Government set to shut down leaving 800,000 federal workers with their pay suspended as Senate adjourns after Democrats dig in and refuse to approve bill with billions assigned to Trump’s border wall. So it’s not really a complete shutdown. We wonder how many of the 800,000 voted Democrat?
Tag: Chuck Schumer
Schumer in ’07: ‘We Should Not Confirm Any Bush Nominee to the Supreme Court’
Schumer in ’07: ‘We Should Not Confirm Any Bush Nominee to the Supreme Court.’ Now Senator Beelzebub is telling the Republicans not to use this.
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FLASHBACK: In 2007, Schumer Called For Blocking All Bush Supreme Court Nominations
FLASHBACK: In 2007, Schumer Called For Blocking All Bush Supreme Court Nominations. Old Chucky will be squealing like a stuck pig when the Republicans hold up Obama’s nominees.
Heartbreak for Chuck Schumer: 50% of voters think the Democrats’ agenda is too extreme
Voters continue to view the Republican agenda in Congress as more mainstream than the agenda of the Democrats.
Last week Chuck Schumer trotted out the results of the Democrats’ latest focus group and ordered his party’s other senators to begin calling the Republican agenda “extreme” in every other sentence. Now we know why.
Rasmussen has the bad news for Schumer:
Voters continue to view the Republican agenda in Congress as more mainstream than the agenda of the Democrats. But only one-in-four voters think the average member of either party shares the same ideology they do.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows that 45% say it would be more accurate to describe the agenda of Republicans in Congress as mainstream, up five points from last month. Thirty-eight percent (38%) say it’s more accurate to describe that agenda as extreme, while 17% more are undecided.
But half of voters (50%) say the Democratic agenda in Congress is extreme, while 37% see it as mainstream, also up five points from a month ago. Another 14% are not sure.
Surely Schumer finds these results disappointing in the extreme.
Source: Rasmussen
Investigation Nation: Schumer demands to know why there aren’t more Democrats in NYC
New York Senator Chuck Schumer is this close to having a tizzy fit. This close. The Democrat is irate that New York City’s population barely budged in the last ten years.
New York Senator Chuck Schumer is this close to having a tizzy fit. This close. The Democrat is irate that New York City’s population barely budged in the last ten years.
The New York Daily News has the details:
Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the federal government Saturday to probe the 2010 U.S. Census’ finding that New York City had grown by a mere trickle.
“These numbers cry out for investigation,” Schumer said, adding his voice to a chorus of critics, including Mayor Bloomberg, who have railed against the decennial count.
“I’m going to put a lot of pressure on them to do it,” he said. “For the census director to just shrug his shoulders … isn’t good enough.”
The U.S. Census reported that the city grew by 166,855 over a decade to 8.175 million despite a Census estimate last year that reported the city was home to 8.3million people.
Schumer called for the investigation in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves.
Oh, yeah, this should be a fascinating investigation as Schumer delves into whether a Democrat President and a Democrat House of Representatives and a Democrat Senate and a Democrat Census Director all conspired to shortchange a Democrat stronghold.
We would propose that there’s a perfectly logical explanation as to why New York City fell short of earlier census estimates: If you had a Congressmen like Anthony Weiner and Charlie Rangel and a senator like Chuck Schumer, wouldn’t you consider moving somewhere else, too.
Source: New York Daily News
Sarah Palin’s Alaska inspires other politicians to pitch their own reality TV shows
Following the successful debut of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” agents representing other politicians are rushing to Hollywood to pitch reality shows for their clients.
Few original ideas have ever been generated in Hollywood and even fewer have ever come from Washington, DC. The two towns were made for each other.
So following the successful debut of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” (TLC reported a record 5,000,000 viewers for the premiere episode), agents representing other politicians are rushing to Hollywood to pitch reality shows for their clients.
So here are some other reality programs we’re looking forward to in the near future:
“Harry Reid’s Nevada”
Join the soon to be former Senate majority leader as he goes prospecting for gold on K Street. Visit his boyhood home in Searchlight, Nevada and learn how he became wealthy working in the private sector for a mere two years. Watch him give charisma lessons to other Democrats. Don’t miss a moment when Harry Reid’s Nevada premieres Sunday, Nov. 14 at 9/8C only on MSNBC.
