Democrats are admitting what Americans already know about their health care bill: it would raise premiums, it’s a windfall for drug companies and insurance companies, votes were secured behind closed doors, it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare, and it raises taxes.
Better hope and pray Rahm doesn’t find out about this!
The House Republicans are growing some balls to say the least. The Hill has the report:
The Republicans’ moratorium is more extensive than the House Appropriations Committee’s ban in that it applies to all earmarks for all members of the caucus.
…House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) hailed the decision in an interview on Fox News.
“Republicans did something very dramatic today that’s going to make it very uncomfortable for business as usual,” he said. “So now House Republicans are going to the American people and saying we want a clean break from the runaway spending in the past. And that’s going to be quite a contrast from this Congress and the administration.”
Senate Republicans appeared receptive to the House’s proposal Thursday.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) offered a one-year moratorium on earmarks on the Senate floor as the House Republicans were taking their vote. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) specifically complimented the House’s plan in a Twitter post.
This is really good news and conservatives and tea party members should be excited with the direction the Republican party is going.
Former Obama adviser Steve Hildebrand offers a stark warning for Democrats at the White House and Congress:
“I think that there is a real shot we [Democrats] are going to get slaughtered in elections this fall if we aren’t leading the efforts to reform Washington. We campaigned in ‘06 and ‘08, and if voters don’t see that change, we haven’t lived up to that promise.”
Democrats have had four years to drain the so-called “swamp” of corruption and have, as Nancy Pelosi said, “The most honest, the most open and the most ethical Congress in history.” In four years the so-called “swamp” has gotten more corrupt. It’s time to find some fresh faces, time to vote out ALL corrupt politicians.
Via CNN
The infighting between Progressive Democrats is reaching fever pitch. Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas warned, if not threatened fellow progressive Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) that if he played a role in killing health care reform, a Democratic primary challenger would almost certainly await him in the next election.
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In an appearance on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Moulitsas conveyed pointed frustration with the Ohio Democrat’s pledge to oppose reform on grounds that it doesn’t go far enough. He said Kucinich was practicing a “very Ralph Nader-esque approach” to politics.
“The fact is this is a good first step and he is elected not to run for president, which he seems to do every four years,” he said. “[Kucinich] is not elected to grandstand and to give us this ideal utopian society. He is elected to represent the people of his district and he is not representing the uninsured constituents in his district by pretending to take the high ground here.”
Pressed by fill-in host Lawrence O’Donnell as to whether a Kucinich would get a Democratic challenger for his seat if he didn’t support health care legislation — and in the process kill it — Moulitsas replied, “Yeah, absolutely.”
…With respect to leveling electoral threats, Moulitsas has the capacity to draw funding and attention to individual races that can cause serious headaches — even when it’s a progressive being targeted.
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Hey Markos if you’ve got the money, Dennis has the time! I would love to see progressives go after one another.
There are times when the American people forget why they vote for conservative Republicans, until the conservatives are out of power. Three years under democrat rule in Washington, voters are now reminded.
(CNSNews.com) – Republicans appear to be winning the battle of ideas, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey of American voters that found the GOP is trusted more than Democrats on eight out of 10 policy issues.
The survey, released on March 5, shows that Republicans are trusted more than Democrats on issues ranging from the economy to abortion.
The issue at the forefront of Americans’ minds – although not at the top of Congress’ agenda – is the economy, where a plurality of the public, 46 percent, trust Republicans, the survey found.
Only 41 percent of Americans trust Democrats more on the economy, marking a major turnaround during a year of rising unemployment despite nearly $800 billion in federal stimulus spending. At the start of President Barack Obama’s first term, January 2009, Democrats enjoyed a nine-point lead over Republicans on the issue.
Republicans are also trusted more, and by a similar margin, on what has become Obama’s and the Democrats’ signature issue: health care. Forty-five percent of Americans trust Republicans on health care issues, while only 42 percent put their faith in Democrats.
Glenn Beck gave this analysis of his interview with Eric Massa, “We Don’t Ever Have To Pay Attention to This Man Again.”
Glenn Beck: Beck: You know what I’ve almost said to him…When he said ‘you know we can argue about it’ I almost said, I think we could but you’ve wasted enough of my time, get out, I almost said that, I almost threw him out of the studio 3 times…What a waste of time this man was…Now that we’ve spent the hour, we don’t have to ever pay attention to this man again… He lied to me on the phone, he changed everything…This guy destroyed every bit of credibility if he had any”
h/t HAPundit
Responding to a news report yesterday concerning the Senate banning staff from visiting the Drudge Report, Senator Jim Inhofe said, “We’re on the Drudge Report about half the time.”
(CNSNews.com) - “We would encourage people to continue to use Drudge. That’s a great source,” Sen. Jim Inhofe (R.-Okla.) told CNSNews.com Tuesday after his staff on the Environment and Public Works Committee received an email informing them that the Senate Sergeant at Arms believed the Drudge Report and whitepages.com had been responsible for infecting Senate computers with viruses and advising Senate personnel not to visit the Web sites.
When CNSNews.com asked Inhofe if there was any evidence that a virus had gotten into Senate computers as a result of people visiting Drudge, Inhofe said: “None, whatsoever.”
The Drudge Report itself posted a report on Tuesday debunking the Senate Sergeant at Arms’ claim and stating that the Web site had clocked almost 30 million page views on Monday without a single reader complaining via email that the site had transmitted a virus.
Again, the only virus the leftist Democrats are worried is the truth!
Eric Massa made the media rounds yesterday; first with Glenn Beck and then Larry King. One point during the Larry King interview, Larry asked Eric Massa, “Are you gay?” Massa responded, “I’m not gonna answer that.” Watch the video:
Guess Massa had a memory lapse, thought he was still in the military, “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” After just one day I’ve concluded Eric Massa is nothing but a dirt bag!
Appearing on Greta Tuesday night Rep. Paul Ryan said that Obamacare is all about politics and has nothing to do with health care.
Glenn Beck sat down with former New York Congressman Eric Massa and for almost an hour I kept waiting for something riveting. At the end Glenn Beck had to apologize by saying, “America, I’m gonna shoot straight with you, I think I’ve wasted your time.”
What makes Beck great is he is honest and he called as he saw it, “America, I’ve wasted your time” classic.
