Democrats refused to compromise and insist on significantly increasing taxes on the very people who are capable of bringing us out of Obama's disaster of an economy.
Anybody with any intelligence and knows anything about simple economics and history knows that raising taxes on the producers, will only make things worse. Republicans insisted on the responsible solution of cutting taxes and spending. It really is simple and it has worked every time it has been tried.
I am proud that the Republicans on the supercommittee had the courage to stick to their principals and refuse to compromise with the Democrats recipe for failure of a plan. My sincere thank you to every Republican on the committee!
Don't give in to the parasites and looters.
Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Weak Obama Caves in "Jobs" Speech Schedule
I honestly didn't think it would happen. I'm so used to spineless Republicans caving on these types of situations that I fully expected it to happen again. So when I woke up this morning and fired up my iPad, the first thing I saw was the news Obama agreed to move his "Jobs" speech caved.
Obama's childish and classless action in trying to upstage the GOP debate the same night was seen for what it was and forced him to "reschedule".
Obama's childish and classless action in trying to upstage the GOP debate the same night was seen for what it was and forced him to "reschedule".
The latest sparring began early Wednesday, when Obama’s staff surprised leaders of both parties by informing them the president wanted to reserve a prime-time slot, 8 p.m. ET next Wednesday, to address the House and Senate on the nation’s employment crisis and how he plans to reconcile the need for job creation with the imperative of deficit reduction.
That the White House sprang the speech on short notice to everyone isn’t in dispute. The president’s letter was leaked to the press shortly after House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was told of the request.I am so proud of the GOP and Leader Boehner for having the balls and further exposing Obama for the petulant and weak leader he is.
Republicans were incensed. The address would conflict with Rick Perry’s debut in the POLITICO/NBC Republican presidential debate — which administration officials insisted was pure coincidence.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Obama vs. Boehner over "Jobs" Speech
Interesting development with the scheduling of Obama's "Jobs" speech. Obama is playing games by scheduling his speech on the same night - Wednesday - that the GOP was holding a nationally televised debate between the eight candidates running to save our country from destruction. Obama wants to give the speech to Congress which means he needs the House chambers to do it. Boehner, showing some backbone, responded by telling Obama that Thursday would be better since the House 's schedule is not dictated by the President. The House goes into session ant 6:30 on Wednesday and there is not enough time to prepare for Obama's request for the 8:00 speech.
Obviously, Obama is trying to upstage the GOP debate and I'm pleased that Boehner sees through it and is fighting for the debate. We all know Obama's "Jobs" speech will be no different than any of the seven other jobs speeches he has given since he was president. He will call for increased government spending and increased taxes on the millionaires and billionaires. We also all know that this plan won't work any better than any of his other failed policies and plans. So it really is no big deal that he moves his speech to Thursday. The man is an incompetent joke. I hope Boehner sticks to it and refuses him the Wednesday night request.
I'll be watching the Packers/Saints game on Thursday because I already know what Obama is going to say.
Obviously, Obama is trying to upstage the GOP debate and I'm pleased that Boehner sees through it and is fighting for the debate. We all know Obama's "Jobs" speech will be no different than any of the seven other jobs speeches he has given since he was president. He will call for increased government spending and increased taxes on the millionaires and billionaires. We also all know that this plan won't work any better than any of his other failed policies and plans. So it really is no big deal that he moves his speech to Thursday. The man is an incompetent joke. I hope Boehner sticks to it and refuses him the Wednesday night request.
I'll be watching the Packers/Saints game on Thursday because I already know what Obama is going to say.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Welcome Treasure State Politics!
I want to welcome Treasure State Politics to the Conservative Montana Blog family. I just discovered it by reading about it in the Missoulian, of all places.
A Butte boy and UM senior, Austin James, launched the site back in April and they now have 10 contributors throughout the state. He saw there was an imbalance of ideology in the and decided to do
It also looks like they are on their way of being the leading voice in Montana in Conservative blogging and I look forward to seeing their growth. Makes me proud to see young, smart and hard working young folks proudly expressing their Conservative values and principles. The blog is very well done and I envy the contributor's writing skill and talent. I will be a regular reader.
Welcome Treasure State Politics!
