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Fiscal Conservative Marco Rubio Points Fingers At Others, But Won’t Pay His Own Bills
Posted by Lance Haley in 2010 Election, Campaigns, Conservatives, Government, Politics, Republicans, Senate on June 18th, 2010
You know all those people who many Fiscal Conservatives have blamed for the global financial crisis because they took out mortgages and then did not pay for them? Or worse yet, they are still living in the house for free while refusing to pay the mortgage, and running up other personal debts on credit cards while the bank winds it’s way through an expensive and drawn out foreclosure proceeding?
Well let’s ask Marco Rubio - Florida’s Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, an avowed Fiscal Conservative, and political darling of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) what he thinks about all of this; because Rubio joined the ranks of such people, and stopped paying a mortgage he has on a house in Florida. Of course, when news of the pending foreclosure recently surfaced, the past-due mortgage payments were miraculously brought current – including payment of all penalties and the banks legal fees – and the house was put up for sale.
Maybe Rubio just happened to read the conservativefocus.com website’s post called ”Owners Stop Paying Mortgage . . And Stop Fretting About It? Here’s what a mortgage expert had to say on the issue:
“From the lenders’ standpoint, people who stay in their homes without paying the mortgage or actively trying to work out some other solution, like selling it, are “milking the process.”
Oh, but it doesn’t just end there. It also appears that Rubio likes to use his Florida Republican Party credit card for personal expenses – which is part of an IRS criminal probe into unlawful political expenditure reports filed by Florida Republicans. But of course, that particular little “misunderstanding” was also miraculously paid up once it was discovered by the IRS.
Furthermore, when he sets up Conservative political actions committees (PAC’s) to raise campaign money for other candidates, and then uses most of the money to pay his relatives as “employees” of the PAC’s, that can also be explained away as just paying employees to do their job. So was the PAC established primarily to raise campaign funds, or as a “slush fund” to help his family pay their bills? Wonder what the Federal Election Commission might have to say about that? And how quick will that money be paid back to political donors when it also becomes a problem?
If you are Marco Rubio, being a Fiscal Conservative means only being critical of the spending habits of President Obama and Democrats – and not yourself.
Republicans Suddenly “Get Religion” On Financial Reform?
Posted by Lance Haley in 2010 Election, Bailouts, Banking, Business and Money, Campaign Finance Reform, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Financial Crisis, Financial Terrorists, Government, How and Why We Get Screwed, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Show Them the $$$, Wall Street, White House, financial industry on April 26th, 2010
Several weeks ago Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell and Senator John Cornyn, leader of the National Republican Senatorial Committee – a principle Republican campaign fund-raising organization – flew to New York City to meet with Wall Street. Looming on the “dark horizon” was another long and bitter battle with President Obama and the Democrats over the proposed financial reform bill. It was safe to assume that Republicans would drag this one out like they did health care reform so as to impact the coming Fall mid-term elections.
True to form, McConnell and Cornyn made their pitch to the money-changers sitting in the temple – which was 25 Wall Street executives and hedge fund managers. The two powerful Senators made it very clear that in order for the Republicans to have any chance to take back control of the Senate and the House, they would need Wall Street’s assistance. As one anonymous Wall Street executive in attendance so eloquently put it, “There was no arm twisting, but they did say that we should feel uncomfortable living in any country where one party has unfettered ability to pass anything [legislation] . . . President Obama dreams up.”
I hope I don’t have to spell out what the Republicans quid pro quo was? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ . . . and lots of it.
So upon the Senator’s return to Washington, McConnell immediately announces that the Republicans are united in their oppostion to the Democrats’ financial reform bill, and they will utilize every procedural move to block the proposed regulatory-laden legislation because it will risk future tax-payer bailouts. That was just two weeks ago.
Fast forward one week, with one big freakin’ revelation about Goldman Sachs’ “gaming the system” to the $1 Billion detriment of several of their institutional clients, as well as proposals for much stronger derivatives regulation coming out of another Senate committee – and the Republicans are caught in a trap that they set for themselves.
Yet, in spite of the fact that the Republicans suddenly reversed course and were quickly backing away from supporting their Wall Street financiers, appearing more conciliatory towards President Obama and the Democrats than they have in more than 14 months, Mitch McConnell would have you believe that he has the Democrats on the ropes.
McConnell seems to think he should get credit for forcing the Democrats to negotiate. Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and author of the pending legislation, responded to McConnell’s baseless bragging, saying this:
“That is like a rooster taking credit for the sunrise.”
YEP!
UPDATE: Now after two days of filbustering and holding up floor debate on financial reform, McConnell got those Democrats to negotiate again – or was it get the voters to forget about the GOP’s siding with Wall Street by November?
Teabagger Teabonics: Ur the Reel Amerikens
Posted by Lance Haley in Anti-government sentiment, Campaigns, Congress, Conservatives, Cultural Issues, Fox News, Government, Media & Communication, Politics, Sarah Palin, Tea Party, United States on April 3rd, 2010
TO MEMBERS OF THE TEA PARTY: If a picture is worth a thousand words, let me try and help you now understand why this country is in so much trouble . . .















