Year: 2010

McDonnell And Christie Say All The Right Things During Their Inaugurations

Posted on by William Teach

There was another big to do going on Tuesday, overshadowed by the special election in Massachusetts. The only thing I am going to say about that election is that Coakley lost because for three reasons. First, she ran a terrible campaign. She simply assumed that she would win the seat, and when push came to […]

 

The Scott Brown Election Is A Referendum On The Establishment

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

“This is YOUR seat.” — Senator Scott Brown Lest the Republicans get too smug as they look toward the 2010 midterms, I’d suggest a strong dash of humility. The Democrats seem incapable of humility so I’ll spare my breath. Scott Brown ran against Obamacare, yes. He ran against stupid DOJ policies toward terrorists, yes. Most […]

 

Quasi-Live Blogging The Brown/Coakley Race: We Win, They Lose!

Posted on by John Hawkins

9:11: Fox has now called it for Brown. In other words, the Coakley campaign just drove into the drink at Chappaquiddick. 9:12: Howard Dean just blamed George Bush if Coakley loses. He also says it’s CERTAINLY not Barack Obama’s fault. 9:13: I have to admit, I was still a little nervous about this election going […]

 

What The Democrats Don’t Get *Update! Brown Wins!*

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

They don’t get a lot of things, but specifically they don’t get the anger of the American people and the Tea Parties. This was made quite evident in some of their recent comments regarding Scott Brown and his Senate race. This is Pres. Obama campaigning for Martha Coakley: “We have had one year to make […]

 

Well, What Do You Know, Al Franken’s Vote Getter Marc Elias Has Set Up Shop In Massachusetts

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Just great. Dan Riehl reports: Coakley attorney Marc Elias speaking now, claiming spoiled ballots … Elias is Al Franken’s former campaign attorney. Yep. Meanwhile, Mary Katherine Hamm has this screen grab from Coakley’s campaign yesterday, claiming fraud yesterday:

 

OUTRAGE: Boston Globe Calls The Election For Coakley Hours Ahead Of Time, OOPS!

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

My friend Eric at Funhouseus catches the Boston Globe reporting results in Massachusetts before they’re counted. It’s all a big mistake: [Associated Press] was testing an election data feed to its Massachusetts clients. During corresponding tests at our end, the feed of AP’s hypothetical test data was inadvertently posted for a few minutes on a […]

 

$42 Million Union Embezzlement case, Little Media Coverage

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Union operative Melissa King of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) has been arrested for stealing $42 million in union funds to support the lavish lifestyle to which she and her daughter have become accustomed. It is being called the biggest union theft in history. So why haven’t we heard of this union […]

 

Next to Be Nationalized: 401Ks

Posted on by Dave Blount

The next target in Comrade Obama’s blitzkrieg against the economic freedom that made America wealthy is our retirement accounts: President Barack Obama is calling for establishing automatic workplace pensions and expanding unemployment insurance as part of his spending plan for the U.S. Labor Department next fiscal year. We liken this to an “Obama 401k Plan.” […]

 

How A Brown Win Could Help The Economy

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

The economy stinks. It’s not getting better. The recovery is being hampered by mixed messages and downright hostility toward the private sector. Business owners have been holding. They haven’t upped production. If business is good, they’ve cautiously hired, if at all. If business is fair, they’ve resisted increasing overhead for fear they’ll need the extra […]

 

Scott Brown V. Martha Coakley: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Come on people! This election is by no means in the bag. In fact, it’s so far out of the bag, that I’m feeling a wee bit queasy about what I’m seeing on Twitter already. This is a special election in an overwhelmingly Democrat state. People there actually liked Ted Kennedy–you know, the guy never […]

 

The Death Penalty: What If We Make A Mistake And Kill An Innocent Man?

Posted on by John Hawkins

From an overhyped piece called, Anti-death penalty movement wooing conservative, The effort has been backed by Richard Viguerie, a fundraiser and activist considered the father of the modern conservative movement. Viguerie, in a July 2009 essay in Sojourners magazine, wrote that executions are supposed to take the life of the guilty – but noted there […]

 

“The Only Way To Win…”

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

Every once in a while the mask is lifted, and the Democrats reveal their disdain for the American people. That happened today in the: Washington Post.: : : The article makes: clear that more people strongly oppose this health care bill than support it. Democrats say not to worry, they can turn: that opinion: around: Despite the general opposition to the legislation […]

 

Podcast 80: Talking Scott Brown With Failed Prognosticator John Hawkins And Women In The GOP With RNC Co-Chair Jan Larimer

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Actually, John is usually right about his predictions and I am usually wrong. We’ll see. Listen to see who says what. We argue, as usual. In the second half, Republican National Committee Co-Chair Jan Larimer talks to me about how Republicans treat women, the outlook for 2010 and candidate recruitment. John Hawkins joins Melissa to […]

 

President Obama Plans A “Combative Turn”?

