Author - Bob Cesca

Healthcare

Whoops!

The RNC employee health insurance plan, via Cigna, covers abortion. According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage — and the...

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Sarah Palin

The Ex-Reality Show Doof

I'm wondering when the press will begin to point out that, while Sarah Palin is obviously prepping a run for president, she's a complete flippin' moron. If they're not going to mention this, they're...

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Healthcare

The 'Progressive' Trigger

I'm a little concerned about this item indicating that the White House thinks the trigger is "more progressive" than the opt-out. Okeedokee. But again, this is from an anonymous source to NBC's Mark...

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Afghanistan

The Missiles of November

The president's apparent rejection of all Afghanistan strategies reminds me of Kennedy's reaction to the various proposals for escalating against Cuba during the 1962 missile crisis. I hasten to...

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Healthcare

No Government Wood

Digby doesn't want government money paying for Viagra and other ED medications. It's worth noting that up until 2007, Medicare covered Viagra. So the days of government wood are over. But if a woman...

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Healthcare

Super Stupid

This is just staggeringly dumb. Sens. Conrad, Gregg, Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala...

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The Media

Fraud News Channel

Attention wingnuts. Fox News Channel thinks you're stupid. They're attempting to deliberately deceive you. So, wingnuts, how can you trust these guys anymore? Adding... Once again, the Daily Show...

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The Media

WTF?

This is such a weird exchange. O'Reilly doesn't know the phrase "the public option?" That'd be like saying, "Afghoober-whatever" instead of "Afghanistan." Did he have a stroke or is he just playing...

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The Media

Super Stupid

Washington Post's Dan Balz should read his own stuff. From today's online chat: Silver Spring, Md.: I wonder if you could state the evidence for your premise of a “Republican resurgence”. [...] Dan...

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