At the end of each May, Americans come together to remember our deceased war heroes on Memorial Day.  Every day our men and women in uniform are on the frontlines protecting our freedom and our way of life.  Our military is the best in the world because of the American soldier.  Unfortunately, Washington is playing a dangerous shell game that threatens the readiness and stability of America’s military for years to come. 

During last year’s debt limit debate, President Obama would not budge on his plan to raise taxes on American families and businesses, and he refused to enact the necessary spending reductions to make America solvent. The two sides were log jammed until they agreed to save nearly $1 trillion immediately, with another $1.2 trillion in additional spending cuts at a later date.  The fight spawned the much maligned debt “super committee” which was bound to fail from the get-go because Democrats were never going to waiver on their failed liberal policies in the face of our unsustainable national debt. 

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The conservative movement had a great victory this week when Indiana Senator Dick Lugar lost to State Treasurer Richard Mourdock in the Republican Primary by a staggering twenty percent.  Many in the liberal media are crying crocodile tears about Dick Lugar’s loss, calling him a “statesman” and an “institution” in the United States Senate.  The fact is, Dick Lugar failed to earn his party’s nomination because he had completely lost touch with his party and fellow Hoosiers.  On the final day of his losing campaign, Dick Lugar was at a waste water treatment plant touting earmarks.  Can you say “tone deaf”? 

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As the White House and its friends in the liberal media crowed about the unemployment rate moving ever so slightly down to 8.1 percent from 8.2 percent in April, the real story was how the American labor force shrunk to 63.6 percent.  This means that 88,419,000 Americans are sitting on the sidelines, not even looking for a job.  To put that into perspective, that totals about the combined population of France, Greece, and Cuba, which is where we’re heading. 

The policies of President Obama have perpetuated the mindset that it’s alright to stay dependent on the government for as long as you want.  That might sound swell if we were in newly Socialist France but in America there has to be a better way.  President Obama said the new jobs report was “good news” as he stumped in the swing state of Virginia.  Good news?  When nearly 37 percent of the American workforce has given up looking for a job – the most since 1981 – that is terrible news.  President Obama does not want to talk about the decreasing employment pool because it takes away from the narrative that the economy is getting better.  I have been traveling around states like Ohio and Florida recently and I can tell you it is not getting better out there. 

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In This Issue:

* Size of Government: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

* War On Mothers

* The Tax Man Is Coming

* Two Philosophies On Display At The Supreme Court

* A Slip of the Tongue or Just the Truth?

* And more ...


Obama Biden Watch Volume 4 Issue 3 - April 2012

Occupy Wall Street was at it again this week trying to make themselves relevant with protests, strikes, and occupations timed to coincide with May 1st, also known as May Day and International Workers Day. May Day was marked by the former Soviet Union with a giant military parade. It is no surprise that the radical Leftist movement would choose this day, considering they are paid for, manipulated, and encouraged by Big Labor.

Read more at Breitbart.com here.  

The last time the United States Senate passed a budget was three years ago on April 29, 2009.  It is a complete outrage that what is supposed to be the greatest deliberative body in the world cannot figure out a fiscally sane budget that will put America back on a path towards prosperity.  I have said this before and I will say it again, American families sit around their kitchen tables and make hard choices – why can’t the United States Senate do the same?  Can they ever be held accountable for failing the American people?  When will the American people demand better?

 Read more at Cagle Post here. 

In 2010 the Supreme Court restored the First Amendment protection of political speech in Citizens United v. FEC.  In the two years that followed, the case has come under constant assault from liberal politicians and liberal special interest groups.

The rights and principles restored by the Citizens United decision are again before the Court.  American Tradition Partnership, Inc. filed a lawsuit to defend its right to political speech against a Montana statute that was clearly at odds with the Citizens United decision.  In an appeal decided by the Montana Supreme Court, American Tradition Partnership's First Amendment rights were trampled on.  The Montana Supreme Court recklessly disregarded the Supreme Court's holding in Citizens United.  As noted in a dissent by Justice Nelson:

The Supreme Court in Citizens United... rejected several asserted governmental interests; and this Court has now come along, retrieved those interests from the garbage can, dusted them off, slapped a "Made in Montana" sticker on them, and held them up as grounds for sustaining a patently unconstitutional statute.

American Tradition Partnership has filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court and has urged the Court to summarily reverse the Montana Supreme Court's decision.  The case is titled American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Steve Bullock, Attorney General of Montana.  Citizens United has filed an amicus brief in this case supporting American Tradition Partnership's request that the Supreme Court summarily reverse this incorrect decision.  Below is an excerpt taken from the amicus brief:

The decision below is a transparent attempt to circumvent the application of this Court's precedent to a state statute that is materially indistinguishable from the federal prohibition on corporate independent expenditures struck down by this Court in Citizens United. Such constitutional mischief should proceed no further. The Court should reaffirm its position as the final arbiter of the Constitution's meaning by granting review and summarily reversing the decision of the Supreme Court of Montana.

Citizens United Amicus Brief - ATP v Bullock

During this Congress, there have been at least 11 resolutions filed by Democrat lawmakers calling to amend the Constitution because of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission. All of these amendments will chill free speech and would make the Founders cringe. As President of Citizens United, I find it quite disappointing how none of these lawmakers have a clue what the United States Supreme Court actually decided in Citizens United. 

Read more at Breitbart.com here.  

As America heads towards a presidential election this fall, the growth and size of  the federal government will and must be at the heart of the electoral debate.  Both Republicans and Democrats have had a hand in increasing the size and scope of the federal government for decades.  But President Obama has taken the expansion of government to a whole new level with the passage of Obamacare, the “stimulus” bill, and other government programs.  In only a little more than 3 years, President Obama has added an astounding $5 trillion to our current $15.6 trillion debt.  The Founding Fathers would be cringing. 

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There they go again.  Liberals launched yet another disgusting smear campaign and this time it blew up in their faces.  After months of hammering hateful “War on Women” and class warfare messages, Democrat operative Hilary Rosen got her signals crossed when she badgered Mrs. Ann Romney, a stay at home mother of five with multiple sclerosis who survived breast cancer, as never having worked a day in her life. 

Despite the outrage, Obama’s million dollar Super PAC donor Bill Maher doubled down on the attack and pushed it even further over the line, saying, “But what she meant to say, I think, was that Ann Romney has never gotten her [expletive] out of the house to work.” 

Millions of women exploded at the slight against hardworking mothers and it reignited the Mommy Wars.  Make no mistake, motherhood is a job and it is the most important job in the world.  My wife is a stay at home mom to our four beautiful children and she can tell you it is a thankless 24/7 job with many sacrifices and frustrations but it is worth every moment.  This attack on Mrs. Romney is an attack on her and every other underappreciated mother. 

Read more at Cagle here.