Saturday, November 21, 2009

The Toughest Vote

The Toughest Vote:
From the article: "Lincoln’s also getting a lot of push-back from the left over her position on health care reform. Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling writes today that 30% of Democrats in the R+4 AR-02 district think she’s too conservative. “I’m really not sure what Lincoln should do but I certainly don’t envy her position,” Jensen writes. “She’s stuck between a rock and a hard place.”"

I have an idea: how about voting for what's right and not worrying about reelection? Just a thought...

Saturday, November 14, 2009

How liberal elitism will sink this country

http://www.truthout.org/1111099

David Sirota | Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?

David Sirota | Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?:

Let's say you're a congressperson or tea party leader looking to champion deficit reduction -- a cause 38 percent of Americans tell pollsters they support. And let's say you're deciding whether to back two pieces of imminent legislation.

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be: "ESCONDIDO, CA—Provoked by a presidential administration he believes is guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 46, has become a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head."



(Via The Onion.)