Category Archives: State/Local Elections ’08

Reids Healthcare Bill: 2074 Pages For Your Reading Pleasure

via Reid: I’m So Totally Stoked My Health Care Reform Bill Will “Save” $127 Billion Over Ten Years, Which Is Less than October’s One Month Deficit. 2074 Pages… And senators will have a full three days to read it before …

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Barack Obama has concluded that Joe Wilson was right, therefore, Amnesty

President Obama said this week that his health care plan won’t cover illegal immigrants, but argued that’s all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage. He also staked out a position that anyone in …

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Holder’s Black Panther Stonewall: Why did the Justice Department dismiss such a clear case of voter intimidation?

The commission noted that it could subpoena witnesses and documents if Justice doesn’t better explain its actions. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted on Aug. 7 to send a letter to Justice expanding its own investigation and demanding more …

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Budget Bully: “It’s Time To Stand Up To The Union Bullies”

Hat tip to Michelle Malkin and Newsalert

Remember When Harry Reid Said:“Today’s report confirms that the so-called Social Security crisis exists in only one place — the minds of Republicans,” said Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. “In reality, the program is on solid ground for decades to come.”

Correct me if I am wrong, but a decade is 10 years and decades would be at least 20 years.   Harry Reid made that statement On March 23, 2005.  Well 4 years and 2 1/2 months later we have this: …

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Where Are The Jobs NObama Was Going To Create? April Payrolls Fall 539,000, Jobless Rate at 8.9%

April Payrolls Fall 539,000, Jobless Rate at 8.9% – Economy US News Story – CNBC.com. U.S. employers cut  539,000 jobs in April The Labor Department said the unemployment rate soared to 8.9 percent, the highest since September 1983 March’s payrolls …

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They Are Worth $110 Million, But If You Help Pay Off Hillary’s Debt, You Just Might Win A Day With Bill Clinton

Win a day with Bill Clinton – Mike Allen – POLITICO.com. “From James Carville … “I knew it was going to take an extraordinary effort to help pay off Hillary Clinton’s campaign debt. But now, I think we can do …

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Of the $126 million in earmarks the bill sends to Massachusetts, more than one out of every five dollars is going toward preserving the legacy of the Kennedys

Obama vowed to get serious about earmaks though..so serious that he had a private signing of the bill.  Read some of these links, one days worth of stories..as Jed Clampett would say..”Pitiful..just pitiful” Good news: “Capitalism will be different” now, …

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Dear Mr. President

I wanted to share this letter that my Dad received from one of his classmates: February 2, 2009 Dear Mr. President: Recently, you stated that: “There will be a time for profits…Now is not that time.” Not since you made …

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Ted Kennedy Wants To Take Paterson For A Drive To Clear The Air On Not Picking Princess Caroline

He is livid, seething, and he is warming up the Oldsmobile: An “apoplectic” Kennedy family is seething over the rough treatment that heiress apparent Caroline got from Gov. Paterson’s office and is spoiling for revenge, several sources close to the …

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NY POST: CAROLINE OUT!

CAROLINE KENNEDY ENDS SENATE SEAT BID MAKES DECISION AFTER LEARNING SHE WASN’T GOING TO BE PICKED AS SENATOR… Caroline Kennedy tonight withdrew her name from consideration to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate after learning that Gov. David Paterson …

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Fizzle: Cuomo 58, Caroline 27 in new public opinion poll

Poll: Caroline Kennedy Sinking Faster Than {insert Chappaquiddick joke here}

Obama and “pay-to-play”

Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary

Princess Caroline Not Required To Follow The Same Rules Others Are

KENNEDY WAS SPARED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE AS TOP AIDE IN CITY SCHOOLS…

Senate Democrats Will Treat Burris like 3/5 of a Senator

Where is Lincoln when you need him: Pending final resolution, it’s possible Burris will get some office space, a limited staff and maybe even be put on some kind of payroll. Though the senators may allow him on the floor, …

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