By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The Democratic Party is the oldest of the two major U.S. political parties. It was first organized in the early 1790s by anti-federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, as the Democratic-Republican Party. Unlike the Democratic Party of today, it was distinguishable by its support for states’ rights [...]
Dick Durbin Hunting for Muslim Votes
April 12th, 2011 · No Comments
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Democrats and Labor Bosses Said, ‘It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government’
February 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Republican governors Scott Walker, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Mitch Daniels are not the originators of the fear of the overreaching power of public employee unions. That credit goes to FDR and the president of the AFL-CIO, George Meany. In 1955, Meany said, “It is impossible to bargain collectively [...]
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Saving America, Sharing the Pain
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger On Dec. 3, Barack Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (a.k.a., “Debt Commission”) voted on the plan they had developed to save our country from utter fiscal ruin. The vote fell three short of the fourteen votes required by rule to send the plan to Congress for [...]
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‘Uhhbama’ Uses ‘Uhh’ 30 Times in Three Minutes
October 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Unlike Ronald Reagan, “The Great Communicator” to whom many on the left want to compare him, Barack Obama has a long track record of displaying poor oratory and interviewing skills. His track record dates back at least as far as an interview (see video above) broadcast Nov. 25, 2002, on a local cable television channel [...]
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Obama Tops List of Bought-and-Paid-For Politicians
September 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Who received the most money from Wall Street executives (i.e., the folks Barack Obama referred to in a recent speech as the ones “who got us into this mess”)? According to one report, Obama tops the list of politicians who’ve been bought and paid for by the same folks responsible for the recent collapse of [...]
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Modified ‘DREAM Act’ Being Reintroduced
September 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
One of the most-read items in recent months at Bob McCarty Writes is a post, ‘They’re back!’ Senator’s DREAM Act is Our Nightmare, which highlighted the pitfalls of pro-illegal immigration legislation backed by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and called for citizens to let their elected officials know how they felt about it. According to a [...]
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‘They’re back!’ Senator’s DREAM Act is Our Nightmare
July 17th, 2007 · 15 Comments
Illegal Immigration Alert: It’s BAAAAACK! (Cross-posted from Common Sense America.) What do our elected officials do when they don’t get their way on the issue of amnesty for illegal aliens? They simply piecemeal the amnesty bill and try to sneak it into other bills. They think we won’t notice. Yeah, right! This week, The Dream [...]
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