Jill Stanek expresses disappointment in Ben Nelson's corrupt betrayal:
Up to the end Nelson was working with all the right people – Democrats for Life, Nebraska Right to Life, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, pro-life Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak.
But in the end, Nelson betrayed them all.
I feel [...]
Remember Joe wilson's "You lie"? The lies just keep on coming. Remember the denial on death panels? Check that:
Majority Democrats in the U.S. Senate pushing for President Obama's vision of a government takeover of health care have inserted in the fine print of the 2,000-plus page legislation a provision [...]
HR 4154 is called the "Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009" act, but Tim Carney has the truth. Here is what this is about:
While senators debate health care, House Democrats have quietly moved to save the federal estate tax, scheduled to disappear [...]
Barring some last minute surprise, the Democrats will pass health care reform legislation. I didn't think they would be able to do it. It looks like I was wrong. Whatever else one may think about the process and the policy, it represents a remarkable act of courage.
What explains this' [...]
The MSM has been hoping for a splintering of the Republican Party. They may yet get one. But just right now it is the Democratic Party that appears to be fracturing. Part of this may well be strategic. Howard Dean is screaming again, this time for Democrats to [...]
Representative Herseth Sandlin was not among the 27 Democrats who voted against this:
While America was distracted by the arguments over health care, Copenhagen, terror trials in New York and a "jobs" summit, a new type of TARP proposal that would set up a tax-and-spend process involving hundreds of [...]
Here is some work by Larry Eubank:
I can't help noticing the similarities between the Democrats' drive to pass Obamacare, and the methods used to collectivize agriculture in the Soviet Union.
The three main parallels I see are:
Scapegoats – Stalin used the evil "kulaks" as an excuse to take [...](h/t Radioactive chief)
The Mitchell newspaper has come out with a story on a study performed by DWU Students which effectively sums up my and many others’ collegiate experiences – that most professors are a bunch of Democrats:
A new study by a pair of Dakota Wesleyan University students indicates that there [...]
DWU study: More S.D. professors are Democrats
This is not really much of a surprisE to the Chief, although apparently most of the state had beliefs to the contrary. The margin is not as great as it is elsewhere around the country, but it’s still there.
A new study by a [...]
Herseth Sandlin Not Even Trying to Hide Support for Tax Hikes
Democrats Slam Families and Businesses Once Again with Permanent Death Tax Extension
Washington- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and her fellow Democrats have given up all attempts to hide their enamor with tax hikes, voting today to permanently extend the Death Tax and [...]
Bob Mercer had a column a few days ago I should have paid more attention to on Legislator travel and how their resolve might apply to the State Budget. (I was busy with Thanksgiving, and helping to get the family homestead in Pierre ready for sale).
Democrats opened up by trying [...]
From the editorial board at the Mitchell Daily Republic:
Thune, for his part, continues to look toward a challenge. He told The Associated Press last week that he is “expecting a competitive race and a stiff challenge.”
As for the Democrats, state party chairwoman Cheryl Chapman said it’s not too late for [...]
Democrats and their allies formally moved their healthcare bill to the Senate floor tonight, rebuffing Republicans and ensuring that lawmakers will get a long and acrimonious debate on the overhaul of the healthcare system.
All 58 Democrats and the two independents who usually vote with them backed [...]
Larry Elder makes a great point with a history lesson you will not get in the Progressive's government schools:
"The political risks of failure are pretty high."
A former congressional aide offered this ominous assessment following the House of Representatives' passage of "health-care reform." Warning to the Senate: President Obama [...]
My former colleagues at South Dakota Public Radio give our poor, maligned sole United States Representative a bully pulpit at our expense, where Princess Stephanie Herseth Sandlin calls those of us Democrats who actually believe and act like Democrats and think Americans deserve health care “extremists.”
Walter E. Williams also understands that both political parties favor big government:
Last Tuesday, I had the pleasurable task of being master of ceremonies for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation dinner in Washington, D.C., that celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Founded in 1981, the [...]
Jesse Jackson has been established as a leader of the Black/Negro/African-American community by . . . by . . . well, himself–and the media who are there to catch his every word:
Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We [...]
One of my pet peeves I have with Democrats is that they never go for the jugular. Why go half-way?
Sen. Scott Heidepriem blamed years of irresponsible spending for the current hole in the state budget, saying South Dakota has not been governed by fiscal conservatives in the last seven [...]
Dennis Prager has noticed how Obama's actions over the last year have pused Indepndents to the right:
In half a year, there has been a 23 percent shift from Democrats to Republicans among independent voters. And nothing particularly bad had occurred – no further economic meltdown, no terrorist attack from [...]
From Politico:
Sen. John Thune is trying to build support to end the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, a move bound to cause heartburn for Democrats wary of strong anti-bailouts sentiment among voters.
Thune, the No. 4 leader in the Republican Conference, plans to introduce a one-page bill Tuesday that would [...]
From Politico:
Sen. John Thune is trying to build support to end the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, a move bound to cause heartburn for Democrats wary of strong anti-bailouts sentiment among voters.
Thune, the No. 4 leader in the Republican Conference, plans to introduce a [...]
From the Hill:
Republicans are “more than happy” to work around-the-clock and through the holidays to stop healthcare legislation, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) asserted Monday evening.
After a key Senate chairman, Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), said Monday that Democrats would force Republicans to work overnights and weekends throughout December if they stall [...]
