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Facing Ethics Violations, Maxine Waters Adopts Obama Strategy: “Blame Bush”

August 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Facing Ethics Violations, Maxine Waters Adopts Obama Strategy: “Blame Bush”

Embattled Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday blamed the Bush administration for her ethics problems — saying she had to intervene with the Treasury Department on behalf of minority-owned banks seeking federal bailout funds — including one tied to her husband — because the Treasury Department wouldn’t schedule its own appointments. The California Democrat said in a Capitol Hill news conference — an event rarely held during a congressional recess — that she reached out to then-Treasury … Read entire article »

Filed under: 2010, 2010 election, Maxine Waters, california

Fact Check: National Debt Doubled Under President Bush, Wrong!

July 20th, 2010 | 1 Comment

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): “The National Debt Of America Doubled Under President Bush. From $5 Trillion Accumulated Debt In The History Of The United States Of America To The Day When President Bush Left Office And The National Debt Was $12 Trillion.” (Sen. Durbin, Floor Remarks, 7/20/10) POLITIFACT: “Durbin’s ‘Fact’ Is Wrong” POLITIFACT: “So, ‘in eight years of Republican rule,’ was it true that ‘the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion?’ No — an important part of Durbin’s ‘fact’ is wrong.” (“Durbin Misstates Debt Growth During Bush Years,” St. Petersburg Times’ PolitiFact, 6/23/10) • “Fast-forward eight years — that is, just before Bush handed the reins to Barack Obama — and the federal debt stood at $9.986 trillion.” (“Durbin Misstates Debt Growth During Bush Years,” St. Petersburg … Read entire article »

Filed under: Debt Commission, Deficit, National

What not a Disgruntled Tea Party attendee? Holder admits that Pakistani Taliban Behind Times Square Plot

May 9th, 2010 | 4 Comments

What not a Disgruntled Tea Party attendee? Holder admits that Pakistani Taliban Behind Times Square Plot

Hold it… I thought the Times square Bomber was a disgruntled Tea Party attendee who was upset over Obama’s health care bill and  George W.  Bush for  allowing his home to go into foreclosure? Or was it one of the many other theories the mainstream media hoped for instead of Radical Islam Attorney General Eric Holder says the Pakistani Taliban was ”intimately involved” in Faisal Shahzad’s failed Times Square bombing. Read the Rest at   – NYTimes.com. AG … Read entire article »

Filed under: Eric Holder, Faisal Shahzad, Islamic terrorism

Pelosi: Bush Admin Barred Officials From Briefing Congress On Impending Financial Crisis

May 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment

Pelosi: Bush Admin Barred Officials From Briefing Congress On Impending Financial Crisis

Here is a political move, Blame Bush.  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is back to the Blame Bush tactics just months from the Congressional Primaries.  Now Pelosi says President Bush barred officials from briefing Congress on the impending financial crisis. Why haven’t we heard this before?  You really mean Pelosi had no idea that she was spending too much money and that sub-prime mortgages were a problem?  Can we say the Speaker is out of … Read entire article »

Filed under: Congressional Oversight, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi

Heck of a job Janet: Oil slick poses political peril for Obama

April 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Heck of a job Janet: Oil slick poses political peril for Obama

The rapidly expanding environmental catastrophe caused by the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is presenting a growing political challenge to the Obama White House, with Mr. Obama and his aides at pains to defend the response and forestall comparisons to the Hurricane Katrina crisis. Nine days after British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew apart and began spewing 5,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Politics

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