by Digby | Oct 21, 2013 | Conservatism, Health
As I watch the talking heads all clutch their pearls over the insurance exchange website, I can't help but notice once again that none of them seem to know a thing about what's really happening out here to people who have to deal with the private insurance market. I'm...
by Digby | Oct 16, 2013 | Current Issues, Economy, Retirement Security
I know there is no more trite phrase in America, but Lord, this Thomas Friedman column is bad. It's so bad you have to read the whole thing to experience the full horror of it. In fact, I'm not even sure he wrote it himself. It reads more like something the messaging...
by Digby | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown
[fve]http://youtu.be/IIJ-nxOvpzU[/fve] Maybe today's Republicans don't know that the Greatest Generation went through the depression and WWII and their president throughout both was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, not Ronald Reagan. Eisenhower was to the left of Barack...
by Digby | Oct 10, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown
Via Jake Tapper yesterday: There are conversations under way as to what we will discuss, you know, what we will negotiate over, what things will be on the table. But what we said is – open the government, pay our bills and let's have this honest conversation," said...
by Digby | Oct 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
There is a lot of the usual Democratic loose talk about Republicans finally being vanquished for all time and so let's stage a celebration right this very minute. Seems to be a defining feature of American liberalism to assume victory before it is secure. However,...
