Charlie Rose with Michael Isikoff & John Harris; Jesse Jackson, Gardner Taylor and John Conyers; Marcus Roberts (June 20, 1996)
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Rep. John Conyers blasts President Obama for his less than stellar leadership on the health care bandaid bill (in the video below). The Congressman says the bill is "nothing to write home about." He's tired of "saving Obama's can." Rep. Conyers criticizes the president for "bowing down to every nutty right-wing proposal about health care" and for failing to put up a fight...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. Rep. John Conyers is on Barack Obama's case again, this time saying the president has failed to show enough leadership on health care and suggesting he's been "bowing down to every nutty right-wing proposal" during the debate.
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you've been following the Blue America PAC at all, you may already be aware that we've decided that we won't be endorsing any candidates for the House in 2010 unless they are genuinely enthusiastic about passing John Larson's Fair Elections Now Act ( HR 1826 ). We're not asking for some unenforceable pledge; we want nothing less than heartfelt enthusiasm. Right now Larson has 117 co-sponsors from...
I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Democrat Congressman John Conyers told tells Bill Press he's getting tired of saving Obama’s can.
The American Street (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
It’s getting pretty apparent that Americans are dissatisfied with reports of a fine recovery that have left millions of them bleeding on the streets. While Washington insiders could initially dismiss it as partisan BS, as time went on, the critic’s gallery became populated with righties, lefties and centrists. Bailing out Wall Street while ignoring all the other American streets was a...
Cedric's Big Mix (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL-AID TABLE CELEBRITY IN CHIEF BARRY O FOUGHT BACK TODAY ON CLAIMS THAT HE HAS DONE NOTHING FOR THE ECONOMY OR TO HELP PEOPLE GET JOBS. "I'VE GOTTEN PLENTY OF PEOPLE JOBS, PEOPLE WHO BUNDLED AT LEAST $800,000 FOR MY CAMPAIGN! ALL MY BIG DONORS ARE BECOMING AMBASSADORS! BARRY O CREATES JOBS AND DON'T LET ANYONE SAY HE DOESN'T! I CREATE JOBS AND I...
Corrente (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
(x-posted at ePluribus media ) Via The Hill, John Conyers hammers Obama's weak stance in the healthcare battle in a radio interview: "I'm getting tired of saving Obama's can in the White House," Conyers said on the liberal Bill Press radio show . "He only won by five votes in the House, and this bill wasn't even anything to write home about." "The only way he could have got...
St. Louis CofCC Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I don’t believe John Conyers at face value. I think he’s trying to create the impression that he and President Obama have differences, to sucker moderate Democrats to supporting various Obama agenda items. Bill Clinton triangulated by pretending to distance himself from the usual Democrat agenda. John Conyers is helping the President to triangulate by [...]
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
( NOTE FROM PAM: Karen Ocamb of LGBT POV gave permission to the Blend post this great and unsettling piece.} (Karen: I first met Charles Stewart in the late 80s/early 1990s when his close friend Phill Wilson was running the National Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum. Those were the days when the late poet Essex Hemphill and filmmaker Marlon Riggs were hot and controversial with Rigg's artistic...
Progressive Blue - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Across the nation many Progressives have been disillusioned with the leadership shown by President Obama on Healthcare. As a former single-payer proponent himself we simply hoped that he would fight harder for a better bill. Instead, he allowed the Congress to mostly write the healthcare bill and far from gave a ringing endorsement to a more Progressive direction. Many of us also feel this timidness...
The Confluence (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
This morning on my way to work I was listening to the Bill Press radio show. I know, I know, he’s a kool-aid slurper supreme. But this morning, his guest John Conyers (D-MI) dropped several bombs on the show and exposed some significant disenchantment with the president. Let’s just say there were “oh snap!” moments [...]
Freedom's Lighthouse (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Here is audio of Democrat Rep. John Conyers revealing some discontent with President Obama from his Left as he talked to liberal Bill Press. Conyers said frankly, "I'm getting tired of saving Obama's can. He only won by five votes in the House, and this bill wasn't even anything to write home about."
NObama - Not Now, Not Ever (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
President Barack Obama is “bowing down” to Republicans and corporate interests on health reform, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said Thursday. Conyers, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a longtime advocate of single-payer healthcare, blasted the president for a perceived weakness in leadership on health reform. “I’m getting tired of saving Obama’s can in the...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) in Huffington Post : "I'm getting tired of saving Obama's can in the White House," said Conyers. "I mean, he only won by five votes in the House, and this bill wasn't anything to write home about. The public option is only available, which is the only way you manage cost and get some competition to 1,300 other health insurance companies, the only way he could...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In a radio interview with Bill Press, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) ripped into President Obama and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel saying they are caving in to "nutty right-wing" proposals just to get a health care bill passed. Said Conyers: "I'm getting tired of saving Obama's can in the White House."
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politicalfish | 07/27/2009
http://www.thepoliticalfish.com/2009/07/27/read-the-bill-why/ Rep. John Conyers spouts off about why legislators shouldn't have to read the legislation that passes through the House. This is rich...
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