When you think she couldn’t dig a deeper hole for herself as someone who desperately wants to be president, Hillary Clinton just keeps on digging and giving.
“And don’t let anybody, don’t let anybody tell you, that, you know, it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs,” she told her liberal followers at a campaign rally for Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley last week.… read more
I found it interesting that John Harwood, appearing on CNBC’s Squawk Box, declared ObamaCare a non-issue in the up-coming mid-term elections.
From past poll coverage given by the NBC units – NBC News, MS/NBC and CNBC– the record shows that when polling doesn’t favor the Obama administration, NBC chooses to ignore the results.… read more
“We have come a long way over the past five and a half years. Our challenges are nowhere near as daunting as they were when I first came into office.” – President Obama, Aug. 1, 2014
I came up out of my chair when I heard the president say that during his pre-vacation press conference on Friday, but there wasn’t a sound out of the dutiful press corps in the audience.
Really Mr. President?
President Obama told the press that “challenges are nowhere near as daunting” as when he came into office during his Friday press conference. (voanews.com photo)
Let’s look at the economy. You said, “The good news is the economy clearly is getting stronger. Things are getting better.” And you claim “we’ve recovered faster and come farther from the recession than almost any other advanced country on Earth.” Wrong. We are mired in the slowest recovery ever!
What about the four per cent drop in real median household income under your watch, Mr. President? And how about those 11 million workers who quit looking for work … the 11 million who went on food stamps … the increases in prices (food, gasoline and electricity)? Growth is sluggish.
No, Mr. President, the economy is not looking up. The national debt continues to climb and seniors have learned that Social Security will go broke in 2030, seven years sooner than when you took office. Continue reading
Newly found e-mails reveal Lois Lerner’s hostility toward conservatives
“So we don’t need to worry about alien terrorists. It’s our own crazies (Republicans) that will take us down, “wrote Lois Lerner to a friend on Nov. 9, 2012.
“And I’m talking about the hosts of these shows. The callers are rabid,” her friend responded.
Newly found e-mails reveal Lois Lerner’s hostility toward conservatives.
“Great. Maybe we are through if there are that many (A) holes,” wrote Lerner.
“Well, you should hear the whacko wing of the GOP. The US is through; too many foreigners suck the teat; time to hunker down, buy ammo and food for the end. The right wing radio shows are scary to listen to,” her friend continued.
Though seemingly trivial in nature, this e-mail exchange released Wednesday by the House Ways and Means Committee clearly reveals Lerner’s feelings toward conservative groups and singling them out for extra scrutiny.
“Lois Lerner’s exposed emails show the world she was and is a political hack driven by her own partisan agenda rather than a neutral public servant,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
“This email shows that Ms Lerner’s mistreatment of conservative groups was driven by her personal hostility toward conservatives,” wrote Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder as additional input for a criminal referral.
And let’s not forget this infamous quote on the IRS scandal:
“Not even a smidgeon of corruption,” President Obama, Feb. 2, 2014 Continue reading
The 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in the so-called Hobby Lobby case should serve as a wake-up call for conservatives who still haven’t understood the importance of gaining Republican control of the Senate in the mid-term elections this fall.
If you needed a clearer reminder why a Republican senate is so imperative, the vote in opposition by liberals on the Court, including Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonya Sotomayor, is it. Continued Democrat control of the senate will assure the nomination of left-leaning individuals should one or more vacancies occur during the remainder of Obama’s term.
Regular readers of this blog know that I have been reminding you that we need to win six seats in November, most likely in Arkansas, Montana, Louisiana, South Dakota, North Carolina and West Virginia, where incumbent Democrats are most vulnerable.
Fox’s Bill Reilly captured my thoughts so powerfully that they are quoted here today. (blogs.wsj.com)
From time to time I happen to be on the same page with Fox’s Bill O’Reilly and, his June 30, 2014 Talking Points on this subject was one of those occasions. It was refreshing because most of the media is inaccurately reporting the implications of the Court decision. And, I noted Hillary Clinton, speaking in Aspen, also misinterpreted the decision; undoubtedly to support her “war on women” agenda.