. . . oooohhhhhHHHH, Never Mind!?!
Republican’s Will Repeal Health Care Reform by Supporting the “Local Ballet” and Rolling the Dice
Posted by Lance Haley in 2010 Election, 2012 Election, Campaigns, Conservatives, Cultural Issues, Culture Wars, Morality, Sex & Sexuality on April 1st, 2010

You know how Republicans get that insidiously evil “Obamacare” Health Reform Bill overturned?
First, you have to have a bit of a kick-off party at the Voyeur, as well as be willing to roll the dice again and take a walk on the wild side in West Hollywood. All to the tune of approximately $2000. And that price does not even include the $30k for hotel rooms at the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire.
I mean, this is important stuff. The future of our great country hangs in the balance. They will spare no expense in saving this country. Don’t you understand? These are Republicans. However, they do stand for fiscal restraint. So they will make sure you got your monies worth while preserving Freedom and Liberty, as well as keeping those young scantily-clad girls with whips and chains fully employed.
After all, even those girls are good Capitalists
And I do mean FULLY employed – don’t forget that these establishments are open all night, and the girls dance ’til the crack of dawn. They know they have to keep “the wheels greased” and get their ”hands a little dirty” in order to keep this broken, worthless “Socialist” economy running long enough to get a Republican back into the Whitehouse.
And surely you don’t think these good Republicans would let that opulent hotel suite go to waste on just themselves, do you? You know that in their heart-of-hearts they believe in the theory of “trickle-down” economics . . . when they spend big, everyone benefits. Besides, when it comes to some things, even a Republican has a little ”Socialist” deep down inside of him. After all, charity starts at home . . . or on the road, as the case may be.
And speaking of deep down inside . . . it’s important to educate these nice young ladies from the “ballet” with some deep and meaningful conversation regarding how Obama is ruining the economic foundations and moral fiber of this country, and then give her some $100 bills for her “lobbying” efforts, and call room service for another round of those awesome $45 Cuba Libres.
Hey, not that I object to hanging out with young, scantily-clad women. For goodness sakes, I too am a red-blooded American male. You see, the difference is that we Liberals don’t have the moral hangups most Conservatives do, and we don’t write it off or hide it. We just pay for it ourselves – WITH CASH - and then we do not have to answer to anyone!
Ummm . . . including our wives or significant others.
P.S. As an aside, about 10 years ago while on a week-long golf junket with my Conservative buddies, I was tossed out of one these “ballet clubs”. All for a silly prank – nothing untoward or obscene. In fact, that little joint on Hilton Head Island let me back in the next night with a promise from me that I would “mind my manners” – while reminding me that they could get their license pulled for my silly antics. The dancer that I was acting up with the night before told me with a smile that I was a “very naughty boy”. I proudly laughed, and all was forgiven.
Sarah Palin’s Speech to Teabaggers in Nevada is Utterly Dead Right on Message
Posted by Lance Haley in Anti-government sentiment, Campaigns, Conservatives, Cultural Issues, Culture Wars, Politics, Sarah Palin, Tea Party on March 28th, 2010
Sarah Palin addressed thousands of Tea Party activists on Saturday in the desert outside of Searchlight, Nevada – home of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the location of this rally was not coincidental.
True to form, Sarah was right on message for a Tea Party leader when giving her speech:
“What we are doing, folks, we are rolling up our sleeves and we are getting down to business and getting back to the common sense conservative principles that made this country the greatest country on earth, and we are not going to sit down and shut up.”
In other words folks, we are going to continue to harass, intimidate, threaten, terrorize, and otherwise utilize whatever scare tactics are necessary in order to utterly vanquish the opposition so that we can rule the United States with our fire-brand, scorched-earth, “take-no-prisoners” politics.
Couldn’t have said better myself, Sarah.
Obama and Democrats Played Republicans on Healthcare?
Posted by Lance Haley in 2010 Election, 2012 Election, Bill O'Reilly, Campaigns, Congress, Conservatives, Dick Cheney, Economics, Glenn Beck, Government, Health Insurance Industry, Healthcare Reform, House of Representatives, Medicaid, Medicare, Politics, Populists, Sarah Palin, Senate, Tea Party, White House, economy on March 24th, 2010

