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andyschmookler

  1. Since when is extortion "leading," Mr. #Boehner? url.ie/fbb1 Since when would a patriot threaten to hurt the country?
  2. In Europe, voters are rejecting the folly of AUSTERITY at a time of high unemployment. So should Americans. Reject GOP, vote Dem. #austerity
  3. How can a party get away with doing nothing --worse, making sure that nothing can get done-- while many millions of Americans are suffering?
  4. GOP rules: It's OK for GOP to attack Obama for what he hasn't achieved, but not OK for Obama to tout what he has achieved. #COPhypocrisy
  5. "Goodlatte runs like he's unopposed." url.ie/f6k8 That is, "Goodlatte runs like the voters don't have any choice." #goodlatte
  6. Thank you for following me. My last tweet, about an old dark force that's surfaced on the right with Trayvon Martin case. @DemocraticView
  7. Trayvon Martin case: white people should not want black people to have to live in fear. #trayvonmartin
  8. What is it about "reasonable" that this 5-man Supreme Court majority doesn't understand? url.ie/f41q #stripsearch for unpaid fine?
  9. Loyalty, when mutual, is part of the fabric that binds us together. But when it's one-sided, it becomes exploitation. url.ie/f41b
  10. If the Court rejects the individual mandate, that could open the door to "Medicare for all." Robert Reich url.ie/f2vg #obamacare
  11. A paranoid fringe on the political margins is one thing. Another when that fringe takes over a major party. Krugman. url.ie/f1ir
  12. What does it say about a political party if, when workers' share in the profits they produce has plummeted, it tries to weaken workers more?
  13. Ryan Plan? What does it say about a political party if, when wealth inequality is wider than ever,it seeks to widen it still more? #ryanplan
  14. House GOP's budget shreds the safety net to gives big tax breaks to corporations and the rich. url.ie/ewid #plutocracy #safetynet
  15. "The remarkable thing is how quickly the lie has become part of what everyone on the right knows." Krugman url.ie/ew1q #GOPlies
  16. History --both recent and long past-- shows why America needs effective regulation of Wall Street. url.ie/ev6e #wallstreet
  17. @tarsala2010 Glad to have you following me. Thanks for your interest. Hope you'll check me out url.ie/euuc and url.ie/euud
  18. Limbaugh, Murdock, Beck: cases of self-destruction. url.ie/etwk That's how it goes with those who respect no limits. #limbaugh
  19. Goodlatte bill endangers Chesapeake by "ignor[ing] broader consequences for the commonwealth as a whole." url.ie/efgq #goodlatte
  20. Ohio officials declare that fracking was almost certainly the cause of earthquakes there last year. url.ie/eefq