I am a Democrat, and I plan to remain a Democrat. But, in this election, I will be voting for the candidate I see best fit to restore our nation to economic greatness. I’m voting for Mitt Romney. – Sunshine State News
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Big Labor spends literally billions of dollars on politics
“The unions’ reports to the Labor Department capture an additional $3.3 billion that unions spent over the same period on political activity. … The top political spender … was the Service Employees International Union. … It reported spending $150 million on politics and lobbying in 2009 and 2010, up from $62 million in 2005 and 2006. … [AFSCME spent] $133 million in the 2009 and 2010 election season, nearly twice the $75 million it spent in the 2005 and 2006 cycle.” – WSJ
Maine Gov. says Obamacare makes IRS “new Gestapo”
“Even more disheartening is that reviving the American dream just became nearly impossible to do,” he said. “We are now a nation which supports dependency rather than independence. Instead of encouraging self-reliance, we are encouraging people to rely on the government.” – Portland Press Herald
Global Warm-Mongers Again Ignore Contrary Evidence
During just one day in the last week of June, 46 cities across the country set or tied record lows, says Mark Johnson of newsnet5.com in Cleveland. .. Are all these falling records, we wonder, what global cooling looks like? – IBD
Japan nuke disaster “man-made”
“It was a profoundly man-made disaster – that could and should have been foreseen and prevented.” – BBC News
Obama “green energy” bankruptcy of the day
Abound had borrowed about $70 million against these loan guarantees. That would have bought a lot of health care for poor people, but the Obama Administration blew it on solar panel junk instead. – Human Events
Border Patrol Told ‘run away’ and ‘hide’
[I]f we encounter a shooter in a public place we are to ‘run away’ and ‘hide’” union leader Brandon Judd wrote on the website of 3,300-member union local. – Fox News
ObamaCare Ruling Violates Religious Liberty
Never in America’s 236-year history has there been a more serious assault on your religious freedom. – ADF
The Biggest Scandal In U.S. History
Unfortunately for the Democrats, some brave whistleblower inside the government leaked details of this monstrous scheme. As soon as Congress and the public demanded answers, Holder clammed up. He just says “oops” — and accuses Republicans of racism. – Ann Coulter at Townhall.com
Decline In Obama’s Chicago Clue To His Second Term
Obama and Rahm Emanuel, current mayor and former White House chief of staff, brought the “Chicago Way” to Washington in more ways than one. Not only did they bring a style of bare-knuckled backroom politics of intimidation and cronyism, they brought a statist philosophy of government knows best that has left America’s Second City a second-rate city with nowhere to go but down. – IBD