Joe Biden’s a buffoon. We’re pretty sure that even the extreme left couldn’t deny that assessment. But the good thing about Joe is that he’s not smart enough to lie when he should.
Like in this clip where he flat out admits that one of the goals of ObamaCare is to control the insurance companies.
Joe Biden’s a buffoon. We’re pretty sure that even the extreme left couldn’t deny that assessment. But the good thing about Joe is that he’s not smart enough to lie when he should.
Like in this clip where he flat out admits that one of the goals of ObamaCare is to control the insurance companies.
How much do you think Obama hates hearing the words, “Mr. President, Joe did it again.”
Source: Gateway Pundit
Don’t look now, Nancy, but the saints are allied against you. Everyone is against this bloated pig of a bill from San Diego in the west to Port Saint Lucie in the east.
Don’t look now, Nancy, but the saints are allied against you. Everyone is against this bloated pig of a bill from San Diego in the west to Port Saint Lucie in the east.
This is what we’re talking about. Conservatives actually standing up to the Democrats for once. Effin’ A, man.
First, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) issues a warning to any Democrats who change their ObamaCare votes from no to yes.
Then Rep. Paul Broun, (R-GA), a family doctor, has a few choice words for the lovely and effervescent Princess Pelosi.
This is what we’re talking about. Conservatives actually standing up to the Democrats for once. Effin’ A, man.
First, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) issues a warning to any Democrats who change their ObamaCare votes from no to yes.
Then Rep. Paul Broun, (R-GA), a family doctor, has a few choice words for the lovely and effervescent Princess Pelosi.
Coburn: I want to send a couple messages to my colleagues in the House. If you voted no and you vote yes and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn’t going to held in the Senate, I’ve got news for you. It’s going to be held.
If you think you can cut a deal now and it not come out until after the election, I want to tell you that isn’t going to happen and be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House…
Broun: I have three simple questions Ms Pelosi. Are you so arrogant that you think you know what’s best for the American people? Are you so ignorant that you are oblivious to the wishes of the American people? And are you so incompetent that you are going to ignore the Constitution of the United States, use tricks, deceptions, bald faced lies to try to ram down the throat of the American people something that they do not want and is going to be absolutely worse for their healthcare?…”
H/T: HotAir.com, GatewayPundit.com
We’ve been out of town for a couple days and apparently missed the story about that horrible Hawaiian earthquake.
President Obama told Fox News’ Bret Baier that he supports “The Louisiana Purchase” in Obamacare because it will cover natural disasters like the recent Hawaiian earthquake.
We’ve been out of town for a couple days and apparently missed the story about that horrible Hawaiian earthquake.
President Obama told Fox News’ Bret Baier that he supports “The Louisiana Purchase” in Obamacare because it will cover natural disasters like the recent Hawaiian earthquake.
Obama: It also affects Hawaii, which went through an earthquake. So that’s not just a Louisiana provision. That is a provision that affects every state that is going through a natural catastrophe.
Of course, there’s been no devastating Hawaiian earthquake. Did he mean Haiti? Or Chile? Or has he given up cigarettes and returned to the wacky tabacky?
South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham thinks the Democrats are drunk. Or even worse. Here’s what the wobby Republican had to say about the Slaughter Strategy.
South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham thinks the Democrats are drunk. Or even worse. Here’s what the wobby Republican had to say about the Slaughter Strategy:
“They’re trying to use a process that is sleazy, it’s unfair, it’s a trick play. They’re trying to have a health care bill passed without voting on it. So my comments really reflect the fanaticism of the Democratic leadership, and I don’t know whether sake or moonshine, but no sober person would do this.”
The concept of drinking Democrats isn’t all that far-fetched as you can see here and here and here and here.
The Democrats obviously miss Teddy Kennedy’s unsteady hand. If they’re going to drink, he would have been their natural leader.
Source: Bluegrass Pundit
Make MSNBC’s Chris Matthews the latest liberal to jump on the Slaughter Strategy dog pile.
It’s not like Matthews thinks Deem and Pass is unethical or even unconstitutional. No, not at all. He’s merely worried that this convoluted Parliamentary procedure will cost the Democrats dearly in 2010 and 2012.
Make MSNBC’s Chris Matthews the latest liberal to jump on the Slaughter Strategy dog pile.
