Just two days after 70 Senators voted to break the deadlock and move forward with his nomination, Hoosier Judge David Hamilton was confirmed by the full Senate this afternoon by a vote of 59-39. Senator Lugar was the only Republican…
Earlier today, I caught a horrendous anti-healthcare reform ad, targeted at Hoosiers, on the radio. Everything in the ad was either factually wrong or dangerously misleading, so I listened closely for the supplier of this misinformation campaign. As it turns…
Starting in August, the GOP apparently – and suddenly – became stalwart defenders of Medicare. Republican chairman Michael Steele unveiled a new “Seniors Bill of Rights”, vowing to protect Medicare from cuts during the health reform debate. Indiana’s Mike Pence…
According to Countdown’s Keith Olbermann, at least, Mike Pence was the worst person in the world on Friday, September 4, 2009. In a meeting with constituents, ostensibly about healthcare, Mike Pence thanked a woman for comparing proponents of healthcare reform…
Evansville Courier & Press columnist John Gottcent wrote a piece, touching on the health care debate, about how we see the government: “‘They’ is the term with which we most often describe our government,” she said, “and it creates the…
Regina Schwartz on Best Practices: Testing the 2008 Primary GOTV Calls – Netroots Nation Day 3
Rachel Maddow and guest Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA) tear apart Steve Buyer’s (R-IN) lies about healthcare reform and veterans. It’s unfortunate that Buyer, a former JAG lawyer, would lie about veterans – but Admiral Sestak is there to correct the…
I missed that there was actually a recording of the Congressional Oversight Panel’s hearings on the GM and Chrysler bankruptcies in Detroit. As reported in the Detroit Free Press, the real fireworks came at the end of the show: And…
