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GOP to release “guiding principles” on immigration

Republican leadership is apparently in the process of drafting “guiding principles” on immigration reform and is expected to release a statement outlining the party’s position soon, per House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy in an interview with radio stations KBAK/KBFX in Bakersfield, California this week.

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (KBAK/KBPX photo)

While immigration reform didn’t get a mention in a recent Gallup Poll of Americans’ top priority issues for 2014, the party is looking ahead to the mid-term elections facing other polls indicating they don’t fare well with Hispanic voters.  Hispanics identify with Democrats over Republicans by a 2-to-1 margin in a Gallup Poll taken mere months ago.

When Fox News asked those surveyed which policy they favored regarding illegal immigrants,  68 per cent chose the option of allowing them to remain in the country and eventually qualify for citizenship, but only if they met certain requirements like paying back taxes, learning English and passing a background check. Continue reading →

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Political “dirty tricks” no longer done covertly

Political dirty tricks are alive and active in the Democrat administration.  What used to done covertly by shady characters is now being done in the open by party leaders and the government under klieg lights.

After admitting it targeted Tea Party organizations and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, the IRS called upon their fellow colleagues in Treasury, the FBI, to investigate.  While the investigation continues, the FBI indicated it would not be bringing criminal charges against anyone in the IRS, as they only found evidence of mismanagement.  Surprise!  Meanwhile, Tea Party groups say they have not been questioned by the FBI. Continue reading →

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On the front burner …

Those health care insurers received another reminder of what it means to get in bed with big government as Moody’s Investor’s Service analysts have downgraded the industry’s outlook yesterday, noting that the administration’s changes to the rules make it difficult to know if insurers will end up with the customer base they need to make the economics of ObamaCare work out.… read more

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Texas politics …

 

Remember when Vice President Joe Biden, while introducing Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham during a 2008 campaign appearance, said “stand up, Chuck?”  Unfortunately, Chuck was confined to a wheelchair.  Not to be outdone in “gaffedom” … Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis responding to a Dallas Morning News article reporting on several discrepancies in her life story, criticized opponent Greg Abbott, suggesting he “hasn’t walked a day in my shoes.” … read more

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Who’s out of touch, Wendy?

As Wendy Davis, the Democrat’s hopeful candidate for Governor, was making excuses for fabricating facts about her life story, she said, “my language should be tighter,” as she admitted her biography had been less than truthful.

While others are focusing on misstatements about being a teen mom, her marriage and divorce, how her education was financed, living in a trailer and other “loose” facts, it was her lack of contrition that told me what kind of person she really is.  Attempting to deflect criticism, she said, “I came from a place of struggle, and we can parse dates all day long,” as she accused her likely opponent Attorney General Greg Abbott and his campaign of being “out of touch” with struggling Texans. Continue reading →

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Feinstein defends Hillary

Dianne Feinstein

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California Senator Diane Feinstein didn’t like the fact that speeches on the Senate floor and some media reports were critical of Hillary Clinton for not doing enough to prevent the attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi.

“Statements on the Senate floor this morning (Jan. 16, 2014) and some media reports about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s bipartisan report on the attack against our diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi. Libya, intimate that the report assigns culpability to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the tragedy,” said Feinstein.  Republican Senators McCain. Graham and Ayotte all made remarks critical of Clinton. Continue reading →

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Cuomo disses conservatives

How many times have you heard politicians, entertainers or someone from the media say something they have had to apologize for?  Some claim their statement was taken out of context.  A few make heartfelt apologies, while others use the “if I have offended anyone” line.

During a January 17, 2014 radio interview New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, while talking about Republican candidates in New York, said those who oppose abortion and gay rights and favor traditional gun ownership “have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.” … read more

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Benghazi attack preventable

The statement in the 85-page report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Benghazi indicating the September 11, 2012 attack on our compound in Benghazi was preventable was of particular interest to me.  While most coverage, if any, concentrated on why no forces came to the ambassador’s aid that evening, I continued to question how the administration ignored five months of security warnings.… read more

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Taxpayers lose again to big government

 As taxpayers are beginning to feel the effects of big government with the introduction of ObamaCare and its high premiums, inconceivable deductibles and the accompanying taxes, the consequences of another government intervention in our lives has slipped under the radar. It’s the result of our government’s ill-advised auto bailout, investments and standards.

On the surface, recent news of the government’s sale of its remaining stock in General Motors for $39 billion sounds positive, until you learn that we taxpayers are out $10.5 billion. As we might expect from a liberal and someone with no business experience, the president’s rationalization for the $10.5 billion loss was that it was well worth the investment. Continue reading →