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ACORN’s New Orleans Office Raided By Louisiana Attorney General
From Big Government:
In a fast-breaking development comes word that agents of the Attorney’s General office in Louisiana have raided ACORN’s offices in New Orleans. ACORN’s New Orleans was, for decades, the headquarters of the national community organizing association. News of the raid comes from Marcel Reid and her colleagues at ACORN 8, an association of former ACORN leaders and board members. Many of the individuals involved with ACORN 8 were fired from ACORN for demanding a forensic audit following an embezzlement scandal involving Dale Rathke, brother of ACORN co-founder Wade Rathke.
Keep checking back to Big Government for more details as this story unfolds. We’ll post the highlights here as well.
CBO Scores Republican Health Care Bill
The bottom line:
It lowers deficits, lowers insurance premiums, and requires NO new taxes.
(hat tip Big Government)
New Phony Racism Charge From The Left
Not a week goes by without the far-left leveling a fresh racism charge against anyone who opposes their odious policies.
The newest cry of phony racism comes from the left-wing gangsters at the AFL-CIO — and their target is the US Chamber of Commerce.
The AFL-CIO has declared a new anti-ObamaCare ad from The Chamber is…wait for it…RACIST!!!! If they don’t like it, that means it’s racist.
The Huffington Post is of course all over it:
A new Chamber of Commerce ad attacking Democratic-led efforts to pass health care legislation includes a storyline that union critics of the group say is rife with racial undertones.
In the new spot, titled “Millions,” the business lobby goes after health reform by arguing that it could “wipe out even more jobs” than those lost so far. But the group does so in a peculiar and perhaps controversial way.
The scenario of a distraught boss forced to fire an employee is illustrated by a white worker being summoned to the office as a black co-worker looks on.
An official with the AFL-CIO, who saw the ad air on Wednesday morning, argued that it was a perpetuation of the stereotype that minorities have a leg up on their colleagues because of affirmative-action policies. It gets at the heart of concerns raised by labor leaders like the AFL-CIO’s president, Richard Trumka, who fretted during the 2008 presidential campaign that Barack Obama’s candidacy would spur racial unrest within work forces.
“This is the same old right wing dog whistle politics,” said Eddie Vale, spokesman for the AFL-CIO. “They’re trying to use race and class to scare working people about a health care bill.”
The Chamber scoffed at the charge. “Really?” emailed spokesman Eric Wohlschlegel, in a succinct and dismissed response.
Here’s the incredibly offensive ad:
As Michelle Malkin rightly points out, had a white employer fired a black worker in the ad, big labor would have cried racism. If the ad had no blacks in it at all — that too would have been called racist.
Truly amazing.
GOP Captures New Jersey!
From The AP:
Chris Christie, an aggressive former prosecutor who racked up a perfect conviction rate in public corruption cases and became the darling of New Jersey’s Republican Party establishment, has unseated the deep-pocketed but unpopular Gov. Jon Corzine.
Christie, 47, on Tuesday became the first member of his party in a dozen years to win a statewide contest in heavily Democratic New Jersey. President Barack Obama invested heavily in the race, campaigning with Corzine five times on three separate visits.
Democrats can try and spin this all they want, but republicans kicked some liberal ass tonight. New Jersey is deep blue and far left so it’s a big deal that republicans were able to take it. That said, Corzine was a horrific governor who turned the state into a basket case.
Congratulations to Chris Christie for an amazing victory!
Fox Calling NJ For Republican Chris Christie
Fox News just called New Jersey for Republican Chris Christie.
…Developing
GOP Triple Sweep In Virginia
The GOP dominated in Virginia tonight winning the Governor’s race, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General. Congratulations to Bob McDonnell for his double digit victory.
Video: Republicans To Read 2,000 Page Health Care Bill Aloud On House Floor
(hat tip Breitbart TV)
10,000 Turn Out For Houston Tea Party
I’m proud to say more than 10,000 people turned out here in Houston for a tea party held at Sam Houston Raceway Park. One of the featured speakers was none other than Lord Christopher Monckton. Monckton is a former aide to Margaret Thatcher and a climate expert. He spoke about Al Gore’s phony global warming and the danger of America losing its freedom through global warming legislation, etc. Even better, he said it all while wearing a cowboy hat. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
Here’s a local media report:
Palin Fires Back At Biden Over Energy
I’m not going to paraphrase here, because it’s just too good. Here’s Sarah Palin’s latest Facebook post:
Response to Vice President Biden’s Comments Today About My Position On Energy Independence
As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence. Among other things, my alternative energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent because Alaska reached more than 20 percent during my term in office. The Obama-Biden administration, on the other hand, recently announced a renewable goal of only 25 percent. However, domestic drilling should remain a top priority in order to meet America’s consumption and security needs.
The vice president’s extreme opposition to domestic energy development goes all the way back to 1973 when he opposed the Alaska pipeline bill. As Ann Coulter pointed out, “Biden cast one of only five votes against the pipeline that has produced more than 15 billion barrels of oil, supplied nearly 20 percent of this nation’s oil, created tens of thousands of jobs, added hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and reduced money transfers to the nation’s enemies by about the same amount.”
This nonsensical opposition to American domestic energy development continues to this day. Apparently the Obama-Biden administration only approves of offshore drilling in Brazil, where it will provide security and jobs for Brazilians. This election is about American security and American jobs.
There’s one way to tell Vice President Biden that we’re tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation’s progress: Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!
– Sarah Palin
Video: Scarborough Channels Olbermann
This is hilarious:
(hat tip Newsbusters)
Video: Rush Limbaugh On Fox News Sunday
(hat tip Rush Limbaugh)
Is The NRCC Conceding To Hoffman In NY-23?
RedState says the NRCC has all but given up NY-23. It looks like backing phony Republican Dede Scozzafava wasn’t such a bright idea. Take that, Newt.
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