A Butte boy and UM senior, Austin James, launched the site back in April and they now have 10 contributors throughout the state. He saw there was an imbalance of ideology in the and decided to do
It also looks like they are on their way of being the leading voice in Montana in Conservative blogging and I look forward to seeing their growth. Makes me proud to see young, smart and hard working young folks proudly expressing their Conservative values and principles. The blog is very well done and I envy the contributor's writing skill and talent. I will be a regular reader.
Welcome Treasure State Politics!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Dumb Republican
Ohio Republican, Steve Chabot, had cell phones and cameras confiscated at a town hall meeting the other day so as not to have any embarrassing Youtube videos posted. This is just plain dumb. Now he's in the news with the embarrassing news that he had phones and cameras confiscated. Just plain stupid.
Even dumber is that a local TV station was there taping the whole thing...
Even dumber is that a local TV station was there taping the whole thing...
Police said the cameras were taken “to protect the constituents.” A local television station, however, was allowed to videotape the meeting and the brazen move by Chabot and the cops.
Monday, August 22, 2011
I Like Rick Perry - A Lot
A friend of mine forwarded this to me...
(I don't know who to attribute to but will when I find out)
He is a fifth generation Texan, the son of hardscrabble west Texas tenant farmers – Democrats but conservatives through and through. He grew up in a farm town too small to be on the state map. Life was so hard that he was six years old before his house had indoor plumbing. His mother sewed his clothes, including the underwear he wore to college.
He is an Eagle Scout. After Paint Creek High School , he attended Texas A&M, graduated, and was commissioned into the Air Force where he became a C-130 pilot.
Now 61 years old, he has won nine elections to four different offices in Texas state government. In the first three elections he ran as a Democrat then switched to the Republican Party. He is currently the 47th governor of Texas – a position he has held for 11 years, the longest tenure of any governor in the nation.
He has never lost an election.
Rick Perry was the Lieutenant Governor to whom Governor George Bush handed over the office after winning the 2000 Presidential election. Since then, Perry won gubernatorial elections in 2002, 2004, and 2010, the last time by 55% against a field consisting of a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Green Party, and an Independent.
Since he became its Governor, Texas – a right to work state that taxes neither personal income nor capital gains – has added more jobs than the other 49 states combined. In the last two years, low taxes and little regulation led his state to create 47% of all jobs created in the entire nation. Five of the top ten cities with the highest job growth in the nation are in Texas . People follow jobs, so in the last four years for which data are available, Texas led every state in net interstate migration growth.
Perry signed ground-breaking “loser pays” tort reform and medical litigation rules that caused malpractice insurance rates to fall. Some 20,000 doctors have since moved to Texas .
Texas boasts 58 of the Fortune 500 companies – more than any other state. Since May 2011 Texas resumed its pre-recession employment levels. Only two other states and the District of Columbia have done that.
Texas ships 16% of the nation’s export value. California trails at 11%. Of the 70 companies that have fled California so far in 2011, 14 relocated in Texas .
In this year’s Texas legislative season, Perry got most of what he wanted. With no new taxes, a fiscally lean state budget was passed leaving $6 billion in a rainy day fund even as other states around the country struggled to balance budgets and avoid more deficit borrowing. A voter ID bill passed that was designed to prevent ballot box fraud and illegal voting. A bill passed that makes plaintiffs pay court costs and attorney fees if their suits are deemed frivolous.
Perry scored points even in his legislative failures. He failed to get sanctuary cities banned – Texas towns in which police cannot question detainees about their immigration status. The blame fell on the legislature. Perry also failed to get a so-called “anti-groping” bill passed that would put Transportation Security Administration agents in prison if they touch the genitals, anus, or breasts of passengers in a pat down. Federal officials threatened to halt all flights out of Texas airports and the bill died in special session. That endeared Texans even more to TSA employees living in Texas .
Perry jogs daily in the morning. He has no bodyguard with him, but his daughter’s dog runs by his side and he carries a laser-guided automatic pistol in his belt. Last year while jogging in an undeveloped area, a coyote paralleled his jogging route, eyeing his dog. He drew his pistol and killed the animal with one shot, leaving it where it fell. “He became mulch," Perry said. Animal rights groups protested, but Perry shrugged it off. “Don’t come after my dog,” he warned them.
Recently, Obama asked Perry to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal in order to comply with the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Perry refused. Therefore Obama asked the US Supreme Court to delay the execution because it would damage US foreign relations. The Court refused 5-4 and Perry ordered the execution to go forward as scheduled. Over the howls of diplomats, politicians, and the UN, Leal was administered a lethal injection at 6:20 p.m. Before he died, he admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness.
