Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher lashed out at Senator John McCain Saturday at a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania for long shot gubernatorial candidate Sam Rohrer.
From CNN:
"John McCain is no public servant," Wurzelbacher said at a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania for long shot gubernatorial candidate Sam Rohrer. Later, in an interview with Pennsylvania Public [...]
February 15th, 2010
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From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Declaring “I don’t quit,”‘ an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority and urged a divided Congress to boost the still-ailing economy with fresh stimulus spending. Defiant despite stinging setbacks, he said he would not abandon ambitious [...]
January 27th, 2010
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You go, Al.
We all know these lengthy speeches by the Republicans are an attempt to slow down debate so there is no health insurance reform at all. Let Sen. Lieberman go pout when he finally loses this fight, and all those campaign contributions from the for-profit health insurance industry.
December 17th, 2009
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From the Huffington Post:
To read Sarah Palin’s shockingly shallow Going Rogue, one is immediately struck by how nasty and vindictive Palin is, and that her book is little more than a veiled mechanism for settling scores with old foes who have triumphed over her throughout Palin’s lifetime.
Is Palin really going rogue? Hardly. Getting even [...]
November 16th, 2009
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Already referenced here, t his one deserves its own headline.
From WTAE Pittsburgh:
Washington– Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe broke with her party Tuesday and said she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, handing President Barack Obama a much-sought boost in his quest to expand access to medical coverage to all [...]
October 13th, 2009
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Washington, D.C.– Below is the full text of President Obama’s address on health care to the Joint Session of Congress, with emphasis added by Turning Left:
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Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people:
When I spoke here last [...]
September 9th, 2009
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Friday morning, WLS radio show host Erich “Mancow” Muller agreed to be waterboarded on his show. He wanted to find out for himself if it was torture. He didn’t think it was.
He lasted all of six or seven seconds before finally “throwing in the cow” and giving up.
From NBC 5 Chicago:
“I want to find out [...]
May 22nd, 2009
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I wonder if John McCain arranged this little treat for residents of Tucson? I’m speaking, of course, of the pornography shown to residents of Tucson, Arizona during Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Sorry. I had to find a way to make this political for Turning Left, you know.
Anyhow, here’s the news from CNN:
Super Bowl fans in Tucson, Arizona, [...]
February 3rd, 2009
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Enjoy Meet the Press, Sunday, November 9, 2008.
Nov. 9: A look ahead at the Obama presidency with Valerie Jarrett, the newly appointed co-chair of the president-elect’s transition team. Plus, former RNC Chair Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) & House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and a political roundtable with Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham & [...]
November 9th, 2008
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“Change has come to America.”
Chicago, IL–November 4, 2008- If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It’s the answer [...]
November 5th, 2008
Categories: America, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicagoland, Congress, Constitution, Democratic News, Elections, John McCain, Race, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments