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by | February 5, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: ‘Scott Brown is a joke’

Things could be worse for Senator Scott Brown. He could come from an entire family of drunks, rapists, philanderers and murderers . . . LIKE THE KENNEDY FAMILY!

US Representative Patrick Kennedy – who faces a Republican challenger and slipping popularity, according to a new poll – threw the Kennedys’ first stone at newly elected US Senator Scott Brown, calling his candidacy “a joke.’’

The Rhode Island Democrat was the first of the Kennedy family to openly criticize the newly sworn in Brown, who succeeded the congressman’s father, US Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The younger Kennedy slammed Brown for pressing to be sworn in early, a move that Democrats believe was timed so that Brown could vote against President Obama’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board.

“Brown’s whole candidacy was shown to be a joke today when he was sworn in early to cast his first vote as an objection to Obama’s appointment to the NLRB,’’ Kennedy told a blog for the congressional newspaper, The Hill, on Thursday. He suggested that a vote against the nominee would disappoint many of Brown’s supporters.

“Seven out of 10 of Brown’s voters were labor households and he stressed that he was independent and while he was originally scheduled to be sworn in next week, they moved it up to today so he could cast his first vote, the most antilabor, the most anti-what his constituents thought they were voting for when they voted for him,’’ Kennedy said.

The comments put immediate heat on the last Kennedy in Congress who, the same day, faced discouraging poll numbers and a campaign kickoff by a Republican challenger to the seat he has held for 16 years. Some critics saw his statements as being driven by that pressure.

“Patrick Kennedy’s desperate remarks are an insult to the same voters who revered his uncle and the sure sign of a flailing candidate with abysmal poll numbers,’’ said Jennifer Nassour, the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.

But Rhode Island State Representative John J. Loughlin II, who formally announced his long-planned campaign against Kennedy on Thursday, took no credit for Kennedy’s outburst.

“I’ve seen Congressman Kennedy make some pretty outrageous statements before he ever even knew who I was,’’ Loughlin said in an interview. “I don’t think you can attribute that to my candidacy or anything else. That’s what Congressman Kennedy does.’’

Loughlin, 50, is a state legislator and a commercial producer who spent about 20 years in the National Guard. A three-term lawmaker, he serves as minority whip of the Republican House caucus, which has six members. Kennedy, who has held his seat since 1994, has often been a flashpoint for controversy, most recently clashing with Rhode Island Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, who denied him communion over his support for abortion rights. Kennedy was supporting health care reform with a measure that provided for abortion rights and criticized the church for opposing the legislation.

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by | February 5, 2010

Obama admits health care reform may die in congress


Its about time President Obama realizes that people do not want government sponsored health care. The federal government mismanages virtually every program they currently run, why would health care be any different?

The people of America did not vote for this kind of “Change” offered by the Obama administration. It turns out that the 2008 election was not about change at all. It was a vote AGAINST John McCain and Sarah Palin.

The democrats are now crying foul about the republicans not working with them, yet for his entire first year in office, Obama all but ignored the republicans, choosing instead to walk around Washington with his “Mandate from the people” mentality, thinking he did not need the republicans anyway.

Nothing like watching Obama get knocked a few rungs down the political ladder. Perhaps now he will be an effective president. One more thing. Get rid of your speaker of the house. Pelosi is an embarrassment to the democrat party. JD

WASHINGTON – After insisting for a year that failure was not an option, President Barack Obama is now acknowledging his health care overhaul may die in Congress.

His remarks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Thursday night sounded contradictory at times, complicating congressional leaders’ effort to revive health care legislation as Democrats hunger for guidance from the White House. Even while saying he still wanted to get the job done, Obama counseled going slow, and bowed to new political realities. Democrats no longer command a filibuster-proof Senate majority, and voters and lawmakers are far more concerned with jobs and the economy than with enacting sweeping and expensive changes to the health system.

“I think it’s very important for us to have a methodical, open process over the next several weeks, and then let’s go ahead and make a decision,” Obama said Thursday night.

“And it may be that … if Congress decides we’re not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, all the options are clear, then the American people can make a judgment as to whether this Congress has done the right thing for them or not,” the president said. “And that’s how democracy works. There will be elections coming up and they’ll be able to make a determination and register their concerns one way or the other during election time.”

It seemed to be a shift in tone for the issue Obama campaigned on and made the centerpiece of his domestic agenda last year.

“Here’s the key, is to not let the moment slip away,” Obama also said.

Sweeping health legislation to extend medical coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans passed both chambers of Congress last year and was on the verge of completion before Republican Scott Brown’s upset victory in a Massachusetts special U.S. Senate election last month. Brown was sworn in Thursday, giving Republicans 41 votes, enough to block the initiatives of the Democratic majority.