The case has special implications for Perry, who is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. Even his critics resent federal interference in a Texas execution, which is related to a state, not a federal, crime – an alcohol and drug-fueled rape and murder 17 years ago by an illegal whose family brought him into the country 35 years ago as a child. The interference hinges not on the man’s guilt, which Leal’s advocates acknowledged, but on a technicality – failure to inform Leal that he could have gotten legal representation from the Mexican consulate in lieu of the court-appointed attorneys who represented him. Independent Texans saw Obama’s interference as another intrusion of federal power into the affairs of a state, which could cost Obama support in other states.
Needless to say, Perry is a hard-edged conservative and a ferocious defender of 10th Amendments rights (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”) – an explicit restriction of the federal government to only those powers granted in the Constitution. Perry accuses the federal government, especially the Obama administration, of illegal overreach.
Perry said “no thanks” to the feds whose stimulus offered taxpayer dollars for education and unemployment assistance. The strings on “free money” from Washington , he said, would restrict Texas in managing its own affairs. Perry even depleted all state funds to fight recent wildfires before asking Washington for disaster relief. His request has been ignored, which comes across as an unvarnished federal power play, further pitting Perry and Texans against the federal government.
He is an Eagle Scout. After Paint Creek High School , he attended Texas A&M, graduated, and was commissioned into the Air Force where he became a C-130 pilot.
Now 61 years old, he has won nine elections to four different offices in Texas state government. In the first three elections he ran as a Democrat then switched to the Republican Party. He is currently the 47th governor of Texas – a position he has held for 11 years, the longest tenure of any governor in the nation.
He has never lost an election.
Rick Perry was the Lieutenant Governor to whom Governor George Bush handed over the office after winning the 2000 Presidential election. Since then, Perry won gubernatorial elections in 2002, 2004, and 2010, the last time by 55% against a field consisting of a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Green Party, and an Independent.
Since he became its Governor, Texas – a right to work state that taxes neither personal income nor capital gains – has added more jobs than the other 49 states combined. In the last two years, low taxes and little regulation led his state to create 47% of all jobs created in the entire nation. Five of the top ten cities with the highest job growth in the nation are in Texas . People follow jobs, so in the last four years for which data are available, Texas led every state in net interstate migration growth.
Perry signed ground-breaking “loser pays” tort reform and medical litigation rules that caused malpractice insurance rates to fall. Some 20,000 doctors have since moved to Texas .
Texas boasts 58 of the Fortune 500 companies – more than any other state. Since May 2011 Texas resumed its pre-recession employment levels. Only two other states and the District of Columbia have done that.
Texas ships 16% of the nation’s export value. California trails at 11%. Of the 70 companies that have fled California so far in 2011, 14 relocated in Texas .
In this year’s Texas legislative season, Perry got most of what he wanted. With no new taxes, a fiscally lean state budget was passed leaving $6 billion in a rainy day fund even as other states around the country struggled to balance budgets and avoid more deficit borrowing. A voter ID bill passed that was designed to prevent ballot box fraud and illegal voting. A bill passed that makes plaintiffs pay court costs and attorney fees if their suits are deemed frivolous.
Perry scored points even in his legislative failures. He failed to get sanctuary cities banned – Texas towns in which police cannot question detainees about their immigration status. The blame fell on the legislature. Perry also failed to get a so-called “anti-groping” bill passed that would put Transportation Security Administration agents in prison if they touch the genitals, anus, or breasts of passengers in a pat down. Federal officials threatened to halt all flights out of Texas airports and the bill died in special session. That endeared Texans even more to TSA employees living in Texas .
Perry jogs daily in the morning. He has no bodyguard with him, but his daughter’s dog runs by his side and he carries a laser-guided automatic pistol in his belt. Last year while jogging in an undeveloped area, a coyote paralleled his jogging route, eyeing his dog. He drew his pistol and killed the animal with one shot, leaving it where it fell. “He became mulch," Perry said. Animal rights groups protested, but Perry shrugged it off. “Don’t come after my dog,” he warned them.
Recently, Obama asked Perry to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal in order to comply with the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Perry refused. Therefore Obama asked the US Supreme Court to delay the execution because it would damage US foreign relations. The Court refused 5-4 and Perry ordered the execution to go forward as scheduled. Over the howls of diplomats, politicians, and the UN, Leal was administered a lethal injection at 6:20 p.m. Before he died, he admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness.
