Actress Elizabeth Banks: Romney Won't Help Women
With 'a Heavy Flow'

Click here to view this media

In what may be a first for U.S. presidential campaign advertisements, actress Elizabeth Banks is warning that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would strip Planned Parenthood of funding and prevent some women from receiving treatment for conditions like migraines and "a heavy flow."

"Planned Parenthood was my health care provider when I didn't have insurance after I graduated from college," the "Hunger Games" star says in a video released on President Barack Obama's YouTube channel on Wednesday. "Yes, I got birth control, but it was for my massive migraine headaches and my heavy flow. Yeah, I'm on the record saying I have a heavy flow."

"The services that they provide -- what is it? Ninety-five percent of them don't involve anything controversial. So for that little 5 percent that Mitt Romney decides he doesn't agree with, he's going to take away cancer screenings?" Banks continues. "What is he doing? He's going to take away people's access to health care close by. We're talking about working-class ladies who need health care."

"President Obama has not compromised on women's rights and that's why President Obama needs to stay in office," she concludes.

Speaking to KDSK in March, Romney said that he would ?get rid? of the family planning organization.

?The test is pretty simple: Is the program so critical, it?s worth borrowing money from china to pay for it?? the candidate explained. ?And on that basis of course you get rid of Obamacare, that?s the easy one. Planned Parenthood, we?re going to get rid of that.?

In February, Romney said it was even ?wrong? for private organizations like like Susan G. Komen for the Cure to fund Planned Parenthood?s breast cancer screenings for poor women.

?Look, the idea that we?re subsidizing an institution which is providing abortion, in my view, is wrong,? the former Massachusetts governor told conservative radio host Scott Hennen.

During a round-table discussion on ABC in June, Romney?s senior campaign adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, insisted that social issues important to women, like contraception coverage and abortion rights, were ?shiny objects? that were being used to distract voters.

?Mitt Romney is pro-life,? the senior adviser admitted to ABC?s George Stephanopoulos. ?He?ll govern as a pro-life president, but you?re going to see the Democrats use all sorts of shiny objects to distract people?s attention from the Obama performance on the economy. This is not a social issue election.?

(h/t: The Hill)

Read The Full Article:
http://crooksandliars.com/david/actress-elizabeth-banks-romney-wont-help-wom

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

Daily Kos Radio is on the air!

This little piggy listened to Daily Kos Radio.Daily Kos Radio is on the air, Monday through Friday, now from 9 a.m. to noon, ET. We start with two hours of the Kagro in the Morning show from 9-11, and then it's The Ministry of Truth, with Armando Llorens, starring Jesse LaGreca from 11-12.

How to Listen

Your options to listen LIVE:

• Click on the embedded Flash player below
• Go to netrootsradio.com and click on the embedded player or direct link there
• Click on this direct link if you need a non-Flash player, say, for iPad or iPhone
• iPad and iPhone users can download the SHOUTCast Radio app for your mobile device & search for "Blue Skies Radio." That's the Netroots Radio home base, and it's where you'll find our Daily Kos Radio programming. You might also try "Netroots Radio," since it appears we're transitioning to try and make things less confusing
• For Android: try either the "StreamFurious"  or "TuneIn" apps
  
• BlackBerry users, see this guide by idbecrazyif

And here's a new tip: If the player hiccups in between shows, or drops the audio between the shows, just go ahead and stop and restart it, and things should go smoothly after that.

For podcasts you can stream or download, watch the Daily Kos Radio group page, where we post our shows daily.

OK, I've totally got the call-in system working, at least for the Kagro in the Morning show! Call us at (617) 500-7147, then dial extension 14, and you'll be put in the call queue. (You can hear the show on your phone while you're waiting, so turn that "radio" down.)

What'd you miss if you skipped Daily Kos Radio this week? Well, some of the good stuff went like this:

Peter Beinart says we're in a new, post-mattering era. Is he right? It doesn't matter!

Non-Flash

The Daily Kos Radio Player

Non-Flash

Reminder: Congress is out of session this week, and in fact for all of August. So let's all get together on Daily Kos Radio and talk about them behind their backs!

