Pelosi Stays
Posted by Michelle Moquin on November 14th, 2012
Good morning!
So…is Pelosi still with us? You bet. The first female Speaker of the House is planning to stay on as Leader of the Dems, and I couldn’t be more delighted! As Rachel Maddow said last night, “It’s a cold day in hell when Nancy Pelosi steps aside from a job that remains to be done“. She got that right.
Speaking of…here’s the write:
Nancy Pelosi Announcement: House Democrat Retaining Role As Party Leader
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday to her caucus that she’s staying on as the top Democrat in the House, ending weeks of intense speculation about whether she might bow out, a Democratic source confirmed to The Huffington Post.
The source also confirmed that Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) will remain as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Pelosi’s decision, which she kept so quiet about that even her Democratic colleagues and staff didn’t know until the last minute, means that the current line-up of House Democratic leaders will largely stay intact in the next Congress.
She formally made her announcement later Wednesday morning at a press conference surrounded by dozens of House Democratic women, whom she made the focus of much of her remarks.
“If we want our economy to flourish and grow, we must lift up women in our economy,” Pelosi said. “Women in the academic world, women in health care. Any subject you can name is more wholesome, more successful, more efficient with the involvement of women.”
Pointing to that cause, and the need to do more to lift up the middle class, Pelosi said, “I have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to once again serve as the House Democratic leader.”
Pelosi has kept observers on edge for months. In addition to not giving any details on her future plans, she recently pushed back the date of House Democratic leadership elections for no apparent reason by two weeks, to the end of November — a move that some read as a sign that she was giving herself more time to make a decision on her future. In addition, Pelosi, now 72, made a big production over the last year about hitting 25 years in Congress, to the point where it seemed she may have been trying to cement her legacy before making a departure on a nice round number.
But Pelosi has never been predictable. She defied conventional wisdom in 2010 when, as House Democrats became the minority again and she lost her post as speaker, she stayed on as minority leader. And there are plenty of people in the party who want her to stick around, in part because of her fundraising prowess: since she first entered leadership in 2002, she has raised $328 million for House Democrats. In this election cycle alone, she raised $85.1 million and hit 692 events.
It sounded like Pelosi may not have even known herself what she wanted to do. She acknowledged Wednesday that her decision to stay in leadership is “an enormous time commitment,” and said her brother was urging her not to do it.
Asked when she finally made up her mind, Pelosi said, “Probably, finally, yesterday.”
Pelosi’s move means that House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) and Assistant to the Leader James Clyburn (S.C.) will likely stay in their posts. House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (Conn.) is term-limited in his position, so Rep. Xavier Becerra (Calif.) will be moving up and taking over. Other Democrats are welcome to challenge any of them for the top slots, but current leaders presumably already have the votes locked in.
That means the only real drama in House Democratic leadership is over who will take over as the caucus vice chair.
According to top Democratic officials on Capitol Hill, Reps. Joe Crowley (N.Y.), Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Jared Polis (Colo.) have each thrown their hat into the ring.
The vice chair’s responsibilities are relatively minor. He or she is there to listen to members’ concerns and relay them up the flagpole. The vice chair also picks out lunches for caucus meetings. But it is a spot at the table, with the potential for an even bigger role to shape the party’s direction.
This year’s fight will pit Crowley, the leader of the moderate New Democrat Coalition, against Lee, a vocal member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Polis — considered more of a longshot — is a member of both caucuses.
So far, Crowley appears to be the frontrunner. He ran unsuccessfully for the vice chair position in 2006 and has essentially been gunning for it ever since. Since he began campaigning for his 2012 congressional run in March, he has been meeting with current and new members, aggressively fundraising and helping House Democratic candidates on the campaign trail. He donated more than $240,000 to the DCCC in the 2012 cycle, putting him in the top 15 contributors to the committee.
Lee, more so than Crowley, comes with a built-in constituency: the Congressional Black Caucus, which had 42 members before the election. The CBC is expected to put its full support behind Lee, as is much of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Progressive bloggers have also already begun pushing for Lee to get the job.
While Crowley is considered a member of Hoyer’s circle, one of the co-chairs of his campaign for vice chair is Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), a top lieutenant to Pelosi. Lee’s co-chairs are Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.).
