alan Grayson took to the floor of the House last night and started naming the number of people who have died in each Republican district who have no health insurance. GOP freak out and get the House to adjourn in attempt to strike the record. Fucking cowards.

Limbaugh blames Newt Gingrich for screwing up the NY special election

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Here is — these are my thoughts on New York-23. … We cannot forget how this whole thing happened in the first place. There was not a primary. The right message here would indict the way party bosses, Republican Party bosses and these big thinkers like Newt screwed the whole thing up from the get go.

Michael Steele To Palin, Limbaugh: ‘Your Opinion Really Doesn’t Matter Much’

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GOP Health Care ‘Alternative’ Leaves 52 Million Uninsured By 2019

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Last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the House Republican alternative health care bill. While the CBO determined the GOP bill’s 10 year price tag to be $61 billion — far less that the Democrats’ proposal — the score also found that the their bill would have little effect on nearly 46 million uninsured Americans

Secret copyright treaty leaks. It’s bad. Very bad.

www.newscred.com | Submitted by on Nov 4, 2009

ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube or Blogger, since hiring enough lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn’t infringing will exceed any hope of profitability. * That ISPs have to cut off the Internet access of accused copyright infringers or face liability.

Colorado ski town legalizes pot

www.huffingtonpost.com | Submitted by on Nov 4, 2009

The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana.

Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal winning with 72 percent of the vote. The measure would allow adults over 21 to have up to 1 ounce of marijuana.

Palin to promote her book with multiple Fox interviews: Variety is the spice of life

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We’re in the process of arranging interviews with local and national media. An interview with Oprah Winfrey is already scheduled, and I’m also hoping to have the opportunity to talk with Bill O’Reilly, Barbara Walters, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Dennis Miller, Tammy Bruce, and others, including local Alaska personalities Bob & Mark and Eddie Burke. (Variety is the spice of life!)

Police called in to NY-23 polling stations because of teabagger intimidation

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“We’ve gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters,” said O’Neill, a St. Lawrence native who has been running the party’s GOTV effort for Bill Owens in NY-23.

“Apparently, there’s some woman claiming to be a commissioner,” O’Neill continued. “Commissioner of what, I don’t know. She’s from Texas, I think, and she won’t leave.”

“This is not the way we roll in the North Country.”‘

GOP Health Bill: Exploit People Even More

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The GOP is conceding the progressive argument. Specifically, it is admitting that insurance companies would have little incentive to continue doing business under certain state rules which “require that companies issue coverage to all new customers and not set higher rates for people who are already sick.” Instead, companies could chose a state with scarce regulations and sell policies that don’t provide mental health parity, cancer screenings, or abide by regulations that limit the rates that can be charged to higher-cost consumers. This way, plans can attract the healthiest applicants and detract the sick.

To the Critics: What Obama’s Done in a Year

www.esquire.com | Submitted by on Nov 3, 2009

A blow-by-blow breakdown of the president’s first year reveals that today’s frustration stems not from a lack of policy so much as a lack of common ground. The state of the American center may not be strong, but Obama’s record sure is.
A week before he was sworn in, Obama jammed part two of the bank bailout down the throat of his own party — a $350 billion accomplishment.

Two days after he was sworn in, Obama banned the use of “harsh interrogation” and ordered the closing of Guantánamo….

Joe Wilson Blames Obama For Vaccine Shortage After Voting Against Vaccine Funding

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Last week, some Democrats predicted that H1N1 could become a line of new line attack of attack on Obama from Republicans. In a release issued on Thursday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee claimed that any criticism of H1N1 policy by the GOP would amount to hypocrisy. The DCCC pointed to a June vote on a supplementary appropriations bill as evidence. Wilson joined 95% of Republicans and voted against the bill, which contained special funding to combat H1N1 both domestically and internationally.

Fox Wins over White House on NPR Poll

www.npr.org | Submitted by on Nov 3, 2009

The White House on this one; Fox News isn’t “fair and balanced.” 15% (215,823 votes)
Fox News on this one; it asks questions others don’t and the White House should be able to handle them. 84% (1,223,165 votes)
Neither side. They’re both trying to play this “feud” to their advantage. 1% (20,749 votes)

Democrats’ concerns over abortion may imperil health bill

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“I will continue whipping my colleagues to oppose bringing the bill to the floor for a vote until a clean vote against public funding for abortion is allowed,” Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Monday in a statement. He said last week that 40 Democrats could vote with him to oppose the legislation — enough to derail the bill.

Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP

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Richard Viguerie, the legendary hard-right activist who spent much of the past decade arguing that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were too liberal, now declares that the days of even the most minimal moderation are now over in the Republican Party.

“Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP,” says Viguerie.

Democrats Raise Alarms Over Health Bill Costs

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As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama’s promise to slow the runaway rise in health care spending.

Boxing Between Obama and Fox News Continues

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The public fight over Fox News intensified Sunday, with Fox defenders firing back in response to the Obama White House’s recent criticism of the network and administration officials now saying it “isn’t really a news organization.”

