Monique Chartier

Endorsing Bad Government

By Monique Chartier | October 23, 2008 |

You know, for a gang that claims to be enamoured of regulations and regulating, too many Democrats sure dropped the regulation ball when it came to mortgage guidelines and Fannie and Freddie. One of the more egregious offenders as we now know was Congressman Barney Frank. From September 9’s Wall Street Journal. At least the…

“… we’re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy”

By Monique Chartier | October 21, 2008 |

Setting aside for a moment matters of substance as well as my own preference in the presidential race, Senator Obama has to be saying to himself right about now, “Why didn’t someone tell me about this guy’s mouth?” Enter Joe Biden. Yesterday, the Republican camp was trying to score some points from speeches the Delaware…

Detrimental Effects and the Responsible Party

By Monique Chartier | October 19, 2008 |

Under Donald’s post “Multiple choice options regarding Obama’s “spread the wealth” comment”, commenter Phil remarks I cannot ignore the presence in R.I. of Republican conservatives and the detrimental effect it has on the place I live. Yes, let’s talk about some detrimental effects inflicted on the state by a particular political party and ideology. –…

Hatch Act Violations? Here?

By Monique Chartier | October 19, 2008 |

The RIGOP has filed a formal request to investigate possible Hatch Act violations by the following candidates for the General Assembly. Elaine Coderre, House District 50 (incumbent) Grace Diaz, House District 11 (incumbent) Arthur Handy, House District 18 (incumbent) Beatrice Lanzi, Senate District 26 MaryAnn Shallcross, House District 46 Anastasia Williams, House District 9 (incumbent)…

Joe Biden’s Flashbacks

By Monique Chartier | October 14, 2008 | Comments Off on Joe Biden’s Flashbacks

… not to a drug incident but to a prior campaign. From Toby Harnden, US Editor of the Telegraph (UK); h/t the Drudge Report. Joe Biden is enjoying himself so much on the campaign trail that occasionally he gets to thinking he’s about to become president. “In a Biden…an Obama-Biden administration,” he said during an…

Whoa! Not So Fast Linking Obama to Another Violent Thug

By Monique Chartier | October 12, 2008 |

(The first was American. This one is African.) NewsBusters’s Kerry Picket asks When Will The MSM Report On Obama’s Support for Kenyan Tyrant Raila Odinga? In 2006, US Senator Barack Obama went to Kenya (at the expense of the American taxpayer) and campaigned for Raila Odinga, a man running for the presidency of that country.…

R.I. Democrat Party: Champion of the Powerful

By Monique Chartier | October 12, 2008 |

Aren’t Democrats supposed to represent the common man? The work-a-day joe? Sure, here we go – from the official website of the Democrat National Committee: an abiding faith in the judgment of hardworking American families, and a commitment to helping the excluded, the disenfranchised and the poor strengthen our nation by earning themselves a piece…

Pinga/Alves: Rhode Island Supreme Court’s Fatal – yet Inadvertant? – Inaction

By Monique Chartier | October 10, 2008 |

In view of the stunning effect – the voiding of an election – of their non-action yesterday in the matter of Stephen Alves’ request for a new election, I wonder if the RI Supreme Court was simply unaware in pragmatic terms of the effect of their decision in the context of dates and ballot printing…

The Mayor’s Call to Close the Pension Loophole is Welcome But …

By Monique Chartier | October 9, 2008 |

… does anyone else have the impression that he wouldn’t be quite so indignant about the Providence Pension Board’s decision or quite so passionate about excluding future convicts from receiving a municipal pension if Frank Corrente had been a member of his rather than the prior administration? Mayor David N. Cicilline wants the City Council…

This Pinga/Alves Moment Brought to You by the Numbers Ten and Fifteen

By Monique Chartier | October 8, 2008 |

When the RI Supreme Court decides tomorrow whether to take Senator Stephen Alves’ appeal for a do-over of the September 9 Democrat primary, perhaps we can also learn the source of the senator’s quizzical statement that fifteen Republicans voted in that election. Alves has asked the state Supreme Court to order an entirely new election.…