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Republican policies don’t care about poor people

by admin on April 1, 2011

I’m not saying that congressional Republicans don’t care about poor people. But they
really
care about rich people. So far, the policy agenda they’ve pushed has been a mixture of very expensive tax cuts for the very wealthy and very deep cuts to a lot of programs that focus on the very poor. It’s . . . curious.

Think back to the tax deal. The GOP’s demands were: 1) the extension of the Bush tax cuts for high-earners; and 2) a massive cut in the estate tax. Put together, the two items will increase the deficit by close to a trillion dollars over 10 years. If the GOP had wanted, they could’ve used that money for more tax cuts for the poor, or even the middle class. The Obama administration would’ve happily signed onto that compromise. But Republicans did not want that. If we were going to increase the deficit, we were going to do it on behalf of the wealthy.

Now they’ve moved onto deficit reduction, or at least spending cuts, and their priorities in the 2011 budget are telling. Their cuts are coming from non-defense discretionary spending. That’s a category of spending, as you can see here, that tends to focus on services to the poor, the jobless and children. Among other cuts, they’ve proposed slicing more than $ 1 billion off Head Start, $ 1.1 billion off the Public Housing Capital Fund, $ 752 million from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, and $ 5.7 billion from Pell Grants. I could, of course, go on. Democrats have tried to widen the cuts out to other categories so their impact falls less heavily on the disadvantaged, but so far, Republicans have refused. If we’re going to cut spending, we’re going to do it on the backs of the poor.

As for the 2012 budget, we know Social Security is being left alone, and we know Medicaid — which is to say, health care for poor people — is taking a $ 1 trillion cut. If we’re going to reform entitlements, it seems, we’re going to start with the one that serves the poor.

It’s very difficult to argue that these programs are the most wasteful in the federal government. The Pentagon is burning through a lot more cash than Head Start. Medicare spends much more for health services than Medicaid. The mortgage-interest tax deduction is regressive, as is the deduction for employer-based health care, but as of yet, Republicans haven’t proposed reforming either. Again, I’m not saying Republicans don’t care about poor people. But so far, their policy proposals don’t. And you can’t chalk it up to an appetite for sacrifice, because for all that the GOP is asking from the poor, they’ve fought hard to protect the rich from having to make any sacrifices. So far, it’s been program cuts for the poor and tax cuts for the rich. It’s a disappointing set of priorities.

Ezra Klein

Who’s Watching President Obama’s Video Message to the People of the Ivory Coast?

by admin on April 1, 2011

“They eyes of the world are on Côte d’Ivoire,” President Obama says in a video message to the people if Ivory coast posted on the White House website on March 25. “You deserve a future of hope, not fear.” The…

Political Punch

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Out of the Mouths of Babes Real People: Just Keep Jobs Here

by admin on March 31, 2011

The powers that be-those that give a damn about creating jobs at all (Obama’s campaign manager doesn’t)-have a bunch of tired plans for creating jobs in America: get rid of labor unions, repeal healthcare reform, cut the safety net, create green jobs (to compete against China, which has had a huge head start), improve education, reduce the deficit, persecute undocumented workers.

According to Gallup, those proposals are supported by, respectively, 1%, 1%, 1%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 5% of people recently asked an open ended question as to the best way to create jobs in the US. (h/t Gotta Laff)

The leading suggestion-one rarely talked about these days by the smart people in DC-is simply to stop shipping jobs overseas. 25% of people polled said we should just keep our manufacturing jobs here.

Mind you, this guy used to talk about ways to stop shipping jobs overseas. But that’s before he put one of the guys who has shipped the most jobs overseas in charge of job creation. And hired someone who doesn’t much care about job creation to run his reelection campaign. And committed to a NAFTA-style trade agreement with Korea.

But a solid quarter of this country still thinks the best way to create jobs is to make sure they keep the jobs they have. What a novel thought.

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Tagged with: Babes • Here • Jobs • Just • Keep • Mouths • People • Real

GE CEO Immelt to ABC News: “People Get to Think What They Think”

by admin on March 31, 2011

News that General Electric made $ 14 billion in profits in 2010 but paid zero in federal taxes has led to liberal leaders like former Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., and MoveOn to call for President Obama to show the door to…

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Poll: Obama’s Popularity Increasing Among Young People

by admin on March 31, 2011

Coming at a time when some polls show President Barack Obama’s poll numbers taking a big dip, he has some good news: his numbers are up among young people, The Hill reports:

President Obama’s job-approval rating among young people has gone up, even as his overall approval rating has hit an all-time low in certain surveys.

