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This is from Bob Casey Jr. (Senate, D-PA) letter to the head of the FTC, as posted on his own website (http://casey.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=03D35646-FA50-4BE0-B8D7-D1B377D5F2AF)..."For example, the section of the FTC report on gas prices post-Hurricane Katrina found that, even with local and regional market differences taken into account, eight of the 30 oil refiners audited increased their prices at least five cents more than the national average. These same firms also reported increased profits, which logically means that the increased prices were not necessary to cover bottom line costs. " That's right, he is worrying about five cents per gallon in 2006...

RAMADI, IRAQ (May 17, 2008) - Two years ago, Ramadi's police force was essentially wiped out by a strong insurgency that devastated almost every police station, leaving only a small number of officers on the job and a city considered by officials to be uncontrollable and nicknamed the “wild west.” According to an NBC News article from September 2006, a secret report concluding that the United States military could not defeat the insurgents in al-Anbar Province and al-Qaeda was rapidly filling the political vacuity.

RAMADI, IRAQ (May 17, 2008) – Step after step, combat boots hit the pavement. It’s been a few hours for the Marine squad walking the Ramadi streets. Fatigued yet steady, the young men push forward on their routine foot patrol despite the mid-day desert heat; each squad member maintaining a constant alertness with eyes scanning the environment in every direction. The squad leader passes by a familiar face; a local vender who he sees almost every day. Instantly, the look of exhaustion washes away, and a smile is brought to his face. Lifting his hand, he warmly greets the vender...

At the 1992 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic governor of the state of Pennsylvania, Robert Casey, was prohibited from speaking. The Clintons and their associates had blacklisted Casey because he wanted to speak against legalized abortion — as a pro-lifer, Casey was an increasing oddity in the modern Democratic party. The governor, engaged in a simultaneous fight to preserve his own life from a rare and fatal disease, never stopped lamenting how his party, which claimed to champion the little guy, utterly refused to defend the most innocent and defenseless. After the incident, Governor Casey sensed things would only get...

Rendell-Casey, Round 2 By Salena Zito TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, April 6, 2008 To win Pennsylvania, Barack Obama must pull off a "Missouri" -- that is, do what he did in the Show Me State: win a handful of heavily populated, liberal-centric counties and call it a day. Ironically, that is what Ed Rendell (a Hillary Clinton supporter) did to Bob Casey (an Obama supporter) in Pennsylvania's 2002 Democrat gubernatorial primary.

One of the most famous familiar quotations regarding revenge goes as follows. ”…revenge is a dish best served cold.” - Khan In the frenetic days before the Pennsylvania Democratic Party holds their Presidential Primary, we see the motivation of revenge driving Junior Senator Robert P. Casey to play a major role in the unfolding campaign. While the senator reminds me far more of a meek and subservient Fredo Corleone than of the antagonist from Star Trek II, few things can bring forth manly virtue like the opportunity to settle an old score between ambitious and powerful families. Thus, Robert Casey...

The Casey Endorsement By Katharine Q. Seelye In a surprise move, Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has endorsed Senator Barack Obama in advance of the April 22 Democratic primary. Mr. Casey had said he would remain neutral in the race in part because he wanted to help broker a reconciliation between Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton afterward. “I believe in my heart that there is one person who’s uniquely qualified to lead us in that new direction and that is Barack Obama.” Mr. Casey said during a rally in Pittsburgh Friday. Mr. Casey is going against the grain...

Sen. Bob Casey announced his surprise endorsement of his colleague Sen. Barack Obama today as the Democratic presidential contender embarked on a bus tour of Pennsylvania with a rally at Soldiers & Sailors Military Museum and Memorial in Pittsburgh. Mr. Casey introduced Mr. Obama at the rally, calling him "uniquely qualified" to lead the country. The decision by Mr. Casey, the top vote-getter in Pennsylvania history, was unexpected. He had said repeatedly that he planned to remain neutral in the presidential contest at least until after the end of the state's April 22 primary. Mr. Casey had said it was...

Reagan's War, Not Charlie Wilson's Media Bias: Hollywood would have us believe that Democrats defeated the evil empire in Afghanistan, and that President Reagan played only a minor role and even helped pave the way to 9/11. If you think Hollywood's idea of a Christmas movie being one about the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan is strange, even stranger is the plot line. "Charlie Wilson's War," which opened Friday, manages to reduce the president who won the Cold War to a background footnote. Charlie Wilson was a pro-abortion, Equal Rights Amendment-supporting congressman widely known as "the liberal from Lufkin." To his...

