Archive for November 30th, 2010
Huckabee Jumping the Gun Calling for the Execution of the Wikileaks Leaker?
Mike Huckabee considers those who leaked classified documents to Wikileaks traitors and calls for the death penalty for those found guilty of such a crime. Do you think he’s running for President? Hmmm… maybe so. He’s not alone in that assessment as former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton also called for the death penalty. Former Alaska [...]
Congressman Steve King Offers Amendment to Protect Taxpayers from Billion Dollar Pigford Fraud
Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) today issued the following statement after an amendment he offered to prevent an additional $1.15 billion from being spent on the fraud-riddled Pigford settlement program was blocked from further consideration by the Rules Committee. King’s amendment to H.R. 4783, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, sought to delete bill [...]
Iowa Governor-Elect Branstad announces Debi Durham as head of Iowa Department of Economic Development
(URBANDALE) – At a news conference this morning, Gov.-elect Terry Branstad announced that Debi Durham will serve as head of the Iowa Department of Economic Development in the Branstad/Reynolds administration. Durham has been president of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce since being named to the post in July of 1995. She also serves as president [...]
Huckabee Says Document Leaks Are Treasonous, Calls for Execution of Government Leaker
Governor Mike Huckabee talked to reporters this weekend at the Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon Presidential Libraries in California while on a book tour for his new children’s book Can’t Wait Till Christmas. Among those reporters was KADY-TV* reporter Maria Sanchez. Huckabee said: “Whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason and I [...]
An Open Letter to Iowa Speaker-Elect Kraig Paulsen (and other Iowa Legislative Republican Leaders)
Dear Speaker-Elect Paulsen, An AP article published by The Des Moines Register on Saturday quoted you saying, “The overwhelming issues that I think will consume the bulk of the 2011 session are going to be spending, taxes and getting Iowans back to work. I think that was the overriding issue on people’s minds when they [...]
