Huckabee exposes hypocrisy of GOP leaders on abortion
Mike Huckabee, perhaps the most prominent leader of the GOP’s evangelical wing, has come out strongly in defense of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Here’s a portion of the email that Huckabee sent out to his followers:
The Party’s leaders have for reasons that aren’t rational, left (Akin) behind on the political battlefield, wounded and bleeding, a casualty of his self-inflicted, but not intentional wound. In a Party that supposedly stands for life, it was tragic to see the carefully orchestrated and systematic attack on a fellow Republican. Not for a moral failure or corruption or a criminal act, but for a misstatement which he contritely and utterly repudiated.
I was shocked by GOP leaders and elected officials who rushed so quickly to end the political life of a candidate over a mistaken comment in an interview. This was a serious mistake, but it was blown out of proportion not by the left, but by Akin’s own Republican Party. Is this what the party really thinks of principled pro-life advocates? Do we forgive and forget the verbal gaffes of Republicans who are “conveniently pro-life” for political advantage, but crucify one who truly believes that every life is sacred?
Who ordered this “Code Red” on Akin? There were talking point memos sent from the National Republican Senatorial Committee suggesting language to urge Akin to drop out. Political consultants were ordered to stay away from Akin or lose future business with GOP committees. Operatives were recruited to set up a network of pastors to call Akin to urge him to get out. Money has changed hands to push him off the plank. It is disgraceful.
From the spotlights of political offices and media perches, it may appear that the demand for Akin’s head is universal in the party. I assure you it is not. There is a vast, but mostly quiet army of people who have an innate sense of fairness and don’t like to see a fellow political pilgrim bullied. If Todd Akin loses the Senate seat, I will not blame Todd Akin. He made his mistake, but was man enough to admit it and apologize. I’m waiting for the apology from whoever the genius was on the high pedestals of our party who thought it wise to not only shoot our wounded, but run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves. It wasn’t just Todd Akin that was treated with contempt by the thinly veiled attack on Todd Akin. It was all the people who have faithfully knocked doors, made calls, and made sacrificial contributions to elect Republicans because we thought we were welcome in the party. Todd Akin owned his mistake. Who will step up and admit the effort being made to discredit Akin and apologize for the sleazy way it’s been handled?
Without in any way minimizing Akin’s rhetoric, there’s a lot of truth in Huckabee’s screed. The congressman’s position on rape and abortion is not by any means out of line with that of the Republican Party mainstream. The 2012 party platform calls for a ban on abortion, with no provision for exceptions in cases of rape and incest. It also calls for recognition in law that human life begins at the moment of conception, a position that precludes the right to choose for rape and incest victims.
As Huckabee understands, Akin is being ostracized by his party not for what he believes, but for stating what he believes too bluntly, and for calling attention to things that party elders want to keep hidden. It is telling, for instance, that Mitt Romney’s campaign is refusing to allow reporters to interview him unless they agree beforehand not to ask questions about abortion.
The GOP establishment wants the loyalty of the pro-life movement without the political baggage that comes with it among the general public. And it is bitterly angry with Akin because he has made it difficult to achieve those contradictory goals.
– Jay Bookman
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0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:30 pm
Mama:
You’re tiring me ………… bye !
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
1:30 pm
is
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
1:30 pm
These are all great points…
Ummmm, no.
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:30 pm
Keep up the Good Fight for Romney…
Did Mitt take money from Rush? How much? When?
Or are you making things up?
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 24th, 2012
1:30 pm
Steve Shamrock…All Republican Parrot…
Madmax
August 24th, 2012
1:30 pm
National debt $15983870600301 or $50,871 per capita or $139,954 per taxpayer – but let’s talk about abortion
Unfunded liabilities $120296583711026 or $1,053,315 per taxpayer but let’s talk of anything but spending and budgets. Still think tax increases are going to solve the problem?
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:31 pm
Sorry Kamchak…you are right…they are great quotes and facts.
My bad.
kayaker 71
August 24th, 2012
1:31 pm
Meanwhile, while we discuss abortion,a record 373,000 new people filed for unemployment in the US. Georgia’s unemployment went to 9.3%, a full point above the so called massaged national average. And 13 people are shot on one street in Chicago in less than 30 minutes. Buuuuut, that’s OK…… these are just peripheral issues, sort of like Romney’s dog and Sandra’s BC pills.
