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Jeb Bush Attacks Marco Rubio To The Tune Of “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'”
Lets face it – part of the fun of primary season is the sometime hysterical manner and audacious lengths some candidates will go to attack another.
Today we get Jeb Bush’s latest attack on Sen. Marco Rubio which incorporates the recent “Bootgate” story regarding Rubio’s choice of Cuban heel footwear.
Set to the tune of Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” the spot highlights Rubio’s absences at Senate votes and his record of flip-flopping.
It’s worth noting that Jeb Bush was once considered a mentor of sorts to young Rubio.
State Of The Union: How Much Actually Gets Done?
Interesting graph via NPR regarding how many of the items listed in past State of the Union addresses actually get marked done as “Successful” or “Partially Successful.”
You’ll notice President Obama’s three Democratic predecessors achieved the greatest percentage of their SOTU requests compared to the Republican presidents.
It’s a wonder Obama actually got even 31% done when you consider then Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the Repubs first priority was making him a one-term president.
They didn’t even achieve that.
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The Congressman Who Invited Kim Davis To State Of The Union Didn’t Know He Invited Her
Well, this is awkward.
It was announced last week that anti-gay county clerk Kim Davis would be attending the State of the Union address tonight. These appearances are usually via invitation by a member of Congress.
So, folks were wondering: who invited the infamous county clerk?
Today we find out it is GOP Congressman Jim Jordan from Ohio.
Actually, HE found out today himself.
From Huffington Post:
“I didn’t invite anyone,” Jordan initially said late Tuesday afternoon, as he was jogging to House votes. When pressed on whether he had given his ticket to the Family Research Council, which then gave it to Davis — which is what a Democratic aide told HuffPost had happened — Jordan said he would have to confirm with his office. “I don’t know,” he said.
“My understanding is they gave them to the Family Research Council,” Jordan said, promising to call his staff and get back in touch.
Jordan was later spotted in the Capitol basement, on the phone with his communications director, confirming what had happened.
“Yeah, so we gave a ticket to — at the request of the Family Research Council — we gave the ticket to Kim Davis’ family,” he said.
Jordan said he was fine with his ticket going to Davis, who has been lionized by many conservatives and chastised by many liberals for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and that the secrecy wasn’t intentional.
“I found out today,” Jordan said. “And I’m being totally honest with you: That’s — Family Research Council asked us, her family wanted a ticket, and we said ‘OK.'”
So Kim Davis’ family made the request? For someone who says she doesn’t like attention, she’s sure going to great lengths to get even more.
NOM President Brian Brown Is “Outraged” Over Jim Obergefell’s Invite To State Of The Union Address
Virulently anti-gay Brian Brown, president of the ironically named National Organization for Marriage, is super-mad y’all.
Brown is upset (and begging for money) because Jim Obergefell will be sitting with the First Lady at tonight’s State of the Union address.
As you probably know, Obergefell was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit that led to the historic marriage equality decision by SCOTUS last summer.
Via press release:
“It’s an outrage that President Obama is honoring the extermination of true marriage in our nation’s laws as a result of an anti-constitutional, illegitimate ruling of the US Supreme Court,” said Brian Brown, NOM’s president.
“President Obama is trying to honor something that is completely dishonorable because it strips from the law the truth of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and substitutes a fiction from the left that marriage can be anything you want it to be.”
I wasn’t aware that heterosexual marriage is now “exterminated?”
Of course, what he’s really mad about is his six-figure annual salary is about to go bye-bye.
Donald Trump Started Playing “Born In The USA” At Rallies To Taunt Ted Cruz
Via Talking Points Memo:
Now that he has raised questions about Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) Canadian birth and American citizenship, Donald Trump has started playing Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” before campaign rallies, according to reports in The Weekly Standard and the Texas Tribune.
The introduction of the song may be an attempt by the real estate mogul to troll Cruz as many openly wonder whether he is eligible to run for president.
Cruz was born in Canada, but his mother was an American citizen, earning Cruz citizenship in the United States at birth. The Texas senator has repeatedly said that he is eligible to run for president.
Daily Dance
Boys who do ballet >>> pic.twitter.com/EkMFNT7lnN— DCHomos (@DCHomos) January 12, 2016
Louisiana: 100,000 Residents Will Gain Access To Medicaid As New Governor Takes Office
Two bits of good news in Louisiana – Gov. Bobby Jindal is out and newly elected Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards is in.
Plus, 100,000 residents will get healthcare immediately.
Edwards says that he’s signing off on Medicaid expansion this Tuesday. That means at least one hundred thousand low-income residents of Louisiana will gain access to health care immediately.
The Affordable Care Act of 2009 provided federal funding for expanding Medicaid to those who are as much as thirty-eight percent over the poverty line, but the Supreme Court subsequently ruled that individual states could decline the funds.
Jindal was among the republican governors who chose politics over the health of their own residents. But that now ends immediately. And the people of Louisiana are about to get even more good news.
In related news, Kentucky’s new Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has announced he will begin to dismantle his state’s health insurance exchange, kynect.
One step forward, one step back.
Eliad Cohen’s “Papa World Tour” Serves Up A Super-Hero Wet Dream
A photo posted by Eliad Cohen (@eliad_cohen) on Jan 12, 2016 at 7:33am PST
Sneak Peek: Adele Joins James Corden For Some “Karaoke Carpool”
James Corden shares a sneak peek at his next guest who will be joining him for some “Carpool Karaoke” – Adele!
The full fun will air Wednesday night, but we get this advance clip to enjoy.
Previous “carpoolers” include Justin Bieber, Jennifer Hudson and One Direction.
Corden is killing it on The Late Late Show.