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Hypocrites! The RNC's Health Insurance Covers Elective Abortions

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:07:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yet another example of rank GOP hypocrisy!

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

Leading up to passage of the House health care reform bill last week, 176 House Republicans joined 64 Democrats in voting for the so-called Stupak amendment, a measure that prohibits federal funds from being used to buy health insurance that covers elective abortions.

Rubio to speak at CPAC

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:04:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Several months ago I read that the *official* choice of the GOP was Crist and then I heard Rubio speak. Then I got angry. The establishment GOP had chosen another RINO as their candidate of choice. It was basically eliminating the voters' options with their endorsement. It's still an uphill climb but the wave is building. Rubio is a true conservative and I won't have to hold my nose to cast my vote for him.

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Marco Rubio named keynote speaker at CPAC

“We chose Rubio because he is an upcoming leader. He is someone that a lot of people are excited about,” De Pasquale told POLITICO. “His name keeps getting brought up and we decided that he would be a good keynote for 2010.”

The keynote speaker gets the coveted 10 a.m. speaking slot that kicks off the conference on Thursday and gets a longer block of time than other CPAC speakers.

“Marco Rubio is honored by the invitation and opportunity. He looks forward to sharing his vision of why mainstream conservative Republicans are needed in Washington more than ever.”

The Grand Realignment 2.0

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:39:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ypnation.net

The Grand Realignment 2.0

Submitted by Ewan Watt on 11/06/2009 - 12:43

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There is an interesting piece by Charles Krauthammer in today's Washington Post, in which he claims Tuesday's results blow the theory that the 2008 presidential election signaled the creation of a grand new ideological alignment.

This theory has been promulgated by a number of Democratic strategists who have peppered Borders, cafes and airport waiting areas with literature that proclaims an era of dominance akin to that initiated by FDR's handsome victory in 1932. Through my own travails in various airports it was hard to miss this steady stream of books highlighting how conservatism is dead and how we can expect a Democratic majority for the next four decades.

Tags: ypnation, gop, conservative

Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats for 2010 House Elections, Poll Shows

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Let's make sure it's a Hurricane and that the candidates are Fiscal conservatives. Otherwise, what is the point of getting a new bunch of Rino's to continue spending and mismanaging the economy.

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats for 2010 House Elections, Poll Shows

According to a Gallup poll released Wednesday, 48 percent of voters said they would back a Republican, while 44 percent said they would support a Democrat, if the 2010 House elections were held today.

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele (AP).

Fresh off major Election Day victories in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans got another boost Wednesday with a new Gallup poll that shows registered voters would favor the GOP over Democrats if the 2010 congressional election were held today.

Independent voters were decidedly stronger in their preference for a Republican candidate, choosing the GOP by a 22 percent margin -- 52 to 30 percent -- according to the survey.

"The wind is going to be at the backs of the Republicans" going into the 2010 midterm elections, but "it could be anything from a breeze to hurricane force," Sabato added.

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Boehner: Speaker Pelosi's Government Takeover of Health Care Will Dim the Light of Freedom

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:10:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Rest of the write-up on video, on the video page..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FGuYpMI6iI&feature=channel

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Boehner: Speaker Pelosi's Government Takeover of Health Care Will Dim the Light of Freedom

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GOP Leader: Americans asking where are the jobs are getting more the same from out-of-touch Washington Democrats: more spending, more debt, and more government.

Washington, Nov 7 - WASHINGTON, D.C. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement shortly after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democrats passed a 2,032-page, $1.3 trillion government takeover of health care:

I came here to renew the American Dream, so my kids and their kids have the same opportunities I had. I came here to fight big-government monstrosities like this bill that dim the light of freedom and diminish opportunity for future generations.

Americans want a common-sense approach to health care reform, not Speaker Nancy Pelosis 2,032-page government takeover that increases costs, adds to our skyrocketing debt, destroys jobs with tax hikes and new mandates, and

Tags: news, politics, government, health care, news & politics

Club for Growth Endorses Rubio

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:04:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Moving on to the next ousting of a RINO. The GOP came out of the gate supporting Crist, but the man is just a Democrat with an R behind his name. Rubio will have my vote. On a recent survey sent out by the Republican Party I wrote "Rubio" all over it. They asked all the right questions and then give us crummy candidates.

Clip Source: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

Club for Growth Endorses Rubio

The Club for Growth PAC, an anti-tax organization with considerable financial resources, announced on Monday that it is endorsing Marco Rubio in his Florida Republican primary battle with Gov. Charlie Crist for the United States Senate.

The decision isn’t that surprising; last week, the conservative group pounced on Mr. Crist’s most recent statements that he didn’t somehow endorse President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package when he appeared with the president last February and touted the effort.

