GROVER NORQUIST, Bondage Master of the RepubliGun Party
Showing posts with label Republican tax dollars at work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican tax dollars at work. Show all posts
Monday, November 21, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Reporklicans and hypocrites to boot
At least 116 Republican governors, senators, and representatives have spent the past year railing against the Recovery Act, while simultaneously requesting funds to create jobs in their districts and taking credit for projects at ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
As the independent PolitiFact put it, they're trying "have their cake... and vote against it too." They know the Recovery Act is creating jobs, but they think attacking it will bring them victory in the 2010 elections.
Not so fast. We're preparing to meet every hypocritical attack with press conferences in states across the nation and a rapid-response program to fact check every lie. But we need your help to make it happen.
Please donate $5 or more today to support our campaign against Recovery Act hypocrisy.
Today is the anniversary of the President signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that has saved or created at least 2 million jobs, cut taxes for 95 percent of working families, and made loans to over 42,000 small businesses. And as a former governor, I can tell you it also provided critical relief for state governments facing record budget shortfalls.
But don't take it from me. Listen to Rep. Joe Wilson, who told the Department of Agriculture that the money he was seeking "would provide jobs and investment" for his South Carolina district. Or take it from Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty, who balanced his state budget with the same funds he's so often attacked on TV.
Even the GOP leadership that went all out to kill the bill has gotten into the game -- Sen. Mitch McConnell has bragged about funding for a military project in Kentucky, while Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor sought funds for a high-speed rail project in Virginia to create jobs.
President Obama has made it clear he knows that we're not out of the woods yet, and he's focused on creating jobs. Honesty with the American people is one of the obligations of leadership.
In stark contrast, Republicans are engaged in a hypocritical campaign of attacks -- and they're proving what we've said all along: Their opposition is about politics, pure and simple.
We're going to prove that it's not winning politics -- but we need your support to expose their hypocrisy:
https://my.democrats.org/hypocrisy
As the independent PolitiFact put it, they're trying "have their cake... and vote against it too." They know the Recovery Act is creating jobs, but they think attacking it will bring them victory in the 2010 elections.
Not so fast. We're preparing to meet every hypocritical attack with press conferences in states across the nation and a rapid-response program to fact check every lie. But we need your help to make it happen.
Please donate $5 or more today to support our campaign against Recovery Act hypocrisy.
Today is the anniversary of the President signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that has saved or created at least 2 million jobs, cut taxes for 95 percent of working families, and made loans to over 42,000 small businesses. And as a former governor, I can tell you it also provided critical relief for state governments facing record budget shortfalls.
But don't take it from me. Listen to Rep. Joe Wilson, who told the Department of Agriculture that the money he was seeking "would provide jobs and investment" for his South Carolina district. Or take it from Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty, who balanced his state budget with the same funds he's so often attacked on TV.
Even the GOP leadership that went all out to kill the bill has gotten into the game -- Sen. Mitch McConnell has bragged about funding for a military project in Kentucky, while Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor sought funds for a high-speed rail project in Virginia to create jobs.
President Obama has made it clear he knows that we're not out of the woods yet, and he's focused on creating jobs. Honesty with the American people is one of the obligations of leadership.
In stark contrast, Republicans are engaged in a hypocritical campaign of attacks -- and they're proving what we've said all along: Their opposition is about politics, pure and simple.
We're going to prove that it's not winning politics -- but we need your support to expose their hypocrisy:
https://my.democrats.org/hypocrisy
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
He's not just a hate attractor, he's right behind Rockefeller:
Buchanan high on wealth list
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, is one of the least senior members of Congress, but there is one area Buchanan remains among the upper echelon on Capitol Hill.
Personal wealth.
For the second consecutive year Buchanan, who is in his third year in Congress, is listed as the sixth wealthiest member of Congress, according to an analysis done by The Hill, a Washington D.C. newspaper. MORE...
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Greer: Wingnut takes flight
Florida Democrats: Greer Should Re-focus His Attention to Credit Card Reforms
Tallahassee, FL - Today, the Florida Democratic Party sent the following letter responding to Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer's baseless indoctrination claims:
James A. Greer, Chairman
Republican Party of Florida
420 E. Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301Dear Chairman Greer,
Come on now. You can't be serious about these baseless indoctrination claims.
