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Associated Press: President Obama Chides House GOP For Lawsuit

Source:The New Democrat  Barack Obama- The do nothing Republican House of Representatives. I agree with the President when he says that House Republicans rather sue the President and try to go back in time and repeal legislation then do their … Continue reading

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Vito Denelli: George H.W. Bush & Ronald Reagan Debate Illegal Immigration (1980)

Source:The New Democrat George Bush and Ronald Reagan both essentially arguing for some type of comprehensive immigration reform in the form of what is called a guest worker program. Where workers from lets say Mexico can some into America and … Continue reading

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CBS Evening News: John Dickerson: President Jimmy Carter’s ‘Malaise Speech’

Source:The New Democrat  I covered most of this yesterday, but John Dickerson’s comment about President Carter’s speech being ‘tone-death’ was spot on. This speech sounded like a President who was out of ideas and that his administration was also out … Continue reading

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Senator John Tester: Taking Care of Veterans is a Cost of Going to War

Source:The New Democrat  Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator John Tester with the lines of the veterans affairs debate. Senator Bernie Sanders, “that if you can afford to send your soldiers to war, you can afford to take care of them … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Bruce Walker: Barry Goldwater: The Birth of Modern Conservatism

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Bruce Walker that Barry Goldwater represents the birth of modern conservatism and that he and Bill Buckley are probably the fathers of modern conservatism. Similar to how I believe Wendell Willkie and Jack Kennedy … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times: Representative David Dreier: Can We Make Congress Move?

Source:The New Democrat  With all due respect to Representative David Dreier who served in the House of Representatives from 1981-2013 and has and inside view of Congress at least the House, “it is worst than it looks”. To paraphrase a … Continue reading

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Learn Liberty: Alex Kreit: Don’t be a Victim: The Drug War & You

Source:The New Democrat  I guess Alex Kreit is saying that “we shouldn’t be a drug war victim unlike the millions of Americans who are already drug victims”. Since this wasteful authoritarian paternalistic bogus War on Drugs was created by the … Continue reading

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VOA News: Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis

Source:The New Democrat  At some point Congressional Republicans are going to have to decide if they want to solve the Texas border crisis, or keep it going to use it against President Obama and use it as an issue during … Continue reading

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Washington Free Beacon: Matthew Continetti: ‘The Old New Europe’

Source:The New Democrat  Look, I’m not crazy about President Obama’s foreign policy right now either. Just three years ago and even through 2012 I thought I had a pretty good idea about what it was. What is called the Obama … Continue reading

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VOA News: Olympia Snow On The Divide Within the Republican Party

Source:The New Democrat  Former U.S. Senator and Representative Olympia Snowe who served a total of thirty-four years in Congress is exactly what the Republican Party needs right now. Because she believes in both economic and personal freedom. And she knows … Continue reading

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