It was ready to be signed. And on the occasion of president obamas trip to denver to sign that stimulus bill to try to save the economy, they staged a rally called barack obama you dont know stimulus. It had a name. And i say it was a staged rally because it was organized by americans for prosperity, which put out a call on conservative networks for people to show up in costume pig noses and carrying giant checks. It was a staged protest with help from the tea party group, americans for prosperity. They staged these in states around the country, not always with pig noses. At the rally in virginia, you can see the supposedly grassroots angry commoners all showed one preprinted americans for prosperity signs. Also that year, americans for prosperity tried the same kind of colorbynumbers prefab protests on energy issues. They called it their hot air tour. A supposedly Grassroots Movement against the whole idea that Global Warming might be a real thing. 2009 was the year when joe the plumb
One thing, though, is clear. Things look quite a bit different than they did just a short month ago. So usually it is the republicans who are united and the democrats that are divided. But this time democrats are solidly behind president obama. I have never seen the democrats as united in my life. Democrats are united and ready to help in this shutdown. Democrats are united. You have to say the by any objective standpoint, democrats are united. Democrats are united. There is no democrat ready to break ranks. Democrats in the house are united. Again, democrats are united. And democrats now, politically have the luxury of both unity and clarity of vision. Up until now, Congressional Democrats have held firm on obama care. For years, they held together through tea party back lash and congressional elections. And particularly through the republican shutdown, the democrats stood united. My flock has been lock strong together. After several weeks of implementation problems, democrats are sta
So usually it is the republicans who are united and the democrats that are divided. But this time democrats are solidly behind president obama. I have never seen the democrats as united in my life. Democrats are united and ready to help in this shutdown. Democrats are united. You have to say the by any objective standpoint, democrats are united. Democrats are united. There is no democrat ready to break ranks. Democrats in the house are united. Again, democrats are united. And democrats now, politically have the luxury of both unity and clarity of vision. Up until now, Congressional Democrats have held firm on obama care. For years, they held together through tea party back lash and congressional elections. And particularly through the republican shutdown, the democrats stood united. My flock has been lock strong together. After several weeks of implementation problems, democrats are starting to go wobbly. And while some democrats are proposing fixes to obama care, it would, in fact, he
Short month ago. So usually it is the republicans who are united and the democrats that are divided. But this time democrats are solidly behind president obama. I have never seen the democrats as united in my life. Democrats are united and ready to help in this shutdown. Democrats are united. You have to say the by any objective standpoint, democrats are united. Democrats are united. There is no democrat ready to break ranks. Democrats in the house are united. Again, democrats are united. And democrats now, politically have the luxury of both unity and clarity of vision. Up until now, Congressional Democrats have held firm on obama care. For years, they held together through tea party back lash and congressional elections. And particularly through the republican shutdown, the democrats stood united. My flock has been lock strong together. After several weeks of implementation problems, democrats are starting to go wobbly. And while some democrats are proposing fixes to obama care, it w
Before this was a political issue, that established by the state, establishes use consistently throughout the statute a particular way, when state is defined in the statute, a definition that they didnt mention, states expressly defined in the statute to include d. C. , not include the federal government, territories that are defined as equivalent for certain purposes, federal government never is, when people outside the political context engaged the statute, what was there unpoliticized read of the statute . Federal agencies havent been very forth coming with everything, but, you know, there certainly are efforts to try and look at what did neutral folks, when they read the statute, think it meant, because obviously now everyone who reads the statute has a sense of what the possible implications are. Crs, for example, did an early read where they said basically go by plain text. Pretty strong argument that this is limited. Acknowledge that you could also find it ambiguous. Irs, again,