This is the official WTF? thread .

[SummerSnow]

1. George Bush (war criminal) gets a library?
2. Lindsay Graham blames Obama Admin for Bengazi attacks and now Boston attack. But forgets the 11 US embassies that were attacked under the Bush Admin and they 9/11 attacks as well.

[egold2604]

1. Blame others for what we have done

The repuke meme is to project everything they have done onto the Dems. They will never admit that they were ever wrong. As Goebbels said, tell the big lie loud enough and long enough, people will believe it.

[SummerSnow]

3. bingo

[ReasonableToo]

17. exactly n/t

[KansDem]

2. Only four lawmakers attend hearing on long-term unemployment

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022751690

[SummerSnow]

4. Eww yes I saw that too..wtf is that all about?

[KansDem]

6. The hearing started with just one person!

A hearing Thursday on long-term unemployment held before the 19-member Joint Economic Committee began with just a single lawmaker in attendance. Panelists testifying on the problem and its potential solutions spoke only to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), the committee's vice-chair, for the beginning of the roughly 90-minute session.

The all-but-complete absence of congressional interest was first documented by National Journal reporter Niraj Chokshi, who tweeted a photo of the hearing. Shortly after the photo was posted, several other lawmakers did trickle in to participate. Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.) arrived eight minutes into the hearing. Once the hearing had been under way for 35 minutes, Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) was also in attendance, according to Chokshi. Eventually Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) also joined, bringing the crowd to four.

More than 4.6 million Americans have been jobless for at least 27 weeks, according to the latest job figures, a rate of 3.0 percent. That's higher than at any point since World War II, including the 2.6-percent peak during the recession of the early 1980s. The official unemployment rate currently stands at 7.6 percent, down from 10.0 percent at the recession's darkest moments, although much of the reduction has been due to people leaving the workforce -- simply giving up hope of finding a job.

Jobs advocates have continually chastised Congress for focusing on the federal budget deficit instead of the shortage of employment in the U.S., which still features more than four job seekers for every open position in the country.

Senators who did not attend the hearing included Sens. Robert Casey (D-Pa.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) also did not attend.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/lawmaker-unemployment-hearing_n_3148362.html

I guess you have to "tweet" them in!

[NCTraveler]

5. WTF!!! nt

[benld74]

7. Polly says W-T-F!!!

[PCIntern]

11. I can't stop laughing...THANKS!! nt

[onethatcares]

13. WTF????

thanks I needed another WTF moment in my day.

[progressoid]

8. Lindsay Graham's middle name is WTF.

[lpbk2713]

9. Selective amnesia is a common affliction among rethuglicans.

They don't normally have a lot of brain power to
begin with so this usually hits them pretty hard.

[kickysnana]

10. Kerry demands a recount...in Venezuela

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

12. the IWTF (I for ironic)

[hootinholler]

14. How can that be?

For this to be the official WTF thread, the title should be:

***** Official WTF Thread *****

Not the two groups of 5 asterisks, That's what makes it official.

[kickysnana]

15. hootinholler rules of DU order?

[hootinholler]

16. Was the delivery too dead pan?

It's a running DU joke.

[kickysnana]

18. I did get that it was a joke, didn't know it was running...

[redgreenandblue]

19. BO: "Bradley Manning broke the law" but "we should look forward, not back (about W's crimes)".