AR-01: Rep. Rick Crawford can't grasp the concept of an 'either/or' question

ARDem at the Blue Arkansas blog captured some truly great footage of freshman GOP Rep. Rick Crawford floundering at what was actually a mostly-friendly town hall. Crawford couldn't handle the (very polite) heat being directed his way and cut off the hour-long event after just 23 minutes. But not before making quite a few boners. This exchange on the federal debt ceiling, though, is my favorite:

Man 1: It's one or the other, which is it? Default or raise the limit?

Man 2: Which do you want?

Crawford: We're not gonna default.

Man 1: So then you'll raise the limit on the debt?

Crawford: No. I'm not saying that either.

I really can't wait to see Crawford's super-genius plan for avoiding default while simultaneously not raising the debt ceiling. Since this plan doesn't exist, I'd settle for Crawford familiarizing himself the basic logical concept of the either/or question. I'm not sure that's any more likely, though.


Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/3xA1d0MKY4g/-AR-01:-Rep-Rick-Crawford-cant-grasp-the-concept-of-an-either-or-question

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Arab League's backing of no-fly zone over Libya ramps up pressure on West

The league's move represents an extraordinary step by the leading Arab organization, historically reluctant to sanction a member, and provided fresh evidence of the reformist spirit recasting Arab politics.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/12/AR2011031200900.html?wprss=rss_politics

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Obama's Swing State Blues

Michael Memoli, Los Angeles Times
As concerning as the recent dip in President Obama's job rating nationally is to the White House, recent polling in a number of key battleground states may be a more troubling indicator of his political standing weeks after kicking off a re-election campaign.A University of New Hampshire poll released Thursday afternoon shows that Obama’s job approval rating among Granite Staters stands at 44%. That’s down just two points from February, but among independents the dip was more pronounced – from 46% to 32%.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/30/obama039s_swing_state_blues_254645.html

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Freshman GOP Rep. Hultgren Dumbfounded After Constituent Grills Him On Oil Subsidies

Video recorded by ThinkProgress Blog Fellow Micah Uetricht, a reporter from the Chicago area. On Tuesday at a town hall in Sycamore City, IL, freshmen Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) was asked about the nearly $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies Big Oil companies receive every year, which the House GOP recently voted to preserve. A well-informed [...]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/29/hultgren-oil-subsidies-dumbfounded/

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House GOP offers new stopgap spending measure

House Republicans propose to keep the government running with a three-week stopgap measure, allowing Congress and the White House a little more time to haggle over an elusive long-term resolution to the 2011 federal budget

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031106016.html?wprss=rss_politics

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A successor to Gates is a quandary for Obama

On five occasions the past three weeks, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has tried to nail down his departure from the Pentagon by telling members of Congress in budget hearings and in speeches to cadets at West Point and the Air Force Academy that this would be his final appearance before them ...

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/07/AR2011030704307.html?wprss=rss_politics

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