Jeeeze.
Pizzaman
August 24th, 2012
1:32 pm
Steve Shamrock @ 1:14 No the President is NOT cutting 716 billion from Medicare. He’s cutting 716 billion paid to pig insurance as subsidies under Medicare C, or Medicare Advantage, a Bush/Repub initiative that is paying off like a slot machine to insurance co’s, big investors in Repubs. And, if your keeping up, R/R will keep it. The CBO says the Presidents plan will help and enhance Medicare. The R/R plan will bankrupt it before the end of their first term, if they have one. Check you facts.
Signed
A Medicare Beneficiary of 4 years who pays attention to facts.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:32 pm
td — “Since you libs are on such a high and mighty stance today then let us here the defense of this comment.”
Why would we defend something like that?
Link, please.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:32 pm
Aquagirl:
RIGHT:
Liberty
In God We Trust
E pluribus unum (out of many, one)
LEFT:
Equality
State Secularism
Multiculturalism
Author: Dennis Prager
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
1:32 pm
“Since you libs are on such a high and mighty stance today then let us here the defense of this comment”
context please
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 24th, 2012
1:33 pm
STEVE,
Mostly all good undisputable points…you didn’t mention $5 jar of peanut butter. President Trillions has nothing to do with house prices and gas although his energy policy, driven by those who currently benefit and give him cash, is likely to make things worse. Obama Care is going the be worse that the Bush tax cuts in terms of costs. The debt is a massive problem that is getting no legitimate attention. Not sure there is any more corruption by either party…
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:34 pm
0311 — “Mama: You’re tiring me ………… bye !”
I knew you didn’t have any staying power. (giggling)
That’s why I was Army. We pentrate deeper, go farther, stay longer and carry a heavier load.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:34 pm
Happens quite often ………… especially EEO stuff, pay equity, whistleblower issues.
And that’s not the case with the ICE Agents. Their lawsuit is because of a policy issue, not anything related towards the things you mentioned. The policy they are suing over is no different than the policy that gives people TPS (Temporary Protected Status) if they are from certain countries. That program has been on the books since the 1990’s.
Their suit, in my opinion, is nothing more than political leanings masquerading as some kind of justified stance in relation to their jobs. The scope of their job has not changed because of that action by Obama. If anything, they get a temporary reprieve to focus their tasks for 2 years.
I haven’t seen any news articles related to them rounding up and deporting school aged children before, so one would think that wasn’t high on their priority list anyway.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:34 pm
Hey Granny! From down below:
“Granny Godzilla – Union Thugette”
“What’s going on here ? Both of these places are “GUN FREE ZONES” !
Pardon me Mr. Digits, but that’s flat out wrong
Hand gun ban “shot down” by SCOTUS by….5-4.
2 years ago.”
Sorry Granny …………… go back and read Heller v. D.C.
That ruling established “in the home” as an individual right.
Illinois/Chicago and New York City do not allow carry on the streets (except for the criminals).
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:34 pm
Pizzaman…I must correct you…Obama is cutting $716 Billion to fund Obamacare…another entitlement.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
1:34 pm
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:20 pm
I’m sure he just learned it from John McCains conversations with his wife. You do know about that don’t you?
And while I hate that word….it’s certainly true that Ms. Palin
has done some serious name calling herself. If she didn’t want to take it she never should have started dishing it out.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:35 pm
Oy vey…… In the 1995 New York magazine profile of “Saturday Night Live,” Franken is described among a group of show writers sounding out a possible parody of Andy Rooney centered on a sedative pill bottle found in the “60 Minutes” essayist’s desk. Franken and fellow writers Norm MacDonald and Jim Downey kick around fictional Rooney responses to the discovery of the bottle.
The article quotes Franken putting an edgy twist on the discussion: “And ‘I give the pills to Lesley Stahl. Then when Lesley’s passed out, I take her to the closet and rape her.’ Or ‘That’s why you never see Lesley until February.’ Or, ‘When she passes out I put her in various positions and take pictures of her.”
MacDonald takes it a step further, suggesting that the Rooney rape comment be directed at other “60 Minutes” icons Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley. Franken chimes in: “What about ‘I drag Mike into my office and rape him. Right here! I guess that makes me bad.’”
