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Connecticut congress plays solitaire during debate

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:55:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sometimes a picture just speaks for itself.

House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, far right, speaks while colleagues play solitaire on their computers as the House convenes to vote on a new budget for the fiscal year in the Capitol on Monday [AP Photo/Jessica Hill]

Tags: bored, connecticut, government, politicians, tax dollars, politics

Blagojevich signs an autograph for a fan

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:51:23 GMT

clipped by: ericw
clipper's remarks: Man, this guy is the gift that keeps on giving.

Clip Source: valleywag.gawker.com

Tags: politics, autograph, hancock, blagojevich, rod, boob, fame

Where did Joe go??

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:15:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The hits just keep on coming.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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Tags: politics, mccain, gaffe, joe the plumber

The most unbelievable gaffe of the campaign

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:37:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: McCain addresses supporters in Western PA.

Clip Source: embeds.blogs.foxnews.com

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Tags: politics, election, mccain, agree, disagree, patriotic, god-loving

Let's be honest...

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:36:01 GMT

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Clip Source: talkingpointsmemo.com

Let's state outright a few obvious points. Bringing the presidential candidates and their press entourages back to Capitol Hill won't speed or improve the process of coming up with a good bailout deal. It will politicize it. That's so transparently obvious that it barely requires stating. And of course that is the point.

Tags: mccain, crisis, politics

Poll: Obama gains former Clinton supporters

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:28:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Pre and post convention numbers are compared [Gallup]

Clip Source: www.gallup.com

Tags: politics, democrats, obama, clinton

Republican's Hookers and Blow Party

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:44:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ABC News highlights parties at the GOP convention despite McCain's request to suspend non-crucial activities while hurricane Gustav ensued.

Clip Source: gawker.com

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Tags: republican, politics, gop, corruption, lobbyists

Biden: Bush's Comments Are Bullsh*t, Ridiculous, Outrageous

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:21:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.politico.com

“This is bullshit, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, to sit in the Knesset . . . and make this kind of ridiculous statement.”

"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is—the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

Tags: joe biden, bush, israel, politics

Josh Brolin as George W. Bush

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:48:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In upcoming Oliver Stone flick, W. Dick Cheney has yet to be cast, but I think it should be Drew Carey.

Clip Source: www.ew.com

Tags: politics

It's not that she can't win...

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:56:02 GMT

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Clip Source: www.slate.com

When Hillary Clinton questioned Gen. David Petraeus last September, she famously said that to believe his description of progress in Iraq required "a willing suspension of disbelief." After the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, the same may now be true about her case for winning the Democratic nomination. It's not that she can't win, but with only 217 delegates up for grabs in the six remaining contests, the scenario for victory has become more fantastical, narrow, and painful.

Tags: hillary clinton, petraeus, indiana, politics, campaign

'Yes We Can" ... Barack speech remix

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:12:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: By will.i.am, featuring Scarlett Johansen, John Legend, etc.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: politics, music, obama, change

Peggy Noonan on the downfall of the Republican Party

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:31:05 GMT

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Clip Source: online.wsj.com

This is absurd. George W. Bush destroyed the Republican Party, by which I mean he sundered it, broke its constituent pieces apart and set them against each other. He did this on spending, the size of government, war, the ability to prosecute war, immigration and other issues.

I believe that some of the ferocity of the pundit wars is due to a certain amount of self-censorship. It's not in human nature to enjoy self-censorship. The truth will out, like steam from a kettle. It hurts to say something you supported didn't work. I would know. But I would say of these men (why, in the continuing age of Bill Clinton, does the emoting come from the men?) who are fighting one another as they resist naming the cause for the fight: Sack up, get serious, define. That's the way to help.

Tags: politics, republican, bush, punditry

Bill Clinton's admiration of Karl Rove

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:19:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The quote is a bit dated, from summer 07, but may be more relevant at this point in the 08 democratic race.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

"Hey, you did a marvelous job, it was just marvelous what you did," Clinton told Rove, according to the book "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008," by John F. Harris and Mark Halperin. "I want to get you down to the library. I want to talk politics with you. You just did an incredible job, and I'd like to really get together with you and I think we could have a great conversation."

Tags: clinton, bill clinton, rove, 2008, politics

Zogby: Obama vs. Top Republicans

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:26:26 GMT

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Clip Source: www.zogby.com

	Romney	Huckabee	Giuliani	McCain	Thompson
Obama	Obama leads 53%-35%	Obama leads 47%-42%	Obama leads 48%-39%	Obama leads 47%-43%	Obama leads 52%-36%

Tags: obama, politics, poll, zogby, 08

PC Mag Top Web Sites 2007: Best Political

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:16:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Courtesy of TinyBellows

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

These sites defend our civil liberties, keep tabs on our political representatives, and provide voters and citizens with the info they need

Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
By Brian Heater

devoted to defending the civil rights of citizens as they pertain to technology

USA.gov
www.usa.gov
By Jennifer L. DeLeo

for U.S. citizens, businesses, government employees, and foreign visitors, USA.gov offers governmental information and services, from health-care info and U.S. history to tax guides and public safety notices

opensecrets.org
www.opensecrets.org
By Eric Griffith

you follow the money (hard and soft) at opensecrets.org. The Center for Responsive Politics keeps the site up to date with information on the flowing cash that floats politics on both sides of the aisle. Campaigns cost

The Huffington Post
www.huffingtonpost.com
By Eric Griffith

a news provider to be reckoned with

Fact Check
www.factcheck.org
By Corinne Iozzio

"that can't be true . . . can it?"

verifying for you

political speak

Tags: web sites