The case has special implications for Perry, who is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. Even his critics resent federal interference in a Texas execution, which is related to a state, not a federal, crime – an alcohol and drug-fueled rape and murder 17 years ago by an illegal whose family brought him into the country 35 years ago as a child. The interference hinges not on the man’s guilt, which Leal’s advocates acknowledged, but on a technicality – failure to inform Leal that he could have gotten legal representation from the Mexican consulate in lieu of the court-appointed attorneys who represented him. Independent Texans saw Obama’s interference as another intrusion of federal power into the affairs of a state, which could cost Obama support in other states.
Needless to say, Perry is a hard-edged conservative and a ferocious defender of 10th Amendments rights (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”) – an explicit restriction of the federal government to only those powers granted in the Constitution. Perry accuses the federal government, especially the Obama administration, of illegal overreach.
Perry said “no thanks” to the feds whose stimulus offered taxpayer dollars for education and unemployment assistance. The strings on “free money” from Washington , he said, would restrict Texas in managing its own affairs. Perry even depleted all state funds to fight recent wildfires before asking Washington for disaster relief. His request has been ignored, which comes across as an unvarnished federal power play, further pitting Perry and Texans against the federal government.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
College Students Should Redistribute Their GPAs to Students Less Fortunate
It's interesting that students who support the redistribution of wealth through increasing the taxes of people who "can afford to do so" are opposed to redistribution of their GPA even though they "can afford to do so".
Thank you to the College Republicans at the University of California-Merced for exposing the hypocracy of the Left and how easy it is to redistribute another person's assets and rationalize that you are doing good and how that attitude changes when your assets are in jeopardy of being redistributed.
Thank you to the College Republicans at the University of California-Merced for exposing the hypocracy of the Left and how easy it is to redistribute another person's assets and rationalize that you are doing good and how that attitude changes when your assets are in jeopardy of being redistributed.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
GOP Survives Wisconsin Recall Races - The Left is Shocked!
Despite Gov. Scott Walker saving teacher's jobs by weakening the Union, the crazy Left tried unsuccessfully to take over the Wisconsin Senate by staging six recall elections on GOP State Senators. They needed to win three of the recall elections but, thankfully, only won two. There are two recall elections next week against Democrats who hid, like cowards, in another state while Walker and the GOP Senators were trying to save the budget of the state. Hopefully, the GOP can win those elections and even things out.
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths Liberals go to advance their agenda. The voters elected the Wisconsin Senate with a 19-14 GOP majority in November and when that legally elected majority passed laws that the Liberals don't like, they stage recall elections. The voters of Wisconsin should be incensed by the Liberal's actions and dismissal of who they voted into power in November. I can only hope they will vote in a stronger GOP majority in 2012.
I commend Scott Walker and the GOP Senators for being strong against the hysterical attacks from the Left and their accomplice MSM. These are the kind of leaders we need more of at the Federal level.
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths Liberals go to advance their agenda. The voters elected the Wisconsin Senate with a 19-14 GOP majority in November and when that legally elected majority passed laws that the Liberals don't like, they stage recall elections. The voters of Wisconsin should be incensed by the Liberal's actions and dismissal of who they voted into power in November. I can only hope they will vote in a stronger GOP majority in 2012.
I commend Scott Walker and the GOP Senators for being strong against the hysterical attacks from the Left and their accomplice MSM. These are the kind of leaders we need more of at the Federal level.
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Obama's Successes in His First Two Years
In an effort to be credible, I want to praise Obama for his successes in his first two years. Below are the things I consider successes of things he was either able or unable to accomplish even with a super majority Congress...
- Retaining the Bush era tax rates
- GITMO remains open
- The war against terror in the Middle East continuing
- No Union Card Check
- No amnesty for illegal aliens
- No gay marriage law
In addition, his incompetence as a politician, communicator and governor led to an overwhelming landslide for the GOP/Tea Party in 2010 which, hopefully, will lead to the reversal of the health care reform and lead to more policies that will actually help revitalize our sick economy.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
A Tale of Two Scandals
Two scandals on two US Senators broke yesterday. One was on Republican Larry Craig which I'm sure everybody has heard about. The other was on Democrat and leading Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Senator Craig was busted and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with soliciting gay sex in a airport restroom from an undercover cop. Craig is a Republican who has voted against "gay rights" including supporting his state's ban on gay marriage. It certainly smells of hypocracy and effectively "outs" the man as being gay. Liberals and the MSM are having a lot of fun with it and when you google Larry Craig as of this morning, there are over 1800 news stories about this scandal.