It’s not like Matthews thinks Deem and Pass is unethical or even unconstitutional. No, not at all. He’s merely worried that this convoluted Parliamentary procedure will cost the Democrats dearly in 2010 and 2012.
As he should be.
H/T: HotAir.com
It was just announced that the President Obama’s trip has been canceled. Expect celebrations to break out in Jakarta.
UPDATE: It was just announced that the President’s trip has been canceled. Expect celebrations to break out in Jakarta.
To go or not to go, that is the question.
Should President Obama delay his Indonesian trip to satisfy House Democrats? Or should he cancel is completely to satisfy protesting Indonesians?
Politico reports on the House Democrats:
Last week, the president pushed back his planned Friday departure three days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats groused he was leaving at a critical time.
“For the first time in eight months, the president is finally getting his hands dirty, and now he’s going to hop on the plane? Please,” said a Democratic congressman, requesting anonymity.
“These deadlines are sort of silly,” the member added. “Remember the first one? March 18th? That was sort of like putting a calendar on [White House chief of staff] Rahm’s [Emanuel’s] back and inviting members to throw darts at him.”
Another Democrat told POLITICO bluntly, “This trip is really getting in the way of things.”
Ahhh, but if the Democrats think they’re pissed off about Obama’s Indonesian trip, they should talk to some Indonesians.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports the other end of the story:
Thousands of Indonesian Muslims have staged peaceful rallies in cities across the country to protest US President Barack Obama’s visit later this month.
Around 2,000 protesters from the hardline Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir, which aims to establish a Muslim caliphate, shouted “Islam united… will not be defeated. Reject Obama” and tore printouts of the American flag as they marched around the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar on Sunday.
In Central Java’s Solo city, another 500 of the group’s supporters carried posters saying “Expel Obama.. leader of coloniser” and “America.. The Real Terrorists”.
“There are two types of visitors, good and bad. Obama is bad. He might be of a different skin colour from George Bush, but he still oppressed the Muslims,” the group’s spokesman Nur Alam said, referring to former US president George W. Bush.
Hey, wait just a second. Didn’t Obama apologize to the Muslim world? We thought they love us now.
There’s only one way to solve this problem, President Obama. Go over there to Indonesia and give them another speech. Because that approach has worked sooooo well for you on ObamaCare.
Source: Politico, Sydney Morning Herald
Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Howard Stern feels the pulse of a segment of the American people. The raunchy radio star typically leans to the left, but Barack Obama has change all that.
Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Howard Stern feels the pulse of a segment of the American people. The raunchy radio star typically leans to the left, but Barack Obama has change all that.
H/T: IOwnTheWorld.com
Let’s just give you the highlights of Jack Cafferty’s attack on Nancy Pelosi and the whole damn reconciliation process
Let’s just give you the highlights of Jack Cafferty’s attack on Nancy Pelosi and the whole damn reconciliation process:
Just when you think you’ve seen it all in Washington, along comes something like this… Politically speaking, this is beyond sleazy… In Nancy Pelosi’s world, accountability is a dirty word… Republicans are jumping all over this, rightfully so. They’re painting it as a way for Democrats to avoid taking responsibility, which is exactly what it is… We’re learning a lot more about lack of political guts… This reeks!
Uh-oh. No matter whether the bill goes up or down, Obama and the Democrats are going down.
Welcome to the dark side, Mr. Cafferty.
Source: NewsBusters.org
In all the hullabaloo about Obama’s 3000% comment, everyone missed this little gem from the same speech: “And she upped her deductible last year to the minimum [sic], the highest possible deductible.”
In all the hullabaloo about Obama’s 3000% healthcare comment, everyone missed this little gem from the same speech:
“And she upped her deductible last year to the minimum [sic], the highest possible deductible.”
This may have escaped under the radar, but it’s equally instructive as to what this President knows and doesn’t know about the real world.
ObamaCare will raise federal tax rates to 50-60%, says Jim Cramer. So what’s your point, Cramer? Isn’t that exactly what this whole exercise is all about?
So what’s your point, Cramer? Isn’t that exactly what this whole exercise is all about?
Oh, and Jim, we haven’t forgotten you endorsed Obama for president.
