Category: Conservatives

IRS Plane Attacker Part of ‘Right Wing,’ Christmas Bomber Just a ‘Lone Wolf’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

No clearer difference can be seen in how the Old Media and its left-wing compatriots treat mass killers, terrorists and nutjobs than the way Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab and Joe Stack have been portrayed by the Old Media and the left. Abdulmutallab, the jihadi Christmas Bomber, was treated as an aberration unconnected with any larger group […]

 

Notes From Ann Coulter’s Speech at CPAC

Posted on by John Hawkins

Ann Coulter got a raucous welcome at CPAC for her short speech and Q&A session. Here are some of the lines that stuck with me. — * “Why couldn’t Barack Obama have picked someone respectable for his vice-president like John Kerry?” — Coulter * “The upside of cap and trade is that if it passes […]

 

Obama The Pro-Gun President?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Is President Obama a surprising gun rights supporter? He might be if the Chicago Tribune’s Steve Chapman is correct. And Chapman isn’t the only one. It seems to be shaping up to be the lefty complaint du jour this week. Reality, however, might say something different. Chapman makes a classic mistake that many people make […]

 

“Conformo-Radicalism:” Strike A Pose, There’s Nothing To It

Posted on by Ed Driscoll

The politics of rebellion for its own sake in America has morphed considerably over the years. In his latest column, Mark Steyn describes the current utilitarian pose for the masses as “conformo-radical”, but to understand how it got there, let’s set the Wayback Machine for almost a century ago, when the first round of American “progressives” walked the earth.

 

Hell Hath No More Childish Fury Than Andrea Mitchell and Robert Gibbs Scorned

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

The tale of warning first starts with Andrea Mitchell. A few months ago, Andrea Mitchell was:  spotted stalking Sarah Palin at a book signing, scornfully waving a copy of Newsweek magazine (apparently, it’s still in publication. Who knew?) : It is obvious that Mitchell is totally obsessed with:  Sarah Palin, and her absolute FURY at Palin […]

 

Some Letters Beating Me Up Over My Tea Party Articles

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well I’ve now written six — this makes seven — articles criticizing certain failures of the Tea Party movement thus far. They are all meant to be constructive criticisms, though, not dismissive nor derogatory of them. It’s measured introspection I employ in each of these articles. No name calling, no laughing, no hate. There is […]

 

Restrained No More’s — Jackie in Women and Politics…What a Mix

Posted on by Sharise Parviz

Sarah Palin continues to expose how woman in politics are held to a much higher standard unless they have a “D” in front of their name. In this 3rd episode of Jackie at the RNC the conversations continue and the games are afoot! For other episodes of the show or more info check out- http://www.restrainednomore.com/

 

Pia for Pennsylvania’s First District

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Pia Varma, an American of Indian background… not not a redskin, an actual Indian… wants you to send her to Congress, Pennsylvania. And so she has announced her run for Pennsylvania’s First District Congressional seat (Philadelphia). She tells us that her grandfathers were fighters in the Indian Independence movement of the 1960s, though she was […]

 

CT Senate Race Gets ‘Retarded’ Over Wrestling Queen’s Shows

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Retard-gate is growing, apparently, and it’s coming to the Connecticut Senate race over the mistreatment of a developmentally disabled wrestling character that Senate candidate Linda McMahon’s entertainment company created in 2004. For those of you unaware, wrestling queen Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, is running for the Senate in Connecticut against conservative […]

 

John Boehner is Kidding Himself

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Yesterday our Republican minority leader in the House of Representatives proved that he still isn’t seeing the problem with the GOP. He’s living in denial, at least he is if we can take his words at face value. On the Mike Gallagher radio show yesterday, leader Boehner insisted that there is no substantive ideological differences […]

 

Illinois Shows Limitations of Tea Party Movement

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Tea Party folks keep getting mad at me for saying that in the end they might prove ineffective in races at levels higher than local because they aren’t organized enough. They puff up their chests proudly proclaiming that they intend to resist being organized and they claim that being organized is precisely what they […]

 

Union Chief: Senators Are ‘Terrorists’ For Not Voting With Big Labor

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern said that Senators that vote against his ideas are “terrorists.” That’s right, folks, this union chief is saying that any politician that votes against the politically motivated ideas of Big Labor should be branded a “terrorist.” This is the sort of gutter rhetoric that union thugs specialize in […]

