“I’m frustrated with the president, but I’m frustrated with me. I’m frustrated with the tea party. Maybe I should have used my communications skills better to try to convince some of them to work with us. I’m frustrated with the Democratic leadership. The Republican leadership. The president. I think all of us bear some responsibility, […]
Entries from August 2011
Quotes of the Day: Cleaver Expresses Frustration With Obama
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
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British Style ‘Journalism’ Comes to St. Louis
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
This is really getting ridiculous the lengths a scandal rag will go to embarrass the Lt. Governor. This is also what happens when second rate reporters working for a third rate “newspaper” get a so called exclusive story: they try and milk the story for all its worth, even to the lengths of the ridiculous. […]
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McConnell To Obama: Stop Calling On Congress To Pass Trade Agreements You Haven’t Submitted
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
During his bus tour of Midwest, which Reuters noted has an “unmistakable campaign style”, while the White House furiously denies it, President Obama has repeatedly called on Congress to pass three languishing free trade agreements. Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa, “We’ve got pending trade legislation. . . . And my general attitude is, […]
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Move-On-Up.org: Stepping Outside the Template
August 17th, 2011 · No Comments
Biggovernment.com: After enjoying a growing population of their social network to over 800 members, on Saturday, August 13th, 2011 Move-On-Up.org held their first ever 3-day national conference at the Crown Plaza Hotel in St.Louis, Missouri. St.Louis has had a rich history in the civil rights movement and was also one of the last stops on […]
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Video: Peter Kinder at Move-on-Up.org Banquet
August 17th, 2011 · No Comments
Hat tip:dsm0012 Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder spoke at the Sherman T. Parker banquet. The banquet was part of the first conference hosted by Move-on-Up.org, a social network of African American conservatives and moderates. Kinder spoke about the public education system that is failing Missouri’s urban children–especially the children of St. Louis and Kansas City. […]
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Obama Planning Another “Major Speech” On The Economy…Where Have We Heard That Before?
August 17th, 2011 · No Comments
The AP reports today, “President Barack Obama will lay out new ideas for speeding up job growth and helping the struggling poor and middle class in a major speech designed to jolt the economy in early September, a senior administration official told The Associated Press. . . . The official emphasized that all of […]
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“Dispirited Liberals Fumed,” Having “Lost Completely,” Saying The Tea Party “Ended Up Winning”
August 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
With the debt ceiling crisis over, it’s instructive to consider the reactions from many Democrats and liberal pundits to the deal. Though a number of news reports and conservative commentators suggested that the agreement was a win for tea partiers and Republicans, it’s telling how upset many liberal Democrats who wanted more spending and […]
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