Posted by StephC on August 17th, 2010 in Bill of Rights/Civil Rights, Campaign Shenanigans, Congress, Conservatism, Democrats, Elections, Jim Cooper (TN-05), Opinion, Republicans, Tennessee Politics, The Constitution
In 2008, you voted for change with Barak Obama(click TN on the map). You didn’t get what was promised in the easy campaign slogan. Instead you’ve gotten the shaft: high unemployment and bigger government.
Somebody during the 2008 presidential campaigns asked: “Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?” It wasn’t Obama [...]
Posted by StephC on July 30th, 2010 in Congress, Democrats, Elections, Jim Cooper (TN-05), Politics General
A lot of seats considered safe are flying under the radar. TN-05 is one of them. Cooper is beatable.
According to this poll, any Republican can beat Jim Cooper.
The article does talk about some drawbacks, one of which is the poll is coming from the Hartline camp, whom I come have as close to endorsing as [...]
Posted by StephC on April 19th, 2010 in Bill of Rights/Civil Rights, Congress, Conservatism, Elections, Healthcare, Jim Cooper (TN-05), Opinion, Tennessee Politics, The Constitution
Updated and bumped: I’ve been informed that there is another candidate for TN-05 whose name is David Hall. Please follow the link made from his name and check him out.
In spite of its passage over the protests of the majority of Americans, the health care debate rages on in the states. The number of states [...]
Posted by StephC on November 9th, 2009 in Bill of Rights/Civil Rights, Campaign Shenanigans, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Elections, False Premises, Healthcare, Opinion, Pathetic Politics, Politics General, Tennessee Politics, Totally POed
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Eh, not so much. This is Cooper.
On November 7, 2009:
Nevertheless, the Nashville Democrat planned to vote in favor of the $1.1 trillion package.
“My vote is not an endorsement of all the provisions of the bill because I find much of the bill to be deeply flawed,” Cooper said in a written statement issued [...]
Posted by StephC on August 30th, 2009 in Bill of Rights/Civil Rights, Congress, Democrats, Economy, False Premises, Haterade, Healthcare, Neocommunism, Opinion, Race Relations, Terrorism, The Constitution, Universal Helathcare
Next Sunday is my 51st birthday. I won’t be here on that day so I’m “celebrating” a bit early. For the first time in my life I’m scared of my government. That’s a first I never wanted to experience.
In every life there is always some uncertainty and insecurities. We can get angry at some of [...]
Posted by Steve on August 26th, 2009 in Congress, Democrats, Healthcare, Pathetic Politics
I am not nor have I ever been a friend or admirer of, now the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. I hope before his death he came to know the Lord.
But I find the liberal Democrats, with the drive-by media’s help, use of his passing as a way to shove socialized healthcare down our throats very [...]
Posted by Susannah on August 12th, 2009 in Congress, Democrats, Economy, Haterade, Healthcare, Media's Political Role, Obama, Opinion, Politics General
Last Saturday, New York Times columnist Charles Blow wrote quite an incendiary op-ed about people who oppose Barack Obama’s health care proposals and about Republicans in general. I have pasted an excerpt of the last half of his column below–oh, and I must warn you that it really blows (pun intended).
“Not only are anti-reformists [...]