 

Tax Problems For 5th District Candidate Ratowitz? (Illinois Primary, Fed 2)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

David Ratowitz is presenting himself to voters as the business oriented, conservative candidate for their 5th District Congressional seat. Ratowitz says he represents “hard-fought professional achievement” and “personal resilience,” and says his “genuine free market outlook” makes him the perfect candidate for conservatives. Also, many of Mr. Ratowitz’ press releases state that he’s for fiscal […]

 

On MSNBC, Andrew Breitbart: One. David Shuster: Less Than Zero

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Actually, Andrew Breitbart has way more than just one under his belt, but I’m only referring to the throw-down on MSNBC just the other day. Okay, I suppose it can’t really be called a throw-down, as it isn’t a fair fight when one of the participants is, you know, intellectually-challenged. : David Shuster isn’t the brightest […]

 

The Problem With The Tennessee Tea Party Convention

Posted on by John Hawkins

Slowly but surely, conservatives have been disassociating themselves from the Tea Party Convention taking place next week at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center*. Freedomworks declined to get involved from the get-go. The American Liberty Alliance pulled out. Erick Erickson at Redstate had serious concerns about the event. Now, Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota […]

 

Restrained No More’s — Happy Inauguration, Mr. President

Posted on by Sharise Parviz

As we wait for our 2010 state of the union address.:  It seemed fitting to take a look back just 1 year and 1 week to see where Obama started. For other episodes of the show or more info check out- http://www.restrainednomore.com/

 

Restrained No More’s – Rhonda on her soap box.

Posted on by Sharise Parviz

As we think about the plight of the people in Haiti – the question of what does it mean to be Compassionate and Conservative comes to mind. RestrainedNoMore’s – Rhonda gets on her soap box about the term ‘Compassionate Conservative’ – because who really cares anyway? For other episodes of the show or more info […]

 

‘For The Children’, Unless They are Republican, Natch

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Proving that their hypocrisy extends beyond Faux-Feminism, some women on the Left are now revealing that For the Children ™ is also “just words”. You see, it’s totally cool to make fun of a politician’s children now, as long as you think their Mom or Dad is icky. This disturbing, yet eye-opening trend, really began […]

 

Left-Wing Prof Uses State Funded University To Launch Attack on U.S.

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Every once in a while I like to blow off some steam and deliver a good rant. So get ready for my rant du jour… It’s like a bad parody of the worst propensity of the American professoriate to be, well, as un-American as one can get. But here we have another prosaic example of […]

 

CATO on Brown: This is like Ted Kennedy being elected in Utah

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston There’s a lot of analysis out there on why Scott Brown defeated nearly 50 years of Democratic rule of the Massachusetts Senate seat, but the CATO Institute has some cogent, logical points that we should all carefully consider. But before I give you the CATO video, remember this…. it’s time to […]

 

NBC’s Viera Scolding Scott Brown on Today Show

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Meridith Viera seemed a bit annoyed that she was interviewing the newly elected Republican Scott Brown instead of Democrat Martha Coakley now that Massachusetts voters made their choice in the Tuesday special election for the open Senate seat there. Viera did her level best to phrase the results of the election in an agenda driven […]

 

Louisiana Legislature Floating Bill Making Obamacare Illegal in State

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Louisiana State Senator A.G. Crowe (R, Slidell) is introducing a bill for the 2010 legislative session in Baton Rouge that would make Obamacare illegal if it violates state laws, effectively making Obamacare null and void in the Pelican State. Senator Crowe states that his bill “provides that no law or rule shall compel, directly or […]

 

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 […]

 

Corrupt Politics in Cook County Illinois, Some History

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Everyone is always talking about how corrupt Illinois politics is. Well, it’s been that way since day one. Since I live here (I’ll take your condolences) I thought I’d give a brief history of Cook County, the home of the City of Chicago. There is a saying about Chicago’s weather: if you don’t like the […]

 

Book Review: What Are These Tea Parties About, Anyway?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new book about the Tea Party movement — and a movement it really is — will soon be hitting the shelves. “A New American Tea Party” penned by John M. O’Hara, one of the many folks that helped bring us some of those protests in early 2009, is a book that hopes that the […]