Category Archives: GOP

Chris Christie Wonders “What The Hell We’re Paying (Obama) For”

The governor unloads on the Anointed One (Politico) Gov. Chris Christie on Monday tore into President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the supercommittee’s failure to reach an agreement on debt reduction last week, asking the president, “What the hell are we paying you for?” Calling Obama “a bystander in the Oval Office,” the outspoken […]

Newt Gets Coveted Endorsement By New Hampshire Union Leader

Chris Wallace stated that this is more of a negative for Mitt Romney than a positive for Newt (Fox News) Former speaker of the U.S. House and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received the coveted endorsement of the highly-influential New Hampshire newspaper “The Manchester New Hampshire Union Leader,” an endorsement Republican rival Mitt […]

Shockingly, Supercommittee To Fail, Now Trading Blame

In all seriousness, did anyone think that the Supercommittee would actually come up with some sort of deal to save a paltry $1.2 trillion – rather weird to write paltry regarding that amount of money, yet, it is paltry when it comes to the federal budget – over 10 years? The GOP wanted actual cuts, […]

Ron Paul Partially Blames US For 9/11

It’s not the first time he’s gone complete bat guano insane, and one of the reasons why he will NEVER be the GOP presidential nominee (The Hill) Ron Paul said that American policymakers were at least partially at fault for the country being attacked on 9/11 during a discussion of foreign policy on CBS’s Face […]

In Which I Defend Rick Perry After He Stumbles Hard In Debate

It’s no secret that I do not like Rick Perry as a candidate and politician. I do not trust him. He isn’t that likeable to me. Looking at his record, he appears to be another in a long line of Big Government Republicans. I did not like how nasty the primaries became the minute he […]

Fifth Woman Accuses Cain Of…..Wanting To Have Dinner

Yesterday we first had the revelation that Herman Cain might have got a bit frisky with Sharon Bialek, who remembered every detail of something that happened 14 years ago, which amounted to….Cain supposedly getting frisky. Then, from the Washington Examiner we learned A former employee of the United States Agency for International Development says Republican […]

I Declare Politico’s Attack On Herman Cain Racist

Obviously, the big news Sunday night through Monday was the very old sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain while I was away visiting with the parents. It’s sent the media, including some on the right, into a frenzy, even going so far as saying Cain’s campaign is over. It all begs the question: who leaked […]

Rick Perry Set To Announce His Cut, Balance, And Grow Plan

Better late than never. Skipping the preamble and heading to the meat (Wall Street Journal) On Tuesday I will announce my “Cut, Balance and Grow” plan to scrap the current tax code, lower and simplify tax rates, cut spending and balance the federal budget, reform entitlements, and grow jobs and economic opportunity. The plan starts […]

Obama Calls Boehner On Trade Bills, Gets Dressed Down

Perhaps Obama shouldn’t have been running his mouth earlier in the day while being campaigner in chief (Politico) President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday to congratulate him for passing three trade agreements — but ended up getting an earful on the jobs debate. According to an unusually detailed account released by […]

Senate GOP Set To Unveil Jobs Plan

It’s a real jobs plan, one meant to stimulate the economy and get people back to work, unlike Obama’s one which was a campaign platform that had so many poison pills that even his own party couldn’t pass it in the Democrat controlled Senate (The Politico) President Barack Obama had his American Jobs Act. Now, […]

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