The Army's top general Tuesday acknowledged that his soldiers and their families are "stretched" and "stressed" by six years of war and will need a steady commitment of increased funding to keep the Army from sliding into the "hollow" force of the 1970s. Gen. George Casey said the fight between Congress and the White House over the supplemental funding for Iraq and Afghanistan makes his job more difficult and sends "a terrible signal" to the troops fighting the war. In a presentation to the Brookings Institution, the Army chief of staff appeared to try to strike a balance by giving...

  Home | Previous Page | Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/sep/07092403.html LifeSiteNews.com Monday September 24, 2007 Priest Blasts 'Usual Suspects' For Votes Against Pro-Life Policy FRONT ROYAL, VA, September 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today blasted a gang of 16 Catholic senators for their votes on an amendment to HR 2764 to overturn the Mexico City Policy instituted by President Reagan to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding overseas abortions. "For the most part it's the usual suspects who claim to be Catholic while their consistent pro-abortion votes amount to...

"Pro-Life" Casey Votes Twice to Enable US Funding for Abortion Overseas By Meg Jalsevac WASHINGTON, DC, September 14, 2007, (LifeSiteNews.com) - Last week Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (Democrat-Pennsylvania) actively contradicted his largely pro-life campaign promises by voting to approve a funding appropriations bill that would provide US funding to foreign organizations that promote and provide abortions.       The funding bill (HR 2764) would effectively overturn the Mexico City Policy, a foreign aid policy which expressly prohibits the funding of overseas agencies involved in abortion.  The policy was first adopted by President Ronald Reagan and continued in the presidency of Bush, Sr. ...

Do you agree with Cindy Sheehan that her son, who was killed in an April 2004 battle in Baghdad, died "for nothing"? Yes No

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2007 – The U.S. military is involved in a “persistent conflict,” and the Army must be prepared to handle the commitment, the Army chief of staff said today. Gen. George W. Casey Jr. spoke to reporters in the Pentagon today in his first interview since he took the position a month ago, after commanding coalition forces in Iraq for almost three years. “The enemy that has attacked us and we are fighting in places around the world isn’t going to fold up and go home,” he said. “They are going to continue to press us.” Casey...

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February 21, 2007, 9:17 a.m. Promoting FailureThe Army gets the lead out. By Mackubin Thomas Owens Earlier this month, the Senate voted 83–14 to confirm Gen. George Casey as Army chief of staff. Ten of those “no� votes came from Republicans, four of whom — John McCain, John Ensign, Saxby Chambliss and Lindsey Graham — serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). The four grilled General Casey during his confirmation hearing, forcefully taking him to task for lack of progress in Iraq during his tenure as the commander of US ground troops there. Democratic senator Carl Levin, chairman...

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Senate has confirmed Gen. George W. Casey Jr. as the next Army Chief of Staff. In an 83-14 vote, Casey will replace Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker, who will retire for the second time, after being asked by the President to come out of retirement to assume the post in 2003. General Casey distinguished himself as the leader of the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF) when he was appointed in 2004. As a result of his over 30 months commanding directly from Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says Casey "was the first choice." Secretary Gates...

Senate grills US Iraq commander General Casey faced a hostile committee hearing President Bush's choice for the new army chief of staff has denied that current US policy on Iraq has failed.General George Casey, the top US commander in Iraq for the last two years, faced tough questioning at his Senate confirmation hearing. But he disputed Republican Senator John McCain's suggestion he had painted an overly "rosy" picture of events. "I do not agree that we have a failed policy," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee. President Bush plans to send 21,500 more US soldiers to Iraq to...

WASHINGTON -- John McCain, the leading Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, today took to task Gen. George Casey, the top American commander in Iraq, accusing him of being the architect of a failed strategy and failing to take the correct steps to improve the security situation. Casey, nominated to become the next Army chief of staff, faced a series of tough questions from McCain and other senators. The general found himself trying to navigate through a committee of senators with wildly different opinions about the troop increase in Iraq. It was McCain, the leading advocate in the Senate...

WASHINGTON - The Army general who led the Iraq war for 2½ years came under fire Thursday from a leading supporter of President Bush’s new strategy in Iraq as two other influential senators sought to gain GOP support for a compromise resolution against Bush’s troop buildup. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., criticized Gen. George Casey for what he called misjudgments about the prospects for progress toward stabilizing Iraq during his tenure in Baghdad. McCain said he has “strong reservations” about Bush's nomination of Casey to become the next Army chief of staff. “While I don’t in any way question your honor,...