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/TnSSvgK0d7g/-Daily-Kos-Radio-is-on
-the-air

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

The Morning Pride: August 9, 2012

Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT?s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here?s what we?re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you?re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality.

- The Log Cabin Republicans have been credentialed to participate in the Republican Party’s platform planning committee.

- Individuals protesting a Gay Day celebration in Grand Rapids, Michigan threatened to rape and kill its participants.

- The ACLU explains how transgender discrimination is sex discrimination.

- LGBT activist group All Out is calling on the UK government to investigate and condemn ex-gay therapy in advance of a workshop being held by Exodus International splinter group Desert Stream.

- Inspired by Greg Louganis, Australian Olympic trampolinist Ji Wallace, who won a silver medal in the Sydney 2000 games, has come out as HIV-positive.

- MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts plans to be the first openly gay news anchor to marry.

- Watch out! Religious conservatives are planning to come after your children!

Read The Full Article:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/08/09/662871/the-morning-pride-august-9-2012/

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

National Security Brief: U.S. Not Ruling Out
Syria No-Fly Zone

– President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser John Brennen yesterday did not rule out implementing a no-fly zone in Syria.

– The United Nations said that Afghan civilian deaths dropped 22 percent in the first six months of 2012 compared with a year ago, but the number of civilians killed in targeted assassinations surged.

– The U.S. and its Persian Gulf region allies are looking to establish a regional missile defense system aimed at protecting oil refineries, pipelines and military bases from an Iranian attack.

– Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi met with Iran’s vice president yesterday “in the highest-level official contact between the two strategic nations in decades.”

– South Korea said it would restart importing Iranian oil after the Islamic Republic said it would deliver crude on its own tankers and provide up to $1 billion worth of insurance coverage for the vessels.

Read The Full Article:
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/09/662941/national-security-brief-us-sy
ria-no-fly/

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

Econ 101: August 9, 2012

Welcome to ThinkProgress Economy?s morning link roundup. This is what we?re reading. Have you seen any interesting news? Let us know in the comments section. You can also follow ThinkProgress Economy on Twitter.

• Foreclosure filings fell 10 percent last month from their level a year ago. [Bloomberg]

• Big banks are making unusually high profits on mortgages. [New York Times]

• The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization is concerned about the potential for a global food crisis due to the recent surge in food prices. [Reuters]

• Half of baby boomers expect they’ll never retire, according to a poll released yesterday. [Huffington Post]

• The UK bank Standard Chartered is examining whether to sue regulators who accused it of breaking sanctions with Iran. [Financial Times]

• Morgan Stanley is replacing its bond traders with computers. [Wall Street Journal]

• A few elections could have a big effect on education policy in several states. [Education Week]

Read The Full Article:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08/09/662681/080912/

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

August 9 News: Drought Across Three Continents
Drops Crop Stockpiles, Raises Import Costs To $1.24 Trillion

Stockpiles of the biggest crops will decline for a third year as drought parches fields across three continents, raising food-import costs already forecast by the United Nations to reach a near-record $1.24 trillion. [Businessweek]

Combined inventories of corn, wheat, soybeans and rice will drop 1.8 percent to a four-year low before harvests in 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. Crops in the U.S., the biggest exporter, are in the worst condition since 1988, heat waves are battering European crops and India?s monsoon rainfall already is 20 percent below normal. The International Grains Council began July by forecasting record harvests. It ended with a prediction for a 2 percent drop in output.

The speed of the destruction drove corn and soybean prices to records last month and wheat to a four-year high. For investors, crops are the best-performing commodities this year, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd. and Credit Suisse Group AG say the trend will continue. The UN expects food costs to rise, less than two years after record prices pushed 44 million people into extreme poverty and contributed to uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East.

