John Boehner is William Wallace

Imagine John Boehner screaming "freedom at the end of the (highly overrated) Braveheart.



Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey wants Americans to imagine Boehner as a sword-wielding kilt clad warrior.

“I’ve got a flight out of [Georgia] in about two hours. We’re all coming back, that’s what everybody told Speaker Boehner on the conference call Saturday when we heard about this fiasco of a two-month extension voted on by the Senate,” Gingrey said. “We were literally shocked.”

“Out of 75 responses, there may have been one person that thought it was OK that we would put the fight off until two months from now,” he continued. “Everybody else said, 'Look, this is a 'Braveheart' moment. You, Mr. Speaker, are our William Wallace. Let’s rush to the fight. Get us back to Washington, let’s get to our work and we’re doing that.' "

Last week, Republicans and Democrats brokered a deal that overwhelmingly passed the Senate; it would extend the payroll tax cut two months. Lawmakers had been unable to agree on how to pay for a yearlong extension.

House Republican based their economic decision-making on the debt ceiling by watching a violent scene in the Ben Affleck movie The Town. Senate Republicans are less than thrilled about House Republicans rejected the payroll tax cut. Scott Brown is behind to Elizabeth Warren in the polls. Brown called the House Republicans rejection of the payroll tax increase "irresponsible and wrong." Sen. Richard Lugar is another Republican up for re-election who has spoken out against the House Republicans payroll tax vote down. Republicans are getting blamed for the gridlock in Washington. Voting against a tax cut for working class people is political suicide.

House Speaker John Boehner has lost control of his caucus. This was evident during the debt ceiling. Many of these tea party Republicans have more interest in being seat warmers than actually passing legislation. Boehner's 112th Congress has passed only 62 bills. Most of the bills either have no chance in the Senate are merely pointless. One bill was to move a post office. Another bill was to amend a section of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Boehner and his caucus aren't less government. They are lazy government.

Scott Brown Plagiarism

This is hysterical. Sen. Scott Brown from the bard known as Elizabeth Dole. The plagiarized piece appeared on Brown's web site.

“I was raised to believe that there are no limits to individual achievement and no excuses to justify indifference,” said the message from Brown, which was removed later yesterday. “From an early age, I was taught that success is measured not in material accumulations, but in service to others. I was encouraged to join causes larger than myself, to pursue positive change through a sense of mission, and to stand up for what I believe.”

Aside from the omission of an opening line -- “I am Mary and John Hanford’s daughter” -- in Dole’s speech, the Bay State Republican’s language is the same throughout.

Actually, I kinda wish Brown's staff kept in "I am Mary and John Hanford’s daughter."

Scott Brown Protects the Big Banks

Freshman Sen. Scott Brown refuses to vote for a tax on banks and hedge funds with over $50 billion in assets. The $19 billion would be used for emergency bailout money fund. That way taxpayers would not have to pay relief money to troubled banks. Brown says the emergency fund can be paid for by cuts to the budget. Brown doesn't say what should be cut or where we would find this money during a federal deficit. Democrats caved in and gave Brown what he wanted.

Small banks will see an increase in FDIC fees. The big banks and hedge funds will pay no new taxes. If the big banks and hedge funds get into trouble where will bailout money come from? If you guessed the taxpayer then you are correct. Brown didn't want to see the tax on the big banks and hedge funds because he didn't want these institutions to lose assets. Unfortunately, Brown feels taxpayers and small banks should pay for the mistakes of the major financial institutions. So much for the assets of hard working Americans.

Paging Senator Rachel Maddow

Washington Post columnist Howard Kurtz tweets that Sen. Scott Bown sent a fundraising letter complaining Rachel Maddow will run for his seat. Maddow's producer told Kurtz this is bogus.

Rachel Maddow, interviewed by producer, says not running for MA-Sen despite Scott Brown fundraising letter citing her as possible challenger.

I'm looking forward to Brown's next fundraising e-mail on the threat of a Ben Affleck candidacy.