“John Kerry’s Massachusetts”
Deep in the wilds of a Massachusetts gated community, John Kerry faces the toughest decision of his life: where to dock his new yacht. The gang from Jersey Shore make a cameo to explain to Senator Kerry how lowering taxes can promote economic growth and result in more government revenues. Later, Kerry fights for wind power in someone else’s backyard. It’s “John Kerry’s Massachusetts” premiering Monday, November 22 at 9/8C on CNN.
“Barbara Boxer’s California”
Wham-Bam-Don’t-Call-Me-Ma’am. Barbara Boxer gets in a tiff with a barista at Starbucks who refuses to call her grande skinny latte a “Senator Grande Skinny Latte.” Join Barbara as she explores the California Aqueduct through the dried-up breadbasket of California’s Central Valley and all the way back to the spawning grounds of the endangered delta smelt, stopping, of course, at 5-star resorts along the way. “Barbara Boxer’s California” debuts Tuesday, November 23 at 9/8 Central on MSNBC.
“Elliot Spitzer’s New York”
Experience New York like you never have before as Elliot takes you on a wild romp through the Empire State. Accompany him as he rides bareback through the canyons of the Adirondacks. Catch crabs with the former governor as he plunges his rod into the pristine waters of the Hudson. Bone up on you local history as he navigates the annals of the world’s oldest profession. “Elliot Spitzer’s New York.” Premiering next Friday at 9/8 Central only on IHTM-TV.
“Lisa Murkowski’s Alaska”
Lisa Murkowski debates changing her last name to Smith to ease future write-in campaigns. A trip to the hairdresser ends in disaster when the resulting new doo looks “too modern, like something out of the nineties.” She decides to keep her 70s-inspired locks for additional coverage on the Drudge Report. “Lisa Murkowski’s Alaska.” Don’t miss this special premiere Monday, November 30 at 8/8 Central on Animal Planet.
“Dennis Kucinich’s Ohio”
In this episode Dennis Kucinich plays Risk with two old high school chums, but opts out when the game becomes, “increasingly militaristic.” After accusing his old friends of imperialism, Kucinich breaks from the game to immediately build a peaceful agrarian community on his board. Noam Chomsky makes a guest appearance. “Dennis Kucinich’s Ohio” premieres Monday, November 29 at 9/8 Central only on Pravda TV.
“Barack Obama’s Kenya”
Travel back with the President as he returns to his homeland. Be with him as he makes the adjustment from the imperial opulence of the White House to the spartan furnishings of his brother’s one-room shack in Nairobi. Travel the land as he seeks out anyone who remembers his birth and pays them to forget it. Watch the dramatic premiere of “Barack Obama’s Kenya” this Sunday, Nov 28 at 9/8 Central only on IHTM-TV.
“Chuck Schumer’s New York”
This is the reality show in which the star is never off camera. He stars in all the commercials, voice overs and station breaks. Experience the seesaw excitement as Chuck demeans Wall Street bankers one minute, then strong arms them for campaign contributions the next. Don’t miss “Chuck Schumer’s New York,” premiering November 24 at 8:00 p.m. on PBS.
“Maxine Waters’ South Central”
Yo, what you looking at, honky? Turn your damn TV off. This show is for black people only because you white people have had your own TV shows for too damn long. Co-stars Demond Wilson from “Sanford & Son” and “Rodney King from Can’t We All Just Get Along?” “Maxine Waters’ South Central” debuts November 24 at 8/9 Central on BET.
“Al Franken’s Minnesota”
Al Franken, Minnesota’s favorite son, shows you the highways and byways and underhanded ways of the Land of Ten Thousand Missing Votes. Visit comedy clubs across the state in search of someone who finds him funny. Discover that the Al Franken persona is an act, but the Stuart Smalley persona is real. Don’t miss the series premiere of “Al Franken’s Minnesota,” November 24 at 8/9 Central following the season premiere of Prairie Home Companion on PBS.
