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Whisper campaign:
Jeb is old news
Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 3/6/2013 2:09:03 PM
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| Wednesday´s Washington snow storm cancelled former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush´s latest media tour to promote his book on immigration and feed his burgeoning presidential campaign, but that didn´t stop the conservative whisper campaign denouncing his moderate policies. Several conservative activists, lobbyists and Hill staffers told Secrets that Bush missed his chance to run for president in 2012 and that his new support for taxes and an immigration policy that clashes with the latest GOP star, Sen. Marco Rubio, also of Florida, leaves him out in the cold. "Jeb Bush is so yesterday´s potatoes," said a key conservative source.
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Comments:
Someone finally says it. We don´t need another Bush or another Clinton in the White House. We need fresh blood and not those who somehow feel entitled to that position. That´s one of the reasons why Republicans have lost because they run those who they feel are entitled to it.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Johnny Angle, 3/6/2013 2:28:54 PM (No. 9211712)
Read my lips - no new Bushes.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rafter, 3/6/2013 2:44:02 PM (No. 9211733)
Somewhere in Florida there is a sinkhole just waiting...
The recent tragic sinkhole loss was named Jeff Bush.
Will there be another with a similar name attached to it?
Or will it be eventually our cesspool of national politics that claims another victim?
Stay tuned...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bob913, 3/6/2013 3:16:58 PM (No. 9211775)
I ain´t whispering! NO! to Jeb Bush and any others like him!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
dman, 3/6/2013 3:18:05 PM (No. 9211777)
The Establishment push for their favorite "next in line" candidate is what´s the old news. They´ll keep it up until they are stopped. Stop them: new party.
Don´t whisper it: shout it.
(In anticipation of the gratuitous "this will only guarantee Democrat victories" post: the Dems are having their way with a GOP House majority, despite what may have been a sequestration "head fake". Stand firm on the minor issue so as to cave on the big issues. What´s the point of a GOP majority if it will not aggressively assert its power?)
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Distorted, 3/6/2013 3:30:48 PM (No. 9211797)
Jen is the real Bush and what should have been instead of the two who never were.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
veritas, 3/6/2013 3:41:21 PM (No. 9211808)
Two Presidents Adams were enough for the country....
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
snapper451, 3/6/2013 3:44:35 PM (No. 9211814)
The framers did not want a monarchy. No more Clinton´s, no more Bushes, no more Obama´s. this is a country of over 300 million people - can´t we go outside these 3 families?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
altoona, 3/6/2013 4:57:07 PM (No. 9211914)
Tend to agree with #5 about Jeb, but life isn´t fair.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
michellewsc2, 3/6/2013 4:59:46 PM (No. 9211915)
Huge G.H.W.B. and G.W.B. fan and voted for both -- twice. But, we don´t need another Bush to distract from the important issues we face in the future. With another Bush running, all the focus will be on GWB, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Bush´s Fault, etc
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bighambone, 3/6/2013 6:04:56 PM (No. 9211993)
Jeb Bush is now taking a libertarian approach to solving the illegal alien problem. It amounts to simply giving just about all illegal aliens permanent residence (green cards) and changing the visa laws so that just about all aspiring future illegal aliens can easily apply for a green card and walk into the USA. In his mind that would solve the problem.
But what happens to American workers when the government allows what amounts to an unlimited supply of cheap foreign labor into the USA, as such a massive new glut of foreign workers entering the legal US job market would no doubt cause a general lowering of wages in any US industry where they could be employed. If that happened a huge number of American workers and especially American black workers would never be able to find any sort of job that payed more then the minimum wage. That would not only happen in blue collar jobs, but also in many professional fields, but also in the medical field where with immigration reform a huge number of third world doctors and nurses would be allowed in to staff Obamacare facilities all over the country. All that is called the law of supply and demand.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
tonyl, 3/6/2013 7:48:32 PM (No. 9212112)
A loud "Bingo" for you #10.
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CNN correspondent Soledad O´Brien, known for her "Black in America" documentaries that sometimes irk viewers, is now turning her cameras on whites. She says in a statement to Secrets: "We´re not just working on ´BIA,´ but also developing a ´White in America.´ Stay tuned for that one." Her statement came in reaction to a Secrets story about her appearance in a short video posted by Harvard University´s Institute of Politics, based in part on a speech she gave to the college about race and her "Black in America" series.
