Eric Cantor – GOP Will Repeal ObamaCare

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) promises that a GOP Congress will repeal ObamaCare:

"we will do everything we can" to delay, defund and repeal Obamacare.

Let’s hold Eric to his promise.  Elect a GOP House and Senate – then put their feet to the fire!

H/T – Lynn Mitchell @ SWACgirl and RealClearPolitics

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Bob Goodlatte on the Upcoming Tax Increase

MASSIVE TAX INCREASE WILL HIT ALL AMERICANS

More than 7 million jobs have been lost in the last three years and over 3 million of those jobs have been lost since the President signed the so-called stimulus bill into law last year.

Unfortunately, these are numbers that the American people are all too familiar with and yet the Congress continues to pursue an agenda that will further threaten American job creators. While Americans are asking “Where are the jobs?”, the Majority in Congress continues to demonstrate that they do not understand the priorities of our constituents or appreciate how private sector jobs are created.

It is clear: the policies of higher taxes, runaway spending, government takeovers and record debt which have become commonplace in Washington these days are having a chilling effect on the nation’s small businesses, the economic engine of our economy. From the so-called stimulus bill to the government takeover of our health care system and the threat of higher taxes and massive deficit spending, these policies have further hindered the creation of private sector jobs.

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Will Lisa Murkowski BUY Her Way Onto Ballot?

We’ve seen it all before.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) just can’t seem to help screwing up.

First, they supported Charlie Crist.  Florida Republicans wanted Marco Rubio.  The NRSC wanted Sue Lowden.  Nevada Republicans wanted Sharon Angle.  The NRSC wanted Trey Grayson.  Kentucky Republicans wanted Rand Paul. … You get the idea.

NOW, NRSC chairman Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) may be getting ready to make his BIGGEST MISTAKE YET!

As a tight Alaska senatorial primary goes to absentee ballots, the NRSC appears to be putting resources behind incumbent senator (and primary night loser) Lisa Murkowski.  There’s just one problem.  Rumors are swirling that Murkowski is in negotiations to buy her way onto the ballot through Alaska’s Libertarian Party should she lose after the absentee count.

Does Sen. Cornyn really want to go to GOP donors asking for money and have to explain why NRSC funds went to support someone on the Libertarian line.

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Obama’s Oil Drilling Moratorium Has Cost 23,000 Jobs

Barack Obama wants MORE spending to aid the economy.  Yet, he didn’t hesitate to put an estimated 23,000 people out of work “for the environment”.  That’s the cost of his administration’s decision to stop drilling in the Gulf.

I guess a job’s not a job unless you work for the government.

We were told that this was necessary because we were facing the greatest environmental disaster of our lifetimes.  Well, it seems that wasn’t exactly true.  However, Obama followed Rahm Emmanuel’s advice – never let a good crisis go to waste.

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The Decline Continues …

I guess it’s still all George W. Bush’s fault!

High Unemployment Continues.  Home sales are in decline.  Auto sales fell through the floor after Obama’s “Cash for Clunkers” program ended.  Used car prices are unnaturally high thanks to government interference in the market. 

What do these little factoids have in common?  Liberal interference with the free market.

Who’s at fault?  OF COURSE, it can’t be the sainted Obama.

If Republicans were out of power for DECADES.  The left and the media would STILL somehow manage to blame George W. Bush and the GOP.  One thing is for certain; FACTS mean nothing!

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Can We Spend Our Way to Recovery?

It should come as no surprise to you that I don’t think we can.  Thanks to the profligate policies of Obama / Pelosi / Reid most Americans realize it too.

Is there a solution?  YES!  Read this outline from Heritage:

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National Cost of Government Day

Yesterday was National Cost of Government Day.  What does that mean?  It means that, on average, you have finished paying the cost of government for this year:

Today is the first day you stopped working for Uncle Sam and began working for yourself. Americans must labor 231 days out of the year just to meet all costs imposed by government – 8 days later than last year and a full 34 days longer than 2008.

Sadly, if you live in Maryland (as I do) you will continue paying for the cost of government through September 4th (4th worse in the nation).  Delawareans will have met their obligations tomorrow.  Virginians on August 25th.

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When All Else Fail – The Politics of Fear

Taxes go up in January.  Unemployment is still hovering at 10%.  The economy is still in the tank.  The deficit has soared to an unheard of TRILLION dollars.  What’s a Democrat to do?

Go back to the playbook!  The politics of fear seems to work when all else is failing.

Their policies have been complete failures.  If they run on their record, few Democrat seats are safe.  So ….

During his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama gave us a glimpse into this fall’s mid-term elections:

IF YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN OLD PEOPLE WILL DIE!

Seniors freezing in the cold, eating cat food; that is the image Barack Obama and the DNC want to paint for this fall’s election.  Why not?

As Erick Erickson points out in RedState – it’s a replay of 1994 all over again.  Fortunately, it didn’t work then.  Hopefully, it won’t work now.

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Bloggers Beware! Big Brother Wants YOU

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the blogosphere …

Politicians have egos.  Let’s face it, you need a healthy ego to run for public office.  There’s nothing wrong with that.  However, when politicians conspire with the bureaucracy – and each other- to prevent average citizens from exercising their First Amendment rights, something is WRONG!

To that end, politicians are turning to campaign finance laws to prevent citizen bloggers from criticizing those self same politicians:

In Ohio, for instance, Edmund Corsi runs GeaugaConstitutionalCouncil.org, a blog that praises and criticizes various local officials. Well, it turns out that some of those officials don’t like getting criticized. Rather than responding with their own speech, however, those pols got the Geauga Board of Elections to file a complaint with the Ohio Election Commission. They said that Corsi violated Ohio’s campaign finance laws because he failed to register, appoint a treasurer and file regular financial reports with the state before daring to speak.

After some legal wrangling, the Commission now reads the complaint to say that Corsi violated the law by not disclosing his name and home address on the website. But, as the Institute for Justice has repeatedly pointed out, mandatory disclosure laws cause far too many people to remain silent. Thankfully, an Ohio-based public interest law firm has come to Corsi’s defense and asked for these charges to be dismissed.

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Where’s That PORKULUS Money Going?

As we noted earlier today, my Congressman, Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) hasn’t been the most available fellow ever since hordes of constituents let him know last year that they were none too happy with his votes FOR the Obama PORKULUS and “Cap and Tax”.  They were going to be REALLY angry if Kratovil voted for ObamaCare.  Being the courageous fellow that he is, Kratovil reversed himself on one of the few issues he actually took a stand on in 2008 – he voted against the massive takeover of our health care system.

While Kratovil claims to be a “fiscally responsible” Democrat.  I wonder if Frank has been checking on where some of that PORKULUS money has been going?  If so, perhaps that explains why Kratovil has been in hiding – he’s embarrassed!

Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and John McCain (R-AZ) have recently released Summertime Blues – 100 Stimulus Projects That Give Taxpayers The Blues.  I’m definitely embarrassed for Kratovil and I’m not even a supporter!  Here are just a few of the stellar uses of borrowed dollars which our children and grandchildren will be paying off long after we’re gone:

• $141,000 – to study DINOSAUR EGGS in CHINA
• $1.9 Million – to PHOTOGRAPH ANTS
• $144,500 – to study COCAINE USE in MONKEYS
• $296,000 – to study DOG DOMESTICATION

Now these are just some of the low dollar items.  Check out Summertime Blues for some of the rather large, and of course, rather wasteful big ticket “projects”.  I particularly like Pittsburgh’s answer to the “Big Dig”.  A project Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell equated to a black hole – until PORKULUS offered to pony up.

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