Krugman: “the G.O.P. has been taken over by the people it used to exploit”

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“The takeover of the Republican Party by the irrational right is no laughing matter. Something unprecedented is happening here – and it’s very bad for America.”

Drudge: For Clinton, tough talk but few results…

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In each case her extraordinarily public approach to diplomacy — for better or worse — reflected not only her personal style but also President Barack Obama’s promise to reach out openly to friend as well as foe.

What remains less clear is whether Clinton’s hot-button politician’s persona works any better at producing international results — let alone clarity — than a more classic diplomat’s cooler tact.

Pelosi’s Government-Run Health Plan Requires Monthly Abortion Premium

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Health care reform should not be used as an opportunity to use federal funds to pay for elective abortions. Health reform should be an opportunity to protect human life – not end it.

Sesame Streets Oscar the Grouch Says “Pox News is Trashy”

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“I am changing the channel,” she rants to Oscar. “From now on I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news show.”

Pox News? A not-so-subtle slam at FOX News? They’re getting beat up everywhere. Sure, some of it’s self-imposed like yesterday’s blooper, but this “Pox News” thing is not coincidental says the blogger who calls himself “Stage Right” on Andrew Breitbart’s conservative Big Hollywood site.

Pelosi’s Health Care Bill Would Regulate Snack Machines for $56 Million

www.cnsnews.com | Submitted by on Nov 4, 2009

The House health-care reform plan unveiled last week by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) would do more than regulate insurance companies – it would even regulate vending machines.

GOP Rides Wave of Discontent to N.J. Governorship

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Republican Chris Christie, a former corruption-busting prosecutor, tapped into deep voter discontent over stubbornly high taxes and chronic financial problems to unseat New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday, despite being outspent by $12 million in a heavily Democratic state.

GOP sweeps Virginia; N.J. close

www.politico.com | Submitted by on Nov 3, 2009

Republicans celebrated a clean sweep of Virginia’s top elected offices Tuesday night as returns trickled in slowly from a close New Jersey’s governor’s race and a special House election in upstate New York.

As the GOP sought to send a warning shot to Democrats in Washington by scoring big in the 2009 off-year elections, Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell declared victory before an energetic crowd in Richmond.

Health Bill Rockets to $1.2 Trillion

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The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan.

While the Congressional Budget Office has put the cost of expanding coverage in the legislation at roughly $1 trillion, Democrats added billions more on higher spending for public health, a reinsurance program to hold down retiree health costs, payments for preventive services and more.

Drudge: RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN?

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A Republican sweep in Tuesday’s key contests would at minimum show that Democrats face much tougher political terrain than they did a year ago. GOP victories would also help the party’s fundraising and candidate recruitment for 2010, providing backing for arguments that Republicans have the momentum, and that voters are turning against the Obama agenda.

NYT: GORE’S BIG PROFITS FROM ‘GLOBAL WARMING’

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Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner…..

Kidney Doners Face Pre-existing Condition – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

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Kidney donors may be stuck with shocking medical bills because having one kidney could constitute a pre-existing condition resulting in a denial of health care coverage, according to UPI. Hospital officials verbally warn organ donors that having one kidney may be a pre-existing condition affecting insurance, but there is nothing in writing alerting the donors to the huge expenses that could follow.

Planned Parenthood director quits after watching abortion ultrasound

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After eight years working at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, including two years as its director, Abby Johnson suddenly decided that she could no longer participate in abortions. What pushed Johnson out was both an ultrasound of an abortion and a renewed emphasis on the cash-generating business in the failing economy.

Acorn a Visitor to the White House

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The newly released list of visitors to the Obama White House makes the president’s claim he’s clueless about his former employer ACORN — and its election fraud trials and tribulations — especially difficult to believe.

McDonnell Could Lead GOP ‘Landslide’ in Virginia Race

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The traditionally purple state has trended Democratic in recent elections. President Obama secured a victory there in last year’s presidential election and the governorship has been in Democratic hands for eight years.

But with Republican Bob McDonnell holding a wide lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds, the former state attorney general could be at the fore of a GOP takeover on Election Day.

Constitutionality of Obamacare in Question

www.cnsnews.com | Submitted by on Nov 2, 2009

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who has served in the Senate for 33 years and is a longtime member of the Judiciary Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not believe the Democrats’ health-care reform plan is constitutionally justifiable, noting that if the federal government can force Americans to buy health insurance “then there is literally nothing the federal government can’t force us to do.”

Conservatives take aim at leaders, Charlie Crist, other races

www.politico.com | Submitted by on Nov 2, 2009

In the wake of conservatives’ role in forcing liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava out of Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 23rd District, GOP officials are trying to make it seem as if they are helping to stoke the passion — and can harness it to upend President Barack Obama and Democrats. They didn’t — and they can’t.

Many of the activists who helped knock out Scozzafava told POLITICO that the passion is building despite — and sometimes to spite — Republican leaders in Washington,