Senator Clinton's presidential campaign was hit with accusations of breaking campaign finance laws by the Wall Street Journal. It was discovered that one of the biggest contributers to Hillary's campaign is by a family of very modest means living in San Fransisco. They have managed to donate a total of $200,000 to her campaign.
Interestingly, the Paw family donations seem to be closely tied to wealthy Clinton supporter and businessman Normon Hsu.
When you google Hillary Clinton Donor you get a total of 33 stories on the scandal.
Which is worse, a dirty old man trying to get a little in a restroom or a Presidential candidate breaking campaign finance laws to the tune of $200,000? According to the MSM, it's clearly the dirty old man.
Senator Craig was busted and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with soliciting gay sex in a airport restroom from an undercover cop. Craig is a Republican who has voted against "gay rights" including supporting his state's ban on gay marriage. It certainly smells of hypocracy and effectively "outs" the man as being gay. Liberals and the MSM are having a lot of fun with it and when you google Larry Craig as of this morning, there are over 1800 news stories about this scandal.
Senator Clinton's presidential campaign was hit with accusations of breaking campaign finance laws by the Wall Street Journal. It was discovered that one of the biggest contributers to Hillary's campaign is by a family of very modest means living in San Fransisco. They have managed to donate a total of $200,000 to her campaign.
Interestingly, the Paw family donations seem to be closely tied to wealthy Clinton supporter and businessman Normon Hsu.
The Paws' political donations closely track donations made by Norman Hsu, a wealthy New York businessman in the apparel industry who once listed the Paw home as his address, according to public records. Mr. Hsu is one of the top fund-raisers for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign. He has hosted or co-hosted some of her most prominent money-raising events.In addition the Paw family seems to not be terribly interested in politics until recently.
Even though it appears that campaign finance laws were clearly broken, the Clinton Campaign is planning on keeping the money. I am sure the MSM will support this while keeping up the aggressive reporting and distraction of Larry Craig's problems.William and Alice Paw are of Chinese descent. The entire family got their Social Security cards in California in 1982, according to state records. All but one of the Paws registered to vote as "nonpartisan." A San Mateo County elections official said that members of the Paw family vote "sporadically."
No one in the Paw family had ever given a campaign contribution before the 2004 presidential election, according to campaign-finance reports. Then, in July 2004, five members of the family contributed a total of $3,600 to the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat. Five of the checks were dated July 27, 2004. About the same time, Mr. Hsu made his first donations to a political candidate, contributing the maximum amount allowed by law to Mr. Kerry in two separate checks, on July 21, 2004, and on Aug. 6.
When you google Hillary Clinton Donor you get a total of 33 stories on the scandal.
Which is worse, a dirty old man trying to get a little in a restroom or a Presidential candidate breaking campaign finance laws to the tune of $200,000? According to the MSM, it's clearly the dirty old man.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Approval Poll: Democrat Congress 24%, President Bush 33%
Democrats are finding it difficult according to this Gallup poll. I think the problem is they are spending too much time hating and attacking President Bush and VP Cheney. According to this recent report from the White House, the Dems have had over 300 investigations and 600 oversight hearings in the past 100 days. Give it a rest, folks! Or better yet, keep it up. It will only make your numbers worse,
Americans are tired of these attacks. Unfortunately, the Republican leadership are a bunch of spineless nobodies right now.
The party that can come up with a leader that can inspire the population has the table set for winning the Presidency. I don't see anybody on the Left or on the Right right now who will be capable of doing this. I would like to think Fred Thompson can be this leader but I don't know much about him yet.
Americans are tired of these attacks. Unfortunately, the Republican leadership are a bunch of spineless nobodies right now.
The party that can come up with a leader that can inspire the population has the table set for winning the Presidency. I don't see anybody on the Left or on the Right right now who will be capable of doing this. I would like to think Fred Thompson can be this leader but I don't know much about him yet.
Monday, February 05, 2007
A Political Parable
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like many others her age, she considered herself a liberal Democrat, very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a staunch Republican.
One day she challenged her father on both his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father.