President Bush is shaking up the team responsible for carrying out his military and diplomatic strategies in Iraq as he prepares to outline a new direction for the war that has raged for nearly four years. Bush will replace Gen. John P. Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, and Gen. George Casey, the chief general in Iraq, in the coming weeks, according to media reports Thursday. A revamping of the administration's national security team was already under way. Bush wants to replace Abizaid with Adm. William Fallon, the top U.S. commander in the Pacific, and Casey's replacement...

YESTERDAY, the man directly responsible for conducting the war in Iraq received semi-official notice that he'll soon be relieved of his post. It's ironic that the semi-official notice came in a front-page New York Times story, considering how hostile the paper has been to the war effort and the Bush administration generally - and how profoundly angry senior Bush officials are at the Times. ...[SNIP]... The message: The president has lost confidence in the strategy and tactics designed and implemented by the generals running the war. They have, as the Times put it, "become more fixated on withdrawal than victory."

President Bush held a news conference this morning in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Click HERE for a complete transcript. Later, the president signed The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, “a bill that will extend tax relief to millions of American families and small businesses and add momentum to a growing economy”. Click HERE for a complete transcript of the president’s remarks. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Andrew Natsios, U.S. special envoy to Sudan and Darfur, at the State Department. And Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, along...

Cleveland - Veteran local sportscaster Casey Coleman, who battled pancreatic cancer for more than a year, has died. Coleman, 55, who died early Monday morning, will be difficult to replace, said WTAM AM/1100 radio host Bill Wills. "He was an integral part of our broadcast," said Wills, co-host of "Wills and Coleman in the Morning." "He was a pros pro and a very good friend. Players and coaches trusted him. He gave our broadcast credibility." Doctors gave Coleman six months to live in June. He returned briefly to WTAM at the start of Cleveland Browns training camp but took a...

Like their fellow servicemen back home, U.S. troops in Iraq enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, and in most cases the meal was served by officers and senior non-commissioned officers. At Al Asad (the largest American base in the volatile Al Anbar Province), for instance, and at Husaybah on the Syrian border; Marines, sailors, and soldiers with Regimental Combat Team 7 feasted on turkey, ham, crab legs, prime rib, dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, a variety of casseroles, pies, cakes, and any other treats the cooks and bakers could come up with.

Seems like just yesterday Republicans were warning Democrats not to count their hicks before they were catched. Democrats said they had a plan to get the guys with the Confederate flags, but Republicans said you can’t con those folks into loving federal overreach. Democrats said they could draw pro-life votes, but Republicans scoffed: “We’re the pros. Get a life!” Democrats said they could attract budget-balancers and Republicans countered: “That is our constituency and you can’t budge it.” Well, bite your tongues, all you RNC guys and gals with the starched collars. Them there rubes done drug you out the door....

SCRANTON, PA, November 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Within 24 hours of winning the bitter Pennsylvanian Senate race against incumbent Republican Rick Santorum, Democrat Senator-elect Bob Casey, Jr. let his real agendas show through.  Citizenlink.org has reported that, the very day after the election, Casey announced that he would work in support of legislation to increase the scope of federal hate crimes law to encompass sexual orientation and gender identity as a victim group.   Casey was chosen by the Democratic party to run against Santorum because of his supposedly moderate Democratic views. Throughout the election race, Casey’s campaign touted him...

The AP has already said Rick Santorum's 12-year Senate run is over, but his campaign is denying that -- and raising lots of complaints about voting irregularities. According to the AP, state Republicans asked Pennsylvania Secretary of State Pedro Cortes to investigate what they said were instances in at least 12 counties where voters allegedly tried to vote for Republican candidates but that the machines reflected Democratic votes. Santorum's campaign said voters complained that votes cast for the Republican were registered on computers for his Democratic opponent Bob Casey.

From a connected Keystoner: We all prepared for this year?s elections to be heated, particularly in PA with so many contested races. But even with teams of lawyers on the ground, I don?t think anyone anticipated what is going on right now. I expect this will be THE national story by 5pm today if not sooner. 37 counties in Pennsylvania use the ESS & Ivotronic. These machines are experiencing massive failures. If you vote for one candidate, the opposing candidate lights up. Rendell votes are counting for Swann. Santorum votes are counting for Casey and so on County Boards of...

