Friday, March 5th, 2010
*Only* 36,000 People Lost Their Jobs Today
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested that today was “big day” because only 36,000 people lost their jobs in February. "Today us a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good," Reid said on the Senate floor this morning. “Woo hoo!” Sean shouted sarcastically, “Great news, unemployment is only 9.7%! Let’s all go to the beach today! Do you know how nuts this is? How out of touch and tone deaf the Democrats are?” Today really is a “big day”…unless of course you’re one of those 36,000, or one of the 15 million people in America out of work. Watch the video of Reid's statement here.
Caddell: Health Care Bill Passage Will Lead Dems ‘Over A Cliff’
FOX News contributor Pat Caddell and author Ann Coulter joined Sean to discuss the status of the health care bill. “Somebody better start paying attention to Howard Dean and myself because this is a fiasco that the Democrats are headed toward,” Caddell told Sean. “This ‘march of folly’ that they’re on is going to lead the Democratic Party over a cliff.” The citizens of this country believe that skyrocketing deficits are about to take America’s future away, and they care about it. “A line has been drawn in the sand,” Coulter interjected, “And the American people are fed up with the way they’re being governed.” “Democrats are playing with real fire here. We’re going to see a massacre if they keep this up,” Caddell concluded.
Judgeships For Sale?
Allegations that the reason the White House appointed Scott Matheson Jr. to a federal appeals court was to win a vote for health care reform from his brother, U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson have been circulating wildly online. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined Sean on the NewsMaker hotline to discuss these allegations. “It sure sounds [like it was a bribe],” Bachmann told Sean. “[Jim Matheson] voted against the health care take over in the committee and on the floor. Every bit of these health care bill negotiations have been done behind closed doors,” Bachmann explained to Sean. “It’s time the American people know what in the world is really going on because once this bill is passed it’s going to be too late.” The Weekly Standard first posed the question of whether the White House was vote buying on its blog. Rep. Bachmann told Sean that she has asked for an official investigation into the matter.
Show Guests
Michele Bachmann
Michele Marie Amble Bachmann (born April 6, 1956) is the United States Representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district and member of the Republican Party . She is the third woman and first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress. She defeated her Democratic challenger, Elwyn Tinklenberg , in the 2008 election in a race that had gained national attention following her controversial televised call for the media to investigate members of Congress for perceived anti-American bias, including Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama . The 6th congressional district includes the northern far suburbs of the Twin Cities along with St. Cloud . She won 50 percent of the votes in the 2006 election , defeating Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Patty Wetterling and the Independence Party 's John Binkowski . Bachmann served in the Minnesota State Senate from 2001 to 2007.
Pat Caddell
Patrick Hayward Caddell (also Pat or Patrick H., born May 19, 1950, in Rock Hill, South Carolina) is an American public opinion pollster and a political film consultant.
Ann Coulter
Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American social and political commentator , best-selling author , and syndicated columnist . She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public and private events. Well-known for her conservative political opinions and the controversial ways in which she defends them, Coulter has described herself as a polemicist who likes to "stir up the pot" and, unlike "broadcasters," does not "pretend to be impartial or balanced."
