Archive for August, 2011
More Republican Childishness
Aug 31, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemRepublicans are juvenile, in case you hadn't noticed by now: For the first time in history, a U.S. House Speaker has publicly rebuffed -- or at least moved to rebuff -- a request from the President of the United States to address a joint session of Congress. The unexpected request, and unprecedented diss, have touched off a ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: Professor With Never Wrong Model Predicts Obama Victory
Aug 31, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemFrom his lips to God's ears: Allan Lichtman, the American University professor whose election formula has correctly called every president since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election, has a belated birthday present for Barack Obama: Rest easy, your re-election is in the bag. “Even if I am being conservative, I don’t see how Obama can lose,” ...
Continue ReadingAR-04: Senator Gene Jeffress To Run
Aug 30, 2011 4 Comments ›› ARDemBy now the word is out that term limited State Senator Gene Jeffress is planning to run for the 4th district being vacated by Mike Ross. What to make of it? Well, first reaction is at least some Democrat in this state finally stood up and said "I'm going to the trenches." That's commendable. However, ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Meet Ken Aden
Aug 30, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemDemocrats have drawn a challenger to an incumbent Republican in the toughest of the four Arkansas districts, and it's a guy with a pretty stellar resume. Ken Aden of Russellville is an Iraq War veteran who served 11 years in the army as part of the 82nd Airborne, special ops-all good stuff that should give ...
Continue ReadingIt’s Official: Eric Cantor Is Not A Human Being
Aug 26, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemIt wasn't too long ago that Eric Cantor popped off about not providing disaster relief to tornado ravaged Joplin, Missouri unless budget cuts were made. Now he's opened his mouth on the subject again. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a noted opponent of federal spending, has come out against deficit-funded federal aid for his district in ...
Continue ReadingPryor And Boozman Mislead Arkansans On Taxes
Aug 25, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemIt's official, Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman are twins. Courtesy of Arkansas Media Watch: Arkansas Senator John Boozman appeared yesterday on KUAF’s Ozarks At Large show discussing taxes and the budget with Talk Business producer Roby Brock (the Boozman segment starts around 7:45). At one point he declares that he would reject any tax increase ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: Perry Leading GOP Feild
Aug 25, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemLooks like I may have to buy my friend Jeff Woodmansee that beer. Perry gets a full third of the GOP’s support, 13 points ahead of Mitt Romney’s 20% and Bachmann’s 16%. Everyone else has really settled into the background, with Newt Gingrich at 8%, Herman Cain and Ron Paul at 6%, Rick Santorum at 4%, and Jon Huntsman ...
Continue ReadingAR-02: North Little Rock Mayor Considering Run Against Griffin
Aug 24, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemTalkBusiness is reporting that North Little Rock Pat Hays is considering a challenge to Tim Griffin. Max Brantley suggests that Hays's record is a good one (honestly, I probably need to research it a bit more before I weigh in) and by all accounts he is well liked and respected by his constituents. Then again, ...
Continue ReadingAR-02: Well Now We Know Where Griffin’s List Came From
Aug 24, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDemRemember that little watch list Tim Griffin's staff distributed at their townhall meeting trying to intimidate people from speaking out against the Congressman? Well, now we know how he got that: Remember that gross story about GOP Rep. Tim Griffin, who represents Arkansas, handing out a Soviet-style "watch list" of progressive activists at his town halls ...
Continue ReadingFCC Reinforces Corporate Media Propaganda Machines-Truth is Squashed Further!
Aug 23, 2011 1 Comment ›› LaVoixSo what does Sojourner Truth have to do with this article? Read on and read click the links. Little discussed on the airwaves, is the removal of the "Fairness Doctrine" from the FCC regulations taking place this week across America. No longer will airwaves be required to provide opposing political view points in their media broadcasts...like ...
Continue ReadingAR-04: Tom Cotton-Another Republican That Apparently Can’t Read
Aug 23, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemAR-04 candidate Tom Cotton is off to a good start in parroting selective Republican outrage and skewing the facts. From his facebook page comes this little doozy: Thanks to Washington's reckless spending and Barack Obama's failed leadership, America's credit has been tarnished for the first time ever. Please join our campaign and help ...
Continue ReadingAR-04: Republicans Get Moving
Aug 23, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemThe Republican field in the 4th district is taking shape. No word from the Democrats yet. Still, the two GOP contenders in so far aren't exactly top tier. Roby Brock reports Beth Anne Rankin will announce another Republican run for 4th District Congress Aug. 29. She's unafraid of announced GOP opponent Tom Cotton, who wants to ...
Continue ReadingGallup Has Bad News For Obama
Aug 22, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemAfter a string of good polls, some bad news for the President. President Barack Obama is closely matched against each of four possible Republican opponents when registered voters are asked whom they would support if the 2012 presidential election were held today. Mitt Romney leads Obama by two percentage points, 48% to 46%, ...
Continue ReadingRepublicans Say No To Jobs Bill; No To Tax Breaks For Working People
Aug 22, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemThe Party of No continues their efforts to keep the economy bad and the American people suffering in order to defeat President Obama. Case in point? Want a jobs bill? Too bad: I ran Larson’s proposal by House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) office on Friday afternoon, and it was immediately shot down. The response: ...
Continue ReadingRebels Winning In Libya; Another Foreign Policy Victory For Obama
Aug 22, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemGaddafi has become a fugitive as Libyan rebels take Tripoli. Nearly 48 hours after a pincer thrust on Tripoli by the irregular rebel armies, launched in tandem with an uprising in the city, Gaddafi's tanks and sharpshooters appeared to hold only small areas, including his Bab al-Aziziya headquarters. Civilians, who mobbed the streets ...
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