Author: Matt Vespa

Matt Vespa is a conservative blogger based in Virginia. Besides contributing to Right Wing News, Vespa writes for RedState, PJ Media, Independent Journal Review, and his personal blog Noodle Pundit. He's also the 2013 recipient of American for Prosperity Foundation's Andrew Breitbart Award For Excellence In Online Activism and Investigative Reporting

Remembering Jennifer Morbelli

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It’s another tragic story of a young woman’s life being lost to a botched abortion. : In this case, it was twenty-nine year oldJennifer Morbelli,: who was a patient of Dr. Leroy Carhart. : Carhart performed a third trimester abortion on Ms. Morbelli, which resulted in massive internal bleeding in her abdominal cavity. : She died last Friday. : This […]

 

Harry Reid and The Crumbling Democratic Caucus

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Iowa is about to have an open Senate seat for the first time in twenty-nine years. : Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) decided to bolt from the U.S. Senate, as did Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). : However, why are safe Democrats retiring from the U.S. Senate? : Rockefeller and Harkin, for example, could’ve been there for life. : Is it because […]

 

ATF’s Epic Fail In Milwaukee

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As Harry Reid: bolts: from Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s renewed push to ban so-called assault weapons, other senators, including Pat Leahy and Al Franken, may politick their way into killing the bill in committee. : As Ed Morrissey of Hot Air: posted yesterday, No one thought Reid would be excited to support a new assault-weapons ban.:  He didn’t support the […]

 

Here We Go Again: A Discussion with NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks

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With the “Gang of Eight” announcing their immigration reform package yesterday, I’m sure many American found the deal sensible, rational, and fair. : It’s a bipartisan deal, which pleases the independent segments of the electorate, and has Sen. Marco Rubio endorsing it wholeheartedly. : Immigration keeps the United States economically vibrant, unlike Europe, which has become older, […]

 

Why Hello G.I. Jane

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As Bridget Johnson tattled this morning,: polls show: support for women in combat. : There has been a lot of discussion regarding Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta: lifting the ban: on women in combat positions. : As Fox News posted on January 24: The change would open hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs to women. Panetta […]

 

Roe at 40: A Discussion with Live Action’s Lila Rose

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On January 22, the United States celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case, which legalized abortion in all fifty states. : In doing so, the Court usurped a developing consensus amongst the state legislatures on the issue, and violated the principle of federalism that should guide how we enact policy in […]

 

Whoops! New NY Gun Law Forgot To Exempt Cops On High-Capacity Mags

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There’s a reason why moving slow on legislation is good. : If it’s too big, or you do it too fast, you often complicate the problem. : New York has just passed the most stringent anti-gun laws on the books. : Yes, government did something! However, as progressives crack open the champagne, they forgot to exempt law enforcement […]

 

Never Put The Bill of Rights on a Graduated Scale

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I’ve seen Facebook statuses from some of my liberal friends that go like this: First Amendment ≠ Second Amendment. : No. There should be equal advocacy for honoring the entire Bill of Rights in American political discourse. : Only liberals seem to put things on graduated scale. : It makes things more palatable to their base to swallow, […]

 

Stephens: ‘ [Hagel] Confirmation Process Should Be Illuminating’

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Chuck Hagel, former Senator of Nebraska, has been tapped to head the Department of Defense. : He’s a Republican, who vociferously criticized the Bush administration during the Iraq War — and equated ‘The Surge’ as the biggest foreign policy blunder since Vietnam. : I also think Iraq was more of a distraction, than brilliant strategic thinking — […]

 

Dems Gain Voter ID Edge, Again

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The pendulum in the war between liberals and conservatives continues to swing with Democrats regaining the voter ID edge in the aftermath of the 2012 election. : According to Mike Flynn of Breitbart, he wrote today that this shouldn’t be a surprise. A: new survey by Gallup: shows Democrats regaining their edge in party identification over the GOP. […]

 

The Journal News Doxes (possible) NY Handgun Owners

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Watch out for those spooky gun owners! : At least that’s what The Journal News wants you to think when they published the names and addresses of everyone with a handgun permit in Westchester and Rockland counties. Journal News released the Google Map, which doxed these people, through an affiliate site called lohud.com: on December 22. : The […]

 

The Progressives Push For New “Assault” Weapons Ban Is Bad Policy

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I stand firm with my fellow members at the National Rifle Association. : I couldn’t be more proud to be part of an organization that defends the Second Amendment, which is one of the most important rights within our Constitution. : Over the past forty-eight hours, the NRA has been slammed for being somehow complicit in the […]

 

Have you bought your ‘abornament’ yet?

