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POPSFmr. Bush aide: Beat Joe Wilson at the polls Mark McKinnon says: "as long as louts ... can spout off ... and get rewarded with re-election, then louts will continue to spout off. And we will continue to claw our way to the very bottom of the political swamp." Gives $1,000 to Wilson's opponent.
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POPSGOP Senator admits he's just blocking health reform "Gang of Six" Senator insists he has no plans to compromise and is in negotiations solely to extract concessions. Sen. Grassley, the ranking member, says even if Democrats agree to his demands, he won't vote for it unless other Republicans do.
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POPSGOP Senators used to defend 'reconciliation' process "The fact is, all this rule of the Senate does is allow a majority of the Senate to take a position and pass a piece of legislation, support that position," said Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH), who now bemoans the idea, in 2005. "Is there something wrong with majority rules? I don't think so."
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POPSDems may drop non-compromising GOP, go it alone on healthcare Let us hope. Republicans have rejected compromise for months. Do the Democrats have the courage to endure the screaming? A public option is a compromise. The Democratic position is single-payer, and public option is a major step back to make middle ground. Republicans haven't budged.
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POPSGOP health strategy: call anything "Government Takeover" You'll notice the mobs aren't howling about a getting an option to choose their own insurance from a public plan; they've been fooled into thinking talking with your doctor about a living will is government-sponsored euthanasia. The strategy from the outset has been, whatever the President proposes, call it Government Takeover, scare people to death, and stall until people are worried badly enough that all that can pass is a plan to force people to become customers of Big Insurance.
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POPSGOP-cited "think tank" owned by insurance company Listen as a host of GOP Senators rattle off the words "Lewin Group" to tell a woeful story of how many people will lose private insurance, followed by CNN's revelation that the Lewin Group is owned by an insurance company. Reminds me of how they used to trot out the research of the tobacco industry to convince us tobacco was harmless.
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POPSKey F-22 booster Rep. Gingrey owns Boeing stock Georgia Republican Congressman Phil Gingrey will make money if the aircraft the Pentagon doesn't want is built. He's stuck it back in the bill from which it had been removed. Smaller government, Rep Gingrey?
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POPSWeaponized Keynesianism GOP only believes deficit spending can create jobs when it goes toward airplanes that will never be used in combat
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POPSBacking Iranian demonstrators could prompt crackdown Republicans turn up the heat on Obama to come down hard on Iran; Administration knows that American support could be just the excuse Iran's govt needs to touch off a crackdown and kill the reform movement. Wake up, GOP, how many times will you undermine reform in Iran?
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POPSBig-govt GOP Senator pushes $15k house credit No limits on income eligibility. Make others pay for your new home, no matter how rich you are! Once again, the GOP "small government" mantra is merely a ruse to be applied selectively, and especially for perks that benefit the rich.
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