The skit never saw air after the final product got weak laughs in dress rehearsal, the magazine article said.
Ahh so the poutrage is now about comedy writers in the creative process of comedy writing and the false equivalence to the beliefs and party line of GOP candidates.
Can you cons be any more absurd?
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:35 pm
Why are you blocking my quotes from Senator Al Franken?
Jay never forgave him for Stuart Smalley.
Thulsa Doom
August 24th, 2012
1:35 pm
And in other news a disorganized community in Chicago has lost its organizer. This is what happens when liberals run a big city.
CHICAGO — Police say 13 people were shot and wounded in a 30-minute spate of violence in Chicago, including eight gunned down on a single street.
Authorities have been battling an increase in homicides in the city where some aldermen complain gangs have no fear of the police.
Police say a drive-by shooting on Chicago’s South Side late Thursday wounded seven men and one woman ranging in age from 14 to 20 years. Two of the victims were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital. Most are in stable condition. Police say the 19-year-old woman wounded was shot in the arm while walking to work.
Five people were wounded in three other shootings around the same time.
Police say 19 people were shot in Chicago on Thursday night and early Friday.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
1:35 pm
Sorry Kamchak…you are right
Please don’t seek to put words in my mouth, stevie-poo. I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night.
…they are great quotes and facts.
Ummmm, no.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:35 pm
ARMY ……… “Aint’ Ready to be a Marine Yet”
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/23/13437321-faith-in-armys-direction-falls-to-all-time-low-survey-shows?lite
That Black Guy
August 24th, 2012
1:36 pm
Adam
August 24th, 2012
11:42 am
Who in public life is even willing to admit being a moderate Republican?
Re-quoted and re-asked. I want to know the answer to this.
____________________________________
Brown
Snowe
Richardson (I think that’s her name from Maine or VT)
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 24th, 2012
1:36 pm
PIZZAMAN,
I don’t see Obama’s Mediscare strategy any more effective than whats on the GOP agenda. I can guarantee that this OBAMACARE thingy is going to push the deficit into the stratosphere and render a material % of those currently uninsured without access..
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:36 pm
Thulsa:
You must be making that up. Chicago is a “gun free zone” !
Aquagirl
August 24th, 2012
1:36 pm
Steve Shamrock @ 1:14 No the President is NOT cutting 716 billion
Steve is so proud of his cut ‘n pasties. Let the man enjoy them without, y’know, having to read or process or any of those think-y things. It ruins the fun for him.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
kayaker 71
August 24th, 2012
1:31 pm
Meanwhile, while we discuss abortion,a record 373,000 new people filed for unemployment
Just damn that Speaker Boenher for all that time he wasted since the 2010 JOBS JOBS JOBS election pushing (over 30?) abortion related billsthrough the house
What WAS he thinking?
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
Seriously? They’re complaining that COMEDY WRITERS tossed around sick ideas?
that’s like complaining that your clean-up hitter keeps knocking balls over the fence.
td
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:32 pm
td — “Since you libs are on such a high and mighty stance today then let us here the defense of this comment.”
Why would we defend something like that?
Link, please.
Jay has blocked the post with the link twice. Go to NYmag.com.
Comedy Isn’t Funny
Saturday Night Live at twenty—how the show that transformed TV became a grim joke.
By Chris Smith
Published
From the March 13, 1995 issue of New York Magazine.
Since Franken is now out stumping for the President with the VP should we not also tie his views around Obama’s neck?
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
Would it be rude to point out that Mitt’s prospered from the processing of these “potential humans” pro-criminalization folks are always crying about?
dB
Nope. It’s actually interesting when you consider that Romneycare made the process so cheap that most anybody could afford one. What better way to boost your profits than to make your service availble to most anybody with $50 in their pockets.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
Shamrock, did I say Rush gave Mitt money? I don’t know. Maybe he did. We’ve not seen all the donors. You do know that Rush is a regular speaker at CPAC and other events right. Oh wait, your poutrage is only directed at one party.
How’s your day going with Ronald there? Can we expect more clownish commentary?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:38 pm
0311 — USMC = Uncle Sam’s Misbegotten Children
td
August 24th, 2012
1:39 pm
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
Seriously? They’re complaining that COMEDY WRITERS tossed around sick ideas?
