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Just now! Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) will vote for debating on the Democratic healthcare bill. (Twitter!)
A thousand wingnuts were waiting in the cold all day for Sarah Palin to sign their books, but then Palin “went rogue” and left without signing all of their books, so now they will not vote for her. (RumpRoast
In case you did’t figure it out during that whole presidential campaign, “maverick” just means John McCain changes his positions whenever it’s politically convenient. (The Plank)
Much like her father, Liz Cheney is a liar, in this case, when it comes to her fake documentary about moving Gitmo prisoners to a small town in Michigan. (The Plum Line)
Tea Party: The Movie. Seriously. Make sure not to have any food or liquids in your mouth when you watch the trailer. (Tea Party Movie)

If Obama Wants Fewer Uninsured People, the GOP Wants More

Your GOP has managed to come up with the only possible healthcare “reform” plan that will create more uninsured Americans. Way to go! (Kansas City Star)
Sarah Palin’s book tour is only going to “Real ‘Merica,” bypassing all of fake/gay/librul America’s cities such as San Francisco, New York, and Atlanta. (CNN Political Ticker)
Shocking news! Rank-and-file Democrats do not like when elected officials like Sen. Mary Landrieu refuse to act like Democrats. (Palm Beach Post)
The AARP, official representatives of America’s Olds, endorsed the House healthcare bill today. They also endorsed federal subsidies for hard candy manufacturers and stricter enforcement of keeping kids off their lawns. (MSNBC First Read)

11/5/09 1:26 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: AARP, GOP, healthcare, Mary Landrieu, Sarah Palin

Well, many of us believe, George, that it will undermine the private insurance system.

– Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), to George Stephanopulos, on her problem with the public option.

Control of the New York Senate switched from the Democrats to the Republicans thanks to two of the state’s most awesome Democratic Senators: one is under investigation by the state attorney general’s office, and the other was recently indicted for felony battery and domestic abuse charges. Sounds like a winning team! (New York Times)
The national census is coming up in under a year and Senate Republicans have blocked President Obama’s nominee to head the census bureau because, um, “It is unclear why Republicans are blocking the vote. A McConnell spokeswoman, Jennifer Morris, said she had no information on the delay.” That’s cool, guys. I mean, it’s not like the census is in the Constitution or anything. (Wall Street Journal)
So Newt Gingrich raised all this money and gave a big speech for the GOP’s House and Senate campaigns, but who cares because Sarah Palin showed up! This is after Palin’s office declined to speak at the fundraiser because they didn’t want her to be “overexposed,” and then announced that she would not be attending at all because she was not the speaker, and then she just cold crashed the party anyway because MAVERICK, amirite? (CNN)
Sen. Mary Landrieu signed Sonia Sotomayor’s cast after Sotomayor broke her leg doing… racism? I dunno. Anyway, the point is that Mary Landrieu has empathy (sympathy? They’re both bad.) for Sotomayor and should therefore be removed from office. (CNN)