Year: 2008

So, after lunch, I head over to catch Ace from Ace of Spades HQ getting a blogger of the year award. Ace runs a pretty wild blog, uses a lot of profanity, and so I’m thinking, “Hey, here’s a great opportunity for a ‘Coulter’ moment. Ace could come out wearing a Motorhead ‘Ace of Spades’ […]

The Politico has a post up about how the Democrats are moving swifty to take down McCain in the general election: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is already moving to redefine the presumed Republican nominee. In a fundraising appeal sent out Wednesday, Dean called McCain “a media darling” and warned that “from Iraq to […]

This morning I got up at 4:15 AM to make it to the President’s 7:15 AM speech (you’re supposed to be there 2 hours early). There was a huge mob waiting in line when I got there at a little after 5 AM, but very little was happening beyond the Secret Service perusing the area. […]

Jay from Stop the ACLU had an interesting thought the other day, that perhaps McCain would select Thompson to be his running mate: I ask the question because it isn’t out of the question. They are good friends with a history. It would be a smart move on the Maverick’s part to stilt up his […]

“(Don’t let) the perfect (be) the enemy of the good.” — Voltaire I keep hearing conservatives say that if John McCain is the nominee — and barring a miracle, he will be at this point — that they’re going to sit out the election or even vote for the Democratic nominee because of “conservative principles.” […]

Happy Friday! The official Surrender Monkey of the Democrat Party welcomes you to the weekend, a time when the Democrat base switches from wine to hard liquor, and really works those on-line petitions for maximum affect, and get all their talking points in order The Surrender Monkey is high on hope. But, what is hope? […]

From Mitt’s presidential site Today, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Governor Romney announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign for the sake of Republican unity and the future of our country. In 2008, Republicans must stand united if we are to prevent Senators Clinton and Obama from taking the White House. As […]

* First off, interesting detail: I mentioned earlier that McCain got a surprisingly good reception. Well, after talking to multiple people who got into the McCain event, I found out why that was and why the hall was packed so tightly that they couldn’t even fit all the media people in: They brought in a […]

Millions, that is. There’s lots of juicy Dem-side speculation here about where that money came from, where it didn’t, and whether it was necessary at all. I just find it so extraordinary that no one really finds it all that extraordinary that Senator Clinton has this kind of gelt lying around. Emily Yoffe comes up […]

There was an insane crush to get into the McCain event. We got into a special line, but there were at least 50 media people who were waiting and hundreds and hundreds of conference attendees who couldn’t get in either. Clarence Page was near us and I suggested to him that he should push through […]

I just realized my camcorder doesn’t have a firewire port. That means no video or pics until Monday. Doh and double doh! PS: It’s sort of depressing to watch sad looking people walking by, absent mindedly holding Mitt Romney signs.

Mitt is speaking now and I am waiting for the inevitable drop out. I wanted to be in the hall so I could get it on video, but a bunch of bloggers were eating lunch with NumbersUSA and got there a little too late to make it in. Let’s face it, it’ll be kind of […]

What now for the Republican Party? It’s been in a downward spiral for some time, but it never has seemed to hit rock bottom… at least not enough to try and do any better. Now we can’t even get a conservative elected in a Republican primary; can it get much worse? I guess the Republicans […]

So last night, I got together with a bunch of bloggers and grabbed sushi and then headed back to the bar. I don’t drink, but I hung out and talked for 2 hours before heading back to my room to finish my column and prep a Barack Obama video I am going to try to […]

I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but some conservatives have a problem with John McCain. It’s not just that he goes against conservatives on some big issues, that he seems to act like the only reason we’d disagree with him on those issues is because we’re too stupid to see him for the […]

Wasn’t it just a short while ago that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and other Iranian leaders were telling us how they respected women, cherished them, and treated them better then Western culture did? Hmmmm…. Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld death sentences against […]

A couple of Republican defectors on the stimulus bill, all of which are up for re-election this year (Grassley, for one). Anyway, here’s the scoop: The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled […]

Remember the “Obama Girl”? The girl who was sooo devoted to Obama that she made a video that caught the attention of people everywhere? Yeah, she didn’t vote. Excuse? She was sick. However, she wasn’t too sick to go to a party: On Tuesday night, City Room ran into Ms. Ettinger at an election-watching party […]

I ask the question because it isn’t out of the question. They are good friends with a history. It would be a smart move on the Maverick’s part to stilt up his lacking on conservative credentials. Could Thompson serve as the conservative concience? The ideological gravitas? Even…power behind the throne? How would the conservative base/blogosphere […]

I’m a pretty fair and open minded person. It is a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because it allows me to understand, empathize, and deeply consider where different points of view are coming from….even if they are completely opposite of my own. Of course, it is a curse because in many cases […]

I wonder why I can’t find this story in the Credentialed Media? Top Iraqi Police officials and Coalition military police gathered at the Camp Fiji training facility Feb. 2 to witness 493 new Iraqi Police officers graduate and perform a demonstration. “This increase in police force will better the peace for the citizens,” said Capt. […]

I’m sure you’ve heard that DC is the murder capitol of the United States and after driving here, I know why because I am ready to kill the people from Mapquest, the people who designed the roads here, and one service station owner. After making great time all the way here, I got lost about […]

First it was Rush Limbaugh: I can see possibly not supporting the Republican nominee this election, and I never thought that I would say that in my life. Then it was Ann Coulter: If McCain is the nominee, I will campaign for Hillary Clinton. And now James Dobson: I cannot, and I will not vote […]

Blog For All has the details on newly released videos (seen here) showing how Al Qaeda is training children as young as six years old on how to conduct terror attacks in Iraq. Fox News writes extensively about the videos here. This isn’t surprising, considering that we’ve known for years that Islamofascist thugs like AQ […]

The Weekly Standard has a fine overview of their persecution for “Islamophobia”. Both of Canada’s national newspapers finally weigh in — and side with Steyn and Levant! Every day, stay on top of this vital fight for freedom of speech at EzraLevant.com and FreeMarkSteyn.com That blog, FreeMarkSteyn, is a labor of love, run singlehandedly by […]

Morning, y’all, Jebediah Murphy here with a bit of that truthiness from good ole flyover country. And, ya know, I reckon that it is time to buy some of them ice skates from WalMart for cruising around Hell, as I actually almost agree with a DUmmy! Seems there is whopper of a nutty editorial at […]

Tomorrow, I’m going to be on the road to CPAC and probably won’t be able to update RWN or CG. On Thursday and Friday, I will probably be able to do a few updates, but not anywhere near as many as usual. So, with that in mind, here are the guest bloggers who will be […]

On Friday of last week, I conducted a phone interview with Thomas Sowell about his new book, Economic Facts and Fallacies (Incidentally, I’ve just finished the book and as per usual with Sowell’s work, it’s very good). What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. We’ve frequently heard, and will hear much more […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Thomas Sowell: What kind of “experience”? The American Princess: Roseanne Barr is a total crackpot and, it appears, something of an anti-Semite to boot The Mishmash: 15 T-shirts you’d hate to see on your daughter’s boyfriend (funny, but a little obscene in […]

What a “shocking” surprise; Hillary Clinton, who was accused of crying crocodile tears in the run-up to New Hampshire, has cried again, “coincidentally,” right before Super Tuesday. Many cynical people, like those of you reading this post, will probably claim that this is a political ploy, but come on, folks — do you REALLY think […]