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Stefan: I know how you feel to a degree. I don’t like the fact that so much testing is done on animals. Although testing on Humans? Hmm…I say we test on the folks at Monsanto. After all, perhaps if they started feeling ill, growing tumors and dying, they would think a bit differently about the products they make and distribute to all of us.
Lewis: Done. Thank you.
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Sheila: Yep. Stayed tuned for the movie. :)
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Got to run. I think President Obama is going to be on the news.
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November 14th, 2012 at 11:59 am
If You Love Your Pet, You Must Read This
What happens to your pet if something happens to you? Without proper planning, there is a very real chance that a beloved pet will be euthanized shortly after your death. From the perspective of the court, pets are treated as property, not loving companions.
Even asking an estate-planning attorney to include a pet in an estate plan sometimes is not enough to protect that pet.
What you need to know…
PUTTING PETS IN WILLS POSES PROBLEMS
In recent decades, many states have enacted “pet trust statutes.” These pet trusts relate only to animal provisions in wills.
In theory, these trusts provide assets for the pet’s continued care. Unfortunately, they have some potentially dangerous drawbacks. Pet trusts written into wills…
Are not enforced until the probate process is complete, which can take months or years. Pets might be euthanized long before then.
Often are legally unenforceable.
Example: You could leave your pet and the money to pay for its care to an heir in your will, but nothing in the law prevents that heir from pocketing the money and sending your pet to the pound.
Do nothing to ensure the care of pets when their owners are alive but in a coma or otherwise unable to look after their animals.
Are not honored in every state. Even if you live in a state where they are honored, the trust could be thrown out if you happen to die while in a state where they are not.
Can be overruled. Courts sometimes step in and overrule pet-care provisions in wills.
BETTER OPTIONS
Pet-care estate-planning tools that leave less to chance…
Freestanding pet trust—that is, a pet trust not included in your will—avoids all of the problems described above if properly constructed.
These trusts are not cheap, however. An attorney is likely to charge $1,500 or so to draft the trust, and assets must be set aside to fund the trust.
Helpful:
It can be difficult to find an attorney who has experience with these trusts. Ask your state bar association to recommend attorneys who specialize in animal law, then call these attorneys and confirm that they have experience drafting pet trusts.
Protection Agreement (PPA), which I created, is a legally enforceable document signed by both the pet owner and a pet guardian (someone who agrees to care for the pet if the owner cannot) that ensures continuing care for your pet.
PPAs can be completed without the assistance—and expense—of an attorney, using a form available from LegalZoom for $39. (Go to LegalZoom.com, then select “Pet Protection Agreement” from the “Wills & Trusts” section.
Some proceeds from the sale of this form go to charity.) PPAs need not provide assets to the pet guardian for the pet’s care, though they can do so. The signed PPA should be notarized.
KEY POINTS
Whether you opt for a freestanding pet trust or a PPA, take the following steps to help ensure your pet’s safety…
Clarify who owns the pet. Your whole family might love and care for the animal, but for the purposes of estate planning, one family member should be the pet’s legal owner.
Helpful:
If any adults living in the pet’s household are not named in the pet trust or PPA in any capacity, ask them to sign the trust or PPA document, too.
Their signatures help confirm that they are aware of the document and that they agree that another family member is the pet’s legal owner.
If you adopted your pet, confirm with the organization from which you adopted it that you are the animal’s legal owner.
Some breed-rescue organizations officially continue to own the animals that they place with families.
Example:
Ellen DeGeneres felt that she had to give up her dog, Iggy, because it did not get along with her cats.
DeGeneres’s hairdresser’s family loved Iggy and wanted to adopt him—but the breed-rescue organization from which DeGeneres had adopted the dog swept in, took Iggy away and gave him to a different family.
Include as many successor pet guardians as possible. By the time you are no longer able to care for your pet, the person who agreed to care for it in your place might have passed away…moved into a condo that doesn’t allow pets…or entered a relationship with someone who is allergic to your pet.
Secure agreements from additional friends and relatives stating that they will take in the pet if your primary pet guardian cannot. List these successor pet guardians in the PPA or trust.
Successor pet guardians do not need to sign the agreement, but I prefer that they do.
