Posts about Politico as of August 4, 2009

People Speak Upiwf.org
08/04/2009
Across the nation town hall meetings are taking place where Congressmen and Senators attempt to convince their constituents that healthcare reform, as currently debated, is the best thing for the country. See these videos that are on Drudge of town halls that became “town hells” , as Mark McKinnon put it to Politico.  Crowd chants “just say no” to Rep. Dogget (D-TX). Sen. Arlen  Specter (D-PA) and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speak to an outraged crowd. Rep.
08/04/2009
Last month, without much too much fanfare, the Senate passed a so-called Hate Crimes Bill with a 63-28 vote. Click here for the story, from Politico. The bill, called the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes…
08/04/2009
White House Attacks Drudge for Exposing Obama’s Goal to Eliminate Private Health Insurance – newsbusters.org 08/04/2009 The White House is striking back at recent revelations about what presidential candidate Barack Obama stated during the campaign concerning his desire to create a universal healthcare system in America and eliminate private health insurance.
08/04/2009
Mike Allen / The Politico : Obama vs. Drudge   —  The White House on Tuesday posted a three-minute video punching back at an old clip of President Barack Obama that was featured on the Drudge Report with the headline, “Uncovered Video: Obama Explains How His Health Care Plan Will ‘Eliminate’ Private Insurance.”
Harry Reid goes on official record re: birtherscitizensagainstproobamamediabias.wordpress.com
08/04/2009
August 3, 2009 Updated list of birth certificate posts Harry Reid is now officially on record re: barry’s birth certificate. I would like to find a transcript and video to go with this to document it fully. Just don’t have time right now. According to GLENN THRUSH at Politico, Harry Reid weighed in saying he didn’t want to [...]
Contessa Brewer: Bible = Propnewsbusters.org
08/04/2009
MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer really has something against the Bible. Or maybe it’s just a convenient way for her to paint conservatives as nuts for her liberal viewers. During an August 3 interview with Politico’s Josh Kraushaar about the anti-ObamaCare protests occurring in town hall meetings across the country, the anchor took two opportunities to portray the Bible negatively. To Brewer, these disruptions could only come from the crazy right-wing fringe. “You know, I do get the – that there are some people out there who are far out.
08/04/2009
Big Kim, Lil Kim & Prez Malaise (1994) The last time a Democrat ex-President visited the Hermit Kingdom, he royally screwed up the sitting President’s foreign policy — essentially giving the Norks the Bomb. Who knows what will happen this time : North Korean officials told relatives that the government  would release the women to Clinton , a Washington source told POLITICO. The Politico editor is either asleep at the switch … or a frickin’ comedic genius.