Monday, April 5, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Happy Good Friday!
Happy cuz it's Friday.
Good cuz it's Friday.
Oh yeah, and something about Jesus and chocolate bunnies.
Good cuz it's Friday.
Oh yeah, and something about Jesus and chocolate bunnies.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
Or something like that.
Sunday, the House of Representatives successfully passed a revamping of healthcare legislation with 219 votes. Please note: there were no Republican votes for this bill. Zero.
The next day I started reading Teddy Kennedy's biography True Compass. Timely. It was reported that his son was emotional the day President Obama signed the bill with Ted's widow Vicki present. Understandably so...
Below are some pictures captured that day (my apologies to anyone I don't respectfully site, but I believe most of them to be by official White House photographer Pete Souza). Look at Hillary's face...priceless.
President signing bill
Rep. Kennedy leaves a note for his Dad
And the best moment was when VP Biden introduced the Prez and was overheard voicing his enthusiasm at what has been accomplished. Way to say it Joe. It is a BFD!!
Sunday, the House of Representatives successfully passed a revamping of healthcare legislation with 219 votes. Please note: there were no Republican votes for this bill. Zero.
The next day I started reading Teddy Kennedy's biography True Compass. Timely. It was reported that his son was emotional the day President Obama signed the bill with Ted's widow Vicki present. Understandably so...
Below are some pictures captured that day (my apologies to anyone I don't respectfully site, but I believe most of them to be by official White House photographer Pete Souza). Look at Hillary's face...priceless.
President signing bill
Rep. Kennedy leaves a note for his Dad
And the best moment was when VP Biden introduced the Prez and was overheard voicing his enthusiasm at what has been accomplished. Way to say it Joe. It is a BFD!!
Look Who's Back!
Howdy!
Don't get too excited, it might not last long. I've been busy with my other blog (sacrilege) and assignments for work...I know, I shouldn't compain, but I'm so good at it. Plus, the political climate has been so nasty (and only getting worse) that I've been loath to write about it (although, of course, I still spend the majority of my "work time" religiously reading my fave poli-blogs -- for now: The Daily Dish, TPM and Daily Kos - *links on my blog roll).
With the momentous passing -- FINALLY! -- of some sort of healthcare bill, my fingers are itching to post a few worthy notes.
Vic Thinks
Vic Knows
Vic Wonders
Vic Remembers
Look out...she's back.
Don't get too excited, it might not last long. I've been busy with my other blog (sacrilege) and assignments for work...I know, I shouldn't compain, but I'm so good at it. Plus, the political climate has been so nasty (and only getting worse) that I've been loath to write about it (although, of course, I still spend the majority of my "work time" religiously reading my fave poli-blogs -- for now: The Daily Dish, TPM and Daily Kos - *links on my blog roll).
With the momentous passing -- FINALLY! -- of some sort of healthcare bill, my fingers are itching to post a few worthy notes.
Vic Thinks
Vic Knows
Vic Wonders
Vic Remembers
Look out...she's back.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Axelrod rebuts Rove
This is what Karl Rove had to say in a Washington Post piece asking advice for Democratic strategies for 2010:
KARL ROVE
White House deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to George W. Bush; columnist for Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal; Fox News contributor
Congressional Democrats pushed through ineffectual legislation such as the stimulus that didn't produce the promised results.
They raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years.
They made a priority of the unpopular cap-and-trade energy tax while Americans were worried about jobs and the economy.
They squandered every opportunity for the bipartisanship President Obama promised in his campaign.
Then they ended the year with a pork-filled monstrosity of a health-care bill that's increasingly detested.
The solid support that Democrats enjoyed at the start of 2009 among independents and college-educated voters is gone: They and seniors have propelled the GOP to a nine-point lead in Rasmussen's generic ballot.
Congressional Democrats can't reverse their midterm fortunes by trying to pass itsy-bitsy pieces of insignificant but popular legislation. Voters will stay fixated on their existing mistakes. So Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi should push for big things:: In for a penny, in for a pound. It would be hard to come up with less popular causes than they've already embraced. So find something that might redirect voter anger, especially if Republicans cooperate by failing to offer a positive alternative. Good luck: You made the mess.
Here is David Axelrod's rebuttal.
KARL ROVE
White House deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to George W. Bush; columnist for Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal; Fox News contributor
Congressional Democrats pushed through ineffectual legislation such as the stimulus that didn't produce the promised results.
They raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years.
They made a priority of the unpopular cap-and-trade energy tax while Americans were worried about jobs and the economy.
They squandered every opportunity for the bipartisanship President Obama promised in his campaign.
Then they ended the year with a pork-filled monstrosity of a health-care bill that's increasingly detested.
The solid support that Democrats enjoyed at the start of 2009 among independents and college-educated voters is gone: They and seniors have propelled the GOP to a nine-point lead in Rasmussen's generic ballot.
Congressional Democrats can't reverse their midterm fortunes by trying to pass itsy-bitsy pieces of insignificant but popular legislation. Voters will stay fixated on their existing mistakes. So Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi should push for big things:: In for a penny, in for a pound. It would be hard to come up with less popular causes than they've already embraced. So find something that might redirect voter anger, especially if Republicans cooperate by failing to offer a positive alternative. Good luck: You made the mess.
Here is David Axelrod's rebuttal.
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