When George Bush was president, Republicans were quick to criticize anyone who voted against the defense supplemental bills as being against the troops, even going so far as to call a no vote on defense supplemental bills to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "treason".
Senate Republicans said [...]
Robert Portman’s intern caused a bit of a stir today with the following Twitter status message:
Wait, didn’t Robert Portman support the bailouts?
The Plain Dealer (emphasis added):
Portman, who served as President Bush's budget director and trade representative, described himself as [...]
Whether it is George W. Bush’s “too big to fail” Wall Street Bailout fraught with Reagan-era economic theory or last January’s Wall Street-centric stimulus that bypassed Main Street, there is growing recognition in Washington, DC that 2010 demands a 2010 solution.
While conservatives are stuck on Wall [...]
In January 2008, the United States economy employed 138.1 million people and the unemployment rate stood at 4.9%. But the powers in Washington thought deficit spending could boost a slowing economy, so Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) passed and President George Bush signed a $168 billion economic stimulus bill [...]
From Bill Bush in The Columbus Dispatch:
Columbus City Schools have more than 120 buildings designed for teaching.
But in a three-day effort to teach its teachers, the district is renting banquet halls, high-end hotels and conference centers — using almost $145,000 in federal grant dollars.[...]
The district will pay up to [...]
What Kevin Holtsberry calls “bold,” I call cheap, gimmicky Keynesianism, and reminiscent of President Bush’s 2008 tax rebate which was part of his “stimulus” package and had no effect on household spending.
U.S. Senate hopeful Rob Portman says the economy needs an additional stimulus, besides what the [...]
Boy do I feel foolish, I think this guys ad even ran on my blog.
So it seems there is a Republican Primary challenger. Why on earth would the Republican party hide this light under a bushel? His name is Tom Ganley.
So in the interest of always rooting for the underdog, [...]
Gabor Steingart writes at Der Spiegel
Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America’s new strategy for Afghanistan. It seemed like a campaign speech combined with Bush rhetoric — and left both dreamers and realists feeling distraught.
One can hardly blame [...]
In announcing his 18-month escalation strategy for Afghanistan, President Obama underscored his view that “Islamist extremism in the region remains an enduring threat to the security of Americans.” Obama revealed, “In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were [...]
Promoted from the forums. -- David
President Obama is scheduled to address the American people tomorrow about his plans for dealing with the war in Afghanistan, a war he—and our nation—inherited from former President George W. Bush. Neither President Obama nor the American public knew the extent to which [...]
Just in case your GOP relatives want to lecture you about the socialist politics of the "DumocRATS" and the failure of our Marxist Messiah Obama over the Thanksgiving Holiday.
The Maryland Millionaire Count, Tax Scams, and Train Wrecks
In a capitalist system, investors make [...]
Mr Ainsworth took the unprecedented step of publicly criticising the US' [...]
