Poll for members: Should Northam resign?

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Saturday February 02, 2019 · 11:39 AM PST

2019/02/02 · 11:39

Ralph Northam giving statement regarding racist yearbook photo. — Virginia Governor delivering statement regarding racist yearbook photo.

Let’s see where we stand at the moment on this issue.

Thanks for your participation.

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Should Governor Northam resign?

580 votes Vote Now!

Should Governor Northam resign?

Yes

362 votes

154 votes

Undecided

64 votes

Draft dodging president belittles Navy Seals

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Sunday November 18, 2018 · 9:25 AM PST

2018/11/18 · 09:25

This is from his interview with Chris Wallace to be aired later today. It’s the usual horror show of ignorance, idiocy and insipidness, but this one moment stands out.

Holy shit -- Trump dismisses a Navy SEAL who has been critical of him as "a Hillary Clinton fan & Obama backer" & criticizes Navy SEALs for not taking out bin Laden *sooner.*

"Frankly, wouldn't it have been nice if we had gotten Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that?"

Unreal. pic.twitter.com/DkFMGefr99
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 18, 2018

Trump: "Frankly, wouldn't it have been nice if we had gotten Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that?"

This may top his ignominious “I like people who weren’t captured” remark.

More here in Rupar’s tweet thread.

Chris Wallace begins interview w/Trump by asking him "how dark is your mood?"

TRUMP: "It's very light. It's fake news. It's disgusting, fake news. I read a front page story in the Washington Post, they never even called me. I don't think they have sources, they just make it up." pic.twitter.com/OmHAjWsDWF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 18, 2018

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Which was worse. This quote about McRaven or the one about McCain?

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Which was worse. This quote about McRaven or the one about McCain?

McRaven

12 votes

Mccain

22 votes

Just make it stop already!

175 votes

I was exit polled in California

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Saturday November 05, 2016 · 12:39 AM PDT

2016/11/05 · 00:39

I voted by mail last week and this week received an email invitation from Open California to take an online poll. As you can see, I voted for Hillary Clinton. Yep, I admit it. Lock me up.

The Secretary of State has my email from my voter registration, and they do email me from time to time to remind me to re-register or to vote. I assume that’s how the pollster got my email and knew I voted.

The poll asked about the statewide offices (I voted straight D, which was especially easy because in some cases we had no choice) and the propositions. It also had questions on general political issues, like taxes, abortion, environment. Here’s one.

I know there is not much drama from California in the big race, but it was still nice to be a data point in an election survey.

By the way, if you’re a Californian and haven’t voted yet, here’s a handy cheat sheet for the propositions.

51. No

52. Yes

53. No

54. Yes

55. Yes

56. Yes

57. Yes

58. Yes

59. Yes

60. No

61. No

62. Yes

63. Yes

64. Yes

65. No

66. No

67. Yes

Please feel free to use my answers and exponentially increase my voting power.

Thanks in advance.

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Have you been exit polled?

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Have you been exit polled?

Yes, this year.

4 votes

Yes, in the past.

3 votes

No, but I would like to.

38 votes

No, it sounds painful.

7 votes

Can't think now - only 3 more days!

7 votes

2015 interview of Khizr Khan

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Saturday July 30, 2016 · 9:10 PM PDT

2016/07/30 · 21:10

I came across an interview from last year of Khizr Khan. He talked about his son Humayun and criticized Trump along similar lines as his recent comments.

“Muslims are American, Muslims are citizens, Muslims participat[e] in the well-being of this country as American citizens,” Khan’s father, Khizr Khan, who moved to the U.S. in the late 1970s after growing up in Pakistan, said Tuesday. “We are proud American citizens. It’s the values [of this country] that brought us here, not our religion. Trump’s position on these issues do not represent those values,” he said.

Interestingly, he also had this to say about terrorism,

“This is the time for us American Muslims to rat out any traitor who walks amongst us. This is high time for Muslims to stand firm [against terrorists],” the elder Khan recounted. “Among us hides the enemies of the value system of this country. And we need to defend it. And if it means ratting out the traitors who hide behind an American passport, that’s what we need to do.”

Of course, he’s not alone among American Muslims who feel that way, even if Trump doesn’t believe it. But this background should make it even more difficult for Republicans who may want to ignore Khan or stand by Trump.

I was blown away by Khan’s speech, and continue to be amazed by what has transpired since. Much thanks to he and his wife for their courage for doing what is clearly not a lot of fun for them. And for going high.

