Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Amanda Carpenter broke the news Tuesday that “The government Web site that promised to show exactly where the $787 billion in stimulus spending was going to ‘create or save’ jobs is allocating billions of tax dollars to hundreds of congressional districts that don’t exist.” Researchers at the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity found 440 [...]
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Profiling High by digby Amanda Carpenter ably defended Sarah Palin's stunning comments today that Scott Roeder, Dr George Tiller's assassin, could have been stopped if the authorities had been willing to profile those who belong to radical anti-abortion Christian groups. Carpenter: All the signals were there. And this gets into the divide of whether or not you think this was an act of terror and if...
America's Right (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Assigned Reading: The GOP's Women Problem (FROM: Politico) Oh, the humanity! Oh, I cannot bear to look! Ohmigosh, if the GOP becomes a political vehicle for conservatism, right-thinking women who would otherwise have a bright political future will instead be rendered barefoot baby-making machines, destined for a life of dishwashing and pants-pressing, because there's no room in the conservative boys'...
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Talking Points Memo 's Amanda Carpenter reports on President Barack Obama's position on the Stupak-Pitts amendment in the health care bill. Classic-Obama tells ABC no "sneaking in funding for abortions, but, on the other hand, that we're not restricting women's insurance choices" Could Obama be anymore vague? The Stupak-Pitts amendment would restrict abortion for many low income women. Congressman...
"Okie" on the Lam (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Over at The Washington Times, Amanda Carpenter’s Hot Button makes note that what Senate Dems and the Obama White House have so far failed to do to the coal industry, the EPA is working overtime to accomplish: While campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said his cap-and-trade tax plans would “bankrupt” anyone building a [...]
Wizbang (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Put this guy's picture next to the word misogynist in the dictionary. Amanda Carpenter has the details at The Conservatives: Florida Democrat Alan Grayson has a reputation for inflammatory rhetoric,...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Last week, we posted a poll asking you to weigh in on the White House war with Fox News. The response was overwhelming - both in the number of folks that responded as well as the outcome. Based on our poll, only 21% of you thought that Obama's attack on Fox News was appropriate presidential behavior. The debate continued this weekend on CNN's "Reliable Sources" with Howard Kurtz . HuffPo's...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Torture is not torture, according to former Vice President Dick Cheney, and to refer it to as such should be considered libelous. Even if it doesn't actually qualify as libel. The Washington Times' Amanda Carpenter reports, "Maintaining his stature as one of the most forceful defenders of the Bush Administration's defense policies former Vice President [...]
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Amanda Carpenter: An upstart group trying to displace the powerful American Israel lobby has attracted President Obama's national security adviser to its first big meeting next week, but the event is also being shunned by Israel's U.S. ambassador and several members of Congress because of its views and ties to controversial figures. J Street was formed a year and half ago as a more liberal alternative...
Red State (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Easily the best one that you’ll read all week . The context: nobody can pronounce the Congressman’s last name properly - up to and including the President (this isn’t a slam: I was getting it wrong, too). So Joseph decided to set the record straight with a press release: My last name – Cao - is actually pronounced (drum-roll please…) “Gow.” It starts with...
Red State (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The Washington Post reports that Tara O’Toole is poking around at the Department of Homeland Security, and apparently anticipating the Senate will confirm her nomination soon: The Department of Homeland Security directorate of science and technology is moving office furniture around these days, apparently to fit more folks into available space. Buzz has it that the musical chairs is even going...
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Yeah, yeah, I know I really shouldn’t call it ObamaCare, since, like virtually every other policy, Obama gives a speech then votes “present!” In this case, he has outsourced all the health system destruction legislation out to Congress. We’re still waiting for Obama’s actual plan, which he said weeks ago he would supply. Anyhow, Amanda Carpenter [...]
Red State (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
You may remember the ‘ tampon tax ‘ discovered in the Baucus bill - short version: Baucus went out and did a mass tax on medical devices to supposedly pay for his ‘compromise;’ unfortunately for him, things like condoms and tampons are classified as ‘medical devices’ - and you’d think that the resulting loud objections would have caused the Senator (more accurately,...
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Andrew Malcolm of the LA Times' Top of the Ticket blog joins us to talk about media and politics. In the second half, we first talk to Earl Sholley, who will challenge Barney Frank for his seat in Congress next ...
JustOneMinute (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Amanda Carpenter of the Washington Times appears irked that Obama has only spoken to his man in Afghanistan, Gen. McChrystal, one time since appointing him. I don't know. I recall from "The Gamble" that Bush was in frequent contact with...
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