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No Laughing Matter

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President Obama is trying to shore up the youth vote, one of his most reliable voting blocs in the 2008 election.   He is visiting colleges campuses in swing states and appeared with late night comedy host Jimmy Fallon in the wee hours Wednesday.

There isn’t as much laughter now from the college set and just being a cool dude who loves basketball isn’t going to be enough to impress the 18-29 crowd this time around.  Many of those voters have grown too weary looking for work to be swayed by his youthful appearance or empty promises about “hope and change” because most have neither. Read the rest of this entry »

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April 25th, 2012 at 6:00 pm

ObamaCare Inch by Inch

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ObamaCare, HillaryCare, national health care, universal health care and single payer are all euphemisms that have been used for socialized medicine.

Why all the euphemisms?  It’s because socialized medicine has been a abject failure and has never been able to deliver on its advertised promise of better health care for less.  In fact, the hallmark of socialized medicine is just the opposite.  It delivers less quality health care and the costs skyrocket with every passing year until. . .  rationing is imposed.

Some of you are under the notion that we dodged a bullet with ObamaCare, that the so-called “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”  left the president far from his initial goal. Read the rest of this entry »

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June 3rd, 2010 at 12:00 am

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Obama’s kinder, gentler “Death Panels”

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Truth is in short supply in Washington.

That is why recent statements made by Donald Berwick, President Obama’s Nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are both refreshing and chilling.

Here’s what Dr. Berwick had to say in a 2009 interview with Biotechnology Healthcare:

“The decision is not whether or not we will ration care – the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.” Read the rest of this entry »

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May 27th, 2010 at 12:00 am

. . . for the Children

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The most deceitful, sappiest excuse Democrats offered for forcing the hugely unpopular, socialist medical bill down our throats is . . . they did it for the children!

Since the beginning of organized government, kings, dictators, presidents, legislators and politicians of all stripes have used children as an excuse for advancing any number of their favorite big-ticket items that, under normal circumstances, wouldn’t pass the smell test.

But, have you taken a closer look at whom this latest batch of unaccountable, weak-willed, Pelosi-whipped politicians are calling “children”?   They are twenty-five-year-olds! Read the rest of this entry »

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March 25th, 2010 at 12:00 am

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Fooling Granny

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Obama went to Ohio this week to make a final push for the so-called health care reform bill crated by Democrats in the Senate.   He made the following statement that is patently untrue and designed to fool the nation’s senior citizens.

And every senior should know there is no cutting of your guaranteed Medicare benefits.  Period.  No “ifs,” “ands,” or “buts.”  This proposal makes Medicare stronger.  It makes the coverage better and it makes the finances more secure.

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March 18th, 2010 at 12:00 am

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