Union axes worker for wearing ‘Bush’ shirt, hat
By: James Richardson (Diary) | October 23rd at 11:30 AM |
A California union stagehand was abruptly terminated Friday for wearing a “George H. W. Bush” sweat shirt and hat while constructing a stage to be used for a get out the vote rally featuring President Barack Obama. Duane Hammond says his clothes were not a political statement, rather a sign of support for his son, who is serving on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George H. | Read More »
Boxer Banking on Faulty Stimulus Figures for Reelection
By: James Richardson (Diary) | January 14th at 11:23 AM |
Senator Barbara Boxer Monday hit the campaign trail to tout jobs “created by the stimulus” in California by the Democrats’ $800 billion economic recovery package, attracting ridicule from Republican Carly Fiorina’s campaign who accused the junior Democratic senator of an “effort to deceive voters into thinking she’s actually done something for California.” With the expansion of California’s State Route 905 as her backdrop, Senator Boxer insisted | Read More »
Barbara Boxer Subsidizing Relatives with Campaign Contributions
By: James Richardson (Diary) | December 31st at 01:12 PM |
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has diverted nearly half a million in contributions from her political action committee to her son’s political consulting firm from 2001 to 2009, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. Boxer and Associates, owned by son Douglas Boxer, has in the last 8 years profited to the tune of $497,409.17, $36,000 of which was from last year alone as the politically-vulnerable | Read More »
Coburn, McCain Endorse Fiorina Senate Bid
By: James Richardson (Diary) | November 5th at 05:41 PM |
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO-turned-McCain campaign advisor and surrogate, announced on Thursday the endorsements of eight Republican Senators, including conservative stalwart Senator Tom Coburn. “Our nation is facing serious economic challenges because we keep rehiring the same failed career politicians who have proven themselves incapable of making hard choices,” read Coburn’s statement. “Carly’s common sense and fiscal conservatism will be a welcome addition to | Read More »
Redstate Interview: Chuck DeVore
By: James Richardson (Diary) | September 1st at 02:08 PM |
Orange County Republican and California State Assemblyman Chuck Devore has been spreading his message of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” across the Golden State for eleven months now, all with the aim of “bouncing Boxer” from the United States Senate in 2010. And he’s so anxious to see her leave that august body that his website bears a clock to track the number | Read More »