GOP Weekly Trunk

Issue 11; May 19, 2009

Welcome to The Weekly Trunk -- The Republican National Committee's new weekly email update on all the latest news and political happenings. The goal of The Weekly Trunk is to inform and arm you with the facts you need to spread our conservative message and refute the misstatements of the Democrats.

This week's issue features...

The Republican Party Turns A Corner
Chairman Steele explains that the Republican Party can and will lead a groundswell of renewed patriotism and diligence to defeat the Democrats and return responsibility and the best interest of our citizens to Washington and America.

To view Chairman Steele's address to the RNC this week,


click here.

The Constitution Trumps Feelings...
RNC Chairman Michael Steele reminds the Democrats that any nominee to the Supreme Court should be fair and dispassionate, not driven by identity politics or "empathy" with particular groups or individuals. (Christina Bellantoni, "GOP Gearing Up to Assail Court Nominee: Steele Rips Obama 'Empathy' Standard," The Washington Times, 5/18/09)

Lock Step With Big Labor
A disturbing look at the pervasive influence of unions in Barack Obama's leftist government.(Michele Malkin, "Big Labor's Investment in Obama Pays Off," Townhall.com, 5/13/09)

Having It Her Way
Nancy Pelosi's inconsistency on interrogations is giving Congressional Democrats political heartburn. (Tory Newmyer and Steven T. Dennis, "Pelosi Knocked Off Her Game," Roll Call, 5/12/09)

Better Late Than Never?
The Democrats' handling of your tax money continues to get more and more curious by the day. (Dick Brennan, "Dead People Get Stimulus Checks," MYFOXNY.com, 5/14/09)

Flip-Flop on Taxes?
Candidate Obama attacked John McCain for the suggestion, but Democrats in Congress want to try it -- will he go back on his own position? (Teddy Davis, "Will Obama Tax Your Health Benefits?" ABC News, 5/12/09)

Bad Medicine
A plan in Obama's bloated "Stimulus" Bill to limit costs will limit access to new medicines -- and cost lives. (Karol Sikora, "This Health Care 'Reform' Will Kill Thousands," UnionLeader.com, 5/12/09)

You May Not Need Them, But They Need You
President Obama's plan will undercut private health insurers and force all of us into the arms of inferior Nanny State healthcare. (Scott Gottlieb, "How Obama Care Will Affect Your Doctor: Expect Longer Waits for Appointments as Physicians Get Pinched on Reimbursements," The Wall Street Journal, 5/12/09)

Caught In Her Own Trap?
Karl Rove gives his take on Nancy Pelosi's hypocrisy over interrogation and her political witch hunt of Bush Administration officials. (Karl Rove, "Congress and Waterboarding: Nancy Pelosi Was an Accomplice to 'Torture,'" The Wall Street Journal, 5/15/09)

More Harm Than Good
The facts confirm that Obama's "Stimulus" Bill is a failure, and Edward Morrissey wishes that it "was as irrelevant as it was useless." (Edward Morrissey, "Was the Stimulus Irrelevant?" American Issues Project, 5/14/09)

Absolute Power?Barack Obama is governing in a decidedly authoritarian manner. (George F. Will, "Tincture of Lawlessness: Obama's Overreaching Economic Policies," The Washington Post, 5/14/09)

Check Out:Louisiana Rep. Charles Boustany gives this week's Republican YouTube Address:

And finally... Check out another great video from YouTube's 10000Pennies, who has a great knack for illustrating the obscene scale of Barack Obama's spending spree

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