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The economic policies of the Obama Administration will lead the U.S. towards socialism. The march has already begun.
Federal judge Jay Bybee should not be impeached for authoring memos that justified Bush Administration interrogation techniques. See my opinion on administrations investigating their predecessors all the time.
Congress should not investigate the Bush Administration's interrogation policies. If this is done, every future Administration will make it a practice to investigate their predecessor. It is politically unhealthy and not Constitutionally sound.
Israel should not withdraw from the Golan Heights as part of a peace agreement with Syria.
The Department of Justice should not prosecute CIA officials who carried out Bush Administration interrogation methods.
A world free of nuclear weapons is not achievable. At least not without threatening our security in the short historical term.
Kathleen Sebelius is not a good choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The U.S. cannot stabilize Afghanistan.
Timothy Geithner should not remain Secretary of the Treasury. Keeping Geithner says much about the values-or lack thereof, of this administration.
Tim Kaine is not a good choice for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
All troops should not be removed from Iraq at the end of President Obama's 19-month timetable. And they will not be...
The U.S. should ban funding for international family planning groups that perform abortions and/or lobby for abortion rights. My tax money should not pay for someone else's abortion.
Kirsten Gillibrand is a good choice to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate. She is going to be a far better Senator for the WHOLE State of New York than Hillary Clinton was.
President Obama should not loosen restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research. He did anyway...
The pursuit of Osama bin Laden should be a top priority in President Obama's agenda.
The $825 billion stimulus price tag is too high. It will be far higher than $825 billion before the President is through.
President Obama should not appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Bush Administration policies.
Eric Holder is not a good choice for U.S. Attorney General. God help us...
Race had a positive impact on Barack Obama's election victory.
Leon Panetta is not a good choice to head the CIA. I'd hate to see what Panetta will do to the morale of the Company.
Barack Obama should not invite Republicans to serve in his administration. The ones that he has invited have justly turned him down.
Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Too much baggage
Pastor Rick Warren was a good choice to give the invocation at Barack Obama's inaugural. The invocation was innocuous...
Hillary Clinton is not a good choice for Barack Obama's Secretary of State. From a raw political point of view, her loyalty to the President is really quite manufactured and phony. She is untrustworthy.
Entitlement reform should have a higher priority than healthcare and energy policy in Barack Obama's agenda. Now we'll see what the President really means by "Entitlement Reform."
The U.S. should act unilaterally against terrorist targets inside Pakistan if their government is unwilling to do so.
NATO should enforce a no-fly zone across Sudan.
The U.S. should not provide economic aid to Pakistan.
The U.S. should extend military soldiers' tours of duty. The President is about to do so in Afghanistan.
Joseph Biden was not a good choice for Obama's vice presidentialial candidate.
Rush Limbaugh will never run for political office. I don't believe Rush WANTS to run for office.
President Obama's video message to Iran will have a negative effect on U.S.-Iranian relations. The President is behaving like an unseasoned rookie with no clue how to act in the big leagues of foreign policy.
The U.S. should not remove North Korea from its states sponsoring terrorism list.
Iran should be held accountable for Hezbollah's actions.
The Tea Party protests are a grassroots movement. There is no question of this if you know anything about who was organizing some of these events in local communities in many places.
Eliot Spitzer should not run for public office again. The issue is not that Eliot Spitzer whored around, but whether Spitzer was that stupid as to believe that he would not get nailed for being a public official with a call girl. If he is stupid enough to believe he would not get caught, he is not competent enough to hold public office.
Sarah Palin is qualified to be the President of the United States. If Barack Obama is qualified, Sarah Palin certainly is. She has far more executive experience than Obama.
The Russia-Georgia conflict will lead to another Cold War. Really, we've been on the verge of another "cold war" with the Russians for a very long time.
Hillary Clinton should place her name in nomination at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Why not...obviously I like the idea.
Georgia should become a member of NATO. It is obvious the Georgia needs the protection of the West.