Gabriel Gomez: Ed Markey Is “Dirty And Low…Pond Scum”
“He’s just gotta be called what he is. That simple.”
“He’s just gotta be called what he is. That simple.”
“I’m not blocking it, they are!”
“Weiner slap.”
“The voice of that woman is worth paying attention to.” Code Pink’s Super Bowl.
Medea Benjamin interrupted President Obama’s speech on drones Thursday afternoon. This is not the first time she’s done something like this.
Advocates — and the bill’s lead sponsor — had hoped the chairman would consider the bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, in his committee in May or June. It won’t happen until “probably after the Fourth of July break,” Iowa’s Tom Harkin says.
“I’m willing to cut the young lady who interrupted me so slack, because it’s worth being passionate about.”
The brochure, the logo, the video of his mother, the love of “stickball,” and the sort of subway sound at the end of his videos are all ideas from his 2005 run for mayor worked into his new campaign.
Libertarian Lady Killer.
The divided conference unifies in the wake of Washington scandals — but how long can it really last? “I think there’s a little spring in our step these days, but the real test will be the debt limit,” says Hudson.
So…colorful.
The disgraced former congressman says he’s apologized to his wife “many, many times,” and he’ll apologize to voters, too. “I know that part of this process is going to be doing a lot of apologizing.”
“If he only does a half-measure or doesn’t come through, it would be very hard for him to have an excited base,” Radford says.
Has an overly-aggressive White House Counsel’s office gotten Obama into trouble more than once?
“If we lose the constitutional foundations of a free press in this country, tyranny is at the door. Obviously I am very concerned about that,” Rep. Trent Franks said.
A controversial son of Venezuela’s elite brings a Cold War sensibility to the chaotic 21st century. “I’m not washing my hands here,” says Thor Halvorssen.
“It was a screw up that I’m not proud of.”
When heading the FEC’s enforcement office in the late 90’s, the beleaguered IRS official was accused of failing to investigate a Democratic fundraiser. “When it recommended not pursuing the allegations against Mr. Glicken, the FEC staff specifically cited his close ties to the Vice-President, Vice-President Gore,” Dan Burton (R-IN) said at the hearing.
There’s always money in the House Ways and Means Committee.
“Sometimes we don’t have the answers and sometimes we need to go back and get them.”
Promised updates to the House Oversight Committee were apparently not provided either.
Oil billionaire David Koch is raising cash for the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia next week. Setting “the tone for the 2014 election.”
“I will not answer any questions or testify here today,” IRS’ Lois Lerner tells House committee.
In honor of his newly announced New York City mayoral campaign, we present you with this gem of a video from 2007.
He’s back, despite “some big mistakes.” His pitch: Father of the year.
How Obama got tripped up by his lawyers.
The marriage equality bandwagon had only one member Tuesday, after Democrats abandoned their push to include gay and lesbian couples in immigration legislation. “Shameful,” says an activist.
E.W. Jackson is the Virginia GOP candidate for lieutenant governor and has a history of making controversial statements. “I’m not going to comment on him,” said Rep. Frank Wolf.
“We really do appreciate his efforts and we admire his stamina,” Oren says.