Issue 10, May 12, 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...
Onward, Upward
Innovation and improved cooperation between the grassroots and the RNC is resulting in a more effective Republican Party. (Ron Nehring, "An RNC Renaissance in the Making," Politico, 5/9/09)
Justice "Empathy"
Thomas Sowell points out the reasons why identity politics are wrong for Supreme Court picks. (Thomas Sowell, "'Empathy' vs. Law: When You Buy Words, You Had Better Know What You Are Buying," National Review, 5/5/09)
CIA Analysis: You knew, Madam Speaker
Nancy Pelosi has denied knowing about Terror War interrogations, but the CIA wouldbeg to differ. (Paul Kane, "CIA Says Pelosi Was Briefed on Use of 'Enhanced Interrogations'," The Washington Post, 5/7/09)
Off Target
President Obama assured his massive spending plan would help those hurting most. It doesn't seem to be the case so far. (Matt Apuzzo & Brett J. Blackledge, "STIMULUS WATCH: Jobs, But Not Where Needed Most," Associated Press/Yahoo News, 5/11/09)
Who Will Benefit?
Where's the promised transparency in government? Where is your money going? Why won't the Obama Democrats reveal final recipients? (Matt Kelley, "Details Thin on Stimulus Contracts," USA Today, 5/6/09)
California's "Stimulus" Terminated?
Is Obama using extortion to protect unions in California? (Evan Halper, "U.S. Threatens to Rescind Stimulus Money Over Wage Cuts: The Obama administration threatens to rescind billions in stimulus money if Gov. Schwarzenegger and lawmakers do not restore wage cuts to unionized home healthcare workers," The Los Angeles Times, 5/8/09).
In The Tank
Liberal media rise to the challenge of defending and promoting the Obama Democrats.(Amity Shlaes, "Obama Democrats Accent Bullying Over Governing," Bloomberg.com, 5/5/09)
Pennsylvania Voters Aren't Likely To Be Impressed
Arlen Specter thought he had a deal to retain his Senate seniority when he defected to the Democrats. Guess he forgot who he was dealing with. (John Stanton, "Specter Will Be Junior Democrat on Committees," Roll Call, 5/5/09)
Hope, Change, & Corruption
Democrats are giving themselves a lot of corruption rope to hang themselves with.(Jonah Goldberg, "Trickle-Down Corruption: The Real Scandal," National Review, 5/6/09)
Just Rewards?
ACORN to reap political payback in the form of taxpayers' money from grateful Democrats. (Kevin Mooney, "ACORN Got $53 Million in Federal Funds Since 94, Now Eligible For Up to $8 Billion More," Washington Examiner, 5/6/09)
More on ACORN and the Dems in Washington:
Will Democrat Ally ACORN be Rewarded for Fraud? Radical left-wing election group ACORN faces more charges of voter registration fraud, but some Democrats still want to do so. (John Fund, "More Acorn Voter Fraud Comes to Light: Congressional Democrats Still Want the Group to be Eligible for Federal Money," The Wall Street Journal, 5/9/09)
Be sure to check out Missouri Senator Kit Bond's new video message here.
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