Year: 2006

Over at the liberal Carpet Bagger Report, they point out, correctly, how meaningless the polls for 2008 contenders are at this stage. To make their point, they posted a Jan 2003 Fox News poll: Joe Lieberman……29% Dick Gephardt……15% John Kerry………..13% John Edwards…….8% Al Sharpton……….5% Howard Dean……..2% Lieberman? Gephardt? Dean at 2%? Kerry in the middle […]

“During its deployment, Cooke’s handful of snipers (the exact number is under wraps) with those 120 kills have accounted for about a fifth of the total known kills of the 1/506th. Meanwhile enemy snipers, though generally the most skilled of the enemy fighters and armed primarily with good 7.62 millimeter Soviet Dragunov sniper rifles, have […]

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From the comments section: “Even all the conservative blogs have pretty much judged Iraq lost. The only man who can keep that from being so is Bush: let’s hope he remains dogged to the end.” — CoolCzech I don’t think Iraq is lost at all. Personally, I think we need to: 1) Keep training Iraqi […]

Estimates on the number of illegal immigrants in the US generally range between 12-20 million. Are all of those illegal Hispanics? No, but the overwhelming majority of them are. Now, in the last election, only 30 percent of Hispanics voted for the GOP. Of course, legal Hispanics as a whole would be more assimilated and […]

The fact that a story like this is out there tells you that Bush isn’t being violent or aggressive enough to scare our enemies: “The Sunday Times reported that Syria is expected to demand American help in securing the return of the Golan Heights from Israel as the price of cooperation over Iraq. Ayman Abdel […]

The incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Charles Rangel, is pushing a draft again: “Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 under a bill the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says he will introduce next year. ADVERTISEMENT Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., […]

In my morning-after election analysis, I noted that it would be very difficult for the Republicans to take the House back in 2008 but that the Senate was well within grasp if the GOP got their act together. I wrote that without actually breaking down the races, though. Chris Cillizza has and it does not […]

John Fund looks at the efforts by proponents of affirmative action to try to block the amendment banning the use of discrimination by race, sex, or color in government contracts or school admissions. Even Sandra Day O’Connor, author of the Grutter decision that allowed the University of Michigan to use diversity in admissions decisions has […]

Foreign Kissinger: Iraq Military Win Impossible (That’s Helpful. Thanks A Lot, Jerk) Blair ‘Disaster’ Admission Over Iraq A ‘Slip Of The Tongue’: Official John Howard Praises ‘Heroic’ Iraqis, Defends Invasion 112 Killed Across Iraq Iran Unveils Nuclear Reactor Upgrade Plan Israel Orders Killing Of Hamas Politicians (Applause) Israeli Intelligence: Hizbullah Stronger Than Before War Human […]

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If you’re looking for any evidence that the GOP learned something from the 2006 elections, you won’t find it in the results of today’s leadership elections. John Boehner absolutely crushed Mike Pence 168 to 27. Furthermore, Roy Blunt gave John Shadegg a thrashing that was almost as brutal, winning 147 to 57. Now Boehner, maybe […]

One of the points I’ve tried to hammer home is that even if you think mankind is causing global warming, at present, there’s no feasible way for us to cut greenhouse gas production enough to do anything about it. The latest UN climate Talks show you exactly why that’s the case: “Global talks to widen […]

Imagine what the United States could do with something like this: “Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday. The flying robot, nicknamed the “bionic hornet”, would be able to navigate […]

As you may have heard, a student at UCLA got tasered 4 times for resisting the campus police and there’s video: The video cuts in late, features lots of screaming, and this kid yelling about the Patriot Act after being tased, which, I found to be particularly hilarious. You can read all about it here […]

“At the same time John Edwards was ripping Wal-Mart, his staffer was trying to purchase a PS3 for Edwards there. Of course, Edwards is trying to shift the blame to his staffer: “Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards acknowledged Thursday that amid his criticism of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., a volunteer member of his staff asked […]