Mr. Rubio, a longtime state lawmaker and Republican leader in Florida, has attracted the attention of national conservatives in recent months

Chris Chocola, the president of Club for Growth, said:
“Marco Rubio is the real deal, one of the brightest young stars in American politics today, and a proven champion of economic liberty. He is a dynamic spokesman for the principles of limited government and economic freedom, and he will make a fantastic senator.”

AP: House Healthcare bill Nowhere to go in Senate

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:18:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Liberals may have to swallow hard and accept a deal without a public plan in order to keep the legislation alive.

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Big question mark: Fate of health care in Senate

WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.

If a government plan is part of the deal, "as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent whose vote Democrats need to overcome GOP filibusters.

"The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said dismissively.

Democrats did not line up to challenge him. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has yet to schedule floor debate and hinted last week that senators may not be able to finish health care this year.

Tags: healthcare, politics

Health Care Takeover Roll Call Vote — and What GOP Rep. Joseph Cao Got from Obama

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:29:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well, since he was elected, Cao has backed the S-CHIP expansion, the $108 billion IMF bailout, and the omni-waste spending bill. And he voted to rebuke GOP Rep. Joe Wilson for calling out President Obama on his health care lies.

That is a steep price to pay for Rep. William Jefferson’s removal.

Can’t the GOP do better?

For what it is worth, here is the cheap price the Democrats paid for Cao’s vote:

Louisiana Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao on Sunday morning released a statement after he voted as the only Republican in favor of the Democratic health care reform bill.

The health care reform bill, dubbed the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” (H.R. 3962), passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a 220 " 215 vote.

“Tonight, I voted to keep taxpayer dollars from funding abortion and to deliver access to affordable health care to the people of Louisiana,” Cao said in a statement released by his office. “I read the versions of the House

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The final 220-215 roll call vote on passage of the House Dems’ government health care takeover bill is here.

And here is the 240-194 roll call vote on the Stupak amendment to extend the ban on federal abortion subsidies to Obamacare/Pelosicare.

Thanks to Doug Powers for filling in while I spoke at the Foundation for Life event in Sugar Land, Texas tonight. What an incredible juxtaposition it was — meeting and talking with the true agents of Hope and Change, the true guardians of innocent life, and the true advocates for women and children outside the Beltway as the Democrat majority inside the Beltway rammed the massive, job-killing, high-taxing, bureaucracy-multiplying, generational debt-piling health care monstrosity down America’s throat.

One Republican voted for Pelosicare: GOP Rep. Anh (Joseph) Cao of Louisiana.

Yes, he’s the one who took over corruptocrat Democrat William Jefferson’s seat.

I had reservations about him on election night because of his soft-on-immigration views.

Tags: 0bama hustling taxpayer $$$, gop rep. joseph cao, health care, organizing for america, pelosi/0bamacare

Obama calls tea partiers "extremists" as they rally in Iowa, plus GOP fundraiser highlights

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:32:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: full Article here.... http://tinyurl.com/ya9n63x

Clip Source: www.examiner.com

Obama calls tea partiers "extremists" as they rally in Iowa, plus GOP fundraiser highlights

As freedom loving Americans from around Iowa headed to Des Moines this weekend, President Barack Obama was calling these same U.S. taxpayers "extremists", during an effort to rally the Democrats to pass PelosiCare. Iowa Congressmen Steve King and Tom Latham were on the front line on Capitol Hill, trying to thwart the attempted takeover of our healthcare industry.

Meanwhile, Saturday was a big day for conservatives and Republicans in the nation's most important state for Presidential elections. The Iowa Tea Party held its statewide convention, former 4-term Governor Terry Branstad held an open house in his new campaign headquarters, and 2012 Presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty headlined an Iowa GOP fundraiser.

Here are my thoughts, observations, notable quotes and other interesting tidbits from the day's events:

Money for nothing: One group at

Tags: news, politics, healthcare, tea party, obama

Healthcare Takeover Roll Call Vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:31:46 GMT

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Clip Source: michellemalkin.com

Health care takeover roll call vote — and what GOP Rep. Joseph Cao got from Obama; Plus: Organizing for America hustles more money

The final 220-215 roll call vote on passage of the House Dems’ government health care takeover bill is here.

And here is the 240-194 roll call vote on the Stupak amendment to extend the ban on federal abortion subsidies to Obamacare/Pelosicare.

One Republican voted for Pelosicare: GOP Rep. Anh (Joseph) Cao of Louisiana.

Palin & the Dysfunctional Political Class

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:33:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The current GOP seems to look for mediocrity...someone who will *fit*...a person who appears *electable*, a vanilla-type. It seems to stand for everything and yet nothing.

