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Friday Evening News Roundup
ecthompsonmd October 7, 2011

For some reason, I got a call from the Republican National Committee. The guy started off with some small talk and then said that he knows I’ll agree that President Obama has not handled the economy in a responsible way (I’m paraphrasing). I said, “No, I don’t agree with that statement.” He hung up. 🙂 Let’s skip over the fact that somebody placed me on the RNC call list. Let’s think about this statement just for a second. President Obama has mishandled the economy. How? What was he supposed to do? Economists almost universally agreed that we needed a stimulus package.

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Republicans, fiscal responsibility and a lap dance
ecthompsonmd March 30, 2010

Early reports yesterday suggested that Michael Steele, RNC chairman, was in hot water for a $2000 charge to a topless bondage-themed club. Further reporting has clarified that Michael Steele was not at the club but is in hot water for authorizing the charge. Personally, the $2000 at the strip club was the least appalling in my opinion. Republicans pride themselves on fiscal discipline and morality. In the midst of what is the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the RNC is spending money for private jets, limousines and other luxury items. I understand it is important to throw swanky parties

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Grab Bag
ecthompsonmd January 13, 2010

From TP: The White House is pushing for a national health-insurance exchange to be included in the final health care reform bill, “which would give House Democrats one of their top remaining demands.” The Senate bill, which “Obama has told House Democrats that he intends to use” as “the framework for the final legislation, contains state-based exchanges. Igor Volsky describes the differences between the two here. President Obama will ask Congress for an additional $33 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of a record breaking $708 billion for the Defense Department next year. Most of the $33 billion will go to

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