So joking about drugging and raping women is alright.
barking frog
August 24th, 2012
1:39 pm
“Code Red” for Akin.
What color was Newt’s Code?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:39 pm
td — “Since Franken is now out stumping for the President with the VP should we not also tie his views around Obama’s neck?”
Since it has now been established that that was a COMEDY SKETCH being considered for Saturday Night Live, your lie has been exposed for what it is.
Sorry, td. Insert quarter and try again.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 24th, 2012
1:40 pm
“Meanwhile, while we discuss abortion,a record 373,000 new people filed for unemployment in the US. Georgia’s unemployment went to 9.3%, a full point above the so called massaged national average. And 13 people are shot on one street in Chicago in less than 30 minutes.”
Yeah, when are those job creators going to create jobs? And when is Congress going to pass some sensible Gun regulations? The House of Representatives could do it easily….but they won’t…they’d rather pass multiple anti abortion resolutions. They have their mind so focused on a woman’s vagina that they should be classed XXX.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:41 pm
How about that U.S. Army under our current Commander in Chief’s leadership ?
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/23/13437321-faith-in-armys-direction-falls-to-all-time-low-survey-shows?lite
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:41 pm
Another liberal butt whipping on Jay’s blog…
got to get back to work so I can pay for some more liberal entitlements.
USMC
August 24th, 2012
1:42 pm
U.S. ARMY Survival Guide….
https://twitter.com/MidwestMarines/status/193915477557387267/photo/1/large
(sorry Scout, couldn’t help myself… back to work)
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:42 pm
“They have their mind so focused on a woman’s vagina that they should be classed XXX.”
Hummmm …………… and I thought the issue was whether or not it was an unborn child ?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:43 pm
0311 — “How about that U.S. Army under our current Commander in Chief’s leadership ?”
I wish y’all would make up your mind about whether he’s the CINC or not. Why, just yesterday, I saw some Navy SEAL practically spitting the words ‘we did that, not you’ on tha teevee.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:44 pm
TBG @ 1:23
I’ve said my votes as of lately have been the “lesser of two evils” choices. I haven’t found many politicians that I have more than 60% agreement with. However, I am of the opinion that when a vote is cast for a candidate, that is an agreement with their stances, even if that’s not your intent. I have, in many an election, simply checked the write-in box and put a name in as opposed to choosing candidates on the ballot.
Trolls Bane
August 24th, 2012
1:45 pm
If the Fundie and Catholic controlled repuke party has its way, religious doctrine masquerating as science will be written into law. Make no mistake, all forms of contraception with the exception of condoms, sterilization, or the “rythym method” will be outlawed … congruent with church teaching.
http://www.lifeissues.org/abortifacients/index.html … the Pill is considered to be abortion … as well as IUDs
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
1:45 pm
Another liberal butt whipping on Jay’s blog…
got to get back to work so I can pay for some more liberal entitlements.
Declaring victory while backing out the door. Sounds very familiar….
Fearful!
August 24th, 2012
1:46 pm
About to head out but saw this little blip: Romney data mining
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ap-exclusive-romney-uses-1505226.html
nelson
August 24th, 2012
1:46 pm
I have to admit a party that will so easily desert one of their own is in serious trouble. Where are the principals, the integrity, the fortitude. It is hard to imagine victory when retreating.
I do not think the democrat liberals would desert their principals of spreading the wealth far and wide so everyone has a chicken in their pot and a car in the garage I hate to tell that story again about the lad that was saying when he grew up he would give all the homeless a new home.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:46 pm
So joking about drugging and raping women is alright.
If you read the piece, you’d recognize that the joke–which wasn’t, you know, actually WRITTEN INTO AN ACTUAL SCRIPT?–centered on how it ISN’T all right, that Andy Rooney would be DEFENDING his (fictional!) indefensible behavior.
You really think kicking around that sort of stuff doesn’t go on everywhere? it’s brainstorming. You determine where the edge is, go past it, and then pull back to refine the material.
Sheesh, have you ever actually written anything?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:47 pm
td, I am sure your poutrage can be directed toward Sam Kinnison. Here you go, enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVmiHPG-028&feature=related
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:48 pm
Another liberal butt whipping on Jay’s blog…got to get back to work so I can pay for some more liberal entitlements.
