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“I Earned That Not Obamacare Insurance”
Debbie Wasserman-Shultz has damn well earned the “right” to not have to participate in the government run Obamacare, as all the Democrat Congresspeople and Senators voted themselves out of that trap. She has no problem letting you know, she worked hard for better healthcare and the fact that you worked decades to get higher end insurance for yourself means absolutely nothing. You see when you are in your 20s you tend not to buy insurance at all, if you get with a company that offers it unless you are married with children you save that $100 a month because well, you are going to live forever (you won’t, but you damn well think you will). You then move up on the work world, building on your skills … Read entire article »
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Franken won’t let Buffett Rule die
Whatever else is said about the Buffett Rule, one thing’s certain: Sen. Franken won’t let it die: Sen. Franken, who co-sponsored the defeated Buffett Rule provision, said voters will invariably need to compare the Democrats’ approach with that put forward by House Republicans, who passed a budget that couples lowered tax rates across the board with deep cuts to federal spending. Franken said he preferred to raise revenue through taxes on high-income earners to prevent deeper cuts from coming elsewhere. “Anybody who’s been on the ground looking at what the economy has been doing knows that we have to make investments in education and infrastructure and innovation,” Franken said. “If you don’t have some more revenue coming in you can’t do that without increasing the deficit.” First, if Sen. Franken thinks that the … Read entire article »
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Media (and campaign communications) malpractice
This article on the CBS website is another bit of proof that reporters either don’t get it or they’re part of an obfuscation team. Here’s the title to the article: The bubble wars: Obama and Romney battle over who is “out of touch” It goes downhill after that: One way to think about the 2012 presidential campaign is as a battle between two houses: Barack Obama’s White House and Mitt Romney’s San Diego house. The Romney campaign would like to make Obama a prisoner to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., turning every perk and privilege of the presidency into a sign that he is far removed from the people he is supposed to lead, especially anyone struggling in this economy. “Years of flying around on Air Force One, surrounded by an adoring staff of true … Read entire article »
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Mismatch: Michele Bachmann vs. Jim Graves?
This morning, Michele Bachmann and Jim Graves, her DFL opponent, appeared on Esme Murphy’s program. The first part of Michele’s interview focused on high gas prices, which Michele handled well. Here’s a partial transcript of that part of the interview: ESME: Critics have said that even if we expanded production, it would not have an immediate impact at the pump. Realistically, what would it take to get gas prices down to $2 a gallon and when would that happen? MICHELE: Well, remember that the day Barack Obama became president, gas was $1.84 a gallon so gas prices have gone up 110% since he was in office. And in the last 30 days, gas prices have gone up 30 cents a gallon…So what we can do are a few simple things. We can … Read entire article »
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ObamaCare: 60 Senate Democrats, Bill Clinton, two Kennedys, five lawyers and Election 2012
The fate of the republic is not in the hands of one Supreme Court justice From listening to the media commentary during the extraordinary past three days of oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court, one would think that Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy decreed that ObamaCare would be the law of the land unless he gets talked out of it this week. It is asked, how did we “get to the point” where one man can decide if the relationship between the federal government and its citizens will be fundamentally changed? Let me answer that question: Too many Americans voted for Democrats. It was a Democratic Party president, Democratic Party majority in the House of Representatives and a filibuster-proof super-Democratic Party majority in the United States Senate that, in 2009, jammed through bankruptcy … Read entire article »
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Other conscience objections after ObamaCare abortion pill-mandate is dropped
The free exercise of religion was fundamental to the founding of America, but so is the right to freely bargain with health care and insurance providers After President Barack Obama inevitably drops the recently announced mandate that even church-affiliated employers provide health insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization and “Plan B” morning after abortion pills (aka RU-486), will we look back at this exercise as a ruse to make ObamaCare seem more palatable to voters this fall? After all, the Messiah will be seen as having heard the public outcry including threats of civil disobedience, and graciously agreed to respect the consciences of Roman Catholics? In fact, the subject mandate applies to all religious group employers which include numerous Southern Baptist hospitals and other Protestant and Evangelical organizations, but I digress. Yes, America’s founding … Read entire article »
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