Rubio Blasts Reid For Hispanic Comment

A prominent Hispanic Republican criticized Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday for questioning how Latinos could side with the GOP.

Marco Rubio, Florida’s Republican Senatorial candidate, said during an interview with Fox News that the agenda the Majority Leader is setting will ultimately drive Latinos away from the Democratic party.

“The number one issue in the Hispanic community in America is economic empowerment,“ Rubio, who is of Cuban descent, said. “I believe a growing number of Hispanics will become Republicans because the agenda Reid supports kills Hispanic dreams for their children.”

During a campaign event Tuesday Tuesday, the Majority Leader said, “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican. OKay? Do I need to say more?”

When asked by a reporter later to clarify his remarks, Reid responded, “My comment is directed towards how anyone could support what is going on now, especially with my opponent, being in favor of Yucca Mountain, wanting to do away with Medicare and Social Security, the Department of Energy and on and on.”

Reid is running for a fifth term against Republican Sharron Angle.

OPINION: Sharron Angle Supports The Bill Of Rights...On Her Terms

Sharron Angle is a big fan of bits of the Bill of Rights. Her way. In answers to a questionnaire submitted to the Washington-based political committee Government is Not God, Nevada Republican senatorial candidate Angle says members of the clergy should be allowed to endorse political candidates from the pulpit.

So? Churches are banned by the federal government from participating in political campaigns on behalf of candidates. Presumably, this pesky ban would be overturned, First Amendment notwithstanding, if she wins.

Perhaps she could enlist her not so secret weapon if she encounters reluctance from fellow senators. “You know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies.”

Sharron Angle advocated “Second Amendment remedies” at least three times, each time suggesting something slightly different: protection against a tyrannical government and having a revolution; fighting “for liberty” if conservatives lose at the ballot box; to turn the country around if Congress keeps going the way it is (“The first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out”).

She never really walked back those statements.

Sharron Angle’s pro poodle press. It can be free, but on her leash. Having run - literally - from the media during much of her campaign, she’s made a few astonishing statements recently, which shed light on her actions. Basically, she wants her own Home Shopping Network.

“We wanted [journalists] to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it to be reported,” Angle said to Fox News’ Carl Cameron. Can we pause for a minute to gasp? OK, on we go.

“And when I get on a show and I say send me money to SharronAngle.com, so that your listeners will know that if they want to support me they need to go to SharronAngle.com.” (Just to be contrary, I’ll balance things out and point you to www.therealsharronangle.com.) Wait, there’s more, and it’s worse.

“I’m not going to earn anything from people who are there to badger me and use my words to batter me with,” Angle said to CBN’s David Brody. At least she’s not alleging the media are making stuff up.

Is Sharron Angle’s understanding of the First Amendment a press that is her friend, that contributes to her web site, and reports the news the way the wants it to be reported? Is she that naive? Or is she that cynical and manipulative?

It’s interesting that Government is Not God has endorsed Sharron Angle. It believes that “government should not play God”. While Angle calls for the abolition of the Department of Education and for Social Security to be “transitioned out” (a position she denies), she also wants government to restrict the production and sale of pornography (which means government has to enforce it) and has previously called for prohibition, which would call for massive government enforcement. Quite a lot of work for the federal government,

Sharron Angle said in an interview with TruNews Christian Radio’s Rick Wile on April 21: “What’s happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We’re supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.”

This is just fascinating. SharronAngle.com says Sharron Angle is a staunch supporter of the U.S. military. If we’re relying upon God for our protection, why do we need it? Where is God sending our provision and daily bread from? Is it loaves and fishes, or a nationwide reliance on charity?

Angle’s making God the government.

She said in the same interview that she knew all along when she started praying a year ago over it. It seemed to be the battle that she needed to go to war with. “And I need warriors to stand beside me. You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith.”

Angle’s on a Crusade.

For those who oppose her, and don’t want to resort to Second Amendment remedies, there’s still freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble, and, if all else fails, to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Victoria Jones is a White House Correspondent for the Talk Radio News Service

Senate Breaks Filibuster On State Aid For Teachers

By Rob Sanna-Talk Radio News

The Senate voted 62-38 Wednesday ending debate on state and local government aid in order to prevent teachers, police, and figherfighters from being laid off.

“I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had with governors. They’ve cut, they’ve slashed, this is an emergency,” said Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). “We’ve never had an economy like this since the great depression, and in some respects, it’s worse than the great depression.”

According to Reid, the bill is fully paid for by other budget cuts and touted that this legislation would cut the national debt by $1.3 billion.

The bill is currently awaiting a vote and when asked if the House would reconvene early to vote, Reid said that he thinks it will be “very difficult for the house to be away from Washington for 5 weeks while we have this legislation waiting for their stamp of approval.”

Senate Republicans Denounce Energy Bill

Robert Hune-Kalter - Talk Radio News Service

Senate Republicans were quick to denounce Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) new energy and oil spill legislation that was announced late Tuesday evening. 

“Democrats are treating the serious subject of clean energy like an unwanted relative,” said Senate Republican Conference Chair Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.).

Alexander told reporters that Republicans have been prepared to debate clean energy for a year, insisting many of the party’s policies are similar to those proposed by the White House.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she believes that the energy plan put forth by Republicans is much more responsive than the package released by Reid.

“It has been suggested that our Republican plan is a cobbled together, not thought-out process,” she said.  “We put together a package that responded to the situation in the Gulf. We must increase the strict liability limits, structurally reorganize the MMS, [and] we amend the oil spill liability trust fund.”

Republicans are concerned with one part of the Reid bill that aims to end hydraulic fracturing, the method used by the natural gas industry. Later in the day, Reid told reporters that such criticism is invalid, explaining that the U.S. should explore cleaner methods of extracting natural gas. 

Democrats are launching an aggressive move to pass the legislation before adjourning for the August recess.

Senate Will Temporarily Shelve Big Energy Bill

By Linn Grubbstrom - Talk Radio News Service

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), alongside Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and White House energy chief Carol Browner, announced that he will introduce a slimmed-down energy package next week.

Reid said that while Kerry and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) continue to look for support for their bill from utilities and other lawmakers, he will bring forth a series of measures involving oil spill response provisions and moderate energy proposals aimed at attracting bipartisan support.

While the announcement is being viewed as a setback to many who support climate legislation, Kerry said he remains optimistic. He compared the situation to healthcare reform, a landmark bill that took years to pass.

“This is not going to take that long,” promised Kerry. “It is not going to take close to that long.”

Kerry, however, admitted that getting Republicans to support his bill could take “months.”

In the meantime, Kerry said he supports efforts in the Senate to crack down on the oil industry.