Now the health legislation hangs in limbo. Lawmakers are looking to Obama for a path forward, but he has not publicly offered specifics. His signals have been mixed. At the DNC event he said Republicans should be part of the process — something they’ve shown little interest in and that would doubtlessly drag out a legislative effort that many rank-and-file Democrats want to end quickly. The health care bill has become unpopular with the public and a political drag for lawmakers.

“The next step is what I announced at the State of the Union, which is to call on our Republican friends to present their ideas. What I’d like to do is have a meeting whereby I’m sitting with the Republicans, sitting with the Democrats, sitting with health care experts, and let’s just go through these bills. … And then I think that we’ve got to go ahead and move forward on a vote,” Obama said Thursday.

“But as I said at the State of the Union, I think we should be very deliberate, take our time. We’re going to be moving a jobs package forward over the next several weeks; that’s the thing that’s most urgent right now in the minds of Americans all across the country.”

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Friday that there is no meeting set yet for the president to talk over health care strategy with Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

“There’s nothing on the block on this right now,” he said. “But I think this just goes to the president continuing to want to hear ideas.”

Bipartisan congressional leaders are planning to join Obama at the White House on Tuesday, but Gibbs reiterated that the meeting will be centered on how to create jobs and boost the economy.

Obama had also said Thursday night that “we’ve got to move forward on a vote” on health care. When asked what the president meant by that, Gibbs said only that White House officials are “still working with Capitol Hill on the best way forward.”

Obama’s comments came just hours after he met Thursday afternoon with Democratic congressional leaders, but the discussion focused mostly on jobs, and the leaders emerged with no announcement about a path ahead for health care. Rank-and-file Democrats are eager for them to settle on one by the end of next week, after which lawmakers will return to their states and districts for a weeklong recess where they’ll likely face questions from voters on the issue.

Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, said Friday that the White House has not requested a sit-down on health care with Republicans.

“The president wants to start over on health care? Sen. McConnell’s been saying that for months,” said Stewart.

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by | February 3, 2010

Ray LaHood tells Americans not to drive recalled Toyotas, then takes it back

Check out the video below. It’s Republican Ray LaHood, Obama’s stellar pick as Secretary of Transportation, asking why he can’t tell people not to drive recalled Toyota cars.  It appears that perhaps President Obama only picked LaHood because he is so stupid.  Then an hour later he decided it was a stupid thing to do, probably after a call from the White House.  Obama . . . You gotta love him!

The Transportation Department scrambled on Wednesday to keep up the pressure on Toyota with the agency’s head at one point telling owners of recalled vehicles to stop driving them.

But the department head, Ray LaHood, later tried to clarify what he called “obviously a misstatement,” saying that he only meant to urge Toyota owners concerned about their cars to take them in to dealerships.

In remarks before a House appropriations hearing, Mr. LaHood said his advice to owners of recalled Toyotas was to “stop driving it, take it to a Toyota dealer because they believe they have a fix for it.”

Afterward, at a news conference, Mr. LaHood, backing away from his off-the-cuff remarks, said: “What I said in there was obviously a misstatement.”

In a statement issued by the agency, Mr. LaHood said: “I want to encourage owners of any recalled Toyota models to contact their local dealer and get their vehicles fixed as soon as possible.”

Before the hearing, Mr. LaHood told reporters that he planned to call the president of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, about the recalls involving problems with accelerator pedals that could stick.

“I’m going to take the initiative to have a conversation with Mr. Toyoda very soon, to talk to him about how serious this is, and to make sure that he understands,” Mr. LaHood said. “I think he understands, but I’ve never talked to him. I just feel like I need to have a conversation with him.”

Mr. LaHood’s comments Wednesday were the latest in an aggressive campaign by his department over the Toyota situation. Last week, Mr. LaHood took credit for the company’s decision to stop building and selling eight models involved in a recall over accelerator pedals that could potentially stick, saying Toyota did not take the step until urged to do so by the department.

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by | February 3, 2010

Iran test-fires satellite rocket

Iran has successfully test-fired a satellite rocket, state television has reported. The report by broadcaster Al Alam, said the rocket was a “Kavoshgar 3 satellite carrier”.

It said the rocket carried an “experimental capsule,” but did not give any further details.

The BBC’s Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne says it will raise concern about Iran’s rocket technology and possible links to its nuclear programme.

Iran’s Press TV said that three new satellites and a satellite carrier would be unveiled on Wednesday – a year after Iran put its first domestic research satellite into orbit.

The announcements came during Iranian celebrations for the anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

The West fears Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons, but Iran has denied this.

