Sarah Palin has achieved what Ralph Nader never could – she’s the leader of a populist revolution. Palin is successful because she appeals to the lowest common denominator and progressives, like Nader, appeal to high level intellect.
While data and statistics don’t tell the whole story about our flailing economy and unemployment, but this chart created on Feb. 5, 2010 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is pretty cool. Jobs are being created, even if slower than we’d like.
Here we go again. Just like in 2003, groupthink is sweeping the nation. When the war drums were beating their loudest to attack Iraq, the media and pundits were onboard with the Bush administration lies. No one challenged what everyone knew to be true – that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and he was going to attack the US. Now seven years later, we’re back at it again, but this time it’s that deadly deficit that will surely kill you and your family before the year is through.
Here’s the complete transcript and video of President Obama’s Weekly Address. The transcript was prepared by the White House and downloaded from WhiteHouse.gov on Feb. 7, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.
Fox News broadcast an edited version of the Bill O’Reilly interview with Jon Stewart. Not inherently a bad thing, but some have suggested that it made O’Reilly look like he nailed Stewart. Here’s the entire unedited version of the interview.
As usual, the reactions to a Sarah Palin speech are sometimes off-the-chart ridiculous. She really brings out the worst in people.
Here are the comments posted on the YouTube video of Palin’s Tea Party speech last night.
Here’s the complete video of Sarah Palin’s speech at the Tea Party Convention on Feb. 6, 2010. Palin is the de facto leader of the Tea Party movement. The speech sounds like she’s planning for a presidential run in 2012.
This is the complete transcript and video of the press conference with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Feb. 4, 2010. The transcript was provided by the White House and downloaded from WhiteHouse.gov on Feb. 5, 2010 at 2:52 p.m. Eastern.
According to an independent poll, paid for by Daily Kos and conducted by Research 2000, 63 percent of self-identified Republicans believe Obama is a socialist.
This is a complete transcript and the full video of President Obama’s meeting with Senate Democrats on Feb. 3, 2010. The transcript was provided by the White House and downloaded from WhiteHouse.gov at approximately 11:15 a.m. Eastern on Feb. 4, 2010