Rick Santorum won his seat with the help of anti-Democratic sentiment and rose to become the No. 3 Republican in the Senate on the strength of his conservative credentials, but 12 years later he is fighting an anti-GOP wave. After an intense 18-month campaign in which both candidates raised about $40 million, Santorum and the Democratic candidate and front-runner in polls, Bob Casey, spent the final days emphasizing familiar themes. Appearing upbeat, Casey walked from his Scranton home with his family around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to a polling place set up at a church basement in Scranton. There were no...

Sen. Rick Santorum toured small towns in a Republican stronghold Monday, trying to convince voters that electing a Pennsylvania Democrat to a full Senate term for the first time in more than 40 years would hurt the country. "What direction do they want? Less jobs created, unemployment, higher deficits, higher taxes? I don't know what new direction they're focused on, but the direction of this economy is strong right now," Santorum said, invoking his opponent's theme of a "new direction." Democratic challenger Bob Casey told voters gathered for a bingo game in Pittsburgh that he would ensure voters' interests "are...

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Friday that the nation would "go back on defense" in the war on terror if Republicans like Sen. Rick Santorum are booted from office. Giuliani made his third visit to Pennsylvania to campaign for Santorum, who trails state Treasurer Bob Casey in public opinion polls. "After Sept. 11, there is no excuse for not adequately seeing the threat," Giuliani told a raucous crowd of about 400 people. "If Rick Santorum is not re-elected and his opponent is elected and people like his opponent are elected, they are going to push us very, very...

Rick Santorum is another story. Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, among others, has attested to his effectiveness as a senator. New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote, "I could fill this column, if not this entire page, with a list of ideas, proposals and laws Mr. Santorum has poured out in the last dozen years." On the stump, Mr. Santorum has been sounding Churchillian. If President Bush spoke as clearly and forcefully about the threat we face and how we should deal with it, he'd be more popular, and we'd be safer. "The commanding grasp shown by Sen. Santorum of the...

Dear Fellow Conservative, With just 72 hours to go until Election Day, I have never felt as good about our campaign as I do right now. Thanks to thousands of supporters and volunteers from across the country and even around the world, I know we are going to give the pundits and our opponents a big surprise on Tuesday. The stakes in this race are incredibly high! The choices voters will make on Tuesday will decide which party leads our country - the common-sense, conservative leaders dedicated to defeating Islamic fascists and those who want to kill Americans, or...

WASHINGTON -- As the furor widened over Sen. John Kerry's insulting remarks about U.S. troops in Iraq, his website pulled down a listing of $4.2 million worth of contributions he had sent this year to 36 candidates for Congress. Kerry, eyeing another presidential candidacy in 2008, has traveled the country raising funds for key contests in Tuesday's midterm elections. The now deleted information on the Kerry website displayed the photos of his beneficiaries: 18 Senate candidates receiving $3.2 million and 18 House candidates getting $1 million. The largest Kerry contribution was $586,000 to Pennsylvania State Treasurer Bob Casey, who is...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - November 3, 2006 - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Friday that the nation would "go back on defense" in the war on terror if Republicans like Sen. Rick Santorum are booted from office. Giuliani made his third visit to Pennsylvania to campaign for Santorum, who trails state Treasurer Bob Casey in public opinion polls. "After Sept. 11, there is no excuse for not adequately seeing the threat," Giuliani told a raucous crowd of about 400 people. "If Rick Santorum is not re-elected and his opponent is elected and people like his opponent are elected,...

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Bob Casey has an interesting relationship with the NAACP. He's currently a member, which is fine. But that doesn't really exempt him from skipping out on their events, like a candidate forum. The other three statewide candidates where there. But he claimed he was too busy with Senator Barack Obama in Pittsburgh. The only trouble is that Obama was in California.The man who's schedule is tightly held secret had something else going on. More important than trying to earn the black vote. And if you're going to lie about where you were, why would you lie with a very famous...

We endorse Sen. Rick Santorum in his re-election bid for his seat in the U.S. Senate. While we may not agree with every one of his positions, he is the right choice for Pennsylvania, and the country. His opponent, state treasurer Bob Casey Jr., seems like a nice enough guy and has the allure of a well-regarded name. But we don’t think he has the gravitas or is principled enough to be a U.S. senator.We’re also concerned that he’s perhaps just a little too ambitious in his never-ending quest to seek higher office. Santorum is a good choice for a...

