In South Africa, Michelle Obama’s Very Presence Raises Hopes and Opinion of U.S., Says NY Times
June 23, 2011 No Comment
Isn’t in inspiring? Once again , the Obama family is bringing peace and raising esteem for America in a foreign land by their very presence. Back on March 21, New York Times reporters Alexei Barrionuevo and Jackie Calmes with Obama gushed “Brazilians who gathered at a plaza trying to catch a glimpse of him said that he had inspired millions in this country because of his African heritage.” Paris correspondent Scott Sayare on September 23, 2010 praised Obama’s magical abilities: “But anti-American sentiment, once pervasive in these neighborhoods, seems to have been all but erased since the election of Mr. Obama, who has proved to be a powerful symbol of hope here and a powerful diplomatic tool.” This time it’s first lady Michelle Obama’s turn to work a personal diplomatic miracle, in South Africa. Celia Dugger reported from Soweto for Thursday’s “ South Africa Embraces Mrs. Obama With Fervor .” The prickly ambivalence that South Africans often show toward the United States, which is often perceived here as an overbearing superpower, seems to have been suspended for Mrs. Obama. South Africans have embraced her with stirring emotion since she arrived on Monday, and she has been hugging them back, one by one, stop after stop. Both the choreography of her appearances, and the nationally broadcast speech she gave here on Wednesday, have evoked the commonalities between the freedom struggles of black people in South Africa and the United States — an approach that has resonated with South Africans. At the Regina Mundi church, which was both a sanctuary and an organizing hub for those fighting apartheid, much like black churches in the United States during the civil rights movement, Mrs. Obama told the story of young people in both countries “who marched until their feet were raw, who endured beatings and bullets and decades behind bars, who risked and sacrificed everything they had for the freedom they deserved.” “It is because of them,” she said, “that I stand here before you as first lady of the United States of America.” Donald Gips, the American ambassador, who has cultivated friendships with a wide range of South Africans, said he believed that Mrs. Obama’s visit would contribute to a further warming of relations between the United States and Africa’s leading democracy. …. Having the first African-American couple in the White House has not hurt relations between South Africa and the United States, either. …. Mrs. Obama spoke to each guest individually, those present said. Several guests said they were touched that Mrs. Obama quoted Albertina Sisulu, a beloved mother of the antiapartheid movement who died this month at age 92. And they chuckled when she told them her husband was “pouty” that he had been unable to come to South Africa with her.
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We thought Newt Gingrich owed between $250,000 and $500,000 to Tiffany and Co, the upscale jewelry store, but now we know it’s worse. Late Tuesday his campaign admitted he had a second line of credit at the store for as much as $1 million dollars. (PHOTOS: A Look at Gingrich’s Career) A campaign spokesman, Joe
Continue reading …Yulia Tymoshenko says corruption trial aim is to destroy Ukraine opposition
June 23, 2011 No Comment
Orange revolution leader faces ban from political office if found guilty in case she claims President Yanukovich orchestrated Her distinctive circular braid has been replaced by a loose furl of blond hair, but the unwavering gaze and the stinging rhetoric are those of old. Seven years since she led Ukraine’s orange revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko is back at centre stage as she prepares to stand as the accused in what she calls a show trial orchestrated by President Viktor Yanukovich, her sworn political foe. “Everything that is happening with me now is ordered and controlled by Yanukovich,” she says, as her chauffeur-driven black Mercedes noses through a traffic jam close to Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the square that made her an international celebrity. “He believes that if he can destroy the opposition in one fell swoop then it will not rise up again. And that’s why these criminal cases are being opened against me, one after the other … They are the instrument in Yanukovich’s fight against his political opponents, against me – not by democratic, honest and competitive means, but just like Stalin did in 1937.” Tymoshenko’s career has soared and dipped since those heady days in 2004 when she and her ally, Viktor Yushchenko, brought hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on to the Maidan. Back then, she whipped up the crowds against Yanukovich, a former head of the Donetsk coal mining region, who was accused of fixing the country’s presidential election in his favour with massive vote-rigging. It seemed like a victory of democracy over an old Soviet-style regime when the poll was cancelled and Yushchenko won a rerun in early 2005. But he and Tymoshenko, who became his premier, soon fell to bickering and the orange dream