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Opinion: Obama's Health Care Myths Exposed

Mar 17th 2010 – 6:06AM

(March 17) -- President Barack Obama is flying Air Force One from staged pep rally to staged pep rally, whipping his left-wing base into something approaching frenzy over his health care plan. That would be fine if he and his allies weren't peddling so many myths about how that legislation would affect ordinary...

Opinion: Two Government Takeovers in One

Mar 17th 2010 – 6:00AM

(March 17) -- Imagine a bill that dramatically increases the power of the federal government in Americans' lives. It expands the federal bureaucracy to administer a vital service. Democrats argue it will save money over time because the federal government is more efficient than the private sector -- yet the American people...

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Argentina oil takeover prompts Repsol name change

May 31st 2012 - 10:10AM

MADRID -Spanish energy firm Repsol is changing its name to reflect the fact that it no longer owns the YPF unit in Argentina following a government takeover.

POLITICS DAILY

Tennessee Democrat Accuses Republicans of Nazi 'Big Lie' on Health Care

By Politics Daily Staff Jan 19th 2011 - 03:08PM

The new civility suffered a seback on Capitol Hill Tuesday night when Rep. Steven Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, accused House Republicans of using the Nazi's "big lie" strategy to try to discredit the health care law.

government takeover News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 Josh Mandel says Sherrod Brown cast the deciding vote... Source: Cleveland.com Sen. Sherrod Brown "cast the deciding vote on the government takeover of health care."
  • 01/19/11 Civility Watch: Nazis and crosshairs and killers, oh my Source: Michelle Malkin Yesterday, Doug Powers pointed you to the Boone County, MO Democrats' gun-themed flyer that the civility police seem to have missed.
  • 01/19/11 Conservatives Win Again Source: Balloon Juice PolitiFact editors and reporters have chosen "government takeover of health care" as the 2010 Lie of the Year. Uttered by dozens of politicians and pundits, it played an important role in shaping public opinion about the health care plan and was a significant factor in the Democrats' shellacking in the November elections.
  • 12/23/10 PolitFacts is Liar of the Year Source: Prairie Pundit Calling Obamacare a government takeover of health care is the "lie of the year," according to the self-proclaimed oracle of all things true and untrue in the political debate.
  • 08/04/10 No government takeover of PAL Source: Asia One Malacanang has shot down a proposal for a government takeover of Philippine Airlines at this time, saying a solution to the hasty departure of 25 pilots for work abroad that has led to cancellation of flights since Saturday can still be found.

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