Archive for the ‘Democrats’ Category

A couple of weeks ago we learned that the state of Illinois is facing almost certain financial disintegration because of decades of Democrats’ shockingly irresponsible government spending. It’s gotten so bad that now Illinois state lawmakers are receiving eviction notices on their local offices:
The state’s money problems are so bad that lawmakers are getting [...]

Michael Ramirez at Investor’s Business Daily has a brilliant editorial cartoon out today that captures perfectly the state of the Democratic Party:

Even though it depicts what is happening with laser-like pinpoint accuracy, it will without a doubt stir the pot of controversy. Leftists will undoubtedly understand the point Ramirez is making, which is that Democrats [...]

Ace of Spades posted some alarming news. Nancy Pelosi says that the Democrats are going to use the Slaughter Rule to pass the Senate ObamaCare bill and the vote is set for next week.
In case you’re unfamiliar, the Slaughter Rule is named after Louise “she wore her dead sister’s dentures” Slaughter and it works [...]

With Barack Obama’s declaration, “Damn the American people! Full speed ahead!” the US Congress is perverting a parliamentary process that was designed only for budgetary issues that could reduce the deficit. Instead, he and Nancy Pelosi are using it to pass their massive new health care entitlement program because they can’t pass it any other [...]

Michael Barone has a piece in which he offers one reason why most Americans today to reject a nanny-state and demand their independence while Europeans are accept that a nanny-state has significant control over many aspects of their lives:
Why do Americans reject such policies while Europeans seem content with them? One reason is history. Twentieth-century [...]

Back in October, 2008, I wrote a post about how House Democrats were trying to find a way to nationalize the American people’s retirement accounts by requiring that all Americans “invest” 5% of their income into guarranteed retirement account that would be run by the Social Security Administration instead of private 401(k) accounts and IRAs.
It [...]

This certainly is a big surprise but Indiana Senator Evan Bayh has announced that he is going to retire. From Fox News:
Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this November, an unexpected decision that hands Republicans an opportunity for a pick-up in a year when Democrats are already defending several open Senate seats. [...]

Ed Schultz said he would cheat to keep Scott Brown from winning on Tuesday.

Don’t delude yourself into thinking this is going to be a fair vote. If Brown wins by less than 5 percent, you can take it to the bank that the Democrats will pull an Al Franken and challenge the results in [...]

This is getting more and more comical as the days go by.
In Martha Coakley’s world, Curt Schilling is a Yankees fan. Take a listen:

Jim Hoft quips:
She must be going for the sympathy vote…
Because Martha Coakley’s campaigning is truly pathetic.
Update: Curt responds.
In Martha’s world she’s been all over the state campaigning. Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory [...]

The House passed – although barely – a massive $1.8 trillion health care bill that would put the health care of millions of Americans who are currently in private insurance plans in the hands of the US government. Democrats like to complain about how awful it is to have to deal with an insurance company, [...]