End of Day Archives
| Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
Obama’s “Victory Lap” President Barack Obama held his first press conference in months yesterday. Was news made? Did we learn anything new? Not really. This front page Washington Post headline says it all: “Meeting The Press, Taking A Victory Lap.” The president’s comments yesterday were reminiscent of his “I won” quip to congressional conservatives four years ago. Once again, Obama claimed a mandate to raise taxes. Presumably, House conservatives also have a mandate not to raise taxes. |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
Debt IS A Moral Issue The Associated Press reports this morning that the deficit for October, the first month of the new fiscal year, was $120 billion. That figure is 22% higher than the October 2011 deficit. And even though tax receipts were up 13% from October 2011, spending was up 16%. This level of spending is unsustainable. Speaking about the debt and deficit yesterday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, “[Obama] does not believe that reducing deficits and debt are values unto themselves.” |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2012 |
To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer Military Sex Scandal Grows Washington has been rocked by the growing scandal involving top military and intelligence officials. CIA Director General David Petraeus was scheduled to testify before congressional intelligence committees this week on the Benghazi debacle. But he resigned suddenly Friday afternoon citing an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. |
| Thursday, November 8, 2012 |
To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer BREAKING NEWS: CNN reports that Iranian fighter jets last week fired on a U.S. drone operating in international airspace over the Persian Gulf. The drone was not hit. According to CNN, “the United States protested the incident but has not heard back from Iran.” Back To Benghazi |
| Thursday, July 5, 2012 |
Thursday, July 5, 2012 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer Vets Combatting Unemployment One of the truly heartbreaking aspects of the Great Recession is the difficulty so many returning veterans have in finding employment. While the national unemployment rate is 8.2%, it is nearly 13% for returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer While We’re Waiting… As the nation awaits the Supreme Court’s ruling on ObamaCare, our friends at The Weekly Standard have gone back and reviewed the polling data. Here’s what they found: |
| Friday, June 22, 2012 |
Friday, June 22, 2012 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer Homosexual Activists Demean Reagan; Defile White House The White House is a place where Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and others made the most monumental decisions about war and peace. Right, left, center, Republican, Democrat, Independent — Americans of every political stripe respect the White House for what it represents. And that is why today’s news is so disturbing. |
| Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
Thursday, June 21, 2012 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer Fortnight For Freedom Begins Today Catholics across America are beginning a two-week period of prayer, fasting and public action for the preservation of religious liberty in America. |
| Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer President Obama Blocks Release Of Fast & Furious Documents |
| Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer Contempt Compromise? After 16 months, it seems that the House leadership finally has Attorney General Eric Holder’s attention. Unfortunately, it took the threat of a contempt citation to get it. We likely won’t know the full details until this evening, but it seems Holder may have blinked first in the standoff over Operation Fast and Furious. |