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Posts tagged "Obama"

Gov. Christie to Obama: 'What the hell are we paying you for?'

He also blames both parties for the super committee’s failure to solve the problem. Let’s hear it for the big guy... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 30, 2011 at 8:26 am
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Hot stuff about Herman Cain and the Chicago Way

Was the emergence of the sexual harassment allegations against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain spawned by the Chicago Way? The rumors have been hot on the Internet for days, and I’ve basically ignored them. But the rumors are getting more specific and conservative commentator Ann Coulter seems to have put some of the loose ends... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 10, 2011 at 3:25 pm
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Obama's Justice Department's battle against transparency

Barack Obama made a big deal during his presidential campaign about how his administration will be the most transparent in history. Then why is his Justice Department making Freedom of Information requests all that much more difficult? Here is the take on it from the Sunlight Foundation: Obama’s Department of Justice has proposed a new set of... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 5, 2011 at 8:21 am
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Hey, Liberal Denier: Fly free to Florida to see for yourself the corrosive impact of government over-regulation

My Sept. 13 column (“How to save a sinking business”), prompted nasty responses from folks that didn’t believe in the existence of the small businessman who complained about government regulations. So, my small businessman, Mike, has made a most generous offer: He will fly—at his expense—whoever first doubted him to his business in Jacksonville, Florida... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
October 4, 2011 at 10:41 am
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Hey, Obama, want to help small businesses? Just leave them alone.

This open letter is based on an interview I conducted with a contractor who’s desperately trying to keep his head above water. He isn’t named for obvious reasons. Dear President Obama, If you want to help small businessmen like you said in your jobs plan, it’s simple: Stop trying to help us. I’m a contractor... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
September 14, 2011 at 9:00 am
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Obama's vacation wasn't long enough

Or far enough away. Republicans giving President Barack Obama the shive for daring to take a vacation should recall what a cheap political stunt the criticism was when it came from Democrats while President George W. Bush was taking his vacation. Sarah Palin joined in this mindless criticism during on interview with Fox News’ Greta... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
August 23, 2011 at 11:26 am
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Boehner Calls Obama’s Cynical Bluff

By Jonathan S. Tobin President Obama’s speech tonight on the debt ceiling debate was not an attempt to bridge the gap between his position and that of his congressional opponents. By repeating the rhetoric he has been using all through this debate by attempting to demonize Republicans, it was clear his goal was not to make a... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 25, 2011 at 9:38 pm
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Chris "tingle" Matthews meets his match

The MSNBC talk show host probably thought that Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) would be easily humiliated and bullied, Matthew’s usual interview approach. Walsh gave as good as he got... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 20, 2011 at 9:02 pm
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Republicans, call and double down Obama's deficit reduction bluff

Even while deficit reduction talks continue between the White House and congressional leaders, Democrats and Republics, pundits already are awarding victory points for President Barack Obama’s challenge to do a really big deficit reduction deal. “If not now, when?” he asked at his press conference today, when he made it appear that Republicans were backing... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 11, 2011 at 4:07 pm
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Obama mouthpiece: Democrats ahead in early voting

Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune / October 11, 2010 Dwayne Morgan, 8, watches as his mother, Priscilla Simes, of Chicago, right, casts her ballot on the first day of early voting at the County Clerk’s Office, 69 W. Washington St. in Chicago. For complacent Republicans–and there are too many of them–the propaganda outfit that helped get... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
October 20, 2010 at 10:23 am
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