Category Archives: Politics & Government

Perfect! Iowahawk creates gov’t agency to handle conflicting ISIS messages

http://twitter.com/#!/MilitaryRosary/status/502801659429658624 Iowahawk has managed to nutshell the Obama administration’s mixed messages about ISIS, all while turning Obama’s foreign policy philosophy into a government agency of its own: January: "ISIS is a JV team." Yesterday: "ISIS is the worst threat ever." – Messages courtesy US Department of Don't Do Stupid Shit— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 22,…

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Jesse Jackson wants to amend the Constitution because you’re racist

http://twitter.com/#!/The_NeoKong/status/497201258051010560 Of course they can, but the left needs a spin that makes fighting voter fraud look racist. http://twitter.com/#!/RevJJackson/status/497200522101661697 There’s clearly a lot of energy for the idea. As of this posting, of Jackson’s nearly 45,000 followers only 17 gave him the retweet he asked for. [Editor’s Thursday morning update: He’s up to 19 RTs now. Clearly,…

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Sen. Feinstein defends Hillary from Benghazi report; Hume destroys claim

http://twitter.com/#!/kararowland/status/423875576084959232 Senator Dianne Feinstein is attempting to make the case that the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Benghazi attack placed part of the blame on the State Department, but not Hillary Clinton. Fox News’ Brit Hume easily tapped in that short putt: http://twitter.com/#!/brithume/status/423966706180968449 Oof! We’ll now wait, probably for a very long time,…

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Ingraham: Will GOP homer or strikeout on Obama’s amnesty ‘slow pitch’

http://twitter.com/#!/princessjill7/status/508285409646755842 The White House has said that President Obama will delay taking any executive action on immigration until after the November elections. Laura Ingraham wonders how the Republicans will play it: http://twitter.com/#!/IngrahamAngle/status/508284927067316224 Will the Republicans take advantage of Obama saying he’s going to delay an action the White House obviously believes will be politically unpopular…

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You won’t believe how the Pentagon described last night’s bombing of Syria

http://twitter.com/#!/jimsciutto/status/514402977202061312 OMG. This is really what they’re going with? Sources called Syria strikes "shock without the awe." —Ed Henry on Fox — Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) September 23, 2014 "It was shock without awe," said a US official #IS #Syria — Mohamed Yehia (@yeh1a) September 23, 2014 "It is shock, without the awe," a U.S. official…

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Laura Ingraham has question for ‘double amnesty, extra hot’ Obama [video]

http://twitter.com/#!/IngrahamAngle/status/476348032586235904 Snicker. Starbucks and nurses, apparently. http://twitter.com/#!/tnacgal/status/476386342855647233 Yes we did. You see, this happened: http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/476391239668224000 SEIU, natch. http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/476396584968929280 Oh well. Case closed. The amnesty science is settled! But not so fast … Laura Ingraham has a question for the president regarding illegal immigrant children (since of course some illegal immigrants have been punished with a…

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Report: Terror threat against US targets from ISIS is ‘extremely high’

http://twitter.com/#!/RichardEngel/status/483688304370397185 That’s the word from NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent, Richard Engel. http://twitter.com/#!/RichardEngel/status/483689083126824960 http://twitter.com/#!/RichardEngel/status/483689849212243969 Not good. Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/06/30/report-terror-threat-against-us-targets-from-isis-is-extremely-high/

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‘This is an excellent speech’: Lapdog Chris Hayes drools over tiresome Obama

http://twitter.com/#!/jjverdi/status/408281067066380288 Because yesterday’s snoozer of a speech wasn’t punishment enough, President Obama is droning on yet again today about the sorry state of our economy (which is totally not his fault, by the way). http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/408278977128583168 Ugh. http://twitter.com/#!/CatsPolitics/status/408279976463859713 http://twitter.com/#!/IMAO_/status/408279840437972992 http://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/408279042907840513 While we sane people are busy trying not to vomit and/or punch things, Chris Hayes is…

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Henry Waxman turns Ebola travel ban question into immigration issue

http://twitter.com/#!/CaseyMattoxADF/status/522801100026826753 Rep. Henry Waxman continues to amaze at a House subcommittee hearing on the Ebola response. Waxman’s already lied by connecting Ebola in the U.S. to budget cuts, and when the question of potential travel bans arose, Waxman implied such a move would be anti-immigration: So Henry Waxman just compared a travel ban to immigration…

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Smart take! Dem Rep. Jackie Speier explains why Taliban aren’t ‘necessarily’ terrorists [video]

http://twitter.com/#!/NoahCRothman/status/476380604561637376 Looks like Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier thinks David Brooks is right on. This morning, Speier told MSNBC’s Kristen Welker that the Taliban aren’t as bad as some people (i.e. Republicans) have made them out to be: http://twitter.com/#!/RepSpeier/status/476420714099376128 Transcript (starts around the 4:40 mark): Let me underscore the term “terrorist.” The Taliban is part of…

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