DAILY GRINDER: Sen. Casey Joins in Anti-Obama Smear
Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey, a so-called “moderate” in the U.S. Senate, has voted with the President Obama over 90 percent of the time, but he regularly goes out of his way to pretend he doesn’t. He’s sort of like Joe Lieberman or Ben Nelson, except without the whole “Holding votes hostage” thing and with a penchant for trying to outlaw...
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DAILY GRINDER: Sen. Casey Wants to Ban Robotripping
'Don't robotrip, kids.' Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey has introduced legislation that would outlaw the sale of cough syrup containing dextromethorphan to teenagers. He’s calling the legislation Repeal of the Brain-Killing DXM Robotripping Bill. (OK, he’s not calling it that. But as an homage to the multiple health care repeal bills in...
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Best Philly/PA Representatives’ Deleted Tweets from Politwoops
If you haven’t checked out Politwoops yet, then you have no idea what you’re missing. The site promises “deleted tweets from politicians,” and, well, it delivers. In real time. We combed through it briefly and made up a list of your Philly/Pennsylvania representatives’ most hilarious deleted tweets. They’re a mashup of misspellings, odd accusations...
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DAILY GRINDER: 50 Democrats Sign Brief Supporting Voter ID Challenge
Fifty House Democrats signed a brief in support of the challenge to the Voter ID law. Many claim the law violates the Pennsylvania constitution’s “protection of the right to vote and oversteps the powers vested in the General Assembly.” As we’ve reported before, it also unfairly brutalizes women, minorities, the elderly and college students. Governor...
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Sen. Bob Casey Compared to Nazis for Facebook Bill
Conservatives got all riled up years ago when then-Sen. Joe Biden said paying taxes is “patriotic.” Because it’s really not! Or something. So we can only imagine their heads are exploding a la Scanners in the face of the latest piece of legislation put out by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and your very own Bob Casey. Their bill, titled the “Ex-Patriot”...
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Sen. Bob Casey to Tax Facebook Expatriate
Senator Bob Casey has co-sponsored a bill which would tax those who renounce their U.S. citizenship for monetary gain. The legislation, co-sponsored with New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, is meant to be a direct hit on Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who recently announced he planned on renouncing his citizenship and moving to Singapore, permanently, with the...
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DAILY GRINDER: Free Booze For Smashed Bottles
CBS 3 decided to make some news of their own: They bought wine, poured it out, smashed the bottle, brought the glass back into the state store, and got a new bottle of wine – “no questions asked.” It sounds stupid, sure, but apparently stores are losing tons of money on the policy and taxpayers are footing the bill. Last year alone, the PLCB “lost $2.5...
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DAILY GRINDER: Northeast Philly Woman Threatens Sen. Casey
A Northeast Philly woman was charged on Wednesday with threatening Senator Bob Casey. Ruby Marconi, 57, allegedly called Casey’s Washington office and told the Senator’s machine, “Hello Casey, you are going to pay for this … What the hell are you in office for, to go against President Obama?” She also noted, “You don’t think people are planning...
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Introducing ‘Fake Outrage’: Because Someone Has to Document What Comes Out of the Candidates’ Mouths
There’s this thing that seems to pop up every election year. The left and right undertake causes so stupid, you can only laugh at them. But you don’t. You go along with them. You are outrageously outraged by them. Suddenly, everyone and their mom is screaming about Sarah Palin hunting wolves (the horror!). Suddenly, a black woman holding an umbrella for Sen....
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DAILY GRINDER: Rick Santorum Makes Endorsement—In Nebraska
You want some of this? Yeah, you want some. Clout: Rick Santorum is crossing the nation with his newfound relevance. And he’s endorsing Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning against likely candidate Democrat Bob Kerrey, a former U.S. Senator. Both are looking to replace outgoing Sen. Ben Nelson, whose career was, and is, defined on being meek in the face of...
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