Author: Melissa Clouthier

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

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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 […]

 

How A Brown Win Could Help The Economy

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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 […]

 

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

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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”?

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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 […]

 

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

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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?

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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

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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 […]

 

Wanting Sarah Palin To Succeed

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There are a couple kind of “friends”: There are those who kiss your ass, but behind your back say nasty things. There are those who kiss your ass and are opinion-free cheer leading no-minds. There are those who say that you a re friends and you ask, “Who?” I would suggest, that in this world […]

 

News You Need To Know

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Much of this is bloggable, but since I don’t have time, I’m sharing the links with a bit of commentary. I’ll have a couple posts later. Code Pink is asking the Muslim Brotherhood to “cleanse America” and to kidnap George Bush and his family. No, this is not made up. A perspective on Pat Robertson’s […]

 

Podcast: Erick Erickson And Dan Riehl Talk About Tea Party Nation and Sarah Palin

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Dan Riehl of Riehl World View and Erick Erickson of Redstate join me to discuss the Tea Party Nation, Tea Party groups and Sarah Palin. What’s happening here? Melissa talks about CPAC and Sarah Palin’s choices with Dan Riehl of riehlworldview.com and Erick Erickson of redstate.com Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! […]

 

Glenn Beck Keynoting At CPAC

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So, Rush keynoted last year and this year, there will be Glenn Beck at CPAC. What do you think? Glenn Beck speaking at CPAC is… Great! Meh Bad news    pollcode.com free polls It seems like a good, rousing choice. He has risen in prominence this year and has connected with activists everywhere. The left […]

 

Republican Men, Gird Yer Loins

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A woman’s hormonal cycle will start to mesh with other women when in proximity. A man’s hormones also seemed to be linked to other men. Via Allahpundit on Twitter comes this research gem from Scientific American: With its winners and losers, politics is a lot like sports. Now biologists have the testosterone–or lack thereof–to prove […]

 

Scott Brown Race in Massachusetts: Turnout Matters

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Pollster.com has some interesting analysis: Turnout Will Matter — The big spread in results among the polls, and differences apparent within two of them, are all consistent in supporting one finding: The lower the turnout, the better the odds for Scott Brown. These differences indicate that the voters most interested and most likely to vote […]

 

Podcast: Wherein I Defend (Kinda) Harry Reid, And We Talk Scott Brown, Sarah Palin And The Tea Party & More

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Leon Wolf of RedState.com and on Twitter as @LeonWolf and Jon Gabriel of Exurbanleague.com and on Twitter as @exJon joined me to discuss the news of the day. What are Scott Brown’s chances? What if Harry Reid were a Republican? How out of touch are the Democrats? What’s going on at the TeaParty Nation convention? […]

 

Another Obama Paid Shill: Jonathan Gruber, The Cadillac Tax & His “Sole Source” Contract With HHS

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See that guy on the left? Yeah, he’s the Obama Shill you’ve never heard of until just now. But he’s the one writing Op-Eds in the Washington Post like he’s independent. But no. He’s being paid by President Barack Obama. More corruption from the new administration of transparency and Savior-like perfection. Jonathan Gruber writes an […]

 

Promises, Promises

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When you campaign on hope and change. When you promise a bright new day in politics. When you tell people that you’re a new sort of politician. Worse, when the American people believe you. And then, when you don’t deliver jack. You have a problem. Candidate Obama promised the American people the moon delivered on […]

 

Americans Are In For A Shock, ‘Eh?

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According to Obama administration officials and USA Today, Americans will be shocked when they see the results of some internal reports regarding the Crotchbomber: WASHINGTON – White House national security adviser James Jones says Americans will feel “a certain shock” when they read an account being released Thursday of the missed clues that could have […]