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The GOP and Round Two

americathebeautiful Wrote: Jan 03, 2013 8:36 AM

That Hurricane Sandy bill was loaded with pork. Do you know that 30 billion dollars of "PORK" (stupid irrelevant and greedy spending given to other states OUT OF GREED) was put into that bill Also, are you aware of the fact that within 10 days of Hurricane Katrina hitting, federal monies were already being given to those victims of the flooding in New Orleans. Just look at badly President Bush was b*sturdized and villainized after Katrina. WHERE IS THE MSM WITH THE HORRIFYING DEVASTATION OF THE FEDS AND THE ABSOLUTE IRRESPONSIBILITY OF OBAMA?

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The GOP and Round Two

President Obama won the first round of his second term, but thanks to Mitch McConnell the beating wasn’t as severe as it could have been.

The period between the election and the turn of the calendar was dominated by the president, with Speaker John Boehner as his foil. The Speaker always seemed to assume the president was negotiating in good faith, even as the campaign events continued, and even as he was pummeled day and night by the president and his surrogates in the MSM.

The collapse of the Speaker's and the GOP’s ability to make an argument was complete...

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