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Obama tax hikes loom

| October 1, 2012 | 113 Comments
Obama tax hikes loom

Remember those “Bush tax cuts for the rich” we heard so much about for eight years? Well, it seems that now that they’re about to expire in the New Year, it’s the poorest working Americans who will suffer the most, according to the Washington Post; For most taxpayers, the bulk of the increase would be […]

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That green-on-blue attack this morning

| September 30, 2012 | 64 Comments
That green-on-blue attack this morning

So, this is how I’m hearing that the attack happened this morning. A sergeant first class and a contractor approached an ANA checkpoint and struck up a conversation with the officer in charge of the outpost. In mid-sentence, the ANA officer shot the contractor and the sergeant first class, who went down returning fire. As […]

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Howard Dean; still crazy after all of these years

| September 30, 2012 | 10 Comments
Howard Dean; still crazy after all of these years

Rock8 sends us this quote from Howard “The Scream” Dean who the Democrats have made their chairman of the Democrat National Committee. Anyway, says Howard about the President “This is the guy who killed Osama bin Laden. I think he can probably stand up to Mitt Romney.” And then they wonder why the folks at […]

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Allen West’s campaign commercials

| September 29, 2012 | 38 Comments
Allen West’s campaign commercials

Poetrooper sends us link to the latest Allen West commercials; I almost wish I lived in Florida just to vote for him. And this is how the Murphy campaign responds in the Palm Beach Post; Murphy’s campaign responded by bringing up the 2003 incident in Iraq in which then-Lt. Col. West fired a gun near […]

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The phone lady thing

| September 28, 2012 | 42 Comments
The phone lady thing

Yes, a couple of you sent us the video of the woman near Cleveland who told the interviewer that she was voting for Obama because he got her a free phone. I’m sure you’ve seen the video, but here it is if you haven’t. You’ll want to turn your speakers down because she’s pretty enthusiastic […]

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If You Know Anyone Overseas Who Plans to Vote . .

| September 26, 2012 | 4 Comments
If You Know Anyone Overseas Who Plans to Vote . .

. . . you might want to tell them to check directly with their state of residence regarding absentee voting deadlines.  Or you might offer to check for them, if they’re somewhere that has poor Internet connectivity. Why?  Apparently the Federal Voter Assistance Program site, www.fvap.gov, doesn’t always exactly get things right. That was probably […]

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Soltz on that Politico article about veterans

| September 26, 2012 | 6 Comments
Soltz on that Politico article about veterans

Yesterday we talked about a Politico article which said that veterans aren’t supporting Obama, something we already knew. But VoteVets’ Jon Soltz couldn’t let it go by without jumping the rest of the way into the bag for Obama. Apparently Soltz was upset because he spent 45 minutes interviewing with the author of the article […]

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Senators call for Obama to return to DC and talk defense cuts

| September 25, 2012 | 12 Comments
Senators call for Obama to return to DC and talk defense cuts

Three Republican Senators, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona called for President Obama to return to Washington and join the discussion of the impending defense and national security cuts, according to the Washington Times; “We understand there’s an election going on, but the defense of our […]

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