Monday in Strongsville, Ohio, President Obama said that ObamaCare will reduce health insurance premiums for businesses by “3,000 percent.” Now that’s what we call stimulus! Considering a 100% reduction would result in premiums of zero, just think how much money a business will actually make with the other 2,900%!
Monday in Strongsville, Ohio, President Obama said that ObamaCare will reduce health insurance premiums for businesses by “3,000 percent.” Now that’s what we call stimulus! Considering a 100% reduction would result in premiums of zero, just think how much money a business will actually make with the other 2,900%!
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Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann explains to radio host Chris Baker the democrats’ latest outrageous trickery that may be used to pass Obamacare, with what is called the “self-executing” rule.
Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann explains to radio host Chris Baker the “self-executing” rule — the democrats’ latest, outrageous trickery that may be used to pass Obamacare.
We can go one better than Nancy, Harry, Barry and their co-conspirators. How about trying the “mass self-executing rule?”
Anyone think this photo that ran in the New York Times article, As Health Vote Awaits, Future of a Presidency Waits, Too, might have had a teensy weensy bit of ever-so-slightly biased Photoshop work? Or was it simply divine intervention?
Anyone else think this photo that ran in the New York Times article, As Health Vote Awaits, Future of a Presidency Waits, Too, might have had a teensy weensy bit of ever-so-slightly biased Photoshop work? Or was it simply divine intervention?
Well, let’s give Andrea Mitchell credit. She says what she thinks and thinks what she says. Of course, she oozes liberalism, which sounds horribly unpleasant.
Here’s a quick clip in which the so-called reporter openly shills for ObamaCare with Congressman Elijah Cummings because, well, just because the President needs it, damn it.
Well, let’s give Andrea Mitchell credit. She says what she thinks and thinks what she says. Of course, she oozes liberalism, which sounds horribly unpleasant.
Here’s a quick clip in which the so-called reporter openly shills for ObamaCare with Congressman Elijah Cummings because, well, just because the President needs it, damn it.
Mitchell: Bottom line, what happens if you don’t get health care for this president is, this is really all-or-nothing for the sense of his power, his legacy, he’s invested so much in this, in this first year. You’ve got to get this for him.
Cummings: Andrea, I agree with you a million percent.
“Gimme an O, gimme a B, gimme an A, gimme an M, gimme an A. What does it spell? Bankruptcy.”
Uh-oh. Sounds like Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak has had it just about up to here with promises from Nancy Pelosi the Obama administration. He doesn’t like their attempts to rahm ObamaCare through the House of Representatives. And he doesn’t like the endless series of meetings where nothing is accomplished. Not one little bit.
Uh-oh. Sounds like Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak has had it just about up to here with promises from Nancy Pelosi the Obama administration. He doesn’t like their attempts to rahm ObamaCare through the House of Representatives. And he doesn’t like the endless series of meetings where nothing is accomplished. Not one little bit.
He explains it all in this hilarious clip with Greta Van Susteren.
Greta: So what happens at these meetings?
Stupak: Nothing, the same people just get up and talk.
We say, man up, Stupak. We’re just as tired of hearing about it as you are.
H/t: Gateway Pundit
Robert Byrd now favors passing ObamaCare via reconciliation, but he opposed it back when the Clintons suggested it. Here’s what he said on the floor of the Senate back on April 5, 2001.
We’re a little shaky on the history on this one. How many centuries has Robert Byrd actually been in the Senate? How did he get along with Abraham Lincoln?
Byrd now favors passing ObamaCare via reconciliation, but he opposed it back when the Clintons suggested it. Here’s what he said on the floor of the Senate back on April 5, 2001:
The Democratic leadership pleaded with me at length to support the idea that the Clinton healthcare bill should be included in that year’s reconciliation package. They came to my office on the floor below. President Clinton got on the phone and called me also and pressed me to allow his massive health care bill to be insulated by reconciliation’s protection. He called me on the telephone.
I felt that changes as dramatic as the Clinton healthcare package, which would affect every man, woman and child in the United States, should be subject to scrutiny. I said, ‘Mr. President, I cannot in good conscience, turn my face the other way. That’s why we have a Senate, is to amend and to debate freely. And that health bill, important as it is, is so complex, so far reaching, that the people of this country need to know what’s in it. And moreover, Mr. President, we senators need to know what’s in it before we go there.
