Or, Y’Know, the Nation Would Have Rallied Behind Him
Joe Klein: “If [Obama] had cited the 14th Amendment and simply ordered Treasury to pay the bills, he would have been impeached by the radical Republicans. This would have guaranteed that the next 16 months would have been overwhelmed by an even worse version of the silliness visited upon our nation by the poisonous Limbaugh-Tea Party nihilists.” [Time, via Political Wire]
I’m afraid to say what I’m saying: Can we any longer doubt that radical Republicans will continue to surpass themselves in evildoing? Klein may have called it. Of course there’s worse to be done than impeachment. I try not to think about that.
@lynnlightfoot: This new debt ceiling deal and upcoming budget talks mean that we’re gonna have a new Tea Klux Klan hostage crisis about every six weeks thanks to Nobamar and Harry Reid’s keen negotiation skillz.
@lynnlightfoot: i try not to think about the evil doing is, in large measure, due to pandering to the stupidest voters in the land. so many!
JNOV • Hanging by a Thread @nojo: yeah. I had a feeling you’d say that.
NOJO • Hanging by a Thread @JNOV: Haven’t touched a thing — checked it the other day, worked from here. But that’s my…
JNOV • Hanging by a Thread Oh! My edits worked! Praise nojo!
JNOV • Hanging by a Thread Glad you’re feeling sunny. I have my moments which are then squashed by some shitheads’…
NOJO • Hanging by a Thread @nojo: The Long View: 1972: Nixon 61% 1984: Reagan 59% 2004: Bush 51% 2024: Trump 50%…
NOJO • Hanging by a Thread Power is power, but… About 11 million votes remain to be counted. Nate Silver (I know, I know)…
JNOV • The Values We Profess Yeah. So. When my kid came back from basically getting frog-marched from a store downtown (the…
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NOJO • The Values We Profess @nojo: Also, I love saying stuff like “heading uptown”. Brooklyn is fun!
NOJO • The Values We Profess @JNOV: Speaking of which, I'm heading uptown this afternoon to film some stuff with him, including…