Posted by
Proud Progressive on August 2, 2010, at 9:51 am
Something is seriously wrong with our system. When we have very well paid government officials(the president makes $400,000 a year plus expenses, the governor of WI makes $136,000 yearly.) waiting until they get out of office so they can cash in. As Tommy Thompson so succinctly put it “”Everybody knows I was broke when [...]
Posted by
Zach on May 30, 2010, at 7:39 am
According to Dale over at Reasonable Citizen, former president Bill Clinton is the best Democrat since FDR, in his opinion. I’m inclined to agree, and you can read why here.
Posted by
Zach on November 1, 2009, at 7:53 am
For all those conservatives who are making a big deal of the fact that President Barack Obama’s approval rating isn’t quite as robust as it was shortly after he was inaugurated, just remember former President Bill Clinton’s first-term approval rating was 50%. What’s more, Clinton’s approval rating at the start of the 1996 election [...]
Posted by
Zach on October 24, 2009, at 8:19 am
There’s been some talk on the right about President Barack Obama’s approval rating, namely the fact that it stands near 53%, depending on the poll, but according to a new national poll, the Republican Party’s favorable rating among Americans is at its lowest level in at least a decade: Thirty-six percent of people questioned [...]
Posted by
MadCityMan on September 11, 2009, at 11:32 am
The GOP continues its meltdown – la la land from Clinton, party of fury from Ryan. [...]
Posted by
Zach on July 1, 2009, at 10:04 am
The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin dropped slightly last year to its lowest level since the state began keeping records three decades ago, according to a report released by the state yesterday. According to the report, the state Department of Health Services study found that 8,229 abortions were performed in Wisconsin last year, [...]
Posted by
Zach on May 5, 2009, at 10:25 pm
This one comes courtesy of Stuart Carlson of Carlson Toons:
Posted by
Zach on January 9, 2009, at 8:01 am
President-elect Barack Obama may have called Wednesday’s gathering of the three living ex-presidents, the current president, and the future president an “extraordinary event,” but I call it a full house – Democrats over [...]
Posted by
Zach on October 5, 2008, at 10:21 pm
Sen. John McCain’s the candidate of “leadership and experience,” right? If that’s the case, what does Sen. McCain’s comments about Osama Bin Laden say about his leadership?
MJ: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now, with [...]
Posted by
Zach on August 28, 2008, at 10:19 pm
NIGHT 1: First thought – there’s a reason these folks aren’t speaking in prime time. Boy, there’s some really terrible public speakers in the group, and it makes me wonder how some of these folks got elected to public office.
Next thought – Alexi Giannoulias (Illinois State Treasurer) might be the exception. He gave [...]
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