Include multiple ways of contacting each potential pet guardian—landline and cell-phone numbers, e-mail and mailing addresses—in case some contact information changes.
Helpful:
Consider naming an appropriate animal organization to serve as a successor pet guardian should your pet guardian and successor pet guardians be unable to take in the animal. Confirm with the organization that it is willing to serve in this capacity.
Make sure that the pet trust or PPA includes all of your pets—even those you acquire after the document is completed.
List and describe each of your animals in the document but also include the phrases “all my pets” and “this includes any other animals I have at the time this trust/pet protection arrangement is enacted.”
Have the trust/PPA take effect when you “are unable or unwilling to provide for the pet’s care.” These documents often are written to take effect when the pet owner is “incapacitated,” but that term is best avoided—it sometimes opens the door for a court to step in and arrange a pet guardian. The wording “unable or unwilling” keeps this decision in your hands.
Get copies of your pet trust or PPA into many hands. Give copies to all trustees, pet guardians and pet successor guardians listed in the document.
Also give copies to your pet’s veterinarian, your neighbors, your family members, your dogwalker and anyone else who might be present and willing to act on your pet’s behalf when you cannot.
Ask all of these people to check in if they hear that you’ve been hospitalized (or have died) to make sure that the pet is OK.
By taking these steps, you can rest assured that your pet will have a community of care that follows it as it ages.
Source: Rachel Hirschfeld, Esq., a New York City–based attorney specializing in animal law. She cofounded and co-chairs the New York County Lawyer Association’s Animal Law Committee and is author of Petriarch:
The Complete Guide to Financial and Legal Planning for a Pet’s Continued Care (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants).
She created the Pet Protection Agreement and the Hirschfeld Pet Trust. http://www.PetTrustLawyer.com
November 14th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
The republicans are scrambling to recover from the strategy Anonz used to trick the republicans into using their connections with the republicans in the FBI who also will do anything to get rid of Obama to find something that the republicans could use against Obama in the elections.
FBI agent Frederick Humphries who was romancing Jill thought he could impress her and help his party stick it to Obama. So he took the bait Anonz laid down and got the idiot Eric Cantor to make contact with the high ranking FBI officers he knew.
Eric did and induced them to start an illegal investigation to look for something they could use against Obama before the election. Now the FBI those guys have to justify why they didn’t tell the WH about the investigation and the American people what the fuck they were looking for.
Oh what a tangle web you do weave Anonz. You have the republicans stewing in there own crooked juices.
Mike,TM
November 14th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
ANY means to bring down Obama, is what they wanted all along, including the Bngazhi atacks where his own men, the Ambassador he apointed was killed?
November 14th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
We really need to see how this plays out. The Tampa Special Ops Headquarters is a highly sensitive and classified operation, yet it would appear that unvetted civilians had a great deal of access.
The potential for a serious security breach needs to be investigated. When you have two Generals
who previously served in this command involved with a civilian with such access it needs further
investigation, not for sexual misconduct, but for concerns about national security.
As for the sexual misconduct, in the civilian world of business more than one CEO has lost his position on that basis. Anyone heading up the CIA should have had more sense than to become involved.
If Gen. Allen was sending military material to a civilian then you have a serious security breach whether or not he was involved sexually. And it
raises also the question of why he would do so and suspicion of a honey pot operation.
The military has many problems with sexual harassment and rape involving not just the standing army but also the military academies. So misconduct by high ranking officers, those expected to lead and set an example, can not be lightly
dismissed.
November 14th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
So an FBI agent has the hots for this woman and does an Anthony Weiner, sending her semi-porno, and this is the guy who the FBI allows to commence an investigation into America’s most decorated general?
As for the agent’s “world-view,” that’s a euphemism for him being a far-right extremist more comfortable picking up chicks and hanging out with the likes of Dave Reichert and Eric Cantor. The FBI so far has announced no discipline against this loose cannon.
November 14th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Mike, TM, China has come to admire Mr. Anonz too. The US and the world will soon find out how powerful this Anonz is. He has engineered a coup that has eliminated the man who put the $billion dollar bounty on Anonz’s head.