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Yes, abortion rights activists have reached a new level of depravity. : Apparently, as everyone indulges in the holiday spirit, the pro-choice camp decided to create abortion ornaments — or ‘abornaments’ — to be part of the commemoration of the birth of Christ. : The fact that pro-choice Americans threw this in the face of those who […]

 

I’m waiting for liberals to make their own 47 percent comment on guns

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In the wake of the Newtown shootings, the left is clamoring for more gun control. : They want to ban assault weapons — which is liberal speak for scary guns — and do something about high-capacity magazines because they incentivize us to be mean, vicious, and violent. : However, as John Fund noted in National Review, it’s […]

 

Abject union thuggery

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We’ve all seen the video of the Lansing, Michigan union protests. : They’re mad that Gov. Rick Snyder passed a right-to-work law, which would curtail the power unions have in the state. : It’s Wisconsin reloaded. : However, the level of thuggery and violence has reached a whole new level. : Union supporters thought that they could really make […]

 

A second shooting was stopped on the same day as Newtown tragedy

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While a horrific tragedy occurred in Newtown, CT, a similar event was stopped in Oklahoma. : Sammie Eaglebear Chavez, who is only 18, plotted an attack on his high school in Bartlesville, according to Fox News. An arrest affidavit says Chavez tried to convince other students to help him lure students into the auditorium, chain the […]

 

Repeat after me: gun control isn’t the answer

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The tragedy in Newton, CT should shake us all to our very core. : Of the 26 who were killed yesterday, 20 of them were children. It’s evil. : It’s grotesque. : And I’m sure many mothers and fathers were holding their children a little tighter last night. : Sadly, for twenty families, that will no longer be possible. […]

 

Hip/hop artist and his legion of morons spew hate at Michelle Malkin

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Here we go again. Conservative blogger and Twitchy founder Michelle Malkin has reaped a whirlwind of hate tweets from fans of hip/hop artist The Game. : It’s due to the cover art of his new album Jesus Piece, which features a depiction of Christ that some consider blasphemous. : Malkin had a post about it on her […]

 

The Lonely Position of Neutral

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I hate raising taxes. : I find high tax rates immoral. : However, we lost the election. : An increase in revenue is inevitable. : What’s perverse about this whole episode is that if we fall off the cliff — Democrats will get everything they want. They’ll get their tax increases, their revenue, and defense cuts. : They would complete […]

 

In Treatment

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Yes, Republicans are in treatment after their catastrophic loss last November. : We kept our majority in the House due to gerrymandering, and we lost two seats in the Senate. : Romney’s loss was bad, but our inability to gain seats in the Senate was ignominious. : Democrats were tasked with defending twenty-three senate seats, and twelve of […]

 

Welfare State Advocate Spews Inaccuracies on PBS NewsHour

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The PBS NewHour has yet to invite a hard core conservative on the program to talk about the fiscal cliff.:  Last week, they had NYT’s columnist, left-wing economist, and Obama cheerleader — Paul Krugman to detail his view. : Then, they had Sen. Bob Corker ( R-TN), but the December 6 broadcast was the most interesting. […]

 

AFP-PA presents taxpayer Xmas list, urges PA governor to reject exchange program

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It’s Christmas Winter solstice/holiday time — and Governor Corbett seems tepid to reject the federal-state health care exchange program, which will be instituted under Obamacare. : Mitt Romney implemented a similar program, at the state level, when he was Governor of Massachusetts — which explains why conservatives were unable to make the 2012 election a referendum […]

 

Paul Blart Could’ve Done Better in Benghazi

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Well, it seems that mall security could have done a better job protecting our compound in Benghazi. : According to Kerry Picket, who recently made her move to Breitbart News, “a: source with personal knowledge of the security situation in Benghazi … were shocked to learn State Department security personnel agents were not immediately armed.: Additionally, agents separated […]

 

Six Degrees of Grover Norquist

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Grover Norquist is evil. Grover Norquist is an impediment to good governance. We’ve all heard the pundits detail — ad nauseum — about how the founder of Americans for Tax Reform is a pernicious force within our political discourse. However, what’s depraved about this whole episode in Norquist bashing, which I’m sure he’s thoroughly enjoying, […]

 

Speaker Boehner — What Are You Doing Up There?

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Is it revenge of the squishy Republicans? : It sure isn’t the reaffirmation of conservatism within the Republican Party. : On December 4, Matthew Boyle at Breitbart: reported: that the House GOP had begun purging conservatives from various committees. : In a time when Republicans need strong, principled conservatives to thwart the aggressive expansion of the state under Obama, Speaker […]

 

Spielberg’s Lincoln Isn’t Pro-Obama

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As most people, I went and saw Lincoln.:  I’m no fan of biopics, but this one was rather good. In fact, it was excellent.:  Daniel Day-Lewis will probably win another Academy Award for Best Actor, and it was not a pro-Obama film.:  Many conservatives feared that the movie would be allegorical about the 44th president.:  […]

 

Obama, GOP Throw Their Dogs In The Ring

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I’m sure a lot of you exuded similar reactions to the president’s laughable fiscal proposal to prevent the nation from going over the cliff. : He asked for $50 billion in additional stimulus and $1.6 trillion in tax hikes “as part of any ‘fiscal cliff’ deal,”: according to CNBC. : In all: The plan calls for $1.6 trillion […]

 

Republicans Will Have to Swallow Tax Hikes

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As I’ve said previously, I hate tax increases, but I’ll settle if a 10:1 deal is reached. : Ten dollars of spending cuts, including welfare state cuts, for every one dollar raised in revenue. : It’s a rational deal. : If we can retake the Senate, and maintain our majority in the House; then perhaps we can discuss […]

 

Is It A Woman’s World?

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I won’t lie. I found Suzanne Venker’s piece about the ‘war on men‘ interesting, thought-provoking, and controversial. In the process, she has reaped a whirlwind of left-wing hate. It’s no surprise that today’s economy is better suited for women. Manufacturing, the lynchpin of male labor, has collapsed — and now scores of men are left […]