began to evaporate. Last year, Yanukovich made a dramatic comeback – although his hefty support in the Russian-speaking east of the country had never actually dimmed – beating Tymoshenko in presidential elections by just 3.5 percentage points. Soon afterwards, she was ousted as prime minister while Yushchenko faded into political obscurity. Then, in December, Tymoshenko, 50, was indicted for abuse of power for allegedly using $425m (£266m) of “Kyoto money” received by Ukraine for selling carbon emission quotas while she was prime minister to pay for pensions. Another corruption charge of buying overpriced vehicles for use as rural ambulances soon followed. Finally, last month, she was charged with signing a deal with Russia in 2009 for supplies of natural gas that allegedly lost Ukraine $440m – the case that comes to court . The accusations have led to a constant merry-go-round of visits by the former businesswoman to the general prosecutor’s office, accompanied by television crews and her supporters. For now, she is free, but cannot leave Kiev without prosecutors’ consent under strict bail limits. Several of her former government colleagues are already behind bars on charges of fraud, including the former interior minister, Yury Lutsenko. Tymoshenko rejects the accusations against her as fabricated and claims it is the current government that is corrupt. “Yanukovich is running Ukraine as his own personal company,” she says. “His son, a simple dentist, has found his way in to the list of the richest people in the country. How many teeth do you need to pull to do that?” Both men deny any wrongdoing. Tymoshenko adds: “Yanukovich’s ratings are falling fast. He knows that if there is a powerful opposition and honest elections then he will lose power in 2012. He wants to neutralise this threat and make sure that I have no access to the elections.” Her abuse of power charges carry punishments of up to 10 years in jail, but even a suspended sentence could prevent Tymoshenko from taking part in next year’s parliamentary poll, and possibly the next presidential election in 2015. Yanukovich and his allies say they are not involved in the cases. “I wish Yulia Tymoshenko to prove her innocence in court and continue to live, work and do her favourite things,” he said last week. A senior source in the presidential administration said: “The current Ukrainian leadership is trying to be unbiased with regard to law enforcement. No one talks about the 360 [corruption] prosecutions of current members of the government.” But western diplomats say Tymoshenko’s trial looks like a politically motivated attack designed to see off an opponent, and part of a wider backsliding on democracy since Yanukovich came to the presidency last year. That poses a thorny problem as Ukraine wrangles over its future. While often characterised as pro-Moscow , Yanukovich has taken a pragmatic course in foreign policy. He signed off last year on a deal to let Russia keep its Black Sea fleet in Crimea and has ruled out joining Nato, yet his government has also indicated it will sign a free trade agreement with the EU by the end of this year – a snub to the Kremlin’s offer of a customs union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. EU diplomats insist bringing Ukraine “inside the tent” of economic integration will give greater scope to lean on Yanukovich to improve his human rights record. But last week a group of Ukrainian intellectuals called on the EU to stall talks on closer ties until Yanukovich halts political trials and “democratic regression”. Tymoshenko disagrees. “Ukraine needs to be saved,” she said. “If the EU pushes Ukraine away now and leaves it one-on-one with this regime, our country will be thrown back several decades.” Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine Europe Tom Parfitt guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Yulia Tymoshenko says corruption trial aim is to destroy Ukraine opposition
June 23, 2011 No CommentOrange revolution leader faces ban from political office if found guilty in case she claims President Yanukovich orchestrated Her distinctive circular braid has been replaced by a loose furl of blond hair, but the unwavering gaze and the stinging rhetoric are those of old. Seven years since she led Ukraine’s orange revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko is back at centre stage as she prepares to stand as the accused in what she calls a show trial orchestrated by President Viktor Yanukovich, her sworn political foe. “Everything that is happening with me now is ordered and controlled by Yanukovich,” she says, as her chauffeur-driven black Mercedes noses through a traffic jam close to Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the square that made her an international celebrity. “He believes that if he can destroy the opposition in one fell swoop then it will not rise up again. And that’s why these criminal cases are being opened against me, one after the other … They are the instrument in Yanukovich’s fight against his political opponents, against me – not by democratic, honest and competitive means, but just like Stalin did in 1937.” Tymoshenko’s career has soared