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Not The Onion: Tea Party Group Pushing for a Sarah Palin Senate Run in 2014

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Image via Little Green Footballs

From our friend @anomaly100 at FreakOutNation:

An email written by the Tea Party Leadership Fund begins with, “Do the words ‘Senator Sarah Palin’ excite you?” Well, if her best line at CPAC is actually drinking a Big Gulp soda, then possibly a few soda lovers are very excited. Yay.

The Tea Party group is trying to draft half-term Alaska governor and former Fox News commentator to run for the Senate in 2014.

Read the full post here:

Unbelievable….they really and truly have no new ideas nor politicians anyone wants to elect once you got to know them. John McSame…please retire before you unleash another bad news candidate like Quitter Sarah on the nation!

VP Joe Biden to McCain: If 2008 economy had been better “I think you probably would have won.”

 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Gotta love Joe Biden:

(CNN) — “The truth of the matter is, Barack knows it, I know, had the economy not collapsed around your ears, John, in the middle of literally, as things were moving, I think you probably would have won,” Biden said during the annual Sedona forum at the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University.

“It would have been incredibly, incredibly, incredibly close. You inherited a really difficult time,” Biden said to McCain, R-Arizona.

mccain panic President McCain? Nooooo!

“You inherited a really difficult time.” So did President Obama, and we’re all still paying for it.

Bonus Cartoon of the Day- John McCain and Syria

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Via.

Dems blast GOP over “false, extremely irresponsible” Benghazi charges, demand apology to Hillary Clinton

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Which party was it again, that withheld all that money for embassy security improvements, the money that would have kept our diplomats abroad safer?

As I posted previously, per a fascinating post at Down With Tyranny, the loudest nonstop accuser, McCain, said that Ambassador Stevens “sent concerns about security, voiced them to me.” And then McCain himself chose to do nothing, instead doing his “look over there” routine with the help of his faithful sidekick Lindsey Graham. Why is that? Well, maybe because of his own failure to support an increase in the security budget, or maybe his story isn’t true, or maybe to divert attention away from the fact that he chose to do nothing when he got direct information from Ambassador Stevens about his safety concerns.

The Economist explained why a Benghazi cover-up by the administration would make absolutely no sense.

Now, per The Hill, Dems are blasting the GOP over the absurd Benghazi charges against Hillary Clinton. More like this, please:

Republicans should apologize to Hillary Clinton for the “false accusations” that she personally signed off on security cuts at the Benghazi mission prior to last year’s attack, the top Democrat on the House oversight panel said Thursday.

The allegations are “false, extremely irresponsible, and lack even a rudimentary understanding of how State Department cables are processed,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) wrote in a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). “I respectfully request that you retract your erroneous staff report and apologize to Secretary Clinton on behalf of your Chairmen and your Republican conference.”

Here are a few screen grabs of Rep. Cummings’ letter. He put the Republicans in their place with a blistering exposé of their embarrassing and false claims:

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Video- Real Time: New Rules (Special John McCain Shout Out) 4/19/13

Poor Iggy. Via the lovely and talented Heather.

VIDEO: McCain: “I don’t understand” why GOP would filibuster gun legislation. Should’ve stopped after the word “filibuster.”

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What a surprise! John McCain on a Sunday talk show! But I digress.

Think Progress has a post up titled, McCain: ‘I Don’t Understand’ Why GOP Would Filibuster Gun Legislation.

That should have read, “McCain: ‘I don’t understand why the GOP would filibuster.’” Most of us sure don’t understand why the GOP would filibuster 99% of what they freaking filibuster.

Well, actually we do. Their raison d’être is obstruction, their goal (other than acquiring more money and power, that is) is to tarnish President Obama and his legacy, and their appallingly gleeful reliance on perpetual blocking comes from the successes they’ve had.

Did I mention that Harry Reid (and many Democrats) is aiding and abetting them? I did? Good.

Here is the entire Face the Nation interview. Relevant segment starts at about 9:45:

McCain:

I don’t understand it. The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.

Schieffer:

So you’d encourage Republicans not to filibuster?

McCain:

I would not only encourage it, I don’t understand it. What are we afraid of? … Why would we not want…  Why not take it up and amend it and debate? The American people would profit from it. I do not understand why United States senators want to block debate when the leader has said we can have amendments.

Quickie- Meghan McCain to Get ‘Docu-Talk’ TV Show

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When you think of all the talented people out there who deserve a show, this shit just makes your head hurt.

The MSNBC contributor and daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., announced on Twitter Wednesday that “Raising McCain,” a “genre-busting docu-talk series” will premiere sometime this summer on Pivot, a newly-launched cable network.

According to Deadline, Pivot will launch on Aug. 1 and will have more than 300 hours of original programming during its first year. According to the network, McCain will hit discuss current events with experts and “regular people.” The first season is scheduled to have 10 episodes.