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Knock Knock. Who's There? Government Spending.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/helenwhalencohen/2010/06/20/knock_knock_whos_there_government_spending
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Because what I'd like to be able to do is go to Europe this summer and, with a roll of dimes, just buy something from the Louvre." … -Jimmy Fallon6) "Well, the Senate voted to toughen standards for home loans. … -Jay Leno5) "Greece's troubles threaten to spread to the rest of Europe.…
An End to Spending Excess?
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2010/06/20/an_end_to_spending_excess
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2010/06/20/an_end_to_spending_excess
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to indulge their natural instincts. … His budget director has asked every federal agency to come up with cuts amounting to 5 percent of their outlays. … Democrats had to cut back a proposed jobs bill, and even in shrunken form it got voted down Wednesday by the Senate.…
Trouble in Kenya
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2010/07/09/trouble_in_kenya
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2010/07/09/trouble_in_kenya
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With that, the vice president brought Obamacare to Nairobi last month. … Biden was in Kenya leading what sounded a lot like a rally for that nation's new constitution, one that's going to be voted on in August … It explained its initiative, which shocked many NGOs, as seeking to 'reach out to Muslim countries.'"…
The New Frontier: 'Covering' Conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2010/07/08/the_new_frontier_covering_conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2010/07/08/the_new_frontier_covering_conservatives
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And that is why many of our leading journalistic enterprises have found it worthwhile to assign full-time reporters to the task of … The Times' ombudsman later observed that the "decision not to create a liberal beat, it seems to me, reflected the reality that the … Now the Washington Post is scrambling to figure out how to cover conservatives.…
Bill Kristol Must Resign
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/07/07/bill_kristol_must_resign
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/07/07/bill_kristol_must_resign
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Then Bush declared success and turned his attention to Iraq, leaving minimal troops behind in Afghanistan to prevent Osama bin Laden … True, President Kennedy was the first to send troops to Vietnam. We had 16,000 troops in Vietnam when JFK was assassinated. … to it.…
More Selective Editing from Keith Olbermann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/07/07/more_selective_editing_from_keith_olbermann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/07/07/more_selective_editing_from_keith_olbermann
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For a laugh or two, I flipped over last night to MSNBC for a potent dose of "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann. … The first thing I have to say about this: Cynthia Tucker said Steele would only have the gig if he was black. … He ended with a plea to the queen of daytime talk: "Oprah, please crush this schmuck!"…
Bob Etheridge Runs into Reporter, then Runs Into Trouble
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/07/06/bob_etheridge_runs_into_reporter,_then_runs_into_trouble
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/07/06/bob_etheridge_runs_into_reporter,_then_runs_into_trouble
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Whatever the case, Ellmers is on a roll, playing up her medical experience in response to a strong local reaction to the health care … bill, which Etheridge voted for. … “Etheridge needs to go. It has nothing to do with trying to choke [a reporter.…
Obama Plays Election-Year Politics on Immigration
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/07/05/obama_plays_election-year_politics_on_immigration
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/07/05/obama_plays_election-year_politics_on_immigration
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He was apparently trying to depict America as unwelcoming to immigrants, even though the nation has welcomed more immigrants than any … House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to bring the issue up until the Senate acts, out of unwillingness to ask her Democrats to cast … Kennedy knew that you had to disappoint some liberal groups to hold a bipartisan coalition together.…
Word and deed and independence
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2010/07/04/word_and_deed_and_independence
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2010/07/04/word_and_deed_and_independence
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To say I promise is to promise. … To say I am free is to stand up for yourself, to take the first step to freedom. … to accept the Declaration.…
Where Independence Began
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/07/04/where_independence_began
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Americans love to celebrate Independence Day. … For most, that has little to do with an extra day and much to do with the day’s significance. … , the right to assemble peaceably, the freedom to speak our minds and worship as we choose.…
Byrd Tributes Go Overboard
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2010/07/02/byrd_tributes_go_overboard
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2010/07/02/byrd_tributes_go_overboard
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It is a good rule of thumb not to speak ill of the dead. … (If you doubt his commitment to the cause, try to recruit 150 people to do anything, never mind have them pay a hefty fee up front. … Yes, he voted to make Martin Luther King Day a holiday.…
Now the Hard Part
https://townhall.com/columnists/olivernorth/2010/07/02/now_the_hard_part
https://townhall.com/columnists/olivernorth/2010/07/02/now_the_hard_part
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Senate voted 99-0 to appoint Petraeus as the next commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. … missiles to Afghan insurgents.The IRGC is known to have provided weapons, training and safe harbor to Shiite militias in Iraq since … to bring all assets to bear to protect our men and women in uniform."…
A Bipartisan Moment
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2010/07/01/a_bipartisan_moment
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2010/07/01/a_bipartisan_moment
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Will sanctions, applied seriously, cause the regime to change its behavior – or cause Iranians to change the regime? … What we can say with certainty: This is the last peaceful means to that end, the only way left, short of military force, to do something … But on June 4th, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to increase missile defense spending.…
Robert Byrd's Life -- Good, Bad and All American
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/07/01/robert_byrds_life_--_good,_bad_and_all_american