Vocativ — The Father Of A Muslim War Hero Has This To Say To Donald Trump

No tax cut vote because Repubicans would distort it

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Sunday October 31, 2010 · 6:39 PM PDT

2010/10/31 · 18:39

On Olbermann's show tonight, when asked by KO why there was no vote on the tax cuts, Pelosi responded, "We could have taken the vote and we would have won but knowing the distortion that the republicans would have applied to that, I said they will be political."

Say what?

Olbermann let that go without a follow up, such as, "I'm not following you, since the Republicans will distort any vote that ever has happened or will happen. Your answer would mean never taking any vote ever, and it's also ceding any public political argument to Republicans without a fight. So why not this vote this time then?"

Just another episode in Democrats fighting for you and inspiring voters!

CNN insta-poll on speech reaction

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 7:18 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 19:18

CNN just announced results of their polling of speech viewers.

Did Obama clearly state his health care goals?
72% Yes
26% No

What is your reaction to the speech?
56% Very positive
21% Somewhat positive
21% Negative

Candy Crowley also mentioned that "support for his plan" was "about" 53% before the speech and about 67% after.

Looks like he did will with all but the deadenders.

More detailed results below.

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What is your reaction to Obama's speech?

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What is your reaction to Obama's speech?

Very positive

487 votes

Somewhat positive

81 votes

Negative

19 votes

Beep beep, motherfuckers

40 votes

Town Hall in L.A. today 8/29

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Saturday August 29, 2009 · 1:01 AM PDT

2009/08/29 · 01:01

Just wanted to give a heads up for anybody in the L.A. area today there is a town hall in Duarte (near Pasadena) this afternoon with Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA 32nd). Chu is the newest Congresswoman as she was sworn in in July after winning a special election this summer to fill Hilda Solis's seat.

It will be held at the City of Hope hospital and I hope we can get a good, intelligent and positive crowd out.

Details below.

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 11:10 AM PDT

2009/08/13 · 11:10

Sarah Palin has taken umbrage with Obama's recent debunking of the deathers' claims. She has a new facebook post about it

Sarah Palin: Concerning the "Death Panels | Facebook

It starts out:

Yesterday President Obama responded to my statement that Democratic health care proposals would lead to rationed care; that the sick, the elderly, and the disabled would suffer the most under such rationing; and that under such a system these "unproductive" members of society could face the prospect of government bureaucrats determining whether they deserve health care.

The President made light of these concerns.

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Friday June 19, 2009 · 11:55 PM PDT

2009/06/19 · 23:55

Obama spoke Friday at the 2009 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner.

It aired on CSPAN. You can find a schedule of future airings at this link.

Embedded video is below the fold.

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 9:32 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 09:32

I'm going to try to listen throughout the day, so you don't have to, to give the morning reactions form the radio right.

Any other masochists out there, please join in.

I'm including some live stream links from my local radio stations.

Blogging below the flip:

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 12:31 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 00:31

I'm sure we all have our favorite moments, but mine was this exchange about the bailout plan.

Palin: The interesting thing in the last couple of days that I have seen is that Americans are waiting to see what John McCain will do on this proposal. They're not waiting to see what Barack Obama is going to do. Is he going to do this [holds finger in air] and see what way the political wind's blowing? They're waiting to see if John McCain will be able to see these amendments implemented in Paulson's proposal.

Couric: But polls have shown that Sen. Obama has actually gotten a boost as a result of this latest crisis, with more people feeling that he can handle the situation better than John McCain.

Palin: I'm not looking at poll numbers.

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Your favorite moment

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Your favorite moment

"mericans are waiting to see what John McCain will do" [in bizarro world]

22 votes

"Uh, uh, uh, again, my understanding is" [I got nothing]

38 votes

"I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to ya!" [how dare you ask me]

196 votes

GOP Platform regarding stem cells

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 12:07 AM PDT

2008/09/10 · 00:07

Contrary to the thread on the rec list (and the Obama response), the GOP platform doesn't call for banning all research, public or private. The relevant text is this (pdf),

Taxpayer-funded medical research must be based on sound science, with a focus on both prevention and treatment, and in accordance with the humane ethics of the Hippocratic Oath. In that regard, we call for a major expansion of support for the stem-cell research that now shows amazing promise and offers the greatest hope for scores of diseases — with adult stem cells, umbilical cord blood, and cells reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells — without the destruction of embryonic human life. We call for a ban on human cloning and a ban on the creation of or experimentation on human embryos for research purposes.

The paragraph appears to be talking about public funded research only - it never explicitly mentions "private" funding - you have to read into it to say it's calling for a ban on private funding.

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Sarah Palin sticks to her death panel guns

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