Posted on September 27th, 2009 by Hart Williams
Listen to this “man in the street” at today’s Glenn Beck rally in Seattle:
“The race card being played by the left side of the aisle is wrong.”
OK. I suppose to be fair, then, I ought to lead with an ace. The following was sparked by the 9-09-09 edition of this blog:
Front page news today in [...]
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Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Via the NY Times:
Representative Joe Wilson was formally rebuked by the House on Tuesday for his outburst during President Obama’s health care address. The vote came after a Congressional clash over civility that showcased the deep partisan divisions in the House.
In a mainly party line vote of 240 to 179, the House held that by [...]
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Posted on February 5th, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
While I have some reservations about the newest form of lobbying by people from the grassroots, although most would puke at my accurate description, it’s starting on The Hill.
Community organizers are the new oilmen. For a change, one of them is in the White House. They walk the marble halls of Congress with a certain [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Ted Kennedy returned to the floor of the Senate today for the 4:00 PM vote on Medicare. Kennedy was accompanied by members of his family, John Kerry and Barack Obama. He received a standing ovation as he “walked through a wall of applause,” to “cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation.”
“Aye,” the 76-year-old Kennedy [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Healthcare, In The News, John Kerry, Liberals, Massachusetts, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Senate