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Robert Novak dies

August 18th, 2009 | Comments Off

Robert Novak dies

Human Events, his last platform, reports that the columnist Robert Novak died today. Kenneth Tomlinson remembers: By day, however, Novak worked political sources like no other reporter. That is why so many people would be astonished when his political sources would become known. It was stunning when Novak revealed that the Democratic senator who dismissed the McGovern for President campaign as being about little more than “amnesty, abortion and acid” was none … Read entire article »

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It's Hammer Time! Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay is part of the Dancing with the Stars 2009 lineup

August 17th, 2009 | Comments Off

It's Hammer Time! Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay is part of the Dancing with the Stars 2009 lineup

Tom ‘The Hammer’ Tom DeLay will be on the popular show “Dancing with the Stars’. The Man who was the Republican Majority leader for years will try the old soft shoe. The are the same shoes that were felt squarely in congressman’s hind quarters when trying to get the votes to jam legislation through Congress. We will see if Congressman DeLay can make the transition from his persona of being a tough … Read entire article »

Filed under: GOP, Hammer, Republican, Time, Tom DeLay, dancing with the stars, dancing with the stars 2009, dancing with the stars 2010 lineup, dancing with the stars season 9, good morning america, joanna krupa, leader, louie vito, natalie coughlin

To Be Fair: Why We Need Health Care Reform by Barack Obama

August 16th, 2009 | Comments Off

To Be Fair: Why We Need Health Care Reform by Barack Obama

First, if you don’t have health insurance, you will have a choice of high-quality, affordable coverage for yourself and your family — coverage that will stay with you whether you move, change your job or lose your job. Second, reform will finally bring skyrocketing health care costs under control, which will mean real savings for families, businesses and our government. We’ll cut hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and inefficiency in federal health programs like … Read entire article »

Filed under: Barack Obama, Health care, New York Times, Politics, editorial, op-ed, opinion, reform

Despite what you have heard, Town halls not resulting in more presidential threats

August 16th, 2009 | Comments Off

Despite what you have heard, Town halls not resulting in more presidential threats

There has been no increase in the number of security threats to President Barack Obama despite the contentious town hall meetings taking place around the country, according to the White House. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs also said Friday there has been no change in the security precautions. “We haven't viewed any increase in threats, and there's been no change in any of that,” Gibbs said. Earlier this week, at a town hall in Maryland, a … Read entire article »

Filed under: Debate, Health care, Obama, Politics, president, town hall

Dem Senator: Health Care Public option is dead

August 16th, 2009 | Comments Off

Dem Senator: Health Care Public option is dead

If Barack Obama hoped to rescue his vision of a health-care system overhaul with his wan effort in the New York Times, a key member of the Senate Democratic Caucus threw a bucket of cold water on those hopes this morning. Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) told a television audience that the pursuit of a public option for coverage was a “wasted effort” that would kill any hope of passage in the upper chamber. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Barack Obama, Democrat, Health care, Kent Conrad, Public option, Senator, dead

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