Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
"I don't go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10% tax on tanning," Snooki said. "And I feel like he did that intentionally for us. McCain would never put a 10% tax on tanning because he's pale and he'd probably want to be tan."
"@Sn00ki u r right, I would never tax your tanning bed!" McCain posted on Twitter. "Pres Obama's tax/spend policy is quite The Situation. but I do rec wearing sunscreen!"
President Obama apparently took Snooki's public remarks seriously because he vowed to give her and the entire Jersey Shore cast an exemption to the tax provision of the health bill.
"The following individuals shall be excluded from the indoor tanning tax within this bill: Snooki, JWOWW, The Situation and House minority leader John Boehner," Obama joked at White House Press Correspondents Dinner.
Only two months later however, the president claimed he didn't know who Snooki was during his appearance on The View. This is flip-flopping at its worst.
See the video after the jump.
In a year full of "anti-establishment" feelings and rhetoric, McCain, who turns 74 on Sunday, was originally seen as vulnerable to Hayworth, 52, who branded himself as a true conservative in comparison to McCain's "mavericky" ways. Hayworth attempts to appeal to Tea Party activists however wasn't enough to overcome McCain's vigorous campaigning.
The former presidential candidate didn't take his reelection for granted, spending $20 million according to the Arizona Republic, unprecedented in an Arizona U.S. Senate race. McCain also got help from his former vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin, Massachusetts Senator and Tea Party poster boy Scott Brown, and former Massachusetts governor and Latter-day Saint Mitt Romney who spoke at an event in Mormon heavy Mesa.
Too busy studying statistics and working your dead end job at a fast food joint to be up to speed on the 2010 mid-term elections? Take a moment to watch this animated Taiwanese guide to the election, and you too can sound educated when discussing politics with your friends.
What does this report tell us about the ongoing battle between red states and blue states? The above map shows all the states color coordinated based on the 2008 Presidential election and the message is clear: Republicans can stand to lose some weight.
Of the 20 states with the lowest obesity rates, 15 of those are blue states. For the states with levels above 30%, all were red states. Utahans don't need to feel that guilty though, because the Beehive state was the fittest red state. In fact, the whole "Book of Mormon belt" of Idaho, Utah, and Arizona did well for itself, all falling below 26% adult obesity.
Find out how your favorite state fared after the jump.
The liberal bias among academics is verified by the poll which ranks Barack Obama at No. 15 after only a year and a half in office while it places conservative sweetheart Ronald Reagan at No. 18. Bill Clinton, one of only two impeached presidents, finished at No. 13. The other, Andrew Johnson, finished last. George W. Bush, touted by Rolling Stone magazine as the worst president in history, landed a more modest No. 39 (out of 43).
For the complete list, read after the jump.
Some are saying that Reid's chances for a fifth term are improving however, and ironically, his odds are better thanks to the people who want him out the most - the Tea Party movement.
Reid's GOP challengers included Tea Party approved Sharron Angle and the more moderate Sue Lowden. Polls showed Lowden ahead of Reid, but when he was pitted against Angle, he was up 3 points. In yesterday's Republican primaries, the Tea Party walked away with a victory as Sharron Angle was selected to be the party's nominee. Among Angle's more radical statements are that she supports eliminating the Department of Education, outlawing alcohol (Something tells me that will never fly in a state that is home to Sin City), as well as a program that includes massages and saunas for prison drug rehabilitation participants. Sure, the Tea Party likes Angle, but the middle of the road voters, the swing ones who decide elections, aren't as sure. They might dislike Reid, but come election day, they might dislike him less than they do Angle.
Palin is already signed on as a Fox News contributor and is set to host periodic episodes of Fox's "Real American Stories", which the network describes as, "a series exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape," in 2010.
Palin's foray into television should turn into television ratings gold. But, as Jimmy Fallon put it, "Any reality show about Sarah Palin will have to compete with that other reality show about Sarah Palin: the news."
This is a major victory for the Obama administration which was been criticized for not getting much of anything done in it's first year. "Yes we can," tweeted the Barack Obama Twitter account shortly after the vote.
The bill is expected to reach the President's desk tomorrow, and when it's finally signed, Barack Obama will be the one who Democrats and history credits for completing the Democrat's social agenda. His place alongside Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson is all but assured. He'll also be the one who Republicans credit for making America more socialist.
Historically, it's amazing the bill passed. Universal health care has always been political suicide. Obama and the Democrats seemed destined to face the same backlash that the Clinton administration and the Democratic Congress faced in the 90s. Not even FDR or LBJ touched it.
Only time will tell how the bill will impact America. The cost, the bureaucracy, the unforeseen and unintended consequences, it will all reveal itself in the coming years and decades. After the jump, check out a map showing how Congressmen voted and check out the New York Times article explaining how the health care bill will impact you.
When asked by a twelve-year-old if he would run for president again, Romney said, "That's not a decision we've made at this point," but he said that he could decide by Christmas whether or not he would run. "There will be somebody who runs in the Republican Party. I can tell you I'll either be that person, or I'll be working my tail off for that person, and I want you to, as well, because we've got to take back America."
Most of the Romney's remarks were about his ideas on strengthening America. "Nothing is as vulnerable as entrenched success," he said before talking about numerous world powers throughout history that grew complacent. "We could end up being the France of the 21st century. That is unacceptable."
"There are four strategies competing for world leadership in the 21st century," Romney said, naming Russia, China, and militant Islamnic fundamentalism as the powers competing with the United States and the West for ideological and political power in the world. "Ours is based on two fundamental principles: economic freedom and political freedom - personal freedom".
Romeny also spoke to the crowd of 4,000 about his recent trip to Vancouver for the Olympics saying that nothing compares with Salt Lake City and the volunteers for the 2002 Games. His joke about President Obama received generous applause. "We had the thrill of watching Lindsey Vaughn and saw her, as many of you did, win the downhill, get the gold medal for the United States...It was so sad to hear that the medal had been stripped from her, that the US had lost that medal, because they found to that President Obama has gone downhill faster."
Romney's Salt Lake City stop supported the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics. Ironically, the U of U volunteers recieved no applause when they were acknowledged, but the BYU ones did. "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness" currently the atop the New York Times Bestseller list.
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