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Would the Presidents combative turn be in contrast to his bipartisan chumminess up until now? Oh wait…. Via Politico: President Barack Obama plans a combative response if, as White House aides fear, Democrats lose Tuesday’s special Senate election in Massachusetts, close advisers say. “This is not a moment that causes the president or anybody who […]

 

TSA Candidate Thinks Terrorism Is Sort Of Important, And Our Fault

Posted on by William Teach

Good think Obama has nominated someone who thinks terrorism merits some slight importance Erroll Southers, President Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), said the war on terror should be given “some parity” with other national priorities such as global warming, education, and the economy. In the online interview (from 2008), Southers was […]

 

US “Occupying” Haiti? Screw You, France.

Posted on by John Hawkins

No matter who the President is, Americans of all political persuasions have taken pride in helping nations in distress after natural disasters — and Haiti certainly qualifies. The country was a wreck BEFORE the earthquake and now 10% of the housing in the country may be destroyed, there may be more than 100,000 dead, and […]

 

President Chump Lives In His Own Little Progressive World, As Highlighted By The Mass. Election

Posted on by William Teach

Two stories jump out at me this morning, showing just how divorced from reality Obama is, stories that show he cares little for what the American people want and think. Starting out, here is the text of an ad featuring President Chump for Marcia, er, Martha Coakley SCRIPT Mr. Obama says: “Martha knows the struggles […]

 

Seven Lowlights From Obama’s First Disastrous Year in Office

Posted on by John Hawkins

Barack Obama’s first year in office was one long string of gaffes, foreign policy blunders, and domestic disasters strung together in a long, terrible line. Although it’s not possible to adequately catalogue every blunder in Obama’s first year in something shorter than a book, here are some of the many, many blaring lowlights that really […]

 

This Is How You Message: YouTube Videos That Are Making TV Ads Look Sad

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

At risk of ticking you off, I’ve included some ads. There is commentary at the end. Scroll down if you can’t watch the videos. To the Democrats: To the Republicans: American Resurgence: This last one was made by a teenager. Nice production value, don’t you think? And, by the way, I’m in it. Massachusetts Miracle: […]

 

When Republicans are Only Tough Against Their Own Kind

Posted on by Sharon Soon

Sometimes I wonder whether all the Republicans, conservatives, and even Christians who are so quick to lambaste Pat Robertson for the negative sound bites the media is always flailing about actually even know anything about the man. In case you haven’t heard, Robertson referenced Haiti’s historical “pact with the devil” when discussing the country’s disaster […]

 

Something To Warm Your Heart Before The Scott Brown And What’s Her Name Special Election

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

A profoundly distressed Andrew Sullivan: I can see no alternative scenario but a huge – staggeringly huge – victory for the FNC/RNC machine tomorrow. They crafted a strategy of total oppositionism to anything Obama proposed a year ago. Remember they gave him zero votes on even the stimulus in his first weeks. They saw health […]

 

Liberal Professors: A Type-Casted Profession?

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Right out of central casting: Pony-tailed hair, elbow pads, Birkenstocks and nubby socks, spectacles and a general dislike for people, especially, ironically, young people. Seems that there’s a reason: Nursing is what sociologists call “gender typed.” Mr. Gross said that “professors and a number of other fields are politically typed.” Journalism, art, fashion, social work […]

 

Frank Rich Did It First, But More Would Follow: Trying To Destroy Sarah Palin And The Tea Party Movement

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Here is one Mainstream Media Narrative: Tea Partiers (Baggers) are racist, mobs, hate-filled, unruly, people. Here is another Mainstream Media Narrative: Sarah Palin is a stupid hick, a gender traitor, and a quitter. And the Mainstream Media Narrative that underlies all narratives: Anyone who believes something other than the liberal agenda is selfish, mean, and […]

 

Bitter Half at Odds With Shrillary, Oprah

Posted on by Dave Blount

Another story from the tabloid trash beat: The National Enquirer — which established itself as more legitimate than the “legitimate” media by bringing us the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter story — announces that Comrade Obama’s Bitter Half has launched a feud against prominent fellow moonbats Shrillary Rotten and Doprah. Furious Michelle Obama has declared war on […]

 

Old GOP Doesn’t ‘Get’ Tea Parties

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Neil Cavuto of Fox News had a visit with former Vice President Dan Qualyle on Jan 13. Ostensibly the interview was about the earthquake in Haiti and the efforts that Quayle was saying needed to be made for the victims there, but Cavuto also asked the former veep about his feelings about the Tea Party […]