Category Archives: Pelosi
Healthcare Rewrite
You’ll have to pass it to find out find out that Justice Roberts gutted the commerce clause according to Tom Scocca in Slate.
To which the WSJ says maybe so but he just increased Congress’ taxing power.
And Andy Wilson says the Chief Justice “…rewrote the statute in order to save it…” much to the dismay of its previous supporters and lobbyists.
War on Women
Hilary Rosen has apologized for saying Ann Romney never worked a day in her life. She also insisted that no one says there’s a Republican “war on women”. Nancy Pelosi disagrees.
Fluke Flap
The Fluke Flap grows. Sandra didn’t testify before Congress. She testified before a souped up press conference arranged by some members of Congress. And it turns out Rush is far from the biggest pig in the land, though he does seem to be the only one with any wit.
Bill Maher’s idea of pushing the first amendment envelope is to use the “c” word on HBO. (Must stand for “c”ash, since he was able to give Obama’s super pac a million dollars.) Meanwhile The One mangles the first amendment by forcing the Catholic Church buy abortion pills. Give him credit for a sense of irony.
Kirsten Powers takes offense in the Daily Beast.
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Nancy Pelosi says Republicans have declared War on Women.
It’s an old war. (Click to enlarge)
Thurber cartoon from Fulltable.com .
All is Forgiven, Charlie Rangel
Charlie Rangel was censured in the well of the House a year ago. It didn’t take him long to get his virginity back. Party bigwigs showed up recently to to support him as he sold access to donors for $500 to $5000. Dana Milbank has the play by play in the Washington Post.