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JEB BUSH’S CPAC FAIL--constant boos!
Post Date: 2015-02-27 18:28:43 by out damned spot
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland–Here at CPAC, the speaker lineup got shuffled around to accommodate Sen. Rand Paul’s voting schedule in the Senate. That led to a big delay for a large group of young Jeb Bush supporters who arrived in time to boost their candidate’s CPAC speech. Instead of Jeb Bush, who was expected to speak at 1:40 this afternoon, supporters found Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson on stage. As the delay continued, the influx of Bush supporters wearing red “Jeb!” stickers thumbed through their smart phones and waited patiently in the ballroom aisles for their candidate. Many of the ballroom chairs weren’t filled, but they appeared willing to stay ...
Top GOP operative calls Scott Walker 'kind of a dumba--'
Post Date: 2015-02-27 18:08:56 by Willie Green
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Mark Salter, who was a top adviser on the 2008 presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain (R), is not a fan of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R). On Thursday, Salter went on Facebook and posted an article criticizing a comment Walker made about the Islamic State jihadist group (also known as ISIS or ISIL) at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Salter added a colorful comment. "I want to like him but Scott Walker is kind of a dumb ass," Salter wrote. During the 2008 race, Salter became known as an outspoken staffer who sent reporters colorful missives Politico dubbed "Saltergrams." He did not respond to a request for comment about his post from Business ...
Cruz takes aim at libertarians
Post Date: 2015-02-27 12:04:08 by Gatlin
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took aim at libertarianism to the famously libertarian-leaning Conservative Political Action Conference crowd, implicitly knocking Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — a possible rival for the 2016 Republican nomination — as he called for the GOP to stand strong on social issues and foreign policy. Calling for Republicans to "reassemble the Reagan coalition," Cruz demanded that the party not walk away from its traditional voting base. "We bring together fiscal conservatives, social conservatives and national security conservatives. We stand strong for economic growth but we also stand for life and marriage. We defend the constitutional rights but we ...
Sarah Palin tells Obama Christians pray for you, 'radical Islamists want to cut off your head'
Post Date: 2015-02-27 11:09:59 by cranky
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Lectures on religion like the one Obama gave at the National Prayer Breakfast 'won't stop the Islamists from killing the Christians,' she said'While Christians bow our head to pray for you, radical Islamists want to cut off your head,' she said of the president Mocking Obama's views on radical Islam, she said: 'Pretending its not there doesn't make it go away. Calling it something else won't make it so' Conservative darling Sarah Palin said Thursday that President Barack Obama needs to wake up and realize that the United States and the 'genocidal thugs' affiliated with ISIS can never coexist.Referencing Obama's remarks at the National ...
Obama Dares GOP: Go Ahead, ‘Have a Vote on Whether What I’m Doing Is Legal…I Will Veto’
Post Date: 2015-02-27 10:29:01 by cranky
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Pres. Obama is daring Republicans to vote on whether or not his executive actions are legal. Discussing opposition to his executive amnesty orders at an immigration town hall Wednesday, Obama said he would veto the vote because his actions are “the right thing to do”: “So in the short term, if Mr. McConnell, the leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, want to have a vote on whether what I’m doing is legal or not, they can have that vote. I will veto that vote, because I’m absolutely confident that what we’re doing is the right thing to do.” video Obama argued that he has merely “expanded my authorities” – ...
Elizabeth Warren’s next target: Trade deals
Post Date: 2015-02-27 10:19:34 by Willie Green
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The senator says Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership would empower corporations. Elizabeth Warren is gearing up for another big fight with the Obama administration, this time over trade. The Massachusetts senator is stepping up her criticism of the administration’s proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, a centerpiece of the president’s second-term agenda, saying it could allow multinational corporations to gut U.S. regulations and win big settlements funded by U.S. taxpayers but decided by an international tribunal. “This deal would give protections to international corporations that are not available to United States environmental and labor groups,” Warren said in an ...
