Category: Democrats

Read HR4872, Healthcare Bill Online

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

OpenCongress has online the healthcare bill that will soon be facing a vote in the House of Representatives. Health Care Bill Summary – by OpenCongress: this is the full text of H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010. This bill would amend the Senate version of the health care reform bill to bring its provisions […]

 

Senator Tom Coburn Kicks You Know What

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

I’ll say he kicks “arse” so as to make it fancy pants, as befitting one who is made totally of awesome. Switch your vote in exchange for some cushy appointment, as is the Chicago Way? Guess again. The Oklahoma Way will stop you. “I want to send a couple messages to my colleagues in the […]

 

NPR: ‘Patriots’ Are Dangerous to Our Government

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Public supported National Public Radio (NPR) posted a report on March 17 during its “All Things Considered” radio show that warns its listeners that “patriot groups” are dangerous and are apparently increasingly prone to attacking government officials and facilities. Oddly the two examples it uses to prove its case have no ties whatsoever to any […]

 

Is The Health Care Fight Obscuring A Criminal Cover-Up In The Obama White House?

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Great investigative journalism by The American Spectator’s Jeffrey Lord: Even as the drama of health care carries the headlines, beneath the surface, visible now, the iceberg of scandal ripples. First, the timeline on the blossoming scandal upon which we will now officially fix the dreaded “gate” descriptive. Jobsgate. – September 27, 2009 — The Denver […]

 

When Indians Are Better Cowboys Than the Cowboys

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last week an article appeared in the Wall Street Journal that gave me pause even as it evoked outrage. It proved that the India has more backbone than America does where it concerns portraying Islamic terror in films. The article was penned by Arun Venugopal. The writer is a young Indian-born, American-raised reporter who has […]

 

More of Obama’s ‘Transparency’ Lies

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Remember how Obama stomped across the country between 2004 and 2009 saying that the Bush administration was the “most secretive administration ever”? Remember how he assured us that if HE won the presidency he’d have the most “transparent” administration ever? He lied. About both point. As Andrew Malcolm of the L.A. Times notes, Obama has […]

 

The Left Turning Western Civilization into Alice’s Wonderland

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see”– Alice of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Clearly the left are Aliceites. They are […]

 

Have You Heard? Clinton Appointed Judge Is Impeached

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. was appointed to the federal bench by Bill Clinton in 1994. In March of 2010 he was impeached by the House of Representatives for bribe taking and corruption. I’m just curious, but have you heard this story about this Democrat judge being impeached? On March 11, Porteous, a Clinton appointee […]

 

Stupak Amendment Exposes Obamacare’s Dirty Little Secret: Eugenics

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Originally posted at RedState The other day, when Bart Stupak revealed that he was told “If you pass the Stupak Amendment, more children will be born and therefore it will cost us millions more”, I mentioned that it was no real surprise. Abortion is an agenda to the Left, it’s not about life or some […]

 

Pelosi Whines About Process Over Substance (Plus St. Paddy’s Pinups That Aren’t Pelosi)

Posted on by William Teach

Apparently, Queen Nancy was nipping at the green beer a day early Democrats are considering using a complicated process to avoid a direct vote on the Senate-passed bill, which is unpopular with House Democrats. Instead, they would declare the Senate bill passed once the House votes to approve changes it wants. Republicans said the strategy […]

 

The DNC Should Fire Its Health Care Pollster

Posted on by John Hawkins

Obama’s pollster, Joel Benenson, has been making some utterly bizarre arguments for health care reform of late. If he really believes this stuff, he’s not competent enough to do his job. Of course, it’s entirely possible that he may be putting this nonsense out there because he believes Democratic Congressmen are stupid enough to buy […]

 

Obama Orders Army NOT To Fly U.S. Flag in Haiti

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

It’s bad enough that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is giving short shrift to American manufacturers and our economy by ordering extravagant new crystal stemware from Sweden to make the crystal cabinets in America’s embassies sparkle impressively, but now we learn that Barack Obama has told the U.S. relief forces in Haiti not to fly […]

 