Rising with a bullet on the pompous leader board.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
1:48 pm
butt whipping and vaginas
gotta love the righties….
Sounds like a GOP retreat
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:48 pm
JHM @ 1:43
TGT
August 24th, 2012
1:50 pm
Let me help you Kam: I’m talking about morality NOT legality when it comes to rape and abortion. If abortion becomes illegal in every situation except when the life of the mother is in danger (as would be the case in MANY states, including GA, if Roe is overturned), are you then going to cease arguing in favor of abortion?
Didn’t think so.
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:50 pm
Granny…sounds like Slick Willy Clinton…just need some cigars thrown in there….
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:51 pm
Sheesh, have you ever actually written anything?
Can he count his blog posts even though he’s used the works of others?
td
August 24th, 2012
1:52 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:47 pm
“td, I am sure your poutrage can be directed toward Sam Kinnison”
Sam Kinnison is not a US Senator but Al Franken is and is out on the stump with the VP campaigning for Obama’s re election.
Just pointing out the extreme hypocrisy coming from you leftest on this issue.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:55 pm
td, you point out something that a comedy writer did 13 years before he ran for Senator….. Comedy does NOT equal belief and we don’t even know the full context of the skit which may have, for example, been to demonstrate the absurdity of certain claims….
But hey, enjoy your pout while we laugh at you.
So you have shown nothing other than you got the absurd talking points of the right.
kayaker 71
August 24th, 2012
1:55 pm
No mention of a suit brought by ICE, suing our Homeland Security Chief for inability to enforce US immigration laws. This is directly tied to the WH and Bozo’s executive order ignoring our Congress and our laws. This is what happens when this arrogant buffoon takes the law into his own hands and ignores the balance of power stipulated by our Constitution. And you sheep are going to vote for this clown. You are just as ignorant as he is. And we continue to talk about abortion.
Jeeze
Newby
August 24th, 2012
1:55 pm
Steve Shanrock: “Obama is cutting $716 Billion”
I just kills me when cons criticize budget cuts!
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:56 pm
Can he count his blog posts
No. I don’t think this claptrap we post here–ok, 99.5% of the stream-of-consciousness claptrap, anyway–should be considered “writing.”
It’s conversation, basically. For every thoughtful Mary Elizabeth piece (or, I should add, well-honed Redneck Convert post–some certainly fall into that category) there are about 48 “U R TEH STOOPIT” variants.
And mind you, I probably self-censor a half-dozen posts of my own if I’m of a mood to bother to actually read what I’ve typed, prior to hitting “submit.”
ITS ALL BUSHS FAULT
August 24th, 2012
1:57 pm
GOP is all for small Govt , unless it relates to your bedroom……….
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:57 pm
I should’ve said “on any given day, a half-dozen posts of my own…” @ 1.56.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
1:58 pm
Let me help you Kam: I’m talking about morality NOT legality when it comes to rape and abortion.
I understood that at the time, Trev.
But when someone starts talking about morality, it’s usually an invitation to a guilt trip on the shame train.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
If abortion becomes illegal in every situation except when the life of the mother is in danger (as would be the case in MANY states, including GA, if Roe is overturned), are you then going to cease arguing in favor of abortion?
Abortion is legal and yet you continue to argue for legislation to prevent it. I respect that, and would never suggest that you didn’t have the right to be politically active in that cause.
If Roe v, Wade is overturned will you deny that same sort of voice and political activism?
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
1:59 pm
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:50 pm
Granny…sounds like Slick Willy Clinton…just need some cigars thrown in there….
.
You invite Former President Clinton to your retreats? That’s nice.
I understand y’all are little to scared to invite the current President again.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:59 pm
dB
Well, I was gonna try to give him credit for a post over at Galloways. Seems that he posted that same thing @ 1:31 over there as he posted @ 1:32 here. Seems that somebody’s hard at work trolling blogs.
Mr Right
August 24th, 2012
2:00 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
12:56 pm
Mr. Right — “So what about the people who have made their stand on an issue they have not experienced, NOT BEING GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LIVE!”
Instead of sitting around waiting for chances to be given to them, they should get off their lazy butts like Mitt Romney and GO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES instead of blaming their failures on others.
