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"Could an Unmarried Woman Sink Obama?"
This is the question posed by a FOX News headline.
Holy crap, Obama is involved with an unmarried woman? This is so salacious and sooo...Obama-like. We all knew that the fall of the Obama presidency would come at the hands of an unmarried woman.
Oh, wait. It's an article about single women voters. Obviously. Fox must make sure that they present every scrap of hope that buttresses their dream of the demise of Obama with as incendiary of a headline as possible.
Classy journalism, guys.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/10/07/could-unmarried-woman-sink-obama/

President Obama has proposed extending the payroll tax cut, giving relief to the wage earners of this country and stimulating demand. The GOP immediately pounced on this idea as "too little, too late" (Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI). In a stunning display of crass hypocrisy, Ryan went on to call the expiration of the Bush tax cuts as a tax increase.
"We can't raise taxes on job creators in a recession."
What I think he meant to say was, "We can't ever raise taxes on the rich, who help me get re-elected year after year, and with whom I intend to sup with once I retire to my lobbying gig. But the wage earners of this country do not fill my campaign coffers, nor do they subsidize my $300 bottles of wine at The Capitol Grille. Why do they deserve a break?"
What a jerk.
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct3=MAA4CUgAUABgAWoCdXN6AWjYAQE&usg=AFQj...://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-deficit-plan-20110919,0,2114442.story

Last Sunday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) walked out of debt ceiling negotiations, citing the Democrats' insistence on tax increases.
What Mr. Cantor should be citing is the fact that he has money invested in the ProShares UltraShort Treasury ETF. This fund bets against the value of US Treasuries, so if, for example, the US were to default on its debt, Treasuries would tank, and Cantor would profit handsomely. Seems hard to believe, right?
Not really. There are no laws whatsoever preventing Congressmen and their staff from buying or selling securities; they can even buy or sell shares in companies with business before their committees, so long as they disclose it, as Cantor did.
On July 7th, some unsigned resolution popped up, suggesting that Mr. Cantor has caused the appearance of a conflict of interest. A "Question of Privilege" resolution, it was.
This is what's called "The appearance of a conflict of interest" in Washington. A person who will benefit financially from US default is in charge of coming to an agreement to prevent such default. He seems to be doing everything he can to prevent such an agreement from occurring. That's not the appearance of a conflict. That's a homeowner, holding an insurance policy, lighting a match and setting his house ablaze.
Here's the resolution. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/84054824/CANTOR%20QUESTION%20OF%20PRIVILEGE

I mean, everyone's getting all mad, like this whole BP getting the Lockerbie Bomber released thing is new. As I recall, McCain and his posse visited Gadaffi in Libya back in August of 2009 (see link at bottom of page). Everyone is trying to distance themselves from this whole affair, but McCain's people confirmed back then to realwashington that the subject of the Lockerbie Bomber's pending release was broached. Now, in fairness, McCain's people said that McCain expressed strong disapproval at the release of the killer of 189 Americans, but you know what? Expressing strong disapproval isn't the same as saying, "Look, Great Britain and BP, we're not gonna let this motherfkucer walk free just so BP can make you all a lot of money." http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLE528109

Read how the New York Times breaks down how lawmakers sidestep the ban one earmarks to for-profit companies here: http://nyti.ms/cMQ7rr

These lawmakers don't even care that their actions make them look like straight up sleazeballs. They merely stress that what they are doing is technically legal. They should be in prison.

Sen. Scott Brown has arrived in the Senate. Mr. Brown rode into DC promising to eliminate back room deals, and railing against sweetheart deals like the "Cornhusker Kickback" and the "Louisiana Purchase", deals aimed at winning support for bills from specific senators. Mr. Brown has managed to get a sweetheart deal for his bank constituents, which undermines the whole point of the financial reform bill. Congrats, Mr. Brown, on becoming the newest Senator from Wall St!
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/06/28/scott-brown-difficult/

The nation's longest serving senator has died. Robert Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, has been a US senator since the Civil War, or something. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-me-byrd-20100628,0,25...

Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would extend unemployment benefits to the millions of workers jobless for more than six months. The bill also contained business tax cuts, and allowed hedge fund managers to be taxed like everyone else. Republicans and Ben Nelson, who considers himself a Democrat, say that they were worried about the deficit, but, of course, it was to make Obama look bad.

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