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Trunkline 2012: Tuesday’s Top Tips and Tidbits from the Presidential Campaign Trail

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Trunkline 2012: Tuesday’s Top Tips and Tidbits from the Presidential Campaign Trail

  Tuesday’s election news summary takes a look at tonight’s presidential debater drinking game, the need for Candy Crowley to keep her trap shut in tonight’s debate, Condoleezza Rice’s entry in to the campaign trail just as foreign policy becomes a bigger issue,  the increasing importance of Wisconsin in the Electoral College, the tightening race in Pennsylvania, Ross Perot’s endorsement, the president’s dislike for people, and much more from the campaign trail; The presidential debate drinking game Candy Crowley Needs To Keep Her Mouth Shut During Tonight’s Debate The only candidate…

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Obama Promises More Bailouts

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Obama Promises More Bailouts

Think Obama saved Chrysler and GM?  Look out, he wants to do the same thing for every American business.  In Colorado today, Obama touted the GM recovery and then said he wants to do the same thing for every industry.  Obama repeated the claim that GM is #1 again because of him.  Of course, that isn’t true anymore, but when did truth ever stop Obama?  Obama, who invested billions in taxpayer stimulus dollars on foreign countries, claimed that Romney didn’t have private sector experience.  He said instead that Romney had…

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Realigning the American Political Psyche Estblished by the Liberal Paradigm

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Realigning the American Political Psyche Estblished by the Liberal Paradigm

   I have spent a lot of time listening to Democrats and President Obama in particular, preach about fairness and making people pay their fair share.  I have listened to an endless stream of liberals position themselves as federal cherubs who are trying to be little government sponsored guardian angels who just want to make sure that everyone is treated equally and that everyone gets what they deserve.    Sometimes I swear I am listening to Tinkerbell talking to Peter freaking Pan, or listening to Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, tell me that…

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John McCain Wants the Presidential Candidates to Stop All These Silly Debates

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John McCain Wants the Presidential Candidates to Stop All These Silly Debates

   While defending Mitt Romney, his choice for President, in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press,  failed 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain told host David Gregory that he wishes the Republican presidential candidates would stop participating in all the presidential debates that are taking place. According to McCain, the debates “are driving down our candidates favorable ratings” and are making it harder whoever the nominee is to defeat President Obama in November. The statement begs the question, is John McCain losing his mind, or has he already lost it?…

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President Obama Uses a Backdrop of Screws for the Economy. Screw You Too President Obama!

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President Obama Uses a Backdrop of Screws for the Economy. Screw You Too President Obama!

   Today President Obama followed up his State of the Campaign Kickoff address with a visit to Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing in  Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing manufactures stainless steel screws like the one pictured to the left. They are screws that are used to run conveyor belts  and screw  presses used in wet corn milling, ethanol production, and manure and fertilizer manufacturing. Its customers include Cargill, Kellogg, Hormel Foods and  Georgia Pacific and it is truly an American business to be proud of. So pardon me for making a natural connection…

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Ron Paul Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Speech

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Ron Paul Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Speech

  Following President Obama’s third State of the Union address, three time presidential candidate Ron Paul issues a scathing assessment which accused the President offering rhetoric that contradicts with his policies. In his statement Paul also criticized President Obama for perpetuating what he called establishment Republican policies and for neglecting to address balancing g the federal budget and bringing transparency to the federal reserve. Ron Paul’s Rebutal to the President’s SOTU “Tonight, President Obama once again showed that he does not represent the fundamental change this country needs. Instead of offering solutions to…

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Rick Santorum Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Address

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Rick Santorum Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Address

  Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum made the following comments in reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Rick Santorum said: “Tonight Barack Obama transformed the President’s annual State of the Union address into the kick-off of his re-election campaign. From beginning to end, the American people heard more of the same – empty promises and grand platitudes that will do nothing to help the millions of Americans who are unemployed or under employed find a good paying job. Rather than call for decisive action in allowing projects…

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Newt Gingrich Issues A Response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address

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Newt Gingrich Issues A Response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address

  Shortly after the President delivered his 65 minute long, third State of the Union Address and set the stage for his reelection campaign, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, issued a rebuttal to the President’s remarks. In his response, Gingrich aggressively characterized the President’s stated vision as one of big government, bureaucratic control, and as one strives to create a food stamp economy designed to make Americans dependent upon government. Newt Gingrich’s SOTU Response “We have a crisis of work in this country and tonight President Obama proposed…

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