• Barack Obama,  Bobby Jindal,  Day By Day,  John McCain,  Mike Huckabee,  Mitt Romney,  Sarah Palin

    Day By Day by Chris Muir February 25, 2009 – Undefined

    February 25, 2009 /
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    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    After watching President Obama’s faux State of the Union speech last night and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s Republican response, the old man McCain and the flashy Sarah Palin don’t look so bad, now do they?

    Will the GOP be able to resist Sarah Palin in 2012?

    Seriously, can you see her in a contest with Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal and Mike Huckabee?

    No contest.

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  • California Election 2010,  John McCain,  Meg Whitman,  Mitt Romney,  Pete Wilson,  Steve Poizner,  Tony Strickland

    Meg Whitman Gears Up for 2010 California Governor Race

    February 9, 2009 /
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    Looks like former e-Bay CEO Meg Whitman is finally announcing a run for California Governor.

    Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman officially submitted her bid to explore a run for governor on Monday.

    The move by the billionaire businesswoman sets up what’s expected to be an expensive, 17-month auction between herself and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in the 2010 Republican primary.

    “California faces challenges unlike any other time in its history — a weak and faltering economy, massive job losses, and an exploding state budget deficit. California is better than this, and I refuse to stand by and watch it fail,” Whitman said in a prepared statement, announcing her exploration of a run for governor. “Now is the time for people across the state to join in a cause for change, excellence and a new California.”

    Whitman, 52, first stepped onto the political stage in last year’s presidential campaign, initially as a fundraiser to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, then as a senior adviser to Republican nominee John McCain.

    McCain, at one point, called Whitman one of the “three wisest people” he knew, handing her a speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.

    The race will be an expensive one in the June GOP primary election between Whitman and California Insurance Commissioner and fellow billionaire Steve Poizner.

    Whitman has an impressive list of Republican endorsers including former California Governor and U.S. Senator Pete Wilson, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Senator John McCain. Other California co-chairs of her campaign include:

    • Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Moorpark
    • Rep. Mary Bono-Mack, R-Palm Springs
    • Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego
    • Former Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster

    What is interesting is that Whitman boasts conservative and moderate pro-choice Republican supporters.

    Whitman wil be criticzed having just registered as a Republican in 2007 and having missed some chances to vote in recent elections. But, unlike, Caroline Kennedy, Meg’s Whitman’s REAL success in business should trump these negatives.

    Here is Whitman’s introductory video:

    Whitman’s website is here.

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  • Barack Obama,  economics,  John McCain

    Obama Bait and Switch – PORKULUS: Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Economic Bailouts

    February 9, 2009 /
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    Flap thought Barack Obama ran on “change”- America from the Borrow-and-Spend ways of the Republican Party that has left America $11 Trillion dollars in debt.

    Bait and switch with a $9.7 Trillion government bailout?

    Here is John McCain on yesterday’s Face the Nation on why he and all Republicans except for Senators Specter, Collins and Snowe will or have voted against the Democrat/Obama Economic Stimulus Bill, S.1 or HR. 1.

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  • Barack Obama,  economics,  John McCain,  John Thune,  Mel Martinez

    GOP Senators Propose Alternative to Democrat/Obama Stimulus Bill – Why Have They Waited So Long?

    February 3, 2009 /
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    Republican Presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) walks into the Senate Chamber in the Capitol in Washington October 1, 2008.  McCain returned to Washington to vote on the $700 billion financial rescue package. With McCain is Senator John Thune (R-SD)

    There is now a Senate Republican alternative to the Democrat/Obama economic stimulus bill, S.1..

    A group of Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday offered a $445 billion (308.3 billion pound) alternative plan to boosting the ailing economy, about half of which would be in the form of tax cuts.

    The stimulus package would include cutting payroll and income taxes for a year, as well as lowering the 35 percent corporate tax rate to 25 percent and offering home buyers a tax credit worth $15,000 or 10 percent of the purchase price, whichever is less.

