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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2009 20 Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse, my Democratic Senator from Rhode Island, has joined the Alan Grayson wing of the Democratic party with a speech so over the top that it is an infuriating embarrassment. I wasn't going to post on this. But then I listened to the speech, in...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2009 9 Comments

The meme circulating today is that Republicans made a tactical error by failing to cooperate more with Democrats early on in the health care debate, pushing so-called moderate Democrats like Evan Bayh into the arms of Harry Reid and Barack Obama.That meme is a bunch...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2009 10 Comments

In order to get large pharmaceutical companies behind Obamacare, including getting the drug companies to advertise, the Obama administration cut a deal, among other things, that the re-importation of drugs would not generally be permitted.Unlike some issues, there are legitimate points on each side of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2009 10 Comments

I wonder how Nebraskans will feel waking up this morning knowing that their Senator Ben Nelson sold out the rest of the nation on Medicaid reimbursement in order to secure a deal for Nebraska.While Nebraskans will get new Medicaid mandates covered by the federal government,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2009 3 Comments

Here is a photo of our patio taken a little before 8 a.m. this morning. Looks like we have almost a foot of snow. We are expecting snow for about 5 more hours.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2009 63 Comments

I was in the car most of the day, so I haven't had a chance to post on the Ben Nelson sellout. So here are some initial thoughts:Yes, it is that bad. The Democrats are about to put in place the legislative, regulatory and bureaucratic...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2009 2 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Vice-President/Executive Editor Tim King writing at Salem News.com plays the "Rush-O'Reilly-Beck inspire white supremacist killers" hand, while slipping in the Godwin's Law card from the bottom of the deck,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2009 3 Comments

Saturday morning Harry Reid unveils, we think, The Real Bill. They're even wheeling snowmobiling in Robert Byrd for the votes on procedural issues so that Reid can move The Real Bill forward as an amendment to the current version. Since the amendment will have to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2009 5 Comments

I've posted about Alan Grayson before. The Congressman from Florida is the class clown of Congress (that's including Al Franken in the equation). Grayson not only is nuts, he has dangerous tendencies. As reported at Politico, Grayson is trying to get the Justice Department to prosecute...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2009 3 Comments

Not Sarah Palin, Not Republicans in Congress. Nat Hentoff: I try to avoid hyperbole, but I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had. An example is ObamaCare, which is now embattled in the Senate. If that goes through...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2009 2 Comments

For our country, and yes, our President.That's the feeling I had watching Obama's climate speech in Copenhagen, and the whole theater of the bizarre surrounding it.Read into "sad and embarrassed" what you want.No other brilliant thoughts this afternoon. Not for lack of trying.Except, "pathetic."And, too...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2009 7 Comments

Just do as he says, or you must want to kill the world: “The time for talk is over, this is the bottom line: We can embrace this accord, take a substantial step forward. We can do that and everyone who is in this room...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2009 4 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2009 14 Comments

PDS item of the day: A paparazzo with a long-range telephoto lense, hiding out in Hawaii to photograph Sarah Palin on vacation, snapped a photo of Palin in a campaign visor with the word "McCain" blackened out. TMZ scored the coup with the photo, and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2009 4 Comments

From The Boston Herald:Republican Senate hopeful Scott Brown has filed a state ethics complaint after a report that a union backing rival Martha Coakley used state resources to urge workers to volunteer for her campaign.After Brown’s complaint Wednesday, the operations director of Service Employees International...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2009 18 Comments

Not by me. By an über liberal feminist blogger at HuffPo, Two Black Role Models Done In By Hubris: In the past few weeks, the two most famous and arguably most successful black men in America have taken a huge fall. It has become clear...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2009 8 Comments

Michael Moore is calling for a boycott of Connecticut because of Joe Lieberman. Yes, the whole state is persona non grata because Independent Joe acted like Independent Joe:"People of Connecticut: What have u done 2 this country? We hold u responsible. Start recall of Lieberman...

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