He accepted that, thanked me and we said goodbye. I could not, I would not, and I did not allow that package to be handled in such a cavalier manner. It was the threat of the use of the Byrd rule.
Reconciliation was never, never, never intended to be a shield, to be used as a shield for controversial legislation.
Maybe he’s changed his mind. Maybe he’s lost his mind. Maybe he’s just a confused old man. Take your choice.
George Will took Berkeley professor Robert Reich to school on this week’s edition of ABC’s This Week, on healthcare and liberalism.
George Will took Berkeley professor Robert Reich to school on this week’s edition of ABC’s This Week.
You almost felt sorry for Reich. Almost, but not quite.
Reich: The health insurers are not, George, you said they’re popular and everybody likes their health insurer. They like their doctor. They hate their health insurer. And health insurance is going up in terms of rates 20, 30, 40, 50 percent in many states. In fact, Goldman Sachs just this past week has said to its many of its investors, “Invest in some insurance companies because they don’t have competition, and they have, are exhibiting huge profits.” That is money directly out of the pockets of Americans.
Will: A, you say they have huge profits. As you know, confiscate all the profits of all the health insurance companies, with those profits you could finance our healthcare for 48 hours. What you do for the next 363 days I don’t know. Second, you say there’s not enough competition? Fine, let them compete in a national market across state lines.
Reich: Yes, let them compete across state lines, fine. But not a race to the bottom. Set minimum federal standards because we’ve seen over and over again that the recipients of health insurance don’t know what they are buying very often. Until there are common standards, minimal standards, then people are going to be taken. And that is what’s happened over and over again.
Will: There you have the premise of this legislation and the core of today’s liberalism: the American people are such dopes they can’t be counted upon to buy their own insurance.
A few minutes later, Reich was undoubtedly in the producer’s office begging not to be booked on the same show as Will ever again.
H/t: NewsBusters.org
President Obama had a brief lapse – yeah, let’s call it a lapse – toward the end of the ObamaCare Summit.
President Obama had a brief lapse – yeah, let’s call it a lapse – toward the end of the ObamaCare Summit.
If malpractice reform is so important to the Republicans, he wondered, then why didn’t they do something about it when they ran the show in Washington, DC.
Obama: Medical malpractice has been mentioned. Now, look, let me be honest. This is something, historically, that Democrats have been more resistant to than Republicans. I will note that, when we had a Republican president and Republicans controlled the House and Republicans controlled the Senate, somehow it didn’t happen. And I’m surprised.
(Unknown): We needed 60 votes in the Senate, too, Mr. President.
Obama: Well, the — see… (LAUGHTER) See there?
Greatest President In History. And smartest darn professor of Constitutional Law Ever, too.
Source: HotAir.com
Chris Matthews and the talking heads discuss ObamaCare. Hilarity from the boys over at IOwnTheWorld.com.
Chris Matthews and the talking heads discuss ObamaCare. Hilarity from the boys over at IOwnTheWorld.com.
Source: IOwnTheWorld.com
Pardon our Iranian, but “holy friggin’ moly.” Is it November yet?
Pardon our Iranian, but “holy friggin’ moly.” Is it November yet?
Ahhhh, the beauty of Britain’s socialized medicine. Coming to a doctor near you soon.
Ahhhh, the beauty of Britain’s socialized medicine. Coming to a doctor near you soon.
Saturday Night Live savages ObamaCare
Pollster Frank Luntz offers up evidence that 2010 is going to be the best damn year since 1994. Unless you’re a Democrat.
Pollster Frank Luntz offers up evidence that 2010 is going to be the best damn year since 1994. Unless you’re a Democrat.
Luntz: I will tell you two things will happen. One is that everyone who is opposed to this (Obamacare) will positively come out and vote because they will feel that it is not only their right but their responsibility to send a message and two, you will see democrats defeated in places that haven’t elected a Republican since 1994.
Party at IHateTheMedia.com headquarters. BYOB.
Perhaps we should have said, “Repeat ad nauseum.” Because as this CNN clip shows, when President Obama wasn’t talking at the healthcare summit, he was posing.
Perhaps we should have said, “Repeat ad nauseum.” Because as this CNN clip shows, when President Obama wasn’t talking at the healthcare summit, he was posing.
Source: NewsBusters.org
