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Hoping Obama Fails

March 4, 2009

UPDATED below. Just what does it mean when radio host Rush Limbaugh, and now many others, say they hope Obama fails? What does that mean? And what would it look like, if indeed, Obama failed? Is "hoping for Obama failure" the same as hoping for American failure? And if it is….is it treasonous to root [...]

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12 American Solutions For Jobs & Prosperity

March 2, 2009

I have always thought that Newt Gingrich was a bit odd. I thought his Contract With America plan in the 90's was pure corporate-friendly puffball showboating. The Gingrich-led 1994 takeover of Congress quickly went to Newt's head like a good bong hit….leading his self-pumped ego to threaten Bill Clinton, a popular president, with a shutdown [...]

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Bipartisanship? Who Needs it?

February 19, 2009

Today's Akron Beacon Journal opinion page features David Broder's piece entitled, "Bipartisanship? Gotta have it". It's a typical Broder column where he mind-chases an invisible center in America. The critics agree that the effort at bipartisanship should end.I hope Obama isn't listening. It's the worst advice he has received. ….had Obama not negotiated successfully with [...]

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RNC Chair….."No Reason To Trust GOP"

February 15, 2009

Unfortunately for Republican voters, the RNC voted to place Michael Steele at the helm of the Republican Party. Steele is quite a character. To be fair, it did take 6 ballots before Republican "leaders" decided to give Steele enough votes to become chairman. The Republican "leaders", it would seem, were not really sold on Mr. [...]

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Andrew Sullivan Agrees With The Reverend

February 13, 2009

UPDATED Below UPDATED Again…with a new twist… Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan, from a post on February 12th, responding to this take on the Keystone Kop embarassment for the Republican Party over Judd Gregg's withdrawal from the Commerce Secretary job….. "This much is now clear. Their (the GOP) clear and open intent is to do all [...]

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Is Rep. Kanjorski Correct?

February 11, 2009

Remember this? Sept 18, 2008 Mr. Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. had made an urgent and unusual evening visit to Capitol Hill, and they were gathered around a conference table in the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “When you listened to him describe it you gulped," said Senator Charles E. Schumer, [...]

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The Only GOP Objective

February 8, 2009

What are the Republicans doing with their incessant bitching about Obama's stimulus bill? What is the real point of Republican attempts to obstruct and block the passage of this legislation? Yes, we can kick around the endless arguments about tax cuts versus government spending, what fiscal responsibility should look like, how money should be spent, [...]

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The Stimulus: A Review

February 5, 2009

Updated below with the GOP freak senators' vote last night Lots of good stuff in the following video clip of Maddow's show last night,……Paul Krugman speaks truth, Rachel discusses the death and burial of Reaganomics……however, for today's discussion please start at the 4:15 mark and stop at about the 6:00 mark….. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, [...]

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Losers Insist On Their Policies

January 26, 2009

All the Villagers have banded together once again to worship their non-existent god…bipartisanship. Fearing that a successful "New, New Deal" from Obama and the Democratic Congressional majority will relegate GOP'ers to the dustbin of irrelevancy for a generation…..Villagers and conservative usual suspects everywhere are religiously chanting their magic obstructionistic word, bipartisanship. To listen to the [...]

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A Review + Specter's Knee Padder Moment

January 16, 2009

A brief review…. Since November 4th, last, the small group of Republicans left in Congress, their corporate media lapdogs leashed up tight, have gone about, non-stop, trying to diminish, discredit, and in some cases, delegitimize Obama's presidency and his larger Democratic majority in Congress. It's been Governor Blago for weeks. The subliminal Sesame Street words [...]

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