August 1, 2011 – 11:24 am
Russ Emerson has come out with the ultimate Obama Dictionary, including healthcare – noun – Federally-funded waiting list executive privilege – noun – golf outing Make sure to head over and add some to the list. How about Bipartisan – noun – Republicans giving in to all Democrat demands New Tone – noun – you […]
August 1, 2011 – 8:47 am
Then things are quite a bit worse then they appear. Douglas A. McIntyre provides 10 signs the double-dip recession has begun Friday’s news on GDP shows the double dip has arrived — an expansion of only 1.3 percent and consumer spending up 0.1 percent in the second quarter. Astonishingly low by any account. The debt […]
August 1, 2011 – 8:21 am
Over at the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza breaks down the winners and losers in the debt deal. Here are a few of his winners Tea party: There were major questions coming into the 112th Congress about who would blink first — the largely establishment-aligned leaders of the new Republican House majority or the tea-party-aligned freshman […]
July 31, 2011 – 7:29 pm
Hmm, hasn’t President Snippy Pants been running around, scaring people, telling them the US credit rating will get downgraded if Someone Else doesn’t put a deal together? Not so fast, “according to PIMCO founder and managing director Bill Gross” When asked by CNN host Ali Velshi on Sunday whether the U.S. deserved to maintain its […]
July 31, 2011 – 9:58 am
ABC News is reporting that there is tentative debt deal, per “congressional sources”. Here’s the deal they are reporting, according to both Dem and GOP sources A debt ceiling increase of up to $2.1 to $2.4 trillion (depending on the size of the spending cuts agreed to in the final deal). They have now agreed […]
July 30, 2011 – 7:57 pm
You can easily ascertain exactly when Democrats are losing a debate, because they revert to throwing out personal attacks and smears. Wit(ch)ness Queen Nancy (OK, cheap shot) Right before the House voted to reject a Democratic debt-ceiling plan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi didn’t mince words. Pelosi pulled out a Star Wars reference on the House […]
July 30, 2011 – 9:03 am
I know, I know, you’re saying “how could that possibly happen after two years of far left Keynesian economic policies?” The economic recovery faltered dramatically in the first half of the year, and that means more trouble ahead. The latest Commerce Department figures show that the nation’s economic output was gasping for breath long before […]
July 30, 2011 – 7:51 am
There’s an old saying: respect the office, if not the man. But, what if the man uses the office to make the presidency as much of a joke as he is himself? Anyhow, Obama has used his perch to complain like a 5 year old who isn’t allowed to have a cookie before doing his […]
July 29, 2011 – 11:32 am
No, really The White House is pushing back against the growing narrative that Obama is “sitting on the sidelines,” as reported by the New York Times yesterday, and letting Congress do all the work. As John Boehner spent the night trying to wrestle members into place to support his debt ceiling deal, Valerie Jarret reminded […]
July 29, 2011 – 9:09 am
The actual headline reads “The tea party’s terrorist tactics“, which is interesting, when one considers that The Politico, like so many other leftist news outlets, refers to actual Islamist terrorists as militants and insurgents. And, having kept track of so many liberal blogs and forums for a long time, the Left generally thinks of Conservatives […]
