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“Having the respect of your constituents is fundamental for a Member of Congress,” Schwartz said in a statement. “In light of Anthony Weiner’s offensive behavior online, he should resign.” That’s the sentiment of some Democrats.  Particularly with Reps Allyson Schwartz, D-PA, Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Mike Ross (D-AR), Larry Kissell (D-NC) and Michael [...]

Every week opensecrets.org highlights some group.  This week, in honor of President Obama declaring this month “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month”, opensecrets targeted the Human Rights Campaign: Among them. the Human Rights Campaign, which was founded in 1980 and boasts more than 1 million grassroots supporters, has some of the deepest pockets. During [...]

Barney Frank justifies a harsh estate tax because, for no other reason, the people inheriting the money did nothing to earn it. For starters, Barney Frank should be the last person in this country to be encouraging broad judgments and persecutory laws against people who are in a situation not of their own choice.  The [...]

Barney Frank came out swinging against the Israeli army’s conflict with the Palestinian activists.  Without the first shred of any evidence whatsoever, he condemned the Israelis, his Jewish faith, and referred to the activists as “innocent”.  Apparently Frank hadn’t seen this: Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com The “innocent” activists from California are attacking [...]

A lot of people are speculating why Martha Coakley is having so much trouble winning in Massachusetts.  A Democrat, woman, and running against a Kennedy.  Doesn’t get any easier than that huh?  Well, maybe it’s an image problem.  This is Martha Coakley: And this is the Republican: Remember, we ARE talking about Massachusetts.

It’s reached an all-time low. The House of Representatives, on the heels of an impassioned and lively debate, voted Tuesday to formally admonish Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., for accusing the president of lying during a joint session of Congress a week ago. The vote was 240-179. Five lawmakers voted “present.” Here’s what they voted on: [...]

Prostitution used to be illegal in most of the country.  Now it’s “performance art”.  Child prostitution used to be a crime, now it’s a deduction.  Social activism at its best!  We must not let one bad ACORN ruin it for all the others though.  My problem is figuring which ACORN is the worst.  This one, [...]

A lot has been made over the collapse of Fannie Mae.  For a while, peeps kept insisting it was apparently a short term blip and that a huge infusion of cash would apparently make everything good.    Other peeps, like me and a few others, have argued that unless they change the rules and allow [...]

Spencer Bachus recently commented that he thought Obama was getting pushed too far to the left by some members of Congress: But he said he is worried that he is being steered too far by the Congress: “Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists.” Asked to clarify his comments [...]