Eric Massa
Pelosi making no sense - AGAIN
Mike
- 03-01-10 10:24 - 0 comments
Have you seen the latest from Pelosi? She is now calling for House Democrats to show support for Obama's health care legislation, even if it threatens their political careers.
Errrr, Madam Speaker, did the thought ever occur to you that if showing support for Obama-care might hurt their political careers, it would be down to the American voters not wanting it in the first place? Hello???
This woman is bound and determined she is going shove health care down our throats (or is that up our bums), no matter how we feel about it.
Errrr, Madam Speaker, did the thought ever occur to you that if showing support for Obama-care might hurt their political careers, it would be down to the American voters not wanting it in the first place? Hello???
This woman is bound and determined she is going shove health care down our throats (or is that up our bums), no matter how we feel about it.
Wow - why does this not surprise me
RIP Zero
Democrats in worst shape in the last 50 years
VegasBruce
- 02-11-10 12:11 - 0 comments
I love this headline.
With absolute power, Team Obama grows stupid
By: Michael Barone
Senior Political Analyst
February 10, 2010
How could such smart people do so many stupid things? That question, or variations on it, is being asked in Washington and around the country about the Obama administration.
The same people who directed the campaign that defeated Hillary Clinton and routed John McCain, a campaign that raised far more money and attracted far more volunteers than any before it, have within a year come up with a legislative program that is crashing in ruins and that, to judge from recent polls, has left the Democratic party weaker than I have seen it in almost 50 years of closely following politics.
The 2008 campaign was an impressive achievement. So, in a negative way, is the 2009 legislative program that has left the Democrats in such woeful shape in 2010.
Some in Washington say that the problem is that Barack Obama has chosen to rely on his campaign staff rather than the wise old heads in Washington. But Obama and his team have had the benefit of advice from those wise old heads and from the smartest political strategist the Democratic party has produced in the past half-century, Bill Clinton.
A truly wise Washington analyst, National Journal's Jonathan Rauch, says the problem is one-party government. Presidents lead better, he argues, when they are constrained by the need to get bipartisan support.
There's something to that. Obama's three predecessors all had bipartisan initiatives: the 1990 tax package for George Bush 41, North American Free Trade Agreement approval for Clinton, the 2001 education bill and the 2003 Medicare prescription drug benefit for George Bush 43. Obama has had no bipartisan initiatives of his own.
With absolute power, Team Obama grows stupid
By: Michael Barone
Senior Political Analyst
February 10, 2010
How could such smart people do so many stupid things? That question, or variations on it, is being asked in Washington and around the country about the Obama administration.
The same people who directed the campaign that defeated Hillary Clinton and routed John McCain, a campaign that raised far more money and attracted far more volunteers than any before it, have within a year come up with a legislative program that is crashing in ruins and that, to judge from recent polls, has left the Democratic party weaker than I have seen it in almost 50 years of closely following politics.
The 2008 campaign was an impressive achievement. So, in a negative way, is the 2009 legislative program that has left the Democrats in such woeful shape in 2010.
Some in Washington say that the problem is that Barack Obama has chosen to rely on his campaign staff rather than the wise old heads in Washington. But Obama and his team have had the benefit of advice from those wise old heads and from the smartest political strategist the Democratic party has produced in the past half-century, Bill Clinton.
A truly wise Washington analyst, National Journal's Jonathan Rauch, says the problem is one-party government. Presidents lead better, he argues, when they are constrained by the need to get bipartisan support.
There's something to that. Obama's three predecessors all had bipartisan initiatives: the 1990 tax package for George Bush 41, North American Free Trade Agreement approval for Clinton, the 2001 education bill and the 2003 Medicare prescription drug benefit for George Bush 43. Obama has had no bipartisan initiatives of his own.
Obama's War inside Pakistan: Exposed
Nick
- 02-07-10 10:25 - 2 comments
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THE discovery of three American soldiers among the dead in a suicide bombing at the opening of a girls’ school in the northwestern Pakistan town of Dir last week reignited the fears of many Pakistanis that Washington was set on invading their country.
Barack Obama has banned the Bush-era term “war on terror” and dithered about sending extra troops to Afghanistan, but across the border in Pakistan, the US president has dramatically stepped up the covert war against Islamic extremists.
Barack Obama has banned the Bush-era term “war on terror” and dithered about sending extra troops to Afghanistan, but across the border in Pakistan, the US president has dramatically stepped up the covert war against Islamic extremists.
Read more: http://www.timesonli...icle7017929.ece
I am fond of this comment in particular, posted by a reader:
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Dell Miller wrote:
Nobel Peace Prize ?
