Category Archives: Democrats

Obama: “I’m Not Involved With Drone Policies”

Is there anything Obama does take responsibility for as POTUS/CiC? (Politico) President Barack Obama’s defense to Democratic senators complaining about how little his administration has told Congress about the legal justifications for his drone policy: Dick Cheney was worse. That’s part of what two senators in the room recounted of Obama’s response when, near the […]

Dems Launch Series Of Whines On House Floor About Hotcoldwetdry

They’re so amusing at that age (The Hill) House Democrats will make a series of speeches on the House floor in the coming weeks to call for a congressional response to climate change. “There are a number of us who plan on speaking every day on the House floor on the need for Congress to […]

Next Dem Assault On 2nd Amendment: Big Taxes On Ammo

Don’t worry, they’re just trying to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. No need to be alarmed (LA Times) Efforts are underway in Congress and at least half a dozen states, including California, to raise taxes on firearms or ammunition to pay for programs targeting gun violence. In Congress, a group of Democrats, […]

Democrats Mostly Against Any Obama Grand Bargain

Unless it includes lots of tax increases and sharing the wealth policies (though none of them have been willing to send a check to the IRS themselves) (Politico) President Barack Obama may be thinking about a “grand bargain” to address spending and the federal deficit, but there’s a key constituency he has to persuade to […]

Berkley Councilman Proposes Taxation on Emails To Save Postal Service

What would you expect from a confirmed Leftist in Berkley? (Huff Post) If the post office is going to go down, perhaps it should at least go down with a fight. Gordon Wozniak, a city councilman in Berkeley, Calif., has proposed an email tax to provide much-needed revenue to the ailing U.S. Postal Service, local […]

Obama Turns On Charm To Woo Republicans

Like I said yesterday, this is like a typical abusive relationship. Obama denigrates, insults, and beats Republicans constantly, then for a brief time turns on the charm, buys them dinner, some flowers, a bit of “quality time”, then will soon switch back to floggings when the laundry isn’t done on time (Washington Post) For more […]

Republican Senators Set Themselves Up As Fools After Dinner With Obama

These Republicans remind me of women (or men) who’ve been burned as their significant other beats them, then buys into the apology and post beating lovey dovey attitude, tells the cops and hospital they fell, and it happens again And again. And again (The Hill) Senate Republicans are more optimistic about the prospect of a […]

Dems Worried That Scare-Monger In Chief May Have Overdone It

Can we start calling him “Peter Obama?” (Politico) Over the past few days, Obama and his team have pulled back from a kick-off strategy that portrayed the $84 billion in automatic cuts this year as a parade of instant horrors — hellish waits at airports, a quick cascade of private job losses resulting from voided […]

Dem: No Need For Guns, Just Tell Men Not To Rape

If only there were laws against things like sexual assault, violence, and rape. Why has no one thought to pass laws? (The Blaze) Appearing on Fox News Tuesday night, Democratic Strategist Zerlina Maxwell argued that preventing rape should start by simply “telling men not to rape women.” She was arguing against women using guns as […]

Amendment To Continuing Resolution Would Bar Obama Golf Outings On Public Dime

At least until PINO Obama resumes White House tours (Daily Caller) Republican Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert introduced an amendment to the Continuing Resolution that would not provide the White House with any taxpayer funds to transport President Barack Obama to and from any golf course until they resume White House public tours. In a House […]

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