Category Archives: Democrats

McConnell Will Allow A Vote On Bernie Sanders’ Nutty Climate Change Amendment

Doomed to fail, but, hey, nothing like people who take fossil fueled trips from all over the country complaining about the use of fossil fuels, eh? (The Hill) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he will allow the Senate to vote on an amendment asking if they agree that climate change is impacting […]

Apparently, No One Asked Most Powerful Man In World If He Wanted To Attend Paris Anti-Terrorism March

Obama’s aides were apparently caught off guard or something White House was out of step as Paris march grew Aides were caught off-guard by Sunday’s event. Wait, White House aides said Sunday, as they saw coverage come in of the anti-terrorism march in Paris — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is there? Jordan’s King Abdullah? The […]

Keystone XL Bill Clears First Senate Vote

One of Obama’s complaints in saying he would veto any Keystone XL pipeline legislation was that there was a lawsuit pending in Nebraska. That lawsuit was thrown out a few days ago, leading John Boehner to say “President Obama is now out of excuses for blocking the Keystone pipeline and the thousands of American jobs […]

Sham Theater: Democrats To Push Redistribution Plan To “Combat Inequality”

Now that Democrats have been reduced to a minority party in the Senate, having lost the House in the 2010 elections, they’ve decided they are going to push a redistributive taxation plan, with no chance of success Democrats, in a stark shift in messaging, to make big tax-break pitch for middle class Senior Democrats, dissatisfied […]

John Kerry Attempts To Defend U.S. No Show At Paris March

He calls this failure “quibbling” (Fox News) Secretary of State John Kerry called criticism that no top U.S. officials attended Sunday’s massive march against terrorism in Paris “quibbling” Monday, even as he announced a trip to the French capital later this week for talks on countering Islamist violence. Kerry announced his plans at a press […]

Obama, Shockingly, Misses Paris March, As Does Guy He Sent

https://twitter.com/HollyRFisher/status/554369212203155459 Really, shouldn’t that chair have wheels? Or be Via Instapundit, who also points to Twitchy, where we also learn CNN just reported Eric Holder did not attend #ParisMarch because he was attending high level meetings. With whom? Everyone was at rally. — Dana French (@DanaBFrench) January 11, 2015

Dick Durbin: Now’s The Time To Raise The Gas Tax

Democrats controlled the Senate from the start of 2007 through just a few days ago. They could have passed legislation doing just that, particularly during the time period of 2009-2010, when they also controlled the House and the Presidency. Durbin could have submitted legislation at any time. It’s rather interesting that he is pushing this […]

Obama Threatens Veto Of Keystone XL, Going Against The American People

Without even seeing the legislation, Obama has made his position clear (The Hill) The White House said on Tuesday that President Obama would veto legislation that approves construction of the Keystone XL pipeline if it passes Congress. “If this bill passes this Congress the president wouldn’t sign it either,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest […]

De Blasio Aides Pushed Politicians To Blast NYPD

The situation where the NYPD loathes NYC mayor Bill de Blasio is wholly a creation of de Blasio. He ran on opposition to the NYPD and so many of their policies which were reducing crime, he’s intimated that the NYPD is racist, took the side of all the protesters, and just fails to show respect […]

Obama Bumps Military Wedding To Play Golf

Even Democrats can’t possibly defend O on this one. If they try, they should just imagine their outrage if we substitute “Bush” for “Obama” (via Twitchy) Barack Obama, wedding crasher: http://t.co/g0Idc6SJbB via @bpolitics — Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) December 29, 2014 Natalie Heimel and her fiancé, Edward Mallue Jr., a pair of captains in the […]

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