A new poll of 18- to 29-year-olds by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics (IOP) found 55 percent of so-called Millennials approve of Obama’s presidency — a six-point increase over a similar IOP survey in October. His approval rating is even higher among those attending a four-year college, where 60 percent back Obama. That was a nine-point increase from the last survey.

A recent Quinnipiac University survey found Obama’s approval rating at just 42 percent, but that survey was of registered voters. Harvard’s poll was conducted in online surveys of 3,018 18- to 29-year-old U.S. citizens, and has a margin of error of 2.4 percent. It was in the field from Feb. 11 through March 2.

Now the question becomes whether the Democrats will be able to get young voters to the polls in 2012 with sufficient enthusiasm so that these numbers make a difference. But if you add the young votes, the African-American vote, the Hispanic vote and — most likely now more than in recent years — voters from union households or people who have relatives in union households, then you can see the emergence of a potentially effective coalition for the Dems.

The findings are good news for Obama, who was propelled into the White House in 2008 with the votes and volunteer hours of millions of young people. Their renewed enthusiasm could help boost his reelection bid.

CNN’s Ruben Navarette, Jr. notes the GOP’s problem with Hispanics:

The Republican Party seized an opportunity to become the mouthpiece for the cultural anxiety that many Americans feel about changing demographics and the reality that the United States is becoming a Hispanic country.

But GOP leaders didn’t think about the cost. Republicans insist they are “anti-illegal immigration” but, in their rhetoric and legislative solutions, they come across as “anti-immigrant” and “anti-Hispanic.” And so, not surprisingly, most Hispanics wouldn’t vote Republican even if it were the last party on Earth.

This is NOT good news for the GOP — given numbers that indicate Hispanics are growing in population and potentially HUGE political clout in key states.

Navarette suggests Florida’s Sen. Marco Rubio could help in 2012 if he’s the Republican Veep candidate. And that will be a delicate operation:

Given his Spanish surname, Rubio has to constantly reassure the conservative white voters of the GOP base that he is tough on illegal immigration. And yet, if he’s too tough, he’ll lose Latino support to the point where he becomes just another caricature of a turncoat, an Uncle So-and-So who can’t deliver his own community. Which, ironically, is one of the major reasons he’d be on a national ticket in the first place.

Marco Rubio is the Republican Party’s Superman. And, the immigration issue, if not handled correctly, is his kryptonite.

And what is Obama doing? Can you guess?

President Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.

Early this week, Obama held a town hall meeting at a D.C. high school, roughly three miles from the White House, where two-thirds of the students are Hispanic. The town hall, broadcast by the Spanish-language TV network Univision, overlapped with the president’s live address to the nation on Libya, but reportedly drew 2.7 million viewers.

Coalitions win elections. Are we seeing a Democratic one falling into shape — not so much because of how terrific the Democrats are, but because Republicans are now chasing groups away as Tea Party movement and anti-labor sentiment completely erases the last vestiges of “compassionate conservatism?”

And if there’s a government shut down, among these groups, which party is most likely to be seen to blame — confirming what seems to be a growing perception that they’re treated a bit better by Democrats?

The Moderate Voice

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Herman Cain — A Black Republican Who Hates Both Black People & the Constitution

by admin on March 31, 2011

So Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and Black Republican, recently went to Iowa and laid down some interesting tracks. I’m sure we’ll be hearing these songs again so here they are. /> title=”YouTube video player” width=”475″ height=”297″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/aDXCwd65R5o” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

1) href=”http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/26/herman-cain-muslims/”>ThinkProgress went to Iowa and asked Cain a key question:

KEYES: You came under a bit of controversy this week for some of the comments made about Muslims in general. Would you be comfortable appointing a Muslim, either in your cabinet or as a federal judge?

CAIN: No, I will not. And here’s why. There is this creeping attempt, there is this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government. This is what happened in Europe. And little by little, to try and be politically correct, they made this little change, they made this little change. And now they’ve got a social problem that they don’t know what to do with hardly.

The question that was asked that “raised some questions” and, as my grandfather said, “I does not care, I feel the way I feel.” I was asked, “what is the role of Islam in America?” I thought it was an odd question. I said the role of Islam in America is for those that believe in Islam to practice it and leave us alone. Just like Christianity. We have a First Amendment. And I get upset when the Muslims in this country, some of them, try to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us.

Ok so there are a couple of problems with Cain’s statement.

1) Won’t appoint a Muslim to office because of their religion? Such a move is expressly forbidden under the Constitution in a couple of places, especially href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Religious_Test_Clause”>here. I guess Herman Cain hates America or maybe just the Constitution.

2) Who exactly is trying to force Sharia law on anybody? Muslims make up href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States#Demographics” target=”_blank”>1-2% of our nation’s citizens. They’re just not in a position to do anything like that anytime soon especially since even among those American Muslims, only a fraction would think that’s a good idea anyway! To suggest otherwise is to feed bigoted hysteria based in fear and ignorance. Blech.

And many European countries seem keen to push back on certain aspects of Islam, especially href=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8480161.stm” target=”_blank”>bans on face veils. No actual creep there.

3) 25% of American Muslims are African-Americans and many more are of African descent. In saying that he’d never appoint a Muslim, it’s a slap in the face to upstanding citizens like Rep. Keith Ellis, who happens to be Muslim. And it’s just straight up hatred directed at one’s own community of African-Americans. Is Shaq a danger to our nation? Or Jermaine Jackson? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? I can see being scared of Dave Chappelle. But Snoop Dogg? I’m pretty sure he’s trying to get the herb legalized and that’s not likely to happen under sharia law, y’all! Here’s a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Muslims” target=”_blank”>partial list of famous American Muslims. You’ll see plenty of people who look like you and me on that there list.

I have a cousin named Khalid. He’s not Muslim nor were his parents. He’s a taxpaying educator with a wife and 2 kids living in Baltimore. But I suspect that wouldn’t be good enough for Cain. Who knows: Khalid may harbor a secret wish to enslave all Americans in a new Islamic theocracy and is starting with indoctrinating our children!

That’s how crazy this type of logic and bigotry sounds when it’s played out. It disgusts me and we should call it out. Herman Cain now joins the ranks of Clarence Thomas in the hall of fame of black people who really really hate other black people…Congratulations, self-hater!

Seriously though — Herman Cain is brilliant. He got his href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain”> bachelor’s in Mathematics from Morehouse and later got a master’s in Computer Science from Purdue. This is beneath a man of that educational level and I want him to please just stop.

Jack & Jill Politics

Tagged with: Black • both • Cain • Constitution • hates • Herman • People • Republican

Explaining Birther Myth, Trump Says He Knows People On Wall Street Who Commit ‘Fraud’ And ‘Change Documents’

by admin on March 31, 2011

Twice-bankrupted casino owner Donald Trump has made questioning Obama’s birthplace a “pivotal part” of his supposed presidential run, but because Trump’s concerns about Obama’s birth certificate have been asked and answered years ago, the reality TV boss has been forced to resort to increasingly bizzare justifications for his doubts. Last night, Trump told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly that he questions the veracity of Obama’s birth certificate because he knows plenty of people who can easily forge documents to commit fraud:

TRUMP: Bill, I grew up with Wall Street geniuses. What they do in terms of fraud, and how they change documents.

Watch it:

Of course, securities fraud is a federal criminal offense, punishable by up to 25 years in prison. This type of fraud is also a serious and pervasive problem. From Enron to WorldCom to the Bernie Maddoff scandal, “Wall Street geniuses” have defrauded Americans out of billions of dollars, causing economic havoc. More recently, banks have been implicated in the so-called “robo-singing” scandal, where bank employees didn’t even review mortgage documents they were signing, such as foreclosure orders.

But if Trump is aware that his friends were committing fraud or forgery, why didn’t he do anything about it? Did he witness fraud? Did he ever posses a forged document? (If so, that too could be a felony). Or did he let his friends defraud people?