The first thing the new leader will do is to remove that bounty and the second thing will be to negotiate with Anonz a working agreement.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A lot of us who know the power of our communist party are very, very, impressed.
Yuan
November 14th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
Mike, TM, as Michelle often says about you. You are in the know. This farce started by the republican partisan wing of the FBI is a can of worms, indeed, and with more than one hidden agenda.
I suspected all along that the “national security” issue was a red herring and that something was afoot along the lines of partisan politics or someone’s desire to take Petraeus out of the Benghazi problem or undermine Obama.
Now the media sharks have two femme fatales to chew up, so this is definitely going to stay in the news; this is what sells news stories, not necessarily the meddlesome tattling of an FBI flunkie.
It’s time to question just why an extramarital affair is always a career-ender in US politics; it’s hypocritical and priggish coming from a society that enjoys a 50 percent rate of infidelity.
It’s also time for the close examination of the antics of Cantor and Reichert, both of whom appear to be more keen on nailing Obama’s ass to the wall than in doing their jobs.
November 14th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
For those of you who continue to make light of the marital promises two people make to each other during their marriage, I say if you feel that breaking a holy sacred promise to a woman (not to mention a contract) is a trivial thing, I’m sure you’ll have plenty of chance to make your case.
Does it work out better for you when people ignore your….no, no point being nasty. At any rate, I’m sure Petreaus appreciates you doing sentry duty. Those war-criminal Generals like good gate-keepers.
November 14th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Leave it to Anonz to weave a web a few spiders can’t help getting tangled up in…kind of miss him around here, guess it takes up precious time to cook up things like this and there’s not time to do that and write in here.
Though, Bob, what you said, while it makes sense that a high ranking officer should be expected to lead and set examples, that ‘officer’ is a mere man when it gets down to it, and when push comes to shove, and men do like to push, shove and come : ) they will often do very stupid things to possess the female in the cross hairs. Not many men, no matter their ranking can just turn away from the wreckage (the invitation to sex and whatever the aftermath) bc most men learn to do/act on whatever they want and apologize later…it’s up to the party they’re married to care about apologies and that’s a private matter.
In this case, national security is the matter not his apparent breach to a 37 year marriage, who knows what kind of arrangement they may have had anyway.
Males aren’t so ‘cheater’ friendly when it’s their wives, I wonder how the 2 women’s hubbies are reacting to this high profile insanity.
Larry, nice to hear from you, good luck staying dry in Palermo.
Luv, Zen Lill
November 14th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
How would you feel if you lost a child or any loved one in Afghanistan while the generals in charge were busy with their mistress and/or sending hundreds of juvenile flirtatious emails to their social liaisons in Tampa.
It is a freak show.
November 14th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Thank Zen Lill, I am not in Palermo any more. My company’s potential huge financial lost, has cut short my work there and sent me to Madrid to protect their interest.
Actually, I’m staying in Mostoles. I don’t really like the noise of the big municipalities.
But it is always nice to hear you are thinking of me.
Larry
November 14th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Just Lift Light Weights
Lifting weights to build muscle can, of course, help us stay more fit and healthy as we age.
But a typical strength-training routine using heavy weights can be risky for people with orthopedic problems, such as arthritis, back pain or sports injuries, and for people with other conditions, such as glaucoma or high blood pressure. And some people just don’t enjoy lifting heavy weights at all.
So I’m energized by new research that suggests that lifting light weights can help build strength just as effectively as heavy weights—as long as you do the exercises in a certain way.
MORE REPS WITH LIGHTER WEIGHTS
The real keys to this new finding are the amount of weight and the number of “reps” (repetitions) that you do in each set of exercises…
To figure all this out, researchers analyzed how different weight loads and repetitions affected the quadriceps muscles in subjects’ thighs.
First, they assessed each subject’s “maximum load capacity” (MLC, the largest amount that each subject could push with the legs using a weight-resistance machine).
Then each subject did three sets of this leg exercise three days a week at either 80% of his MLC or 30% of his MLC—in other words, with weight that seemed heavy or with weight that seemed light. Each set lasted until the participant’s legs pooped out—generally after doing the exercise about 10 times with the heavier weight or 30 times with the lighter weight.
