By GottaLaff
Jon Ralston reports the Tea Party has qualified as a third party in Nevada and will have a candidate in the U.S. Senate race.Can anything save Harry at this point? Stay tuned...
Assuming the Tea Party candidate would draw votes away from the Republican candidates, it may be just the thing Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) needs to win in a race where he's run behind in polls for months.
By GottaLaff
[M]y good friend (I'll call him "E") had called three times, which is unlike him. [...]Preachy McFraudLips' devotees are following in the footsteps of their half-governor, all show and no go. What they lack are ghost writers and palm Sharpies.Nothing quite like being nearly sideswiped at 65mph with your child in the car!The issue here isn't even that this woman made several bonehead moves on the road...we all screw up occasionally. The outrageous part of the story is that SHE put a 5-month-old and his father in danger by breaking the law and driving like a drunk woman. Then, SHE gave HIM the finger like it was HIS fault!The idiot woman with the "Choose Life" & "Palin 2012" bumper stickers on her BMW at least stopped her cellphone conversation long enough to flip me off after nearly slamming into me.
...no turn signal either, of course. [...]
By GottaLaff
Dems are making Cheney relevant by letting him drive the debate.
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According to the survey, commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, and Credo Action, 56% of Minnesota voters are embarrassed by Bachmann while 29% are proud of her. Another 15% are not sure how they feel about her.Be proud, Rushpublics. America is judging you.
Among Democrats, 87% said they were embarrassed by her, while only 12% of Republicans said they were. Another 58% of Republicans said they were proud of her.
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Health insurer Anthem Blue Cross will postpone its much-criticized plan to raise rates for some California residents who buy insurance on their own, after reaching a deal Saturday with state regulators.We're among the lucky "some" who got the "as high as 39%" notice recently. 39%. I finally won something, only in reverse.Anthem's planned rate hike, which the state estimates would affect about 700,000 customers, averaged 25 percent and would have been as high as 39 percent for some.
Anthem Blue Cross of California, based in Thousand Oaks, agreed to postpone the increase from March 1 until May 1 so California could have outside experts review the company's complex and detailed plan filing, including data on the medical costs it expects to incur.
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Though the State of Texas does not officially recognize same-sex marriages, a Travis County judge has approved a same-sex divorce.
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The independent senator from Connecticut, who infuriated Democrats by backing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president, told The Hill, “I’m trying to have a more governmental/legislative, less political year.”
He added that staying out of the campaign spotlight “will be a nice change. I don’t have any sort of yearning to get involved.”
Or Twithead or whatever they call themselves. (I know, I'm an out of the loop grandma relic. 23 Skiddoo Daddy-O!)
Washington (CNN) – Count White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs among a growing group of Democratic press operatives who have recently joined the microblogging site Twitter.
The top White House spokesman set up his Twitter account Saturday, Gibbs confirmed to CNN; Gibbs goes by the Twitter handle @PressSec on the popular service.
Gibbs’ arrival on Twitter comes as a number of his colleagues in the Democratic communications apparatus have also joined the site which allows users to broadcast short messages.
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In mid January, Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton (@billburton44) began using a previously dormant Twitter account.
And last month, President Obama made history when he personally clicked the send button on a tweet from the @RedCross account while on a visit to the Washington headquarters of the Red Cross.
Sounds like a win/win to me- give them something to do and train them to make a wage that will help to keep the heat on. What, no squawking from Mitch Daniels? Actually the opposite.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Division of Aging is getting nearly $1.3 million in additional funding from the U.S. Labor Department of Labor to provide job training and other help for older, low-income workers.
The federal stimulus grant will go to the Senior Community Service Employment Program. It provides part-time, community service-based job training for unemployed, low-income persons age 55 or older.
Aging Director Faith Laird says the added funding will allow her agency to serve seniors who otherwise wouldn't receive services. She says the money is needed during such tough economic times.
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Yes, but can he partake in a Q and A without crib notes scrawled on his hand? That's the real test.He's only been a senator for a week but the drumbeat already has begun for Scott Brown to run for president in 2012.
