Tag: "Chuck Schumer"
Chuck Schumer: Weasel or Jerk?
This kind of stuff ticks me off. On “Good Morning America” Monday, host George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Charles Schumer how well he thought Barack Obama is working with Congress and what advice he’d give the president. Schumer advised Obama against dealing with the “hard right,” arguing conservative Republicans aim to set the nation back centuries. [...]
First “The Kennedy Seat, Next “The Schumer Seat”?
A year ago, I suggested that Kirsten Gillibrand’s Senate seat should not be the target for Republicans in 2010. Why take down someone who could, with some finessing, become an occasional ally when Chuck Schumer was sitting there looking uncharacteristically vulnerable? Schumer right now has a 57 percent approval rating in his state. That’s good, [...]
And Maybe They’ll Sing “Hosanna” and Wave Palm Fronds, Too!
It looks like a couple people were hitting the bowl o’Christmas cheer a day early over getting the health care beast through the Senate. “This is a happy day. (Senate Republican Leader) Mitch McConnell said on the floor that we’re going to go home and hear our constituents rail against this bill. I don’t believe [...]
Special Delivery for Chuck the Schmuck
This little civic uprising amused me to no end this morning. Last week, I noted Kentucky radio talk show host Leland Conway’s campaign to send Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer bags of pork rinds in response to his arrogant claim that Americans don’t care about the pork in the trillion-dollar-porkulus. Guess what? Conway’s call produced a [...]
A Post In Which I Respond Humbly to Senator Charles Schumer
I got your “party of the people” right here. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused Senate Republicans Monday of dragging their feet on the $800 billion stimulus package. “Why quibble over $200 million?” he asked during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Gosh, Senator, why in the world might a principled and responsible representative niggle with [...]
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