November 17th, 2011

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RNC Chairman Priebus Statement on the National Debt Exceeding $15 Trillion

WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement on the national debt exceeding the $15 trillion mark:   “America has crossed an unthinkable threshold: our national debt now exceeds $15 trillion dollars. That’s more than $48,000 per citizen. “In 2009, President Obama promised to cut the deficit in half by the [...]

RNC Chairman Priebus Discusses Emanuel’s Connection to Solyndra on WLS Radio in Chicago

Priebus: “I think that Rahm Emanuel needs to come clean on [Solyndra]” “I think that Rahm Emanuel needs to come clean on that and obviously he’s not being honest with the people across the country as far as what’s happening with Solyndra… “This is a president who claimed that he was going to be number [...]

ICYMI: New Emails Show Solyndra is Getting Worse for President Obama

“Solyndra: Energy Dept. pushed firm to keep layoffs quiet until after midterms” Excerpts from the Washington Post: “The Obama administration urged officers of the struggling solar company Solyndra to postpone announcing planned layoffs until after the November 2010 midterm elections, newly released e-mails show… “Solyndra’s chief executive warned the Energy Department on Oct. 25, 2010, [...]

Intentional or Not, Pat Toomey Shows America the Democrats Care Nothing for Our National Security

It is one of the quintessential pillars of the Republican Party — no new taxes. George H. W. Bush got thrown out of office for violating that pledge. But Pat Toomey, Senator of Pennsylvania, is proposing new taxes. He’s proposing $300 billion in new taxes, largely through restructuring and simplifying the tax code. But they [...]

Morning Briefing for November 17, 2011

RedState Morning Briefing For November 17, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Intentional or Not, Pat Toomey Shows America the Democrats Care Nothing for Our National Security 2. Repeating Mistakes? 3. The Supercommittee of Super Insanity 4. Cornyn on Balanced Budget Amendment, Obama’s Failure to Lead, Fast [...]

Tech at Night: No on SOPA, the selective Internet Kill Switch, Greg Walden and Adam Kinzinger take on the FCC

Welcome to Tech at Night, the series the radical left says is shaping the debate. I sure hope I am. After losing on Net Neutrality and on the America Invents Act, I’d like to get a win. The next chance for a win is in the House, which is debating SOPA, the bill that would [...]

Cornyn on Balanced Budget Amendment, Obama’s Failure to Lead, Fast and Furious

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) had tough words for President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder following a speech today at The Heritage Foundation. He criticized Obama for a failure to lead and voiced concern about Holder’s handling of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. “Unfortunately, the president is already campaigning, trying to channel Harry Truman, [...]

Ezra Klein: Never Mind Stopping Occupy Rapes, Violence and Fetid Squalor, The Important Benefit of Eviction Is Helping The Movement!

The ever absurd Ezra Klein of The Washington Post is at it again, refusing to remain silent and just be thought a fool rather than speak, or write, and have it confirmed. This turn on the idiot merry-go-round is his little defense of Occupy Wall Street and his breathless desire that the eviction save them. [...]

SEIU Endorses Barack Obama, Steals #OWS Slogan, & Descends Into Banality

On some days, there must waves of nostalgia that wash over the SEIU rank and file for former-SEIU-boss-turned-corporate-insider Andy Stern and his cohort Anna Burger. At least, prior to Stern’s company doing questionable drug deals with the Obama administration, as a union boss, Stern was more creative than his successors. Take, for example, the SEIU’s [...]

Governor Perry to POTUS: “That’s Pathetic”

Governor Perry’s campaign has released a new ad in Iowa today that smacks the condescending arrogance of President Obama. The ad begins with the President’s recent remarks while campaigning/vacationing/playing golf with a friend who frequents the ladies of the night, in which he blamed the country’s current malaise on the American people being lazy. “We’ve [...]