    Sens. John McCain, John Thune, and Mel Martinez were among the group of lawmakers offering the alternative to the $885 billion package crafted by Democrats who control the Senate.

    Here is Senator McCain’s speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate opposing S. 1 is here.

    Some highlights:

    It is unfortunate that, even in these difficult economic times, Members of Congress could not resist the temptation to load up this bill with hundreds of millions of dollars in unnecessary spending that will do nothing to stimulate the economy.  Here are just a few of the things that have been included under the guise of stimulus:

    In The House Bill:

    • $400 million for STD prevention;
    • $600 million for new cars for the federal government;
    • $34 million to remodel the Commerce Department headquarters here in DC;
    • $25 million to rehabilitate ATV trails;
    • $150 million for honey bee insurance;
    • $75 million for smoking cessation, and
    • $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts.

    In The Senate Bill:

    • $100 million to assist States with aquaculture losses;
    • $300 million for diesel emission reduction grants;
    • $150 million for facility improvements at Smithsonian museums;
    • $198 million for school food service equipment, and
    • $2.9 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program.

    Flap wonders why McCain and the GOP did not craft such an alternative last October when he was running for President. Was the Bush White House an impediment?

    Instead, McCain gave Obama a pass on the economy and the GOP ticket sank like a stone in the polls.

    Amazing……

    But, in comeback mode, McCain wants your support AND contributions.

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  • Barack Obama,  John Boehner,  John McCain

    Boehner: Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan – “A Lot of Wasteful Washington Spending”

    January 25, 2009 /

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    House Republican Leader John Boehner on today’s Meet The Press

    The GOP has drawn a line in the sand regarding President Obama’s latest economic stimulus proposal.

    Republicans plan to test President Barack Obama’s commitment to bipartisanship as his $825 billion stimulus package heads to the floor of the House of Representatives this week, with the House Republican leader saying Sunday morning that many in his party will vote no unless there are significant changes to the plan.

    “Right now, given the concerns that we have over the size of this package and all of the spending in this package, we don’t think it’s going to work,” the House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And so if it’s the plan that I see today, put me down in the no column.”

    While the plan can potentially pass the Democrat-dominated House without Republican support, it will continue to face opposition when it comes before the Senate, said Senator John McCain of Arizona, speaking on “Fox News Sunday.” At least two Republicans will need to approve the bill for a filibuster-proof majority vote of 60.

    Senator McCain, who lost the presidential election to Mr. Obama in November, said that he planned to vote no unless the bill were changed.

    “We need to make tax cuts permanent, and we need to make a commitment that there’ll be no new taxes,” Mr. McCain said. “We need to cut payroll taxes. We need to cut business taxes.”

    “We need to have a commitment that after a couple of quarters of G.D.P. growth that we will embark on a path,” he said about the gross domestic product, “to reduce spending to get our budget in balance.”

    Both Boehner and McCain are RIGHT. The American economy needs a recovery plan but one that works, stimulates business activity and one that leads to MORE American jobs – and quickly.

    Since the government will be running massive short term deficits anyway, why not suspend the payroll tax for workers and create an immediate tax credit to be applied to an employer’s share of the paytoll tax to business if they hire employees?

    Sounds to simple, doesn’t it?

    But, it is immediate and is what the economy needs.

    Massive government spending without direction (Obama’s plan) is throwing money down a rat hole.

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  • Barack Obama,  Day By Day,  John McCain,  Paris Hilton

    Day By Day by Chris Muir January 23, 2009 – Casablanca

    January 23, 2009 /
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    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Every Hollywood left-leaning celeb made a point to be seen at the Obama Inauguration. Paris Hilton was missing but didn’t she do a commercial for John McCain?

    Just kidding.

    Team McCain ran an effective ad touting Obama’s celeb status featuring Paris Hilton about the time “The One” made his Berlin speech. And, after the flap of using Paris and Britney Spears, the McCain campaign reworked the ad.

    Now, Damon, you watch yourself in Paris. Flap understands Jacque Chirac’s dog may still be on the loose.