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The IRS is deeply political —
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Federal officials used the power of the state to intimidate and harass critics of President Obama and the federal government. When the higher levels of the Internal Revenue Service learned that one office was inappropriately targeting Tea Party groups, these officials nevertheless denied it -- until they were forced to fess up. If you needed another reason to distrust your government and oppose its expansion, the IRS just gave it to you. Judging by available evidence and an inspector general´s report released this week, the story here is not a Nixonian White House using all of government´s tools
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Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard
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Deep in the list of taxes that the president´s Obamacare plan will hit Americans with is a 40 percent excise tax on health plans typical union members have, especially in Midwest states, according to a new analysis. The Obamacare tax won´t take place until 2018, but when it does it will smack high cost, or so-called "Cadillac" health insurance plans, according to the group Americans for Tax Reform. "This tax will most directly affect union families and early retirees, who are likely to be covered by such plans," said ATR in a review of upcoming tax
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Commentary Magazine, by Peter Wehner
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/15/2013 9:37:33 PM
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Tuesday that Republicans are “hyperventilating about Benghazi,” and "President Obama was absolutely right to call this a sideshow." “They’re hyperventilating about Benghazi. President Obama was absolutely right to call this a sideshow. This is about smear politics and nothing else,” Reid said. As CNSNews.com previously reported on Monday, Obama called the congressional probe of the Benghazi attack a “political circus” and a “sideshow,” adding that there’s “no there, there.” The controversy over talking points was politically motivated, Obama said. Obama and administration officials had claimed the Benghazi terrorist attack
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Beck Maps Out How Scandals
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/15/2013 8:54:56 PM
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Cybercast News Service, by Melanie Hunter
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/15/2013 7:00:03 PM
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Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he did not know whether there has been even one prosecution under the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. “Have you ever enforced this law even one time?” Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) asked Holder during a House Judiciary Committee hearing after referencing abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted of three counts of first degree counts murder in the deaths of three babies whose spinal cords were severed after they were born alive. “I don’t know,” Holder replied. Franks described how the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, enacted in 2002, “provides that all federal
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President Obama allies do
more damage in days than
GOP did in four years
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Washington Examiner, by Brian Hughes
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/15/2013 6:39:50 PM
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In a matter of days, the Obama administration has done something that the president´s political opponents have failed to do over four and a half years: inflicted serious damage to President Obama´s public standing. Obama has throughout his presidency aggressively combated GOP criticism -- on issues large and small -- mocking the attacks as political theater short on facts. But with his own administration now embroiled in a flurry of controversies, including IRS mistreatment of conservative groups and the Justice Department´s secret monitoring of journalists´ phones, the president is coming across not
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Associated Press, by Jim Kuhnhenn
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/15/2013 6:34:53 PM
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WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama says the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, has submitted his resignation in the aftermath of an investigation that found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups. Obama says Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew requested Miller´s resignation. Obama says he also insists that safeguards be put in place to prevent reoccurrence of improper actions. Obama has been under pressure to act in the aftermath of acknowledgement by top IRS officials that conservative groups were improperly singled out.
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The Hill [Washington, DC], by Mike Lillis
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/15/2013 6:20:41 PM
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A growing chorus of Democratic leaders says the current controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should have no effect on the agency´s work implementing President Obama´s healthcare reform law. A number of Republicans have said the recent revelation that IRS officials had targeted conservative groups leaves the agency with no credibility as it prepares to implement those parts of the reform law under its watch. But Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), head of the Democrats´ Steering and Policy Committee, said Wednesday that, while the targeting episode is "outrageous,"
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Senate Democrats today blocked Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) resolution condemning the IRS and advocating an investigation reaching deep into the Obama administration. “The president has deemed this inexcusable, yet actions speak louder than words. It is time for President Obama and his Administration to act and it is our duty as Americans to hold them accountable,” he added. The resolution finds that “the Internal Revenue Service engaged in discriminatory behavior” and calls for an independent authority to investigate “and, if applicable, seek criminal charges against any individuals who authorized or were involved in
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Former Vice President and environmental activist Al Gore said “our very way of life” is at stake because of “our recklessness” on climate change. Gore blogged on Friday that concentrations of carbon dioxide hit 400 parts per million in the Earth’s atmosphere, a warning that if Americans don’t change there will be dire consequences. “Now more than ever before, we are reaping the consequences of our recklessness,” Gore wrote. “From Superstorm Sandy, which crippled New York City and large areas of New Jersey, to a drought, which parched more than half of our nation;
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CNN, by Dean Obeidallah
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Posted By: SpinMaster- 5/14/2013 1:25:13 PM
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New York -- Is Rush Limbaugh becoming a relic, a human version of "Mad Men," except without the style or cool clothes? Has Limbaugh become as dated as Jazzercise or "Macarena?" All you need to do is look at the bottom line to see that Limbaugh is in trouble. Limbaugh once raked in the big bucks for his radio syndicator, Cumulus. But last week, Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey made it clear those days are over. Dickey reported that Cumulus had lost millions of dollars in ad sales because many advertisers no longer want to be associated with Limbaugh.
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Posted By: nhchemist- 5/15/2013 7:01:31 AM
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BELCHERTOWN – Shortly after midnight Tuesday, seven people were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir. State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, and “cited their education and career interests” for being in the area. The men told police they were chemical engineers and recent college graduates. The Quabbin, in Belchertown, is one of the country’s largest man-made public water supplies.
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Weiner to seek erection,
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New York Post, by David Seifman
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Posted By: Drive- 5/15/2013 8:55:10 AM
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Anthony Weiner’s bid to rise from the political dead is ready to begin in earnest — the disgraced former congressman will announce he is running for mayor as early as next week, according to sources. “He’s definitely running,” one Weiner ally told The Post. After weeks of hinting at a run, Weiner has taken a major step toward firing up his campaign by hiring a manager to guide his mayoral bid, according to a report. Weiner has tapped political adviser Danny Kedem, who recently worked on a Staten Island congressional race, to run his impending mayoral campaign, according to a report on Politico.com.
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Source: Two ´rogue´ workers principally
behind IRS targeting of conservatives
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CNN, by Dana Bash*
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/15/2013 4:50:18 PM
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Washington -- The Internal Revenue Service has identified two "rogue" employees in the agency´s Cincinnati office as being principally responsible for "overly aggressive" handling of requests by conservative groups for tax-exempt status, a congressional source told CNN. In a meeting on Capitol Hill, acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller described the employees as being "off the reservation," according to the source. It was not clear precisely what the alleged behavior involved. Miller said the staffers have already been disciplined, according to another source familiar with Miller´s discussions with congressional investigators.
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