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There Will Be Blood!

If Health Care Reform dies in Congress, its blood will be on the hands of two groups of people and one individual:

Group 1:The Right Wing of the GOP (McConnell, Boehner, Cantor, Grassley, et al) that has spread misinformation and sown fear in the hearts of their constituents, aided and abetted by Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck and [...]

Democrats Refuse To Cut Taxes

We have all seen this headline before, but one would think that in the midst of an extraordinary time in our history, some extraordinary measures would be taken. Instead, the Democrats in Congress are about to take the Bush recession and turn it into their own. Instead of utilizing new thinking to weather [...]

Anyone still think they should be permitted to vote?

A University of Texas poll to be released today shows Republican presidential candidate John McCain and GOP Sen. John Cornyn leading by comfortable margins in Texas, as expected.

But the statewide survey of 550 registered voters has one very surprising finding:

23 percent of Texans are convinced that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is a Muslim.

Obama [...]

More Proof That Fiscal Conservatism Is Dead

The federal budget deficit hit a new record in the just-completed 2008 budget year under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

The record $438 billion for the budget year that ended last week is up from $162 billion posted last year. The previous record of $413 billion was posted in 2004.

Remember when Republicans were [...]

Was Hillary Convincing?

Flip Flopping Is Bipartisan

“I don’t think the government ought to be involved in bailing out companies.”

Oh really? Than can I please have my money back that went to Bear Stearns? Surely, an investment bank and its shareholders will be just fine without my lowly contribution. I would also appreciate an advance on the hundreds [...]