Ron Brynaert

Cadet waiting for president caught reading anti-Obama book

Thriller written by one of Glenn Beck’s ‘favorite authors’ contains anti-Obama conspiracy subplot; Second cadet hailed as hero by conservatives was reading book critical of Bush admin
Perhaps US Army cadets are being told to “read ‘em if they got ‘em” these days.
Photos of West Point cadets catching up on book reading as they waited for [...]

Weird moments in Thanksgiving politics… and then some

Politico’s Alexander Burns takes a look “at some of the most dramatic, consequential, or just plain weird political moments that have colored Thanksgivings in recent years.”
Burns first notes how President George W. Bush “raised the bar with a surprise trip to Baghdad, where he helped serve Thanksgiving dinner to U.S. troops eight months after the [...]

Hoping new GAP ad helps keep ‘Christ in’ Christmas, AFA suspends boycott

Pro-family group livid retailer was promoting ‘Happy Whateveryouwannakah’ Day
The conservative American Family Association has decided to extend a holiday gesture to a company that it had just recently decided to boycott.
From a press release sent to RAW STORY:
The American Family Association is suspending its Christmas season-boycott of Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic pending the [...]

Glenn Beck’s ‘Obama-hating’ marches set for 9/11, MLK speech anniversaries

Perhaps America needs to give Fox pundit Glenn Beck his own day, since he seems to be hellbent on usurping days that are tied to other historical happenings.
Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports that “Beck’s 9.12 Project is co-sponsoring a march on Washington on Sept. 11, 2010, to voice unhappiness with the agenda of President Obama and [...]

Senate unveils health care bill

Update at bottom: Reid plan ups pressure on moderate Dems
US Senate Democrats unveiled a historic plan to extend health coverage to more than 30 million Americans who lack it now and set the stage for a key test vote as early as this weekend.
US President Barack Obama, who has made such an overhaul his top [...]