The Left Is Astroturfing Again! -UPDATED-

UPDATE 9/1: The page indicated below has been taken off the mybarackobama.com website. However, the folks at Heritage managed to capture a screen shot of it, which you can see here. It is good that it was taken down, however, it is still shameful that it got posted in the first place. Like a ship’s [...]

Another Hero

I know we’ve all been busy eulogizing people named Kennedy and Jackson, but personally I think a little-known man named Freeman is more worthy of our praise:
Marine Capt. Matthew Freeman made his last trip across the U.S. Naval Academy in the company of friends the other day.
Yes, there were admirals and generals, colonels and majors, [...]

Newspaper vs. Reid

Ouch! That’s gotta hurt!
On Wednesday, before he addressed a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Reid joined the chamber’s board members for a meet-’n’-greet and a photo. One of the last in line was the Review-Journal’s director of advertising, Bob Brown, a hard-working Nevadan who toils every day on behalf of advertisers. He has nothing [...]

Another Senate Democrat Opposing The “Public Option”

This time it’s Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu:
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu told a relatively friendly overflow Monroe Chamber of Commerce crowd that she would likely oppose any government insurance option in health care reform and lobby against a proposed energy tax known as Cap and Trade.
Landrieu, D-La., who spoke during a chamber luncheon today, also met with [...]

Feingold: ObamaCare Vote Unlikely This Year

When Democrats (the article doesn’t specify, but Russ Feingold is indeed a Democrat) start talking like this about a Democratic holy grail like a government takeover of healthcare, you might as well stick a fork in it.
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold told a large crowd gathered for a listening session in Iron County last week there [...]

Democrats and the Culture of Corruption, Part Eleven

That was so much fun, let’s do two! (Hey, as a baseball fan, I enjoy a double-header).
Looks like some Democrats still don’t wanna pay their fair share of taxes…
House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel , already beset by a series of ethics investigations, has disclosed more than $500,000 in previously unreported assets.
Among [...]

Democrats and the Culture of Corruption, Part ten

And now, back to this series highlighting what the self-anointed elite think they can get away with…
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — Hassan Nemazee, chairman of Nemazee Capital Corp. and a fundraiser for President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, was arrested on charges he used phony documents to trick Citigroup Inc. into lending him as much as [...]

A Miraculous Recovery

Have a hanky ready when you watch this CBS News report.

Obama Losing “Progressives”?

When you lose Paul Krugman, you’ve probably gone a long way to losing the so-called “progressives,” especially when he writes something like this:
According to news reports, the Obama administration — which seemed, over the weekend, to be backing away from the “public option” for health insurance — is shocked and surprised at the furious reaction [...]

Who’s Astroturfing Town Halls? Part II

Hmmm… people being bussed nearly 150 miles to attend a town hall and support ObamaCare?
Organizing for America, which is the successor organization to Obama for America, held a pro-Obamacare rally last week in front of U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer’s district office in Jackson, Michigan.
The Obama Administration and their SEIU supporters bussed in protesters from as [...]

“Blue Dogs Not Barking On Health-Care Reform”

In case anyone was still wondering why the lefty leadership of the Democrats sounds so scared and desperate, it’s probably because the Blue Dogs are really not sounding like they support the “public option” backdoor way of getting to single-payer healthcare:
The 52 members of the House Blue Dog Caucus of moderate to conservative Democrats are, [...]

Honesty From The Left On The “Public Option”

From the lefty (they like to call themselves “progressive,” but I call ‘em as I see ‘em) American Prospect comes this article on the “public option.” Here’s a sample (bold emphasis in original, red emphasis mine):
Following Edwards‘ lead, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton picked up on the public option compromise. So what we have is [...]

Another Reason ObamaCare Is Floundering

This is one I hadn’t really thought of, but it makes a lot of sense:
In our individual lives, we usually solve problems one at a time, as they arise and as we have resources and need. This works really well, but offers little opportunity for heroes to declare themselves and take credit for “historic change,” [...]

Be Wary Of Health Care Co-Ops

There’s been some buzz about the possibility of dropping the “public option” in favor of health care “cooperatives” or “co-ops.” However, it’s quite possible that this is another Obama bait-and-switch tactic, designed to slip single-payer in through the back door by using language that seems less “scary.” Therefore, one should scrutinize the details carefully, including [...]

No More Snitch-On-Your-Neighbor Email Box At The White House

Hmmm… wonder if MS-National-Barack-Channel will cover this:
Following a furor over how the data would be used, the White House has shut down an electronic tip box — flag@whitehouse.gov — that was set up to receive information on “fishy” claims about President Barack Obama’s health plan.
Once again, His Obamaness has to back off from one of [...]

Democrat Cancels Town Hall; GOP Challenger Has One In Her Place

This one sort of speaks for itself:
Rep. [Gabrielle] Giffords (D) canceled her town hall in Sahuarita/Green Valley, AZ and Jesse Kelly, her Republican challenger, scheduled an appearance in the same venue at the same time and place.
Well, the room wasn’t booked anymore!
Looks like things went pretty well, too.

In all fairness, Rep. Giffords [...]

Anti-ObamaCare Protest in… SAN FRANCISCO?

Yep, you got it. Pelosi’s own district. I grew up about an hour’s drive on the 280 or 101 south of there, in the Silicon Valley area… the building in the background is the ferry building, I know it well.

As the original poster of the clip says, “If you can get [...]

ObamaCare Is Losing Ground

The big push (or would that be putsch?) to install single-payer, a/k/a socialized medicine in this country is really starting to lose ground.
To start with, Investors’ Business Daily went–as one might expect–to the numbers, and they found big problems:
There are 256 Democrats in the House, 52 of whom are Blue Dogs.
Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama, [...]

Stimulus: If It Was Good For Nazi Germany, It Is Good For Us

If Stimulus Was Good For Nazi Germany, It Will Be Good For Us

Americans Against Government-Run Health Care: Expect A Major Offensive Of Intimidation And Suppression

Americans Against Government Takeover Of Health Care Should Expect A Major Offensive From Leftists