Ben Johnson,The White House Watch The pages of The Washington Times today reflect the nation’s disenchantment with Barack Obama’s presidency. The op-ed section contains an article by Jeffrey T. Kuhner,president of the Edmund Burke Institute for American Renewal,entitled,“Don’t Go on Vacation —Just GO.” Last September,Kuhner called for Obama’s [...] William E. Been,FloydReports.com While watching the debt ceiling increase by $2.4 trillion just to cover spending until the next presidential election,the scam perpetrated on the American people could not have been any more obvious. While the Republican-controlled House of Representatives negotiated with itself for weeks in an attempt to propose something that [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com Washington is obsessed by picking winners and losers. But the Establishment media has the story all wrong again. The Republicans,they say,won this skirmish over debt. But actually Republicans displayed a total lack of commitment to their principles. The only winner in the “Budget Control Act of [...] Alex Pappas,The Daily Caller Sarah Palin knocked presidential candidate Mitt Romney for waiting until the debt-ceiling compromise was a “done deal” before speaking out against it. “Bless his heart,I have respect for Mitt Romney,but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase debate,” she said [...] Matt Mackowiak,FloydReports.com The debt ceiling fight currently being waged in Washington will have a major impact on the 2012 elections,because it’s presenting a clear contrast between the Republican and Democratic parties — something that rarely happens. Republicans have skillfully used this moment to push fundamental budget reform uphill. The forces of the [...] William J. Olson,FloydReports.com There once was a time that elected leaders wanted to be seen as powerful to gain the confidence of their constituents. But many House Republicans,who now have in their hands total power to end runaway government once and for all,are feigning powerlessness. These House Republicans claim to be [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com (Presidential historian Doug Wead says,if Obama raises the debt limit on his own,he is “absolutely”impeachable.) Even as freshman Congressmen passed the Cut,Cap,and Balance proposal last night,Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell quietly planned to sell them out. Insiders [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com Writing a syndicated column in 2011 is night and day different from when we started writing for publication in the 1990′s. The overriding change is the volume and immediacy of feedback. In the 1990′s we would receive the occasional letter applauding or challenging our thesis,facts and motives. [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Barack Obama’s threat to bypass Congress and raise the debt ceiling has stirred significant talk of impeachment —and not just on talk radio. A Republican Congressman has confirmed some of his colleagues are talking about initiating impeachment hearings. Scott Keyes of ThinkProgress.org asked Rep. Pete Olson of Texas:[...] Joe Miller,FloydReports.com If you’re like me,you’re terribly concerned about the direction of our nation. Whether it’s impending national bankruptcy,eroding personal liberties,or the incessant attacks against the traditional family,the bedrock of civilization,it seems everything is falling apart. So what do we do? We throw everything aside and immerse our [...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com If the GOP is really serious about winning back the presidency,it needs to win the deficit debate. The government of these United States is broke —flat broke —and if the nation is to survive as the prosperous nation it has long been,Republicans must restore fiscal sanity and [...] Jeff Crouere,FloydReports.com Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is now the “it” candidate in the race for president. In the last presidential debate,she looked poised and polished and made big news by stating that she had filed papers to officially launch her presidential campaign. She recently took the next step and formally announced [...] Matt Cover,CNSNews.com Eighty-one House Republicans voted both ways on allowing President Barack Obama to continue U.S. military involvement in the NATO-led airstrikes against Libya:They voted against allowing the involvement to continue for one more year and against defunding the same involvement. The first bill,which would have officially authorized the mission in [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com Speculation is running rampant about why House Majority Leader Eric Cantor walked out of debt ceiling talks with Democrats. Most of the speculation is credited by pundits to insider maneuvering between Speaker John Boehner and Cantor. The Washington Post reports the debt deal maneuvering this way,“One [...] Michael Reagan All of a sudden the kept media is all agog over one Jon (not John) Huntsman,recently retired from his Obama administration post as U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China,provoking the president to joke that he was “sure that him having worked so well for me will be a [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com Reading Al Gore’s comments on Mitt Romney we were reminded of all of the reasons we don’t trust the man:“Good for Mitt Romney though we’ve long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on the Climate Crisis. While other Republicans are running from the truth,he [...] Michael Oberndorf,FloydReports.com Democrats invented election fraud. The most recent example of their talent and expertise was the special election in New York’s 26th Congressional District,where a far-Left Democrat masqueraded as a Tea Party candidate. Correctly counting on the laziness of voters to know who they are actually voting for (just as Barack [...] Jonathon M. Seidl,The Blaze Could this be the clearest sign yet that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will run for president? The governor admitted recently that he’s considering a run after previously shooting the idea down. And now,a source close to the Gingrich campaign tells The Blaze that Perry has offered Gingrich’s now-departed [...] | |
Golfing While the Constitution Burns
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