Whether Mrs. Palin would make a good Presidential candidate, I don't know. But I'm weary to death of the clandestine people who mouth conservative rhetoric and then fold when the game is on. Give me a candidate who gives me a clear choice; not one who bows to the current political breeze blowing through Washington. I've just about lost all "Hope" because I don't see any on the horizon.

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Sarah Palin and the Dysfunctional Political Class

The frenetic hostility to Sarah Palin, even by many on the Republican side, is unnerving, because her qualifications to be president are objectively better than those of almost anyone who has been on the national ticket over the past decade.

Al Gore would be disqualified by knowledge of his academic career and by a reading of Earth in the Balance, an exercise in messianic ignorance. His subsequent career getting rich from climate change subsidies would reinforce this opinion. John Kerry had a Senate career of unbroken mediocrity

John Edwards had no shadow of a qualification, and again the judgment is confirmed by subsequent events.

Obama’s qualifications were will-o-the-wisp. His supporters cited his “potential,”

One can deeply respect John McCain’s courage and service. But he is an erratic senator, with a tendency to reach decisions on a whim and then excoriate anyone who disagrees

MORE OF THE SAME

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:52:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 1000$ DINNERS-PLANES PROVIDED-WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS-THE PROTOTYPICAL REPUBLICAN WHO REEKS OF MORE OF THE SAME

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Baker Fundraiser Set For National GOP Group In D.C.
KHBS - KHOG Fort Smith - Fayetteville Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:32 AM PST
Gilbert Baker is to hold a $1,000-a-person fundraiser for his Senate bid later this month at the National Republican Senatorial Committee's headquarters in Washington. The committee, however, said that doesn't mean it's endorsing his bid.

Gilbert Baker Flies Around Arkansas Talking About Health Care
Arkansas News Bureau Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:21 PM PST
What is that up in the air today? Why itâs none other than State Sen. Gilbert Baker talking about Sen. Blanche Lincoln and healthcare. Sorry if that joke is over your head but Baker is flying around the state today with stops in a Conway, Little Rock, Jonesboro, El Dorado, Texarkana, Fort Smith, and Fayetteville. âOne, I [...]

House passes health care reform bill!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:41:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is our first victory of historical significance. We did it! It will be much less injustice and suffering in the society, where taking advantage off weak and defenseless is not viewing as breaking the right of every human for decent existence.

Clip Source: www.nydailynews.com

House passes health care reform bill; Vote garners only one Republican

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Obama successfully lead an effort to pass health care reform in the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON - The biggest overhaul of America's medical system since Medicare took a big step forward Saturday night, narrowly passing the House with a controversial amendment to restrict coverage of abortion.

The bill passed 220-215, with 39 Democrats voting no and one Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.), voting in favor of the landmark bill.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to allow the abortion amendment after a deal with conservative Democrats collapsed and they threatened to sink the reform bill.

The move enraged liberals, but most agreed to stay on board and President Obama traveled to the House to make a personal appeal and seal the deal.

The bill proposes to spend $1.055 trillion to add 36 million Americans to the insurance rolls

A $61 billion GOP substitute bill failed

Tags: congress, house, senate, health care reform, human rights

Unruly Republicans Silence Women Lawmakers With Screams, Shouts, And Delay Tactics

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:39:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The presiding chair of the House, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), tried to assuage the Republican ruckus, without much success. The debate must be conducted with “a measure of comity and grace and decency,” Dingell urged. “There’s no advantage to be achieved by making all this fuss,” he told the Republicans.

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GOP Gone Wild: Unruly Republicans Silence Women Lawmakers With Screams, Shouts, And Delay Tactics

This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill. As the Democratic Women’s Caucus took to the microphone on the House floor to offer their arguments for how the bill would benefit women, House Republicans — led by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) — repeatedly talked over, screamed, and shouted objections. “I object, I object, I object, I object, I object,” Price interjected as Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) tried to hold the floor.

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GOP shouts down Women's Caucus on House floor

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:25:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Obstructionist tactics in the health care debate.

Here's a nice mash-up.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

On Saturday morning, a group of House Republicans -- led by Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) -- attempted to stop the Democratic Women's Caucus from making their arguments about how the health bill would benefit women by screaming over them.

Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) only had time to say "Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to--," before Price shouted "I object." The presiding chair, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) made gestures to maintain control, declaring that "the request is not yet before the House" and that Price was "out of order," to little effect. Capps attempted to go on, but Price continued shouting "I object! I object! I object!"

The same shouting tactics were used on Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio), who asked angrily, "Do I not have the right to be able to continue my sentence without objections that are trying to censor my remarks here on the floor that I have a right to make as a member of this House?"

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Tags: gop, republicans, health care, congress, debate, women's caucus