reuters.com - 1/31/2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised on Saturday to help lower Americans' mortgage costs with a new plan, coming soon, that would revive the financial system and "get credit flowing again." Obama, who has made fighting the country's economic and financial crises the top ...
redstate.com - 1/29/2009
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redstate.com —
Last night the House GOP stood together, moderates
and conservatives, and opposed Barack Obama's socialist stimulus scheme....
Today, Mitch McConnell is going to address the Republican National Committee's winter meeting. According to Roll Call, in his ...
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Mitch McConnell Needs Our Help
dontgomovement.com - 1/29/2009
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Grow a Pair…and it appears we’re going to
have to give him some help. Operation Send a...
Pair The DontGo Movement is teaming up with RedState to launch the new “Send a Pair” campaign. The campaign is in place to help Mitch McConnell obtain some much ...
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Mitch McConnell Needs Some Balls
politifact.com - 2/4/2009
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politifact.com —
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Stimulus plan comes
to more than a million bucks a day since...
Jesus Christ was born In a CBS Face the Nation interview on Feb. 1, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky, sought to put the proposed economic ...
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Mitch McConnell: To give the proposed economic stimulus ...
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Iraqis get the hang of voting!
The Anchoress —
... a better place today than it was under the evil regime of Saddam Hussein and his sadistic rapist sons.”
In other news:
Another - ANOTHER - Obama appointee who does not bother to pay his taxes. Boy, I’m so glad Biden told us that paying our taxes was patriotic! Glad to see Obama putting so many patriots into power. No doubt, his confirmation will sail through.
Does he ever say anything positive or is it simply in his interest to keep talking things down and ...
Open Thread
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Thou shalt be saved, just not as many of you nor as quickly as I promised. ...
Leftist Lies from Obama
Daily Pundit —
Obama pledges mortgage help with new financial plan | Reuters
“Soon my Treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, will announce a new strategy for reviving our financial system that gets credit flowing to businesses and families,” Obama, a Democrat, said in his weekly radio address.
“We’ll help lower mortgage costs and extend loans to small businesses so they can create jobs.”
How about cutting their taxes and the burder of regulations they have to cope with instead, you socialist nitwit? ...
The sound of MSM silence (glug-glug)
Wizbang —
... explain "Republican opposition" to the bill, not one of the major networks has aired a serious investigative report (and by that I mean a multi-segment report or one that includes 10-15 minutes of actual reporting) that really takes apart the bill, gathers the opinions of leading experts on economics, and asks -- as the press claims it should have done with the Iraq war -- do we really need to do this? Nor is the press seriously questioning the purpose of President Obama's continual doom and gloom rhetoric or wondering whether he is using fear to sell his political agenda -- ...
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No "Me-Too-But-Less"
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digbysblog.blogspot.com 12/31/2008 — Monday, December 29, 2008 Here Come The Obstructionists by dday Mitch McConnell is very concerned about the people's money, and wants hearings. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced skepticism today about the emerging economic stimulus ...
The RedState Strike Force Strikes!
obsidianwings.blogs.com 1/30/2009 — by hilzoy Erick Erickson of RedState has a message for the RedState Strike Force about their latest triumph (and may he enjoy many more victories like this one): " Persevere . And relish victories like we had last night – the House ...
Obama rescue plan pushed back a week —
CNN Political Ticker 1/31/2009
Geithner is putting together the administration's financial rescue plan.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — After initially vowing to unveil a new financial rescue package this coming week, senior Obama administration officials are now pushing the ...