Barack Obama promised to tackle climate change when he first ran for the White House four years ago, but – battling this summer for a second term – he speaks little of the issue even as the United States suffers through a drought of historic proportions, wild storms and punishing heat that topples temperature records almost daily. [Associated Press]

Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski says she is among a group of senators asking the Environmental Protection Agency to relax renewable fuel standards to require less corn. Mikulski says that will help ease corn supply shortages caused by drought conditions this year. [Washington Post]

Andrea Saul is the press secretary and chief spokesperson for Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. But before Romney hired her, Saul worked for a DC-based public affairs and lobbying firm that worked to undermine climate science on behalf of corporations like ExxonMobil, according to a detailed new report from Greenpeace’s Polluter Watch project. [Mother Jones]

Across American agriculture, farmers and crop scientists have concluded that it?s too late to fight climate change. They need to adapt to it with a new generation of hardier animals and plants specially engineered to survive, and even thrive, in intense heat, with little rain. [Washington Post]

Wanxiang Group Corp., one of China’s biggest parts makers, offered a $450 million lifeline to A123 Systems Inc. a maker of advanced batteries for electric vehicles that received U.S.-government backing. [Wall Street Journal]

When the United Nations wanted to help slow climate change, it established what seemed a sensible system. But where the United Nations envisioned environmental reform, some manufacturers of gases used in air-conditioning and refrigeration saw a lucrative business opportunity. [New York Times]

More than 170 green businesses signed a letter to the prime minister, drafted by the Renewable Energy Association, calling for a public declaration of support for green energy and a resolution of the uncertainty that surrounds government plans for renewable power subsidies. [Guardian]

Read The Full Article:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/09/662721/august-9-news-drought-across-t
hree-continents-drops-crop-stockpiles-raises-import-costs-to-124-trillion/

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

On This Day In History August 9

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow GazetteThis is your morning Open Thread. Pour your favorite beverage and review the past and comment on the future.Find the past "On This Day in History" here. Click on images to enlargeAugust 9 is the 221st day of the[...]

Read The Full Article:
http://www.docudharma.com/diary/30558/on-this-day-in-history-august-9

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

Cartnoon

The first of five encounters (collect them all) between Bugs and Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius.  This initially appeared here on April 7, 2011.Operation: Rabbit [...]

Read The Full Article:
http://www.docudharma.com/diary/30560/cartnoon-by-ek-hornbeck

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

Fox Continues Attacks On Welfare Waiver Provision

Fox News continues to attack the Obama administration over welfare reform by claiming that the waiver provision it recently proposed is "illegal" and beyond the scope of President Obama's executive power. In fact, as the Department of Health and Human Services makes clear, there is nothing illegal in the decision; moreover, past presidents have used such authority.

HHS Announced It Will Consider States' Request For Greater Flexibility In Welfare Program

HHS Announced "Secretary's Willingness To Exercise Her Waiver Authority" On Welfare Program. In a July 12 memo, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would be changing the process by which states could apply for waivers from certain parts of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, stating:

HHS is encouraging states to consider new, more effective ways to meet the goals of TANF, particularly helping parents successfully prepare for, find, and retain employment. Therefore, HHS is issuing this information memorandum to notify states of the Secretary's willingness to exercise her waiver authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act to allow states to test alternative and innovative strategies, policies, and procedures that are designed to improve employment outcomes for needy families. [HHS.gov, 7/12/12]

Fox Blasted Decision As "Illegal," Accused Obama Of Using "Executive Fiat"

Charles Krauthammer: Obama Administration Is Acting "Illegally" By Announcing Waiver Provision. On Fox News' Special Report, contributor Charles Krauthammer claimed the Obama administration is "acting, what is essentially illegally, in granting waivers in a bill that does not allow the granting of waivers":

KRAUTHAMMER: [Welfare reform] is a great social success. Liberals have always hated it. And here's the administration acting, what is essentially illegally, in granting waivers in a bill that does not allow the granting of waivers under these circumstances. [Fox News, Special Report with Bret Baier, 8/7/12]

Monica Crowley: This Is An "Executive Fiat Move" By Obama. Discussing a Mitt Romney campaign ad that highlighted the waiver provision, Fox News contributor Monica Crowley claimed the waivers were an "executive fiat move" by Obama:

CROWLEY: What President Obama has done yet again in another executive fiat move is to give these waivers -- and there's some question about the legality of actually having the HHS secretary do this. There is a question about, in the original law, whether or not these kinds of waivers with regard to the work requirement, can even be waived. So that might have to be settled in the courts.