While it is clear you have been busy meeting with the 'Birthers', making up claims of death panels in the health insurance reform bills, and now recently begun studying political theory and elementary civics, maybe your time would be better spent working on credit card reform efforts.
More specifically, rather than worrying about President Obama's efforts to inspire our nations' school children to do their homework and speak to them about, "the importance of persisting and succeeding in school," maybe you should spend your time working to track down all the Republican Party of Florida's American Express Platinum cards. You know, the credit cards you gave out to all the Republican Party's elected officials including Speaker Ray Sansom, Sen. Jeff Atwater, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, Rep. Dean Cannon, and many others. In doing so, you transformed your political party into nothing more than a Tammany Hall for Republican leaders as they lived large on the slush fund that is today's Republican Party of Florida.
Or maybe you should focus your efforts on explaining to the IRS how you and other Republican leaders didn't commit tax evasion as you have been reportedly accused of doing by charging personal expenses to the RPOF. But because the only thing that the RPOF has seemingly distributed to more Republican leaders in Florida than AmEx cards is tinfoil hats - now apparently fashioned from your old AmEx Platinum cards - we were concerned that your AmEx Platinum hat blocked your ability to see the reaction to your baseless charges. As such, I wanted to make sure you saw some of the coverage.
PolitiFact.com, a project of the St. Petersburg Times that recently won a Pulitzer Prize for their efforts helping Americans find the truth in politics wrote:
You might think that would be a harmless topic, and that people across the political spectrum could agree on the importance of education. Not so for the Republican Party of Florida...
We reviewed the study materials but didn't see any mention of controversial issues, let alone any attempt to indoctrinate students in socialism...
But he crossed a line when he said that Obama intended to discuss "plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies" and other policy matters not germane to education. That is factually incorrect, and the party could not offer any support for the statement. For raising the specter of socialist ideology and indoctrination, the party takes its claim to an additional, absurd level. We rate the Republican Party of Florida's statement Pants on Fire!
And Mark Murray from NBC News wrote on their First Read blog:
This coming Tuesday, President Obama is set to deliver a speech on education and its importance to students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA...
Yet somehow, the chairman of the Florida Republican Party, Jim Greer, believes Obama's speech as a platform "to spread" his "socialist ideology."
...Has the state of our political discourse devolved to the point where a president's speech about the importance of education gets called a socialist power grab?
So, rather than waste all of our time with statements that are no more credible that the craziest of conspiracy theories, maybe you should turn off Glenn Beck, tune out Rush Limbaugh, ignore the Secessionist movement and focus your energy on cleaning up the Republican culture of cronyism and corruption in Tallahassee.
Best wishes,
Eric Jotkoff
Communications Director
Florida Democratic Party
Stupidity Level set on Stun
Where does the Penile State come up with these people? Disney world? Everglades lagoons?
Greer Condemns Obama's Attempt to Indoctrinate Students
Tallahassee- Â Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer today released the following statement condemning President Obama's use of taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda.
"As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama's socialist ideology. ...
"While I support educating our children to respect both the office of the American President and the value of community service, I do not support using our children as tools to spread liberal propaganda. ... blah
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Vern Buchanan speaks - no Dems, thank you
Don't bother planning to meet your elected representative, Vern Buchanan, at this event if you're a Democrat:
19 August, Wednesday 7 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) - Republican Club of South Sarasota County will hold the second of its Summer Evening Series of Guest Speakers . This special event will feature Congressman Vern Buchanan and will be held at the South Venice Civic Association Clubhouse, 720 Alligator Drive. (west of Rt. 41, 3 lights south of Shamrock). Light refreshments will be served. Independents, Conservatives and Republicans of all ages are welcomed to attend. Information call: 486-1414 or Email:Filipcowski4.Law@aol.com The Republican Club of South Sarasota County will hold a STRAW POLL BALLOT for the Florida US Senate GOP primary election candidates at this meeting.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Let us now praise
Florida Business Regulators!
At the Dept. of Business Regulation, there used to be oversight of accountants.
Now apparently it's all about licenses.
Where do fraud victims apply, Guv?
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