The stranger in the White House
Post Date: 2015-02-27 09:52:05 by cranky
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Does Barack Obama love America?At this point, who really cares?Half of America isn’t paying much attention to him, and the other half is thinking about who might succeed him in 2016.And yet, thanks to a recent comment by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the question shows it still has political legs.The problem is that it misses the real point.The issue raised by Mr. Giuliani’s comment is not whether or to what extent Mr. Obama loves his country. It is also not about Mr. Obama’s patriotism or lack thereof.The real point is as true as it is frightening: Six years into Mr. Obama’s presidency, the man is still a stranger.That’s what Mr. Giuliani was really ...
CPAC attendees plan to walk out on Jeb Bush
Post Date: 2015-02-27 09:45:01 by Tooconservative
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A movement is underway to stage an informal protest when former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush hits the CPAC stage Friday. William Temple, a member of the Golden Isle Tea Party, told The Washington Times that the party doesn’t need another Bush in office, and said that the party should listen to the grass-roots activists that helped fuel their gains in the 2014 election. “A lot of peoples were not going to come here because they heard Jeb Bush was speaking,” Mr. Temple said before laying out his plan at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “We are going to get up en masse, and we are going to walk out on him,” the 64-year-old said. “We are not going to ...
en. Ted Cruz at CPAC 2015: Stand With the People, Not Washington
Post Date: 2015-02-27 05:08:04 by out damned spot
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PALIN DEMANDS OBAMA PUT VETERANS AHEAD OF ILLEGALS
Post Date: 2015-02-26 21:06:56 by out damned spot
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On Thursday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin ripped the Obama administration for putting the needs of illegal immigrants ahead of veterans who sacrificed to ensure the nation’s freedoms. At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Palin referred to the Veterans Administration’s wait-list scandal and said, “we can’t wait for D.C. to fix their bureaucratic blunders.” Palin demanded that veterans get vouchers to get treatment outside of the VA. “Give our vets the same freedoms they gave us,” she declared. “And instead of illegal aliens cutting in line and being rewarded with a handout of U.S. benefits, we demand that the vets are first ...
Idaho Committee Rejects 'Christian State' Resolution (Kootenai County Republican Committee)
Post Date: 2015-02-26 17:34:34 by Hondo68
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COEUR D'ALENE (AP) | The Kootenai County Republican Committee in northern Idaho has rejected a draft resolution asking that the Idaho Legislature formally declare Idaho a Christian state. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports that more than two-thirds of the committee members voted Tuesday to kill the resolution. Precinct Committeeman Hans Neumann put forward the resolution. Committeeman Bjorn Handeen immediately objected to force the 52 members in attendance to vote on whether to even consider the motion. The committee opted not to have a roll-call vote.
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McConnell faces conservative backlash over compromise to fund DHS, Dems get on board
Post Date: 2015-02-25 16:43:09 by out damned spot
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faced a conservative backlash Wednesday after backing off demands that Congress reverse President Obama’s immigration executive actions as a condition for funding the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Democrats, meanwhile, voiced support for the new plan after initially staying coy. A day earlier, McConnell, R-Ky., effectively gave them what they wanted – by agreeing to hold a stand-alone vote on a DHS funding bill, with no immigration measures attached. “We are going to do everything we can to make sure it passes by an overwhelming vote. I think virtually every Democrat will vote for that,” Senate Minority Leader Harry ...
TROUBLE IN CHICAGO: 'GODFATHER' FORCED INTO RUNOFF
Post Date: 2015-02-24 23:37:29 by out damned spot
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will take on Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia in a runoff election on April 7. A fiery Garcia, who finished second to Emanuel, criticized Emanuel on catering to special interests and failing to do enough on crime an education in a speech to his supporters at the Alhambra Palace on the West Loop.“This city needs a mayor who will put the people first and not big money special interests,” Garcia said. “I will be that mayor.” Garcia supporters were already wearing mustache-emblazoned campaign buttons with the April 7 runoff date at his election party. With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Emanuel had ...