[...] Brown's supporters have launched a Facebook page devoted to discussing a potential presidential bid.
They've also scooped up several "Scott Brown for President" domain names, including scottbrown2012.com, scottbrown2016.com and scottbrownforpresident.com -- a site that offers "Scott Brown for President" bumper stickers.
And a new Gallup poll ranks Brown fourth among 11 potential GOP presidential contenders who voters would like to see as the nominee.
"He is the fresh face, and he's new," Republican strategist and pollster Kellyanne Conway told Fox News. "The whole idea that you don't have enough experience, I think that went out the window with the age of the Obama presidency."
By GottaLaff
President Obama will next week announce a federal loan guarantee for utility giant Southern Company to build two new nuclear reactors in Georgia, an administration official said.
The Energy Department loan guarantee will be the first devoted to nuclear plant construction under a program authorized in a 2005 energy law.
President Obama and I do not see eye to eye on this at all.
By GottaLaff
Notice the other guests are all, well, the usual Not Progressives. Meet the Press should be renamed Meet the Right.
Rachel will wipe the floor with them, as usual... if they give her more than 30 seconds to, you know, speak.
So which is it? Does MTP need ratings? Or does Rachel? Or both? I haven't been keeping track.
By GottaLaff
The justices unanimously disagreed on that legal point and in a 5-2 vote upheld a provision banning the screens and establishing procedures for paper ballot voting. [...]Now about the rest of the country and those Diebold machines....
“It has a huge precedential value because it confirms the power of the people at the local level to ensure the accuracy of elections,” [Thomas D. Shults, a lawyer for the Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections] said.
By GottaLaff
As it should be:
President Barack Obama appointed a special envoy Saturday to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the 57-nation organization that calls itself the "collective voice of the Muslim world."He is Rashad Hussein, an Indian-American Muslim who has been a deputy associate White House counsel, described by Obama as "an accomplished lawyer and a close and trusted member of my White House staff." [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be speaking Sunday at the 7th annual forum and Obama took the opportunity Saturday to laud the event and reiterate what he calls the "new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world" - a relationship that he says has been marred by "misunderstanding and mistrust."
Please read the whole thing here.
Our president shines when it comes to making an effort to bring people together... and his willingness to ignore the small-minded pummeling from his opponents in order to rectify the ill will created by 8 years of BushCo.
By GottaLaff
Providence, R.I. Mayor David Cicilline, who is openly gay, announced today he will be a candidate for Congress. [...]H/t: Chris Geidner
Cicilline will face state Democratic Party Chair William Lynch, who also announced his candidacy, and could face a number of other contenders. [...]
He was easily reelected in 2006 amid national media attention for his work turning around the fortunes of Providence, which was once beset by high crime rates and corruption.
By GottaLaff
Here's a thought: A presidential directive to remove all the Rushpublics from Congress.
Okay, daydream over. God I hate reality sometimes. It gets in the way of my fantasies:
With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities. [...]Good. About time. Do it. I want Dawn Johnsen in. Now.“We are reviewing a list of presidential executive orders and directives to get the job done across a front of issues,” said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff.
Any president has vast authority to influence policy even without legislation, through executive orders, agency rule-making and administrative fiat. And Mr. Obama’s success this week in pressuring the Senate to confirm 27 nominations by threatening to use his recess appointment power demonstrated that executive authority can also be leveraged to force action by Congress. [...]
But Mr. Obama has to be careful how he proceeds because he has been critical of both Mr. Clinton’s penchant for expending presidential capital on small-bore initiatives, like school uniforms, and Mr. Bush’s expansive assertions of executive authority, like the secret program of wiretapping without warrants. [...]
Another drawback of the executive power strategy is that actions taken unilaterally by the executive branch may not be as enduring as decisions made through acts of Congress signed into law by a president.[...]
But the White House argued that Mr. Obama’s choices have been held up more than Mr. Bush’s and left open the prospect of giving recess appointments to some of those still held up, including Craig Becker, a labor lawyer whose nomination for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board has been blocked.
“If the stalling tactics continue,” said Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, “he’s not ruling out using recess appointments for anybody that he’s nominated.”
