Free of the partisan death shackle gripping DC, Barr writes:
BUFFOON WATCH.... Some have wondered this year if, in the case of a deadly terrorist attack, whether Republicans could bring themselves to put patriotism over party, and rally behind a president they disagree with. I think we're getting a sense of the answer.
Nasty charges of bribery. Senators cut off midspeech. Accusations of politics put over patriotism. Talk of double-crosses. A nonagenarian forced to the floor after midnight for multiple procedural votes.
I am a military spouse. For the last 12 years I have been married to a wonderful officer in the armed services. My husband has not been killed or injured, but I know many who have.
It's been said that the political spectrum isn't really a straight line, with the most extreme right-winger standing out on one end and the most extreme left-winger out on the other end.
A new study by the Pew Research Center finds that the GOP is alienating scientists to a startling degree.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is engaged in public partisan warfare over a climate bill, a battle that foreshadows the deep struggle the Obama administration will face as Democrats attempt to push a version of the sweeping legislation through the Senate.
Have we become so hardened that we don't really care about our fellow American any more? What about the homeless families who are not opining on this tonight? Do we care about them, whatever reason they are homeless? Or do we parse on that, laying blame?
The Republican Party is sick… but this is a sickness brought about by its own actions. If it is to get better, it has to change its life. Not only the party leadership but its lay members who, in many cases, are its best-of-intentioned enablers.
It's all the rage these days for liberals to put on their makeup, make up a long face, and star in mini, moldy morality plays that warn of extremism, an evil they perceive only on the political right.
Barack Obama does not believe that recent criticism of his administration's policies by conservatives is based on racism, the White House has said.
excerpt: ""This morning on ABC's Good Morning America, Sen.
excerpt: "" cross-country bus convoy called the "Tea Party Express" commenced this weekend, stopping in 33 cities, and organized by conservative talk show host Mark Williams. Are they going to tell us it's a bi-partisan grass-roots movement again. ""
Two kinds of people reacted to news of Ted Kennedy's death last week. The first — not all liberals, either — spoke of Kennedy's hard work in the United States Senate, his dream of universal healthcare, his commitment to working people, civil rights and equality.
The truth is that the factors that made politics so ugly in the Clinton years — the paranoia of a significant minority of Americans and the cynical willingness of leading Republicans to cater to that paranoia — are as strong as ever.
This commentary raises many good points that need to be addressed in the pending bill. My main concern is the instant gratification mentality that pervades this Congress and the supporters of the Healthcare Bill.
excerpt: ""To understand how Fox News crosses the line from right-leaning news outlet into partisan propaganda machine (and there is a difference between the two), look no further than exactly how the network is driving (or at least trying to drive) the health care debate via th …
Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by the Senate today. The vote was 68 to 31. Senator Ted Kennedy was not present to vote because he suffers from brain cancer and was too ill to attend.
I am writing this article in response to remarks made at the podium in the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to H.R. 3200 (AKA: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009) by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) The video of the final remark made by Rep.
From Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee:
The ideological war between the left and the right is kicking into high gear. We now have arguably the most liberal president in the history of our country. This makes conservatives and libertarians uncomfortable to say the least.
excerpt: ""Gov. Sarah Palin was coy about her presidential aspirations but criticized both President Obama and the Republican Party in her first interview since announcing she was stepping down as governor of Alaska.
Partisanship and journalism seem to go hand in hand these days. It seems that most of our news sources are just as partisan as our politicians, and in turn drive the continuous division of politics in this country.
Conservatives, what is it about "liberals" or "liberalism" that raises your blood pressure? I ask in utter seriousness. Although I don't like labels, if pressed I'd say I'm liberal. But I don't think I'm a bad person with my political beliefs or anything else.
In a completely silly Fox News poll His Holiness managed at least a statistical tie for second among [Republicans].