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• Polls Suggest Republicans May Not Gain as Much as They Think

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 463
  With the state of the economy and the healthcare fight, Republicans all over the airwaves see themselves as poised to make huge gains in the House and Senate late next year in the mid-term elections. However, here in the real world, a place that seemingly does not exist in the Republican mindset the numbers may tell a ...
  13 hours ago

• US airports increase security after foiled plane attack

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  By Arun KumarWashington, Dec 26 (IANS) US authorities have moved to increase security at the country’s airports over the Christmas weekend after what lawmakers called a “disturbing” and “extremely serious” attempted terrorist attack on an Amsterdam-Detroit flight.A Nigerian passenger, who claimed to have ...
  2 days ago

• Of Two Minds…

  
  threedonia.com — Authority: 150
  This is Representative John Boehner (R-OH) — the man most likely to become Speaker of the House if Republicans can play the current liberalapalooza into electoral victory in November 2010. It seems as if this would make everything OK… doesn’t it? A prelude to showing Barack Obama the exit door in 2012? Not so ...
  3 days ago

• Ebenezer’s Return

  
  Mike The Rhino — Authority: 128
       Hey!  I think something may have happened in the Senate today…I’m hearing they passed some kinda legislation .  Some Republican, whose last name rhymes with” Complainer ”  called it bad names, which means it must be good for America. Good enough for me.  He said of it: Not even Ebenezer ...
  4 days ago

• GOP Wants to Put Tanning Bed Tax Where the Sun Don’t Shine

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 744
  The 5% “Botax” on medical cosmetic procedures like lip-plumping injectibles was deflated on the Senate floor , replaced with a 10% fake bake shakedown that had GOP Senator turning all shades of red, and saying really stupid things about taxing sunblock and trips to the beach. In reality, a 10% surcharge on ...
  4 days ago

• The Bronzed Boner Tax

  
  Silenced Majority Portal — Authority: 448
  There are new taxes on tanning salons — already dubbed the Boehner tax, for the preternaturally bronzed Republican House leader from Ohio — and those at the highest end.
  4 days ago

• Boehner Says Senate Health Care Bill More Greedy And Cruel Than Ebenezer Scrooge

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 790
  House Minority Leader John Boehner issued the following statement after Democrats in the Senate passed health care reform this morning: "Not even Ebenezer Scrooge himself could devise a scheme as cruel and greedy as Democrats government takeover of health care. "Senator Reids health care bill ...
  4 days ago

• Gitmo Not Likely to Close Till 2011 at the Earliest

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  We’d already set aside the January 2010 deadline for closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay that President Obama set on his first day in office. But now the administration is acknowledging that it probably won’t close the prison down until 2011 — at the earliest. While funding is the most immediate ...
  5 days ago

• First DemocRAT Jumps Off Sinking Ship

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 476
  Parker Griffith ran for and was elected (in 2008) to office as a Blue Dog Democrat.  Which is to say as a moderate. Unfortunately, nobody else in his party was a moderate.  And poor Rep. Griffith – who is a medical doctor – got very frustrated trying to be a sane voice in a crazy party. Dr. Griffith blamed ...
  6 days ago

• Now This Is Embarrassing

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 794
  Republicans are lining up to welcome Parker Griffith (R-AL), the party-switching congressman, into the fold: Republicans who desperately wanted to beat Alabama Democrat Parker Griffith next year are loving him today. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) touted Griffith as a "dedicated public servant ...
  6 days ago

• He’s Dreaming of a Bronze Christmas

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 473
  From n p r : We know some of you have been worrying about that new bo-tax even if your face can no longer move to express it. But now you can relax: the cosmetic surgery tax is out, but the tanning tax has replaced it. All indoor tanning services will be subject to a ten percent tax should the Senate ...
  1 week ago

• GOP launches new web site for Boehner

  
  The Daily Briefing — Authority: 440
  Say one thing for the Republicans: They seem to be in an optimistic mood these days. The National Republican Congressional Committee has launched a new site dedicated to making House Minority Leader John Boehner of West Chester the next speaker of the House. The site – boehnerforspeaker.com – opens with a ...
  1 week ago

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  Infidel Bloggers Alliance — Authority: 499
  Boehners Statement on Reid’s Government Takeover of Health Care From Gateway Pundit: House Republican Leader John Boehner released this statement following the democrat’s vote for government takeover of healthcare. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following ...
  1 week ago

• GOP Stalls Healthcare Bill

  
  CVN Health — Authority: 136
  Many Republicans intentionally dragged out a debate on a defense spending bill, hoping that in turn would hold up the health care bill Democrats want to pass before Christmas. Nancy Cordes reports.
  1 week ago

• From: Mouth of the Potomac

  
  NY Daily News — Authority: 887
  It looks like the pro-choice movement needs to take some lessons from the cosmetic surgery lobby.While abortion restrictions remain in the Senate he
  1 week ago

• Saturday Afternoon!

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 145
  * I was going to offer this post from Matt Yglesias on Weber’s “Politics as Vocation” as a potential intervention in the argument Vu and I have been having over  the last few comment threads. But upon reflection I don’t think “compromise vs. compromised” is quite what we disagree about after all; ...
  1 week ago

• Traitor John Boehner Hates The Troops

  
  Who Hijacked Our Country — Authority: 119
  Weepin’ Woody “John” Boehner is threatening to withhold emergency funding for the troop surge in Afghanistan. Don’t worry, he didn’t suddenly grow an IQ and start questioning why we’re still in Afghanistan after eight years of flailing. Nope. This is just his little way of protesting the transfer of ...
  1 week ago

• Brand Spankin’ Ewww!

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 473
  Hey kids, sorry, but just another old American Street post. Oh well, it’s kinda fun to see what was going on a while back and remind ourselves when the present troubles in this country really started. Besides, I miss Larry Craig. This post is from May 20, 2008. Brand Spankin’ Ewww! Hey, kids! Did you hear ...
  1 week ago

• GQ Magazine Goes Gaga Over the Fashionable Obama and Other Democrats

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 816
  On its Web site, GQ Magazine asks the burning question, "Has the Capital Gotten Cooler Under Obama?"   The magazine says yes and no.  But when it comes to Barack Obama and Co., youll be relieved to know that the answer is a resounding YES!!  In a slide show, we learn that Obama is "our best-dressed prez since JFK. ...
  1 week ago

• Congress to block Gitmo transfers

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  REUTERS NEWS AGENCY Congress probably will be able to stop the Obama administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees to U.S. soil, the Republican leader of the House said Thursday. Rep. John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said that at least two pieces of legislation would have to go through Congress before ...
  1 week ago

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