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The Obamacare Chronicles: 129 laid off from Missouri hospital due to wonderful new health bill

Posted by: Phineas on May 15, 2013 at 1:01 pm » 3 Comments

**Posted by Phineas At this point, there’s not much we can do about it, folks. Losing a Supreme Court decision and the 2012 election guarantees that Obamacare will go into full effect on January 1st, 2014 – Happy New Year! All we can do for now is observe and take note of the pain (some of [...]

 

Churchill understood what Progressives want

Posted by: Phineas on May 13, 2013 at 3:58 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas It’s a heckuva busy day today with little time for posting, but I have to share this gem via Steven Hayward at Power Line. It’s an excerpt from a longer quote from Winston Churchill’s closing speech in the 1945 General Election, which the Conservatives sadly lost. Read these two paragraphs, and tell me if [...]

 

#SC01 Open Thread: Mark Sanford / Elizabeth Colbert Busch special election (UPDATE: SANFORD WINS, LEFT FLIPS)

Posted by: ST on May 7, 2013 at 6:45 pm » 6 Comments

From SC’s “The State” publication comes the most interesting story today I’ve seen on this special election: ‘Sanford: I won’t run for office again if I lose’. As my friend Leslie B. would say, hmm and hmmm: MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Former Gov. Mark Sanford, looking for redemption in a political career that was sidelined [...]

 

House Minority Pelosi leader “prays” Hillary Clinton will run for President in 2016

Posted by: ST on May 3, 2013 at 10:32 am » 12 Comments

Ugh: Nancy Pelosi is reaching out to a higher power to get Hillary Clinton to run in 2016. “I pray that Hillary Clinton decides to run for president of the United States,” Pelosi (D-Calif.), the House Minority leader, said during a public appearance in Little Rock, Ark., according to The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “Nobody has been first lady [...]

 

Report: Sen. Baucus set to retire – pick up opportunity for GOP?

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2013 at 11:02 am » 4 Comments

Breaking news – via Politico: Montana Sen. Max Baucus will not seek reelection in 2014, becoming the latest senior red-state Democrat to bail out of a potentially difficult reelection campaign, a senior Democratic official confirmed to POLITICO. Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, had nearly $5 million in the bank at the end [...]

 

Data from NC Elections Board shows voter ID critics vastly overstated numbers without ID

Posted by: ST on April 16, 2013 at 7:41 pm » 3 Comments

Bad news for Democrat politicos and their liberal activist allies using this particular scare tactic against NC residents (bolded emphasis added by me): RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – New data from the State Board of Elections show far fewer voters lack photo identification than critics of a voter ID bill suggest. The new information roughly halves [...]

 

So, one of the schmucks who designed Obamacare warns it’s “too complex.”

Posted by: Phineas on April 9, 2013 at 3:56 pm » 8 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Now that he’s retiring and doesn’t have to face the wrath of voters, Senator Rockefeller (D-WV) feels free to speak his mind: West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, one of the towering architects of Obamacare, on Tuesday openly criticized program managers for not moving quickly enough to build the system, warning that [...]

 

Former Gov. Sanford to face runoff for #SC1 GOP nomination

Posted by: ST on March 19, 2013 at 10:23 pm » 4 Comments

He had multiple opponents in the primary, but because he didn’t make it to 50%, Sanford will face a runoff next month: RT @Politics1com: SC CD-1: Ex-Gov Mark Sanford finished first in 16-way GOP primary with 37%; to face ex-Charleston Co Councilman Curtis Bostic in 4/2 runoff. The one who wins the GOP runoff will [...]

 

A Hillary Clinton/Michelle Obama ticket in 2016? Say it ain’t so – please!

Posted by: ST on March 13, 2013 at 6:14 pm » 5 Comments

Stop the insanity! Via the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard at the Washington Secrets blog: Hillary Clinton hasn’t stepped into the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries yet and there’s already buzz growing for the ultimate grrl power ticket: Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama. “All due respect for President Obama and Vice President Biden, but that would truly [...]

 

Another employer drops health insurance thanks to Obamacare

Posted by: Phineas on February 21, 2013 at 3:49 pm » 2 Comments

**Posted by Phineas And do I blame them? No. They’re being economically rational. Democrats created this mess, let them take the credit: Universal Orlando plans to stop offering medical insurance to part-time employees beginning next year, a move the resort says has been forced by the federal government’s health-care overhaul. The giant theme-park resort, which [...]