House Speaker John Boehner defended telling the Senate to “get off their ass and do something” on NBC’s Meet The Press by saying that he “speaks English” to host David Gregory. Boehner raised some eyebrows last Tuesday with his colorful language describing the Senate’s lack of action on the sequester cuts that went into effect… Read more »
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Maddow: Republicans Warning Of ‘Devastating’ Sequestration, But They’re Saying ‘Let’s Do It!’ Anyway
Rachel Maddow opened her show tonight using an extended metaphor to connect natural disasters and huge storms to political storms. Maddow argued that including the sequestration coming into effect today, there have been five separate political “crap storms” in D.C. since the Republicans took the House in 2011. Maddow called out the GOP for simultaneously… Read more »
Jon Stewart Decries ‘Ginned-Up’ Woodward Spat, Media’s Freakout Over Boehner Saying ‘Ass’
Tonight Jon Stewart took on the ginned-up feud between the White House and veteran journalist Bob Woodward. Stewart was incredibly let down by how boring and uncontroversial the actual feud was, though he perked up tearing into the media freaking out like little children over a member of Congress saying the word “ass.” Stewart was… Read more »
Woodward On Tension Between Him And White House: I Got An E-Mail Saying ‘You’re Going To Regret This’
Bob Woodward has been heralded by conservatives over his insistence that in spite of the White House trying to blame the impending sequester on the Republican-led House, the whole thing was their idea to begin with. On CNN today, Woodward said that the White House is obviously not happy with his reporting, revealing that he… Read more »