Democrats may not have told Americans a lot of what they wanted to do before the election, mainly because their agenda is unpopular and bad for America, but now they’re overconfident because of their victory and they’re out there talking about all these liberal goals that they want to get accomplished. On the other hand, […]

Make no mistake about it, with Nancy Pelosi running the show, liberal chairmen running the committees, and liberal activists demanding that liberal ideas be moved forward, the Democrats will definitely be pushing a liberal agenda over the next couple of years. However, having a liberal agenda is one thing and getting it through can sometimes […]

Domestic Abramoff Reports to Prison; Officials Focus on Reid, Others House Democrats Name Pelosi Speaker House Democrats Name Hoyer To No. 2 Over Murtha Post By A Wide Margin (149-86) Leadership Candidate Putnam Wants To Know: Where Were The Rednecks? A Man Was Arrested At Detroit Metropolitan Airport After Officials Say They Found Him Carrying […]

According to the Drudge Report, the great economist Milton Friedman, whom conservative bloggers ranked as the 15th greatest figure of the 20th century, has passed away. Back on Sept 16, 2003, I interviewed Milton Friedman about a variety of economic topics. You can read it here. Also see, RWN’s Favorite Quotes From Milton And Rose […]

It was disgusting enough that OJ Simpson murdered two people in cold blood and managed to beat the system without going to jail for it. But, to see him out there trying to turn a buck explaining how he did it is particularly disgusting. All I can say is that I hope no one will […]

Right now, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are still running well ahead of the rest of the field for the Republican nomination in 2008. However, I still think both of them are going to eventually crater. My theory on how it will happen goes like so, At some point, a consensus conservative candidate will emerge […]

There hasn’t been a lot for conservatives to cheer over since the election, but I think Mitch McConnell becoming Minority Leader is one of them. I like Bill Frist, I think he’s a nice enough guy, but quite frankly, the Senate was a disaster area under his leadership. Hopefully the Republicans in the Senate will […]

From the New York Times: “So it was that Stan Greenberg, the Democratic pollster, and Mr. Carville used the forum of a Monitor Breakfast, a gathering of newsmakers and reporters, to say Mr. Dean wasted an opportunity to make historic gains by refusing to take resources out of his effort to build up parties in […]

Recently, I read Bill Bryson’s “A Short History Of Nearly Everything,” which is a book on scientific basics. Now keep in mind that Bryson’s book is no conservative tome. To prove that, he even got a favorable review from the New York Times Book Review, “Destined to become a modern classic of science writing.” However, […]

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) took exception with Abizaid’s talk of all the steps that the Iraqi government needs to take. “Hope is not a method,” she told him. “We’ve had testimony now for four years about what ‘must be done’ — and it doesn’t get done.” (Gen. John P. Abizaid, chief of the U.S. […]

So last night, I tuned into the local conservative talk radio station and Michael Savage’s show was on. Now, I’m not a fan of Savage, but a caller said something interesting. He said that he wished that Bush would resign so that Cheney could take over. Now of course, that’s not likely to happen, but […]

Domestic Trent Lott Wins Back Leadership Slot (Gag) Dennis Kucinich Calls for Cutting Off Iraq War Funds The Bush Administration Must Tell Iraq That U.S. Troops Will Begin Withdrawing In Four To Six Months, The Next Chairman Of The Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-Mich) Said Wednesday The Top U.S. Commander In The Middle […]

Last night, a prominent conservative blogger was telling me that she “hates Republicans” and that she wants to vote independent. When I asked her why, she said, “Yeah, they’re totally gonna elect Boehner and Blunt. And then the Martinez thing. They’re killing me.” All I can say is that yeah, they’re killing me, too. Although […]

Carl Levin, the Democrat who’ll be the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is just itching to wave the white flag in Iraq: “The Bush administration must tell Iraq that U.S. troops will begin withdrawing in four to six months, the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday, as Congress […]