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Donnelly isn’t running on his votes for healthcare and spending

David Dufour — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:45:02 +0000

Joe Donnelly’s ominous warnings about Jackie Walorski aiming to privatize Social Security are nothing but nonsensical distortions designed to needlessly terrorize retirees.

Joe’s TV and radio ads say that Walorski wants to “risk your guaranteed benefits in the stock market” where “up to 40 percent” of retirement could be lost. Let’s see, government has [...]

Buchanan: Putting Government First

David Dufour — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:55:37 +0000

Pat Buchanan, who we don’t always agree with, wrote an excellent piece in Human Events that sheds the right kind of light on why the government voted yet more money to “save teachers’ jobs.” Here’s the main point, but please read it all.

Purpose: Vote $26 billion to prevent layoffs of state, municipal and [...]

Podcast 7: The Healthcare Debacle

David Dufour — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:41:30 +0000

You can damn well trust Dave!

This is the first Elkhart Review Podcast in over a year. Short sweet unadorned, it’s more of an experiment. We’re calling this, for lack of better phrase, a “Davecast.” Where our previous episodes were highly produced, the Davecast is intended to be barebones. Maybe we’ll pretty it [...]

Harry Reid’s convenient victims

David Dufour — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:13:47 +0000

Senators Reid and Durbin with their victim Gina Owens. Scurrying in to camera view is the hairline of Chuck Schumer.

E-truth carried this picture today. It shows Senators Reid and Durbin arriving at a press conference with Gina Owens, whose daughter died after losing her job and health care.

Ms. Owens’ story is [...]

Democrats blocking GOP health plan mailing #tcot

David Dufour — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:46:36 +0000

Democrat House Health Plan, as charted by the GOP.

Roll Call Reports that Democrats are preventing Republican House Members from sending their constituents a mailing that features the chart at right, which illustrates the complexity of the House Dems’ health care plan. Democrats claim it is inaccurate.

Roll Call says, “House Republicans [...]

Separated at Birth? We think so.

David Dufour — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:22:04 +0000

Rep. Henry Waxman of California (left) and his possible twin, Batboy.

Congressman Henry Waxman is, in our book, the funniest looking man in Congress, which probably accounts for why he’s such a bully. The Beverly Hills Democrat never misses a chance to hold a hearing where he can haul the unsuspecting in for [...]