Texas Governor Rick Perry Calling Big Name Republicans in New Hampshire

Closer...

newhampshire journal

Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be edging closer to entering the race to win the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Multiple Republican sources tell NH Journal that Perry is calling top-shelf Republican leaders in the Granite State. One Republican state Senator who received a call from the Governor confirmed that he has been discussing his entry into the presidential sweepstakes with leading state Republicans for the past few days.

Another Republican who spoke to Gov. Perry told NH Journal it sure sounds like he’s planning to run.

Should he decide to run, Perry is viewed as a serious competitor who could shake up the race. Perry is a fiscal and social conservative with tea party ties and a strong fundraising base

Chicagoans Overwhelmingly Vote to Ban Palin, Beck & Coulter Books at Book Fair in Obama’s Home Town (Video)

"We're out here asking which books they'd like to see banned"

rebelpundit.com

In June we attended the Printer’s Row Literature Festival in Chicago. City blocks were closed off for tents and booths full of all types of literature. We presented a board with a selection of well known book covers and asked visitors of the event if they could choose to ban any of the books on the board, which if any, they would in fact ban. They were allowed to choose any three of the eleven choices

Boehner Responds: "The House Cannot Pass A Bill That Raises Taxes on Job Creators"

Speaker John Boehner said Monday that he agrees with President Barack Obama that the nation's borrowing limit must be raised to avoid a government default but insists that House Republicans won't back any deal with tax increases.

BOEHNER: "I agree with the president that the national debt limit must be raised, and I’m glad that he made the case for it today. But the American people will not accept – and the House cannot pass – a bill that raises taxes on job creators.

“The House can only pass a debt limit bill that includes spending cuts larger than the hike in the debt limit, as well as real restraints on future spending. My colleagues and I believe we should enact a Balanced Budget Amendment to keep the federal government from spending us into this same situation again. I think we also need real reductions in spending right now, and spending caps to ensure that any progress that we make is not undone in the future.

“Listen, I agree with the president we cannot allow our nation to default on our debt. But to prevent a default, a bill must pass the Congress. And a bill that doesn’t meet these tests can’t pass the House of Representatives

2.4 Million Fewer Americans Working Now Than When Obama Signed Economic Stimulus

141.68 milllion employed in Feb. 2009, 139.33 million June 2011

cnsnews

There were approximately 2.4 million fewer Americans working in June 2011 than there were when President Barack Obama signed the economic stimulus bill on Feb. 17, 2009, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

According to the BLS, there were approximately 141.68 million people counted as “employed” in America back in February 2009. By June of 2011, that number had fallen to approximately 139.33 million, yielding a net reduction in jobs of approximately 2.4 million.

When the economic stimulus – the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- was created, Obama promised that the then-$787-billion spending package would create or save 3.5 million jobs, saying it would preserve the “American dream” for millions of people

Flashback Obama 2009: "This Recovery Act has worked as intended"

Jay-Z: Criticism of Obama "Fair" Given The State of the Economy

Obama loses Jay-z

"It's f----d up"


politico

Jay-Z has long been a fan of Obama but has called criticism of the president "fair" given the state of the economy.

Speaking to a small room of music journalists just hours before the Labor Department released its monthly jobs report, which found national unemployment numbers rising to 9.2 percent in the month of June, Jay-Z said of the criticism, "He's the president, it's fair."

"Numbers don't lie. Unemployment is pretty high. It's f----d up, but he's trying not to be the angry black man," the rapper said at a recent listening event in Manhattan according to GQ.

He made the remarks on Thursday before June's disappointing job numbers were released.

Jay-Z stumped for Obama in 2008. His wife, Beyonce, has already vowed to support the president’s re-election campaign

Flashback March 2010, Jay-z and wife get invite to the WH and are allowed to take pictures in the White House Situation Room for some reason

McConnell Raises Concern Over Civilian Terror Trials in Light of Casey Anthony Acquittal

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell pointed to the acquittal of Casey Anthony as an example of why the U.S. civilian court system should not be trusted to try terror suspects


foxnews.com

The Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008, was found not guilty Tuesday on all charges except lying to investigators. Becoming perhaps the first lawmaker to do so, McConnell drew a lesson Sunday from that case in connection with the debate in Washington over whether to try suspected terrorists in federal courts.

"These are not American citizens. We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult it is to get a conviction in a U.S. court," McConnell told "Fox News Sunday." "I don't think a foreigner is entitled to all the protection in the Bill of Rights. They should not be in U.S. courts and before military commissions."

McConnell and other Republicans were outraged this past week after the Obama administration moved to charge a Somali terror suspect in civilian court in New York. Fox News has since learned that the suspect had met recently with American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

McConnell wants him and other terror suspects brought to Guantanamo Bay and tried in U.S. military commissions.

Obama: I Will Not Sign A Short-Term Debt Deal (Video)

"That is just not an acceptable approach..."We might as well do it now, pull off the band-aid, eat our peas"


Obama: I'll raise your taxes after I'm reelected

Syrian Protesters Break Into The U.S. Embassy In Damascus

And Syrian authorities are deliberately slow to respond


businessinsider

Mobs of protesters loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Damascus today and attacked the residence of the U.S. ambassdor, according to Reuters and AP sources in the capital.

French Embassy guards reportedly fired live ammunition on the protesters as they smashed windows and raised a Syrian flag above the U.S. embassy compound.

The attackers reportedly left the U.S. Embassy complex about 30 minutes after the assault was first reported. A U.S. Embassy official told Reuters that the Syrian authorities response was "slow and insufficient.

Obama Flashback August 2009: You Don't Raise Taxes in a Recession

"You don’t raise taxes in a recession. We haven’t raised taxes in a recession"

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weeklystandard

In August 2009, on a visit to Elkhart, Indiana to tout his stimulus plan, Obama sat down for an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd, and was conveyed a simple request from Elkhart resident Scott Ferguson: “Explain how raising taxes on anyone during a deep recession is going to help with the economy.”

Obama agreed with Ferguson’s premise – raising taxes in a recession is a bad idea. “First of all, he’s right. Normally, you don’t raise taxes in a recession, which is why we haven’t and why we’ve instead cut taxes. So I guess what I’d say to Scott is – his economics are right. You don’t raise taxes in a recession. We haven’t raised taxes in a recession.”

Todd reminded Obama that he had promised to raise taxes on “some of the wealthiest” Americans