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“We’ve Got a Big Problem”: Speaker Boehner on White House’s Arrogance of Power

Speaker John Boehner — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:13:43 +0000

After another week of the White House shifting, revising and walking-back its account of its involvement in the IRS scandal, the American people deserve a straight answer and Republicans “are going to continue to seek answers until we get to the truth,” Speaker Boehner said at a press conference today. Here’s more:

“Well, today is a new day, which means that we’re sure to get a new story from the White House on the IRS scandal. First they ...

Obama Goes on Offense to Sell Counterterrorism Policy

John Walker — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:58 +0000

Speech Includes Renewed Call to Close Guantánamo

While the Benghazi cover-up remains in the headlines, President Obama will move to shift the focus Thursday in a wide-ranging speech designed to define the administration’s counterterrorism policy.

In the speech scheduled for delivery at the National Defense University in Washington, Obama will once again call for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In addition, the president will address the controversial use of drones to attack terrorists.

Guantánamo Bay has ...

Scandals Could Sink Obamacare

John Walker — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:43 +0000

It will be months before the dust settles on the Obama scandals-the Benghazi Cover-up, the IRS suppression of political opposition, the Justice Department snooping on the media, and the shakedown of insurance companies and healthcare providers by Kathleen Sebelius.

It’s a long list. Congressional committees are falling all over each other with hearings and investigations. Meanwhile, the Obama administration struggles with one implausible explanation after another.

Regardless, the real casualty of the multiple scandals will be Obamacare. The president’s ...

The Benghazi Timeline: Obama and Clinton Knew Right Away It Was Terrorism

Christopher Cook — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:37 +0000

Whenever a political scandal comes to light, one of the most common questions is, “How far up does this go?” All too often, layers of insulation protect the highest-ranking officials, and even if they had knowledge or were themselves culpable, they get away without penalty. Lower-ranking officials are sacrificed, scapegoated, or willingly fall on their swords to protect their masters.

Sweeping away all the political talk of impeachment for Obama and derailing the presidential aspirations of Hillary Clinton, ...

Ed Markey Falls Short on National Security

John Walker — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:25:30 +0000

Gomez shows resolve; Markey has weak record to defend on national security

Democratic Congressman Ed Markey is feeling the heat over his weak record on national security in the tight race to fill the vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts.

Markey’s opponent, Republican Gabriel Gomez, took aim at Markey’s national security record in a campaign appearance Monday with Arizona Senator John McCain.

Gomez condemned two votes by Markey in the House against resolutions honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, ...

The Crazy World We Live In

Burt Prelutsky — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:25:29 +0000

Three Reasons Benghazi Still Matters

Christopher Cook — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:45:07 +0000

The House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee hearings about the September 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya have concluded. Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed in the September 11, 2012 attack.

Supporters of Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say that the hearings, led by Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), were nothing more than a partisan attempt to smear the current president and a likely Democratic contender in the 2016 election.

Whether you agree with that ...

John Boehner Should Stop Talking and Start Leading

John Walker — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:25:13 +0000

House Speaker Can Start with a Select Committee on Benghazi

It is time for House Speaker John Boehner to step away from the microphone, grab the gavel, and start leading as House Republicans move to investigate the Obama scandals and block the implementation of Obamacare.

The House is now awash in investigations and legislative proposals over the Benghazi and IRS scandals. Boehner needs to take charge.

The Speaker can start by supporting the effort to create a Select Committee to investigate ...

Judge Jeanine Pirro Blasts Obama on IRS, AP, and Benghazi Scandals

David Leeper — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:24 +0000

Speaking truth to power as few others can, Judge Jeanine Pirro devastates Barack Obama for his scandal trifecta of the past week — namely, the Benghazi Betrayal, IRS Harassment, and the AP Phone Records Seizure.

The administration’s strategy through it all continues to be:

1. Shrug, deny, delay, dissemble, obfuscate, rationalize, and blame-shift.
2. Own up to nothing while throwing a few underlings under the bus.
3. Ascribe statist thuggery and gross negligence to lack of funding.

Flailing wildly and ...

Coping Mechanisms

Burt Prelutsky — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:23 +0000

I will frankly admit I find it increasingly difficult to share the same planet as leftists. That’s because I believe they are all insane. They say such things as “We all belong to the state” or “It takes a village to raise a child” with a straight face. One might say that a North Korean belongs to the state, but an American?

To tell the truth, the only way I have found to cope with liberals is by ...