That was then, this is now: Scott Walker suddenly a hard-liner on abortion as he vaults to 2016 GOP front-runner status
Post Date: 2015-02-23 12:05:21 by cranky
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In October the Wisconsin governor pledged to support legislation focused on 'safety' during abortions'The bill leaves the final decision to a woman and her doctor,' he said in a campaign adThis month he's telling potential donors that he supports a 'personhood' amendment, which insists that life begins at conceptionHe boasted in January that he had 'defunded Planned Parenthood,' America's wealthiest and most politically savvy chain of abortion clinicsWalker is busy beefing up his conservative bona fides in advance of a bruiing GOp presidential primary that may not favor blue-state moderates Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is learning that major leagues ...
American Way: After Barack Obama's celebrity presidency is America ready for a hard man in the White House?
Post Date: 2015-02-21 17:52:28 by cranky
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Wisconsin governor Scott Walker He is balding and frankly – even his supporters would concede – a little bit boring. So how has Scott Walker, the governor of the Midwestern state of Wisconsin, suddenly pulled into the front rank of Republican candidates for president? With neither an instantly recognisable name – like Jeb Bush – nor a balloon-sized ego that craves media attention – like Chris Christie – Mr Walker reached near-parity with Mr Bush in the polls this week in the electorally pacesetting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. In an era where politics has become increasingly intertwined with celebrity, Mr Walker, the 47-year-old son of a ...
Jeb Bush Exposed Part 2 – He Thinks Unconstitutional NSA Spying is “Hugely Important”
Post Date: 2015-02-21 12:45:17 by Deckard
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In some ways I’m actually looking forward to the imperial spectacle that will be the Jeb Bush vs. Hilary Clinton Presidential contest in 2016. Just like an alcoholic or drug addict is often unable to shake the cycle of addiction until hitting rock bottom, so too it seems the American peasantry must hit political rock bottom before becoming fed up enough to do something about it; and I can’t imagine a more odious, absurd scenario than being forced to chose between another Bush and another Clinton. I’ve given Hilary a lot of grief here at Liberty Blitzkrieg, primarily because she’s an oligarch coddling embarrassment (links at the end). Jeb Bush hasn’t received ...
RUBIO TO SKIP VOTE FOR DHS FUNDING BILL BLOCKING OBAMA AMNESTY TO TEST PRESIDENTIAL WATERS IN NH
Post Date: 2015-02-20 21:07:22 by out damned spot
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will miss a crucial vote in the U.S. Senate next week. Senate Republicans will try to break the Democrat filibuster of a House-passed bill that funds the entire Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but blocks funding for President Obama’s executive amnesty. Rubio will miss the vote because he’ll be in New Hampshire, testing the waters for a potential presidential campaign. “Rubio will be in New Hampshire early next week, where he’s going to miss at least one vote in the Senate on the DHS deadlock,” Politico’s Burgess Everett wrote on Friday morning in the tip sheet email by Politico, Huddle. Rubio’s spokesman Alex Conant confirms ...
Times are tough for the anti-interventionist libertarian
Post Date: 2015-02-20 08:33:01 by Gatlin
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Americans have short memories. It was not long ago that the nation was beset by war-weariness. The American public, we were told, was snake bit as a result of a long war to subdue insurgent elements in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, with a new and terrible enemy before us, Americans do not seem all that apprehensive about getting back into the international security business as a result of their experience in the last decade. According to a recent CBS News poll, 65 percent of Americans see ISIS as a major threat and 57 percent would support the use of U.S. troops to neutralize them. That includes 50 percent of Democrats and 53 percent of independent survey respondents. In short, America is ...
Jeb Bush could raise more than $4 million in Chicago on Wednesday
Post Date: 2015-02-19 12:32:40 by GeorgiaConservative
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush could be poised to raise more than $4 million in the Windy City on Wednesday as he prepares to run for president, according to people helping to organize two fundraising events there. "It will be a blockbuster day in Illinois," said one, who said Bush's total haul "should be north of $4 million." Click for Full Text!
