Category Archives: Democrats

AP: You May Be Losing That Health Plan You Like Under Obamacare

Nice to see that the Associated Press finally notices something that Obamacare opponents pointed out even before it was passed Like your health care policy? You may be losing it Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren’t up to […]

What, Exactly, Does Obama Know?

There are three possible leadership styles for (NMP) Obama He just doesn’t want to know and doesn’t want to be involved in governance or decision making He does actually want to know everything and is involved in decision making as well as being kept in the loop, but his people say he isn’t He only […]

Did Holder Commit Perjury?

That’s what the House wants to know (The Hill) The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his May 15 testimony on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) surveillance of reporters, an aide close to the matter told The Hill. The panel is looking at a statement Holder made during […]

Dionne: It’s Not Easy Being Obama

You know why? Because all you people who criticize him are raaaaacists, per the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne. Let’s skip all the way to the end to find out how simply awesome Obama is He’s an anti-ideological leader in an ideological age, a middle-of-the-road liberal skeptical of the demands placed on a movement leader, a […]

Dick Durbin: Should Bloggers And Tweeters Be Shielded Like Journalists?

Loathsome Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il), who at one time compared the military members at Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Nazis, isn’t quite ready to call for a special council regarding the DOJ’s investigations into journalists, as he said during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. And (Daily Caller) “But here is the bottom line — […]

Politico Wonders Where Obama’s Hotcoldwetdry Agenda Is

Perhaps they should ask why he has the highest “Carbon Footprint” in the world and uses lots and lots of fossil fuels to travel all around the country for campaign style speeches, not too mention huge motorcades so he can play golf Where’s President Obama’s climate agenda? Why don’t we ask the thriving businesses known […]

NY Times: Obama Admin Cast Wide Net In Leaker Cases

How big a net? This big (NY Times) Even before the F.B.I. conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot, agents had sought the same reporters’ sources for two other articles about terrorism. In a […]

DOJ Fought To Keep James Rosen Warrent Secret

Remind me, isn’t the Justice Department supposed to follow the Constitution and the Law? Apparently not when Eric Holder is in charge and they want to retaliate against a journalist (The New Yorker) The Obama Administration fought to keep a search warrant for James Rosen’s private e-mail account secret, arguing to a federal judge that […]

Lois Lerner Directly Involved With IRS Targeting Scheme?

It’s no wonder she pled the 5th (via Gator Doug) (National Review) A series of letters suggests that senior IRS official Lois Lerner was directly involved in the agency’s targeting of conservative groups as recently as April 2012, more than nine months after she first learned of the activity. Lerner, the director of the IRS […]

In “Squirrel!” Speech, Obama Urges End To Global War On Terrorism

Not that he really it calls it that. If you remember, his administration changed it to “overseas contingency” early on. And while the NY Times says that this “was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America”, there are two issues, the first being that […]

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