Category Archives: Democrats

Surprise: Vulnerable Dems Work To Distance Themselves From “Affordable” Care Act

The same legislation all of them who were in office in 2010 voted for (The Hill) Vulnerable Democrats are scrambling to find ways to stand apart from the White House on ObamaCare as the rollout of the high-profile law continues to struggle — and threatens their reelections. A number of red state Democrats in the […]

Whoops: Ezra Klein Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag About Keeping Your Plan

In the context of explaining just why O-care is in much worse trouble than thought, and the Mary Landrieu “keep your plan” legislation, he writes 4. The bill Landrieu is offering could really harm the law. It would mean millions of people who would’ve left the individual insurance market and gone to the exchanges will […]

Obama’s Green Economy Kills An Estimated 600,000 Bats In 2012

Funny how “green” energy sources which are supposed to “save the biosphere” keep killing so much life, wouldn’t you say? (Breitbart (and before any Warmist complains about this being Breitbart, it is actually a UPI story) Wind turbines killed at least 600,000 — and possibly as many as 900,000 — bats in the United States […]

Ahead Of Pitiful Enrollment Numbers, White House Cranks Up The Spin Machine

One thing we can always depend on from Team O and Democrats is that they never let reality get in the way of spin, and their Obamacare spin has typically made Baghdad Bob smile. Seriously, this Healthcare Tara thing is creepy. And now they’re turning it up a bit more (Politico) One thing we know: […]

Bummer: NC’s Kay Hagan Learning There Are Consequences For Votes

Namely, her vote for and support of the “Affordable” Care Act…well, until she realized that it was hurting her. And the pain keeps a comin’! (Politico) Incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) is near the top of national Republicans’ target list for 2014 — and a new poll shows her lead over her potential GOP challengers […]

Surprise: Ethonal Creates Environmental Problems

Can I color you shocked? Actually, I’m shocked that the Associated Press allowed this story to be published, and that WRAL here in Raleigh picked it up (but quickly buried it in the archives) The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America’s push for […]

Say, What Defines Success For Obamacare?

That’s something The Politico’s David Nather asks Democrats have a general idea of what it would take to put the Obamacare rollout back on track. Fix the damn website, they say, and most of the other problems will take care of themselves. But will they? The problem is that neither the administration or the House […]

Debbie Downer: Dems Are Going To Like Totally Run On Obamacare!

In all fairness, you wouldn’t expect her to say “I expect most Democrats, especially those Senators who are vulnerable, to run as far from this legislation as they can” (Red Alert Politics) Obamacare is going to be an asset for Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections, according to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). The Florida […]

Tarnished Nobel Prize: Obama Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity In International Criminal Court

Don’t these people know that Obama was just trying to make their lives better using college bull-session and community organizing inspired notions? (Daily Caller) President Obama has been accused of crimes against humanity in a new complaint submitted to the International Criminal Court, based in the Hague. Obama’s support for Egypt’s recently deposed Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated […]

Healthcare.fail VS WWII

I heard this one on Brett Baiers show yesterday, I believe it was, and figured it must be some sort of viral email going around. Yup, a friend forwarded it to me today, turned it into a graphic BTW, yet another supporter of Obama and the “Affordable” Care Act is shocked to learn that the […]

Pirate's Cove