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February 5, 2009 - 02:12 am

Roll Call: No interparty marriages

VOTE LIBERTARIAN

At the request of a lobbyist, a renowned Capitol ghostwriter came up with two Top 10 lists on Why You Don't Want Your Daughter Marrying a Republican and, likewise, Why You Don't Want Your Daughter Marrying a Democrat.

The lists include:

REPUBLICANS

1 Seriously, who wants to hear Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA at a wedding?

2 Never any recording space left on TiVo because of all the Bill O'Reilly shows.

3 They'll be forced to buy crappy cars made in America.

DEMOCRATS

1 In all likelihood they will live their lives in abject poverty.

2 Only choices of reading material in their bathroom are Mother Jones, High Times or a dog-eared copy of The Audacity of Hope.

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February 3, 2009 - 01:34 pm

NEWS FEED: Colorado Independent

Weekly Audit: Stimulus stagnation

By Zach Carter, Tmc Mediawire Blogger

(Graphic/Wikimedia)

Despite a lofty launch last week, the Good Ship Bipartisan is sunk, at least so far as the economic stimulus is concerned. President Barack Obama and House Democrats bent over backwards to appease the GOP by including several tax breaks and excluding a major anti-foreclosure measure from the package, but when it came time to vote, zero House Republicans backed the bill. Lawmakers who actually care about the fate of the U.S. economy are furious. Every day spent haggling with obstinate Republicans means heavier economic damage. What’s more, many of the tax breaks the GOP insisted on are simply terrible policies, whatever the economic climate.

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