Entries Tagged as 'President'
Via Powerline: Americans increasingly are convinced — incorrectly — that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and a growing number are thoroughly confused about his religion.I love that “incorrectly.” The AP has evolved into an opinion machine, so it’s rare and a little startling to see it stand up so boldly for a “fact.” He’s [...]
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“An enormously complex and emotional issue — but ultimately the right thing to do. A president is president for every citizen, including every Muslim citizen. Obama is correct that the way to marginalize radicalism is to respect the best traditions of Islam and protect the religious liberty of Muslim Americans. It is radicals who imagine [...]
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The auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were on the verge of disappearing. The government auto bailouts–much like those given to the banking industry–were used as political fodder by conservatives, and castigated as more big government, and the nationalization of private industry. Sometimes tough choices need to be [...]
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Save America! Elect Glenn Beck president of the United States. In one of the creepiest spots I’ve ever seen, a group called Main Street Bites Back is organizing a petition to get irritating, alcoholic, crybaby curmudgeon Glenn Beck to run. The front woman for the group Robin Potwora, showcases her terrifying skills before the camera [...]
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The winding path that led to health care reform was maddeningly vicious– due mainly to the intense rhetoric and numbingly personal attacks on the product, and the people responsible for it. The fact that this legislation was even crafted and signed into law at all was miraculous, considering the most polarizing political climate in 50 [...]
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A look at the aftermath to history. Whether you praise it, loathe it, or are indifferent to it– A new thread in the American tapestry has been woven.
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On July 30th, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the epic legislation call Medicare into law. President Johnson’s historic achievement was not without significant contention and venom. Many on the other side of the aisle opposed it as nothing more than government intrusion on the rights of liberties of free people. That idea has been [...]
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I’ll be doing a separate piece on the issue of commercial whaling later this week. For now, enjoy the beauty and majesty of earth’s greatest creatures.
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Let me be perfectly clear here. REPUBLICANS DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT ANY POLICIES THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION COMES UP WITH, even when those policies are ones that they actually supported before. They only believe in obstruction, and obstinance. There is no bi-partisanship. There is only hypocrisy. Watch Rachel Maddow eviscerate GOP members of congress for [...]
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The National Tea Party Convention concluded this past weekend, and If you’ve already read part one, then you know that the tone of the convention was set very early on. Racial paranoia wafted heavily in the air over the weekend, dampening the intended message of anti-tax, and anti-government intervention the movement was trying to focus [...]
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