Results:
Both groups pushed about 30% more weight by the end of the 10-week study, meaning that their muscles became about 30% stronger.
In other words, doing lots of reps with a lighter weight built strength just as successfully as doing a few reps with bigger loads.
Lifting lighter weights more times won’t be any easier—you’ll still feel tired after a full set—but the load on your muscles, joints and cardiovascular system will be lighter, and so there’s less chance of straining a muscle, injuring a joint or worsening a health condition, said lead researcher Cameron Mitchell, a PhD student in kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario.
TIRED MUSCLES? YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT
The secret to achieving similar results lies in how you lift a lighter weight, Mitchell added. The idea is to lift and lower it until you’re at the point of real muscle fatigue—where you can no longer maintain proper form.
Mitchell offered an easy rule of thumb to figure out your personal MLC—a 30% load can be lifted between 25 and 35 times, while an 80% load can be lifted between eight and 12 times.
So if lifting heavy weights isn’t recommended for you because of your health condition, ask your doctor if it’s OK to try lifting only lighter weights that you can do about 25 to 35 reps with.
Complete three sets during your routine for each muscle that you’re trying to build, and do this routine two or three times a week with at least one rest day in between.
While only quadriceps muscles were tested in this study, Mitchell told me that there’s no reason to believe that the same results can’t be achieved using a weight machine, dumbbells or barbells—or heck, even soup cans—on any muscle that you want to strengthen.
Source: Cameron Mitchell, MSc, a PhD candidate in kinesiology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. His study was published in Journal of Applied Physiology.
November 14th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
President won a by more than Bush did in both his wins, more than Carter did, and more than Kennedy did. His coat tails preserved all the Dem Senate seats and took two seats from the Republicans.
His coattails added seats to the House and it would have added more if the republicans had gerrymandered the voting districts so that their candidates could win.
He did all this despite the rigging the voting times, voter suppression and the out right stealing of votes by the republicans.
Michelle the fact that you delivered on your guarantee to deliver an Obama landslide with coattails makes you a person to not only pay attention to but to respect.
You have mine.
Joyce
November 14th, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Don’t you like Ohio State Senator, Nina Turner, who wore a T-shirt that defined GOP as Get out of Our Panties.
November 14th, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Michelle, we the Girlz of Greece may not be Americans but we love you. So we proudly say in our native language:
Αγαπάμε τα κορίτσια της Michelle Moquin Ελλάδα.
November 14th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Irene, you misunderstand me. I was not talking about the actual behavior of Petraeus and Broadwell, which is as selfish and ruthless in the private as in the public sphere.
I was talking about the scandal as such — that is, the media exploitation of the affair to provide cheap entertainment for a prurient and hypocritical public (consider the photo).
On second thoughts, I should not have said that this business doesn’t matter. I’m sure it matters to the people concerned. But for the rest of the world it matters very little compared to the evil these people do in their public capacities.
November 14th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
RE: “hypocrisy in the case of David Petraeus”
MY REPLY: Well, after all, this is America – the “(shining) city upon a hill”. And our much ballyhooed “American exceptionalism” inevitably necessitates unprecedented levels of hypocrisy!
• City upon a Hill – link to en.wikipedia.org
November 14th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Three Delicious Recipes for Leftover Steak
Leftover steak can taste as good as the original—maybe even better. Here are a few ideas to turn your cooked steak into a tasty treat…
If you want to just rewarm the steak:
Remove it from the refrigerator for a half hour so that it can come to room temperature. Then give it a quick flash sauté in a lightly oiled pan or place it under the broiler for about two minutes.
I usually don’t recommend microwaving because it’s too easy to overcook the steak, making it tough.
PAN-ROASTED STEAK QUESADILLA
1 teaspoon canola oil
4 8-inch flour tortillas
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
½ cup diced red onion
¼ chopped fresh cilantro
10 ounces cooked steak, cut into thin slices
Preheat the oven to 300ºF. Line a baking sheet with foil.
Put one-half teaspoon of oil in a large, nonstick skillet, and place over medium heat. Add one tortilla to the skillet.
Sprinkle one-quarter cup of shredded cheddar over the tortilla. Sprinkle half the diced onion and cilantro over the cheese, and top with half the steak. Sprinkle another quarter cup of cheese over the steak, and cover with a tortilla.