Andrea Mitchell admits that Harry Reid is a dead man walking
It doesn’t take a genius to look at the polls and figure out that Harry Reid will soon be the former senator from the great state of Nevada. That’s why opportunists like Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin are already angling for Reid’s job as Senate Majority Leader.
It doesn’t take a genius to look at the polls and figure out that Harry Reid will soon be the former senator from the great state of Nevada.
That’s why opportunists like Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin are already angling for Reid’s job as Senate Majority Leader.
As if anticipating the inevitable, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell confessed, “There’s been no funeral yet. The body is still warm. But they do want to each jockey for position.”
These two make Reid seem warm and likeable. Not an easy task to accomplish.
H/T: Bluegrass Pundit
Chuck Schumer gives tap dancing lessons in the Senate
ABC’s Jake Tapper really does ask some tough questions. But he’s just no match for Chuck Schumer, widely acknowledged as the senate’s finest tap dancer. Watch how deftly Schumer tap dances around this question without actually answering it
ABC’s Jake Tapper really does ask some tough questions. But he’s just no match for Chuck Schumer, widely acknowledged as the senate’s finest tap dancer. Watch how deftly Schumer tap dances around this question without actually answering it:
Tapper: The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Achronoth quoted an anonymous confidante to Prime Minister Netanyahu calling President Obama “The greatest disaster for Israel, a strategic disaster.” I’m sure you have some constituents who share those views and perhaps those concerns. Do you think that the White House has behaved toward Israel and the prime minister of Israel as you would want them to?
Schumer: Well. let me say this. I think everybody here in the United States, virtually everybody, and the vast majority of Israelis, want peace. They’re willing to accept a two state solution. The best way to bring about that peace is let the two sides negotiate and bring them together. I think one of the problems we have faced in the Middle East is that too many of the Palestinians, they elected Hamas, sworn to Israel’s destruction, don’t really believe in peace. And I do believe that you have to let the two parties come together. If the United States imposes preconditions, particularly on the Palestinian and Arab side, they’ll say we won’t come and negotiate.
If we’re not mistaken, Schumer just did a beautiful job of executing the ol’ keep-talking-until-they-forget-what-the-queston-was maneuver.
Dance, Senator Schumer, dance.
Source: National Review
Feverishly, Barbara pressed her soft, moist lips to Hillary’s pouting breasts
No, we can’t explain this photo. But Democrat Senators Chuck Schumer and HIllary Clinton appear to be making a Barbara Mikulski sandwich. A ménage à droit, so to speak.
No, we can’t explain this photo. But Democrat Senators Chuck Schumer and HIllary Clinton appear to be making a Barbara Mikulski sandwich. A ménage à droit, so to speak.
The thought is too horrifying to contemplate.
Sara Palin’s book sells 1,000,000 copies in two weeks. Chuck Schumer’s sells 10,000 in two years.
Our first reaction was, “Really? Chuck Schumer wrote a book?” Our second reaction was, “Hmmm. Surprised it sold that many copies?” And our third reaction was, “This massive rejection by America’s literati may help explain why the New York Democrat’s always in such a pissy mood.”
Our first reaction was, “Really? Chuck Schumer wrote a book?”
Our second reaction was, “Hmmm. Surprised it sold that many copies?”
And our third reaction was, “This massive rejection by America’s literati may help explain why the New York Democrat’s always in such a pissy mood.”
The New York Post reports Schumer’s tale of stone cold sales:
“Politicos are snickering at the plight of Sen. Charles Schumer, who holds more press conferences than any other lawmaker but can’t seem to connect with the public. His book, “Positively American,” released in 2007, sold 9,000 copies in hardcover and fewer than 1,000 in paperback, according to Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks about 75 percent of the nation’s book sales. By comparison, Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” sold 1 million copies in two weeks.”
Far be it from us to doubt the New York Post, but we think its story contains a major error.
We don’t doubt that people are snickering at Schumer. We’re just not sure it has anything to do with his book.
Source: New York Post
