Posts Tagged ‘ BO ’

Finally, someone asked the President about the irony between his call for an up or down vote and the “Slaughter Solution” or “deem and pass” being proposed in the House. He gets a little testy about the emails, though. Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com UPDATE: If you are looking for an easy...
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Tonight is the annual State of the Union speech by the President. It is strange to think this is actually Obama’s third major address to Congress. Things have changed significantly since his last attempt in September to persuade lawmakers-and their constituents watching from home-that the health care bill should be passed. Voters have been...
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In interview number 3,348,495,483 since taking office one year ago President Obama made some noteworthy comments. He told Diane Sawyer he wouldn’t mind being a one term president, a la Jimmy Carter, if he can just be a good one. Better than being a “mediocre two term president.” He also said, “You know, there...
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Looks like the unions got just what they wanted from BO. “The breakthrough announced Thursday was a biproduct of the previous days talks: a deal on so-called “Cadillac” insurance plans. The White House and top union leaders heralded the agreement, which shields all union workers for five years from significant taxes on health benefit...
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Don’t believe all the hype about inevitable and huge gains by the Republicans this November. No matter how good the signs look-and right now they look very good-Republicans will not make historic gains unless they show some leadership. Peggy Noonan, that sage of the right, has a column out that looks at the problems...
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What happened to all those campaign promises of transparency? Check this out: Over and over BO explains that congressional negotiations will be made public on C-SPAN as if this is a reason to vote for him. He would keep Congress honest. Then why is he now pushing for closed door meetings with Nancy Pelosi...
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BO is at his double speak again. This time, the President declares we cannot act “as if the hard earned tax dollars of the American people can be treated like monopoly money” as he urges Congress to pass yet another bloated trillion dollar bill (Video is here.) That’s the most disingenuous comment by a...
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…BO takes a trip overseas. He’s embarrassing enough on our shores but becomes unbearable when visiting foreign powers. Remember when he gave the Queen of England an iPod filled with his speeches? Just what the Queen mum looks forward to doing in her free time. Gordon Brown didn’t fare much better. He received a...
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More great articles on politics: Steven Crower (whose site is linked on the left) looks at the pattern of suppressing dissent by the BO administration, “without sounding all crazy and conspiracy theorist-like.” He thinks the Fairness Doctrine is poised to make a come back. Time will tell. One of my favorite pundits is Bill...
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BO is eschewing his responsibilities again. Last week “Pay Czar” Kenneth Feinberg acted to reduce salaries of many highly paid executives at companies who took bailouts. Constitutional issues aside, what is of more concern is that BO claims the Pay Czar acted on his own without the knowledge of the POTUS . Are we...
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