Category: Election 2012

Jeb Bush Co-Chairs Latino Conference, Calls On 2012 GOP Candidates

Posted on by Bettina Inclan

As part of an ongoing national effort to energize Latino voters the: Hispanic Leadership Network: (HLN) announced former: Florida: Governor: Jeb Bush: and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez will co-chair HLN’s: third regional conference. The Miami event will be held on the: eve of Florida’s Republican presidential primary on January 26-27, 2012. Florida continues to be a: pivotal swing state, with its […]

 

The “Super Committee” Shows What’s Wrong With America’s Government

Posted on by Michael Fell

Per The Hill online: Friday, November 18, 2011 “In a closed-door briefing Tuesday, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), the Republican co-chairman of the panel, said divisions among Democrats are standing in the way of an agreement. He told his colleagues the GOP had put multiple offers on the table that Democrats had yet to accept. Boehner […]

 

Black Republican’s Campaign Sign Defaced With ‘KKK,’ Media Yawns

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

William “Bill” Randall is running for Congress out of the North Carolina 13th. Randall, an African American, experienced what must be called a hate crime in the left’s vernacular. His campaign sign had racist graffiti spray painted on it including the letters “KKK.” Now, usually this is the sort of story that the Old Media […]

 

Old Sexual Harassment Accusations are Seedy Way to Sink Political Candidates

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

The media feeding frenzy over allegations of sexual harassment by Herman Cain is going to cause a shift in how we view sexual harassment. According to a University of Michigan: research study: last year, 90 percent of women report being sexually harassed in the workplace. This number sounds absurd. If acted upon, it would turn workplaces into […]

 

Yet More “progressive” Insanity

Posted on by Michael Fell

A quick review of the headlines for November 16, 2011 reveals that there’s yet more “progressive” insanity afoot. DEBT JUMPS TO $15 TRILLION… As other cities crack down, DC Council backs ‘Occupiers’… Occupy protesters plan to ‘shut down’ Wall Street on Thursday… ‘You’re going to see what a Molotov cocktail can do to MACY’S’… Protester […]

 

Why-Not Ron Paul

Posted on by Michael Fell

Greetings: from Los Angeles County.:  That’s Los Angeles CA,: the State who’s Repubican Party gave the world President Ronald Reagan. President Reagan was a great leader who built a winning coalition on fiscal responsibility, traditional American moral values and peace through strength. President Reagan’s policies created years of robust economic growth in America while leading to the […]

 

VIDEO: Harrington Looking to Topple Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I was able to take a few minutes to interview Karen Harrington, a candidate for a Florida House seat. Oh, she’s not running for just any House seat. She’s running to topple the odious Debbie Wasserman-Schultz — mouth of the Democrat National Committee. Harrington ran against Wasserman Schultz in the 20th District in 2010 and […]

 

This Is My Biggest Problem With Cain…

Posted on by John Hawkins

Herman Cain is conservative, has a successful background in business, is charismatic, tremendously likable — he has a lot of strengths. That’s why it wasn’t a fluke when he moved into first place. However, it’s also not a fluke that his poll numbers are starting to deflate. The sexual harassment scandal is taking its toll, […]

 

ENOUGH of GOP ‘Debates’ Where Mediots Show Us How Tough They Are

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In the upcoming Republican primary I am not voting for Brian Williams, Brett Baier, Scott Pelly, Wolf Blitzer or any other member of the Old Media. I am trying to figure out which Republican nominee for president I might want to support. So why has every so-called debate featured mediots trying to prove to their […]

 

An Open Letter To “progressive” Politicians

Posted on by Michael Fell

Families in America must live within their means, and it’s time for the United States federal government to do the same. Don’t tell me it can’t be done. Since I lost my last full time job back in 2008, I’ve been able to make ends meet with less than half my previous income while simultaneously […]

 