But what Romney is saying, is, look, you have an executive who's once again gone around the Congress, gone around the legislative process to give these waivers -- again, questionable legality on the work requirement. [Fox News, America Live, 8/8/12, via Media Matters]

Dick Morris: Obama Welfare Waiver Provision Is "Clearly Illegal." On Fox & Friends, contributor Dick Morris stated:

MORRIS: The people who drafted it worked morning, noon, and night to stop any future administration from doing just what this administration has done. It's clearly illegal. It'll clearly be reversed by the courts, but in the meantime, Obama can indulge his left-wing constituency and they can have a wonderful time celebrating the end of the most successful program over the last 40 years. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/8/12, via Media Matters]

HHS: Law Allows Waiver Authority Under Program

HHS: Law "Permits The Secretary To Waive The Requirements" When Waiver Would "Promote" Program's Objectives. In a letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) explaining HHS' authority to grant waivers for program requirements, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote:

The exercise of waiver authority contemplated in the July 12 Information Memorandum is clearly authorized by section 1115(a)(1) of the Social Security Act. Section 1115(a)(1) allows the Secretary to "waive compliance with any of the requirements of section ... 402 [of the Act] ... to the extent and for the period [s]he finds necessary to enable [a] State ... to carry out" an approved experimental, pilot, or demonstration project that will assist in promoting the objectives of the TANF program. 42 U.S.C. § 1315(a)(1).

As the Information Memorandum explains, section 402 sets forth state plan requirements for the TANF program, including the requirement that a plan "[e]nsure that parents and caretakers receiving assistance under the program engage in work activities in accordance with section 407." Id. § 602(a)(1)(A)(iii). By authorizing the Secretary to "waive compliance with any of the requirements of section ... 402," therefore, section 1115 permits the Secretary to waive the requirements of section 407 when she determines that a waiver would promote the objectives of the TANF program and satisfy the other prerequisites for a waiver. [Letter to Senator Hatch, 7/18/12, via Media Matters]

HHS: Waiver Authority Has Been Applied To Other Programs In The Same Context. According to Sebelius' letter to Hatch:

Your letter maintains that the Secretary's section 1115 waiver authority does not extend to the requirements described in the Information Memorandum because those requirements are set forth in section 407 rather than section 402. But, as explained above, the plain text of section 402 incorporates the requirements of section 407 by reference. Moreover, the Department has long interpreted its authority to waive state plan requirements under section 1115 to extend to requirements set forth in other statutory provisions that are referenced in the provisions governing state plans.

This interpretation has been consistently applied throughout the history of section 1115, including in the context of the Medicaid, child support, and former Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) programs. [Letter to Senator Hatch, 7/18/12, via Media Matters]

Past Presidents, Including Reagan And Bush, Have Used Waiver Authority

Welfare Expert Evelyn Brodkin: "Presidents Use These Waivers All The Time." An ABC News article quoted welfare expert and University of Chicago professor Evelyn Brodkin noting that there is nothing radical about using waivers and that "nobody used waivers more than Ronald Reagan. He used them to set up basically the first experiments with these kinds of work requirements":

So it's not as if welfare "waiver authority" and changes to "allowable work activities" are facially radical. The memo/letter signify a loosening of work-activity requirements, the scope of which is yet to be determined. Those requirements were tightened under George W. Bush, according to Prof. Brodkin, who says welfare waivers have been used by Reagan, Clinton, and George W. Bush.

