Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’

Andy Hefty

JACKSONVILLE – At the risk (or is that the overwhelming sense of euphoria?) of tweaking “mainstream” media, Democrats in Congress, and top-level yes-men in the White House, I would like to announce my proud and unapologetic membership into the “Party of No!”

And now a word from the Republican Party!

It’s getting rather sickening in Washington with everyone pointing fingers and pushing blame over health care, taxes, spending, environmental issues, military, and all the other issues that surround us. The latest robotic repetition is calling Republicans “the party of no.”

Well I got news for you: I like that title.

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Andy Hefty

Attention to all Republicans, Libertarians, Constitutionalists and associated advocates of smaller government and increased individual freedom:  Enough of the whining, moaning, griping and bellyaching about how poorly you are treated by your political opposition and their media allies!

Boo hoo. Life's not fair.

With the latest flap about Democratic Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, Republicans are crying foul once more.  But it’s gotten so old that it sounds more like they’re just crying.  OK, so Reid said something stupid.  So what?  He apologized.  The president accepted it.  Done.

Now, GOP Chairman Michael Steele wants more than a simple apology.

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Andy Hefty

That was the Drill Instructor’s call to cease whatever activity was no longer warranted when I was in boot camp.  That call was followed by silence and stillness.  It was a command for everyone to button their lips and pay attention.  The antics were to stop, and everyone was to immediately – and seriously – focus on the task at hand.

But with Congress, such is not the case.

Can you hear me now?

The Associated Press reports that Congress is set to spend more money they don’t have on projects and programs in which the federal government has no business.  But spend they will.

Remember the 1992 campaign?  The previous call for “change,” orchestrated by Bill Clinton highlighted “trillion dollar budgets.”  Now the current deficit exceeds the budgets from only 17 years ago.

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Kelly Anderson Wright

Lawmakers on the Senate floor are wondering if Majority Leader Harry Reid has lost his mind, something folks back home have known for quite some time.

Why else would Reid deliberately offend a majority of Americans, as well as most of his constituents?

During the raging debate on health care reform Monday, Senator Reid intentionally aimed nuclear missiles at his fellow lawmakers: he compared those who oppose health care reform to those who opposed the abolition of slavery more than a century ago.

Harry lives in a bubble, unaware of the mutiny back home.

Reid seems to have forgotten his history: Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat,  unsuccessfully tried to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1957, while Republicans led the charge against slavery.

More troubling is the fact that Reid appears unaware that not just Republican lawmakers oppose Obamacare. Numerous recent polls show a majority of Americans and Nevadans oppose the specific health care reform bill Harry is trying to pass. His salvos, aimed at the Republicans he is supposed to lead, might as well have been aimed at the entire nation… and Nevadans, who cringe every time Reid speaks. Read the rest of this entry »

Bob Franken

“What an incredible night this will be!”

Rush Limbaugh is beside himself. He’s the moderator of the first GOP presidential debate of 2012, carried exclusively on Fox News Channel. What a highly charged confrontation we can expect! Who would have known four years ago that the candidates would include Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Joe Wilson, Michelle Bachmann, Joe the Plumber, Michael Steele, what-his-name…oh yeah…Mitt Romney, the guy who looks like an anchor-man, and the front-runner, New Jersey Senator Lou Dobbs, who never did look like one.

'Well, that's all the time we have...'

They have already marched onto the stage. There was a brief scuffle as they each lurched to the far right, but things have settled down now. All of them are staking out the same extreme position. It’s not hard to understand. Ever since that upstate New York congressional loss, no Republican wants to be in the middle. Not the road, not the stage. Not anything. Read the rest of this entry »

Kelly Anderson Wright

Let’s face it, American women rock. Book authors and basketball players, heads of households and heroes, American women are free to be all they choose to be, or not. Sarah Palin, newly-crowned best-selling author and private citizen, is “all that,” and more.

