Archive for March 18th, 2009
David Shuster on MSNBC’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Twitter has arrived and @karlrove knows how to hype his upcoming book.
Maybe MSNBC’s and Shuster’s TV ratings will improve when Rove goes on his show?
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It only took two days of concerted discussion with Veteran’s groups which became hopping mad to get the Obama Administration to back away from their outrageous policy to charge wounded veterans for their medical care.
The White House on Wednesday backed off a controversial plan that would have dramatically altered the way the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) handles insurance claims, after veterans groups staged an all-out fight against such a proposal.
President Obama will not pursue a proposal that would have allowed the VA to charge private insurance companies for the treatment of veterans with service- and war-related injuries. The proposal raised the ire of prominent Democrats on the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs panels. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was the first to announce Wednesday afternoon that the president won’t pursue such a proposal.
For the second time in a week, representatives from prominent veterans organizations went to the White House on Wednesday to meet with the White House chief of staff on VA budget issues.
Jim King, the national executive director for American Veterans (AMVETS), said that the meeting with Rahm Emanuel lasted all of 15 minutes and that the health insurance issue was the only topic discussed. The representatives of the 11 veterans organizations told Emanuel they were not willing to back down, and the chief of staff told them that he thought the issue was “off the table,†but that he needed to talk to Obama.
Another problem with Obama’s competence? Like AIG? Or does Obama not truly respect Veterans – since he ain’t one?
In the meantime, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spins the full retreat by Obama (Via Ed):
“President Obama listened to the genuine concerns expressed by the veteran service organizations regarding the option of billing service-connected injuries to veterans’ insurance companies,†said Pelosi. “Based on the respect President Obama has for veterans and the principle concerns of our veteran leaders, the president made the decision that combat wounds should not be billed through their insurance policies.â€
Pelosi made her comments at a meeting with veterans’ service organizations at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. After her announcement, the group gave her a standing ovation.
The original Flap is below.
Jon Stewart: That Can’t Be Right – Veteran’s Health Insurance
Obama is doing rather poorly when Jon Stewart rips his wounded veteran’s policy. No wonder “The One” is going on Jay Leno tomorrow night.
By the way, I have ridiculed this betrayal of trust Obama policy a number of times.
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Jon Stewart: That Can’t Be Right – Veteran’s Health Insurance
Obama is doing rather poorly when Jon Stewart rips his wounded veteran’s policy. No wonder “The One” is going on Jay Leno tomorrow night.
By the way, I have ridiculed this betrayal of trust Obama policy a number of times.
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Oh those dirty AIG employees are up to no good again.
Really?
AIG employees kept doling out donations to politicians, including presidential candidate Barack Obama, after getting bailed out with federal funds last year, raising the question of whether those politicians will now return the money.
AIG executives gave more than $630,000 during the 2008 political cycle even as the company was falling apart
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign finance reports, more than $120,000 of that money was donated after AIG received its first $85 billion in federal bailout funds in September. The company has since received a total of $170 billion in taxpayer cash to prevent its collapse.
Their generosity included more than $23,000 to Obama’s campaign.
Both Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain raked in much larger sums from AIG earlier in the year. Obama collected a total of $130,000 from AIG in 2008, while McCain accepted a total of $59,499.
Exit answer: Don’t count on a refund.
But, look for this to be a campaign issue to be used against Senator Dodd in his 2010 race for re-election to the Senate.
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Former U.S. President George W. Bush, left, speaks with former Canadian Ambassador to the United States Frank McKenna at an invitation-only event titled a ‘Conversation with George W. Bush’ on Tuesday March 17, 2009 in Calgary, Canada
In his first public speech since leaving the Presidency, George W. Bush says he wants President Obama to succeed.
Former President George W. Bush, making his first public speech since leaving office in January, says he wants Barack Obama to succeed and that it’s “essential” to support the new leader.
Bush declined to critique the Obama administration in Tuesday’s speech, saying the new president has enough critics and that he “deserves my silence.”
“I love my country a lot more than I love politics,” Bush said. “I think it is essential that he be helped in office.”
Bush also said he plans to write a book that will ask people to consider what they would do if they had to protect the United States as president. “It’s going to be (about) the 12 toughest decisions I had to make,” he said.
“I want people to understand what it was like to sit in the Oval Office and have them come in and say we have captured Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, the alleged killer of a guy named Danny Pearl because he was simply Jewish, and we think we have information on further attacks on the United States,” Bush said.
In the meantime, Bush Derangement Syndrome protesters lined up deep to protest the President’s speech.
Protesters chant slogans outside the venue where former US President George W. Bush was speaking to an invited audience of Calgary businessmen on Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2009. The event was Bush’s first speaking engagement since leaving office in January
Bush shows his class in wishing Obama well. But, never fear – Dick Cheney and Karl Rove are set to be the attack dogs for Bush and the GOP.
Politics is politics and why the LEFT continues to hound W.
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News clip of Nancy Pelosi speaking with illegal immigrants and their familieis
I understand that Democrat Nancy Pelosi wants to pander to the Latino community for votes. But, Speaker if you do not like the laws of the United States – CHANGE THEM.
But, then again, Pelosi and the Democrats are good at symbolism over substance.
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The website and full report is here.
New Legislation introduced:
- SB 37 Public Employees: Compensation
Requires state agencies provide a secure, electronic means of viewing earning statements if the employee is enrolled in the direct deposit system. Provides that no paper copies will be distributed.
Status: Referred to S. PERSS
- SB 174 Public Safety Omnibus
Makes technical and non-substantive changes to various code sections relating to public safety.
Status: Introduced, eligible for committee on 3/17
- SB 263 Local Government: Community Service Districts
Provides the Santa Rita Hills Community Service District is authorized to limit access to roads it owns to landowners and residents.
Status: Introduced, eligible for committee on 3/27
- SB 326 Land Use: Housing Element
Requires the housing element to include within the analysis of existing and projected housing needs a quantification of foreclosures and projected foreclosures and their impact on the housing needs and inventory.
Status: Introduced, eligible for committee on 3/28
- SB 344 Crimes Against Elder & Dependent Adults
Criminalizes the theft by exploitation and theft by undue influence against an elder or dependent adult and increases the penalties for offenders with prior convictions of financial elder abuse.
Status: Introduced, eligible for committee on 3/28
- SB 685 State Boards & Commissions: Salaries: Suspension
Prohibits members of a board or commission from receiving a salary if, in 2010 the salary is $100,000 or more and the board meets two or less times a month.
Status: Eligible on 3/30
- SB 739 Political Reform Act of 1974: Fundraising
Prohibits the spouse or domestic partner of an elected official or candidate from receiving compensation for services in connection with fundraising for the benefit of the elected official or candidate.
Status: Introduced, eligible for committee on 3/30
- SB 744 Clinical Laboratories: Public Health Laboratories
This bill would adjust the rate schedule for clinical laboratories.
Status: Introduced, eligible for committee on 3/30.
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