Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Alan Grayson attacks Daniel Webster's "stairway to nowhere" in a new ad.
'Stairway to Heaven' meets 'Bridge to Nowhere'
In what figures to be a highly competitive U.S. House race, incumbent Democrat Alan Grayson is attacking his Republican opponent Daniel Webster for a spiral staircase Webster had constructed while House Speaker in 1996.
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Randi Weingarten
"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be ...
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Harry Reid
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
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Joe Sestak
"Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
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Jamie Oliver
McDonald's in England only sells organic milk and free-range eggs, which provides more nutritious ...
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Donna Brazile
"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or ...
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Arne Duncan
"In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate."
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Ann Marie Buerkle
"The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health ...
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Glenn Beck
"The federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 ...
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Glenn Beck
"The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of ...
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Barack Obama
Republicans "don't think it's a good idea" to make the child care tax credit ...
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18% of the American public
President Obama is a Muslim.
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Franklin Graham
"The seed of Muslim is passed through the father."
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Michael Bloomberg
"There is already a mosque four blocks away."
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Mark Tapscott
"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the ...
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Harry Reid
On birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.
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A scorecard separating fact from fiction
"Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years."
Charlie Crist's "personal approval numbers are plummeting."
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
"Florida is 49th in per capita spending on mental health care."
"The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills."
"We have 50 state lobbyists that just lobby the Legislature for money every year."
The sales tax increase, if approved, will cost taxpayers "up to $300 million per year, in perpetuity, to finance a rail system for the City of Tampa."
"(Jeff) Atwater's bank was so weak that just a few months ago it was shut down by the FDIC."
Kendrick Meek claims he's the only candidate who said Sonia Sotomayor "will make an excellent Supreme Court justice."
The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world.
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"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."
— Randi Weingarten
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
— Harry Reid
"Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
— Joe Sestak-
McDonald's in England only sells organic milk and free-range eggs, which provides more nutritious offerings than in the U.S.
— Jamie Oliver
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"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."
— Donna Brazile
