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Today’s apparent reversal on background checks by Speaker John Boehner proved to be short-lived, questions his integrity and for many voters, probably only serves to reinforce distrust of Congress, whose ratings can’t go much lower. His position against assessing the history of most gun buyers
Acting like babies seems to be contagious. Fresh from our post on Tuesday about another aspect of the story, the babies are back. You can argue whether the President or Congress
The headline is ours and after our post yesterday, the following story from the Hartford Courant speaks for itself: “Foul-Mouthed Speaker Lowers Civility Bar” by Colin McEnroe (pictured) One way to look at your life right now is this: Even if
The report by Politico that House Speaker John Boehner launched the F-bomb twice at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during the “fiscal cliff” talks is disturbing. The fact that this could be called a
Something bipartisan happened but not exactly what we’ve been hoping for. Republicans and Democrats alike denounced House Speaker John Boehner (pictured, second page) and other GOP leaders for not bringing up a bill to
The conservative talk host, Sean Hannity, had some more disparaging words for Pres. Obama on his radio program today. This time it was about his motives. While speaking about
Once again, no progress today on efforts to avoid the consequences of not reaching agreement on revenue and spending. The Preside and Speaker Boehner continue to play politics and seem to not realize that the American people find their behavior embarrassing,
The stalemate over the “fiscal cliff” is the latest example of the paralysis in Congress caused by a rigidly partisan atmosphere. There is solid evidence that a great majority of the American people have been tired of the gridlock for years. It’s not productive to
Some folks have hope that the next four years will see greater cooperation between the parties. After all, Republicans don’t have to worry about the
The following article appeared tonight on the Gadsden Times in Alabama website. We heartily recommend it. RiP adds that while there is incivility in other venues, it generally is less pervasive and less frequent. ‘Civility isn’t dead among ordinary U.S. citizens’ By John F. Floyd Special to The Times I just concluded individual conversations with […]
Many media types and a few politicians of many parties often adopt pet
As the fall election rhetoric heats up, the latest claim that the President is trying to pit the rich against other Americans comes from the Republican Speaker of the House. John Boehner accused President Obama of employing the politics of “envy and division” in his bid for a second term. He said American’s “can’t live” with […]
March 21, 2013 by mikes888
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