TELL CONGRESS: DON’T DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD - Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood has just learned that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is expected to attack Planned Parenthood again today. He will offer an amendment to the Appropriations Act this afternoon that would block Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving federal funds from Title X, ( Read more... )

Is Texas looking out for you? Health-care outsourcing is rolling on, but many patients suffer from silent treatment | WFAA.com | Politics: Local
Evercare's health management program is just one of a growing list of outsourcing efforts embraced by Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Legislature as a way to save money while still delivering state-funded ( Read more... )

Dirty Secret Of The Bailout: Thirty-Two Words That None Dare Utter
In short, the so-called "mother of all bailouts," which will transfer $700 billion taxpayer dollars to purchase the distressed assets of several failed financial institutions, will be conducted in a manner unchallengeable by courts and ungovernable by the People's duly sworn ( Read more... )

*hits you over the head with a baguette*

Given the state of my brain today, I could not have said this better myself. In fact, it would have been pointless to try so yes. This. Read it. And think.

mr_rubix - Random thoughts for the day - politics edition
Anyone who is not voting for Senator Obama in this election cycle (and, no, I don't give ( Read more... )

I am going to hit them over the head with a copy of the IRS Tax Laws.

Sarah Palin's Alaskonomics - TIME
Sarah Palin thinks she is a better American than you because she comes from a small town, and a superior human being because she isn't a journalist and never lived in Washington and likes to watch her kids play hockey. Although Palin praised ( Read more... )

Yeah right. Sorry if you don't like it when some of us fight fire with fire but as far as I'm concerned, if they're going to continue to lie about the Dems, then mentioning this sort of thing is fair game. And to be honest, I don't think this is all that hard to believe. Being from Texas, I know people like Sarah Palin and they do indeed act and ( Read more... )

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
But she is a rare Republican governor who signed benefits for gay couples into law, as a matter of constitutional equality. And she has gay friends. It's a good day for gay Republicans, and the clear public references to gay rights in all the major Democratic speeches last week shows how far we've come.

Oh no he ( Read more... )

Leighton Woodhouse: The Palin Trap
The McCain campaign is going to trot Palin out whenever they need to make the case that they feel America's pain. They're going to contrast her story to Obama's, and even to Biden's (not the part about being a scrappy kid from Scranton, but the part about being in the Senate for a million years). They're going to ( Read more... )

Not An Onion Headline of The Day: More Americans Believe Palin Ready To Be President Than Not. | Steve Young on Politics
While the numbers are highly partisan - 63% of Republicans say Palin is qualified - the more amazing figures offer a snapshot that shows more Independents saying she is qualified than not - 41% to 31% - and as much as 47% of ( Read more... )

So I'm guessing that they're hoping that substituting one pair of ovaries for another will get them the votes they want but if that is what they really believe, then they're flat out WRONG.  My ovaries are not what is leading me to vote for Obama and not what originally had me on HRC's side.  What I wanted was something else, something different, ( Read more... )