Oct

21

Poll: Over Half of Tea Partiers Say They’ll Vote for Romney if He’s the Nominee

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Many of you know my views on Mitt Romney. He lost me back in 1994 when he tried to out-Kennedy Ted Kennedy. Then came the flip-flopping, Romneycare, a swig of global warming Kool Aid, etc. That said, my issues with Romney do not trump my understanding that Barack Obama must be voted out next November, [...]

Oct

21

Does She Really Wonder Why She Can’t Find a Job in Her Chosen Profession?

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A Forbes story about Occupy Wall Street features several different protesters, and lists what they do for a living (if anything) along with a sentence about why they’re participating. Here’s my favorite: For some reason I’m envisioning a photo of Michael Moore above the caption “unemployed personal trainer.” (h/t Sense of Events)

Oct

21

Republicans Vote for More Robberies, Murders and Rapes

Filed Under Economy, Law, Politics | 6 Comments

That’ll be the White House spin on this: Despite a campaign-style push this week by President Barack Obama, the Senate on Thursday scuttled pared-back jobs legislation aimed at helping state and local governments avoid layoffs of teachers and firefighters. Obama’s three-day bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia — states crucial to his re-election race [...]

Oct

20

Joe Biden’s ‘Robberies Will Go Up, Rapes Will Go Up’ Jobs Bill Fear Mongering Now Ad Fodder for the RNC

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Joe Biden’s doing such a great job explaining why parts of the “jobs bill” should be passed immediately that the Republican Party is featuring his “reasoning” in a new ad. Video by way of Jim Geraghty at NRO: Before too long I suspect Biden will grow frustrated that he’s being mocked, and the attempt to [...]

Oct

20

Gaddafi Reportedly Killed

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Ronald Reagan gave it his best shot back in the 80′s but was unsuccessful. However, it looks like Gaddafi’s luck has finally run out: (Reuters) – Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya’s interim rulers [...]

Oct

19

I Can Hear Obama Already: ‘Pass This DIAPER Bill!’

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What’s a nanny/welfare state without actually getting into the diaper business? An economic recovery bill authored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D.-Conn.) seeks to empower struggling families by directing the federal government to distribute free diapers through day care centers. The Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery Act (DIAPER Act) would “relieve some of [...]

Oct

19

Harry Reid: Now That the Private Sector is Doing Just Fine, Congress Needs to Worry About Government Jobs

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The kind of mindset required to stave off any semblance of an economic recovery was on full display this morning, courtesy of the Harry Reid: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday said Congress needs to worry about government jobs more than private sector jobs, and that this is why Senate Democrats are pushing [...]

Oct

19

Obama Meets Person Most Qualified to Lead His Economic Team

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On the bus tour trail, President Obama was happy to meet somebody with a job: After shaking a few hands, one local introduced himself to the president and declared he was a funeral director. “Oh, the funeral home business,” Obama said excitedly. “Fantastic. That’s important work.” Hopefully Obama kept the guy’s business card for when [...]

Oct

19

Biden Doubles Down: You’d Be For the ‘Jobs Bill’ if You Knew What it Was Like to Get Robbed or Raped!

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Joe Biden gave a similar warning to Flint, Michigan, and the audio below is an even more dire warning from Pluggers — this time for the people of Philadelphia. The desperation is palpable and I think a portion of the audience even realized he’s crazy. “Hiring more police” was just one of the reasons Sheriff [...]

Oct

18

Chris Christie: Tea Party and OWS ‘Come From Same Perspective But Have Different Solutions’

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As fun as it always has been watching Chris Christie smack down union leaders, stuff like this is just one of the reasons why I was never on the “Draft Christie” bandwagon: Chris Christie weighed in on the Occupy Wall Street protesters yesterday asserting that they “come from the same perspective” but have “different solutions.” [...]

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