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Newt And Everything Else

November 18, 2011

Here's the rest of the scoop on Newt Gingrich's not-so-conservative positions, from the Cato Institute: Gingrich's campaign nearly imploded this summer when he dismissed Rep. Paul Ryan's, R-Wis., Medicare reform plan as "right-wing social engineering." But that gaffe was a window into Gingrich's irresponsible approach toward entitlements. In 2003, Gingrich stumped hard for President George [...]

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Being Pro-Business

May 1, 2011

When it comes to economic issues, Republicans and Democrats see things very differently. Liberal Democrats bill themselves are being pro-little guy. Liberals want to, as President Obama said to Joe The Plumber, spread the wealth around. Specifically, they want to take from the rich and give to the poor, like Robin Hood. Liberals concern themselves [...]

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Send The Democrats To Rehab

February 27, 2011

In 2000, federal spending was $1.789 trillion. Enter George W. Bush as President. In 2008, federal spending was $2.983 billion. Over 8 years, federal spending increased by $1.2 trillion PER YEAR on Bush's watch. That's a LOT of additional spending. An enormous spending increase. People try to tell me Bush was a conservative, but I [...]

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GOP Plans Attack

January 3, 2011

When the new Congress convenes, the GOP-led House is planning to move on several fronts. 1. They are going to try to repeal ObamaCare: The new Republican-controlled House plans to schedule a vote to repeal the sweeping health care overhaul before President Barack Obama delivers his annual State of the Union address late this month, [...]

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Maybe Obama IS Smarter

December 11, 2010

Liberal Democrats are throwing major hissy fits over President Obama's so-called tax cut deal with Republicans. Meanwhile, most Republicans appear to be tentatively supportive of the deal. My question is, why is either side taking it's positions ? Let's look at the tax cut deal from a purely political viewpoint. I'll try to put my [...]

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NAACP Embarrasses Itself, Exposes Agenda

July 14, 2010

On tuesday, the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP) passed a resolution calling for the Tea Party movement to condemn the alleged racist elements within it's organization. Here's NAACP President Benjamin Jealous: "We felt the time had come to stand up and say, 'It's time for the tea party to be responsible [...]

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A Pattern Of Intimidation And Violence

March 31, 2010

We've been hearing from the media for a year now that the Tea Party movement has been inciting violence. Well, as Samuel L. Jackson's character said in the movie Pulp Fiction…allow me to retort. A couple days ago, the FBI arrested Norman Leboon for threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-NY). It appears Leboon was [...]

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From The Far Side…And A Couple Health Care Tales

March 10, 2010

Quote Of The Day: "we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it" – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) === Burning Fiscal Issue: "he's trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative. And yet just in recent weeks, two weeks ago it has come out [...]

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Ron Paul And Gays At C-PAC

February 22, 2010

A couple incidents from the recent C-PAC Conservative conference led me to believe Conservatives are moving toward Libertarianism, a move I mostly welcome. The first was Ron Paul winning the C-PAC straw poll vote for the 2012 GOP presidential nominee. Paul captured a surprising 31% of the vote, with Mitt Romney in second place at [...]

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GOP Woes And Public Polls

December 7, 2009

Rassmussen Reports conducted an interesting poll that included Tea Party candidates on a generic congressional ballot. The results of the three-way race ??? Democrats – 36% Tea Party – 23% Republican – 18% Undecided – 22% More results from the poll: Among voters not affiliated with either major party, the Tea Party comes out on [...]

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Attention Haters, Palin And Hannity Together

November 19, 2009

Why bother watching Olbermann or Maddow go after Sarah Palin, when you can get a two-fer by watching both Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity together in one interview ?!?! Here it is from the source, undiluted. Grab yourself a veggie burger and a soy latte, and get your hate on. My favorite line ? Palin [...]

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One Liners

August 20, 2009

- One nice thing about Bill Clinton's presidency was that you could oppose his policies without being called a racist (mostly). – People who think Bush went into Iraq to enrich Halliburton have no right to complain about the Birthers. – When you go looking for "code words" for racism, aren't you just making stuff [...]

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