Category: Congress
Kissell, Shuler, McIntyre part of D.C.’s ‘Dangerous Dozen’ list
Veteran DC-based political analyst Stuart Rothenberg has singled out three congressmen from North Carolina as part of his ‘Dangerous Dozen’ list of incumbents most likely to go down to defeat in 2012: … Larry Kissell (D-N.C.). Kissell finds himself in a redrawn district that moves…
WHO ARE YOU? I’m Bob Etheridge, and I’m BACK !!!
The guy most closely associated with the question “Who Are You?” — besides Roger Daltrey — appears to be putting out feelers on the question of a congressional comeback: Former Rep. Bob Etheridge is in Washington today as part of a recruiting class…
Campaign 2012: GAME OVER for Congressman Miller
Yes, Congressman Brad Miller (D, NC-13), that is the sound of a very large woman singing. Miller, of Raleigh, has been trying hard to establish himself as the most liberal white man representing our state in Washington. Brad Miller was a state senator chairing…
BarryO’s appalling VP
Late night comedians and the alleged mainstream media have tried to tell us that Republicans Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, and George Bush are the biggest idiots to ever set foot in the American political arena. Yet, their silence is deafening when it comes…
Democrat U.S. Senate kingpin “Dingy” Harry Reid: govt jobs more important than private sector
Yep, that’s what the genius said on the floor of the United States Senate — the world’s greatest deliberative body. (No word yet on how much he had to drink before making the statement.) : We all suspected this was…
Two great weapons for debating economics with lefties
I’ve stumbled across two great resources — both available for free online — that provide great info, in layman’s terms, for defending capitalism and the free market from the liberal hordes. First, is the 2011 Budget Chart Book published by the…
Lay off Small Business
The title of this post is the same as the title for an excellent, thought-provoking op-ed a Moore County small business owner penned in a recent edition of our local paper: We shouldn’t tax people differently because they have more or…
Ellmers looking weak in congressional money chase
The most recent round of campaign finance reports indicate a weak showing for North Carolina’s freshman U.S. Rep Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn). Ellmers, representing the state’s Second District (which should include Moore County if the current redistricting plan stands), has turned in a report showing her…
Oh look, dear. A head on a stick …
(Yes, that is a severed head on a pike at the Occupy Wall Street ‘event’ in NYC. More specifically, it is an effigy of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s severed head on a pike. Isn’t THAT nice AND peaceful? Boy, Mr. Blankfein, after seeing…
Exposing the expensive ‘green jobs’ myth
Environmentalist rhetoric about the wonder of ‘green’ environmentally-friendly jobs is not matching up to reality. The Washington Post, not exactly a conservative propaganda rag, has pointed out that, just two years into its existence, BarryO’s green jobs agenda has become an expensive failure: A $38.6…
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