He responded by asking her how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load, constantly studying and had little time to go out and party like other people she knew.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?" She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus, and college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes."
Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter, visibly shocked, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades. I've invested a lot of time and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off! She's got what she deserves!!"
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Watch yourself, you are starting to sound like a Republican!"
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Boxer Blames Republicans For "Misunderstanding" Her Remarks to Rice
Barbara Boxer thought she was being clever when she said to Ms. Rice, “You’re not going to pay any particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family.”
Now, of course, in classic Democrat fashion, she is blaming Republicans for what she said!! It's breathtaking.
In a separate interview, Senator Boxer said her comments had been misunderstood and were now being turned against her by the White House and other Republicans. “What I was trying to do in this exchange was to find common ground with Condi Rice,” Ms. Boxer said, adding that “my whole point was to focus on the military families who pay the price.”
I wonder what would have happened if Condi was a Democrat and Boxer was a Republican. There would be charges of racism and sexism and calls for Boxer to resign.
Doesn't bother me anymore, I have become used to the double standard.
Now, of course, in classic Democrat fashion, she is blaming Republicans for what she said!! It's breathtaking.
In a separate interview, Senator Boxer said her comments had been misunderstood and were now being turned against her by the White House and other Republicans. “What I was trying to do in this exchange was to find common ground with Condi Rice,” Ms. Boxer said, adding that “my whole point was to focus on the military families who pay the price.”
“They’re getting this off on a non-existent thing that I didn’t say,” Ms. Boxer said. “I’m saying, she’s like me, we do not have families who are in the military. What they are doing is a really tortured way to attack a United States Senator who voted against the war.”
I wonder what would have happened if Condi was a Democrat and Boxer was a Republican. There would be charges of racism and sexism and calls for Boxer to resign.
Doesn't bother me anymore, I have become used to the double standard.
Monday, January 08, 2007
Democrats Working Four Days a Week
The first week of Democrat control in the House, they have decided to take today off due to the the big game tonight. Next Monday is MLK Jr. Day so it will be a four day week as well.
I thought they blasted Republicans for only working four days a week.
I thought they blasted Republicans for only working four days a week.
Friday, January 05, 2007
I Thought Democrats Were Going to Reform Lobbying
It was my understanding throughout the campaign that, should the Democrats regain power in the House and Senate, they were going to clean up and reform the influence of lobbyists.
Then I find this article about former Democrat aids and members rushing to new lobbying posts in Washington.
Oh yeah, they meant reform the influence of Conservative lobbyists. Conservative lobbying efforts are shady and dirty while Liberal lobbying efforts are clean and pure.
It's going to turn out to be the same old thing. Lobbyists throw a lot of money around which is hard to resist to many Congressmen and Senators. There will continue to be digressions and scandals involving members of both parties.
Regardless, like I have said before, they won and are doing what they have the right and power to do all they are doing.
Then I find this article about former Democrat aids and members rushing to new lobbying posts in Washington.
Oh yeah, they meant reform the influence of Conservative lobbyists. Conservative lobbying efforts are shady and dirty while Liberal lobbying efforts are clean and pure.
It's going to turn out to be the same old thing. Lobbyists throw a lot of money around which is hard to resist to many Congressmen and Senators. There will continue to be digressions and scandals involving members of both parties.
Regardless, like I have said before, they won and are doing what they have the right and power to do all they are doing.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
House Republicans, STOP COMPLAINING!
The House Republicans are out there acting like a bunch of whiny Democrats, complaining about how the Democrats are breaking their promise to include them in bipartisanship cooperation in the legislative process. What did they think was going to happen?
They need to suck it up and quit acting like Democrats which got them into this position in the first place. It's embarrassing. We lost and the House Democrats have every right to do what they want since they now make the rules.
I'm not saying to just role over and play dead. Just stop complaining. Cowboy Up and focus on Conservative values and policy and fight hard but with the understanding that you are not going to win much. If you do that, you'll win the House back in two years because the Democrats are going to do some crazy stuff.
UPDATE: More whining from the House Republicans wanting "minority rights". It's truly embarrassing.
They need to suck it up and quit acting like Democrats which got them into this position in the first place. It's embarrassing. We lost and the House Democrats have every right to do what they want since they now make the rules.
I'm not saying to just role over and play dead. Just stop complaining. Cowboy Up and focus on Conservative values and policy and fight hard but with the understanding that you are not going to win much. If you do that, you'll win the House back in two years because the Democrats are going to do some crazy stuff.