ThinkProgress

Tagged with: Birther • Commit • Documents’ • Explaining • Knows • Myth • People • says • Street • Trump • Wall • ‘Change • ‘Fraud’

Herman Cain — A Black Republican Who Hates Both Black People & the Constitution

by admin on March 31, 2011

1) href=”http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/26/herman-cain-muslims/”>ThinkProgress went to Iowa and asked Cain a key question:

KEYES: You came under a bit of controversy this week for some of the comments made about Muslims in general. Would you be comfortable appointing a Muslim, either in your cabinet or as a federal judge?

CAIN: No, I will not. And here’s why. There is this creeping attempt, there is this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government. This is what happened in Europe. And little by little, to try and be politically correct, they made this little change, they made this little change. And now they’ve got a social problem that they don’t know what to do with hardly.

The question that was asked that “raised some questions” and, as my grandfather said, “I does not care, I feel the way I feel.” I was asked, “what is the role of Islam in America?” I thought it was an odd question. I said the role of Islam in America is for those that believe in Islam to practice it and leave us alone. Just like Christianity. We have a First Amendment. And I get upset when the Muslims in this country, some of them, try to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us.

Ok so there are a couple of problems with Cain’s statement.

Jack & Jill Politics

Tagged with: Black • both • Cain • Constitution • hates • Herman • People • Republican

The biggest health reform story people aren’t talking about

by admin on March 31, 2011

In one of those stories that seems boring but is actually really important, the Department of Health and Human Services released the rules (PDF — and a long one) that will govern Accountable Care Organizations going forward. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Don Berwick summarizes here. The bottom line is that ACOs are the new hotness in medicine. The idea is that rather than getting your care from one specialist after the other, each of whom is only responsible for their tiny slice of your treatment, you’ll get your care from one organization that’s responsible for coordinating all of your treatments and gets paid based on how well you do rather than how much they do to you.

When I say things like “controlling health-care costs is about treating sick people,” ACOs are the sort of thing I’m talking about. If they work as well as their advocates hope, costs could go down and quality could go up. If they don’t, it’s back to the drawing board. But most people don’t know much about them, even as their success or failure is ultimately the sort of thing that will determine whether the Medicare cuts can stick.

For more on ACOs, NPR has a good explainer. But if you’re the type of person who could do the explaining yourself, head over to the Incidental Economist, where they’re trying to crowdsource their way through the new regulations. Getting that done would be a real service.

Ezra Klein

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Get Right PM: Abortion and the Confusing Actions of People Who Are Against It

by admin on March 30, 2011

Out in the progressive oasis known as Arizona, G href=”http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/political/arizona-governor-signs-law-banning-discriminatory-abortions-” target=”_blank”>ov. Brewer has just signed legislation making discriminatory abortion illegal. If you too are confused by what “discriminatory abortion” is, feel free to read on

A controversial Arizona abortion bill that makes it illegal to abort a fetus based on race or gender was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer Tuesday, href=”http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110330/ts_nm/us_arizona_abortion” target=”_blank”>Reuters reports.

The new law does not penalize women who have the alleged discriminatory abortions.

However, medical professionals would face felony charges if it could be proven that abortions were performed to help parents select offspring based on the unborn child’s race or gender.

Supporters of the new law say this ban is necessary end to the discrimination that exists in Arizona and throughout the nation, stressing the issue is more about bias rather than a broader stance on abortion.

As usual, supporters of this bill are trying to protect the lives of the unborn ~~until they’re born and become anybody else’s problem but theirs~~. My question is this: Who exactly is going in and admitting that they are getting abortions based on race or gender? If this is the new law, how exactly does Arizona expect to enforce it? Are doctors supposed to interrogate patients as to the reason for their visit? Since they haven’t taken away a woman’s right to choose (yet), wouldn’t this law be easily circumvented by saying, “I’m getting an abortion because…that’s the choice I’m making”?

LEGISLATION FAIL

Over in Chicago, Life Always is fighting the good fight against Black genocide href=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/anti-abortion-obama-billboards-chicago/story?id=13251302&page=3″ target=”_blank”>by putting up more billboards in poor taste.

The organization behind controversial href=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13247636″ target=”external”>anti-abortion advertisements href=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=12994375″ target=”external”>targeting African-Americans has unveiled its newest campaign, this time featuring an image of President Obama on billboards throughout his hometown of Chicago.

