Tag Archives: Chris Mathews

Regardless of what you’re being told, the deficit is due to Bush’s tax cuts, not Obama’s stimulus spending

By Mark | July 28, 2011

Ann Arbor-born economist and historian Bruce Bartlett, who served as domestic policy advisor to Ronald Reagan, and in the Treasury under George H.W. Bush, joined Chris Mathews on MSNBC’s Hardball yesterday, talking about the true origins of our nation’s current deficit. It should be required viewing for all Americans… Here’s the video, followed by an […]

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It’s not that they don’t know their history, it’s that it doesn’t fit their narrative

By Mark | January 26, 2011

As I noted a few posts ago, Tea Party favorite, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, mentioned in a speech this past weekend that our founding fathers had worked tirelessly to end slavery in America. Her exact words, as she was going on about the sanctity of the Constitution, were, “(W)e also know that the very […]