Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
On Monday, Bush appointed Susan Orr to “be acting deputy assistant secretary for population affairs.” Talk about your twisted political appointment, Orr, in a “2001 article in The Washington Post, Orr applauded a Bush proposal to stop requiring all health insurance plans for federal employees to cover a broad range of birth control. “We’re quite [...]
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Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Big night in Massachusetts Tuesday night as Niki Tsongas of Lowell defeated Republican James Ogonowski of Dracut “to capture the 5th District congressional seat vacated by Marty Meehan earlier this year.”
Tsongas’ campaign declared victory at about 9:10 tonight, and the Associated Press sent a bulletin five minutes later declaring Tsongas the victor.
Tsongas, won [...]
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Posted on October 15th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Another all American family caught up in the BushCo economy has come forward to back SCHIP and their daughter is profiled in the latest ad (see “Featured Video” in the sidebar):
…the Wilkerson family, whose two-year old daughter Bethany is covered by SCHIP and had life-saving heart surgery when she was an infant. On Monday the [...]
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Posted on October 14th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Maybe it’s just me, but I sick and tired of the partisanship gone crazy that has infested this country and shows itself at it’s lowest levels on any given day of late in the blogosphere and in the opinion pages of what some call our news media as Paul Krugman points out in his Monday N.Y. [...]
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Posted on October 11th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
No matter how they spin it, Bush and the Republicans who are against SCHIP have wrong priorities:
Malkin is still shrieking but still the wingnuts attacks have backfired.
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Posted on October 10th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Hillary Clinton is making a play for the lower to middle income voters who pocketbooks and wallets have taken some serious hits from the Bush Administration. Her healthcare plan unveiled recently, will make a huge difference for those folks (myself included) who can’t afford healthcare and now Hillary’s got a plan to “create 401(k)-style retirement [...]
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Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
There was more wingnuttery in the blogosphere on Monday as Malkin’s Screechers set to knocking on doors to pursue smearing a 12-year old Maryland boy named Graeme Frost, who delivered the Democratic radio address two weeks ago. Think Progress reports:
Graeme told his story of being involved in a severe car accident three years ago, and having received access to medical care [...]
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