Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
[Guest post by DRJ] White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is amazed people would protest President Obama’s policies with Hitler signs. Mary Katherine Ham responds. – DRJ
King's Right Site (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
From the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots Blog -- Knowing that his father was a prisoner of the communist North Vietnamese Army (NVA), I am shocked that Rep. Joseph Cao ( LA-2 ) would support a government take over of our health care. But, politicians being politicians.... self-preservation remains their highest character trait. Again, that Cao became a turncoat for conservatives is shocking, but in hindsight,...
United Possums International (Free subscription) | yesterday
This was going to be specifically about last Tuesday’s off-year elections and what they might—hopefully—herald, but once again more pressing news has overridden the thoughts of the moment. We’ll keep the optimism brief. National attention was focused on two governor’s races and a congressional election. Conservatives went two-for-three on those, a batting average of .666....
U.S. Politics and the World (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jayman931 posted a new topic: Best-selling author and conservative talk-radio host Mark Levin says that members of Congress who want to force Americans to buy health insurance--as both House and Senate versions of the health care plan would do--are saying "the hell with the Constitution." Levin, an attorney who served as chief of staff to Atty. Gen. Ed Meese during the Reagan administration,...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington - Democrats in the House of Representatives struggled Friday to find enough votes to pass sweeping health care legislation, as lawmakers prepared for an all-day debate and perhaps a final vote on the bill Saturday. President Barack Obama was scheduled to visit Capitol Hill early Saturday to give the House's 258 Democrats a pep talk and a push to back the top priority on his 2009 domestic...
Another Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Why Obama can't go to Berlin BY: Ellis Washington Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ~ Ronald Reagan Three American statesmen made trips to deliver historical speeches in Berlin: 1) JFK's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963, 2) Ronald Reagan's "Tear down this wall!" speech in 1987, and 3) Barack Obama's 2009 non-speech speech which in a revelatory article by National Review's...
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
During the campaign, Obama made a definitive promise not to raise any taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year: “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes” (September 12, 2008, Dover, NH) "No one making...
Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Robert Gibbs whined today about the offensive images and discourse by the church-going, taxpaying, America-loving tea party protesters that desended on the US Capital this week. “I will continue to say what I’ve said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that [...]
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is worried about Hitler analogies in the health care debate . Because that sort of thing is divisive . I will continue to say what I’ve said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you hear it all the time. People — imagine five years...
Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Via Fishbowl DC: Politico reports that CNN’s David Gergen, WaPo’s Chris Cillizza, Newsweek’s Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Cynthia Tucker, Politico’s Mike Allen, NPR/Fox’s Mara Liasson, TPM’s Josh Marshall and NYT’s David Brooks, Andy Rosenthal, and Gail Collins joined the President, David Axelrod, Anita Dunn, Bill...
Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at the rally (of which there were some, but not enough to even fill out HuffPo's 12 Most Offensive slideshow): "I will continue to say what I've said before. You hear...
The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at Bachmann's anti-health bill rally (of which there were some, but not enough to even fill out HuffPo's 12 Most Offensive slideshow ): "I will continue to say what I've said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
If you're certain White House reporters, the answer could be lunch with President Obama... Politico reports that CNN's David Gergen , WaPo 's Chris Cillizza , Newsweek 's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman , the Atlanta Journal-Constitution 's Cynthia Tucker , Politico 's Mike Allen , NPR/Fox's Mara Liasson , TPM 's Josh Marshall and NYT 's David Brooks , Andy Rosenthal , and Gail Collins joined the President,...
Bob McCarty Writes (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Perhaps it was indicative of President Barack Obama’s disdain for those he’s charged to lead. No matter the official excuse given by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, yesterday’s actions by Commander-In-Chief Obama prove he just doesn’t get it. In a piece published today at NBCChicago.com, writer Robert A. George captured the flavor of what I was thinking [...]
Political Punch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Jake Tapper asks Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about health care during the White House briefing.
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