Now the blame game begins about how Health Care Reform got passed.
You are just going to love this one . . .
William Saletan reports today in Slate.com that the Bipartisan Health Care Summit organized by the Whitehouse and attended by the President and party leaders on February 25, 2010 , was in fact a total ruse orchestrated by President Obama to set-up the Republicans; Saletan cites accounts from four different media outlets who quote anonymous Democratic aides that “paint a picture of deception” as follows:
“Obama never believed he could persuade Republicans. He had already decided the shape of the bill. He called the meeting to create an illusion of outreach, put Republicans on the spot, discredit their ideas, and embolden Democrats.”
Oh, Horror of Horrors! How sinister of President Obama. You know they say he is one Hell of a poker player. Republicans should have known just how shrewd and conniving this beast was when they sat down at the table with him. Obama went “all in”, and the Repubs folded. How could he do this to them?
The Republicans spent over a year trying to play Obama and the Democrats like a fiddle, and in the end, it was the Republicans who got played? Hee Hee Hee.
KARMA BABY. KARMA.
Hey Repubs: I think God does have a sense of humor.
Thunderous Applause by Utah Republicans for House Majority Leader’s “Honesty”?
Posted by Lance Haley in Campaign Finance Reform, Campaigns, Cultural Issues, Ethics, Government, Morality, Politics, Sex & Sexuality on March 12th, 2010

Let me get this straight?
Kevin Garn, Utah’s 55 year old Republican Majority House Leader, sat naked in a hot tub when he was 28 years old, with a 15 year old female employee. It was all just a “spur of the moment” skinny dip, and nothing sexual happened, according to Garn. Garn then paid the woman $150,000 eight years ago, during his 2002 U.S. Congressional campaign, to keep quiet about the incident (yes, she extorted money from him).
This week it all become very public when the woman went public with the story anyway. And only now is Garn apologizing. For the both the prior unlawful adult-child “indiscretion”, as well as for the subsequent payment of “hush money” in 2002. So how do fellow Republicans respond to his involuntary act of contrition in the Legislative chambers of the Utah House of Representatives?
With “thunderous applause for his honesty and embraced him.” Even Utah’s Speaker of the House, Dave Clark, was moved to tears. And the Utah Governor’s spokesperson said they would not be asking for his resignation.
Wait! It gets even better. Garn said “now that this issue is coming up again, it is apparent to me that this payment was also a mistake.” Because it was wrong? Or because it did not work? Irony of ironies . . . Garn was the House’s designated leader this year for several ethics proposals designed to restore their constiuent’s faith in Utah’s Legislature after a recent spate of alleged claims of political bribery. Garn is still hopeful he can get re-elected. And obviously, so are his political peers.
They just do not get it, people . . .
and apparently neither do we, the electorate.
SHAME ON US!
Sarah Palin and Family Used to Get Their Health Care in Canada?
Posted by Lance Haley in 2012 Election, Campaigns, Conservatives, Healthcare Reform, Politics, Sarah Palin, Tea Party on March 10th, 2010

I would hope the irony of this little factoid is NOT lost on the Conservatives who support Sarah Palin and oppose President Obama’s Health Care Reform.
Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y?



