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Change Has Come to Congress
National Review ^ | 12/22/2010 | Mitch McConnell

Posted on 12/22/2010 1:55:42 PM PST by pinstripes715

A new Congress begins two weeks from today, and if the American people sense that change is coming, they’re right. We got a preview last week when the president signed a bill that extends current income-tax rates for the next two years. After insisting for the past two years that the best way to help the economy was to send trillions of dollars to bureaucrats in Washington, here was the president praising a tax cut that, as he put it, would help business owners “take the reins of the recovery and propel the economy forward.”

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 112th; 112thgop; bho44; congress; spending; taxes

1 posted on 12/22/2010 1:55:48 PM PST by pinstripes715
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the president praising a tax cut that, as he put it, would help business owners “take the reins of the recovery and propel the economy forward.”

Surprised he didn't say: "Take the car keys and drive it out of the ditch." By the way, shouldn't he be sitting in the back?

2 posted on 12/22/2010 2:01:19 PM PST by Maceman (Obama -- he's as American as nasi goreng)
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We still have two weeks to sweat out. If, God-forbid, something were to happen to “Ears” and “Mouth”, it would still be “President Pelosi”.


3 posted on 12/22/2010 2:02:00 PM PST by Redleg Duke (We didn't limit out, but we nailed a bunch of RATS!)
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To: pinstripes715

I’d buy this garbage if I did a lot of recreational drugs but I don’t. The horse is gone! No use talking about closing the barn door now. The Commie’RATS had one outstanding “lame duck” session. “Historical” if you will! They gave away the whole ((((ing ranch!!! Sorry Mitch, they ate your lunch. Nazi Polizei and Stinky Harry are going to eat your supper over the next two years because you people just don’t “get it” and they do.


4 posted on 12/22/2010 2:03:12 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Merry Christmas to all of my FReeper FRiends!)
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Right on—a huge American majority screamed loud and clear on 11/2/10 to STOP THE MARXISTS NOW!!!

We gave Mitch the ball and he fumbled it on the one yard line and then Obama scooped it up and ran 99yds for a touchdown.

WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL!!!

5 posted on 12/22/2010 2:18:19 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Every Christmas the Leftist atheists become "hatetheists.")
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To: pinstripes715
Over all I think McConnell has done a decent job as the MINORITY Leader of the Senate, a Democrat House and a Democrat POTUS.

Biggest error was New START and I think the GOP should have invested far more political capital into that one. And, it should have been invested 6 months ago.

6 posted on 12/22/2010 2:20:26 PM PST by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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And we have the current Congress ignoring thw will of the people and giving us one last FU as they are being kicked out the door.


7 posted on 12/22/2010 2:38:21 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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START was a total disaster and a horrible decision because the US got absolutely nothing from this and gave away a lot.

It has really made us VERY vulnerable to attacks by non Russian Nuclear proliferators

The end result is

1) A much more vulnerable USA

2) Russia and every other country, including proliferators such as North Korea and Iran, are much stronger

3) A much less stable world due to artificial limits on the US

All is not lost. Tactical nukes were not part of this agreement. To a certain extent, Strategic nukes and their delivery systems are obsolete.

Perhaps we may have responsible leadership when it comes to managing or Tactical capability

8 posted on 12/22/2010 3:28:38 PM PST by rdcbn
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To: Redleg Duke

At the rate the lame duck Senate and its RHINO cronies are going two weeks from now will be too late.


9 posted on 12/22/2010 3:28:43 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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10 posted on 12/22/2010 3:31:34 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
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