This isn’t really news to political junkies like me but it is a page A3 above the fold story in today’s Wall Street Journal: A top White House adviser said Tuesday he doubts two Senate Republicans at the center of health-care talks are negotiating seriously, as Democrats adopted a new, more confrontational tone accusing key [...]
Leon Panetta: Idiot
August 19, 2009 By 2 Comments
Remember that whole Nancy Pelosi, the CIA lied to Congress brouhaha? Turns out Leon Panetta’s an idiot… Joseph Finder at the Daily Beast has the details: CIA Director Leon Panetta’s emergency testimony to Congress about an illegal assassination program has set off a crisis at the spy agency. The Daily Beast’s Joseph Finder exclusively reports [...]
Congressman Eric Massa: I Will Vote Against the Interests of My District
August 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sen. Tom Coburn is right, American’s have lost faith in their government and I can’t think of a better example of why than the attitude displayed by Congressman Eric Massa of New York. Rep. Massa met with an intimate group of Netroots activists during their annual Netroots Nation gathering in Pittsburgh this past weekend reiterated [...]
Arrogance: Hoyer, Pelosi Call Protests Against ObamaCare “un-American”
August 10, 2009 By 3 Comments
I’ve seen politicians say more than a few amazingly stupid things in my time but this really takes the cake… For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to take to the pages of a major American newspaper and call those who disagree with them un-American is beyond the pale: However, it [...]
Reid and Pelosi: It’s Time to Demonize Insurance Companies…
July 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi appear to have a new strategy for pushing health care reform through Congress… They’re going to demonize insurance companies: A day after formally delaying a vote on a healthcare bill and having to accept a further weakening of a public option to compete with private insurers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [...]
About that Alleged CIA ‘Lie’
July 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From the Wall Street Journal: As political spectacles go, one would be hard pressed to find anything as ridiculous as the Washington Romper Room now starring Congressional Democrats and the CIA. If only the consequences weren’t potentially so damaging for national security. The latest episode comes courtesy of Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Select [...]
Pelosi v. CIA
July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From the Wall Street Journal: The last time the CIA and Nancy Pelosi were in the news together, the House Speaker was accusing the agency of lying about its briefings to Congress on the interrogation of al Qaeda detainees. This week, the Speaker’s fellow Democrats are set to block public disclosure of what Ms. Pelosi [...]
Fiscal Irresponsibility: Congress’s Travel Tab Swells
July 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
You would think record budget deficits and the need fiscal restraint would curtail Congressional travel… but you’d be wrong: WASHINGTON — Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as [...]
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