Day: April 5, 2011

Fantastic Development: Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Be Chair Of Democratic National Committee!

One of the best pieces of news in a long time is that President Obama has chosen Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of South Florida to be the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee, succeeding former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, who is running for the open Senate seat held by Democratic Senator Jim Webb, who is retiring!

Wasserman Schultz has been an exceptional Congresswoman for her district in Broward and Miami Dade County, and has a safe Congressional seat. She has been in Congress for seven years now, and is a real battler for Democratic Party values!

She is feisty and willing to speak up with her strong beliefs against all Republican challengers! She will not tolerate any bull from Republican leaders in the House, Senate, or in the upcoming Presidential race of 2012!

Originally a strong advocate of the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, she has become a total loyalist to President Obama, and she will fight to her last breath for the party and the President. She has what could be called “cajones”, and can give as good as she takes!

No one is going to run over Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has overcome a major battle with breast cancer while raising her three children in tandem with her husband!

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a woman of courage and determination, and her appointment as DNC Chair guarantees a strong, combative Presidential and Congressional race to put the Democratic Party back in power in the House of Representatives, and retain control of the US Senate and the White House!

Congratulations to Debbie and to President Obama for a sensational, awe inspiring appointment that will do the Democratic Party and the nation a lot of good over the long haul!

The Budget Battle Over H.R. 1: Dishonest GOP, So No Further Cuts!

The House Republicans claim to be working toward deficit reduction, and are threatening a government shutdown, and the answer, after looking at what they are demanding, is MAKE MY DAY! GO AHEAD AND SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN! YOU WILL BE BLAMED FOR IT AS IN 1995!

The whole discussion is dishonest, because the debate is not just over deficit reduction!

Understand that the Democrats and President Barack Obama have agreed to $33 billion cuts, while the Republicans have demanded $61 billion, and some Tea Party Movement members of the GOP still want $100 billion!

But while the Democrats have compromised, the Republicans have not, and they have an agenda beyond deficit reduction!

The conservatives are trying to promote other causes in H. R. 1, and the Democrats need to stand strong and proud and show they have some backbone!

Why is this the case? Consider the following:

The Republicans want to block funding for the Obama Health Care law!

The Republicans want to ban funding for financial regulatory reform!

The Republicans want to block the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing mercury and other pollutants from cement plants!

The Republicans want to block the EPA from reducing carbon dioxide pollution from power plants and refineries!

The Republicans want to block Department of Education regulations on for-profit colleges, which have victimized students with high debts without helping them gain employment, an extremely corrupt system!

The Republicans want to prohibit funding for a consumer products complaints database!

They also want to prohibit federal funds being used by Planned Parenthood for women’s health services!

The Republicans want to wipe out family planning programs for poor women, which includes medical and health services!

Also, the desire is to wipe out National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System gaining any federal funding!

This attempt to wipe out education, health care, environmental protection, financial reform, and consumer reform, and ignore women’s issues is an attack on basic needs of the American people, in favor of the rich and the corporations, and MUST NOT be agreed to by Democrats!

As the old saying is, the Democrats should declare that they will negotiate a fair reduction in the deficit, but will NOT agree to such outrageous demands as above until HELL FREEZES OVER!