Texas-based Life Always revealed the first of 30 planned billboards Tuesday, plastering three of the posters on a building in Chicago’s South Side. “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted,” reads the text alongside the president’s image.

Life Always board member Rev. Derek McCoy said, “These are babies who could grow to be the future presidents of the United States, or the next Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington or Maya Angelou.”

This approach is problematic for several reasons, but Professor Russ Winer of NYU’s Stern School of Business articulates a particularly important one

Professor Winer agreed that the controversy is clearly a driving factor behind the Life Always billboards, but said that using the president to push a position is a flawed approach that always limits any discussion.

“It’s not wise to use a presidential image because half the population doesn’t support him,” he said. “It’s rare to see an advertising campaign that “links a product to a president.

“If you have to stop to think about what’s going on, the message is diluted.”

Winer said he thinks people will be focused less on abortion then on asking, “Why Obama?”

ADVERTISING FAIL

Jack & Jill Politics

Tagged with: abortion • Action’s • Against • Confusing • People • Right

The Video Wisconsin Republicans Don’t Want People to See

by admin on March 30, 2011

What if a Wisconsin Republican was caught on video talking about tough it was for his family to get along on his $ 174,000 a year salary at a time when the state’s Governor is not only cutting but eliminating collective bargaining for public unions? What if it wound up on the Internet? On the Republican Party’s own site.

What if a big liberal website then put it on You Tube? What if the Republicans — realizing that does not exactly make their politico or party look good – then demanded it be pulled from You Tube? And what if the website, feeling there is a principle at stake, talked to its lawyers and decided it is within its right to put it on its OWN big, hugely popular site, which is viewed by many in the new and old media?

Yes, it happened. And you can read about it — and view the video for yourself — HERE.

The Moderate Voice

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Illegal to Speak Electronically to “Frighten, … Abuse, Harass, or Alarm” People “In Furtherance of Severe, Repeated, or Hostile Behavior”

by admin on March 30, 2011

(Eugene Volokh)

The Arkansas Legislature has just passed, and sent for the governor’s signature, a bill that would make it misdemeanor “cyberbullying” to

transmit[], send[], or post[] a communication by elect[r]onic means [including computers and telephones] with the purpose to frighten, coerce, intimidate, threaten, abuse, harass, or alarm another person … in furtherance of severe, repeated, or hostile behavior toward the other person.

So it may shortly be a crime in Arkansas to:

Write an online article excoriating a government official for his supposed bad behavior, because that might well be communication “with the purpose to … abuse … in furtherance of … hostile behavior.”
Announce on your Facebook page that you broke up with your lover for cheating on you, and urge people to cut off ties with the liar, because that too could be acting “with the purpose … to abuse … in furtherance of … hostile behavior.”
Speak online several times to organize a boycott of a business owner aimed at changing his behavior, because that would be communication “with the purpose to … coerce … in furtherance of … repeated … behavior.”
Post something several times warning someone of supposed dangers to health, or dangers of crime, because that would be communication “with the purpose to frighten … or alarm … in furtherance of … repeated … behavior.”

Plus of course there’s the vagueness of the law. What exactly is a purpose to “harass”? What is “severe … behavior”? If the law isn’t supposed to cover the examples given above, what are the definitions of “abuse,” “coerce,” “frighten,” and “alarm” that keep it from covering them? Bad stuff.

I’m pleased to say that my friend and former Arkansas state Representative Dan Greenberg — who’s now with the Advance Arkansas Institute — tried to fight this bill; and after his input, the House did pass it only by a vote of 68–19, with 11 not voting and 1 “present,” while before his input the Senate passed it unanimously. See, reasoned argument works! My compliments to Representatives David Meeks and Kim Hammer for speaking out against the bill. Representative Meeks apparently referred to Dan’s article, and even to the First Amendment. As I’ve mentioned before (quoting Hilaire Belloc),

Decisive action in the hour of need
Denotes the Hero, but does not succeed.

If you want to see the debate on the bill, see the video here, from 2:23:51 to 2:30:55.

