Archive for March, 2012
Rick Santorum Calls President Obama A “Government N*gger”
Mar 30, 2012 1 Comment ›› ARDemI'm totally stunned. I really would not have believed it myself if I hadn't seen the video. Rick Santorum's presidential campaign just came to an end.
Continue ReadingAR-01: Clark Hall Withrdew His Support For The ERA In ’07
Mar 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemAt a recent forum hosted by the Arkansas Federation of Democratic Women in Jonesboro, all three of the Congressional candidates running as Democrats were asked about what they would do to support the rights of women in Congress. Scott Ellington and Gary Latanich both made good statements, but Hall got into rambling about how Republicans ...
Continue ReadingWhy John Boozman Voted To Keep Oil Companies On Welfare
Mar 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemYou should already know the answer, but here it is in case you didn't: A Think Progress Green analysis shows how oil and gas companies have funneled cash to the same senators who protected its handouts: – The 47 senators voting against the bill have received $23,582,500 in career contributions from oil and gas. The 51 senators ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Aden Hits Womack For Second Vote To End Medicare
Mar 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemIt didn't take long after Womack mouthed off about being "pleased" to vote for the end of Medicare for Ken Aden to pounce. The press release literally went out in minutes. Aden Condemns Womack Vote for Ryan Budget Plan Plan Would Gut Social Security and Medicare WASHINGTON – March 29, 2012 – Democrat Ken Aden of Russellville today ...
Continue ReadingYes, For The Umpteenth Time, Fracking Causes Earthquakes
Mar 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemAdd this to the massive pile of evidence that already told us this. A rash of earthquakes in the middle of the country appears to be related to oil and gas drilling, according to a group of researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey. "A remarkable increase in the rate of [magnitude-3.0] and greater earthquakes is currently in ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Womack Says He’s “Pleased” To Destroy Medicare
Mar 29, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemSteve Womack says what every other Republican is thinking but may be too cowardly to say-he's "pleased" to have voted to destroy Medicare. “I’m pleased to join my House colleagues in voting for the Republican budget resolution offered by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. The FY13 House Budget proposal is indicative of our serious intent to ...
Continue ReadingSD-31: We’ve Got Your Back Joyce
Mar 29, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemSometime back I wrote about the pointless primary challenge Joyce Elliott is facing: There’s no real rational for a primary challenge to Elliott. She’s been a stellar Senator and has an impeccable legislative record after all. Allen’s legislative record is not particularly conservative, though he did cosponsor the capital gains elimination for the wealthy before flip ...
Continue ReadingRepublicans Vote To End Medicare AGAIN
Mar 29, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThe GOP sure is intent on walking down the Ryan Path To Poverty. The House of Representatives today passed the radical Republican 2013 budget, authored by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), by a vote of 228-191. The budget would gut the social safety net, but give so much in tax cuts to the rich and ...
Continue ReadingBoozman Votes To Keep Oil Companies On Welfare
Mar 29, 2012 3 Comments ›› ARDemWe're broke. Medicare's got to go. Sorry Grandma. Need new roads and better schools? Sorry, no money. Out of work? Government can't help you. Run a major oil company making record profits? You poor thing, here's a few billion dollars on us: By a nearly party-line vote of 51-47, the U.S. Senate failed to get the ...
Continue ReadingSD-35: Linda Tyler Puts Forward A Jobs Plan
Mar 28, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemState Rep. Linda Tyler, running against the odious Jason Rapert, has made it clear what this race is about. "Jobs, jobs, jobs!", otherwise known as the thing Republicans ran on and have done nothing to create. Tyler isn't just spouting rhetoric, she has what looks like a pretty good plan for job creation that she's ...
Continue ReadingRepublican Congresscritters Vote Against Campaign Finance Disclosure
Mar 28, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemOur three Republican bozos in the House-Rick Crawford, Tim Felon, and Steve Womack-walked the party line to keep secret campaign financing just that, a total secret. The House of Representatives rejected an amendment last night that would have required that sponsors of independent political expenditure television and radio ads disclose the identity of donors whose contribute ...
Continue ReadingAR-01: Rick Crawford Flip Flops On “Obamacare” AGAIN!
Mar 28, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemPancakes don't flip this much at Waffle House... From Rick Crawford's latest press release on "Obamacare": Obamacare Supreme Court Case As the Supreme Court hears arguments about the constitutionality of Obamacare’s individual mandate, I wanted to make clear that I favor a full scale repeal of the President’s healthcare law. Obamacare took $575 billion from the Medicare Trust Fund ...
Continue ReadingDespite His Insults To Southerners, Arkansas Will Go For Romney
Mar 27, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThe latest poll out in Arkansas is no surprise, with Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama in the Presidential race: If the 2012 presidential election were held today and your choices were Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, for whom would you vote? 56.5% Mitt Romney 33% Barack Obama 10.5% Don’t Know This of course is no surprise. But what's ...
Continue ReadingMr. Dunn Goes to Washington!
Mar 27, 2012 No Comments ›› LaVoixReminiscent of the Jimmy Stewart character in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” but with a health care twist as ambassador for his students, Wil Dunn of Wilson Elementary School (in Little Rock) embarked on a journey of empowerment today. Unlike Mr. Smith,Wil Dunn is not battling to put a boys camp in the wilderness of ...
Continue ReadingERA: Tell Senator Pryor To Be An ERA Advocate!
Mar 27, 2012 2 Comments ›› ARDemThe War on Women has revitalized the movement to ratify the ERA, and action is currently being taken in the United States Senate: Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) today introduced a joint resolution to remove the deadline for the states’ ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ...
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