“The Obama administration wants all corporations to fund things like the morning after pill, which many religious Americans believe is an abortion-inducing medication,” said O’Reilly, but adds, “the national media did not report that … (continuing) to say the Hobby Lobby case is about birth control per se, which it is not.”
Disturbed by the Court opinion of the four liberal justices, O’Reilly states they “apparently believe that American taxpayers should fund abortions.” Noting the fact that religious freedom is a hallmark of the Constitution, he points to the liberal vote as contradicting the Constitution, and “that’s frightening.” Continue reading
Beware the advice of the opposition
“I think the Republicans are wasting their time using that (ObamaCare) as their electoral issue, and they will find that out.” – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
If the Democrats really believed that, do you think they would be telling us? It reminds me of how they tell us if we agree to amnesty, Hispanics will vote Republican.
… and speaking of Nancy Pelosi
Did you hear how she corrected a reporter who asked her a question about ObamaCare? “It’s called the Affordable Care Act,” she said, and then repeated, “It’s the Affordable Care Act.” Then she continued by saying, “That’s a case we have to make. We’re grown ups.” And when the reporter reminded her that even the president calls it ObamaCare, she told him, “I tell them the same thing I told you.”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reminds reporter that it is the Affordable Care Act, not ObamaCare. (Evan Vucci AP photo)
As if that wasn’t clear enough in her mind, she went on as if she were a kindergarten teacher to say, “Affordable. Affordable. There’s a reason. Affordable. Affordable. Affordable. Affordable. Affordable.” All this to make her point that Republicans refuse to use the official name because they know it is more affordable. Nearly everyone knows that for the majority of people, the Affordable Care Act is not more affordable. Premiums are up and deductibles are up. Republicans should continue to use “ObamaCare” to hang this miserable program on its namesake. Continue reading
For decades the federal government has been involved in job training and, like nearly every other government-run activity, there’s waste and inefficiency at a time when our economy cries for results.
Sen. Tom Coburn (foxnews photo)
For some time now, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has been shining the spotlight on this bureaucratic mess, talking about the web of 47 separate programs across nine different agencies, each of which overlapped with another program in providing similar services to similar populations.
In his January 2014 State-of-the-Union address, some five years into his presidency, President Obama announced that he was tasking Vice President Joe Biden to do a complete review of federal job training programs. It’s the kiss of death. Don’t expect any results even though the president has said he will use his executive prerogative to reduce duplication and demand effectiveness.
I’ve got to hand it to Coburn. He immediately sent a letter to Biden, offering his support. He reminded the vice president of the $18 billion annually spent on the 47 programs. America Forward calculates the cost of all workforce development programs is closer to $60 billion. Continue reading
Rep. Dave Jolly (FoxNews.com photo)
NEWS THEY THOUGHT YOU DIDN’T NEED – The three so-called main stream television networks – ABC, CBS and NBC – did not carry the results of the election in Florida’s 13th District, where Republican Dave Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink. The special election was held to fill the seat long held by Republican Bill Young. The election is said to be a sign of voter discontent over ObamaCare and portends a change in the public’s political mood as the mid-term elections approach.
THERE SHE GOES AGAIN – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, the Democrat representative of Texas’ 18th District gave us another history lesson. “Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not, “she said in a floor speech. She was only 173 years off. Our constitution was adopted on Sept. 17, 1787.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (DailyCaller.com photo)
DURING A BRIEFING on the Mars Pathfinder at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory not only ago, Representative Lee asked if the vehicle would be able to send back photos of where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag. I’m not sure how they politely told her that took place on the Moon.
IN JULY 2003 Representative Lee criticized the meteorologist community for the exclusion of African-American names for storms and hurricanes. You just can’t make this stuff up. Continue reading
It’s no surprise that the majority of Americans see the president and his administration failing to improve the economy. ObamaCare and mounting regulations on business continue to paint a dismal picture for the country.
In a just released Fox News poll among 1002 registered voters conducted by a bipartisan research organization between March 2-4, fewer than four voters in ten – 38 percent – approve of President Obama’s performance. … read more