The Satirical Political Report

"The Best Political REAM
on the Internet."



September 15th, 2009
September 14th, 2009

Where Were the Teabaggers When Bush Pushed the Medicare Drug Benefit?

“MY FRIENDS, THIS IS ONE INSTANCE WHERE BIG GOVERNMENT IS JUSTIFIED, SINCE THE CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE GUARANTEE EVERY AMERICAN THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY … AND THE PURSUIT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.”

——————————————————————————————————————————— 

Jon Perr has some instructive, actually “10 Lessons for Tea Baggers.”

Your Total Entertainment Guide, at BartCopE!

September 13th, 2009

Teabaggers Unleash the ‘Uncivil Whites’ Movement

“WE HAVE A DREAM, THAT ONE DAY WHITE SOUTHERNERS WILL DEPOSE A BLACK PRESIDENT … AND THAT WHITE CHILDREN AND BLACK CHILDREN WILL NEVER MIX AGAIN.”

—————————————————————————————————————–

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin hits the same note with No More Code Words: Racism is Public Again.

Robert Reich and the Truth About the Public Option, at One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week. 

September 12th, 2009
September 11th, 2009

Forget ‘Disapproval’ Resolution, House Votes to Set Joe Wilson’s Pants on Fire

 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) answers questions during a news conference with (L-R) Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. John Larson (D-CT), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) in the U.S. Capitol February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. The House Democratic leaders were celebrating the passage of H.R. 1, the $787 billion economic stimulus bill. Not a single Republican voted for the bill.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Nancy Pelosi;John Larson;Chris Van Hollen;Charlie Rangel;Henry Waxman

“THIS IS THE KIND OF BIBLICAL ‘EYE FOR AN EYE’ APPROACH THAT WE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE MORE RECEPTIVE TO, ALTHOUGH WE COULD HAVE BEEN HARSHER WITH A RESOLUTION TO ‘SMITE’ HIM, OR TO HAVE HIM CIRCUMCISED … WHICH BY THE WAY, HE’D BE FULLY COVERED FOR UNDER HIS GOVERNMENT HEALTH PLAN.”

September 11th, 2009

Who Says the GOP Has No Health Plan: ‘Orwell Care’

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) and House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) hold a news conference to discuss health care reform on Capitol Hill July 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Both oppose President Obama's push to pass health care legislation before the August Congressional recess.

“UNDER OUR PLAN, ‘SICKNESS’ IS ‘HEALTH,’ ‘COVERAGE’ IS ‘DEATH PANELS,’ ‘FREEDOM’ IS ‘FREEDOM TO DIE’ … AND GLENN BECK IS YOUR PROCTOLOGIST.” 

 

——————————————————————————————————————-

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: Joe Wilson is the Disease for Which Democracy Does Not Have Insurance to Cure.

Dan Kurtzman with the round-up on Heckling Joe ‘You Lie’ Wilson.

September 10th, 2009

In Light of GOP Behavior, Obama Should’ve Switched School and Congressional Speeches

President Obama makes a speech on healthcare reform to Congress

“NOW, HAVING JUST TALKED TO THIS NATION’S YOUTH ABOUT THE POLICY INTRICACIES OF HEALTH CARE, I WANT TO URGE YOU REPUBLICANS TO RESPECT AUTHORITY, TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING, AND MOST OF ALL … JUST SAY ‘NO‘ TO DRUGS.”

September 10th, 2009
September 10th, 2009

Congressman Joe Wilson Asks to Be Traded to British Parliament

“NOT ONLY WILL I BE ALLOWED TO SCREAM AT THE PRIME MINISTER, BUT I’LL FINALLY BE ABLE TO GET MY MOUTH FIXED UNDER THEIR NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.”

————————————————————————————————–

Forget about wrong place — Lisa Casey on Joe Wilson in the wrong time.

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on Obama’s speech: What was (re)said, and what’s to come.

September 9th, 2009
Next Entries »