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  • Cindy McCain,  John McCain,  Sarah Palin

    John McCain Puts the KIBOSH on Wife Cindy Competing in Dancing With The Stars

    January 16, 2009 /
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    What a shame.

    Our impeccably placed source says, “Just before Thanksgiving, Cindy McCain (above) started talks with producers to appear as a dancer on the show. She wanted to do it very badly.” But this week, Sen. McCain “put the kibosh on it.” Reps for the show and McCain didn’t return calls.

    Why allow your wife to step on your press? Right, Senator?

    But, you can no longer control Sarah Palin, now can you?

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  • Glenn Beck,  John McCain,  Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin to Be Glenn Beck’s First Guest on Fox News Channel

    January 15, 2009 /

    Alaska’s Governor, Sarah Palin, talks about her state and resource development.

    John McCain and Barack Obama may be DISSING Sarah Palin but she is back in the spotlight as Glenn Beck’s first guest as his show debuts next Monday on the Fox News Channel.

    The interview will be live and Palin will appear via Satellite from Alaska. Glenn Beck’s show starts on Monday at 5 PM EST which will be BEFORE Obama’s tribute dinner for McCain. A dinner to which Sarah Palin was not invited.

    Looks like the ‘CUDA is upstaging John McCain in the media again.

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  • Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin Snubbed for Obama Inaugural Dinner Honoring John McCain?

    January 15, 2009 /
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    The word is out that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will NOT be attending President-Elect Barack Obama’s dinner for GOP opponent John McCain this next week.

    But, why?

    On the night before Barack Obama is sworn in as the nation’s 44th President, his inaugural committee will host a series of dinners honoring public servants it deems champions of bipartisanship. To be feted are Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Colin Powell, and John McCain, whom Obama vanquished last November. At the McCain dinner, the GOP senator, who managed to suppress his bipartisan tendencies during the hard-fought 2008 campaign, will be introduced by one of his closest Senate confidants: Senator Lindsey Graham. But McCain’s No. 1 booster during the last year will not be among those hailing McCain. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, his controversial running-mate, will not attend the dinner, Bill McAllister, a Palin spokesman tells Mother Jones.

    Here is the official Palin office explanation:

    According to McAllister, Palin will spend next week in her home state preparing for the legislative session, which begins on Tuesday, and for her State of the State address on Thursday.

    Was she even invited? “I don’t know if she was invited,” McCallister says. Don’t know? How could that be? It’s hard to miss an invitation from a presidential inauguration committee. For its part, Obama’s inaugural committee has declined to say whether an invitation was sent to Palin. Repeated phone calls to its press office produced no answer to this simple question.

    So, is there still bad blood between the McCain and Palin camps of the Republican Party? Is McCain pissed off about Palin’s latest attack on her media handlers and the MSM in general. And, what about McCain’s daughter refusing to discuss Sarah Palin for the blogs?

    Or is McCain just being “The Maverick,” deferring to “The One” and being politically correct while not having that bible thumper, “UNQUALIFIED” HICK around? Part of McCain’s political rehabilitation with the media and Washingtonians, perhaps?

    If Palin was left off the guest list, it’s not clear whether the snub came from McCain or the Presidential Inaugural Committee. But it’s not terribly hard to imagine why she might not make the cut. There appears to be lingering bad blood between the McCain and Palin factions, over such issues as the profligate spending spree to attire the vice presidential candidate and her family (Silk boxers for the first dude?) and the McCain campaign’s botched media roll-out of Palin. The Alaska Governor still appears to be holding a grudge against the McCainiacs, as evidenced by recently released excerpts from her interview with conservative filmmaker John Ziegler, whose forthcoming documentary explores the “media malpractice” that supposedly paved the way for Obama’s election. In the interview, she lashed out at the media, but also criticized her McCain campaign handlers for allowing her to become a campaign punchline in multiple disastrous interviews with CBS News’ Katie Couric.

    Flap bets it was McCain who deemed it unwise to invite Sarah Palin. After all, isn’t after “The One,” isn’t it all about McCain?

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