I don’t imagine Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner ever expected to end up as the philosophical poster-child of The New American Left. The Left is famous for raising taxes. Geithner may or may not even bother to pay his in any given year. Yet it happened during a light moment he experienced while testifying up on Capitol Hill. His statement to Congressman Ryan could accurately describe | Read More »
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Lincoln Chafee. He currently serves as the politically independent governor of Rhode Island. In a recent interview with WPRI, Chafee seemed to toss around the idea of being a Democrat. Chafee’s typical vapid non-speak follows below. The next gubernatorial election is “a long way away” and running as a Democrat “would be a hard step, just because of history,” | Read More »
“This damned burg’s getting me. If I don’t get away soon I’ll be going blood-simple like the natives.” – The Continental OP Red Harvest Dashiell Hammett It was last September, two months before Nancy Pelosi was blessedly silenced as House Speaker. Senator Jim Webb met President Barack Obama. They ended up talking healthcare reform. Senator Webb felt concerned. President “This time they’ve got me” was | Read More »
Democratic pollsters Stan Greenberg, Celinda Lake and Guy Molyneaux have studied their George Orwell with dedication and due diligence. They’ve learned much. Regrettably, they’ve learned lessons in 180-degree opposition to those the great author and social critic wanted to teach in his work 1984. Orwell taught that warping language to deliberately lie to the people was an evil tool used to acquire power. The Democratic | Read More »
I imagine I’m young again. I’m playing a hand of Demon Poker against the Boyoes. I’m watching the dead cans of Mr. Brewski get crushed against foreheads. The pots get bigger and the players more inebriated. I start to hone in on how these opponents react to their cards. I’m looking for what the really good poker players call a tell. There is a contractor | Read More »
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid all three entered 2009 with a commanding mandate and as much political power as any Democratic Leadership has had since Lyndon Johnson in 1965. Their mandate ordered them to fix the economy and put America back to work. They didn’t want to do that. They wanted to socialize the economy instead. An examination of what is wrong with | Read More »
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