Bookworm on Aug 03 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Elections
Tweet Every two years, like clockwork, Marinites return the execrable Lynn Woolsey to Congress. She’s so bad — by which I mean such a loopy Leftist — that I didn’t vote for her even when I was a Democrat. I was a moderate; she was, and is, a nut case. But still she wins, regularly [...]
Bookworm on Jul 16 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Congress, Conservative ideology
Tweet Yesterday, weary and depressed, I linked to Charles Krauthammer’s most recent post, one that has him posit a Machiavellian Obama who has succeeded in laying the groundwork, not only for the transformation and, inevitably destruction of America, but also for his own reelection, so that he can cement his gains irrevocably. A youthful reader, [...]
Bookworm on May 25 2010 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet Oh, how I wish I could vote in Alabama. First Dale Peterson, and now Rick Barber, whose campaign video you must watch. And then watch again. And then send to your friends: It will not surprise you, I think, to learn that Barber is a Marine Corps veteran. Hat tip: American Thinker
Bookworm on May 18 2010 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet In a time of economic uncertainty, which is not helped by runaway government spending, you might be surprised (happily or otherwise) to learn where your Senator or House member stands when it comes to pro-growth policies. I was not at all surprised to learn that my representatives — Woolsey, Boxer and Feinstein — are [...]
Bookworm on May 14 2010 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet I met Mickey Kaus a few years ago at a blogger’s gathering. He is precisely as Jonah Goldberg describes him: middle aged, a little disheveled (albeit quite attractive), and hostile to BS. I don’t agree with his political views, but he is smart, honest with himself and others, and he’s not an axe-grinder. Democrats, [...]
Bookworm on Apr 28 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Congress
Tweet A brief history: Obama promised that the health care debate was so important, it would be carried on C-SPAN. That did not happen. Obama promised that any proposed bill on health care would be placed on a website for public comment far in advance of the vote. That did not happen. Obama promised that [...]
Bookworm on Apr 01 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Government
Tweet Yes, you’ve already seen this video of Rep. Hank Johnson from Georgia (Cynthia McKinney’s old district), but I’m going to show it again, if for no other reason than to appreciate the Admiral’s incredible polite restraint. An officer and a gentleman, that’s for sure: Many have noted that Rep. Johnson is ill, which may [...]
Bookworm on Mar 22 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Elections
Tweet As part of a longer rumination about the stability that the Cold War provided for our political system, James Taranto makes the following observations about yesterday’s House vote: Why did it happen? Last November voters sent what seemed to us a pretty clear message by rejecting Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and [...]
Bookworm on Mar 22 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats
Tweet The Atlantic is no hotbed of conservatism, but at least one Atlantic writer is smart enough to understand what yesterday’s vote meant: One cannot help but admire Nancy Pelosi’s skill as a legislator. But it’s also pretty worrying. Are we now in a world where there is absolutely no recourse to the tyranny of [...]
Bookworm on Mar 16 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Congress
Tweet You’ve all heard by now about the 2300 “reconciliation” bill that the House won’t vote on but will simply deem passed, thereby, in a completely unconstitutional way, making the bill a law. (Ahem.) But did you know that Pelosi has been busy sticking in more than just student loan relief so that we can [...]
Bookworm on Mar 11 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Health
Tweet Pride can make us do very stupid things. Once we’ve committed to something (a job, a marriage, a principle, whatever), and once we’ve touted that commitment to the world as the most wonderful thing evah, it is extremely difficult to stand up to that same world and admit “I made a mistake.” I’ve been [...]
Bookworm on Mar 11 2010 | Filed under: Communism, Congress, Corruption, Democrats
Tweet As everyone should know by now, House Democrats are contemplating doing away entirely with a vote on the Senate bill, and simply announcing that they’ve passed it. After all, why shouldn’t the Constitution bow down before their overweening statism? Steve Schippert, a veteran, has unloaded both cannons against this attack on core American values [...]
