Issue 36; November 20, 2009
Welcome to The Weekly Trunk – The Republican National Committee’s 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…
Find out the 10 things you should know about Harry Reid’s government-run health care experiment.
Check out the RNC’s latest online game and find out which Democrats will vote for Harry Reid’s health care take over before voting against it.
RNC Chairman Michael Steele explains how voters have reacted to President Obama’s out of control government expansion in only the first months of his presidency and why Washington Democrats better start listening. (“Michael Steele, “Learn From ’09 Or Risk More In ’10,” Politico, 11/19/2009)
President Obama continues to send a message of weakness and inferiority overseas. (Editorial, “PRUDEN: Obama Bows, The Nation Cringes,” The Washington Times, 11/17/2009)
The RNC raised 8.8 million in October, topping over one million individual donors this year. (Aaron Blake, “RNC Raises Record $8.8 Million in October,” The Hill, 11/19/2009)
President Obama promised not to use federal tax dollars to fund abortion, a promise he may decide not to keep. (Editorial, “Broken Promises On Abortion,” The Washington Times, 11/17/2009)
Government rationing of breast cancer screenings are just the beginning of government-run health care. (Amanda Carpenter, “RNC: Breast Cancer Recommendations Evidence Of 'Rationing,'” The Washington Times, 11/19/2009)
What Transparency?
President Obama’s “open and transparent” White House has continuously released controversial decisions in ways intended to mask them from Americans. (Karl Rove, “The Permanent Campaign Continues,” The Wall Street Journal, 11/18/2009)
President Obama’s “open and transparent” White House has continuously released controversial decisions in ways intended to mask them from Americans. (Karl Rove, “The Permanent Campaign Continues,” The Wall Street Journal, 11/18/2009)
President Obama’s health care experiment will have consequences reaching from the waiting room to your living room. (Stanley Goldfarb, “Unintended Consequences,” The Weekly Standard, 11/19/2009)
Change for a Trillion?
With tax and spend Democrats in Congress running wild, government debt topped $12 trillion this week. (Mark Knoller, “National Debt Now Tops $12 Trillion,” CBS News, 11/17/2009)
Government watch dog group says the White House should not have taken credit for 640,000 jobs they claimed the stimulus created. (“Stimulus Watchdog: Job Creation Data Flawed,” AP, 11/19/2009)
As part of their health care experiment, Congressional Democrats will dictate to American families what choices are best for them. (Brian Walsh and Hans von Spakovsky, “Criminalizing Health-Care Freedom,” National Review Online, 11/19/2009)
President Obama has admitted he will not meet another deadline, as he realizes closing Guantanamo actually requires a real plan. (Anne E. Kornblut, “Obama Admits Guantanamo Won’t Close by Jan. Deadline,” The Washington Post, 11/18/2009)
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani questioned the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute 9/11 terror plotters in a civilian court in New York. (S.A. Miller, “Giuliani: Terror Trials Leave U.S. ‘Very Vulnerable,” The Washington Times, 11/18/2009)
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