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Still Bush's fault
We’ve seen former president George W. Bush take the blame for the economy, lack of jobs, and even the BP oil spill. Now, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has found something new to blame ole’ W. for: her own ethics violations.
Embattled Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday blamed the Bush administration for her ethics problems — saying she had to intervene with the Treasury Department on behalf of minority-owned banks seeking federal bailout funds — including one tied to her husband — because the Treasury Department wouldn’t schedule its own appointments.
The California Democrat said in a Capitol Hill news conference — an event rarely held during a congressional recess — that she reached out to then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson in late 2008 when his department failed to respond to the National Bank Association’s request for a meeting.
Of course, this sort of corruption shouldn’t come as a surprise from someone who, from 1996-2004 had relatives earning a collective total of $1 million from companies that Waters had helped in her role as Congresswoman.
Unfortunately, Maxine Waters is black, however. Therefore, I’m a racist.
Strictly Right Radio episode 46
On this Strictly Right, Ari and Andrew take a look at Democrats in Congress who hold you in contempt, the truth about tax cuts, a play about jihad, a great It Must Be A Liberal, the race issue in the latest House Ethics probes and more.
You can listen to this episode online here or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.
Best Congressional Speech Ever (Video)
Thanks to Cubachi (the coolest conservative chica ever by the way,) I came across this old speech by Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) that simply put, is awesome. Contrary to popular belief, liberals are capable of thought, it’s just a convoluted and often hypocritical line of thinking. That said, welcome to your first lesson in, “How to Speak Democrat!”
It takes talent to use 2309 pages to say nothing
At least the Democrats are getting good at something.
Philip Klein of The American Spectator Reports:
In a phone interview with TAS Thursday afternoon, [Rep. Paul] Ryan [R-WI] said that he expects Democrats to begin the complex process on Monday, under which they would have the Budget Committee approve a phantom bill by midnight, which they will then send over to the Rules Committee. At that point, the Rules Committee will strip out all of the language in the phantom bill, and insert the changes to the Senate bill that Democrats have negotiated.
Now, this whole rigmarole sounds a little confusing — which it is. The Democrats have attempted to look at every possible loophole to pass Obamacare without going through the standard congressional process. Big surprise, they failed. So, instead of finding a loophole they’re making stuff up, which David Axelrod doesn’t seem to mind:
The one thing I’m sure of is that the American people don’t know or care much about the sequencing of parliamentary procedures. They want an up or down vote after a year long debate to bring this to a close.
Well David, you’re right that Americans do want to bring this to a close. Similarly, they also want to bring the Chicago politics that you and B. Hussein Obama seem to insistent on keeping in the White House to a close. Sorry, what was that? You don’t actually care about what Americans want? My bad.
Healthcare has become the new Chicago 2016 Olympics. Politicians have lost sight of whether or not it’s a good idea. Now, it’s simply a legacy bill. Obama doesn’t care about health insurance for the poor; he proved that quite clearly when he let one of his supporters die (and be buried in a Barack Obama t-shirt.) He doesn’t care about saving the world one free surgery at a time, he wants to go down in the history books. And he will, and the first one-term African American President.