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Early Morning Swim: Special Jane on Rachel Edition
Firedoglake —
... Big media reax to POTUS presser here, here and here.
NYT liveblog here.
A progressive, but not a populist.
Rebrand!
Just what we need.
And where was this debate when Condi went to BC?
Culture shock.
Still wondering why people think Chuck's so smart.
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Sacrifice Chuck Todd
Rising Hegemon —
Is Chuckie a virgin? I think it's possible. In any case, how about we just say he is and send him off to Mount Redoubt to placate the gods?! ...
Not A Great Question
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Yglesias knocks Chuck Todd: ...if Americans were to collectively sacrifice—everyone agree to eat only potatoes on Wednesdays or something—that wouldn’t help anyone except the potato farmers. Consumption in a market economically is almost always a positive-sum exchange; economic growth, and therefore prosperity, requires more economic activity, not more sacrifice. If the big national problem were a giant war, things might be different—we could all conserve gasoline and save it to fuel the tanks. But it’s hard to see how sacrifice could solve the problem of ...
3/25: Another Presser, Come And Gone
Blogometer —
... about why Obama hadn't "asked for something specific that the public should be sacrificing to participate in this economic recovery": Yglesias continues: "A lot of people in the press seem obsessed with the idea that it would be noble for politicians to ask people to sacrifice. But in general, the whole idea in public policy is to make things better , not worse, so the logic here is a bit hard to understand. [...] Alternatively, underlying this is the idea that if some of us sacrificed that would make things better for other people. This is true in a certain narrow sense. If ...
Olbermann Mocks CNN's Ed Henry Over Obama Smackdown (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... tomahawk jam in your face, the ball actually hits you in the face on the way down, and then picking yourself up off the court and acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. I mean, dude, you just got owned. Dude, the guy just made you his companion.
I guess this means that President Obama sexually assaulted Ed Henry at a hotel in Eagle, Colorado.
Anyway, I wouldn't talk so big, NBCers. It's not like your guy exactly distinguished himself, with this awesome question.
[WATCH.] ...
Olbermann Mocks CNN's Ed Henry Over Obama Smackdown (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... tomahawk jam in your face, the ball actually hits you in the face on the way down, and then picking yourself up off the court and acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. I mean, dude, you just got owned. Dude, the guy just made you his companion.
I guess this means that President Obama sexually assaulted Ed Henry at a hotel in Eagle, Colorado.
Anyway, I wouldn't talk so big, NBCers. It's not like your guy exactly distinguished himself, with this awesome question.
[WATCH.] ...
Red River Flooding And National Service
Political Animal —
... . This is the call to sacrifice that Chuck Todd doesn't seem to understand because it doesn't involve cutting Social Security or Medicare benefits. Obama's support of national service represents a continuum throughout his campaign and his public life, that we have a responsibility to one another, that we can do our part for change as neighbors and fellow citizens. I would ask those naysayers on the right if they asked the residents of these communities in North Dakota and Minnesota their opinion.— ...