Isn’t that what y’all say? Take responsibility for yourself? (laughing)
Sorry Joe, but I just don’t find humor in killing babies!
Thulsa Doom
August 24th, 2012
2:00 pm
Oh noes. More bad news on the economic front. No wonder the libs want to talk about side issues like abortion as opposed to the dismal Obama economy.
Are you really better off than you were 4 years ago? Not according to this.
Household income down 4.8 percent since “economic recovery” began
9:29 am August 24, 2012, by David Markiewicz
A new report shows that real median household income, while improved since the end last year, is still down by 4.8 percent since the “economic recovery” began in June 2009.
That’s actually larger than the 2.6 percent decline in income that occurred during the official recession period from December 2007 to June 2009, and means that median household income is now 7.2 percent below the December 2007 level.
The findings are contained in Sentier Research’s report, “Changes in Household Income During the Economic Recovery: June 2009 to June 2012.
Median annual household income declined during the recession from $54,916 in December 2007 to $53,508 in June 2009. During the so-called recovery, it continued to fall, to $50,964.
“Based on our data, almost every group is worse off now than it was three years ago, with the exception of households with householders 65 years old and over,” said Gordon Green of Sentier Research.
“For some groups of households _ Blacks, men living alone, younger and upper middle-age brackets, those with some college but no degree, the unemployed, the self-employed, and those living in the West _ the declines tended to be larger than average.”
The findings are contained in Sentier Research’s report, “Changes in Household Income During the Economic Recovery: June 2009 to June 2012.
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Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:02 pm
K71 — “No mention of a suit brought by ICE, suing our Homeland Security Chief for inability to enforce US immigration laws. This is directly tied to the WH and Bozo’s executive order ignoring our Congress and our laws. This is what happens when this arrogant buffoon takes the law into his own hands and ignores the balance of power stipulated by our Constitution. And you sheep are going to vote for this clown. You are just as ignorant as he is.”
Actually, you’re the ignorant one here.
The President simply took an EXISTING DHS/ICE policy and put his weight behind it. I’ve posted the internal document here (that spells the policy out and is dated over a year ago) here many times.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
2:02 pm
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thelma spam.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
2:02 pm
No mention of a suit brought by ICE
Yes, it is terribly newsworthy that one can find 10 right-wing @ssholes in any large government agency willing to grandstand for a cause, particularly around election time.
I mean, it’s being led by the Kansas secretary of state. That’s like one rank above “Michigan Militia Grand Wizard.”
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:02 pm
Mitt romney has a plan for the economy? Go ahead lay it for us all, I want to know…
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:03 pm
Mr. Right — “Sorry Joe, but I just don’t find humor in killing babies!”
Shrug. There’s no baby involved. Feti yes. Babies no.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
2:03 pm
Well, I was gonna try to give him credit for a post over at Galloways.
ah… gotcha.
Mr Right
August 24th, 2012
2:04 pm
GOP is all for small Govt , unless it relates to your bedroom……….
If the Dems are so about small gov. in your bedroom, why do they think we as taxpayers should pay for their contraception?
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
2:04 pm
“Sorry Joe, but I just don’t find humor in killing babies!”
It was just a modest proposal, sheesh.
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
2:06 pm
“Sam Kinnison is not a US Senator but Al Franken is”
And he STILL works for SNL? Who knew?!
Matti
August 24th, 2012
2:06 pm
I can’t look at a picture of Rev Huck without shuddering at the memory of watching him play his guitar and sing on his Sunday night show with guest Ted Nugent. They were doing Cat Scratch Fever, and Rev Huck was singing all the words correctly.
Ewwww! Ewwww! Ewwwwww! Please, somebody get this out of my head!
Mr Right
August 24th, 2012
2:06 pm
Shrug. There’s no baby involved. Feti yes. Babies no.
Wow Joe, Wow! Such a COLD heart!
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:07 pm
Mr. Right — “If the Dems are so about small gov. in your bedroom, why do they think we as taxpayers should pay for their contraception?”
If you get your boner pills paid for by your health insurer, then why would you be opposed to a woman getting her Ortho-Tricyclen paid for the same way?
Or don’t you think the government is in your bedroom if you use boner pills? Besides, you didn’t build that boner — your health insurer did.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
2:07 pm
why do they think we as taxpayers should pay for their contraception?
