Democrats
Posted on December 15, 2009. Filed under: Democrats, Republican, Spending, government spending | Tags: Democrats, government spending, health care reform, Medicare, Republicans |
For decades, Republicans scraped and clawed to cut money from Medicare. But these days, they’re talking as if they created the popular health care program for seniors.
And Democrats — seeking to trim more than $450 billion from the safety net for seniors over the next 10 years to help finance a sweeping health reform bill [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2009. Filed under: Democrats, First Amendment | Tags: Democrats, Fairness Doctrine, First Amendment |
Coninually pooh poohed by the left, nevertheless there’s a growing crowd advocating for the reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine.
The list, which will grow, no doubt. The links are followed by the Democrats mentioned in the news item.
Via FOXNews.com
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, whose
husband, Tom Athans, is and has been an executive [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2009. Filed under: Barack Obama, Blog carnivals, Democrats, Economics, Ethics, Fifth Cong. District, Republican, Sports, Taxes, Waukesha, Waukesha Carnival, Waukesha blogs, Wisconsin, government spending, policy | Tags: abortion, Blog carnivals, blogs, Democrat, James Sensenbrenner, layoffs, Leah Vukmir, Mary Lazich, Michael Phelps, New Berlin, privacy concerns, recession, Republican, Rod Blagojevich, Stimulus package, Waukesha, Waukesha Carnival, Waukesha Common Council, Waukesha Freeman, Wisconsin |
Welcome to this week’s edition. It’s gettin’ late and I have to work tomorrow, so let’s get to it.
First sad news, Darryl Enriquez at Waukesha FYI tells us about the Waukesha Freeman layoffs. One of those laid off was photographer and Waukesha blogger Byron Houlgrave, who shared the last picture he clicked for the [...]
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Posted on February 7, 2009. Filed under: Christianity, Conspiracy theories, Democrats, Ethics, Humorous, Money in politics, Politics, Republican, social networks | Tags: Barbara Boxer, campaign funds, Christianity, Facebook, Gmail Labs, humor, Michael Steele, Religion, Republican, Tax cheats, Taxes, United Nations, US sovereinty |
For your reading pleasure while I go to Mayfair Mall.
Boxer Urges Quick Handover of U.S. Power to UN
The UNCRC imposes on all treaty signatories power over laws concerning children and, by extension, families. The largest portion of laws concerning children and families in the U.S. are state statutes so this treaty would, in actual fact, [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2009. Filed under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, campaign promises, PoliFact.com, political fact checking |
PolitiFact.com has counted Obama’s campaign promises and categorized them,
Barack Obama made 510 promises when he was running for president, a list that is stunning in its scope and leaves almost no part of the executive branch untouched, according to a new analysis by PolitiFact. [Emphasis mine.]
So what are they going to do with this list? [...]
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Posted on December 23, 2008. Filed under: Democrats, Politics | Tags: California, democracy, Illinois, Politics |
Two under this topic.
First from the Chicago Tribune via the Waukesha Freeman.
So much for trusting voters. Illinois Democrats want nothing to do with that now.
Amid the ugliness of the arrest last week of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the political class in Illinois seemed to share one noble sentiment: The choice of a U.S. Senate successor to [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2008. Filed under: 2008, Democrats, Elections, Republican, presidential | Tags: 2008 presidential election, Democrat, Electoral College, maps, Republican |
The best way to get my attention is with a map. I explore maps; I pour over maps; I collect maps.
I just love maps.
So here are some electoral maps I’ve run across.
The Washington Independent has a group of maps which answers the question, “What would the 2008 electoral map look like if the election were [...]
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Posted on September 26, 2008. Filed under: 2008, Democrats, Elections, Republican, presidential | Tags: 2008 presidential election, debate, live-blogging |
No not me but you can find folks live blogging.
Josh Schroeder. It’s his first time so be gentle.
No Runny Eggs. Steve is an old hat at this.
Eugene Kane will be posting his thoughts through the night.
UPDATE: Ann Althouse is also live blogging.
Factcheck.org will have updates at their blog.
You can join Rate the Debates and rate [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2008. Filed under: 2008, Democrats, Elections, Republican, presidential | Tags: 2008 presidential election, Democrat, Republican |
Via RealClearPolitics
Leading Republicans on Sunday faulted both presidential campaigns for the increasingly negative tone of their advertising, suggesting the bitter attacks undermine John McCain and Barack Obama’s credibility with voters and could backfire.
One could wonder why no Democrats have criticized both campaigns.
I guess they think Obama’s ads have not gone over the top.
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Posted on September 13, 2008. Filed under: 2008, Democrats, Elections, Politics, presidential | Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, John McCain, political ads, Polls and polling |
OK, maybe that’s not so amazing but in Obama’s new (I guess it’s no longer new) ad the criticism is for…
Wait for it
McCain is ooooooooold (hat tip to Owen via Dad29).
I think that’s ageism, isn’t it?
Is this part of the new agressive, dealing-with-the-issues Obama?
Obama has seemed to be drifting lately anyway concerning Democrats on the [...]
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