No, I’m not kidding… ===== Reporter Elizabeth Harrington writing at CNSNews.com, July 17: During a pen and pad briefing with reporters on Capitol Hill, [House Democratic whip Steny] Hoyer was asked if any Democrats are “reconsidering the wisdom” of letting the Bush tax cuts expire at year’s end for the top income earners given the still struggling U.S. economy. “I haven’t talked to any... Read more
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The Hunt for Blue October
July 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, The LeftIf this quote stirs your interest… click the link… ======== …when the rate increases it is an increase, not the expiration of a decrease. Were it the latter, one could say that the Bush tax cuts were not tax cuts but the expiration of the Clinton increases, the Clinton increases the expiration of the Reagan cuts, the Reagan cuts the expiration of... Read more
Obama and the Economic Blame Game
July 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaHmm. Yes, who really should ‘set up’? ========= By KARL ROVE This week brought bad news for President Barack Obama’s attempts to blame someone else—anyone else—for America’s economic problems. A poll released Monday by the Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress, found that 66% of voters believe the weak economy is Washington’s fault. And who is most to blame? A third—34%—said Mr. Obama. Congress... Read more
He doesn’t get America.
July 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama======= Charles Murray at the American Enterprise Institute’s Ideas blog, July 18: President Obama’s horrendous political gaffe last week—”You didn’t build that”—triggered the same reaction I had when he insisted on pushing through Obamacare. Then, I had the creepy feeling that I was living in an occupied country. American politics didn’t work that way. Neither Democrats nor Republicans had ever forced through... Read more
Unlikeable Mitt Romney…
July 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought