Category: Democrats

Reid Says Greatest Living Americans Are Senators Byrd and Kennedy?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Harry Reid (D, Nev.) isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, apparently. In an interview with CBN’s David Brody, Senator Reid replied that the greatest living American was Ted Kennedy. Reid then added West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd to the short list. Oddly enough, both of these “greatest living” Senators died earlier this year. In […]

 

Video: What We Tea Party Conservatives Believe

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Bill Whittle has a great, great video here helping to explain our conservative views in an intelligent, even soft-spoken, style. This is part one of two, the second to come soon. Progressive ideas have always failed and our ideas are successful every time they are tried. Bill Whittle is the host of PJTVs Afterburner.

 

Oops. Obama’s ‘Saved Job’ Was Just Lost

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Oh, it was a thing to be celebrated when Obama’s payoff to the teachers unions back in August “saved” the job of Ohio school teacher Amanda VanNess. It was such a thing of wonder that the big guy flew the elementary school teacher all the way to D.C. for an Oval Office signing ceremony. (Pictured: […]

 

A Hollywood-Like Casting Call for Obama’s Oct. ‘Townhall’ in D.C.?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

What is this? Obama is sponsoring a Hollywood-like casting call for a “diverse” audience for his upcoming October 14 townhall to be held in D.C? But, I thought everyone loved The One and would fall all over themselves to turn out in droves for an Obammessiah “townhall”? Why do they have to resort to a […]

 

Nancy Pelosi Unveils Democrat Economic Strategy

Posted on by Dave Blount

Nasty Pelousy has revealed the Dems’ October surprise — an economic strategy certain to turn around the economy: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday strongly defended her party’s support of the federal food stamp program… At a press conference in her home town of San Francisco, Pelosi explained that the program’s multiplier effect — the amount […]

 

The Lies States Peddle on Pension ‘Savings’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Pensions are fast becoming the time bomb that will destroy the financial well being of our state budgets. Because public employee unions have been allowed to outrageously grow their retirement benefits by supplying billions in campaign donations to compliant politicians, most state pension plans are deeply in the hole. Many states have at last begun […]

 

Obama And Democrats Continue Assault On Chamber Of Commerce

Posted on by William Teach

Remember the good old days, when politicians followed the spirit of the 1st Amendment, and did not attack private entities who used their God given right to criticize the government without fear of reprisal? That was the point of the 1st Amendment, both in spirit, and that “Congress will pass no law……” Enter the modern […]

 

Illinois Budget Mess Deepens: Using 2011 Funds to Pay 2010 Bills

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

From The Bond Buyer, a website that tracks news on the bond market we see that the president’s home state is in an ever deeper budget hole every day. In a stark illustration of Illinois’ deteriorating balance sheet, the state ended the first quarter of fiscal 2011 with $5.5 billion in overdue bills and faces […]

 

Michelle Obama on ‘World’s Most Powerful Women’ List. Why?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Forbes has published its world’s most powerful women list and on that list, in the top slot no less, is Michelle Obama, the wife of the President of the United States of America. Along with Obama a few singers and entertainers made the list. It all goes to prove that apparently no one knows what […]

 

Vice President Biden Wants to Strangle Opponents

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On the tail of the Enviro-Nazis making a film depicting children being murdered because they refused to agree to the globaloney religion — showing the left’s inability to brook opposition without resorting to violence or threats of same — Vice President Joe Biden has announced that he’d like to “strangle” any Republican that opposes his […]

 

New Democrat Campaign Issues: Abortion And Campaign Donations

Posted on by William Teach

Just a few weeks left, and some Democrats are running on ObamaCare, the Stimulus, and their massive spending. Just kidding Republicans have won points with many voters by promising a conservative overhaul of taxes and spending, but Democrats are working hard in the closing weeks of the campaign to convince voters that a conservative social […]

 