Herman Cain’s “progressive” Lynching

Posted on by Michael Fell

Multiple unspecified claims of sexual harassment from anonymous sources. Just what a presidential candidate like Herman Cain needs to brighten his day. Don’t be concerned that one accuser currently serves as a communications director at the Inspector General’s Office of the Treasury Department, a position she has held since last year. A member of the […]

 

Fifth Woman Accuses Cain Of…..Wanting To Have Dinner

Posted on by William Teach

Yesterday we first had the revelation that Herman Cain might have got a bit frisky with Sharon Bialek, who remembered every detail of something that happened 14 years ago, which amounted to….Cain supposedly getting frisky. Then, from the Washington Examiner we learned A former employee of the United States Agency for International Development says Republican […]

 

One Chance That a President Mitt Romney Wouldn’t Be So Bad

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I cannot support Mitt Romney in this coming GOP primary. The one reason why can be summed up simply as this: he flip flops. Romney has more flip flops than a California beachfront. Mitt has been proven a man without anchor adrift in a sea of issues that push him and pull him with the […]

 

Ballot Measure Boondoggle – High Speed Rail Costs Balloon to $100 Billion

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

By Steve Maggi Nearly $100 billion. That’s what High Speed Rail is now going to cost California taxpayers — more than double the costs initially promised by the proponents of Prop 1A, which contained the initial taxpayer financing for the project. 2033. That’s when the HSR project is now expected to be completed — 13 […]

 

GOP Flip-Flopping Over Mitt Romney

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Three years ago, conservative Republicans were falling all over themselves to support Mitt Romney in the Republican primary over John McCain. McCain was considered too moderate, and by the time the Republican primary came around, many conservatives had soured on Mike Huckabee, having heard rumors he was staying in the race as a spoiler purposely […]

 

Vanity Fair Compares Herman Cain to ‘Sociopathic’ Movie Character

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Juli Weiner of Vanity Fair may have thought she was being “clever” with her Nov. 1 blog post, but instead she looks by turns blindly partisan, foolish, ignorant of facts, childish, and lacking even a tiny bit of knowledge about men’s headwear when she compared Herman Cain to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff as well a […]

 

Let the Children Vote? What Lunacy From Think Progress?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Matt Yglesias of Think Progress apparently feels it’s a good idea for kids to vote in U.S. elections. No, not just 18-year-old kids. All kids regardless of age. It is ideas impossible to take seriously like this that makes one wonder why liberals are ever listened to about anything by anyone. I have to say, […]

 

Ill. Policy Institute CEO John Tillman Rebuts Critiques of His Op Ed

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last week I wrote a piece expressing my dismay at an op ed written by John Tillman, CEO of the excellent Illinois Policy Institute. In his piece he claimed there was common ground between the “Occupy” folks and the Tea Party. I wholly disagreed with that. Mr. Tillman has written a follow up that he […]

 

Man With No Business Experience Acts Alone To Boost Business

Posted on by William Teach

Alternate title: President Runs Against Democrat Senate On Job Creation. Alternate Alternate Title: Obama Owns The Economy (The Politico) President Barack Obama rounded out the first week of his new “we can’t wait” campaign against Congress with the launch Friday of two initiatives aimed at boosting businesses. Well, that’s certainly the best way to run […]

 

VIDEO: Occupy Chicago Wants to ‘Collapse American Government’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Retired Palatine teacher, Roger Fraser, who makes nearly $8,000 a month in pension benefits off the backs of the Illinois Taxpayer, says that he wants to “collapse American government.” These people want to “collapse” this country. They want to destroy it and remake it as an alien, communist abomination. This is why there should be […]

 

Chump Who Said He Won’t Take Money From Lobbyists Takes Money From Lobbyists

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, we cannot rely on this information, since it comes from Fox News Despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, President Obama has relied on prominent supporters who are active in the lobbying industry to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid. At least 15 of Mr. Obama’s “bundlers” – supporters who […]