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Bush wins policy battle, reauthorizes SCHIP

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

After resisting Democratic led efforts to expand the popular State Children Heatlh Insruance Program (SCHIP) by $35 billion by exercising his veto pen twice, President Bush signed a bill reauthorizing, not expanding, the program at its current spending levels until March 2009.
As you may remember, Bush vetoed the SCHIP expansion because it was funded through […]

Bush rejects defense bill

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Yesterday, President Bush “pocket vetoed” a defense bill because of a provision that would make Iraqi assests in the United States available as damages in lawsuits.
Bush said the legislation “would imperil billions of dollars of Iraqi assets at a crucial juncture in that nation’s reconstruction efforts.”
Bush rejected the bill because he dislikes a provision that […]

Bush comments on his role in 2008

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

President Bush refused to answer a question centering on Gov. Huckabee’s statement that the Bush administration is “arrogant.”
Rather, President Bush stated that he will not comment on the presidential political landscape during primary season, but instead chooses to “reserve judgement.” He said his role in 2008 will be to unify the party and to […]

Extreme rhetoric

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

The level of political discourse needs to improve. Both parties have improvements to make. But in this case, a California liberal Democrat makes an ass out of himself on the Floor of the House.

Newt: Campaign like Bush in ‘08 and we lose

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Divine Right

Friday, September 28th, 2007

116 million Americans have only known rule by a Bush or a Clinton.
Are there really only two families qualified to run the show?

(Conservative) Quote of the Day

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

To counter Rawhide’s propensity to put up quotes from liberals, I have another (more conservative) quote of the day. And it simply is,
We’re kicking ass
- President W to Mark Vaile, the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, while in Iraq and on the progress being made there.
Oh and by the way, we are kicking ass…
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The blame Bush mentality manifested in a t-shirt…

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Poll: Monitoring phone calls makes America Safer

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Rasmussen Reports:
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters believe that allowing the government to intercept phone calls from terrorist suspects makes America safer.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans believe that allowing the government to intercept such calls makes the nation safer.
To speak in light of a recent post, polls as we should all know isn’t all that makes […]

Cutting Taxes: Good Philosophy, Good Policy, Good Strategy

Friday, August 10th, 2007

President Bush is rumored to be considering cutting corporate tax rates. On Bush’s part this is a smart move as it signals his willingness to move forward with another part of his domestic policy agenda. Not to mention, cutting taxes is good philosophy, good policy, and good strategy.
It is good philosophy for precisely […]

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