"Nobody used waivers more than Ronald Reagan. He used them to set up basically the first experiments with these kinds of work requirements," Brodkin said, noting that Reagan allowed states to place more restrictions on recipients, not fewer. "Presidents use these waivers all the time." [ABC News, 8/7/12]

HHS Will Only Grant Waivers To States That Show Increased Employment Of TANF Recipients

HHS Will Only Approve Waivers That "Improve Employment Outcomes" and "Lead To More Effective Means Of Meeting The Work Goals Of TANF." The HHS memo made clear that the purpose of the waiver option is to give states more control over how to increase the employment of TANF beneficiaries. The department noted that waivers will only be granted to states that can demonstrate such an increase:

The Secretary is interested in using her authority to approve waiver demonstrations to challenge states to engage in a new round of innovation that seeks to find more effective mechanisms for helping families succeed in employment. In providing for these demonstrations, HHS will hold states accountable by requiring both a federally-approved evaluation and interim performance targets that ensure an immediate focus on measurable outcomes.

[...]

HHS will only consider approving waivers relating to the work participation requirements that make changes intended to lead to more effective means of meeting the work goals of TANF. [Department of Health and Human Services, 7/12/12]

Sebelius: "No Plan That Undercuts The Goal Of Moving People From Welfare To Work Will Be Considered Or Approved." In her letter to Hatch, Sebelius wrote:

The Department is providing a very limited waiver opportunity for states that develop a plan to measurably increase the number of beneficiaries who find and hold down a job. Specifically, Governors must commit that their proposals will move at least 20% more people from welfare to work compared to the state's past performance. States must also demonstrate clear progress toward that goal no later than one year after their programs take effect. If they fail, their waiver will be rescinded. And if a Governor proposes a plan that undercuts the work requirements established in welfare reform, that plan will be rejected.

We will follow our initial guidance to states with further information detailing metrics and accountability measures. The policy we have outlined is designed to accelerate job placement rates for those on welfare, not address other aspects of their lives. No plan that undercuts the goal of moving people from welfare to work will be considered or approved. For example, the Department will not approve a waiver that changes the definition of work requirements to include any of the activities outlined in a 2005 GAO report on TANF such as personal care activities, massage, and journaling. We will continue to hold states accountable for moving people from welfare to work. [Letter to Senator Hatch, 7/18/12, via Media Matters]

New York Magazine's John Heilemann: States Must Move 20 Percent More People Into The Work Force To Qualify. On MSNBC's Morning Joe, journalist John Heilemann noted:

HEILEMANN: The HHS memo that got issued on this matter says specifically that waivers will only be granted if the governors of the states that are asking for them can show that they are moving 20 percent more people into work than they would be otherwise. [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 8/9/12]

CBS News: Waiver Provision "Is Not A Blanket Waiver." A CBSNews.com article reported:

It's not a blanket waiver because states would have to apply one at time for exemptions from certain requirements of the welfare-to-work law. And states must show their plans would move at least 20 percent more people to work.

Moreover, with or without waivers, there's cap on the total amount of federal money available to states for welfare -- about $17 billion -- so it would not make much financial sense for a state to waste any of those dollars.

Such details seemed to have no place on the campaign trail. [CBSNews.com, 8/9/12]

Former GOP Aide Ron Haskins: "I Don't See How You Can Get To The Conclusion That The Waiver Provision Undermines Welfare Reform." The CBSNews.com article quoted former GOP aide Ron Haskins, who reportedly helped write the original welfare-to-work legislation in the 1990s, saying that the Obama administration's waiver provision does not undermine welfare reform:

Former GOP aide Haskins said the Obama administration was wrong to roll out its waiver plan without first getting the advice and consent of congressional Republicans. But he added, "There is merit to what the administration is proposing, and I don't see how you can get to the conclusion that the waiver provision undermines welfare reform and it eliminates the work requirement." [CBSNews.com, 8/9/12]

Republican-Led States Requested Waivers From TANF's Work Documentation Process

WSJ: Utah And Nevada -- Both Led By Republican Governors -- Requested Waivers From Documentation Requirements. The Wall Street Journal reported that Utah and Nevada, both of which have Republican governors, asked for waivers from documentation requirements:

States have said that such rules are preventing them from running more-effective welfare programs, and the Obama administration said that two states, Utah and Nevada, had specifically asked for waivers from the requirements. Both states have Republican governors.

