How low the Democrat party has sunk since the heady days when President Harry S. Truman adorned his desk with that now-infamous slogan! “The buck stops here.” Now that is leadership. I, of course, wasn’t alive during the Truman presidency and honestly haven’t studied his administration well enough to say one way or the other whether the words on that plaque were just that, or | Read More »
Former Republican Presidential Candidate (and my personal pick for the job, if we’re to be completely honest about it), Fred Thompson sent out a letter to supporters of his political action committee, urging support of NY-23 Congressional Candidate Doug Hoffman. In that letter, Thompson refers to Hoffman as the “True Conservative” in the race for NY-23 — an assessment with which, given the record of | Read More »
MoveOn.org sent out an email to supporters today, about “going on the offense” in the health care debate. In spite of a recent poll they cite further in the email, it seems MoveOn feels its cause has been hurt by constantly being on the defensive against Republican attacks. To that end, they plan on attacking Republicans they feel are “vulnerable” with a series of ads | Read More »
In any economic evaluation, you have to balance long-term goals and short-term goals in a way that will ultimately benefit the “Bigger Picture.” In other words, though it isn’t always the case, sometimes you have to sacrifice short-term prosperity in order to benefit greater in the long run. Recent decisions by New York State, however, seem to suggest a willingness on the part of the | Read More »
Promoted from the diaries by Jeff Tell any pro-ObamaCare Democrat that socialized healthcare doesn’t work, and you are sure to receive the smug reply that “countries with a single-payer system have a higher life expectancy.” Technically, that’s true. But, as the saying goes, there are “lies, damned lies and statistics.” The lie in this particular set of stats is indeed not in the stats themselves, | Read More »
(start video around 2:45) Democrats like to say a lot of things about healthcare, in order to calm the jitters of the voting public. Of course you can keep your current health insurance, they say. The public option will simply keep those private companies in check. Furthermore, they say, fears of rationed care are unfounded — and clearly the fear of mandated euthenasia is pure | Read More »
Promoted from the diaries by EPU The Confirmation of Representative John McHugh as Obama’s Secretary of the Army is still yet to occur, but NY-23 Republicans and Democrats are preparing for the inevitable race for his seat in Congress. And amidst talks that the District 23 Republicans may push off making their nominations, The Jefferson County GOP has made their selection known, and a final tally | Read More »
Now that Congressman John McHugh has been tapped as Secretary of the Army by President Obama (and there is little doubt he’ll be confirmed), the race has begun for his seat in the House. Though Congressional District 23 is one of the largest (and most underrepresented) districts in the nation, in general, this isn’t one that people pay much attention to. Except, this isn’t like | Read More »
I’ve been thinking about Obama. About the things he does and is doing. I’ve been thinking he reminds me of somebody. I don’t know, though. I can’t put my finger on it. Maybe it’s the way he pals around with oppressive dictators who suppress dissidents. Maybe it’s the way he fights for a healthcare system that could ration the elderly right out of coverage. Perhaps | Read More »
Since I’m such a valuable member of the MoveOn community (read: I have an email address to which they can keep sending requests for money), I was sent this little morsel. An email both warning me about the dangers and evils of Corporate Banking(!) and explaining to me how Government can help. I’ll reproduce their email, titled “The Fine Print” [cue ominous music]: Dear MoveOn | Read More »
Palin resigned. Did you hear the news? No? Well, where the hell’ve you been, Skippy? Clearly not here at RedState. Sanford screwed up. Probably heard about that, too. But in all the hubbub and handwringing going on regarding 2012 here in RedState, we’re quickly losing focus of something far more pressing: It’s only 2009. We have a HUGE game still to play, and it’s way | Read More »
Many people have already heard about or read about California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, and her assertion that Conservative talk show hosts are “terrorists.” If not, you can check The Corner at NRO. It was during an interview with the LA Times. The portion of the interview that, rightly, has many people up in arms is this: Q: How do you think conservative talk radio | Read More »
According to an article by the Associated Press today, the Supreme Court overturning of Sotomayor’s discrimination ruling will cause “confusion.” That, according to “civil rights” advocates and union attorneys like Wade Henderson. Henderson, the President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, has suggested that a ruling in favor of the white folks (and two hispanics) in the New Haven case will create | Read More »
(sent as an email to the office of John McHugh, and cross-posted at SLC Republitarian) Dear Congressman, Thank you for selling out your constituents, and your countrymen, by supporting the Cap & Trade bill. A bill which you, like your colleagues, could never have had the time to read before the vote. A bill which even 44 Democrats crossed the aisle to prevent because even | Read More »
In his speech to the AMA yesterday, President Obama decried criticism of a public health plan as partisan paranoia. “What are not legitimate concerns,” he said, “are those being put forward claiming a public option is somehow a Trojan horse for a single-payer system. ” Not legitimate? Well, let’s see. A “Trojan Horse,” of course, refers to the legend of the Trojan war in which a giant | Read More »
New York District 20 rep John McHugh, currently the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, is apparently being chosen by Barack Obama as his new Secretary of the Army. Fox News says Obama will officially name McHugh to replace current Secretary Pete Geren. McHugh is another Republican pick for Obama’s defense staff. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates worried Obama supporters because they believed | Read More »
Yesterday, Obama called for a speedy confirmation of his SCOTUS nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. Any opposition, he claimed, was built along purely partisan lines, and not on drawing “old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor’s record.” Obama seems to be missing the point, but fair enough; enough Republican pundits | Read More »
In letters to Senators Gillibrand and Schumer – as well as to Congressman John McHugh – Nancy Foster, Chairwoman of the Lousiville Republican Committee is urging new laws on legislative accountability and transparency. The text of that letter follows: Along with millions of other Americans we were absolutely appalled that our government representatives voted on the $787 billion dollar American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 (stimulus | Read More »
(cross-posted at SLC Republitarian) You’d think Senator Gillibrand would have important things to do, as both a member of the US Senate and as a member of the Agriculture Committee. Things like dealing with the economy, for example (not that I necessarily want her to and her Democrat allies to be passing legislation and such, but, still). But evidently, what she and others find to | Read More »
(cross-posted at SLCLiberty [digg link]) It took a recommendation by the Property Tax commission to do it. David Paterson has issued an executive order to the State Legislature requiring that all new legislation with attached costs must also come with a plan to pay for it. Traditionally, Albany has simply issued mandates without such a requirement, leaving local municipalities to foot the bill. Meaning, in | Read More »
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