The Volokh Conspiracy

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Get Right PM: Abortion and the Confusing Actions of People Who Are Against It

by admin on March 30, 2011

A controversial Arizona abortion bill that makes it illegal to abort a fetus based on race or gender was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer Tuesday, href=”http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110330/ts_nm/us_arizona_abortion” target=”_blank”>Reuters reports.

The new law does not penalize women who have the alleged discriminatory abortions.

However, medical professionals would face felony charges if it could be proven that abortions were performed to help parents select offspring based on the unborn child’s race or gender.

Supporters of the new law say this ban is necessary end to the discrimination that exists in Arizona and throughout the nation, stressing the issue is more about bias rather than a broader stance on abortion.

LEGISLATION FAIL

The organization behind controversial href=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13247636″ target=”external”>anti-abortion advertisements href=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=12994375″ target=”external”>targeting African-Americans has unveiled its newest campaign, this time featuring an image of President Obama on billboards throughout his hometown of Chicago.

Texas-based Life Always revealed the first of 30 planned billboards Tuesday, plastering three of the posters on a building in Chicago’s South Side. “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted,” reads the text alongside the president’s image.

Life Always board member Rev. Derek McCoy said, “These are babies who could grow to be the future presidents of the United States, or the next Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington or Maya Angelou.”

This approach is problematic for several reasons, but Professor Russ Winer of NYU’s Stern School of Business articulates a particularly important one

Professor Winer agreed that the controversy is clearly a driving factor behind the Life Always billboards, but said that using the president to push a position is a flawed approach that always limits any discussion.

“It’s not wise to use a presidential image because half the population doesn’t support him,” he said. “It’s rare to see an advertising campaign that “links a product to a president.

“If you have to stop to think about what’s going on, the message is diluted.”

Winer said he thinks people will be focused less on abortion then on asking, “Why Obama?”

ADVERTISING FAIL

Jack & Jill Politics

Tagged with: abortion • Action’s • Against • Confusing • People • Right

Roseanne Barr: ‘I’m Going to Run for President on Behalf of Tax Paying People’

by admin on March 30, 2011

In case you were worried about the future of the United States, your problems have been solved.

On Tuesday evening, while filling in for Joy Behar on HLN, comedienne Roseanne Barr announced that she's running for president (video follows with transcript and commentary):

MICHAEL MOORE: Start supporting this.

ROSEANNE BARR: Start, yes, start being active. Right? Start being active.

MOORE: Yes, but not just going to demonstrations. You need to organize your neighbors, your churches, your schools and can I just say –

BARR: Yes, but we`re running out of time.

MOORE: Can I just say this into your camera? Some of you need to run. You need to run for office.

BARR: I`m running. That`s what I was going to ask in the next –

MOORE: You need to run.

BARR: — in the next segment. I`m going to run for President of these United States.

MOORE: Wow.

BARR: On behalf of the tax-paying people.

MOORE: Wow.

BARR: I`m thinking about it, anyway. On this Red Bull.

Let's hope this isn't just the Red Bull talking.

NewsBusters.org – Exposing Liberal Media Bias

Tagged with: ‘I’m • Barr • Behalf • Going • Paying • People • President • Roseanne

Roseanne Barr: ‘I’m Going to Run for President on Behalf of Tax Paying People’

by admin on March 30, 2011

In case you were worried about the future of the United States, your problems have been solved.

On Tuesday evening, while filling in for Joy Behar on HLN, comedienne Roseanne Barr announced that she's running for president (video follows with transcript and commentary):

MICHAEL MOORE: Start supporting this.

ROSEANNE BARR: Start, yes, start being active. Right? Start being active.

MOORE: Yes, but not just going to demonstrations. You need to organize your neighbors, your churches, your schools and can I just say –

BARR: Yes, but we`re running out of time.

MOORE: Can I just say this into your camera? Some of you need to run. You need to run for office.

BARR: I`m running. That`s what I was going to ask in the next –

MOORE: You need to run.

BARR: — in the next segment. I`m going to run for President of these United States.

MOORE: Wow.

BARR: On behalf of the tax-paying people.

MOORE: Wow.

BARR: I`m thinking about it, anyway. On this Red Bull.

Let's hope this isn't just the Red Bull talking.

NewsBusters.org blogs

Tagged with: ‘I’m • Barr • Behalf • Going • Paying • People • President • Roseanne

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