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Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Will.i.am and more artists took the stage earlier this week in Washington, DC, for a Black History Month special titled “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” which aired last night on PBS. The concert was originally scheduled to take place on February 10th, but the threat of the northeast blizzard forced the production to film one day earlier. All of the performances are streaming now on the PBS Website.
I've got a load of housework to do this morning, so a little later the posts will get sparse. I'd rather climb back into bed, but I hear you're supposed to clean the dwelling every once in a while...
U.S. 'Star Wars' laser plane successfully shoots down ballistic missile for first time
Gay couples weigh census response
'Fountain of youth' drink fights aging
Lessons of love take time
Betty White's Breasts Are the Secret to Hollywood Success
Whisky toothpaste
We now have a subscription service set up where you can pledge a small (or large) monthly amount to help us out. And remember when you use any of the Amazon links to the right to buy anything we get a couple pennies for the transactionI'm going to go watch the Olympic opening. Alot of damn nice looking men on those teams...
Only one potential new member shows up at the meeting. Jeff is in his early thirties, he has a wife and a new baby. He's deeply distrustful of the government and he believes something is to about happen, probably the collapse of the American economy.
"Well, I feel like I can't rely on our elected officials, I can't rely on our military who works for our government, so bottom line is we have to have somebody to rely on," he says.
Mort Zuckerman, real estate tycoon and publisher of The Daily News, is considering a run against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the New York Times reports.
Zuckerman regards Gillibrand "as vulnerable to a challenge and is convinced that, at a time of economic tumult and political unrest, his background as an outsider to government, and his record as a businessman, will appeal to the state's electorate."
He is also conducting a poll testing his viability.
By GottaLaff
Friends,H/t: Chris
Over the last few months, I've spoken with voters across Connecticut, sharing with you my vision for our future and listening to your thoughts on how we can work together to get our state back on track.
Four years ago, I was humbled to be joined by so many of you as I stood at the Old State House in Hartford to call for a new direction for our nation.
Today, it has become increasingly clear that we need a new direction in Connecticut.
I would be honored if you joined my family and me this coming Tuesday, February 16th at 11:00am at the Old State House in Hartford for a very special announcement.
When: Tuesday, February 16th, 11:00AM
Where: Old State House, 800 Main Street, Hartford, CT [Map] [Directions and Parking]
Immediately following the event, please join me and other supporters for a reception just down the block at City Steam, 942 Main Street, Hartford CT.
Please RSVP here.
Or RSVP on Facebook here.
I hope to see you at the Old State House on Tuesday as we stand up and begin to chart a new course for our great state,
Ned
By GottaLaff
Fox News contributor Sarah Palin will make two high-profile appearances in Central Florida next month, but the press will not be welcomed. Palin’s camp has barred the media from recording or photographing the former governor’s speeches, so if reporters want to attend, they’ll have to buy a ticket like anyone else. (Prices are between $150 and “at least” $250.) The Orlando Sentinel reports that the unusual decision was made by Palin’s handlers, not local organizers.Freedom of the what again?
By GottaLaff
At least they won't get blocked by the GOP.The successor to President Obama's campaign group, now a project of the Democratic National Committee, is expanding its online outreach efforts, according to a Democratic official and an advertisement posted on the jobs board at MediaBistro.com.
The notice, posted more than a week ago, seeks full-time "Email campaigners" based in Washington, D.C.; the campaigners will be "responsible for planning, writing, and executing grassroots campaigns to advance the President's agenda for change."
By GottaLaff
If only fake news were the Jon Stewart kind:
The New York Observer notes that 13 different news organizations ran unsourced stories about the supposed blockbuster New York Times story about New York Gov. David Paterson -- even before the governor issued his now famous denial.This reminds me of Keith Olbermann's explanation of how a ClusterFox meme gets started. One of their punditiots opines, it's picked up as a "some say" by their "news" [sic] team, and that in turn gets reported as "news" by the rest of the media.
Walter Shapiro: "Sadly, this is what happens when the old-media arrogance of The New York Times -- a newspaper that will do things its own way on its own schedule -- collides with the sex sells, rumors-are-reality sleaziness of the new media. Isn't the 21st century great?"
