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Gingrich: Obama's Tax Plan a Job-Killer
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich blasted a budget address by President Barack Obama as "a sadly political speech of remarkable demagoguery." The former U.S. House speaker was in Atlanta Wednesday scooping up money for his likely Republican White House bid. He told The Associated Press that Obama's new proposal to couple spending cuts with tax hikes on the wealthy is "a job-killing big-government defending avoidance of responsibility." Gingrich said to suggest such large tax increases in a still-struggling economy "is to claim the Herbert Hoover award." Hoover was ...
Opinion: Oh, Say, Can You See How Awesome Our National Anthem Is?
By Dave George - AOL NewsBaseball season is about to begin, and that means long, languid afternoons lounging in the sun with a cold beer in one hand and a hot dog in the other while the boys of summer do their thing out on the diamond. But not before one of my other favorite American rituals takes place: the singing of the national anthem. March 3 marks the 80th anniversary of President Herbert Hoover's signing the congressional resolution naming Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner" as America's national anthem. Not everyone celebrates this song, and I don't understand that. Maybe they think it's too hard ...
Dear Barack: Midterm Advice From Past Presidents
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailySo the relentless polls were correct and, if anything, underestimated the breadth and scope of the Republican gains Tuesday night. With a few exceptions, President Obama and his fellow Democrats got whipped -- but good -- in the midterms. The bad news for the White House is that it now must deal directly and on equal terms with House Republicans and their tea party backers. The president himself acknowledged his new political reality immediately. He called the soon-to-be House speaker, John Boehner, late Tuesday to talk about getting things done for the American people. The good news for the ...
Opinion: Where Did All Those 'Green Shoots' Go?
By John Merline - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- In an Aug. 2 op-ed headlined "Welcome to the Recovery," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that "we are on a path back to growth." Eight days later, the Federal Reserve issued a report saying the "pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months." The next day the Dow tumbled 265 points, and on Thursday initial jobless claims hit a nearly six-month high. But don't blame Geithner for being Pollyannaish. Over the past year and a half, administration officials have issued one glowing statement after another about the economy, only to see reality turn out ...
Obama Celebrates Hoover's Half-Birthday 48 Hours Too Late
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIt appears that being president isn't quite as easy as Barack Obama had believed it might be. First he bungled the oath of office under the guidance of Chief Justice Roberts. Then he banged his head on the door of the presidential helicopter.But the unraveling began in earnest today, when Obama arrived 48 hours late for a ceremony honoring the half-birthday of our 31st president, Herbert Hoover.Then to shield himself from angry Hooverphiles in Washington, Obama made quick plans to abscond to Springfield, Illinois...A long day of homages to Abraham Lincoln has begun in Washington, where ...
Obama Asks WWLE? (What Would Lincoln Eat?)
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyThank God that Doris Kearns Goodwin didn't write a profile of Montezuma's cabinet. Otherwise they'd be eating human flesh at Barack Obama's inauguration!In case you don't follow, the president-elect has shown what you might call a bit of an obsession with Abraham Lincoln, the subject of Goodwin's book Team of Rivals. First he started filling his cabinet with former political opponents-- just like Lincoln. Then he announced he'd be taking the oath of office using Lincoln's Bible.And now he plans to start his presidency with the same meal that Honest Abe ate in 1861...The Inaugural Luncheon is a ...
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