Evidence that Michael Steele gets it. Watch here as Neil Cavuto probes Michael Steele on the issue.
The old saying was ‘Remember the Maine.’ Well, now it’s ‘Remember the Maine Senators,’ as well as ’Benedict Arlen.’ Their betrayal will not be forgotten.
(h/t Gateway Pundit)
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!
Corzine claims that the Scheme-ulous bill will lead to 100,000 new jobs in New Jersey.
NEW YORK, NY February 22, 2009 —As governors from around the country discuss the federal stimulus package, New Jersey governor Corzine is praising President Obama’s plan, which he says will make a big difference in the economy.
REPORTER: Corzine told CBS Face the Nation he hopes to use the funds for education and health care, but he said those aren’t the only sectors of the Garden State’s economy that will benefit from the .
CORZINE: Some of the other expenditures that are part of the program, on highways and bridges, and the energy infrastructure of the country, I think we’re gonna create a lot of jobs — about 100,000 in New Jersey.
REPORTER: Corzine says most of the economists he’s talked to don’t expect any turnaround in the economy until at least 2010. He says that makes it essential that the federal government use its ability to finance deficits, something states and local governments don’t have the capacity to do.
I’ll eat my shorts if this leads to 100,000 new and permanent jobs in this state.
This woman is a downright disgrace.
If you happened to miss it, in Obama’s first press conference Helen Thomas referred to terrorists as “so-called” terrorists. Here she is asked about her use of that phrase and her comments are nothing less than despicable and anti-American.
(h/t Michael @ CWA!)
To no suprise, the Bergen County establishment is lining up for gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie. From the Bergen Record:
More than 230 Bergen County Republican officials formally endorsed Christopher J. Christie’s bid for governor Friday, dealing a setback to his rival, former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan.
Sen. Gerald Cardinale, the long-time conservative stalwart from Demarest and Bergen County Clerk Kathleen Donovan of Rutherford, a social moderate, top the list of prominent officials.
All five GOP legislators representing Bergen endorsed Christie, as did Bergen County Republican Organization Chairman Bob Yudin, whose endorsement is not an endorsement of the entire BCRO. The BCRO will hold its convention on March 19.
Assemblyman Richard Merkt of Morris County and Brian D. Levine of Franklin Township, Somerset County, also are vying for the nomination for governor.
Yudin said “practical politics” led him to back Christie, the former U.S. attorney for New Jersey, over Lonegan, who runs a conservative non-profit group.
“I believe Chris Christie has the best chance of winning,” Yudin said Friday. “It will be a close election, but Christie will carry Bergen County. If he is able to do that, my freeholder candidates will win. For me it is practical politics of who can win in November.”
While the economy is expected to dominate the political agenda this year, polls taken last year showed that public corruption was a major concern for Bergen voters, Yudin said. Christie’s conviction of 132 public officials during his seven-year tenure as U.S. attorney — including his investigation of the Bergen County Democratic Party — will “go a long way toward Christie doing well in Bergen County,” Yudin said.
Lonegan dismissed the endorsement as “proof that Chris Christie is the candidate of the status quo.”
“We are going to win the convention in Bergen County and we’ll win the primary,” Lonegan said. “This is a good old-fashioned insider game against the grassroots, the failed established Republicans versus grass-roots activists and I’m glad to be on the side of the activists.”
Early polls show Christie with a double-digit lead over Lonegan.
Despite my support of conservative Steve Lonegan in this race, I have tried to be open and fair to Mr. Christie. However, to this point I have yet to see or hear anything from Mr. Christie to convince me of his passion and commitment to conservative ideals and conservative solutions for New Jersey. Quite honestly, I am not sure at this point that he can.
On the one hand Steve Lonegan has a long track record of where he stands on the issues. Having been a mayor and State Director of Americans for Prosperity NJ, there is no reason to doubt Steve’s principles.
On the other hand, Mr. Christie does not have a track record. His major accomplishments come as a prosecutor, not as a politician or activist. This makes it difficult for a discerning voter to have faith in his stated positions and not think it’s just saying the things one needs to get elected.
