With apologies to Shakespeare in Hamlet, we wonder about the crusade that top management at LNP launched from the moment that Democrat Attorney General Kathleen Kane was accused of misconduct in office.
Liberals, Livid, Say Chuck Schumer ‘Unfit’ to Lead Senate Dems
NEWSMAX: After stating that he plans to vote against the Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Chuck Schumer is receiving criticism from liberals who claim he is “unfit” to be the next Democratic leader, The Hill reports… Schumer voted for the war in Iraq, suggested Obama’s signature healthcare reform was a mistake and now opposes the Iran […]
Andrea McCue honored as “outstanding chief clerk”. Congratulations, but we are disappointed
EDITOR: We are delighted for Andrea McCue with whom we have always been impressed. But disappointed in that we had anticipated an announcement by Congressman Joe Pitts that he would not seek another term. Lancaster County Chief Clerk/County Administrator Andrea McCue Awarded 2015 Outstanding Chief Clerk by CCAP County Commissioners and Congressman Pitts Join Together […]
Capitolwire: Kane ‘repeatedly lied’ about leak aimed at embarrassing political foe, DA Ferman says.
“I intend to defend myself vigorously against these charges,” said Kane in a statement. “I look forward to the opportunity to present my case in a public courtroom and move beyond the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that has defined the process to this point.”
LETTER: Questioning the integrity of Tom Baldridge
The study was never confidential but its owners, the Lancaster Campaign/Lancaster Alliance – controlled by PSP with Baldridge as the trained lapdog and mouthpiece, knew it would not hold up to scrutiny. As the entire basis of the tax and project, the owners of that study knew it had to be released. It was finally released at the 11th hour by Tom.
Responses to Gov. Tom Wolf’s call for AG Kathleen Kane to step aside
“I do not know if Kathleen Kane committed a crime. What I do know is the GOP did not like losing the Attorney General position. I do know that they have called for her impeachment. It seems so politically motivated to me. Now they have a DA who is running for judge indict her.”
No, Giving More People Health Insurance Doesn’t Save Money
NEW YORK TIMES: …Here’s why: For the individual patient whose heart attack is prevented by a cholesterol screening, to give one example, that blood test is a cost-saver. But to prevent one heart attack, the health care system has to test hundreds of healthy people — and give about a hundred of them cholesterol-lowering drugs […]
Attorney General Kane charged with crimes for leaking grand jury material
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: ….Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said she’ll prosecute Kane for violating grand jury secrecy laws and lying about her actions under oath to a statewide grand jury in November… “I am very disappointed the district attorney has made the decision to pursue this case. I have maintained my innocence from the […]
Both Harrisburg and Lancaster Bond projects born of deception
The handling of the release of the Ernst & Young study in the summer of 1999 exposed a strong pro-project bias on the part of Lancaster Newspapers.
The Triumph of Robert Conquest
WALL STREET JOURNAL: …Conquest’s major themes were reality and delusion. “The Great Terror” (1968) was the first and still definitive treatment of Stalin’s purges, gulags, show trials and secret police, meticulously documenting the enormity of the death toll. “Harvest of Sorrow” (1986) chronicled what he called the “terror famines” that followed agricultural collectivization. When sources […]
Libyan force was lesson in limits of U.S. power
NEW YORK TIMES: … Equally important in shaping Obama’s approach to Libya was Iraq. An early opponent of George W. Bush’s war there, Obama was determined to avoid another Middle Eastern quagmire. Unlike in Iraq, where American taxpayers spent more than $20 billion rebuilding Iraqi forces, the Obama administration would provide limited support to Libya […]
Zogby Poll: Democrats Want Biden to Run
NEWSMAX: Almost half of Democrats want Vice President Joe Biden to enter the 2016 presidential race, according to a new Bliss Institute/Zogby Analytics Poll. The poll talked to 459 likely Democratic primary and caucus voters nationwide and found that 48 percent say they want Biden to seek the nomination. About one third, 34 percent, said […]
Donald Trump talked politics with Bill Clinton weeks before launching 2016 bid
WASHINGTON POST: Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men… The tone of the call was informal, and Clinton never urged […]
AG Kane to face criminal charges, sources say
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Attorney General Kathleen Kane is expected to be charged criminally as soon as Thursday in connection with an investigation that began last year with a statewide grand jury, sources told the Tribune-Review… Kane is accused of leaking grand jury material from a 2009 case before she was attorney general. She admitted that she […]