Category Archives: GOP

House Passes Payroll Tax Extension And Others

Of course, the Democrat controlled Senate has said they would kill it and Obama has said he will veto it. Before reading it, of course (Washington Post) Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax […]

Huntsman Does Favor AGW Legislation

On the 9th I pointed out an interview between Jon Huntsman and Laura Ingraham, when he seemed to be saying that he wouldn’t push AGW legislation. Alas, I should have looked back on the 7th Jon Huntsman dials back squishiness on climate change Hey, what’s up with The Politico snaking my “squishy” meme? A day […]

Wackadoodle Uncle Ron Says Bush Admin. Was Gleeful For 9/11

The man is a raving wackjob, and will never, ever get the GOP nomination (CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday evening that Bush administration officials were gleeful after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because it gave them a pretext to invade Iraq. “Just think of what happened after 9/11. Immediately before there […]

Huntsman Won’t Pass AGW Legislation Unless China And India Do The Same

The more I learn about Jon Huntsman, the more I like him, in terms of what he stands for and what he has done. I can move past the whole working for Obama as ambassador to China, since this gives him excellent insight and knowledge about the largest holder of American debt. Other than Michele […]

Jon Huntsman Now A Climate Realist?

Remember, this was the guy who tweeted ““To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.” And, regarding anthropogenic global warming, we did call him crazy. And his campaign went no where. Not that it was going anywhere to start with. Now, via the Politico, we learn that […]

Queen Nancy: “On Second Thought, Maybe I Don’t Have Dirt On Newt”

To put it succinctly, she ran her mouth without thinking, and had to retreat (ABC News) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi now says she is not sitting on a trove of opposition research on former House Speaker-turned-GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. In an interview conducted Friday and published Monday, Pelosi hinted that once the time […]

Huntsman Campaign On Trump Debate – “lol, no thanks, getting the popcorn ready”

One often has to wonder what goes through the head of Jon Huntsman. This was the guy the media dubbed as the only Republican who could beat Obama, and that Team Obama was scared to death of him running. A supposedly strong Conservative who went to work for the Obama administration. He announces his campaign […]

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, […]

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