Chris Christie calls Navy Seal "idiot"

unfrickenbelievable...

Chris Christie: "If you work at Staples or Sports Authority you are in the Middle Class"

yeah right....read more from philly.com...
"In a possible preview of a more populist-friendly message we could hear Romney adopt, Christie referenced two companies, Staples and Sports Authority, that are said to have added jobs after consultation by Romney's Bain Capital. 

"Anyone who goes to work at those places today has Mitt Romney to thank for it, and he's going to know how to do that as president, to get government out of the way...If you're working at Sports Authority and Staples today, those aren't the elite, those are middle-class Americans who are using those jobs to put food on the table, roofs over their heads and pay for college. Let the president attack that."

'Eric Cantor Cancels Philly Appearance Targeted by Occupy Protesters'

cantor is a whore for the hedge funds..........from nbc washington........

"Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor pulled the plug on a Friday speaking appearance at Wharton Business School in Philadelphia. 

The Congressman decided not to speak in front of a crowd that would likely contain protesters aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement. 

Prior to the speech, a Philadelphia political group announced a march called "Occupy Eric Cantor" to coincide with the speech".............READ MORE

'Meet the real Grover Norquist'

from wnd.........

"This week a Republican member of Congress took on an increasingly controversial political activist, Americans for Tax Reform founder Grover Norquist, an influential figure in the conservative movement famous for his "no tax increase pledge."

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., took to the House floor in an unusual and blistering denunciation of Norquist and his "unsavory" connections. Among those, he cited:

• his ties to known terrorist financiers Abdurahman Alamoudi and Sami Al-Arian;
• his support for the Ground Zero mosque;
• his advocacy for transferring Guantanamo detainees to U.S. soil;
• his lobbying on behalf of Fannie Mae;
• his representation of the Internet gambling industry"..............READ MORE

Rep. Jeb Hensarling wants to raise taxes on poor people

from the atlantic..........

"Through the artificial debt-ceiling "crisis," through the Moonie-like spectacle in Iowa of candidates (including Mr. Sanity, Jon Huntsman) raising hands to promise never to accept any tax increase, the Republican field has been absolutist and inflexible about not letting any revenue increase, in any form, be part of dealing with debts and deficits.

Except, it now turns out, when the taxes are those that (a) weigh most heavily on the people who are already struggling, and (b) would have the most obvious "job-killing" effect if they went up.

When it comes to those taxes -- hell, we're easy! According to the AP andBusiness Insider, Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas (at right), the Republican co-chair of the all-powerful budget Super Committee, is dead set against lettingthe Bush-era tax cuts expire for anyone, including millionaires. But he sees no problem in letting the current cut in payroll-tax rates -- you know, the main tax burden for most Americans -- run out".................READ MORE

Is John Bolton running for President?

this guy would have us in 20 wars...............from politico............

"John Bolton’s hasn’t decided whether he’ll get in to the presidential campaign, but he’s getting into the debate.

The former U.N. ambassador has launched a new group, Decide America, aimed at increasing the level of dialogue about national security, with a special eye on the 2012 elections.

Bolton is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he keeps his office, but has not staffed up for a presidential run, though he said he has spoken with fundraisers, pollsters and political consultants in early states.

And Fox News doesn’t seem to think he’s running — though the network dropped Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum from their contracts once their presidential campaigns began to take shape, Bolton, like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is still on the payroll as a contributor.

Bolton wasn’t available for an interview — he’s been traveling overseas for more than a week. He’s been traveling often, most recently to Jerusalem with a group of prominent international political figures, led by former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as part of the “Friends of Israel Initiative,” an effort to fight the Palestinian bid for UN recognition.

While there, Bolton told the Jerusalem Post that Obama is “the most anti-Israel president in the history of the state.”

Bolton also offered a characteristically hawkish view of the Obama administration’s policies in the Middle East when he testified before the House Foreign Affairs committee on Iran and Syria, saying that the administration views Israel with “disdain.”

“If this is how the United States now treats close friends, how will it treat mere allies of convenience when convenience disappears?” he asked"............READ MORE

'Norquist Issues New GOP Marching Orders'

from wsj.........

"Antitax activist Grover Norquist, the keeper of the no-new-taxes pledge that virtually all Republican politicians have signed, has a new set of marching orders for the GOP troops, especially for the party’s presidential hopefuls: Enact Rep. Paul Ryan‘s budget plan.

In an extensive interview with Wall Street Journal reporters and editors, the president of Americans for Tax Reform said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ran into trouble with Republicans not so much because he called the Ryan plan “right-wing social engineering” but because he thought Republicans are looking for a “big thinker” with brave new plans. They aren’t, Mr. Norquist said.

“We know where we want to go,” Mr. Norquist said of Mr. Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity.” “We just need someone to sign the bills”...............READ MORE

'Clarence Thomas Decided Three Cases Where AEI Filed A Brief After AEI Gave Him A $15,000 Gift'

this country is corrupt to the core.............from thinkprogress.........

"In 2001, a conservative, corporate-aligned think tank called the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) gave Justice Clarence Thomas the gift of a $15,000 bust of Abraham Lincoln. At the ceremony presenting Thomas with this very expensive gift, AEI president Christopher DeMuth explained that the bust was “cast in 1914 by the great neo-classical sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman.


AEI, however, is not simply in the business of giving luxurious gifts to Supreme Court justices — it is also in the business of litigating before the United States Supreme Court. ThinkProgress uncovered three briefs that AEI filed in Thomas’ Court after Thomas received their $15,000 gift. Thomas recused from none of these three cases, and he either voted in favor of the result AEI favored or took a stance that was even further to the right in each case":...........SEE THE CASES HERE

'Rep. Eric Cantor: Spending cuts in exchange for Missouri tornado aid'

maybe we could close a military base in ITALY to help our own..........from thestatecolumn.........


"Virginia U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor said Tuesday that any spending costs associated with federal disaster funding for Joplin, Missouri, tornado victims must be offset with spending cuts.

The Virginia Republican said “if there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.”

The House Republican leader is the first to push for spending cuts related to the disaster that has already claimed over 100 lives. Democrats slammed the Republican leader, saying it amounted to “ransom”..................LINK