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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (58294)	1/30/2009 12:24:57 PM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Psychological brainwashing on the part of the media and the Democrats---------unpaid advertisement ostensibily----but still the pay for play-----we paid for our constant pre-election advertisements----now give us 24 hour coverage via TV. Just think if Obama gets the equal time access laws for all points of view passed. Everytime that Obama walks into the household via TV------there should be an equal and opposite reaction with an opposing voice. "A final point: In the time since his inauguration, Mr. Obama has been on every screen in the country, TV and computer, every day. He is never not on the screen. I know what his people are thinking: Put his image on the age. Imprint the era with his face. But it's already reaching saturation point. When the office is omnipresent, it is demystified. Constant exposure deflates the presidency, subtly robbing it of power and making it more common. I keep the television on a lot, and somewhere in the 1990s I realized that Bill Clinton was never not in my living room. He was always strolling onto the stage, pointing at things, laughing, talking. This is what the Obama people are doing, having the boss hog the screen. They should relax. The race is long." mj

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (58294)	1/30/2009 12:33:20 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

EXCLUSIVE: Stimulus has plum for lawmaker's son Stephen Dinan (Contact) and S.A. Miller (Contact) Thursday, January 29, 2009 Rep. David R. Obey A top House Republican is demanding an investigation into whether the more than $2 billion for national parks in the House stimulus package is proper in light of the fact that the chief lobbyist for the National Parks Conservation Association is the son of House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey. Full article>>> washingtontimes.com

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (58294)	1/30/2009 12:48:39 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Threats now? Democrats warn GOP on stimulus By J. Taylor Rushing Posted: 01/29/09 thehill.com Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday warned they would cut off the GOP’s ability to offer amendments to the stimulus if Republicans try to stall or block it. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said the stimulus plan deserves Republican support but could pass without it. Reid last year restricted the GOP’s ability to offer amendments to legislation but has been allowing a more open process so far this year. He warned Thursday that will change if Republicans try to stall stimulus legislation Democrats want to send to President Obama by the Presidents Day weekend. “I am confident that we’re going to get Republican support, but if we don’t it’s not our fault,” Reid said. “We’ve set a pattern this year of having an open amendment process, and until that’s abused we’re going to continue that.” The House voted 244-188 on Wednesday for an $800 billion stimulus package, and Reid said the Senate would start its debate Monday with a goal of finishing before the Presidents Day weekend. No House Republicans voted for the stimulus bill on Wednesday, and Senate Republicans have also criticized it. They’ve pressed to increase the size of tax cuts and housing incentives in the package. “Republicans have better ideas to dramatically improve this bill that will go at the problem, create jobs, and stimulate the economy,” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a floor speech Thursday. “But in order to pass these, and other commonsense amendments, we need support from our friends across the aisle.” Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) has also said if GOP amendments aren’t allowed and the economy continues to falter, Democrats will bear clear responsibility. Democratic leaders pushed back against the GOP criticism, saying they compromised with the Bush administration over last year’s stimulus bill and that Republicans should do the same now. “Here’s what I can say to my friend Jon Kyl: The mess we’re in we inherited from his president,” Durbin said. “We’re going to work with the Republicans in a constructive way, and I hope we can reach a bipartisan accord. But we’ve been given an unholy mess to deal with, and it came from a Republican administration which he supported.” Reid defended the spending provisions in the program as appropriate, arguing that Republicans are simply “nitpicking.” “Stimulus is in the eye of the beholder, OK?” Reid said. “We have put everything that we can in this legislation to create jobs and change what we need to change … If Democrats or Republicans want to offer amendments to improve this legislation by adding or taking away, of course I’ll take a look at it.”