The long and not very distinguished history of the filibuster.
Wolf Blitzer just acknowledged on the air that yesterday’s “Dept of Jihad?” chyron was “offensive.” He also said, “CNN had no intention of suggesting that the Justice Department supports terrorism. Lawyers at the Justice Department are patriotic Americans.”
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Whatever Harry Reid is doing to raise his reelect numbers back in Nevada, it ain’t working.
We look at the latest poll numbers.
Gun-rights extremists and survivalists are rallying around Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen and his anti-terrorist, war wagon militia. “This will save lives!!!” writes one commenter at Gun Rights Forum.
“We need to preserve traditional values for the future of our children. Children must be raised with morals and principles. As a society, we must provide them with a secured and loving environment that allows them to flourish.”
Those are words of California state Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) at a rally he sponsored to protest the dangers of gay marriage back in 2005.
Ashburn has now taken a “leave of absence” from the day job after getting picked up on a DUI after leaving a gay night club on Wednesday morning. Ashburn of course was a longtime opponent of gay rights and gay marriage in particular. So just how anti-gay was Ashburn’s public record? Justin Elliott’s tallies up the votes and positions.
Theda Skocpol says it’s time for every Dem and progressive to get on board with Obama’s final push for Health Care Reform.
J.D. Hayworth has rolled out a new ad mocking John McCain as “nominee for best conservative actor” and photoshopping him with Avatar-like war paint. McCain’s supporters have responded by invoking the McCain-may-not-be-mocked rule and demanding the ad be taken down.
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY): I caved on my filibuster because “Harry Reid and his minions that run around after him” promised me a vote. Watch.
Flashback to Attorney General Eric Holder talking about the civilian trials of detainees in his congressional testimony last November, back when we were still brave and strong and resolute:
We need not cower in the face of this enemy. Our institutions are strong, our infrastructure is sturdy, our resolve is firm, and our people are ready.
Or not.