But more what? The media and her detractors still don’t know what to make of Palin. Now that she’s not a politician, Palin doesn’t follow the rules. She’s not scripted, not packaged and not in sync with old school journalists like Barbara Walters, who openly cringe at Palin’s street-wise jargon.

Sarah seems comfy wherever she is, including Kuwait.

Sarah doesn’t seem to care. She says she’s the most honest she’s ever been, telling talk show host Sean Hannity that all her interviews now are “unplugged.” Every question is fair game, but be careful, Katie Couric… this time, she’ll tell you exactly where Alaskans get their world news (hint: not your network), and what she thinks of the “perky” yet arrogant media anchor who asked her the same question about abortion, 12 different ways.

Palin’s in the ring, her gloves are off, and she’s proving that she’s tougher than a “motha…” bear. No political handlers are scripting what she says. No one is telling her when to eat, what to wear or when to keep her opinions quiet. She’s calling the shots now, she’s gone rogue and she appears to be reveling in it. Why wouldn’t she be? Unlike Senator McCain, she’s not having to tangle with Harry Reid’s health care reform or watch Pelosi’s liberal love-in. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Sherrier

Remember that ordeal in New York recently? When the Republican establishment backed a left-leaning candidate, until conservatives led by Sarah Palin rallied around a third-party candidate who held views more strongly in line with their values?

Pundits had a field day with that one, as they carried on about the GOP being taken over by the “radical right,” which sought to purge the party of moderates.

Sorry, not progressive enough. Gotta go.

This was hailed as a horrible situation for the Republican Party that would no doubt favor the Democrats in elections. The general tenor equated to “those stupid conservatives, sabotaging their own party!” followed by a “Ha! Ha!” similar to that bully kid from The Simpsons.

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine said in a Nov. 4 statement, “However, perhaps the most consequential race of the night was the special election in the 23rd Congressional District of New York in which the Republican candidate, a moderate, was purged from the Republican Party by the most extreme elements of the conservative right wing including Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Read the rest of this entry »

Kelly Anderson Wright

Congressional Democrats and mainstream media heaped high praise on Speaker Pelosi for finally delivering the House health care reform bill, all 2000+ pages of it. In the aftermath of a liberal love fest that focused more on Pelosi’s historical win than on how close the vote actually was, the question is, will Majority Leader Harry Reid be able to duplicate Pelosi’s success in the Senate?

Will Harry Reid adopt Pelosi's tactics?

Pelosi claimed the win was easy, but facts, fans and foes say otherwise. Pelosi’s final push to birth H.R. 3962 required a Saturday night, rush-rush hush-hush roll call vote, when most Americans were already asleep or too pooped to pay attention. At roughly 11 p.m. EST, Pelosi and Company got their last 3 votes out of 435 possible, passing the House version of health care reform by just .7%. Hardly a mandate or majority, “barely” describes it better.

Kelly Anderson Wright

In America, little girls learn they can grow up to become anything they want: ballerinas, movie stars… even Tom Cruise’s wife. Some dream of becoming basketball players, business owners or heads of state.

Thankfully, a few brave lassies become soldiers, cops and heroes. And sometimes they become all three, without wiggling their noses or clicking their ruby slippers.

Little girls can become big heroes... in America, home of the brave.

Let us forget, just for a moment, what ails our nation. Congress, Pelosi and health care reform pale in light of the Ft. Hood massacre.  Veteran’s Day should be every day, when we  celebrate the men and women who bravely and selflessly protect human life, liberty and freedom, in battlefields and war-torn cities around the world, and less predictably, in Killeen, Texas. That’s where a little girl all-grown-up became a true red-white-and-blue American hero, in the blink of a feminine eyelash.

Sgt. Kimberly Munley, 34, is a DoD civilian police officer at Ft. Hood. She is also a veteran, having served as a loyal soldier in the United States Army. As such, Sgt. Munley took an oath to defend her Army brothers and sisters against any hostile force, even if it meant killing a fellow officer. Read the rest of this entry »