What is the health care end game? Matthew Continetti thinks he knows the answer to that question: Now, one chamber of Congress has voted for repeal, more than half the states are challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare’s individual health insurance mandate, and the law remains unpopular. Health care spending and premiums continue to rise, and [...]
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Will Healthcare Withstand Repeal In The 112th Congress?
January 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments · america, Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, Politics, Republicans
Tags: 112th Congress·Health Care·health care repeal·Health law·Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act·Republicans
Constitutional Cluelessness
January 6th, 2011 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Politics, Republicans
Thomas Jefferson speaks about the Constitution and its malleability in 1816: “Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched; who ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond [...]
Tags: 112th Congress·Bob Goodlatte·Conservatives·Republicans·Thomas Jefferson·United States Constitution
The Genius That Is George W. Bush
December 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · america, Democrats, News, Politics, Republicans
Why are we having this debate about expiring tax cuts? If conservatives initially wanted to keep taxes low, why would they proffer legislation–when they held the majority in congress and held the presidency–that was set to expire? Would it not be in their best interests to permanently keep tax rates low, rather than take a [...]
Tags: Democrats·Economics·George W. Bush·Republicans·Tax·tax cuts·tax rates
Mike Pence Has Already Forgotten The Lesson On Humility
November 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · america, Democracy, Elections, Politics, Republicans
Have they already mis-read the masses? Indiana congressman Mike Pence: PENCE: I’m going to ensure that Republicans come out of the gate and seize this moment, we’ve really been given a second chance at a first impression and I’m going to tell them that we have to rise to the challenge with principle and conviction [...]
Tags: Democratic Party (United States)·mike pence·Republicans·Washington
The Overreach Campaign Is At It’s Apex
November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Elections, Politics, Republicans
The campaign to retake congress culminates with this wonderfully lurid ad.
Witchcraft Versus Marxism: Fox And Friends Usual Witty Commentary
September 21st, 2010 · No Comments · america, Political Fringe, Republicans
Christine O’Donnell. Glenn Beck. Fox and Friends hosts who aren’t very smart. Witchcraft. Marxism. Sycophantic apologists. All the ingredients to make a really dumb people stew. Hit the clip:
Tags: Chris Coons·Christine O'Donnell·Fox News·Glenn Beck·Politics·Republicans
The President Defends The World Trade Center Mosque
August 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · america, News
“As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country,” And that is the crux of this matter. No matter your feelings on the emotional linkage to our nation’s greatest domestic terror disaster, the Constitution–the very document President Obama is so [...]
Tags: 911·Barack Obama·Faith·Islam·Mosque·new york city·Religion·Republicans·world trade center
