“Disarmed by the very government that armed his murderers.”

That’s Ace, paraphrasing commenter "Roark” (at Gateway Pundit), on Brian Terry.

Fox News:

...Federal officials revealed Monday that murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and an elite squad of federal agents first fired bean bags — not bullets — at a heavily armed drug cartel crew in the mountains south of Tucson in December 2011.

Disgusting.

And remember this:  Those "bean bag” rules-of-engagement do not apply when government SWAT teams go after American citizens.

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Grate expectations

Tam explains why this time around the Democrats are playing the class-warfare card:

...Nobody’s buying "Hope & Change” anymore, except maybe those GOP loyalists hoping Romney will bring some...

Related:

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Mitch McConnell feels sad and misunderstood...

National Review: ...What’s your message to conservatives and tea-party activists who are suspicious of Republican leaders and their commitment to repeal [Obamacare]?

McConnell:  Boy, I don’t know how they could be suspicious on this issue.  Every single Republican in the House and Senate voted against Obamacare.  I must have made 125 speeches about it on the floor.  If there is any area where I don’t think conservatives of any stripe should be concerned, it would be this one.  We’ve been clear and unambiguous about Obamacare from the beginning to the end — all of it.

Well ya’see, Mitch, it’s because you and your Republican buddies in Congress-especially you guys in the Senate- have established quite a  reputation...


...not to mention that earlier in this same interview you said:

...we’re looking at all of the angles.  But our goal is to repeal it and replace it.

So already you’re doing it wrong.  And we’re supposed to trust you?

Elsewhere:
Via DrewM at Ace (and hey, Mitch, you should check out the comments.  You might learn something.)

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What they *need* is an “out-of-CONGRESS” experience

The Wall Street Journal:

There was bipartisan joy in Washington Friday, and you can guess the reason:  They were spending money, big money.  Congress passed a $120 billion highway funding bill.  The vote in the Senate was 74-19 and 373-52 in the House. Who says Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on anything?
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House Republicans originally sought sensible reforms... [but] at the insistance of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, nearly all these money savers were stripped...  Republicans also folded... on the Keystone XL pipeline...
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Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell quipped that the... deal was like "an out of body experience” for many of his colleagues...

Elsewhere:

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