and dipped since those heady days in 2004 when she and her ally, Viktor Yushchenko, brought hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on to the Maidan. Back then, she whipped up the crowds against Yanukovich, a former head of the Donetsk coal mining region, who was accused of fixing the country’s presidential election in his favour with massive vote-rigging. It seemed like a victory of democracy over an old Soviet-style regime when the poll was cancelled and Yushchenko won a rerun in early 2005. But he and Tymoshenko, who became his premier, soon fell to bickering and the orange dream began to evaporate. Last year, Yanukovich made a dramatic comeback – although his hefty support in the Russian-speaking east of the country had never actually dimmed – beating Tymoshenko in presidential elections by just 3.5 percentage points. Soon afterwards, she was ousted as prime minister while Yushchenko faded into political obscurity. Then, in December, Tymoshenko, 50, was indicted for abuse of power for allegedly using $425m (£266m) of “Kyoto money” received by Ukraine for selling carbon emission quotas while she was prime minister to pay for pensions. Another corruption charge of buying overpriced vehicles for use as rural ambulances soon followed. Finally, last month, she was charged with signing a deal with Russia in 2009 for supplies of natural gas that allegedly lost Ukraine $440m – the case that comes to court . The accusations have led to a constant merry-go-round of visits by the former businesswoman to the general prosecutor’s office, accompanied by television crews and her supporters. For now, she is free, but cannot leave Kiev without prosecutors’ consent under strict bail limits. Several of her former government colleagues are already behind bars on charges of fraud, including the former interior minister, Yury Lutsenko. Tymoshenko rejects the accusations against her as fabricated and claims it is the current government that is corrupt. “Yanukovich is running Ukraine as his own personal company,” she says. “His son, a simple dentist, has found his way in to the list of the richest people in the country. How many teeth do you need to pull to do that?” Both men deny any wrongdoing. Tymoshenko adds: “Yanukovich’s ratings are falling fast. He knows that if there is a powerful opposition and honest elections then he will lose power in 2012. He wants to neutralise this threat and make sure that I have no access to the elections.” Her abuse of power charges carry punishments of up to 10 years in jail, but even a suspended sentence could prevent Tymoshenko from taking part in next year’s parliamentary poll, and possibly the next presidential election in 2015. Yanukovich and his allies say they are not involved in the cases. “I wish Yulia Tymoshenko to prove her innocence in court and continue to live, work and do her favourite things,” he said last week. A senior source in the presidential administration said: “The current Ukrainian leadership is trying to be unbiased with regard to law enforcement. No one talks about the 360 [corruption] prosecutions of current members of the government.” But western diplomats say Tymoshenko’s trial looks like a politically motivated attack designed to see off an opponent, and part of a wider backsliding on democracy since Yanukovich came to the presidency last year. That poses a thorny problem as Ukraine wrangles over its future. While often characterised as pro-Moscow , Yanukovich has taken a pragmatic course in foreign policy. He signed off last year on a deal to let Russia keep its Black Sea fleet in Crimea and has ruled out joining Nato, yet his government has also indicated it will sign a free trade agreement with the EU by the end of this year – a snub to the Kremlin’s offer of a customs union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. EU diplomats insist bringing Ukraine “inside the tent” of economic integration will give greater scope to lean on Yanukovich to improve his human rights record. But last week a group of Ukrainian intellectuals called on the EU to stall talks on closer ties until Yanukovich halts political trials and “democratic regression”. Tymoshenko disagrees. “Ukraine needs to be saved,” she said. “If the EU pushes Ukraine away now and leaves it one-on-one with this regime, our country will be thrown back several decades.” Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine Europe Tom Parfitt guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Yulia Tymoshenko says corruption trial aim is to destroy Ukraine opposition
June 23, 2011 No Comment