Cover the skillet with a lid. Cook for one and a half minutes. Flip the tortillas, cover and cook one minute more, or until the cheese melts.
Remove to the foil-lined baking sheet, and place in the oven until you finish the second quesadilla, following the process above. Makes two servings.
THAI BEEF PASTA SALAD
¼ pound fusilli (corkscrew) pasta (about 1½ cups uncooked)
4 Tablespoons mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons Thai peanut sauce
10 ounces cooked steak, cut into 1-inch pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 cups washed salad greens
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 1 cup)
1 cup fresh pineapple cubes
2 Tablespoons dry-roasted peanuts
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh mint
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the pasta, and cook 10 minutes or according to package instructions. While the pasta is cooking, mix the mayonnaise and peanut sauce together in a large bowl. Drain the pasta in a colander, then add the pasta to the bowl along with the steak. Toss well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Line two dinner plates with the salad greens. Spoon the pasta and beef over the top. Place the red bell pepper and pineapple cubes over all, then sprinkle with peanuts and mint. Makes two servings.
STEAK PITA POCKET
½ cup peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped cucumber
1 medium garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh dill or ½ teaspoon dried dill
2 Tablespoons chopped red onion
½ cup Greek yogurt, drained
¼ cup sour cream
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 large whole-wheat pita breads
½ pound cooked steak, in strips
1 cup diced tomato
Mix the cucumber, garlic, dill, onion, yogurt and sour cream together. Add salt and pepper to taste. Toast the pita breads in a toaster oven to warm slightly.
Cut the pitas in half, and spoon in half the yogurt mixture. Add the steak and tomato, and finish with the remaining yogurt sauce. Makes two servings.
Source: Linda Gassenheimer is an award-winning author of several cookbooks, most recently, The Flavors of the Florida Keys (Atlantic Monthly) and Mix ‘n’ Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes (American Diabetes Association).
She writes a syndicated newspaper column, “Dinner in Minutes.” http://www.DinnerInMinutes.com
November 14th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Demography is destiny
Dear Fellow Conservative,
Liberals brag about having won the hearts and minds of America, as if, through logic and argument, they’ve persuaded people to accept their bankrupt European socialist ideas.
Democrats haven’t changed anyone’s mind. They changed the people.
More white people voted for Mitt Romney this year than voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980. Barack Obama lost white voters by 20 points — the widest margin since 1984.
Click Here to Read Full Article »
Sincerely,
Ann Coulter
November 14th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Coulter, red meat is good for the faithful, but I think your article should be aiming for a broader audience. You can’t attract Obama supporters by using flamebait such as this.
If it were effective, Obama wouldn’t have beaten your man in a landslide with the coattails Michelle guaranteed his side would get.
You could take a clue from her and lead with facts. Besides, demonizing your more popular opponent doesn’t make you look better…just bitter.
November 14th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Coulter, too much time on your hands.
November 14th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
I still can’t believe it, even as I’m writing it. I’m in Washington, D.C. right now for the Senate’s freshman orientation!
They have some strict rules around here, and I don’t want to get caught passing notes. But I had to take a quick moment to say:
THANK YOU.
When I came up with the idea for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a lot of people in Washington said it would never happen. But not MoveOn. When Wall Street spent millions of dollars to kill the consumer agency, folks like you rolled up your sleeves and out-worked them.
So when I decided to run for the United States Senate, I knew that we’d need the heart, the guts, and the muscle of MoveOn members once again—and wow, did you deliver!
I am amazed and incredibly grateful for the $1 million that MoveOn members contributed to our campaign $5 and $10 at a time. I’m proud of every YouTube video you posted and every quote you shared to introduce your friends to our campaign. And I’ll never forget the 750 volunteers that you recruited across Massachusetts in our critical Get Out the Vote efforts to push us over the top.
You took our message not only inbox-to-inbox but doorstep-to-doorstep. That’s exactly what this campaign was all about.
We’ve already won two big campaigns together, but we’ve still got a lot of work to do.
