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spinn Commented on After Brightly Colored Chart Failed To Win Waxman-Markey Fight, GOP Brings It To The Battle Over Health Reform by Brian Beutler

2009-07-16T00:32:47Z

Ah, well that's good, but I'm thinking something more like: Are you sick? --Yes--> Does your insurance company feel like paying for it? --No--> Does your wallet contain $30,000? --No--> Tell St. Peter we said "Hi"

spinn Commented on DeMint Compares Honduras Coup To Franken's Election by Eric Kleefeld

2009-07-08T00:03:09Z

Did he twitter this yet? I'm getting my @jimdemint lines ready.

spinn Commented on How to be Catholic and support torture. Step one: make logic your bitch by spinn

2009-05-03T04:46:06Z

Wow. That's a lot of anger.

spinn Commented on House GOP Candidate: Nothing I Said Should Be Construed As Criticizing Rush by Eric Kleefeld

2009-03-21T01:05:29Z

Ech, come on. Saying this is an apology is just wrong. If anything, it reads to me like "look, don't hang the whole Rush thing on me, I have more important things to worry about." I think to qualify as an apology to Rush, he'd actually have to mention Rush, don't you think? It's like they bent over backwards not to mention him.

The DCCC comment especially irritates me. It's just the kind of rebuttal to a nonexistant argument that I've seen out of the Republicans for years, and I don't like seeing the same tactics from Democrats. He did not "quickly apologize", he did not "whimper an apology". The political hyperbole really grates on me.

spinn Commented on Burris Launches Campaign Site, Accepting Donations by Eric Kleefeld

2009-03-02T15:36:28Z

Wow. Are you serious? I mean, I'm hoping that's just a troll.

Just in case it isn't: "racially sensitive" doesn't equate to "ignore corruption by someone just because they're a minority."

I'm astonished the turn that politics has taken on the point of professional embarrassment, actually. I used to complain that it seemed like politicians were forced to resign for any minor stupid reason. Now, it seems like it'd take an act of God to get some of these people out of office. (I'm lookin' at you, Gonzo and Craig. And Burris.)