Category: politics

This is pretty rich. Pun intended. Good observation by Andy Levy on Twitter about Will Ferrell’s video for moveon.org
Man who made $20 million for BEWITCHED thinks health insurance execs are overpaid.
http://pol.moveon.org/insurance_execs/

Boortzs asks a great question about Obama’s feint at being open to the idea of doing what is proven to fix the economy - cutting taxes. President Obama has said he wants to discuss the idea of lowering corporate taxes over time in exchange for elimination of loopholes. Boorts asks:
“Over time?” What’s this? Don’t’ we [...]

The President of the United States gave a foreign leader - out closest ally -  a box set of DVDs as a gift. 
“Here, go home and watch these, and quit trying to steal my thunder.”
Via: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama the Cheapskate: 25 DVDs for Gordon Brown?.

They’re running around giving money away. What could be the problem?
 
Via  Michelle Malkin » Priceless video: “Bailout Prize Patrol” confronts AIG, Geithner, Sen. Snowe.

 
 
What is this woman doing with a microphone pointed at her? What is she doing in the White House? 
Ed Morrissey points out how simply innacurate the woman is:

The Taliban in Pakistan cross the border into Afghanistan to fight the government and NATO; they are primarily Pakistanis, not Afghans.  Osama bin Laden is neither — he’s [...]

The Arrorney General has called you and me a coward - claiming we as a nation are cowards in failing to openly discuss the race issue.
How’s this for open discussion on race:
People like Holder who like to drag race through everything they can and wring out every last drop of political power, sympathy, handouts, or [...]

This kind of thing needs pointed out every time it occurs. Hell, I’m even going to make a new category for it.
Allahpundit: …the left’s painted itself into a corner by using Afghanistan as a talking point against Iraq for the past six years
Via Hot Air
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Michelle: The [...]

Enough with the death by a thousand cuts. Can we just take away everyone’s right to free speech, eliminate individualism - make everyone a ward of the state, and turn the country into the Soviet Union and be done with it already?
“It’s all about diversity in media,” the Spectator quoted a House energy committee staff [...]

Q. Without violating that pesky Constitutional right to bear arms, how can a government legally disempower its people?
A. Rather than take away their guns directly, just make it too expensive to legally own them. How about a mandatory $1 Million insurance policy?
From the bill:
Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall [...]

I guess politicians are so used to dodging questions and hearing other people dodge questions they might miss it the first time.
After saying he never raised funds for Blagojevich, Burris admitted to reporters Monday night that he did in fact try to raise funds after a solicitation request was made by the former governor’s brother, [...]