That starts with getting people back to work. And we’ve got to make sure that millionaires, billionaires, and Big Oil companies pay their share. We’ve got to protect Medicare, Social Security, and health care. We’ve got to hold Wall Street accountable and level the playing field for working families.
I’m ready to fight for that, MoveOn members—and I hope you’ll be there with me once again.
Thanks again for all you do.
–Elizabeth
November 14th, 2012 at 7:27 pm
The repubs lost but they are carrying on the same old tactics. As the fiscal showdown begins in earnest, Republicans have been trying to at least sound like they’re open to a real compromise on taxing the wealthy.
But a closer look at what they’re actually proposing shows that it is no compromise at all. In fact, it’s almost identical to the tax plan none other than Mitt Romney just ran on — and lost.
November 14th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
Michelle, whenever my pompous husband tries to tell me what americans are like, I refer him to what was said on your blog.
He hates you, ;-), and rants about your blogs bias. Then I show him the comments from the Right on your blog. Then he rants about the limited exposure of your, then I show him the comments from around the world, he fumes and walks out.
Today, he tried to win an argument by using something that was written on your blog. Looks like you have gotten another fan.
Jadvyga
November 14th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Michelle, if anyone needed proof that your help with Madaline to stop the republicans from stealing the election saved the day for Obama check this link out.
Romney Co-Chair: Romney Would Have ‘Absolutely’ Won Wisconsin With Voter ID Law
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/11/14/1187861/romney-co-chair-outcome-of-wisconsin-election-would-absolutely-have-been-different-with-voter-id/
November 14th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Fredrick Humphries is a white boy with a badge who uses it to do what he couldn’t without one.
November 14th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Cold Buster
by Dr. David Williams
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Last Reviewed 11/02/2011
1 orange, peeled
½ pineapple with skin removed, sliced
½ c. strawberries
1 banana, peeled
Wash ingredients. Juice the orange, pineapple, and strawberries. Combine juice with the banana and liquefy in a blender.
November 14th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Michelle, the Girlz of Kofu, Japan are firmly behind you. Your blog is the best.
日本は本当にあなたにミシェルを愛して
Kimi
November 15th, 2012 at 12:29 am
The key question is did he launch the investigation because he thought the emails were a crime or did he do it to get into Jill Kelley’s pants?
November 15th, 2012 at 12:30 am
Naked Fred really did get out of his lane when he brought this to the attention of Congress. He shouldn’t be working for us while carrying around a political vendetta against the President.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:30 am
Shirtless Humphrey II had some knowledge of this socialite previously. Why was he cruising current files and picking up on her. I was not aware that FBI files are a matchmaking source for social mixing by federal investigators.
And the great general was taken down by a pretender and a keystone cop. As the used to say about cyberspace when internet was revivng up in the early 90′s… chaos rules
November 15th, 2012 at 12:31 am
So, Frederick, now that you have attempted to embarrass President Obama just before the election, helped General Petraeus lose his job, tried to circumvent FBI policy to offer up some hot news to the gop in congress… what are you going to do next?
And don’t say go to Disneyland. You are most likely heading for Club Fed. And you know how much they respect and love former FBI agents there.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:32 am
Much of this scandal was fueled by bizarre personal conduct, and by this strange FBI agent who was a little too eager to undermine President Obama before the election with a controversy that had nothing to do with the White House.
Indeed, had Humphries not believed weird conspiracy theories about the president, he wouldn’t have gone to Republican lawmakers, who in turn wouldn’t have pushed the issue, which means the Petraeus scandal — which involved no criminal wrongdoing — probably would have gone away without further incident. It goes to show you how low and repugnant Republicans are.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:35 am
The republicans lost the war on women, now they want a war on black women.
If they think that might be easier,
They don’t know black women.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:39 am
Here they go again, old white men blowing their (what’s left of their power) bluster again. They seek so much attention “look at me, look at me” “I can still yell” Im still here”. Hopefully soon they will all be gone.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:40 am
There is no way to compare Condoleeza Rice with Susan Rice. Condi Rice was complicit in the disinformation about WMDs in Iraq which later cost thousand of American lives not to mention the billions of dollars spent in that war of choice.
Susan Rice spoke of something that already happened based on intelligence given to her. Lives have already been lost, although still regretable it was not caused by it. There lies the difference.