Why not? It’s part of healthcare. Medicaid should pay for elective abortion as well, but the candy-ass Democrats haven’t had the balls to take the Hyde Amendment out back and shoot it, like they should’ve years ago.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:08 pm
Mr. Right — “Wow Joe, Wow! Such a COLD heart!”
How terrible for you that people can actually disagree with each other.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
2:08 pm
Funny how the conned have all the poutrage directed at former comedy writers but have no problem electing convicted criminals and those who resign to avoid ethics charges.
Pout on!
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:08 pm
matti
I saw that too! It was quite incredible, the huckster in coat and tie playing with the nuge! Huck was solid on the bass, rock n roll transcends politics IMHO…
skydog
August 24th, 2012
2:10 pm
Mitt just made a birther foot in mouth.
Os spokesman lit him up big time!
These guys are trying to lose.
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
2:10 pm
“Sorry Joe, but I just don’t find humor in killing babies!”
Of course not. Killing babies is illegal
Holy Moly!
August 24th, 2012
2:10 pm
thulsa – is that excitemnt in your post? Your happy the economy hasn’t been turned around in 3.5 years after 8 long years of tearing it apart under the watchful eye of the prior adminsitration? Please don’t tell me the right is happy people are having a tough time so that it might get Romney votes.
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
2:11 pm
“why do they think we as taxpayers should pay for their contraception?”
We don’t. Next question.
skydog
August 24th, 2012
2:11 pm
or loose
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2012
2:11 pm
Wonder if ole Huck “made her________ purr with the stroke of his hand”
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:12 pm
What cracks me up is that people like doom, yaker, and rb, complain about obama’s abysmal economic record but how much of it is really out of his control anyway? I mean is the whole of europes distress obama’s fault too? What exactly is it that the mittsiah will do that they are so confident of? I’d really like to know besides cut taxes and blame obama…
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2012
2:12 pm
Mick
yes it does transcend politics
If you can play, you can play……… period
kayaker 71
August 24th, 2012
2:12 pm
The ICE lawsuit would not be necessary if someone was doing their job. Clearly, Homeland Security is just a mouthpiece for Bozo and his ignoring our present immigration laws.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
2:13 pm
kayaker
Scout beat ya to that one. It’s nothing more than political grandstanding. Same as the SEAL’s and their PAC. A true agent does their job, stays out of politics, and would have no problem in communicating that very thing to you. They just need to make sure they don’t run afoul of the Hatch Act in the process. With the people they’re allowing to co-sign their lawsuit, it’s gonna get very political at lightning speed.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:14 pm
Mama:
He is ………. and they did ………. not him.
Madmax
August 24th, 2012
2:14 pm
Newby
August 24th, 2012
1:55 pm
It’s a “proposed budget cut” that he then uses to spend someplace else. And what happens when the “proposed budget cut” doesn’t materialize (aka the Doc fix). It’s called more deficit spending. I’ll do the Missouri thing of I’ll believe it’s a budget cut when real spending goes down.Taking imaginary dollars from one program to pay for another program is one of the reasons we are in this mess and both sides are guilty of it. There are no blameless parties when it comes to spending.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
2:14 pm
the economy hasn’t been turned around in 3.5 years after 8 long years of tearing it apart under the watchful eye of the prior adminsitration?
8 years?
Try 32 years, and that includes the Clinton administration.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
2:15 pm
Killing babies is illegal
but but, State Senator Obama didn’t vote for that bill that woulda made it super duper double-plus illegal, which means he is pro-babykilling. Apparently.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:16 pm
0311 — “He is ………. and they did ………. not him.”
Your concession is noted. Obama is the CinC and enjoys the same degree of congratulations and success in getting OBL and Qaddafi that Bush enjoyed in getting Saddam Hussein.
USMC
August 24th, 2012
2:16 pm
Anderson Cooper exposes hypocrisy and out right lies of DNC leaders on abortion…
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/23/anderson-cooper-keeps-dnc-honest/?hpt=hp_tvbx
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:16 pm
USMC:
“U.S. ARMY Survival Guide….
https://twitter.com/MidwestMarines/status/193915477557387267/photo/1/large
(sorry Scout, couldn’t help myself… back to work) ”
Yep ……….. remember the 7th U.S. Army Regiment at the Frozen Chosin ?