Sarah Palin gets FEC letter asking her to explain SarahPAC’s Spending
Ruh roh! The Federal Election Commission wants a few clarifications from SarahPAC... ...including corrections to the political action committee’s year-to-date calculations of cash it received, as well...
View ArticleVIDEO: Republicans Threaten To Shut Down Government; Global Economic...
Oh what do they care? It's just money, national security, global economic stability, and the well-being of their own citizens. America first! This from the same Andy Harris who was terribly upset that...
View ArticleChristine O'Donnell spent record $6.1 million in Delaware race
Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell set a state record by spending more than $6.1 million in her losing Senate campaign against Democrat Chris Coons. And all they got was this lousy tee shirt. The...
View ArticleAre Republicans Jumping Off a Cliff?
Those last 4 constituencies are the ones the Dems want so I hope the R's keep it up. Via Taegan- With Republicans vigorously pushing spending cuts -- and winning the short term battles with Democrats,...
View ArticleVIDEO ADDED: Libya costs vs. Iraq and Afghanistan
First Read has a few numbers for us. They're explained more fully here. The U.S. military operation in Libya: $550 million through March 28. On a per diem basis, that would average out to about $55...
View ArticleJohn Boehner’s monthly $2,000 tab. So much for cutting spending.
Let's see now... no jobs bills, even though The Boehner ripped into President Obama about unemployment and demanded to know where the jobs were; The Boehner is all about fiscal responsibility, because...
View ArticleBonus Cartoon of the Day- Big Spending Bureaucrats
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View ArticleChart: Four Fiscal Phonies
Via Paul Krugman (please read his post): The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget... has put together evaluations of the four remaining GOP candidates’ tax and spending plans .[...] [H]ere’s debt...
View ArticleHey kids! Romney campaign spent $18.50 per vote, $30 when super PAC money is...
Gather 'round boys and girls, it's "How to Buy an Election" time! What fun! Thanks, CNN Money, for the primer! You're the BEST! Can you say, "Thank you, CNN Money!"? So, kiddies, how exactly does...
View ArticleBonus Cartoon of the Day- Fiscal Cliff Hangover
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View ArticleVideo- ABC's Stepanopoulos Fact Checks McConnell: We've Already Confronted...
Via TP. The post Video- ABC's Stepanopoulos Fact Checks McConnell: We've Already Confronted The Spending Problem appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticleGov. Scott Walker wants more "choice," but does Wisconsin spend more per...
Gazettextra.com is reporting that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said one of his goals is to "improve" public schools, but when improvement just isn't enough, it's school voucher time! Or as he...
View ArticleVideo- Bill O'Reilly Calls Another Accurate Statement About President Obama...
Stuck in the bubble of Fox lies again. Via MM. The post Video- Bill O'Reilly Calls Another Accurate Statement About President Obama "Crazy" appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticleOops! Three Wisconsin voucher schools got state money after losing accreditation
Previously I posted about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wanting more “choice,” but does Wisconsin spend more per student on vouchers than public schools? Today JSOnline is reporting that a few Wisconsin...
View ArticleVIDEO, CHART: No, government spending really isn’t going up
Relevant segment at about 9:50. In a previous post which included a video of Paul Krugman reacting to sequester madness: “This is not the time to be cutting at all,” there was also this graph from the...
View ArticleGOP reinvention? Republican WI Gov. Scott Walker to push school vouchers
It was only yesterday that I posted this: Dear GOP: Do you think America is deaf, blind, and/or stupid? On second thought, don’t answer that. Their claims of reinventing themselves are a joke. They...
View Article50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, I Mean Country
Back in 1975 the great Paul Simon recorded the iconic, Grammy-winning album, "Still Crazy After All These Years." It included Simon's first and only solo #1 hit, "50 Way To Leave Your Lover." The...
View ArticleHave Republicans Gone 'Big Government?'
Let's play "Who Are You?" Who's currently pushing for immediate funding in big government? The programs in question-- Military, Veterans, national parks, Head Start, Women and Children in Poverty...
View ArticleThree Men And A Rabbi On Another Government Shutdown
The old story goes, two men are arguing their case to a third man over the disputed sale of a mule. The argument becomes heated until the third man spots the Rabbi walking by and asks him to...
View ArticleGOP Won't Vote To Protect Our Borders But They Do Vote To Protect Wall Street
While the GOP is playing games of distraction with the lives of innocent children at our border, with phony IRS scandals perpetrated by Darrell Issa, and bogus Benghazi fantasies trashing human lives,...
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