This aside, my frustration with the Republican establishment in this state is growing as this primary period continues. As Mr. Yudin implies, winning at any cost is really their goal. If this means going with the candidate with the “best chance to win” then that is what they will do. You see, ideas and solutions are secondary. Supporting the candidate who actually best represents, and is most committed to, real change is secondary.
This is something that grassroots Republicans in New Jersey need to reject. The ultimate goal is not to have more politicians with (R)’s next to their name in state government; the ultimate goal is to achieve true reform in keeping with our founding principles. True reform that limits government and puts it back on the side of the people.
In order to succeed in this respect, as voters we need to identify and support those candidates we truly believe will do so; not just go with the latest ‘name.’
Cross-posted at Red County.
The Obama Administration doesn’t seem to take well to criticism. Their thin skin was on display yesterday when Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs lashed out at Rick Santelli in his response to his rant against the administration’s proposed $275B mortgage bailout plan.
Why do I have my doubts that Gibbs has even read the plan himself? Maybe because we know nobody even read the Stimulus Plan?
I truly find it amazing that Gibbs would attack Santelli’s credentials. Considering that Obama himself has ZERO private sector experience and has never produced anything of worth, perhaps Mr. Gibbs ought to think twice about attacking someone who has actually done so.
For another post on this, I also recommend this one at Fausta’s Blog.
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!
Gee, I was so looking forward to that extra $13 a week from Obama’s ‘tax cut.’ Wait, what am I talking about? I am probably too ‘rich’ for that.
Well, anyway, even if I were to get Obama’s unbelievable windfall consider that wiped out because Governor Corzine is ready to take away my property tax rebate.
With his budget-cutting options dwindling, Gov. Jon Corzine is preparing plans to severely curtail or eliminate New Jersey’s popular property tax rebates for the coming year, multiple sources close to the governor said today.
The rebate checks to homeowners and tenants, which cost the state about $1.7 billion last year, represent one of the largest remaining non-essential spending items in the budget Corzine will present to the Legislature on March 10.
Way to make the tough choices there, Gov.
Cross-posted at Red County.
Alice’s Restaurant blog has another in a series of posts demonstrating the outrageous size of New Jersey government’s departments and bureaucracies. In her latest post, Alice outlines the Department of Labor & Workforce Development. I have also linked to her previous posts on other departments below.
Remember, the next time anyone ever says to you where can we cut government in New Jersey, just refer them to these posts.
Well, this says it all. Former KGBer Vladdy Putin…warning America on the dangers of socialism.
Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”.
“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”
Sounding more like Barry Goldwater than the former head of the KGB, Putin said, “Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.”
Need I really comment further?
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!
Wow. Watch this. Santelli goes off on a rant against Obama policies. In the background you can see and hear Wall Street traders cheering him on.
The backlash is beginning.
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!
Could you imagine John Ashcroft making an inflammatory statement like this and not seeing a full-blown attack from the Left, with accusations of racism?
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing unresolved racial issues. In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black History Month, Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.
“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards,” said Holder, nation’s first black attorney general.
This reminded me of a little controversy with Bill O’Reilly back in 2007. O’Reilly was having an open and frank discussion about race with Fox News contributor Juan Williams on his radio program. Williams, of course, is an African-American.
Well during the discussion O’Reilly made some remarks about his expereience while at a diner in Harlem with Al Sharpton that weren’t exactly well-put.
O’Reilly told his radio audience that he dined with civil rights activist Al Sharpton at Sylvia’s recently and “couldn’t get over the fact that there was no difference” between the black-run restaurant and others in New York City.
However, this was only a brief snipet of the entire conversation; a conversation which was actually critical of racism. Yet the media and groups like Media Matters jumped all over him for it.
My point is this: If we are a nation of cowards when it comes to race relations, as Holder says, then a lot of blame lays with the media and certain segments of the American Left. When groups such as these are so quick to accuse people (whites in particular) of being racists the minute they make the littlest comment on race relations (let alone take their comments out of context), then it tends to suppress the dialogue and only serves to inflame both sides.
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!
