Jeffrey A. Setaro

Political & Cultural Commentary from a Constitutional Conservative.

Archives for 2009

Senate’s Liberal Lion Passes, Ted Kennedy Was 77

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Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away Tuesday night of complications related to a cancerous brain tumor: U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77, his family said. “Edward M. […]

Train Wreck: GDP Decline Twice as Bad as Obama Admnistration Forecast

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Ouch, this isn’t good news for President Obama’s agenda… The White House has been using some pretty rosy economic forecasts to sell his agenda. However, those rosy forecasts have finally crashed head-on into economic reality. In short, GDP declined roughly twice as much as they predicted and their out year deficit forecasts will be roughly […]

Reid, Conyers Vulnerable in 2010?

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If current polling is accurate you can add Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) to the list of vulnerable Democrats in 2010. The Las Vegas Review Journal reported last Sunday that Sen. Reid is trailing both likely Republican challengers in recent polls: It’s the highest stakes ever for a Nevada election, and […]

Ted Kennedy: Hey Lets Change Elections Rules… Again.

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You have to admire the chutzpa of Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy… In 2004 when it seemed John Kerry would win the presidential election he urged the Massachusetts legislature to change the state’s succession law to require a special election.  Kennedy pushed for that change for purely partisan reasons, he didn’t want the then Republican Governor,  […]

Sarah Palin: No Health Care Reform Without Legal Reform

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is once again wading into the debate on health care reform via her Facebook page.  Last week she raised questions about the end of life counseling provisions contained in the proposed legislation… provision that have since been removed from the Senate Finance Committee bill. This week she raises questions about […]

Poll Question: If the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary were being held today who would you vote for?

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[poll id=”16″] I’m not crazy about Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee so they’re not even on my short list. I love Sarah Palin but I think she’s been to damaged by partisan attacks to be viable candidate… Ditto for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, he’s to much of a lighting rod. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty […]

Leon Panetta: Idiot

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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 […]

Pres. Obama Backs Offshore Drilling… Just Not in U.S. Waters

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I was going to comment on this Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday but I didn’t get to it… In short the Obama Administration has finally embraced offshore oil drill, unfortunately it’s not in the U.S.: You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil. The U.S. is going to […]

Cash for Clunkers, a Clunker, Says a Liberal Democrat

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Ouch, keep in mind that Congressman blowing the whistle on problems with the supposedly “wildly successful” cash for clunkers isn’t a Republican or even Blue Dog Democrat… He’s a liberal Democrat: The federal government has only reimbursed auto dealers for 2 percent of the claims they’ve submitted through the popular “cash for clunkers” program, a […]

Comeuppance: Thousands Quit AARP Over Health Care Reform

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From CBS News: CBS News has learned that up to 60,000 people have cancelled their AARP memberships since July 1, angered over the group’s position on health care. Elaine Guardiani has been with AARP for 14 years, and said, “I’m extremely disappointed in AARP.” Retired nurse Dale Anderson has 12 years with AARP and said, […]

Congressman Eric Massa: I Will Vote Against the Interests of My District

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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 […]

Obama and the Practice of Medicine

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a practicing physician and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute has an interesting op ed column in today’s Wall Street Journal. In it Dr. Gottleb explores Pres. Obama’s apparent lack of understanding about the practice of medicine and the reasons for rising health-care costs: On the defensive because of an increasingly skeptical […]

Crime Doesn’t Pay: Business Owner Fires on Robbers, Killing 2, Police Say

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Things went horribly wrong for the four men who tried to hold up a Harlem restaurant-supply shop on Thursday afternoon… The four men burst into Kaplan Bros. Blue Flame Corp. around 3:00 p.m. and things went downhill quickly for them: “I’d do it again if I had to.” Those were the first defiant words out […]