Sunday, January 29, 2012

Rep. Lamborn: Working With Obama Is like ‘Touching a Tar Baby’

Rep. Lamborn: Working With Obama Is like ‘Touching a Tar Baby’

“Even if some people say, ‘Well the Republicans should have done this or they should have done that,’ they will hold the president responsible. Now, I don’t even want to have to be associated with him. It’s like touching a tar baby and you get it, you’re stuck, and you’re a part of the problem now and you can’t get away,” Lamborn said Friday on the Caplis and Silverman Show on 630 KHOW talk radio.

NASCAR Drivers Deny Obama Snub

NASCAR Drivers Deny Obama Snub

 

NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle says he’s “disgusted.”  Tony Stewart  is “very sorry.”

And both say they  resent suggestions they rejected President Obama’s invitation to a tribute to the sport in the White House Rose Garden this afternoon.

Apparently the invitation was extended two weeks ago to 12 drivers who will be in nearby Richmond, Virginia, for a Saturday night race.  Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will be honored by the President and will attend.

“There’s a lot of people in this nation that would love to have that opportunity and spend time with the president and just have a couple minutes of his time,” Stewart tells the sports fan website  SBNation.com . “It’s a tough schedule that we have.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/nascar-drivers-deny-obama-snub/

RSVPeeved: Bruins Goalie Tim Thomas, Colorado Rep. Snub President Obama

Disrespected! 

 

When Obama welcomed the NHL’s Boston Bruins to the White House Monday, goalie Tim Thomas, one of the hockey team’s star players, snubbed the presidential invite, staying home in protest of the state of Washington politics.

“I believe the federal government has grown out of control, threatening the rights, liberties, and property of the people,” Thomas said in a statement, adding that his decision not to attend the ceremony “was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country.”

Thomas’ snub is not the first cold shoulder Obama has gotten from a sports star.

In September, when Obama invited 12 NASCAR drivers to the White House, two declined the invite. Although Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart cited scheduling conflicts, their high-profile hooky did not go unnoticed or un-criticized by their fellow drivers.

“Regardless of political views, when (president of the United States) sends an invite and wants to honor you at the White House, you accept,” driver Jimmie Johnson tweeted, adding a hash tag with the word “respect.”

Later that month former Chicago Bears lineman Dan Hampton also chose not to attend an Oval Office celebration of the Bears’ 1985 Super Bowl win, saying he’s “not a fan of the guy in the White House.” Obama honored the team’s 25-year-old win last September because the Bears’ initial visit with Ronald Reagan in 1986 was canceled after of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Disrespect!! Can someone find a picture where Bush gets this treatment.

 

President Barack Obama’s three-day trip won’t be remembered for his talk here on rising college tuition costs. Or for his flogging of clean energy proposals in Nevada and manufacturing tax breaks in Iowa.

No, the enduring image of his tour through five key states this week will be Obama confronting Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer over months-old insults from her book, his dismissive mien facing down her French-manicured fingertip.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/72100.html#ixzz1ksrBuZ32

Sunday, January 22, 2012

South Carolina primary: Newt Gingrich blows race wide open - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com


South Carolina primary: Newt Gingrich blows race wide open - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com: "Less than two weeks ago, Mitt Romney seemed all but certain to become the Republican presidential nominee.

But after being thoroughly routed Saturday by Newt Gingrich in a primary Romney seemed likely to win just days earlier, the GOP frontrunner appears weaker than ever and the race seems likely to last at least until the spring."

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Friday, January 20, 2012

At Disney World, Obama touts tourism initiatives to boost jobs - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com


At Disney World, Obama touts tourism initiatives to boost jobs - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com: "The region’s $13 billion hospitality industry employs about 182,000 people in South Florida, according to federal figures, amounting to about 10 percent of Broward’s workforce and 12 percent of Miami-Dade’s. That does not include employees of the retail industry, much of which depends on tourism dollars. In 2010, the hospitality industry accounted for about 5 percent of the region’s $260 billion economy, though adding in foreign dollars in real estate, auto purchases, and shopping would make that amount bigger."

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Mitt Romney: Questions About Wall Street, Income Inequality Are Driven By 'Envy'

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Mitt Romney: Questions About Wall Street, Income Inequality Are Driven By 'Envy': "Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney claimed concerns about Wall Street, financial institutions and income inequality were the result of "envy.""

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

It's Official: State Department Rejects The Keystone Pipeline

It's Official: State Department Rejects The Keystone Pipeline: "It's Official: State Department Rejects The Keystone Pipeline"

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Marco Rubio Jumps Protect IP Ship Amid Internet Blackout Protest

Marco Rubio Jumps Protect IP Ship Amid Internet Blackout Protest: " With thousands of websites large and small blacked out Wednesday in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, a House bill, and its Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act, another co-sponsor of the legislation has withdrawn his support -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)."

