In his “abundance of caution” letters requesting legal advice on his personal entanglements, Phoenix Mayor Philly Gordon, 58, gave us more of the steamy details of his May-December romance with his highly-paid fundraiser, Elissa Mullany, 38, than most of us wanted.
Claiming his is an upfront operation, the Mayor says “I run a transparent and open administration. That was moments before he added, “She has raised millions of dollars for the city’s benefit and has never had a city contract,” as he scooted out, declining to answer additional questions. City Hall reporter Scott Wong covers the always-transparent Phil here.
Less than a year after Inauguration Day, support for the Democratic Party continues to slump, amid a difficult economy and a wave of public discontent, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
More than four in 10, or 41%, of respondents said they had a very or somewhat favorable view of the Tea Party movement, while 24% said they had a somewhat or very negative view of the group. The Tea Party movement –- underrated and denigrated by Democrats — gained prominence over the summer following a series of protests in Washington, D.C. and cities nationwide, over government spending and other U.S. economic policies.
Meanwhile, the Democrat Party, which controls both the White House and Congress, manages a weak 35% positive rating compared with a 45% negative rating. The biggest worry for Democrats is that the findings could set the stage for gains by Republican candidates in next year’s elections. Support from Independents for the president and his party continues to dwindle, according to the report.
The team of Obama, Pelosi and Reid are turning out to be the gift that keeps giving — to Republicans.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut’s Democrat-turned-Independent, is back home with his liberal cronies, after caving in on the federal takeover of health care. The problem for the too-crafty-for-his-own-good Lieberman is that now he has incurred the wrath of those on both sides of the aisle.
A career liberal who took on Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky affair, Lieberman earned Al Gore’s affection and was named as Gore’s running mate in 2000. Then, siding with George W. Bush on national security issues, he widened the chasm within his own Democrat sphere. Ultimately, he was challenged by political neophyte Ned Lamont, who defeated Lieberman in the primary.
Lieberman then ditched the Democrats, running as an Independent and winning reelection in 2006, while vowing to continue to caucus with Democrats
Senate Democrats, who can’t afford to lose a single vote, have curried his favor, although many distrust him.
No doubt he still has his old buddy, John McCain, for whom he aggressively campaigned in last year’s presidential election.
Here is Lieberman endorsing Obama, calling him “a blessing.” “I will help Obama reach to the stars,” he says.
Here is Lieberman endorsing McCain. He says ”lets put America first again, and John McCain will help us do that.”
The daily reports that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that overhauling the nation’s immigration laws is still a top priority for President Barack Obama and that Congress is poised to act despite some Democrat lawmakers’ concerns that a push could complicate their re-election prospects.
No kidding. Like the rest of us, they are expendable. Once they’ve done their duty for Obama, they will find they are nonessential.
The country is being socialized with takeovers of businesses and industries, Obama & Company’s relentless thrust for governmental overhaul of health care and record setting national debt. Unemployment rivals the harsh numbers of the Great Depression with no end in sight. Home foreclosures are at record numbers. Now we read the U.S. House is poised to raise the national debt limit by $1.8 trillion to $1.9 trillion!
Yet the liberals are telling us that illegal aliens need to be normalized through amnesty and others should be granted guest worker permits. Of course any children born to those”guests” are gifted with automatic U.S. citizenship, further complicating the issue. And the Democrats want to ensure that health care benefits are extended to the lawbreakers. The cost to American taxpayers is already astronomical in terms of education, criminal justice, medical care and myriad benefits.
Meanwhile, John McCain, Arizona’s senior senator, who along with his senate colleagues Jon Kyl and the late Ted Kennedy, were the architects of the failed Comprehensive Immigration Reform, says he won’t support any plan that doesn’t include a temporary-worker program or continued efforts to secure the borders.
But as usual, McCain is talking out of both sides of his mouth on this contentious issue. With record unemployment of America’s own citizens, there is no valid reason for bringing in “guest workers.” During the presidential campaign McCain spoke frequently about the need to “secure the border first.” First before what, is the unanswered elephant-in-the-room question.
Rewarding lawlessness only serves to encourage more. It’s a certainty McCain, Kyl and Napolitano have locks on their own doors to keep out those who might otherwise break in. Does our country have less of a right to protect its sovereign border than McCain, who lives in a multi-million dollar penthouse with security and guards, ensuring his and his family’s safety?
This shocking information needs to be read in short takes. You won’t like it. You might not believe it. But if you are a parent it is imperative you become aware of a sexually explicit and perverted agenda that was not part of the curriculum when you were in school. To ease into the subject, this Washington Times editorial titled Queering our Schoolsshould do the trick.
Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin have broken the media silence on Fistgate, GLSEN and Obama’s dangerously radical Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings. Extremist Jennings was “inspired” by NAMBLA icon, Harry Hay.
Thanks to President Barack Obama, Jennings has free reign to promote his Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) organization — which he founded in 1995 — to children, beginning in kindergarten. They call it “Queering the Schools.”
The following reputable blogs cover the unimaginable information being made available to America‘s children. Be aware that much of this is extremely explicit:
Gateway Pundit here. (Including a list of “click ons.”) and here.
Michelle Malkin lists corporate sponsors and foundation underwriters along with gay bar guide for teens here.
Mass Resistance here. Disgusting? Yes. Are you ready to speak up?
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) wrote a letter to President Obama in October, which was signed by 52 of his Republican colleagues, requesting that Jennings be removed from his post. King rightly calls Jennings agenda what it is: “A political movement. It’s not about protecting kids; it’s about promoting homosexuality and demanding public affirmation.”
The Hill reports that nearly $6 million in stimulus money was paid to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s pollster in 2008. Federal records show that $5.97 million from the $787 billion stimulus helped preserve three jobs at Burson-Marsteller, the global public-relations and communications firm headed by Penn. Nearly $2.8 million of the contract was issued to Penn’s polling firm, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, according to federal records.
Federal records also show that Alfredo J. Balsera, a former adviser to President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign received nearly $70,000 to help alert viewers in difficult-to-reach communities that their televisions would soon no longer receive broadcast signals. Balsera‘s Coral Gables, Florida-based public-affairs firm helped craft Obama’s Hispanic advertising message.
If you’re interested in where your hard-earned tax dollars are going, you’ll want to read the full report here.
Removing any doubt that he’s a colossal fool, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has written to City Attorney Gary Verburg and former Chief Justice Thomas Zlaket to inform them of his romance and the appearance of impropriety created by his involvement with Elissa Mullany, the woman who ran fundraising for his 2007 reelection campaign. The firm of MullanyWunder raised over a $million for Hizzoner. Gordon also appointed Mullany to several city commissions, which afforded her associations from which she drew business.
This is nothing new for Gordon, who ensured lucrative city contracts for his own sister and brother-in-law, Gail Gordon and Ron Ober.
Democrat Gordon, 58, says he is asking the city attorney and former chief justice for a review of his association with Elissa Mullany, 38, in view of the allegations of misconduct by U.S. Senator Max Baucus, who been criticized for recommending his girlfriend for a U.S. Attorney’s Office post.
In his letter to Zlaket, Gordon recites a litany of Mullany’s accomplishments, sounding more like a reference letter extolling the bang-up job she can do than his stated desire of a legal appraisal — or two.
Among the numerous positions she obtained through her association with the mayor, Elissa Mullany functioned as spokeswoman for Gordon’s Phoenix-Dubai Initiative, an integral part of his larger Phoenix Global Trade Initiative, which has made overtures to Italy, the U.K. and Chile and afforded him nearly limitless travel — leaving Phoenix mayor-less much of the time.
On some level his revelations have the ring of engaging in a bit of braggadocio. The recently separated and not quite divorced Gordon seems one who would be hard pressed to find a date — although the Republic ran quite a promo piece on his hot, new persona last year, saying “…the town is atwitter over his new sartorial glow.”
If you can stand Gordon’s trite banalities, City Hall reporter Scott Wong has it all — including the puerile letters.
President Obama’s job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent in the latest Gallup poll, the lowest ever recorded for any president at this point in his term.
Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and even Richard Nixon all had higher approval ratings 10-and-a-half months into their presidencies. Obama’s immediate predecessor, President George W. Bush, had an approval rating of 86 percent, or 39 points higher than Obama at this stage.
When Gallup began taking presidential approval polls 71 years ago, Franklin Roosevelt had been president for more than five years. During his remaining time in office, his job approval rating never fell below 48 percent.
The next 11 presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, all had higher job approval ratings than Obama at this stage of their tenure. Their ratings were:
– George W. Bush, 86 percent
– Bill Clinton, 52 percent
– George H.W. Bush, 71 percent
– Ronald Reagan, 49 percent
– Jimmy Carter, 57 percent
– Gerald Ford, 52 percent
– Richard Nixon, 59 percent
– Lyndon Johnson, 74 percent
– John Kennedy, 77 percent
– Dwight Eisenhower, 69 percent
– Harry Truman, 49 percent
Couple these dismal findings with today’s Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll which shows that a mere 27% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11
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