DAILY GRINDER: Former Eagle Touts GOP in Northeast Philly
Former Philadelphia Eagle and current U.S. Congressman from New Jersey Jon Runyan was in Philly this weekend to talk up the Republican Party. At a gathering full of “pulled pork and soft pretzels and plastic pitchers of Budweiser and Miller Lite,” according to the Inquirer, he spoke of Medicare, his current race and other standards. Runyan was representing...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly Black Republicans Slam Biden Over ‘Chains’ Comment
A newish local group called the Philadelphia Republicans of Color held a press conference yesterday in which they derided Joe Biden’s newest gaffe, in which he said Republicans want to put the audience he was speaking to back in chains. The comments are similar to some used by Republicans (Romney has said he wants to “unshackle” the economy, or something)...
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DAILY GRINDER: Sen. Casey Joins in Anti-Obama Smear
Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey, a so-called “moderate” in the U.S. Senate, has voted with the President Obama over 90 percent of the time, but he regularly goes out of his way to pretend he doesn’t. He’s sort of like Joe Lieberman or Ben Nelson, except without the whole “Holding votes hostage” thing and with a penchant for trying to outlaw...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: City Council Raise Kindly Being Donated—to President Obama
City Council is up for a payraise. Six members—Mark Squilla, Curtis Jones, Darrell Clarke, Bobby Henon, Jim Kenny and David Oh—have announced they’d be either rejecting the raise or giving it away. Kenyatta Johnson, Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, Blondell Reynolds Brown and Bill Green are taking it. But not all those under the “rejecting/giving it away”...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Another Voter ID Analysis Shows Bleak Picture
An Inky analysis of Voter ID numbers shows more bad news for Philadelphia (not surprisingly). One in four Philly voters over 80 do not have photo ID from the state Department of Transportation. The state has also counted about 136,000 potential voters whose names “did not match those with PennDot IDs” in the city—and about 15.6 percent of the city’s registered...
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FAKE OUTRAGE: Did Obama Insult Business Owners?
There are plenty of things for which to attack President Obama politically. After all, the economy could be better. Drone warfare is a bit scary. The Administration’s secrecy in dealing with political prisoners sort of brings that 1984 feeling to mind. You get the idea. But we live in the world of Fox News soundbites and re-written press releases masqueraded...
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Rendell Goes on TV to Give Vague Support of Obama Tax Cut Plan
Two years ago, former Bush officials celebrated the then-apparent victory of extending the former president’s tax cuts for the wealthy. “We knew that, politically, once you get it into law, it becomes almost impossible to remove it,” former Bush communications director told the Daily Beast. “That’s not a bad legacy. The fact that we were able to...
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In Blow to Gov. Tom Corbett, Health Care Law Upheld [UPDATED]
"Damn it. I'll get you, Obamacare!" Shortly after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, several states’ attorneys general jumped on a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality. Then-Pennsylvania Attorney General, now-Governor Tom Corbett was one of them, joining the federal lawsuit on March 23,...
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DAILY GRINDER: $1.6 Million Settlement in Contaminated Water Fracking Case
So you're saying this isn't Perrier? Coulda fooled me. Three northeastern Pennsylvania families have reached a $1.6 million settlement with Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy over contaminating their water wells and forcing them to go somewhere else. It’s a good chunk of change, but one of the families say it’s not much considering they have to leave...
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Obama Beats Romney in ‘Sugar Daddy’ Poll
Pictured: Not Seeking Arrangement Only because I have a policy of publishing every single Pennsylvania politics poll that ever comes across my desk, always (or when it’s hilarious), it will now be noted that SeekingArrangement.com, America’s “oldest sugar daddy dating website,” has conducted a presidential poll. The site went state-by-state, asking...
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