UPDATE: More whining from the House Republicans wanting "minority rights". It's truly embarrassing.
Friday, December 15, 2006
A Little Tit For Tat in the Montana Legislature, Nice to See
Speaker Scott Sales mirrored what the Democrats did in the State Senate when they assigned two and three member Democrat majorities in their committee assignments. He assigned Republicans a three-vote margin on the House Appropriations Committee which mirrors the Senate Democrats giving themselves a three-vote margin on the Senate Finance and Claims Committee. Both committees deal with the State Budget.
On all other committees, Sales assigned Republicans a two-vote margin again mirroring the Senate Democrats.
This seems completely fair and a refreshing bit of tit for tat since both the State Senate and State House are held by their respective majorities by only one member.
I commend Speaker Sales for having the guts to give the Democrats a taste of their own medicine. He showed some backbone and I look forward to the next Legislative session.
On all other committees, Sales assigned Republicans a two-vote margin again mirroring the Senate Democrats.
This seems completely fair and a refreshing bit of tit for tat since both the State Senate and State House are held by their respective majorities by only one member.
I commend Speaker Sales for having the guts to give the Democrats a taste of their own medicine. He showed some backbone and I look forward to the next Legislative session.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
More Evidence That "Bipartisanship" and "Compromise" Mean the Liberal Way
The Iraq Commission report that was released yesterday is further evidence and proof that bipartisanship and compromise means to go the Liberal way of thinking.
The report basically says we screwed up, continue to screw up, are losing the war, cannot possibly win, and must pull out to save face. The spineless Republicans on the Commission completely caved in to their Democrat colleagues. It's especially frustrating when Republicans like these are touting bipartisan and compromise and bringing the American people together when all they are doing is caving in to the Liberal point of view.
Compromise means to settle differences through mutual concessions. What have the Democrats conceded?
The New York Post got it right. They slam the report! Appeasement and surrender will only make matters worse.
I'm hoping President Bush rejects this report and continues to fight the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The report basically says we screwed up, continue to screw up, are losing the war, cannot possibly win, and must pull out to save face. The spineless Republicans on the Commission completely caved in to their Democrat colleagues. It's especially frustrating when Republicans like these are touting bipartisan and compromise and bringing the American people together when all they are doing is caving in to the Liberal point of view.
Compromise means to settle differences through mutual concessions. What have the Democrats conceded?
The New York Post got it right. They slam the report! Appeasement and surrender will only make matters worse.
I'm hoping President Bush rejects this report and continues to fight the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Monday, December 04, 2006
MT GOP Votes Conservatives Into House Leadership
The Montana GOP voted one of it's most conservative members as Speaker of the House. Scott Sales from Bozeman is the right man to lead the party back to prominence in the Montana government.
It's a relief that the House Republicans see the reason they have been weakened. They fell for the Liberal and Moderate call for bipartisanship, compromise, and getting along. What Liberals mean by bipartisanship and compromise is to believe and support Liberal policies. While Moderates just go along with whatever sounds the least controversial.
Speaker-Elect Sales will be pushing forward bills that define them as Republicans - permanent property tax relief, harsher penalties for sex offenders, a "personal defense" bill, and giving parents more rights over a child's decision to have an abortion.
He is also going to try to make some cuts on Schweitzer's $700 million, a 22% budget increase!
To the Republicans in the State House and Senate, fight for what you stand for and for your core beliefs. Don't fall for the getting along bipartisanship smokescreen the Liberals and media promote. It's a one sided proposal where you are on the wrong side.
It's a relief that the House Republicans see the reason they have been weakened. They fell for the Liberal and Moderate call for bipartisanship, compromise, and getting along. What Liberals mean by bipartisanship and compromise is to believe and support Liberal policies. While Moderates just go along with whatever sounds the least controversial.
Speaker-Elect Sales will be pushing forward bills that define them as Republicans - permanent property tax relief, harsher penalties for sex offenders, a "personal defense" bill, and giving parents more rights over a child's decision to have an abortion.
He is also going to try to make some cuts on Schweitzer's $700 million, a 22% budget increase!
To the Republicans in the State House and Senate, fight for what you stand for and for your core beliefs. Don't fall for the getting along bipartisanship smokescreen the Liberals and media promote. It's a one sided proposal where you are on the wrong side.
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