Dodd-Simmons: Game On?

Here’s the headline from the JI:  Simmons weighs run for Senate And about time. Dodd’s vulnerable … his tenure alone makes him vulnerable. Add to that his reluctance to come clean on his mortgages and his stunning lack of leadership at best and complicity at worst during the mortgage meltdown makes him a liability as…

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Scared? Maybe you have good reason. Take New Poll!

Running through last night’s video and I came across a continuing theme throughout … Democrats and RINOs trying to frighten America to death … a financial death of $1 Trillion dollars (pay no attention to the deal … it will be a trillion I can assure you). Below you will find two videos … first…

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Depression … Specter Caves

You either believe in this kind of spending on every government program conceivable (schools, union roads, blada blada blada, plus pork) or you don’t. You either believe that money is best spent by the people who earn it or not. Specter, Collins, Snowe? What is it exactly that they believe in? What gets me is…

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If This Is Change … Count Me Out

South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham has been the voice of the conservatives as the Democrats have tried to ram down pork project after pork project down the throats of Americans, their children and their grand children. He has had so many great moments today it’s hard to pick just one … so I have uploaded…

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Who’s Your Daddy?

I have a friend from Nashville, TN who frequently refers to her husband as “Big Daddy”. Big Daddy is a great guy … but it sure scares the dickens out of me when the Federal Government portrays itself as “Big Daddy”. From yesterday’s press conference on the signing of the new SCHIP program that expands…

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Here Comes National Health Care – Update: Irony Alert

Uh Oh … The President signed the SCHIP legislation this afternoon making even more children (umm that includes kids OVER 18) eligible for “free” government health care … plus legal immigrants (come to America we’ll pay for your care), plus pregnant women, plus their kids, plus … well you get the idea, but as the…

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Is The Porkapalooza In Trouble? Update – Yes

Update: Since I filed this post late last night … the tide continues to turn. H/T Powerline: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% favor the legislation, 43% are opposed, and 20% are not sure. Two weeks ago, 45% supported the plan. Last week, 42% supported it. Opposition has grown from 34%…

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Daschle out as Obama cabinet nominee

Tom Daschle, former South Dakota Senator who at one time was a Democrat leader, has withdrawn his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. At 1:21 p.m. yesterday, Anne Kornblut at the Washington Post wrote: President Obama repeated his support on Monday for Thomas A. Daschle, whose failure to pay more than…

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