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McConnell Tries to Call Up Obama ‘Jobs Bill’ for Vote, Reid Blocks

**Written by Doug Powers In an email today, Barack Obama’s 2012 Campaign Manager wrote this : “But here’s something you can do: Find Republican members of Congress on Twitter, call them out, and demand they pass this bill.” Obama’s supporters must have responded en masse, because at least one Senate Republican did exactly what they were demanding. Well, he tried to anyway: In a lively spat on the Senate floor Tuesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attempted call up President Obama’s jobs plan for an immediate vote in the upper chamber. However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who supports the legislation, blocked the vote

Obama rebukes GOP for snubbing gay serviceman? – High level hypocrisy

(Michael Bresciani) – In homiletical discourse less is often more. This is precisely why any preacher who is not a novice will use the standard introduction, three points and a conclusion to keep listeners from falling off into inattention. In the case of Obama’s indignant public reproof of the republicans at the recent GOP debate in Orlando on September 22, 2011, three points and one sad conclusion are all that’s needed…

Guy Benson: Heh: Reid Blocks Senate Vote on Obama’s Jobs Bill

Elisabeth touched on this development below, but certain ironies are too delicious not to explore further. Let's begin by recalling the president's urgent exhortations for Congress to pass his warmed-over,…

Elisabeth Meinecke: Obama Says GOP Blocks Jobs Vote in House; Meanwhile, Dems Block Jobs Vote in Senate

Not even Hollywood can make this stuff up.

Kate Hicks: Scapegoat: Obama, Durbin Vilify Banks for Government-Caused Fees

Attempting to portray himself as the people's hero once again, Obama took a swipe at Bank of America's unfortunate $5 debit card fee during Monday's interview with ABC News. Our Demogogue-in-Chief tried…

Katie Pavlich: Obama DOJ, White House, Screaming at Reporter Over Operation Fast and Furious

Today, CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson was on the Laura Ingraham show to discuss new documents that show Attorney General Eric Holder was briefed about Operation Fast and Furious as early as July 2010, which…

Obama May Cancel 2012 Elections: Dr. Jerome Corsi Reports

Infowars Nightly News | Dr. Jerome Corsi joins Alex Jones to discuss the possibility of Obama canceling the 2012 elections under the cover of economic collapse.

Guy Benson: Obama on Solyndra: Meh, Hindsight is 20/20

The big headline from President “Underdog” Obama's interview on Good Morning America yesterday was his frank admission that Americans are not better off today than they were before he took office. …

Michael Medved: A "Warrior for the Middle Class"?

Barack Obama responded to Republican charges of “class warfare” by saying he’s proud to be “a warrior for the middle class.” But what battles-or even skirmishes-has he ever won for working families?

Obama’s Jobs Bill DOA on Capitol Hill

GOPers urge a less “all-or-nothing approach” to the package that stymies even Democrats.

Photos: Obama marched with New Black Panthers

Appeared with notorious racist group while campaigning in Selma, Alabama

Examiner Local Editorial: Liberal nannies should leave Catholic University alone

Examiner Editorial A legally frivolous but potentially dangerous lawsuit filed against Catholic University by a crosstown rival has become a national cause celebre for liberal activists who want to shove their notions of college life down the private religious school’s throat.

Obama’s ‘gay’ military: a sign of the times

(Monte Kuligowski) – Bill Clinton’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” seemed harmless enough at the time. It gave activists what they claimed to want, legal protection, while leaving in place the military’s prohibition against homosexual conduct. So long as “gay” military personnel kept their homosexuality private the relevant command was barred from making inquiry; even if code violations were suspected…

Is Congress refusing to stop the Obama syndicate crimes?

(Sher Zieve) – With all of its pretense of sending open letters to Obama pleading with him to stop his illegal and Congressional bypassing behaviors, Congress patently refuses to stop Dictator-in-Chief Obama from destroying the United States of America and enslaving its people.

The First Lady is now raffle coordinator

( Jeannieology) – Originally posted at BIG Government The way Mrs. Obama flings around orders, the title of “First Lady” should be changed to Commander-in-Chieftess. Remember when “Big Thriver” Michelle Obama reminded the nation that, unlike herself, most Americans don’t want the “whole pie” because whether they know it or not, “most…feel blessed just being able to thrive a little bit?”…

Sen. Inhofe: Obama’s EPA Waging War on Fossil Fuels

The astronomical costs of regulations–in dollars and jobs–are a plot that depends on the President’s reelection.