“President Barack Obama on Wednesday lashed out at Republicans as out of touch with the daily problems of Americans, hoping to sharpen the contrast with the opposition party as midterm elections loom.”
Obama harped on two recent—and highly disingenuous—Democrat Party talking points. First, Representative Joe Barton’s apology to BP, and second, House Minority Leader John Boehner’s criticism of the Democrats’ fallaciously named Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which puts the keys to the economy in the hands of the same incompetents who just wrecked the family car.
North Carolina Secretary of State, Elaine Marshall, has just won the Democrat Party nomination, and will challenge Senator Richard Burr in November’s general election. As such, it seems like an appropriate time to review her record.
On health care costs, Marshall was quick to blame the “obscene profits” of our nation’s insurance companies. Of course, when she made this allegation she had absolutely no idea what the average profit margin of the insurance industry was. In reality, insurance companies average around 3% profit: anemic compared to most industries.
While oil flows into the gulf, Democrats have seized the opportunity to attack Republicans over Rep. Joe Barton’s so-called “gaffe” with a series of new attack ads. They ask Republicans to “stop apologizing to Big Oil.”
A video of retired Sen. Alan Simpson’s foulmouthed rant toward activist Alex Lawson is making the Internet rounds, as well it should: The sheer audacity and rudeness of the guy makes this clip “must-see TV.” It’s a political bloopers reel.
First, here are the comments that have so enraged the left. Barton has the audacity to point out that BP is responsible for the damages it has caused, but those damages should be determined by a court of law, not procured by an administrative shakedown and placed in a slush-fund.
