Category: Democrats

Corzine Tries to Win Ugly* in New Jersey

Posted on by B. Daniel Blatt

In a Democratic state, running against a lackluster Republican opponent and with a war chest filled with twice as much lucre as both his opponents combined, with multiple visits by the charismatic President of the United States, Democrat incumbent Jon Corzine has resorted to playing dirty chests while corrupt organizations try to manufacture a few […]

 

AGW Bill On Life Support In Senate, Puppies May Die

Posted on by William Teach

I think we can firmly place this in the category of “good news for a Monday” The climate-change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate will face a stark political reality when it emerges for committee debate on Tuesday: With Democrats deeply divided on the issue, unless some Republican lawmakers risk the backlash […]

 

Should Scozzafava be the beginning of something bigger?

Posted on by Matt Latimer

In Human Events today, I talk about the effort by conservatives to back Doug Hoffman over the liberal backed by the GOP establishment. And I wonder if this isn’t the beginning of something more important — a fight not only within the GOP but AGAINST the GOP and its current leadership. There is precedent for […]

 

Democrats Consider Plans To Lower Deficit They Created

Posted on by William Teach

After using 2009 as The Year We Exploded The Deficit, Democrats are getting a bit uneasy over their election prospects. First they had their Porkulus, then the Omnibus, the $3.5 trillion 2010 budget, and the coming massive health system overhaul and global warming tom-foolery. But, hey, they did manage to cut several defense initiatives (just […]

 

ACORN’s Defenders Not Remaining Silent

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As we at SayNoToACORN.com are fighting to help inform you about what you can do to impress upon our local and federal officials to distance themselves from ACORN, the other side — those that support the actions of ACORN — are also organizing. This fact proves that we cannot just sit idly by and hope […]

 

Health Care Bill: Gut Reactions

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Do I feel like I’m beating a dead horse? Yes. The problem? It ain’t dead. The health care bill is very much alive and it’s almost unthinkable that it’s even being considered for the following reasons: The Cost Is Enormous: More importantly, America is already staggering under loads of debt. Why are we talking about […]

 

MSNBC: Pushing the Claim that Republicans Were Against 1964 Civil Rights Act

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On MSNBC on October 27, Rachel Maddow interviewed Jane Hamsher, well-known Hollywood roustabout and left-wing blogger for FireDogLake.com. The subject was the progress of Obamacare in the Senate and Senator Joe Lieberman’s warning that he might join a Republican filibuster of the Baucus bill if it contained the so-called public option. During the discussion, however, […]

 

Obama Signs Law Exempting Prisoner Photos From FOIA Requests, ACLU “Disappointed”

Posted on by William Teach

The ACLU releases a gently chiding news release regarding a law that Obama just signed President Obama today signed into law a Homeland Security appropriations bill that grants the Department of Defense (DOD) the authority to continue suppressing photos of prisoner abuse. The amendment, which would allow the DOD to exempt photos from the Freedom […]

 

10 Facts Every American Should Know About Speaker Pelosi’s 1,990-Page Gov’t Takeover of Health Care

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Representative John Boehner (R-OH), Washington, Oct 29 Members of Congress and the American people are just beginning to look at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) 1,990-page government takeover of health care, but it’s already becoming clear just how costly and unsustainable this proposal is. From higher taxes on middle-class families to job-killing mandates on small […]

 

Sacramento City College Crushes Student’s Free Speech

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

**UDPATE** 11/9/09 For Constitution Day this year at Sacramento City College Associated Student Government (ASG) President and student Steve Macias arranged for a group named Genocide Awareness Project, an anti-abortion group, to participate on campus in the Constitution Day activities. The group was approved for participation by the ASG and set up its booth at […]

 

Any Minute Congress Could Re-Fund ACORN

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Earlier I noted that we need your voice to keep the pressure on our representatives to keep government funds out of the hands of the criminal organization ACORN. Today Byron York posted another reminder of this salient fact in his headlined, “Will Congress’ Defunding of ACORN Expire Saturday?” York concludes that it is unlikely that […]

 

“Choice and Competition” – But Not For Education

Posted on by McQ

The White House tell us that the government public option in health care insurance reform will introduce “choice and competition” into the insurance market. But when it comes to education, which already “enjoys” a government monopoly, “choice and competition” are not at all something White House has any desire to introduce. And, in fact, it […]

 

FACT CHECK: Profits for Health Insurance Companies Far From Fat

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Associated Press posted an interesting piece revealing that the health insurance industry is far from the image that Democrats and other leftists want to present. Insurance companies are so often presented as rapacious, fat-cats ripping off all their customers and growing fat on profits. But the AP finds that reality does not quite fit […]

 

Doc Quits! $160,000 Per Year Malpractice Costs the Cause

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Doctor Jacquelline Perlman has had it. After a 12-year career as an OB-GYN doctor she his quitting her practice. One of the major reasons is the exorbitant costs of malpractice insurance. “I’ve decided to retire from obstetrics,” said Perlman, 42. “It breaks my heart. Malpractice costs are a big part of it. It’s a very […]

 

AIP Column: Democrat Decay

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

What happens when Democrats run things unchecked? Detroit, Michigan: Urban decay might as well be called Democrat decay. Democrats rule every major city in America and the more power the Democrats have in the city, the more likely the city will be a complete mess. Enter Detroit, Michigan. Detroit might be the second worst example […]

 

The Wrong Lesson from the Bob McDonnell campaign: Don’t be a Conservative

Posted on by Matt Latimer

In case conservatives have missed it, our betters running the Republican Party think they’ve figured out the way to a Republican resurgence. They want to hide conservatives in an attic somewhere (surprise, surprise). Even National Review (!) has gotten into this act, advising Republicans that the way to win is to learn from Virginia’s Bob […]

 

Another Hate-Filled, Left Wing Journalist’s Brand of Non-Partisanship

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

BigGovernment.com found another hilarious example of how sold out the left-wing, Old Media is to their Obammessiah. This time it is “journalist” John Guerra of the Key West Citizen in Florida who sent a personal email to Representative Connie Mack’s office in reply to a mass emailing that the Representative sent his constituents. Mack’s office […]

 

ACORN Handed Regulatory Authority Over Financial Institutions

Posted on by Dave Blount

Apparently it will take more than the astonishing O’Keefe/Giles exposés to disinfect Washington of the disease known as ACORN. Ignoring revelations that ACORN is a cesspool of corruption, Democrats have voted to give it regulatory power over the financial institutions that it habitually shakes down for donations. During consideration of H.R. 3126, legislation to establish […]

 

Fact Checking The Democrats – Private Health Insurance

Posted on by McQ

Private health insurance companies have been demonized by the Democrats and the administration as modern day “robber barons” who are raking in obscene profits mostly by denying you coverage. But a simple fact checking dispels that sort of an attack as negative propaganda with no basis in reality: Health insurance profit margins typically run about […]