Archive for July 31st, 2009
July 31st, 2009
 It was only yesterday morning that yours truly posed the question HERE as to why Republicans, if they’re so opposed to government-run health care, don’t move to repeal Medicare.
 Well, now they’ve got a chance to do just that, thanks to U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat:
 UPDATE: It turns out that the GOP hypocrites have REFUSED to put their votes where their rhetoric is.
 Are they embarrassed by this? C’mon. We’re talking about conservative Republicans. Nothing embarrasses them.
July 31st, 2009
 Here’s MORE EVIDENCE that much of the GOP is outside the American mainstream — as if we needed further proof.
 The chart below, from WashingtonMonthly.com, breaks down poll responses by region:
 UPDATE: It says HERE that ratings for Lou Dobbs’ program on CNN have fallen sharply since he started pushing birtherism.
 UPDATE II: McClatchy has a PRETTY GOOD RUNDOWN on the leaders of the birther movement and audio of a phone conversation between a birther and Obama’s grandmother in Kenya (who speaks through an interpreter).
 UPDATE III: Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House, is BLAMING the liberal media for the birther phenomenon. It figures.
 UPDATE IV: How about a couple more charts? And they’re pies! Mmmmm, good!:
July 31st, 2009
 
 Joy-Ann Reid nails it:
What we’re witnessing — and it was probably inevitable with the election of the first Black president — is the unleashing of frustration by unreformed racists boiling under the restrictions of the modern world. They’re very much like the Taliban, in that they’re fighting against modernity with everything they’ve got…
 Read the whole thing HERE, and follow the link in Reid’s Update 2.
 (Warning: Reid’s piece includes a vulgarism or two.)
July 31st, 2009
 
 Yet again, Dr. Krugman (above) EXPLODES a popular conservative myth:
It’s not just that many Americans don’t understand what President Obama is proposing; many people don’t understand the way American health care works right now. They don’t understand, in particular, that getting the government involved in health care wouldn’t be a radical step: the government is already deeply involved, even in private insurance.
 I’m eager to see if any of our Applesauce readers can disagree with Krugman specifically on the points he makes and not just dismiss him because he’s a liberal. Frankly, I have my doubts.