Orange revolution leader faces ban from political office if found guilty in case she claims President Yanukovich orchestrated Her distinctive circular braid has been replaced by a loose furl of blond hair, but the unwavering gaze and the stinging rhetoric are those of old. Seven years since she led Ukraine’s orange revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko is back at centre stage as she prepares to stand as the accused in what she calls a show trial orchestrated by President Viktor Yanukovich, her sworn political foe. “Everything that is happening with me now is ordered and controlled by Yanukovich,” she says, as her chauffeur-driven black Mercedes noses through a traffic jam close to Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the square that made her an international celebrity. “He believes that if he can destroy the opposition in one fell swoop then it will not rise up again. And that’s why these criminal cases are being opened against me, one after the other … They are the instrument in Yanukovich’s fight against his political opponents, against me – not by democratic, honest and competitive means, but just like Stalin did in 1937.” Tymoshenko’s career has soared and dipped since those heady days in 2004 when she and her ally, Viktor Yushchenko, brought hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on to the Maidan. Back then, she whipped up the crowds against Yanukovich, a former head of the Donetsk coal mining region, who was accused of fixing the country’s presidential election in his favour with massive vote-rigging. It seemed like a victory of democracy over an old Soviet-style regime when the poll was cancelled and Yushchenko won a rerun in early 2005. But he and Tymoshenko, who became his premier, soon fell to bickering and the orange dream began to evaporate. Last year, Yanukovich made a dramatic comeback – although his hefty support in the Russian-speaking east of the country had never actually dimmed – beating Tymoshenko in presidential elections by just 3.5 percentage points. Soon afterwards, she was ousted as prime minister while Yushchenko faded into political obscurity. Then, in December, Tymoshenko, 50, was indicted for abuse of power for allegedly using $425m (£266m) of “Kyoto money” received by Ukraine for selling carbon emission quotas while she was prime minister to pay for pensions. Another corruption charge of buying overpriced vehicles for use as rural ambulances soon followed. Finally, last month, she was charged with signing a deal with Russia in 2009 for supplies of natural gas that allegedly lost Ukraine $440m – the case that comes to court . The accusations have led to a constant merry-go-round of visits by the former businesswoman to the general prosecutor’s office, accompanied by television crews and her supporters. For now, she is free, but cannot leave Kiev without prosecutors’ consent under strict bail limits. Several of her former government colleagues are already behind bars on charges of fraud, including the former interior minister, Yury Lutsenko. Tymoshenko rejects the accusations against her as fabricated and claims it is the current government that is corrupt. “Yanukovich is running Ukraine as his own personal company,” she says. “His son, a simple dentist, has found his way in to the list of the richest people in the country. How many teeth do you need to pull to do that?” Both men deny any wrongdoing. Tymoshenko adds: “Yanukovich’s ratings are falling fast. He knows that if there is a powerful opposition and honest elections then he will lose power in 2012. He wants to neutralise this threat and make sure that I have no access to the elections.” Her abuse of power charges carry punishments of up to 10 years in jail, but even a suspended sentence could prevent Tymoshenko from taking part in next year’s parliamentary poll, and possibly the next presidential election in 2015. Yanukovich and his allies say they are not involved in the cases. “I wish Yulia Tymoshenko to prove her innocence in court and continue to live, work and do her favourite things,” he said last week. A senior source in the presidential administration said: “The current Ukrainian leadership is trying to be unbiased with regard to law enforcement. No one talks about the 360 [corruption] prosecutions of current members of the government.” But western diplomats say Tymoshenko’s trial looks like a politically motivated attack designed to see off an opponent, and part of a wider backsliding on democracy since Yanukovich came to the presidency last year. That poses a thorny problem as Ukraine wrangles over its future. While often characterised as pro-Moscow , Yanukovich has taken a pragmatic course in foreign policy. He signed off last year on a deal to let Russia keep its Black Sea fleet in Crimea and has ruled out joining Nato, yet his government has also indicated it will sign a free trade agreement with the EU by the end of this year – a snub to the Kremlin’s offer of a customs union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. EU diplomats insist bringing Ukraine “inside the tent” of economic integration will give greater scope to lean on Yanukovich to improve his human rights record. But last week a group of Ukrainian intellectuals called on the EU to stall talks on closer ties until Yanukovich halts political trials and “democratic regression”. Tymoshenko disagrees. “Ukraine needs to be saved,” she said. “If the EU pushes Ukraine away now and leaves it one-on-one with this regime, our country will be thrown back several decades.” Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine Europe Tom Parfitt guardian.co.uk