On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services sent states a letter saying they could get a federal waiver to those rules if they proposed better ways to help recipients find permanent, well-paid jobs. [The Wall Street Journal, 7/13/12]

Utah: States Need The Flexibility To Report Employment Outcomes, Rather Than Process. In a letter to the federal government, the Utah Department of Workforce Services wrote that it is necessary for states to have the flexibility to report employment outcomes, rather than the process:

The activity of federal reporting highlights the misalignment of priorities among the various programs that purport to have the same purpose of employment and re-employment. Collecting data is one of the most administratively expensive activities the recipients of the federal grants must perform. Congress is often prescriptive in what is important and what it wishes to know about those using the funding. Federal regulation often makes the situation worse based on how the regulation expects the federal reporting to function. For example, TANF financial assistance measures and reports process, not outcomes. The lack of focus on outcomes makes the program less about the need to help parents find and retain work and more about the need to assure that parents are active in prescribed activities. Any of the data reported that is an actual positive outcome for a customer may matter to the State but it does not relate to how the data is reported and framed to Congress.

[...]

Recommendation:

Allow waivers where the measurement of employment is the primary reportable data to the federal government and allow Utah to expand the definitions of priority activities from the current narrow definitions of countable hours and provide relief from the prescriptive verification processes. The expectation to participate fully in specific activities leading to employment is not the issue. Full engagement is a powerful process that can lead to work. It is the narrow definitions of what counts and the burdensome documentation and verification processes that are not helpful. [Utah Department of Workforce Services, 7/24/11, via The Huffington Post]

Nevada: State Asked For Waivers That Would Increase TANF's Accountability. In a letter to the federal government, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services wrote that the state wanted waivers that would increase TANF's accountability:

Nevada is very interested in working with your staff to explore program waivers that have the potential to encourage more cooperative relationships among the state agencies engaged in economic stimulus through job creation, employment skill attainment and gainful employment activities. Nevada is also interested in exploring performance measures that ensure program accountability and also increase the probability of families becoming self-sufficient by providing meaningful data as to the services or combination of services with the best outcomes. [Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, 8/2/11, via The Huffington Post]

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/sAV2WeUpVCw/189231

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!

Cheers and Jeers: Thursday

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE?

[Blat Blat!!! Ahoooo-gah!!!]

>>> ATTENTION REPUBLICANS <<<

The National Waffler Service has issued a Mitt Romney Base Abandonment WATCH in the following area: the gays...

The Romney campaign?s decision to duck the Chick-fil-A controversy over gay-marriage appears to have reopened old wounds with social conservatives, who were never fully sold that the former Massachusetts governor would represent their concerns in the marbled halls of Washington. ?This is the most disheartened that certainly I?ve felt looking at this entire race,? said Catholic League president Bill Donohue. He told Newsmax in an exclusive interview that social conservatives will now have to decide whether to sit out the race.

A Mitt Romney Base Abandonment Watch means that conditions are favorable for Mitt Romney to back away from his "severely conservative" positions---including those on LGBT rights---by increasingly desperate leaps and bounds. This could especially affect the rabid, radical, extremist, bigoted wing of the GOP base. Or, as it's better known: the GOP base.

The National Waffler Service team is working 24/7
to track potential Romney flip-flops. (Nice ass!)Should an actual base abandonment occur, the appropriate warning will be issued. Please note that these conditions may be accompanied by additional damaging flip flops, memory lapses, gaffes, blunders, "hot mic moments," bewilderment at the sight of everyday objects (including "groceries" and "hardware stuff"), and attempts at humor followed by condescending "HehHehHehs" that come uncomfortably close to sounding like George W. Bush.

Republicans who feel a sense of despair, disappointment, heartburn and/or outrage that Mitt Romney is the GOP nominee should understand that these feelings are normal and will never go away.

Republicans are urged to stay tuned to the National Waffler Service for updates, instructions, and links to the nearest online "Chris Christie in 2016" support shelter.

Now back to your regularly-scheduled blogging. Cheers and Jeers starts below the fold... [Swoosh!!] RIGHTNOW! [Gong!!]

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/KYcH85hMpZI/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Thur
sday

Add to del.icio.us   Digg this   Post to Furl   Add to reddit   Add to myYahoo!