By GottaLaff
The wealth has been spread alright... all in one direction:
Lobbyists enjoyed record revenues while the rest of the country was struggling amid deep recession, according to a report out Friday.
Last year saw a more than 5 percent increase in lobbying expenditures as compared to 2008, said the Center for Responsive Politics' campaign finance watchdog report.
The healthcare debate took up much of the oxygen in Washington last year. So not surprisingly, the pharmaceutical and health products industry spent a record amount last year — close to $266.8 million — on federal lobbying.
That is the biggest lobbying expenditure ever by a single industry in one year, according to the report.
By GottaLaff
It's not all good news for President Obama, but this was interesting:
While the president is showing signs of vulnerability on his handling of the economy — a majority of respondents say he has yet to offer a clear plan for creating jobs — Americans blame former President George W. Bush, Wall Street and Congress much more than they do Mr. Obama for the nation’s economic problems and the budget deficit, the poll found.
They credit Mr. Obama more than Republicans with making an effort at bipartisanship, and they back the White House’s policies on a variety of disputed issues, including allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military and repealing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.
Psst! John Sidney McCain, spread the word: "Blame Bush".
By GottaLaff
Via Spencer Ackerman, we get this insanity (Tennessee Tee Vee insanity, not Spencer's):
A Tennessee TV news report portrays an entire Muslim community in the state as a possible terrorist training program, despite having absolutely no evidence that the secluded community engages in any dubious activity at all. [...]Well said.
The title of the report? “Inside Islamville: Is A Local Muslim Community Tied To TERRORISM?” A better question is whether Beres and WTVF-TV, which aired the segment, are tied to journalism.
Here’s a clip of the segment:
By GottaLaff
Oh, this guy's a real peach. Here's something he posted. Please note the "inner city youths" button:The Massachusetts man charged this week with stockpiling weapons after saying he feared an imminent "Armageddon" appears to have been active in the Tea Party movement, and saw Sarah Palin, who he said is on a "righteous 'Mission from God,'" as the only figure capable of averting the destruction of society.
As we reported yesterday, Gregory Girard, a Manchester technology consultant, was found with a stash of military grade weapons, explosive devices including tear gas and pepper ball canisters, camouflage clothing, knives, handcuffs, bulletproof vests and helmets, and night vision goggles, say police. They believe Girard, who pleaded not guilty at his arraignment, was "preparing for domestic and political turmoil," and feared martial law would soon be imposed.
Girard's wife said her husband had recently told her: "Don't talk to people, shoot them instead," and "it's fine to shoot people in the head because traitors deserve it."
I have studied the "National Security Force," which is Obama's name for the secret police force he is creating. I have read the new law that gives them the right to operate as an extension of the DoD, carrying firearms, and executing search warrants, executing arrest warrants, and the like. Needless to say, it's a secret police force of some kind, and it appears likely to be created from inner city youths.So much for that folksy keepy America-y safey thing, eh Sarah? And about that swell suggestion of yours to let the Tea Tantrumers go leaderless... mob rule is so much more preferable. At least Girard had enough lethal weapons for nearly everyone.
By GottaLaff
Ezra Klein: "It's a bit weird to see so much blame accruing to Rahm Emanuel for the administration's woes. Emanuel wasn't part of the campaign team. He was brought in to help govern. In that capacity, his primary job was shepherding the administration's agenda through the legislative process. Ugly as that process was, Emanuel -- and more to the point, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi -- did a fairly masterful job at it. In the Senate, Democrats got all 60 of their members to sign onto the same large, controversial bill. That's a legislative achievement [unprecedented] in modern times. Bill Clinton didn't manage it on any bills of this size and scope, and neither did George W. Bush."Rahm has a friend.
Man, I want some politicians like this. Totally safe for work except the anger in his voice may scare people off. Via Boing Boing-
New York (CNN) – Former President Bill Clinton left the hospital Friday morning after doctors performed a procedure to restore blood flow in one of his coronary arteries, longtime friend Terry McAuliffe told CNN.