Earlier, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country was ready to send low enriched uranium abroad in exchange for higher grade nuclear fuel.

Correspondents say that such a decision would be a major shift in Tehran’s position.

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by | December 15, 2009

Obama’s First Year as President

obama_tiger_golfIt all started with a lie.  A big lie.  It was created by the Democratic National Committee or DNC,  and propagated by the socialist American media.   It was the idea that sparked a landslide victory for then Senator Obama and took the most qualified person in the race to the White House,  Hillary Clinton, and trew her under the bus.   The lie was this.   Obama will be a good president because he is black.   Oh and lets not forget how inspiring Obama is.  The rest as they say,  is history.

Obama and the democrats have been crowing about their  victories in 2008 and their majorities in both the house and the senate ever since.   The democrats were acting fearless by pushing both climate control and socialized medicine because of this majority, which are two hot button issues in American politics today.

Incredibly enough,  the democrats in Washington are so stupid that they actually believed the media when all the networks and newspapers across America were calling the Obama victory in 2008 “The end of the Republican party as we know it.”   Some news outlets were even predicting that the GOP would disband before the end of 2009!

This theory was working well for the democrats for the first three months of 2009,  when Obama and the dems were strutting this stuff around Washington like they owned the joint.    They were the cocks of the walk.    But from early on,  there were cracks developing in the media’s theory with regard to the GOP.   It wasn’t long before the American public began to realize that they were duped into believing that Obama actually knew anything about being president.

At first,  the media tried to portray anyone that doubted the ability of President Obama to effectively lead as racists and bigots.    Most of this as we now know,  was being orchestrated by the White House.  When Obama bowed to King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia,  the American media and the Obamabots ran about attacking anyone that criticized Obama by calling them racists.   When Americans realized that Obama could not form a cognitive sentence with a teleprompter and goofed on him ala GW Bush,  they were called hateful and mean spirited.

To the average self absorbed American,  this was no big deal.  But to the American voter,  this was a hard slap in the face.     It was right about this point that things began to change.   Poll numbers started to slide for Obama and the democrats.   People for the first time were openly criticizing Obama and his administration,  and most of the attacks seemed to focus on the inability to speak freely about how they felt about Obama because he is half black.

At the beginning of the third quarter of 2009,  the Obama administration decided to go on the offensive.   They began to plant news stories about new white supremacist groups cropping up across America.   The media took the ball and ran with it.   They “created” news stories about these groups plotting to take over America and all the usual nonsense.

Obama himself decided to attack talk radio,  in particular Rush Limbaugh,  and make all of America’s problems Limbaugh’s fault.   Like Bill Clinton before him,  Obama learned a hard lesson when he attacked Limbaugh.    He learned that by trying to blame others for your own inequities blows up in  your face.    We now know that there has been no real resurgence of the K.K.K.     Limbaugh had huge ratings jumps  . . .   again.

With all of the problems in America today,  Obama himself was spending more time jetting from country to country than he was in Washington.   There have been so many colossal blunders by Obama that I have lost count.   But the biggest blunder of all was loading up the Obama posse and jetting to Copenhagen to make a pitch to get the Olymic Games in Chicago in 2016.   Talk about an ego-maniac.   Obama actually thought that his star power would convince the Olympic Committee to bring the games to Chicago.

I have read several accounts of what happened when the Obama’s arrived in Copenhagen.   Most tell of the rather cold reception the Obama’s received there.   President Obama gave his pitch as well as the first lady,  and they were roundly rejected by the IOC,  and the games were given to Brazil.  Insiders say that Obama was furious.   He knew that this was a huge political gamble,  and he lost.

Back in Washington,  the democrats were infuriated.  They were in the middle of pushing climate control and health care reform,  and Obama is flying off to Copenhagen to help feed his massive ego.   When Obama was bitch slapped by the International Olympic Committee on world wide television,  it was felt by every democrat in Washington.

During the last quarter of  2009,  Obama and the democrats find themselves trying desperately trying to put together some type of health care reform and run it through the senate so Obama can crow about getting it done on his first year in office.   The democrats know that this is simply being done to feed Obama’s ego.   The cracks in the democratic party are on display for all to see.

Reading the polls this morning it appears now that the democrats are in trouble in 2010.   Rassmussen reports today that Obama is down to just 44 percent of Americans somewhat supporting him.   Only 39 percent now want health care reform.   Many other polls report that support for President Obama’s radical socialization of America are at new lows.    No one can predict the future,  but I would be willing to bet that 2010 is going to be a defining year for the democrats.   Like the Clinton administration,  Obama is going to have to swallow a big piece of humble pie.  Lets just hope its not as big as the piece reserved for Tiger Woods.   JD

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