Earlier this week, President Barack Obama was roundly criticized — especially by those on the right, including yours truly — for relying upon a teleprompter while speaking at an elementary school. That’s why no one was surprised to see he didn’t use a teleprompter while addressing members of the House Republican Caucus in Baltimore late [...]
Entries from January 2010
Television Cameras Missed Big Story in Baltimore
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Chicago Political Machine Never Stops Working
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Above (left to right): Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama and David Axelrod. One year ago today, Rod Blagojevich became the first sitting Illinois governor to be impeached and booted out of office by the Illinois Senate for, among other things, allegedly trying to “sell to the highest bidder” the U.S. senate seat once [...]
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‘Re-Indicted’ Parody Song Marks One-Year Anniversary of Blagojevich Impeachment
January 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments
One year ago today, Rod Blagojevich became the first sitting Illinois governor to be impeached and booted out of office by a 59-0 vote of the Illinois Senate in Springfield. Now, the 53-year-old Democrat and his lawyers are waiting for the next shoe to drop in legal wranglings related to allegations that he attempted to [...]
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Confidence Rises As ‘ObamaCare’ Nosedives
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Americans’ confidence in their health insurance coverage and ability to access health care increased slightly last month, according to the latest findings of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index). Why did confidence rise — albeit ever so slightly? I suspect it’s due to the fact that Americans saw Democrats [...]
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Feds’ Heavy-Handed Actions Upset Truckers
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a federal ban on texting while driving by people behind the wheels of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. Soon after the announcement, truck drivers organizations lashed out at the measure, but not for the reasons you might suspect. “We support where they are going, [...]
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Oklahoma Senator Says Obama Best Liar Ever
January 28th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) reacted to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech with a back-handed compliment, saying, “This guy can say things that aren’t true with greater conviction than anyone I’ve ever seen.” The conservative Republican shared his thoughts during a radio interview this morning with Joe Kelley of Tulsa radio station KRMG. [...]
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Supreme Court Justice Alito to Obama: ‘Not true’
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments
Gotta love Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito! During President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight, he was caught on camera shaking his head in disagreement and then mouthing the words, “Not true.” Justice Alito’s negative response came after President Obama said, “With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme [...]
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