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Obama administration warns the left: You will not like our budget - TheHill.com

Obama administration warns the left: You will not like our budget - TheHill.com: "Top White House officials are warning liberal and labor leaders to brace themselves for President Obama’s budget proposal. 

Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, sought in meetings last week to lift the left’s gloom about Washington’s crackdown on spending by promising that the president this year will focus on job creation rather than deficit cutting."

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Promise them anything, but give them death - Roger Simon - POLITICO.com

Promise them anything, but give them death - Roger Simon - POLITICO.com: "
Just in case you sometimes get Mormons and Quakers confused, Mitt Romney cleared things up Monday night.

“Bin Laden got what he deserved,” Romney, a Mormon, said at a Republican debate in South Carolina. “A bullet in the head.”"

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Sheriff: Ronald Dean Davis Dies At UNC Hospital From Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound | digtriad.com

Sheriff: Ronald Dean Davis Dies At UNC Hospital From Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound | digtriad.com: "The Montgomery County Sheriff says Ronald Dean Davis, 50, the suspect in the McBride Lumber Company shooting has died.

Davis died at 6:00 am Saturday morning at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head."

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Haley Barbour's pardons put Southern redemption on trial - CSMonitor.com


Haley Barbour's pardons put Southern redemption on trial - CSMonitor.com:

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“A dialysis patient costs about $190,000
per year,” Barbour said. “All of these costs
will no longer fall on the state.

African-Americans And The GOP | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

Discussion today at 1100.


African-Americans And The GOP | On Point with Tom Ashbrook: "President Obama was buoyed into office with the help of 95 percent of black voters.  For the GOP, attracting black voters has been a struggle.   And the Republican candidates can’t seem to get on message. Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have all had to make the case that their words, their actions, were not racist.

And their message of conservative values and small government doesn’t seem to be gaining any traction among African Americans."

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Obama tries to checkmate GOP

This is good stuff!  Henry Kissinger said a while back in an interview with Der Spiegel, “Obama is like a chess player.”  Heck of a move Mr. Pres.!  

President Barack Obama stepped firmly onto Republican turf Friday, announcing that he wants to merge a half-dozen agencies to cut spending and streamline the federal government.

Obama’s plan would merge the Commerce Department, the Small Business Administration, the Office of the U.S. Trade representative and other independent business agencies into a new, unnamed Cabinet agency.

The president would need congressional approval to consolidate the agencies, and he virtually dared Republicans to vote against it, putting the GOP on the defensive for the second time in a month. The payroll tax cut fight forced Republicans lawmakers to choose whether to support the president or a tax increase. This would force them to support the president or the status quo — a tangled web of regulatory agencies that Republicans have held up as a barrier to job creation.

Pro-Gingrich Super PAC Airs Ads Attacking Romney's Business Career (VIDEO)


Monday, January 9, 2012

Mitt Romney: "I like being able to fire people" for bad service - Political Hotsheet - CBS News



Mitt Romney: "I like being able to fire people" for bad service - Political Hotsheet - CBS News: ""I like being able to fire people who provide services to me," Romney said at a Monday breakfast in New Hampshire, when talking about health care. "You know, if someone doesn't give me a good service that I need, I want to say, 'I'm going to go get someone else to provide that service to me.'""

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Friday, January 6, 2012

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record - Real Time Economics - WSJ

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record - Real Time Economics - WSJ: "President George W. Bush entered office in 2001 just as a recession was starting, and is preparing to leave in the middle of a long one. That’s almost 22 months of recession during his 96 months in office."

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Jobless Rate Dips To 8.5 Percent, 200,000 Jobs Added To Payrolls : The Two-Way : NPR




Jobless Rate Dips To 8.5 Percent, 200,000 Jobs Added To Payrolls : The Two-Way : NPR: "The nation's unemployment rate edged down to 8.5 percent — its lowest level in nearly three years — as 200,000 jobs were were added to payrolls, the Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported."

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Romney's tax plan: Big benefits for the wealthy, higher deficits - CSMonitor.com

Romney's tax plan: Big benefits for the wealthy, higher deficits - CSMonitor.com: "A new Tax Policy Center analysis finds that Mitt Romney’s tax plan would cut taxes for millions of households but bestow most of its benefits on those with the highest incomes. At the same time, it would significantly cut corporate taxes and add hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit."

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

John McCain Slips Up, Says 'Obama Will Turn This Country Around' (VIDEO)













John McCain Slips Up, Says 'Obama Will Turn This Country Around' (VIDEO): ""I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around," McCain said, as seen above in a video from Goose Creek Patch."

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