Bookworm on Mar 10 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Health
Tweet Nancy is boasting that she’s got the votes. We thought last fall that this was an empty boast, but it wasn’t. We should, therefore, be very concerned that she makes this boast. The Tea Party Patriots have put together an action email, telling you what you can do to help. Here is the email [...]
Bookworm on Mar 10 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Health
Tweet Perhaps it really is true that Pelosi doesn’t have the votes for Obama Care. After all, if she did, why would the Democrats be considering the “Slaughter Option” something that involves bypassing votes altogether: The Slaughter Solution is a plan by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Democratic chair of the powerful House Rules Committee [...]
Bookworm on Mar 09 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Health
Tweet The American Thinker spells it out: Richard Baehr, ace political watcher, thinks the odds are that Nancy Pelosi, through brute force, will get Obama Care through. Once that happens, of course, it’s the law, and “reconciliation,” which is ostensibly meant to smooth away any lingering roughness, will die a’bornin’ Christopher Chantrill explains what government [...]
Bookworm on Mar 08 2010 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet As those who have been paying attention (that would be all of you) know, the presidential election was the first election in which Obama actually ended up going head to head with an opponent. In previous (i.e., state) elections, ugly information mysteriously surfaced about Obama’s opponents, forcing them to withdraw from the fray, and [...]
Bookworm on Mar 08 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Health
Tweet Here’s what I see going on and, please, correct me if I’m wrong: Reconciliation is a red herring. Right now, the House is being promised that, if it votes on the Senate bill, the Senate will fix differences between the two bills through reconciliation. So everyone is focusing on whether the Senate will indeed [...]
Bookworm on Mar 05 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health
Tweet I believe more and more strongly that reconciliation is a red herring, meant to induce the House to pass the Senate bill. Once that’s done, this so called “reconciliation,” an alleged second bill that will smooth away the differences between the two chambers (especially the House’s demand that abortion, which is part of the [...]
Bookworm on Feb 23 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Congress
Tweet Hear me out. Sure, the public is indignant about our current state of affairs, especially the mushrooming deficits that have pretty much sealed our national bankruptcy (in my humble opinion). What worries me, though, is what needs to be done to fix the problem. I personally don’t see any solution except to administer massive [...]
Bookworm on Jan 29 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats
Tweet As part of a longer post about the Democrats’ anti-democratic tendencies, Peter Wehner has this to say: If you wanted a sound bite that embodied much of what is wrong with contemporary liberalism, you could do worse than listen to the words of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on health care: We’ll go through the [...]
Bookworm on Jan 10 2010 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet First, here is Scott Brown’s latest ad: Second, not only should conservatives and independents in Massachusetts vote for him, but so should progressives. After all, the latter hate the proposed health care bill as much as the former do. Conservatives and independents hate the bill because it vests power in the government; progressives hate [...]
Bookworm on Jan 09 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Corruption
Tweet I’ve got a matched set of posts for you today. The first is an American Thinker article by John Gaski, in which he advances the argument that the Democrats are tuning out the American voters, not because they are blinded by ideology, but because they have a well-advanced system in place for permanent one [...]
Bookworm on Jan 05 2010 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet Good ad: Massachusetts has drowned itself in the Kool-Aid since 1972, but maybe a strong Republican candidate, a strong message, and an insane Democratic party can make the difference. UPDATE: If you’d like to contribute to Brown’s campaign, here’s his website. As Kate said in the comments when she provided the link, the Dems [...]
Bookworm on Dec 27 2009 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet Compare and contrast: No wonder our government functions like a bad comedy. At least Foster Brooks was talented. Baucus is just a hack — with your life in his hands.
Bookworm on Dec 22 2009 | Filed under: Congress
Tweet I know many of you enjoyed the video I uploaded of a speech by Col. Allen West (ret.). Andrea Shea King is having him on her radio show tonight: Tonight we’ll talk with Col. Allen West (US Army Ret), Congressional House candidate for Florida’s District 22 (Jupiter, Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray, [...]
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