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Tweet Untweet: Putting Out Conservative Fires
Paul Ryan's new budget unveiled the same day as the papal conclave. Looks like House Republicans and the Vatican will both be blowing smoke.
— Adam Carl (@AdamWearsPants) March 12, 2013
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Tweet Untweet: Paul Ryan's Gun Budget
Paul Ryan's budget is just 47 pictures of him doing push-ups that he handed in "by mistake."
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) March 12, 2013
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The Curse of the State of the Union Rebuttal [UPDATED]
The response to the State of the Union is the opposition party's opportunity to inform the president that, yes, his agenda is welcome to crawl into a corner and die. Call it the STFU to the president's SOTU. It's also a hazardous assignment, if history's any judge.
Tonight Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will give the official Republican response, and Sen. Rand "Son of Ron" Paul will give the official Tea Party response, which is a whole lot of responding–and a whole lot of room for error.
Here's what Rubio and Paul need to do in order to avoid making complete(er) fools of themselves:
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Bobby Jindal, Marco Rubio, Mitch Daniels, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Republicans, State of the Union, Tea Party -
Our Endorsements: David Letterman Gets a Medal
http://youtu.be/UTPMsCJ4htE
* Cutting up with Letterman at the Kennedy Center Honors.
* Wow. They did nail it.
* Being Lieberman, from Buzzfeed.
* Wikipedia has become self-aware.
* Give your child the gift of Republican science.
* The Bugle podcast is great for fans of comedy and politics.
* Les Fiscal Miserables is worth the price of admission.
* What does your work happiness look like in chart form?
* Employees must wash hands after going to bar last night, from The Onion.
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Tweet Roundup: Fiscal Cliff-Hanging
Phew! That was close. At the last minute lawmakers pulled a deal out of their assembly and averted a roll down the fiscal cliff.
Here's a look at how Twitter responded:
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Fiscal Cliff, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Tweet Roundup
