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• Baseless Assertions (Now with Examples!)

  
  The United States of Jamerica — Authority: 420
  From what I understand, Fed Chariman Ben Bernanke’s reconfirmation has run into a bit of trouble: on one side, Senate liberals like Bernie Sanders aren’t convinced that Bernanke is actually concerned about bringing unemployment down from the double-digits.  On the other, Senate conservatives like David Vitter and ...
  3 days ago

• DeMint threatens to block Fed renomination

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  COLUMBIA. – South Carolina junior Senator Jim DeMint announced Thursday he will oppose the nomination of Ben Bernanke to serve a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. DeMint said he would also block consideration of the nomination on the Senate floor until lawmakers vote on their version of a House bill ...
  3 days ago

• Bernanke is an utter failure

  
  Fraudonomics — Authority: 128
  but the majority of the Wall Street whores in the Senate will assure his second term as Fed Chairman. Clearly, the Federal Reserve failed miserably under Bernanke , as it has throughout its history, but somehow the media never digs deep enough to accurately report its record. All that is required to show his ...
  4 days ago

• Ron Paul, Jim DeMint attack the Federal Reserve and Bernanke

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 566
  Here is Ron Paul’s appearance on the Glenn Beck show with Judge Napolitano hosting the show. It must be hard to be so right most of the time. Has the time come for a true Federal Reserve Audit? Paul mentions something that was announced in a press release earlier today . Jim DeMint is blocking the re-confirmation ...
  4 days ago

• DeMint Questions Bernanke

  
  The Daily Blogster — Authority: 427
  #tcot #teaparty #redco #fanniemae #freddiemac Well done interview of Bernanke by Senator Demint. Key points hit...
  4 days ago

• Regrets? Jim DeMint Has a Few

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  I mentioned in my story about last night’s premiere of “Tea Party: The Documentary Film” that Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) expressed some regrets about not shouting  something during the president’s speech to a joint session of Congress. After the jump, there’s video of DeMint’s remarks.
  4 days ago

• Republicans Pay Tribute at ‘Tea Party’ Movie Premiere

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 739
  Presenters at the premiere of "Tea Party: The Documentary Film" Wednesday in Washington (Photo: David Weigel) Getting into Wednesday’s Washington, D.C., premiere of “Tea Party: The Documentary Film” meant walking through a steady rain into the Ronald Reagan building, a sprawling downtown trade and convention ...
  4 days ago

• CREW Goes After the ‘Secret Hold’

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 739
  The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is targeting the senatorial practice of the “secret hold,” arguing that the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, passed two years ago, prevents these holds. That’s certainly not the Senate’s view. From CREW: To determine whether ...
  5 days ago

• Quiet GOP tactic stalls top Obama appointments

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 505
  Sen. Jim DeMint has locked a "hold" on President Obamas pick to head the Transportation Security Administration over concerns the nominee would undermine safety by allowing airport security screeners to unionize, the latest in a series of appointments stymied by Republican objections that are increasingly frustrating ...
  1 week ago

• Lindsey Graham Is Swept up in Struggle for GOP Future

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 795
  Filed under: Senate , Republicans , 2010 Elections , Conservatives In South Carolina, two-term Sen. Lindsey Graham has angered conservatives and fellow Republicans around the state by voting to confirm Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, criticizing opponents of changes in the nations immigration law ...
  1 week ago

• Poison Pills and Ron Paul Fed Audit Thrills

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 566
  By now everyone probably knows that Ron Paul’s bill, HR.1207, was passed as an amendment tacked on to the gigantic unconstitutional financial regulatory reform bill. By this measure, Paul’s effort to have a full audit of the Fed is poisoned by the underlying bill. So the question becomes, will Ron Paul himself ...
  1 week ago

• SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DAILY DIGEST FOR 11/19/09

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  READ THE BILL: SENATE VERSION OF OBAMACARE NOW ONLINE Senator Jim DeMint Website ^ | 11/19/2009 | Jim DeMint staff Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:26:51 PM by snippy_about_it Read the Bill: Senate Version of ObamaCare Now Online Saturday night set for initial health care vote AP ^ | 11/18/09 | AP Posted on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Conservatives Say Obama Efforts on Nominees Fall Short

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 739
  President George W. Bush with judicial nominees Priscilla Owen, Janice Rogers Brown and Carolyn Kuhl in 2003 (whitehouse.gov archives) On Tuesday, a few hours before the Senate would break an eight-month filibuster on the nomination of Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Sen. Jim DeMint ...
  2 weeks ago

• Titulares & Asininity

  
  BoRev.Net — Authority: 523
  Hey Latin America, meet your new douchebag overlord . Oops, turns out the military bombings of Vieques posed serious health risks after all, sorry guys! Voice of America has expanded its reach throughout the Andes in order to instill democratic values neutralize "a group of presidents loudly critical of ...
  2 weeks ago

• DeMint: Terror trials ‘pushed down’ New Yorkers’ throats

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 505
  Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, said in an interview that New Yorkers are being forced by the Obama administration to host the trials for terrorists suspected of planning the Sept. 11 attacks that killed thousands in lower Manhattan. "Theyre having this pushed down their throats," the conservative lawmaker ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Tea Party Candidate Promises Fiorina a Fight

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 739
  Chuck DeVore and Carly Fiorina (Photos courtesy of Chuck DeVore, Agencia Brasil) Carly Fiorina announced her 2010 campaign for California’s U.S. Senate seat in the usual way. She rolled out a new website. She bounded across a stage at a “green detergents” factory to the strains of “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Criticism of Graham may get worse, expert says ("Lindsey Graham is the next Arlen Specter")

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  CLEMSON — While political supporters of Sen. Lindsey Graham continue to be widespread, the criticism he’s facing now may only get worse down the line, especially in 2014 when he’s up for re-election. David Woodard, a political scientist at Clemson University, said times now are different, and voters aren’t crazy ...
  3 weeks ago

• DeMint and Honduran Democracy 1 – Obama Administration 0

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  In a victory for democracy in Honduras and common sense in foreign affairs, the Administration has backed off its insistence that Zelaya be returned to power: Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican known for his efforts to block influence domestic immigration and health-care issues, has scored a foreign-policy ...
  3 weeks ago

• SC senator forces U.S. change on Honduras

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican known for his efforts to block influence domestic immigration and health-care issues, has scored a foreign-policy coup by helping to compel the Obama administration to shift its stance on strife-ridden Honduras. After demanding for months that deposed Honduran President Mel ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rand Paul vs. Mitch McConnell, Accidentally

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  It’s hard to ascertain the impact of Senate candidate Rand Paul’s honest, impolitic statement that he’d consider backing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) over Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The latter man would, of course, be Paul’s colleague from Kentucky if he does make it to the Senate. Trey Grayson, the ...
  3 weeks ago

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