Libertarians Morphing into Leftist “Social Justice Warriors” At International Students for Liberty Conference
Post Date: 2015-02-19 10:33:05 by Gatlin
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I promised myself I wouldn’t fall back on stereotypes and cheap shots. I swore I wouldn’t take the easy way out. But when the first things you see at the International Students for Liberty Conference, held February 13-15 in Washington D.C., are two dudes in fedoras groping each other and a desperate looking guy asking where the LGBT party is, it’s hard to resist. The conference was not exactly a “safe space” for your typical FoxNews Republican. The most popular speaker was Edward Snowden, a man neoconservatives consider nothing less than a traitor [Libertarian Students Honor Their Chosen Hero, Edward Snowden, by Robby Soave, Reason, February 15, 2015]. ...
Pinterest shuts down the fake Hillary Clinton account created by Senator Rand Paul
Post Date: 2015-02-19 00:36:22 by Gatlin
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The fake, awful, sexist, and unfunny parody Pinterest account that Senator Rand Paul created in Hillary Clinton's name has been shut down. Paul tweeted a link to the page on Saturday in an attempt to poke fun at the woman who could be challenging him in the 2016 US presidential race, referring to the bogus account as "Hillary Clinton's new Valentine's Day Pinterest board." We dissected Paul's misguided, failed attempt at humor shortly after it went up. The stunt, which failed to pick up any real momentum on Twitter despite Paul's plea for the RT, didn't last long. Regardless of where you land on politics, it's tough to fault Pinterest for axing ...
“That’s something that should make libertarians nervous”: Inside the tumultuous rise of an American ideology
Post Date: 2015-02-19 00:09:46 by Gatlin
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“Libertarianism,” like its ideological cousin neoliberalism, is one of those words that people in the political world use a lot without establishing whether everyone agrees on its meaning. This doesn’t really matter in the vast majority of cases (because nothing that happens during a fight in a comment thread or on Twitter matters). But as support for libertarian-backed causes like marriage equality, opposition to the war on drugs, and resistance against the rise of mass incarceration become ever-greater parts of U.S. politics, the definition of libertarianism will matter more, too — for the sake of apportioning credit and blame, if nothing else.In the interest of ...
RUBIO ABANDONS GOP POSITION, CAVES TO OBAMA EXECUTIVE AMNESTY
Post Date: 2015-02-18 21:31:02 by out damned spot
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UPDATE: Rubio’s spokesman Alex Conant reached out to Breitbart News after the publication of this article to clarify the senator’s position. “Senator Rubio does not support shutting down DHS,” Conant said in a statement. “But he does support stopping the new executive order on immigration and is willing to support any approach we could get passed to stop it. But the President had made clear he will veto any effort to stop his unconstitutional order. And Senate Democrats have made clear they will not even end their filibuster on the DHS funding bill. The result will be a DHS shutdown which would be harmful to our national security. The answer is not for Republicans ...
Ominous Tweet From Matt Drudge About Obama: “Like He Knows Something Terrible Coming… Very Unsettling”
Post Date: 2015-02-18 10:54:03 by Deckard
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Arguably one of the most influential people in global media, Matt Drudge is known for his breaking stories and connections to Washington politicos. It is said that he often drives the news cycle with over 1 billion monthly readers, many of whom work in politics and media. When Drudge says something people listen, because if there’s anyone who might get the heads up about events before they become public it’s him. And based on a tweet recently posted to his Twitter account it’s quite possible that he knows something we have not yet been made privy to. On Sunday night President Obama delivered a pre-taped speech to audience members at the Grammy awards. ...
The Unadulterated Truth George Carlin on "The American Dream"
Post Date: 2015-02-17 12:59:54 by Deckard
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3 Minute Video "The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They OWN YOU." Transcript But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education SUCKS, and it’s the same reason it will never, ever, EVER be fixed. It’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it, be happy with what you’ve got. Because the owners, the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now, the BIG owners! The Wealthy… the REAL owners! The big wealthy business interests that control ...
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