President Obama’s Deputy Campaign Director Stephanie Cutter
stated that the election gave the president a mandate to ensure citizens “Enter
and stay in the middle class.” I guess “Forward” meant “Forward, but not too
far forward.”
Senator Susan Collins criticized Ambassador Susan Rice’s
handling of the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi after meeting with Ambassador Rice
today. Collins stated that she believes
Rice carried political water for the administration during the presidential
election.
Former Congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough defended
Grover Norquist from the attacks launched at him by the liberal media. Scarborough
pointed out that Norquist has power because he supports a position that voters agree
with. He rebutted the accusation that
Norquist is a bully by pointing out that he never met a single person in
Congress who made a decision because they were afraid of…
MSNBC contributor Michael Eric Dyson argued that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was "Unpatriotic" for arguing for spending and entitlement reform as a solution to the fiscal cliff.
Former Senator Alan Simpson of the Simpson-Bowles Commission
stated that he wished Grover Norquist would drown for his opposition to tax
increases. Chris Matthews seemed oddly
amused at this prospect.
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France became the first major European country
to voice support for Palestinian statehood ahead of an upcoming vote on the
matter at the UN this week. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stated that France would
support the bid “out of a concern for coherency.” The proposed resolution for statehood has
been strongly opposed by Israel
because the resolution endorses returning territories in the West…
View host Joy Behar compared religious people to drug addicts in her segment on Two and a Half Men star Angus Jones. Behar posited that recovering drug addicts turn to religion because they need a new addiction.
Donna Van Zant made headlines when she was embraced and promised immediate help by President Obama in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Unfortunately, she isn't getting any help in repairing her business.
Mike Brzezinski defended Joe Klein's repetition of the Obama
Administration's talking points on Benghazi
by stating that Klein was "on the truth." Richard Stengel of
TIME stated that Republicans shouldn't ask questions about the handling of the Benghazi attack during
the confirmation hearings for Ambassador Susan Rice because Rice isn't running
to be Mayor of Benghazi.
This morning, the panel on Morning Joe celebrated that Senator John McCain realized that they
were right and walked back his criticism of Ambassador Susan Rice. There’s a term for persuading an elected
official to do something by pressuring them, it’s called lobbying.