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Hope Disappears; Change is Rejected
https://townhall.com/columnists/janiceshawcrouse/2010/07/15/hope_disappears;_change_is_rejected
– 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
– 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).…
Orchestra of One-Man Bands
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2010/07/14/orchestra_of_one-man_bands
– Kurt Schrader, D-Ore. -- among a handful of House members who voted to defund the war entirely. … But Obama turns out to be a poor manager of people. … In this conflict, Americans of every political background should rally to the president -- who in turn needs to rally the world with…
Good Economists and Bad Economists
https://townhall.com/columnists/jdthorpe/2010/07/14/good_economists_and_bad_economists
– In discussing public works projects, Bastiat stated, “in noting what the state is going to do with the millions of francs voted, do … Yet according to the bad economists, we need to create jobs for the sake of creating jobs. … This is why Blackwell stated, “How are you going to put these people to work?”…
2010 Race of the Day: Taking Back South Dakota
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/07/13/2010_race_of_the_day_taking_back_south_dakota
– The state has voted for every Republican presidential candidate since 1968, despite several attempts by Democrats to turn this state … During the healthcare debate, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had to come to her rescue to help her avoid a primary challenge.  … In return, Herseth Sandlin vowed to never vote to weaken Obamacare – a promise she kept when she recently voted to maintain the bill…
Obamacare: Forecasts Cloudy for Young Adults
https://townhall.com/columnists/mariaandersen/2010/07/13/obamacare_forecasts_cloudy_for_young_adults
– scorn due to the new health care law. … If one were to stack each individual dollar bill next to each other, that $2.4 trillion would create a train of bills long enough to … It’s ironic that 66% of young adults voted for the “progressive” Presidential candidate, and now, thanks to one of his policies, this…
Yes, We Kenya!
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2010/07/13/yes,_we_kenya!
– It was supposed to stop federal funding of abortion. … It was given as a fig leaf to formerly pro-life Democrats who had voted for ObamaCare and enabled it to pass, narrowly, in the House … To make matters worse, Joe Biden told Kenyans that by passing the pro-abortion constitution, they would “allow money to flow” to Kenya…
Law and Marriage
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2010/07/13/law_and_marriage
– If marriage is re-defined by courts, what is to stop anyone from declaring a "right" to any relationship they wish to enter and demanding … Law is meant to conform humans to a standard that preserves the cultural and moral order. … trying to prove a negative.…
Should the U.S. Adopt Compulsory Voting?
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2010/07/13/should_the_us_adopt_compulsory_voting
– In the 2008 presidential election, 61.7 percent of eligible Americans voted, according to George Mason University.I object.For one … voting delivers more votes to the left than to the right. … have registered and voted in elections, it's a bit rich to ask other people to vote for you."…
Payback To Big Labor, While Our Cities & States Foot The Bill
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiegage/2010/07/13/payback_to_big_labor,_while_our_cities__states_foot_the_bill
– Over the last several months, Big Labor has been trying to find any possible way to push their forced unionization, anti-small business … This appears to be an attempt by Big Labor to call in political favors, while damaging state economies in the process. … This seems to be nothing more than a political handout to give some form of payback to labor bosses being that Congress has been unable…
The Constitutions in Our Brains
https://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2010/07/12/the_constitutions_in_our_brains
– Including Massachusetts' right to allow gay marriage without prejudice to the partners' right to federal benefits.Congress, a decade … To live in a place, yet to have to share it with the uninvited, is to know resentment and anger of a sort reflected in Arizona's immigration … Those of us who don't like what's afoot can't look to constitutions to save us.…
Race of the Day: Competing in the Heart of Coal Country
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/07/12/race_of_the_day_competing_in_the_heart_of_coal_country
– This year, we think voters are again going to come out to support a Republican candidate: Spike Maynard. … Spike has been working for West Virginians for over 40 years, and now intends to use his expertise to save the jobs that people in … is why voters in WV-03 need a candidate like Spike who is going to stand up to the President and save coal jobs.…
2010 Race of the Day: Taking Out Big Government Liberals in Virginia
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/07/29/2010_r…ce_of_the_day_taking_out_big_government_liberals_in_virginia
– He voted to waste nearly $1 trillion in taxpayer money on the failed stimulus package, heavily tax already struggling families with … To find out more about Keith and his goals for Virginia’s Eleventh District, I encourage you to visit his website. … To stay up-to-date and help him succeed in November, please follow him on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.…