Paul Ryan: ‘We are not governing here today, we are greasing the skids’

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

So said Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) during today’s Budget Committee farce wherein the “shell” bill was passed. It now heads over to be marked up and can include whatever they want, including public option, and can be loaded with earmarks to secure wavering or undecided votes. Like I said last night, everything is now on […]

 

My Stomach is Rielle-ing. Edwards Sex Tape Exists

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

I knew it did, but I was in deep, deep denial.:  The existence of a John Edwards, Rielle Hunter sex tape has now been confirmed. The Edwards sex tape is the Rielle deal Image Courtesy of The Daily Caller At least according to Diane Dimond at the Daily Beast. This alleged John Edwards/Rielle Hunter sex […]

 

AP Conflates Fake ‘Catholic’ Group With Catholic Church

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Here is one of the sneaky tricks that the Old Media plays in order to support a cause. In this case it’s the Associated Press coming to the aid of Obamacare with “news” that a “Catholic” hospital group is coming out in support of Obamacare. Of course, the AP does not inform the reader that […]

 

PJTVs Launches New Tea Party TV – Interview With Glenn Reynolds

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Pajamas Media is capitalizing on its earlier coverage of the Tea Party movement and has launched Tea Party TV. As the PR release says, “Expanding on its coverage of the National Tea Party Convention last week, PJTV announced its launch of Tea Party TV, offering comprehensive coverage of the Tea Party movement. The cornerstone of […]

 

Does The ‘Shell’ Health Care Bill Have Any Teeth? Dead Sister’s or Otherwise?

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

?(Originally posted at RedState) The short answer is: Do not trust. And verify. Upon the release of the ’shell’ 2,300 page reconciliation health care bill, which includes a public option, immediately some started issuing calls to calm down, that it’s a shell bill that will allegedly be stripped by the Rules Committee. Allegedly is the […]

 

Democrats And Health Care Bill: Bait & Switch & Switch & Then, Probably, Switch Again

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Public option: In School loans: In And yet, it’s called a “shell” bill that will be stripped. Philip Klein explains it all. Here’s a bit: Shortly before midnight on Sunday, Democrats released a 2,309 page health care bill that will start the process of reconciliation — but don’t let that fool you, it’s not the […]

 

3rd Annual AFP Defending the Amer. Dream Summit, Wisconsin — Final Report

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well, I am back home from attending the AFP Defending the American Dream Summit. The speakers were inspiring and the panel on which I sat during one of the break out sessions was really fun. A word about what this whole thing was is apropos here. It was attended by some 4,000 folks, all regular […]

 

Leftist The Nation magazine: When In Doubt, Blame Bush. Again

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

It seems that math, cooking and basic home economics aren’t the only things with which Katrina Vanden Heuvel has trouble. I wrote about her inability to function at those household basics yesterday, here. Well, it appears that the reality-challenged Vanden Heuvel, Editor of The Nation magazine, also isn’t a very good, you know, Editor. .. […]

 

Senator Scott Brown Delivers Devastating GOP Weekly Address

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Senator Scott Brown Delivers Devastating GOP Weekly Address Associated Press Then ‘Blames’ Senator Brown for Failure to Pass Health Care Bill Last month, I defended Scott Brown on his vote for cloture on the ridiculous jobs bill. While I obviously thought that it was a mistake, I wasn’t ready to break out the pitchforks. Scott […]

 

3rd Annual AFP Defending the Amer. Dream Summit, Wisconsin — Opening Festivities

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I am here in Beautiful Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin for the AFP Defending the American Dream Summit… or I assume it’ll be beautiful once the drab days of Winter are over, anyway. I haven’t been to the Dells since about 1973, so things have changed a tad since I was last here. Tonight, after registration closed […]

 

Stupak: Dems Told Me Funding Abortion Is Good, Because Kids Are Costly

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Bart Stupak just had a revelation. And it’s a disturbing one. Sitting in an airport, on his way home to Michigan, Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life Democrat, is chagrined. “They’re ignoring me,” he says, in a phone interview with National Review Online. “That’s their strategy now. The House Democratic leaders think they have the votes […]