Barry likes to blame everything on GWBush but then continues along exactly the same path.
"No Change"
Nobel Peace Prize ?
Barry likes to blame everything on GWBush but then continues along exactly the same path.
"No Change"
Sarkozy Goes Negative on Obama
Nick
- 02-07-10 10:22 - 1 comments
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who sought during the 2008 presidential campaign to associate himself with Barack Obama, has become sharply critical of the American president, often comparing Obama unfavorably to himself, according to an article published this week in the authoritative French daily Le Monde.
Read more: http://www.politico....ve.html?showall
What about Sarah-cuda
Mike
- 02-07-10 10:12 - 2 comments
After watching Sarah Palin's keynote speech at the National Tea Party Convention, I am left with even more doubts and questions about her.
She's sharp, she's attractive, she presses all the right hot-buttons and doesn't pull punches. Does she understand conservative Americans are wanting to hear about Republican policy and not witness Palin publicity?
She got a lot of applause from the attendees, but let's cut through all the rhetoric. What did she really have to say?
She showed she really has little understanding about the tea party movement. She failed to mention how the RINOs have expanded government at nearly every step. She failed to address the issues of making government smaller.
I think she is more than a little confused about how the tea party movement doesn't trust the RINOs any more than anyone else.
During her post-speech interview, an interesting question was posed to her, asking her what she felt needs to be done in America. Her reply was, 'we need to rein in spending'. I'm sure there's not a conservative alive that wouldn't agree with you, Governor Palin. However you failed to explain how we should go about doing just that.
To borrow a phrase from her speech, I'm tired of all the talk, talk, talk.
I just watched her on Chris Wallace and she seemed to be capable of firing off answers as quickly as Wallace was asking them. But once again, it was all talk, talk, talk.
She's sharp, she's attractive, she presses all the right hot-buttons and doesn't pull punches. Does she understand conservative Americans are wanting to hear about Republican policy and not witness Palin publicity?
She got a lot of applause from the attendees, but let's cut through all the rhetoric. What did she really have to say?
She showed she really has little understanding about the tea party movement. She failed to mention how the RINOs have expanded government at nearly every step. She failed to address the issues of making government smaller.
I think she is more than a little confused about how the tea party movement doesn't trust the RINOs any more than anyone else.
During her post-speech interview, an interesting question was posed to her, asking her what she felt needs to be done in America. Her reply was, 'we need to rein in spending'. I'm sure there's not a conservative alive that wouldn't agree with you, Governor Palin. However you failed to explain how we should go about doing just that.
To borrow a phrase from her speech, I'm tired of all the talk, talk, talk.
I just watched her on Chris Wallace and she seemed to be capable of firing off answers as quickly as Wallace was asking them. But once again, it was all talk, talk, talk.
Spending Freeze Not Likely
Mike
- 02-02-10 08:05 - 0 comments
Ron Paul, pointing out the fallacies of the alleged Washington spending freeze.
Full text -
Last week politicians in Washington made a few things clear about how they really feel about the state of the union. First, they are beginning to hear the growing discontent with the size and scope of government and the broken promises that keep piling up. Certain events in Massachusetts recently made that statement loud, clear and unavoidable. In the face of those events, the powers that be made the determination that some populist rhetoric was in order, and the idea of a spending freeze in Washington was proposed, albeit with several caveats. These caveats to the proposed spending freeze ensure that we are not at any real risk of actually doing anything about spending.
First of all is timing. It wouldn't go into effect until 2011, which allows plenty of time to increase spending levels quite a bit before they are frozen. If the administration really understood and cared about our spending problems they would not freeze spending a year from now, but cut spending immediately and significantly. But, spending cuts almost never happen in Washington, and they are not likely now or a year from now -- if the politicians have anything to say about it.
More...
Last week politicians in Washington made a few things clear about how they really feel about the state of the union. First, they are beginning to hear the growing discontent with the size and scope of government and the broken promises that keep piling up. Certain events in Massachusetts recently made that statement loud, clear and unavoidable. In the face of those events, the powers that be made the determination that some populist rhetoric was in order, and the idea of a spending freeze in Washington was proposed, albeit with several caveats. These caveats to the proposed spending freeze ensure that we are not at any real risk of actually doing anything about spending.
First of all is timing. It wouldn't go into effect until 2011, which allows plenty of time to increase spending levels quite a bit before they are frozen. If the administration really understood and cared about our spending problems they would not freeze spending a year from now, but cut spending immediately and significantly. But, spending cuts almost never happen in Washington, and they are not likely now or a year from now -- if the politicians have anything to say about it.
More...
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