“If I decide to vote against healthcare reform, it’s Howard Dean’s fault.”

from the San Diego Reader

from a Washington Post story on champion fearmonger Jim DeMint:

In other pockets of the state, the reaction to Democratic proposals has been strong, too. At a recent town-hall meeting in suburban Simpsonville, a man stood up and told Rep. Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) to “keep your government hands off my Medicare.”

“I had to politely explain that, ‘Actually, sir, your health care is being provided by the government,’ ” Inglis recalled. “But he wasn’t having any of it.”

Nearly ten years ago I began going down a path that I never thought would last this long. My stint as the Daily Nebraskan’s editorial cartoonist began on August 23, 1999, and, while there have been some gaps here and there, I’m now less than a month from that ten-year anniversary. I’ve tossed around a few ideas on how to celebrate that milestone — a new book collection, a gallery show, some sort of blog-based retrospective, retirement — but really haven’t settled on anything. More than likely, as the day grows closer, I’ll just forget about it like I did with the ten year anniversary of my actual debut. But if any of you folks have ideas on something fun I could do to celebrate ten years in this unexpected career, please share.

from the Lincoln Journal Star

Yay Photoshop.

from the San Diego Reader

Chuck Grassley:

PTL BluDogs Keep barkin Pelosie bill is Govt takeovr of healthCare Breaks Obama promise”keep what u hv” Puts Wash Burocrats in chrg MUSTSTOP

With Grassley helping write it, it’s no wonder the Senate Finance Committee is taking so long to come up with a bill.

From the Omaha Reader

Steve Benen on the Democrats who have taken up the Republican task of killing healthcare reform by delaying it:

It occurs to me, then, that there’s at least a possibility that “centrist” Democrats — Blue Dogs, New Democrats, Lieberman, et al — might not see failure as such a horrible option here. In other words, they may realize that coming up short on health care, letting this opportunity slip away, and hurting millions of Americans in the process may be devastating for the Democratic majority, but these same “centrist” Democrats may prefer a smaller majority, or perhaps even a GOP majority to “balance” the Democratic president. They may very well disagree with the party’s leadership on most issues, and think the best course of action is taking away their power by undermining the party’s agenda.

It seems odd that these “centrist” Democrats would forget the lessons of 1993 and 1994. But alternatively, are we sure they have forgotten those lessons, or have they learned those lessons all too well?

from the Lincoln Journal Star