A Republican Renaissance in Alaska? David Cuddy Challenges Ted “Bridge to Nowhere” Stevens
Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security, Earmarks, Elections, Fiscal Responsibility, Government ethics/corruption, Healthcare, Illegal Aliens/Immigration, News, US Senate, military | 1 Comment
When David Cuddy decided to run against Senator Ted Stevens for the Republican nomination for the US Senate in Alaska, he had no idea that Stevens was going to be indicted on federal corruption charges. He was simply tired of the excessive earmarks, the disapproval of Congress in general and that Stevens was not focused [...]
Read More..>>Senate Republicans lay down the gauntlet.
Posted on July 24, 2008 - Filed Under Earmarks, Economy, News, Politics As Usual, US Senate | 1 Comment
It’s nice to see Republicans show some cojones for once. They seem so content to just meekly accept whatever BS Democrats hand them, so this was music to my ears!
Senate Republicans have threatened to block nearly all other bills pending before the August recess if Democrats refuse to vote with them on expanding offshore [...]
“Freedom” Narrated by Fred Thompson
Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Earmarks, Economy, John McCain, News, Politics As Usual | 3 Comments
This message is spot on, and narrated by Fred Thompson. If only he’d have done more stuff like this in his campaign. The message is right on, but instead of motivating me to vote McCain it just makes me miss Fred.
Read More..>>The farm bill disgrace
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under Earmarks, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Politics As Usual, Socialism, Taxes, U.S. House, US Senate | 1 Comment
Excerpt from DAVID BROOKS at the NYT, pointing out that it wasn’t Obama who defied the old corrupt Washington system; It was McCain. Once again we see the paradox that McCain actually is what Obama falsely claims to be
Farm net income is up 56 percent over the past two years, yet the [...]
The Citizens Against Government Waste Pig Book Is Out
Posted on April 3, 2008 - Filed Under Earmarks, Fiscal Responsibility, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Politics As Usual, Stupidity, Taxes, U.S. House, US Senate | Comments Off
Who was the worst of the worst pork spenders
Pork barrel spending is the reason that economic Conservatives allowed the Democrats to take over Congress. Republicans began to spend like Democrats and economic Conservatives stayed home in mass in November of 2006. Spending Mrs. Pelosi was the lesson of the 06 Midterms not the war.
Since [...]
Chris Hackett, a Conservative We Need in Pennsylvania, 10th District
Posted on April 1, 2008 - Filed Under Earmarks, Elections, News, Uncategorized | 5 Comments
Chris Hackett, a Conservative We Need in Pennsylvania, 10th District
-By Warner Todd Huston
I know what you’re thinking…”I don’t live in Pennsylvania, so why should I care about a Congressional race there?” That really is a good question. Here is the answer: because our enemy does.
Here is the thing, the left does not only worry about [...]
Senate to Vote on 1 Year Pork Diet
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Earmarks, Fiscal Responsibility, News | Comments Off
Senator Jim DeMint, champion in the fight against wasteful Congressional spending called “earmarks,” is at it again today. He is proposing that the Senate approve a 1 year ban on earmark spending.
The Politico reports:
The first-term South Carolina Republican introduced the earmark moratorium after becoming convinced that the GOP’s participation in the provisioning of home-state pork [...]
Read More..>>Dems Clamoring to Tie McCain to Bush (?)
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security, Earmarks, Elections, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Politics As Usual, War On Terror | Comments Off
Cross-Posting FROM Gribbit’s WordThis morning as the President was waiting to greet John McCain at the White House for a lunch engagement, John Scott of Fox News Channel uttered the comment that Dems would love to tie McCain to Bush’s policies in the months before the election. We may even see the pictures of Bush [...]
Read More..>>Boehner: Dems Budget (2009) More of the Same
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Earmarks, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Politics As Usual, Socialism, Stupidity, U.S. House | Comments Off
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Boehner: More Taxes and More Wasteful Spending;Majority’s Budget Is More of the Same
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on the Democratic Majority’s FY 2009 federal budget proposal:
“Middle-class families and small businesses are struggling with skyrocketing prices for gasoline, health care, and other costs of living, and [...]
The GOP Must Avoid Becoming Democrat Party Lite
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Earmarks, Elections, Fiscal Responsibility, Gov.Censorship, News, Politics As Usual, Socialism, U.S. House | 2 Comments
After the disastrous loss of majority status that befell the Republicans in Congress with the results of the 2006 midterm elections, conservative members of the GOP — and even a few not so conservative — began floating a new sound bite mantra. We have “lost our brand” became the meme as House members fanned out [...]
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