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Obamacare Fears Send Lawmakers And Aides To Early Retirement

Bankrupting America — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:30:14 +0000

Debt-Flicks: The Purge

Retire, quit, escape? Congress is doing whatever it can to avoid the consequences of living under Obamacare – and they’re not alone. Fear is spreading from Capitol Hill to insurers to employers, all concerned about implementation of the new health care law and the skyrocketing costs that are expected to come with it. As those fears become reality, no one wants to be left to watch the train wreck unfold.

OBAMACARE FEARS SEND LAWMAKERS AND AIDES TO EARLY ...

37 Reasons to Repeal ObamaCare

Press Release — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:45:39 +0000

After $1 trillion in new taxes and more than $2 trillion in new spending, three years later the Democrats’ law has failed to deliver on the promise of affordable health care for Americans.

Instead, American families and businesses are facing the tough and costly realities of ObamaCare: higher health insurance premiums, the loss of the health plan you have and like, lower wages, and less hiring and business expansion. Now, on the eve of the 37th vote in the House to repeal all ...

Pollsters embarrassed by Sanford win, Cockstradamus ends retirement

Mike DeVine — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:22:04 +0000

Conservatives wandering aimlessly in the political wilderness since the Obama re-election of 2012 disaster without their strong male role model and Palmetto State oracle now roosted atop Stone Mountain of Georgia, take heart. That fearless fighting rooster marked his return to political prognostications last Monday, the day before Mark Sanford’s landslide victory over Stephen Colbert’s sister, via this column, thusly:

Our Stone Mountain-of-Georgia-roost-view of the South Carolina race is hazy and our alter ego Cockstradamus retired from political ...

The Lowcountry Elects Mark Sanford

Press Release — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:30:28 +0000

Independent Women’s Voice Congratulates ObamaCare Repeal Pledge Signer on Victory (Washington, D.C.) — Following Mark Sanford’s victory tonight in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District Special Election, Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) President and CEO Heather R. Higgins released the following statement: “On behalf of Independent Women’s Voice, I want to congratulate Mark Sanford on his victory this evening over Elizabeth Colbert Busch in the South Carolina 1st District Special Election. “Importantly, as Sanford is a signer of the ObamaCare Repeal Pledge, his victory moves us ...

Obama Sinks into Denial on Healthcare Law

John Walker — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:15:07 +0000

The President Spins as Public Support Tanks

As public support for Obamacare falls to one of the lowest levels since the bill was passed, the president now shows serious signs of denial about the failures surrounding implementation of the law.

In a White House press conference Tuesday, Obama reacted to reports that a growing number of Democrats are growing nervous over the impact of Obamacare on their reelection chances next year.

The president pushed back hard, responding with a long-winded ...

Mainstream Media Finally Takes Aim at Obamacare

John Walker — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:15:21 +0000

We know Obamacare is on the rocks when the New York Times, the flagship of the mainstream media, is compelled to report growing concerns about implementing the complex and unpopular law.

In a headline Monday that deserves consideration for a Pulitzer Prize in journalistic understatement, the Times said, “Next Big Challenge for Health Law: Carrying It Out.”

The Times story was a balanced account of the pros and cons of Obamacare, careful to give both sides of the law’s chances ...