New The Hill Poll: 12 Freshman Democrat Held Districts Show Major GOP Gains

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Wednesday The Hill reported on a new poll it has conducted of the 2010 midterms with initial focus on 12 districts held by freshmen Democrats and the news isn’t good for those incumbent Dems scrutinized. On the other hand, the poll seems to show that it isn’t pat that Republicans will necessarily run away […]

 

5 Bad Omens for the Left’s Prospects in November

Posted on by Susannah Fleetwood

It’s become apparent as of late that the Left has a new obsession. Christine O’Donnell’s dabbling in witchcraft in high school and her 1995 stance against masturbation (when she was a conservative activist) have truly captivated her critics. Whether it’s Bill Maher, Maureen Dowd, Richard Cohen, or Frank Rich, all the Left can talk about […]

 

Don’t Tell Cities The Recession Has Ended

Posted on by William Teach

We can expect to see more and more stories like this, as Obamanomics continues to destroy wealth. Here’s a pro-tip for all you little socialists out there: you can’t redistribute what people don’t have Across the country, a growing number of towns, cities and other local governments are seeking refuge in similar havens that many […]

 

Lefty Bloggers Eating Each Other, White House Not Amused

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Politico has a delicious story detailing how lefty bloggers seem to be on the outs with the Obama administration over their constant stream of complaints unleashed about the president’s lack of supplication to the most extreme left-wing policies. Politico found Peter Daou, another “progressive” blogger, who thinks he knows why Deputy White House Press Sec. […]

 

They Don’t Know Their History at All–This is Elitism Straight Up

Posted on by Ed Driscoll

To understand the frustration of legacy media journalists such as New York Timeso racialist Kate Zernike over the strength of the Tea Parties and the resurgence of Friedrich Hayek and other past voices from the right, let’s paraphrase Janene Garofalo’s infamous rant last year on MSNBC. It’s not about bashing Republicans, it’s not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don’t know their history at all. This is about hating conservatives in America. This is elitism straight up

 

Video: Leftist Pigs Make Democrat Dumpster of D.C.

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The extremists of the left-wing had their march yesterday and now look at the garbage they left on our National Mall in Washington D.C. This disgusting video shows what a few foreign tourists found on the Nation Mall in D.C. after the pigs and slobs of the left-winger’s “On Nation” rally left that public space. […]

 

Lefty Rally at Lincoln Memorial Gets Glad Handed By Old Media, But Event a Bust

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

**UPDATED WITH VIDEO of communist and socialist participants** **UPDATED 10/03/10 PHOTO of rally from Wash. Memorial** Naturally the Old Media is doing its level best to pump up the “One Nation” rally. The lefty protest is gathering in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. today, Oct. 2. But despite […]

 

Imagine there’s no country. It’s easy if you try.

Posted on by Doug Ross

Imagine that FDR’s New Deal had ended the Great Depression prior to World War II. Imagine that the trillions of dollars contributed by Americans to FDR’s Social Security system hadn’t been stolen by Congress, leaving the system underfunded by tens of trillions of dollars. Imagine that LBJ’s “Great Society” program — consisting of endless housing […]

 

U of Chicago Prof Says His $400,000 Salary Is Taxed Too Much

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

University professors so often get the reputation of being ivory tower pinheads sheltered from real life and out of touch with reality. Professor Todd Henderson of the University of Chicago sure didn’t help change that perception when he posted a blog post detailing how Obama’s tax hikes will hurt and that his combined family income […]

 

Feds Making NYCity Spend $27M to Change Lettering on Street Signs

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

So you are a busy federal agency with lots and lots to do. You have roads to build, bridges to reinforce, and infrastructure to shore up, but there is something gnawing at your paper pushing soul. It’s those darn street signs in New York City and others. So, like a good, jackbooted government automaton, you […]

 

Tearful Emanuel Leaves WH Job, Says Obama Leads in ‘Toughest Times’ in History?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In the worst kept secret in D.C., White House Chief of Staff Rham Emanuel officially left his post in a tearful press conference on the morning of Oct. 1. Most of what Mr. Emanuel had to say was your normal, average, everyday puffery that a junior member of a team says when he is leaving […]