Author: SusanAnne Hiller

Original post at 73wire.com I know others have covered this, but I want to drive the point home: there are no prolife, conservative Democrats. They have gone the way of the dodo bird. Yep, we all said that: executive order was: a useless piece of paper.:  And we were right: Boehner and other Republicans point to reports […]

Original post at 73wire.com It’s encouraging to see the American people finally wake up to Obama’s true intentions of his fundamental transformation of America, and November can’t get here fast enough to retake the Congress or at minimum, the House.: :  Two polls being reported today include one from CBS: Mr. Obama’s approval rating on the […]

Original post at 73wire.com The Hill is reporting that Scott Brown (R-MA) will vote for the Democrats financial “reform” bill to regulate yet another segment of the economy.: :  Brown qualifies his vote: Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) announced Monday he will vote for Wall Street reform when it comes up for a final vote, all but […]

Original post at Big Government According to Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unemployment benefits are the best way to create jobs, so why didn’t she get with Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and press him to schedule a pre-recess vote on: the: Republican alternative to the: Democrat’s: jobs/unemployment benefits bill introduced on June 30, 2010 by Senator Scott […]

Via Jim Geraghty President Obama went to Missouri to campaign for rubber-stamp Democrat Robin Carnahan and this is what he found: Obama is heading to MO and NV today to raise money for Secretary of State: Robin Carnahan: (D), running for an open Senate seat, and Senate Maj. Leader: Harry Reid. But Carnahan’s campaign wasn’t able to completely […]

Original post at 73wire.com In an interview with the Huffington Post, Democrat House Speaker called for an end to the Senate filibuster for the new Congress convening in January 2011.:  But just how realistic is San Fran Nan?:  And will she think the same if when the Republicans take over Congress?:  Surely she must remember […]

Original post at 73wire.com The reflexive nature of the press to defend and attack any critic of President Obama is eerily statist. I found an interesting read via the HotAir headlines: from McClatchy, which defends Obama’s action of not waiving the Jones Act of 1920.:  While the article brings up good points, I will admit, it […]

Original post at 73wire.com Via YouTube–Alan Dershowitz crossed party lines and endorsed Republican Joel Pollak: rebuking the Obama agenda and fellow Democrat Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois of all places.:  I have to admit, this is impressive from Dershowitz as he clearly recognizes the dire straits this country is in and he makes it known.:  If […]

Well, it’s about time.: :  With a hurricane forming in the Gulf, oil washing up along the shorelines along the Gulf states, and major damage already done to the coast and industries, Obama finally has accepted foreign help: The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil […]

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that she was indeed using our doctors as political leverage by not passing the Senate version of the doc fix–triggering a 21.2% pay reduction in the Medicare fee schedule.:  When Pelosi said she would not vote on the standalone version of the doc fix and blamed the Republicans, I […]

UPDATE::  The Hill reports that Scott Brown (R-MA) will vote against the bill due to the $19 billion of fees (taxes): on financial: firms. The Hill is reporting: some interesting developments regarding the financial market takeover regulation reform bill: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) said Monday he would vote against advancing Wall Street overhaul legislation. The move raises pressure […]

Yet another embarrassing moment for the United States as President Obama had this to say as he exited his helicopter: When U.S. President Barack Obama stepped off his helicopter in Huntsville on Friday, the first thing he said was, “You’ve got a lot of golf courses here, don’t you?” Industry Minister Tony Clement told the […]

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not take up the Senate’s “doc fix” bill, which passed through the Senate on Friday.:  A letter from Pelosi reaffirms her position and scolds Republicans for blocking the jobs portion of the bill: “What is it that Republicans in the Senate and House don’t understand about the need for […]

Timing couldn’t be worse on this one, and frankly, we are broke.:  Via the NYT: President Obama promised a $400 million aid package for the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday, as the United States scrambled to come up with a way out of the stalemate in the Middle East exacerbated by the Gaza flotilla […]

Both the Left and Right are outraged at the latest broken campaign promise from Barack Obama is his support to lift the 26-year ban on commercial whaling that was put in place by, wait for it, Ronald Reagan. : From the HuffPo piece: The IWC proposal would actually reward the whaling abuses of Japan, Norway, and […]

Via Drudge headlines, former President George W. Bush states that he would use waterboarding again if he had to. : The old adage “hindsight is always 20/20” comes to mind, doesn’t it.:  Except Bush would NOT change his decision and that is real leadership. “Yeah, we water-boarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,” Bush said of the terrorist who […]

Barack Obama’s poll numbers continue to plummet.:  Rasmussen: has our president at 42% approval–a record low.:  I’d like to point out that he is only 17 months into his term.:  If Barack Obama cared about his poll numbers he would have changed course a long, long time ago.:  The truth is, he does not care.:  At […]

Drudge headlines this morning should be a wake up call to those who still think Obama: isn’t intentionally trying to bankrupt the United States through the implementation of government programs, nationalizing of industries, bogus “reforms”–all under the guise of good will and fixing a broken system. From the USA Today article: Paychecks from private business shrank […]

The StarPress via the Associated Press: is reporting that a special election will be held within 60 days of GOP Rep. Mark Souder’s effective resignation date.:  GOP State Senator Stutzman would be the most logical, popular, and conservative choice to replace Souder as he lives in Souder’s district.:  Erick Erickson of RedState has always maintained his […]

Texas GOP Vote.com reports on disturbing school political propaganda being taught and distributed by Roosevelt High School (NEISD) teacher Barbara Geerdes when she passed out the handout, “Philosophical Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives,” to her AP U.S. Government class. A student in Barbara Geerdes’ AP Government class grew concerned over the teacher’s repeated politicization of […]

In the past few weeks we have seen much more concentrated coverage of the tea partiers than I’m sure the Left can stomach and frankly, would love to wish away. The obsessive coverage of the tea party movement is clearly timed, organized, and coordinated in its execution and proves very interesting. Let me explain. It […]

Knowing that the 111th Democrat-Progressive ruled Congress is indeed tyrannical in its endeavors to ram through ObamaCare, the Left continuously touts that the American people want this bill. Now, I have seen the polls and so have you, and so have the Democrats, including Obama, and they clearly know that they American people are vehemently […]

Original post at Big Government The other day I exposed the fact that Harry Reid switched the languagein the House-passed H.R. 3590 Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 and inserted the Senate version of the healthcare bill via a manager’s amendment in order to meet the requirement of all legislation raising taxes originate […]

See update below In an interesting turn of events this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced by her caucus to pry Rep. Charlie Rangel’s (D-NY) Ways and Means gavel out of his hands and throw Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) under the bus. Then, she cut Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) loose late Friday afternoon, pressuring […]

While I agree most of the time with Byron York, there is a clarification needed in his article correcting left-wing writer Ezra Klein’s piece today. This December article by RedState’s Dan Perrin explains: Now, because of Senator DeMint’s objection, unless the House votes for the Senate bill unchanged – which is highly unlikely (see below) […]

Americans need to understand the devastating significance of the House vote on the Senate health care bill set for March 18th. The Democrats have–by design–created the perfect storm to take over the US healthcare system, while providing an ideal distraction–reconciliation. First, let’s examine exactly how we got here. In late December, while Americans were arguing […]