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Agents’ arrival indicates US might make a formal request to extradite teenager accused of cyber-crime FBI agents investigating the activities of the alleged hacker Ryan Cleary have flown into Britain. Cleary, 19, who appeared before magistrates on Thursday, was arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into cyber-attacks in Britain and the US. Hours after his arrest at Cleary’s family home in Wickford, Essex, the FBI agents arrived in the UK, it has emerged, which will add to speculation that Washington is considering a request for his extradition. Cleary has been charged with five offences of hacking that are alleged to have targeted three British based websites. Police and FBI investigations continue. Cleary appeared at City of London magistrates court charged with a cyber-attack on Monday on Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), attacks on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in November 2010, and on the British Phonographic Industry in October 2010. His arrest was linked to a series of cyber-attacks by a group called LulzSec, which investigators believe had targeted websites including ones belonging to the American CIA, the US Senate and the electronics company Sony. Because Cleary has been charged in the UK, that case would take precedence over any extradition request from the US. The FBI, which gives cyber-crime high priority, is expected to be given access to evidence collected by British police from Cleary’s computer equipment recovered from his family home. The FBI is expected to attempt to conduct its own questioning of the teenager. In court, district judge Quentin Purdy told Cleary: “There may be additional charges resulting from the police investigation.” Ben Cooper, defending Cleary, described him as a “vulnerable young man”. The teenager is being detained at Charing Cross police station in central London for further questioning. LulzSec Hacking Crime FBI United States Vikram Dodd guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Agents’ arrival indicates US might make a formal request to extradite teenager accused of cyber-crime FBI agents investigating the activities of the alleged hacker Ryan Cleary have flown into Britain. Cleary, 19, who appeared before magistrates on Thursday, was arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into cyber-attacks in Britain and the US. Hours after his arrest at Cleary’s family home in Wickford, Essex, the FBI agents arrived in the UK, it has emerged, which will add to speculation that Washington is considering a request for his extradition. Cleary has been charged with five offences of hacking that are alleged to have targeted three British based websites. Police and FBI investigations continue. Cleary appeared at City of London magistrates court charged with a cyber-attack on Monday on Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), attacks on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in November 2010, and on the British Phonographic Industry in October 2010. His arrest was linked to a series of cyber-attacks by a group called LulzSec, which investigators believe had targeted websites including ones belonging to the American CIA, the US Senate and the electronics company Sony. Because Cleary has been charged in the UK, that case would take precedence over any extradition request from the US. The FBI, which gives cyber-crime high priority, is expected to be given access to evidence collected by British police from Cleary’s computer equipment recovered from his family home. The FBI is expected to attempt to conduct its own questioning of the teenager. In court, district judge Quentin Purdy told Cleary: “There may be additional charges resulting from the police investigation.” Ben Cooper, defending Cleary, described him as a “vulnerable young man”. The teenager is being detained at Charing Cross police station in central London for further questioning. LulzSec Hacking Crime FBI United States Vikram Dodd guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Agents’ arrival indicates US might make a formal request to extradite teenager accused of cyber-crime FBI agents investigating the activities of the alleged hacker Ryan Cleary have flown into Britain. Cleary, 19, who appeared before magistrates on Thursday, was arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into cyber-attacks in Britain and the US. Hours after his arrest at Cleary’s family home in Wickford, Essex, the FBI agents arrived in the UK, it has emerged, which will add to speculation that Washington is considering a request for his extradition. Cleary has been charged with five offences of hacking that are alleged to have targeted three British based websites. Police and FBI investigations continue. Cleary appeared at City of London magistrates court charged with a cyber-attack on Monday on Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), attacks on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in November 2010, and on the British Phonographic Industry in October 2010. His arrest was linked to a series of cyber-attacks by a group called LulzSec, which investigators believe had targeted websites including ones belonging to the American CIA, the US Senate and the electronics company Sony. Because