Economic Merits of Federal Loans Go Unexamined in Report that Misleads on Republican Position

Who is really being obstructionist and recalcitrant where economic inducements for small business are concerned? Republicans have offered several amendments to a loan bill that been blocked by the Democratic majority, yet the minority party is accused of playing politics in a New York Times piece that avoids any substantive discussion of economics. The story headline also implies that Republicans are now operating against business interests who are supposedly their natural allies. In reality, bo...

Front Page Hit Piece Against Rand Paul Recycles Unfounded Accusations

Despite his substantial  win over the Republican establishment in the Kentucky primary, U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul operates well outside of the American mainstream and is therefore unelectable, according to the liberal news media. He is also a champion of the Tea Party movement is therefore also a racist, The New York Times informs readers in a front page hit piece that is short on facts and long on unfounded accusations. Allegations of racism that have been directed against average Ame...

So, the Republicans Were Right About those Bailouts After All

Sen. Barbara Boxer has an amendment to the financial overhaul bill designed to "tighten language" suggesting that Republicans who warned about more bailouts were not blowing smoke. Even The New York Times feels moved to question Boxer's overheated rhetoric and denials... Apparently, Republican critics of Sen. Chris Dodd’s financial overhaul legislation were spot on when they warned against additional taxpayer-funded bailouts of Wall Street banks. This is made evident in the headline of a news...

“Mainstream Republicans” Should Fear Libertarian Challenge from Rand Paul, NYT Says

Ron Paul's son is running for the U.S. Senate seat that is being vacated by Jim Bunning in Kentucky and the NYT is pulling out all stops to shortcircuit and discredit the libertarian insurgent. Like his father, Rand Paul is a phyiscian and a devoted constitutionalist. But he does not have enough government experience and falls outside of the mainstream, according to the liberal media... Anytime a candidate for public office invokes the founding period and the virtues of limited government, ther...

Big Spending Republicans are “Moderates,” Sen. Bunning a “Obstructionist”

When the history of this period is written, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) is likely to stand out from the pack of big spenders as a taxpayer advocate who helped point the way to fiscal renewal at his own political expense. Unfortunately, Bunning's principled, economically sound stand against extending unemployment benefits does not go over well with big government apologists at The New York Times... Americans who have rightly called out the federal government for reckless over-spending and mismanag...