Dueling Protests on Gay Marriage
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2010/07/29/dueling_protests_on_gay_marriage
– It's the seat of government in a socially conservative state whose voters voted by a 59 percent majority in 2006 to ban same-sex marriage … Not a bit.If they are going to storm the stage, they will have to trample over me on their way, and I detect no reason for worry. … their views.You see, NOM and its allies attest that after all, they don't want to deny the other side the right to speak.…
National Health Service: It's Coming to America
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2010/07/29/national_health_service_its_coming_to_america
– the bill before they voted for it. … to cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from budgets for the terminally ill, with dying cancer patients to be told to manage their own … It has taken the NHS 62 years to get to this point.…
Out of Touch Out of Mind
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2010/07/28/out_of_touch_out_of_mind
To that end, 102 Democrats in the House voted against the war funding bill yesterday. … to support the troops? … pledged to aid victims of the disaster, by deducting costs related to the oil spill."…
Don't Ask/Don't Tell Should Go
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2010/07/28/dont_askdont_tell_should_go
– It happened because Bill Clinton campaigned for the presidency promising to allow gays to serve. … In May, the House of Representatives voted to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," but only after the Defense Department studies the matter … As I wrote in the conclusion to "Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity": "I want government to leave people alone.…
Seven Deceptive Mainstream Media Techniques
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2010/07/27/seven_deceptive_mainstream_media_techniques
– Yes, journalists may have leaned to the Left, but at least reporters made an effort to be fair. … ABC's Jake Tapper may also lean to the Left, but he at least seems to make an effort to be impartial. … What that means is that you not only have to pay attention to the story the mainstream media's giving you, but you've also got to try…
2010 Elections: Raising the Red Tide in Alabama
https://townhall.com/columnists/bencannattiandfordoconnell/2010/07/26/2010_elections_raising_the_red_tide_in_alabama
– The Alabama Republican Party is pushing hard to make 2010 the year that the tide turns in the Alabama State House (we’ll leave it to … Coach Saban to direct the Tide on the gridiron). … Perhaps if Moore can continue to push his campaign in the right direction, he can be a key component of the GOP’s push to re-shape…
Of, by and from the people, for the politicians
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2010/07/25/of,_by_and_from_the_people,_for_the_politicians
– But that same year the Bell City Council voted to put a measure on a special election ballot (at a cost of roughly $50,000) that would … Contracting out to provide city services at better prices made a lot of sense to me. … But the key to “doing something” is for the people to be in a position to actually check the power of their governments.…
2010 Race of the Day: Democrats' Maffei Problem
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/07/23/2010_race_of_the_day_democrats_maffei_problem
– Though New York’s highly prized 25th District fell to the Democrats in the 2008 Congressional elections, growing Republican momentum … A former aide to the corrupt Congressman Charlie Rangel, Maffei has only voted against his party’s agenda a handful of times. … Visit Ann Marie’s Facebook and Twitter pages to stay informed on the latest news and updates from her campaign.…
Losing White America
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2010/07/23/losing_white_america
– describe to a cheering crowd of the Georgia NAACP how she denied assistance to a poor white farmer about to lose his land. … Bush's opposition to a hate crimes bill meant he was coldly indifferent to the dragging death of a handicapped black man -- to solidify … To raise the issue of the New Black Panther Party is to play the race card.…
When Burly Becomes Surly
https://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2010/07/23/when_burly_becomes_surly
– These are tough times to be a man. … Nobody -- nobody who dares speak of it -- is eager to return to the bad old days, certainly not in politics. … It used to be women who had the problem of image.…
2010 Race of the Day: Cap-and-Traitor Heath Shuler
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/07/22/2010_race_of_the_day_cap-and-traitor_heath_shuler
– constituents that he has stuck to his “conservative Democrat” title and not conformed to the job-crushing, tax increasing liberal agenda … Jeff he founded Honor Air, a nonprofit organization that flies thousands of World War II Veterans to D.C. to see the World War II memorial … In a year where the Republicans have a strong advantage to take back the House, there is no better place to start than North Carolina…
Clash of the Titans: Imagine a 2012 Clinton/Gingrich Face-Off
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2010/0…clash_of_the_titans_imagine_a_2012_clintongingrich_face-off
– Bush to running against the House Republicans. … push to the far left. … The juxtaposition became too evident to ignore.…
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