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Sunday, September 13
Source: Wilson breaks $1 million
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 13 Sep 2009 01:23 PM EDT
A source on Rep. Joe Wilson's campaign says his fundraising has broken $1 million -- and surpassed that of his Democratic rival, Rob Miller -- since his outburst of "You lie!" during President Obama's address to Congress Wednesday.
The source said Wilson's current tally is $1,005,021 from 18,859 donations amid a high-profile campaign on the Drudge Report and elsewhere telling conservatives that Wilson is "under attack" for his willingness to take on Obama.
Wilson, who initially apologized for his words, is now riding a reaction that has surpassed the liberal backlash to his words: Miller has raised less than $900,000, according to the Democratic fundraising site ActBlue -- though still more than enough to envigorate his challenge.
Still, Wilson's success -- despite having been criticized by Republican leaders -- represents the power of the conservative grassroots to reward politicians who confront the White House in the sharpest terms
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Wilson: No Second Apology for 'You Lie'
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Up to two million march to US Capitol to protest against Obama's spending in 'tea-party' demonstration
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 13 Sep 2009 01:00 PM EDT
Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle Congress" and "I'm Not Your ATM." Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day" - Election Day 2010.
Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam War veteran and former Teamster, came from Michigan. He said health care needs to be reformed - but not according to President Barack Obama's plan.
"My grandkids are going to be paying for this. It's going to cost too much money that we don't have," he said while marching, bracing himself with a wooden cane as he walked.
(Astro-turf? I don't think so! We're the American people and we're the boss...not the Congress...not even the President. We are! - Roland)
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Barack and Me
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 13 Sep 2009 12:26 PM EDT
I've been a committed conservative and, with the exception of one year where I listed myself as an independent, a registered Republican since 1978. What makes that rather unremarkable statement more intriguing is that I'm an American who happens to be black...Until February 10, 2007, most of my black friends and associates tolerated my status as a conservative and Republican, dismissing me as a novelty or something less flattering but essentially harmless. After that date, and especially after the Iowa caucuses in the 2008 Presidential election, I became an enemy and someone who needed to be silenced at all costs.
What changed? The emergence of Barack Hussein Obama as the first viable black candidate for the Presidency, an occasion that called for racial solidarity over ideological purity or party loyalty.
I know I didn't change. I saw in Barack Obama not a black man but another liberal Democrat out to convince Americans to surrender their liberty for the benevolent dictatorship of government.
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Let freedom ring! Videos from yesterday's march on Washington
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 13 Sep 2009 04:12 AM EDT
Obama sets stage for using budget maneuver to pass health reform
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 13 Sep 2009 03:53 AM EDT
If GOP lawmakers embrace compromise, a healthcare bill would pass Congress easily. But the more likely scenario is that Republicans will continue to oppose Obama’s plan, and the president later this fall will be able to note he tried to strike a deal with the GOP but could not.
That will set up a Democratic argument that Senate leaders have been forced to use a partisan budget tool known as reconciliation to pass a health bill through the Senate by a simple majority, instead of 60 votes. Under the budget plan they passed earlier this year, Democrats could invoke the reconciliation process on Oct. 15.
(When, during the Bush years, the Republicans threatened to use the so-called nuclear option, that is, forego the 60-vote rule to pass legislation in the Senate, the Dems screamed foul and rightfully so. Now that the Dems are threatening to do it, it's because they're somehow "forced" in to it? Bloody, stinking hypocrisy at its finest - Roland)
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