"The bright lights of freedom have been dimming for decades"

By: Chris Stirewalt
Political Editor
11/07/09 9:36 PM EST

Talk about "Fired up! Ready to Go!"

House Minority Leader John Boehner is tearing into not just the Pelosi health plan but the whole Obama agenda. Must watching for C-SPAN nerds like me.

UPDATE: As he did with the House global warming bill, Boehner is going through some of the additions to the federal regulatory structure -- restaurants with more than 20 locations to post calorie counts in menus, etc.

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Mad Monica

Nov 9, 2009

I hope Boehner keeps this up. We need more people spotlighting the left's idiocy. I'm convinced more Americans would be pushing back were they aware of just how invasive all this lefty "help" for the common man really is.

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"The bright lights of freedom have been dimming for decades"

By: Chris Stirewalt
Political Editor
11/07/09 9:36 PM EST