Lewisburg, PA -- Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, commented today on a story published in The New York Times that calls to question the release of valuable information contained in captured pre-war documents discovered in Iraq. “It is incumbent on the President, as our Commander in Chief, to hold members of the intelligence community accountable to the law if an error was made in improperly posting sensitive information on the Internet.” “In the legislation that I authored, and in correspondence with the President, the Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, I...

Columnist Stephen Morse of the Daily Pennsylvanian greeted Bob Casey with a few questions yesterday when Casey arrived to speak at the University of Pennsylvania. Morse tried to get a comment from Casey about the cancellation of John Kerry's scheduled appearance with Casey. Morse also asked Casey questions about what Morse views as Casey's underreported pro-life stance. Morse reports that for his efforts he got an elbow to the stomach from Casey campaign spokesman Larry Spar:I decided to leave the media pack and go off on my own. I was met with nothing less than Larry Smar obnoxiously covering my...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: November 1, 2006 Virginia Davis 215-528-9368 virginiad@ricksantorum.com VETERANS RALLY AGAINST CASEY, KERRY   Philadelphia - Veterans rallied at a press conference tonight demanding that Casey denounce John Kerry's insulting comments about our troops in Iraq. Earlier this week, Kerry suggested American troops wouldn't be "stuck in Iraq" if they had done their "homework" and made "an effort to be smart" in school. The press conference was held steps away from the location where Casey intended to hold a fundraiser with Kerry before Kerry cancelled in the wake of his disparaging comments. Senator...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    November 1, 2006        CONTACT: Brian Burch 734-358-3433bburch@fidelis.org Fidelis Exposes John Kerry Website Cover UpRemoves Facts on Millions of Fundraising Dollars Raised for Democratic Candidates CHELSEA, MI – Fidelis America, the political arm of the Catholic-based advocacy group Fidelis, has exposed a cover up by Senator John Kerry on his website www.johnkerry.com.  In an effort to stop the political fallout over his refusal to apologize for his grossly disrespectful comments about our soldiers in Iraq, Kerry removed from his website, shortly after it was posted, the individual photos of House and Senate candidates he is supporting and the...

Santorum coming on Hannity's radio--will probably talk about Casey and Kerry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: November 01, 2006 Virginia Davis 215-528-9368 virginiad@ricksantorum.com  ***Media Advisory***Santorum to Hold News Conference Tonight to Respond to Bob Casey Defending John Kerry   At a news conference tonight, U.S. Senator Rick Santorum will join veterans to denounce John Kerry's recent comments regarding our soldiers in Iraq. Senator Santorum will also comment on Bob Casey's endorsement of John Kerry's comments in today's Philadelphia Inquirer: "From what I can gather, Kerry botched a joke. That's what he said, and I take him at his word. He served in combat. Last time I checked, the president...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Virginia Davis 215-528-9368 virginiad@ricksantorum.com November 1, 2006 Casey to Welcome Kerry to Philadelphia Tonight for Fundraiser Pittsburgh - According to today's Philadelphia Inquirer, Bob Casey Jr. made the following comments about John Kerry's disparaging remarks yesterday: "From what I can gather, Kerry botched a joke. That's what he said, and I take him at his word. He served in combat. Last time I checked, the president and the vice president did not. The White House and the Santorum forces should get to work on dealing with the real problems in Iraq. The first...

November 1, 2006 - ABC news is reporting that Senator John Kerry has cancelled all appearances today - including a campaign stop in Philadelphia with Pennsylvania U.s. Senate candidate Bob Casey.

Kerry Expected In Philadelphia After Iraq Remarks (CBS News) PHILADELPHIA While in the midst of a political firestorm following his comments on the Iraq war, Senator John Kerry is expected in Philadelphia Wednesday to campaign for Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Bob Casey, Jr. The White House accused Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday of troop-bashing, seizing on a comment the Massachusetts Democrat made to California students that those unable to navigate the country's education system "get stuck in Iraq."

To: All Santorum volunteers with loved ones in the Armed Services Show YOUR support at a press conference for our troops in light of recent derogatory comments made by Senator John Kerry. “YOU KNOW EDUCATION, IF YOU MAKE THE MOST OF IT, IF YOU STUDY HARD, YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK, AND YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE SMART, YOU CAN DO WELL. IF YOU DON’T, YOU GET STUCK IN IRAQ.” Senator Kerry is visiting Philadelphia on Wednesday evening to raise money for Bobby Casey. At that time, Senator Rick Santorum will join veterans and families in rallying in support of...