The compromised loyalties and DLC/New Democrat agendas of too many congressional Democrats dovetail entirely too well with the actions and attitudes of the post-election Obama we’re getting to know. We expect the next unwelcome surprise will involve not letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
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Bible-thumping Virginia lawmaker blames
abnormal newborns on prior abortion
This Amazing Fact comes to us from a professional politician first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991, whose Web page describes him as holding bachelor degrees in history and philosophy from from Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, and an MA in humanities from California State University. Remarkable preparation, those, for rendering sweeping obstetrical judgments.
Take it from the right, ‘Palin is America’
“First off, I have to report that Palin was wearing a pin with two flags, one for the US and one for Israel. This is so beautiful and brave, I am speechless. What utter goodness.
“Secondly, she delivered the goods.
“Palin is America. Before it was infected and corrupted by the left.”
—Pamela [...]
Hurting countries abhor leadership vacuum
“But don’t blame Rahm Emanuel; this is about the president. After Massachusetts, Democrats were looking for leadership; they didn’t get it. Ten days later, nobody is sure what Obama intends to do, and his aides are giving conflicting readings. It’s as if Obama checked out.
“Look, Obama is a terrific speaker and a very smart [...]
South Carolina’s Bauer advocates
starving the poor out of existence
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. [...]
Dealing with Snowe cost time and much more
“As I look back it was a waste of time dealing with (Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Me.) because she had no intention of ever working anything out.”
—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, commenting on health care reform negotiations undertaken in hopes of gaining at least token
bipartisan support, from a yet-to-be-published New York Times
Magazine article, as reported [...]
All-volunteer military the product
of a two-tier American society
“A wise and just manpower policy remains the foundation of this nation’s national defense. The late Charles Moskos of Northwestern University, the nation’s pre-eminent military sociologist (and a U.S. Army draftee after he graduated from Princeton), gave this wise and timeless insight: ‘The answer to the question of what are vital national [...]
Republican hypocrisy not lost on Obama
“Folks passed tax cuts and expansive entitlement programs without paying for any of it — even as healthcare costs kept rising, year after year.
“And I’d note: These budget-busting tax cuts and spending programs were approved by many of the same people who are now waxing political about fiscal responsibility, while opposing our efforts to reduce [...]
‘Dr.’ Rhodes diagnoses what ails Republicans
“They’ve got a thing about pre-existing conditions. I think they have a pre-existing condition — that’s why they’re Republicans!
—Randi Rhodes, syndicated progressive talk-show host,
WZAA-AM, Washington, D.C., while discussing progress
of health care reform legislation, Nov. 9, 2009
Indeed, Republicans regularly demonstrate they have a host of “pre-existing conditions.” Callous disregard for facts and truth, selfishness and [...]
‘Socialist mop?’ Obama pushes back
“We don’t want somebody sitting back and saying ‘you’re not holding the mop the right way, you’re not mopping fast enough, that’s a socialist mop.’”
—President Barack Obama, during a speaking engagement
in San Francisco, after saying Congress is working to
clean up a mess others left behind, Oct. 15, 2009
Let ‘em have it: We’ve longed to see [...]