Clinton, 63, was hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian Hospital's Columbia campus after experiencing brief periods of discomfort in his chest over several days, according to Dr. Allan Schwartz, the hospital's chief of cardiology.
Two stents were used to restore blood flow to a coronary artery Thursday after images revealed that a bypass graft - part of a quadruple bypass surgery that Clinton underwent in 2004 - was blocked, Schwartz said.
An electrocardiogram and a blood test showed no evidence of a heart attack, Schwartz said.
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Looking for the Larry O'Donnell attack vid. Pretty stuff.
Man smashes 27 TVs at Wal-Mart
Blackwater Allegedly Put Prostitute on the Payroll
Love of sweetness linked to depression
CNNMoney: Jobs bill advances ... or does it? The Senate's slow-moving effort to spur job creation was thrown into turmoil Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Democrats will offer a slimmed down jobs bill. Only hours earlier, a key Republican and key Democratic issued a more comprehensive measure that they said had bipartisan support.
Mexican-Americans most physically active
Forced exorcism in Hong Kong shopping mall
Eyes Wide Open: Patient has open-heart surgery while he is awake
Evansville Courier & Press: Bayh, Coats face big question: 'Are you a Hoosier?' Both former Sen. Dan Coats, who moved back to Indiana to prepare a run for the seat he once held, and two-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Evan Bayh are fending off questions about their status as Hoosiers.
By GottaLaff
How deluded are these people? Black is white, up is down, Palin is smart:
House Republicans won their televised debate with President Barack Obama last month, according to a GOP document distributed to lawmakers on Thursday. [...]
In the document titled “Recent Public Surveys, Fielded Post Baltimore Retreat,” Republican leaders focused on Obama’s job approval, generic ballot matchups, party brand image and issue handling. [...]
Democrats dispute the Republican claims.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spokesman Ryan Rudominer said, “No amount of spin and arrogance from these House Republicans, who continue to be caught taking credit for president Obama’s recovery policies they led the fight against, will change the fact that the president took on the entire Republican Conference and walked away the winner.”
Meanwhile, a New York Times/CBS poll released this week shows that Obama has an edge over the GOP in public support.
By GottaLaff
Um, alrighty then:
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is not known for his emotional outbursts, especially in public, but he wept openly on the Senate floor Thursday as he spoke about Kyle Simmons, his outgoing chief of staff.
By GottaLaff
WASHINGTON (AP) AP source: Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., will not seek reelection.More details when I see them.
The decision by the eight-term congressman comes less than a month after a stunning Republican upset in the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat his late father, Edward Kennedy, held for almost half a century.
Patrick Kennedy has been in and out of treatment for substance abuse since crashing his car outside the U.S Capitol in 2006.
By GottaLaff
Former Rep. Billy Tauzin is resigning as president of the drug trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Under Tauzin's leadership, the group cut a deal with the White House on health care reform which would have capped the industry's total costs under the planned legislation to $80 billion over 10 years.Now what would have made him do that? I admit, I'm not well-versed. Any ideas?
For more information...http://www.politico.com
A source close to Tauzin, a garrulous former Louisiana congressman who once chaired the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee, said Tauzin left his post voluntarily after nearly 5 1/2 years in the job "because he wants to do other things with his life."The source, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about the retirement, said that Tauzin was asked to stay by a majority of board members and that the decision was personal.
However, Tauzin has been under fire from the left and the right -- and from the mainstream of his fellow business lobbyists, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
More soon at: http://www.latimes.com/
By GottaLaff
Before leaving for the President’s Day break, the Senate tonight confirmed — by unanimous consent — 27 of President Obama’s nominees to federal positions, under a threat made earlier this week by the president that he might make recess appointments not requiring Senate votes. None of these seemed controversial; the senators approved these amid a backlog of presidential nominations and holds on some.
After the Senate’s moves, the White House tonight issued a statement by Mr. Obama, in which he welcomed the votes, and seemed to signal he would not be making recess appointments anytime soon.
While this is a good first step, there are still dozens of nominees on hold who deserve a similar vote, and I will be looking for action from the Senate when it returns from recess. If they do not act, I reserve the right to use my recess appointment authority in the future.
