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Totally useless, "Never Trumper:, Republican Senate Leader, Mitch McConnell should call for a Senate vote today to eliminate the "Sixty Vote" rule in the Senate. Simple, folks...Fifty One votes makes for a majority. End of story!!! Let's see if this weak sister of a back stabbing, lie telling, Republican leader has any spine or loyalty to his party, country and the American people. McConnell pass that law ...NOW, or resign this afternoon...you complete failure and Trump traitor to boot!!! You could lead your way out of a cardboard box.

Obama's Sixty Eighth Week in OfficeThe List" for 5/13//2010 VIDEO: (2008) Elena Kagan Jokes She Doesn’t Have the Worldly Experience Required for The Supreme CourtElena Kagan Donated to Pro-Abortion Women's Group With Ties to Emily's List.  Emily’s List,  is an organization that works to elect pro-abortion Democratic women to Congress, and NARAL Pro-Choice America (NARAL), an organization that advocates for increased access to abortion.Kagan: Confirmation Hearings are a "Charade"Government funds must not be granted to any religious organizations seeking to prevent teen pregnancies, since such groups may "inject" religious teaching, argued Elena Kagan, President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court....

Obama's Sixty Seventh Week in Office The List" for 5/6/2010 At a Cinco de Mayo reception at the White House Wednesday evening, President Obama launched another attack on Arizona's new immigration law. "We can't start singling out people because of who they look like, or how they talk, or how they dress,"Troubled US government-backed mortgage firm Freddie Mac on Wednesday asked for an additional 10.6 billion dollars from the Treasury Department to cover losses.Gates, US Air Force tells suppliers to tighten belts...Defense Secretary Gates to hammer message homeThe Obama administration is preparing to revive a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with...

Obama's Sixty Sixth Week in OfficeThe List" for 4/29/2010The city of Springfield is still trying to collect $55,457 for costs associated with hosting then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign stop in the fall of 2008, the city’s spokesman said Wednesday. Obama’s presidential campaign was sent a bill for $68,139 and still owes the city $55,457, according to Ernie Slottag, the city’s spokesman.US gives Abbas private assurances over Israeli settlementsU.S. federal prosecutors in New York have begun investigating Goldman Sachs Group Inc, raising the possibility of criminal charges against the company or its employees, a source familiar with the situation said...

Obama's Sixty Fifth Week in OfficeThe List" for 4/22/2010 Obama's health care overhaul law will increase the nation's health care tab instead of bringing costs down, government economic forecasters concluded Thursday in a sobering assessment of the sweeping legislation.Obama argued for more government regulation and the SEC watches pornWhite House press secretary Robert Gibbs- The President doesn't take--and didn't in the campaign--money from registered federal lobbyists -----Presidential ties to lobbyists... HERE ... and HERENetanyahu is amenable to an interim agreement in the West Bank that would include the establishment of a Palestinian state within temporary bordersGrassley Slams GM, Administration Over...

Obama's Sixty Fourth Week in OfficeThe List" for 4/15/2010 Obama is issuing a directive he says will make it easier for hospital patients, particularly gays and lesbians, to receive visitors and choose who will make medical decisions on their behalf.  Obama is asking the Health and Human Services secretary to begin the process of putting in place federal rules to ensure that hospitals respect the rights of patients to designate visitors. The order covers hospitals receiving Medicare or Medicaid.Gates Approves Tighter Gun Restrictions After Ft. Hood Shooting; Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed off on a new policy regulating how...

Obama's Sixty Third Week in OfficeThe List" for 4/8/2010VIDEO: Obama Slams Palin In ABC News Interview On Nuclear Treaty - "I really have no response. Because last I checked, Sarah Palin's not much of an expert on nuclear issuesSecretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius said today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing a new regulation  that would require food manufacturers to display nutritional information on the front of packagesMichelle Obama gets a facelift from Good HousekeepingThe White House on Wednesday touted new rules as another “historic milestone” in government transparency, even as transparency advocates...

Obama's Sixty Second Week in Office"The List" for 4/1/2010 Gary Locke, Secr. of Commerce: Obamacare good for businessRecently some prominent advocates of Obamacare have spoken more frankly than ever before about why they supported a national health care makeover. It wasn't just about making insurance more affordable. It wasn't just about bending the cost curve. It wasn't just about cutting the federal deficit. It was about redistributing wealthMore than 40 local and national medical societies representing over half a million doctors came out against the health reform legislation.Obama will rewrite America’s policy on nuclear weapons next week, heralding further reductions...

Obama's Sixty First Week in Office"The List" for 3/25/2010 Obama yesterday bowed to criticism that his new health-care laws exempt him from buying coverage at the government-run "exchanges" and announced the first family will get its insurance just like everyday folks. Convicted felon Robert Creamer, who wrote the blueprint for the Democrats’ health care reform campaign, attended official health care signing celebrations in Washington, D.C. yesterday. The Obama administration plans to overhaul how it's tackling the foreclosure crisis, in part by requiring lenders to temporarily slash or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers who are unemployed, senior officials said...

Musicians Ozzy Osbourne, Stevie Nicks, Ted Nugent, Steve Winwood, Robert Plant, Kenny Loggins, Glenn Frey, Alice Cooper, Tony Iommi, Chris Squire, James Taylor, Todd Rundgren, Jackson Browne, Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, John Bonham (R.I.P.) & Rick James (R.I.P.)

Getting a working majority of 60 in the Senate: 55 Senate (assuming gains in FL, LA, GA, SC, SD, NC minus IL, CO) These Senators may work with us. Baucus (D-MT) Nelson (D-NE) Lincoln (D-AR) Pryor (D-AR) Liberman (D-CT) Lambreau (D-LA) These Senator are old, in ill health, and may be retired by God Inoye (D-HI) with Republican Governor Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) with Republican governor Byrd (D-WV) Latenberg (D-NJ)

60 Minutes just started on the East Coast. Is there any sign of SeeBS's last attempt at an October Surprise?

Why the "60 Minutes" Story on Emmett Till Was a Disappointment By David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito Mr. Beito is an associate professor of history at the University of Alabama and Linda Royster Beito is chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Stillman College. They are writing a biography of T.R.M. Howard, a civil rights leader and entrepreneur who helped to find witnesses and evidence in the Emmett Till case. David T. Beito is also a member of Liberty and Power, a group blog at the History News Network. In the wake of memogate, "60 Minutes" has...

SYRACUSE NY--Lump "60 Minutes" creator and executive producer Don Hewitt with critics of the TV news magazine's recently discredited report on President Bush's military service. At a Syracuse University media panel Thursday, he faulted the way the Sept. 8 segment was produced by the separate CBS News team that runs a Wednesday spin-off of "60 Minutes." The second, he said, was the decision to go ahead and air the report, hosted by anchor Dan Rather, alleging the documents showed Bush got special treatment while serving in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. ". . . I don't...