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/07/01/robert_byrds_life_--_good,_bad_and_all_american
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That led the young kleagle to politics, and he was elected to the West Virginia legislature in 1946. … One way to achieve that goal was to bring federal dollars -- a billion dollars -- to West Virginia. … The other way Byrd sought to secure his position was clearly bad: to oppose civil rights for black Americans.…
Kagan Hearings Surpass World Cup For Most Boring TV Event
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/06/30/kagan_hearings_surpass_world_cup_for_most_boring_tv_event
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/06/30/kagan_hearings_surpass_world_cup_for_most_boring_tv_event
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Can't get Americans to approve of abortion? Get the Supreme Court to do it! Can't get Americans to ban the death penalty? … Get the Supreme Court to do it! Can't get Americans to release criminals? Get the Supreme Court to do it! … Several justices -- including Kagan's mentor, Justice Thurgood Marshall -- continually voted to ban the death penalty, despite the…
Will Specter Vote Against Kagan?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2010/06/30/will_specter_vote_against_kagan
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2010/06/30/will_specter_vote_against_kagan
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Kagan responded that “Congress’s intent is the only thing that matters [to statutory interpretation]”—a position sure to infuriate … answer questions about various lawsuits of special concern to him and which he detailed in several letters to Kagan about the questions … Of course, Specter had voted against Kagan when she was nominated to be solicitor general last year—but he was a Republican at the…
The 'Elusive' Truth About Kagan
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2010/06/30/the_elusive_truth_about_kagan
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2010/06/30/the_elusive_truth_about_kagan
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That verdict came before Sotomayor voted with the gun-controllers in the Chicago gun-rights case, before Sotomayor voted for allowing … public universities to deny recognition to Christian student groups who dare to oppose homosexuality and before Sotomayor voted as … write a letter in opposition to Sen.…
2010 Race of the Day: North Carolina Ain't So Blue
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/06/30/2010_race_of_the_day_north_carolina_aint_so_blue
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/06/30/2010_race_of_the_day_north_carolina_aint_so_blue
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He also flip-flopped on ObamaCare and just recently voted to keep the job-killing “individual mandate” in place. … In a district hard-hit by economic distress, that record will prove difficult to overcome. … To learn more about Harold Johnson, visit his website. You can also follow Harold on Facebook and Twitter.…
The NRA Shouldn't Endorse Harry Reid
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jillianbandes/2010/07/19/the_nra_shouldnt_endorse_harry_reid
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jillianbandes/2010/07/19/the_nra_shouldnt_endorse_harry_reid
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And it's clear the man will throw any special interest under the bus in order to keep himself in office. … If you can say anything for Angle, it's that she's dedicated to the causes on which she is campaigning. … Her commitment to the Second Amendment can't be questioned.NRA Members for Angle is a campaign to stop Reid from getting the NRA's…
Obama Rips Off "Faux Lifers" Fig Leaves
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2010/07/17/obama_rips_off_faux_lifers_fig_leaves
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2010/07/17/obama_rips_off_faux_lifers_fig_leaves
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He and his cohorts switched from being pro-lifers to being “faux lifers.”
To help Mr. … He has been 100% pro-abortion throughout his public life--even to the point of voting in the Illinois senate not to protect infants … Now, in the dog days of summer, when most Americans are longing to escape to the mountains or the beach, the Obama administration…
Full of (Natural) Gas
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2010/07/16/full_of_natural_gas
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2010/07/16/full_of_natural_gas
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energy bill to the floor next week and, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) said yesterday, according to the NY Times:
"he was prepared … to incorporate a plan championed by T. … We continue to import oil to power our national fleets at the rate of about a billion dollars a day.…
Pennsylvania Gone Wild
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/07/16/pennsylvania_gone_wild
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/07/16/pennsylvania_gone_wild
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Toomey pointed out that it was actually accurate to say that Sestak voted with Pelosi 100% of the time, because he has voted with her … a letter to the Chamber. … ’s speech were required to make a $50 donation to CAIR,” wrote Pollack, in a letter to Comcast.…
Karl Rove Confesses His 'Biggest Mistake' in the White House
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/07/15/karl_rove_confesses_his_biggest_mistake_in_the_white_house
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/07/15/karl_rove_confesses_his_biggest_mistake_in_the_white_house
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According to Rove, failing to refute charges that President George W. … country and is his most regrettable mistake from his years in the White House:The battering would continue, and it was a monument to … Of the 110 House and Senate Democrats who voted in October 2002 to authorize the use of force against his regime, 67 said in congressional…
Hope Disappears; Change is Rejected
https://townhall.com/columnists/janiceshawcrouse/2010/07/15/hope_disappears;_change_is_rejected
https://townhall.com/columnists/janiceshawcrouse/2010/07/15/hope_disappears;_change_is_rejected
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Partly, liberals’ discontent soured expectations relating to Barack Obama’s “hope and change” agenda. … Few Americans expected their President to bow to foreign dictators — either literally or figuratively.
Recently Dr. … President Obama promised to “transform” our nation, but true transformation is a work of God.…
The Coming Obamacare Deficits
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidgratzer/2010/07/15/the_coming_obamacare_deficits
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidgratzer/2010/07/15/the_coming_obamacare_deficits
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That brings us to the quiet Friday afternoon of June 25. … Time and again, Republican and Democratic leaderships in Congress have haphazardly voted to undo scheduled cuts. … Medicare cut until November (they had previously voted to delay it from April to June 2010).…