By GottaLaff
Press conference:
Spokesperson: He's in good spirits, which must be why they've practically eulogized him for the last 4 hours (sarcasm). Chelsea and Hillary are with him, by the way.
Dr. Alan Schwartz:
He had some recurring symptoms, although brief ones. He came in for and EKG and blood test. NO evidence of heart attack or damage to the heart.
He had blockage, so he got 2 stents in the artery that had been grafted earlier during the bypass. All went smoothly. He's up and walking around, visiting with the family, in good spirits and should go home tomorrow.
This was not a result of his life style or diet. He's been doing everything right. His cholesterol etc. are excellent. This is part of the "natural history" of his bypass graft. After 5-6 years, this can happen.
He's less susceptible to future heart attacks.
The surgery involved the main artery in front of the heart. Now he's speaking doctor... have no idea what he's saying.
Prognosis: Excellent.
It's a chronic condition with no cure, but treatments and procedures work. He responded to his warning symptoms properly.
He had some vague chest discomfort, no pains, and when it became repetitive, he went to the doctor.
He can be back to work at the office Monday. This is not considered a "wake up call" because he's done everything right, and this graft treatment was NOT related to anything he did.
By GottaLaff
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is rewriting a jobs bill after Democrats complained of too many concessions to Republicans.
Reid announced Thursday that he would cut drastically back on the jobs bill Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) introduced only hours earlier, essentially overruling the powerful chairman.
The Democratic leadership aide disputed the notion that Reid had yanked the rug out from under Baucus, noting that Reid has decided to keep the four core provisions of Baucus’s legislation.
The aide said Reid decided to simplify the legislation to “short-circuit potential criticism from one side or the other,” referring to potential Democratic and Republican critics.
Reid’s bill also does not extend unemployment and COBRA benefits that many in both parties want; an aide to the majority leader said those extensions would be handled in a separate bill.
Rockefeller predicted the Republicans would not support Reid’s revised proposal.
“Why would the Republicans vote for something?” Rockefeller said.
By GottaLaff
I took this screen grab when I voted several minutes ago:
Here's where you go. You know what to do.
H/t: Basadd
By GottaLaff
As Sarah Palin relaunches her image for the next stage of her political career, there's a small set of advisers who are shaping the former governor's policy positions and public persona.
The group, a brain trust of sorts, includes Randy Scheunemann, the lobbyist who advised McCain on foreign policy and was one of the architects of the Iraq War, and Kim Daniels, a little-known conservative attorney who specializes in "rights of conscience" health care issues.
And she complains about President Obama's "ties to lobbyists"? Really?
Oh, and let's not forget the former Jew-counting Nixonite, Fred Malek:
Fred Malek: An extremely successful private equity investor who served as an aide to President Nixon (and famously played a central role in the Nixon Jew-counting episode in the early 1970s), Malek describes himself as a friend of Palin. The Times reports that he has been advising Palin on "political matters."
More of her merry band-o'-weenies: Robert Barnett, who advised George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Benazir Bhutto, and Bob Woodward; and the ubiquitous Mary Matalin.
By GottaLaff
Keith Olbermann put this issue into perspective so clearly that even this guy could understand it.
Okay, maybe not:
Yeh Ling-Ling, an ethnically Chinese, Vietnam-born, Cambodian-raised, France and Taiwan educated, naturalized U.S. citizen has publicly endorsed Tancredo’s proposal. In an email exchange with reporter Michael Roberts, Ling-Ling wrote:Now back to the Bill Clinton TV marathon already in progress.I believe that in order to be granted U.S. citizenship, immigrants must have a good knowledge of spoken and written English, without any exception. Literacy tests should be given to all U.S. voters — native-born and naturalized citizens alike, so that their votes can accurately reflect their will.
I head a national tax-exempt non-profit organization whose leaders and supporters are racially and politically diverse, including minority immigrants. We do not and may not endorse or oppose political candidates or parties. We believe that some sort of immigration moratorium will be needed so that we can put American job seekers, welfare recipients and non-violent prison inmates to work.
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