Cleary has been charged in the UK, that case would take precedence over any extradition request from the US. The FBI, which gives cyber-crime high priority, is expected to be given access to evidence collected by British police from Cleary’s computer equipment recovered from his family home. The FBI is expected to attempt to conduct its own questioning of the teenager. In court, district judge Quentin Purdy told Cleary: “There may be additional charges resulting from the police investigation.” Ben Cooper, defending Cleary, described him as a “vulnerable young man”. The teenager is being detained at Charing Cross police station in central London for further questioning. LulzSec Hacking Crime FBI United States Vikram Dodd guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Mitch McConnell foolishly says: ‘GOP 2012 slogan should be Obama ‘made it worse’
June 23, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast Wednesday that if Republicans want to take the presidency from Barack Obama in 2012 then their campaign theme should be “he made it worse.” “I’m confident we’re going to nominate someone who is a credible, believable alternative” to Obama, McConnell said. UPDATE: Steve Benen has more on McConnell at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast here — McConnell trips over his own tax rhetoric : Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spoke to reporters at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast, and talked in some detail about why tax increases won’t be part of any bipartisan deal. Dave Weigel noted one argument, in particular, that stood out. “I, as you recall, negotiated in December an extension of current tax rates. They still had 59 Democrats and a 40-seat majority in the House when the vice president and I negotiated an extension of the current tax rates, and the president went around and said to do otherwise would be bad for the economy. Now, does anybody in this room think the economy is better now than it was in December? I don’t think so. So, look: Taxes aren’t going to be raised.” That sounded to me like an admission that the tax cut deal hadn’t worked — which meant extending Bush rates plus adding sweeteners didn’t work. And that wasn’t what many Republicans were saying in January, when early job numbers pointed to a possible recovery. I asked McConnell to expand on that: If keeping the Bush tax rates wasn’t helping the economy any, why would we expect keeping those rates, or lowering them, would lead to growth? “Well, if borrowing a trillion dollars in spending, largely on government, and over-regulating the economy, is good for the economy, we’d be in a boom time. So my view is: Quit doing what we’ve been doing. You certainly don’t want to raise taxes in the middle of the recession, which the president [agreed with] in December.” If we needed a reminder that Mitch McConnell has no idea what he’s talking about, this ought to do the trick. Read on…
Continue reading …Mitch McConnell foolishly says: ‘GOP 2012 slogan should be Obama ‘made it worse’
June 23, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast Wednesday that if Republicans want to take the presidency from Barack Obama in 2012 then their campaign theme should be “he made it worse.” “I’m confident we’re going to nominate someone who is a credible, believable alternative” to Obama, McConnell said. UPDATE: Steve Benen has more on McConnell at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast here — McConnell trips over his own tax rhetoric : Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spoke to reporters at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast, and talked in some detail about why tax increases won’t be part of any bipartisan deal. Dave Weigel noted one argument, in particular, that stood out. “I, as you recall, negotiated in December an extension of current tax rates. They still had 59 Democrats and a 40-seat majority in the House when the vice president and I negotiated an extension of the current tax rates, and the president went around and said to do otherwise would be bad for the economy. Now, does anybody in this room think the economy is better now than it was in December? I don’t think so. So, look: Taxes aren’t going to be raised.” That sounded to me like an admission that the tax cut deal hadn’t worked — which meant extending Bush rates plus adding sweeteners didn’t work. And that wasn’t what many Republicans were saying in January, when early job numbers pointed to a possible recovery. I asked McConnell to expand on that: If keeping the Bush tax rates wasn’t helping the economy any, why would we expect keeping those rates, or lowering them, would lead to growth? “Well, if borrowing a trillion dollars in spending, largely on government, and over-regulating the economy, is good for the economy, we’d be in a boom time. So my view is: Quit doing what we’ve been doing. You certainly don’t want to raise taxes in the middle of the recession, which the president [agreed with] in December.” If we needed a reminder that Mitch McConnell has no idea what he’s talking about, this ought to do the trick. Read on…
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