Category: Election 2012

Idiot Ohio Congressman Bans, Confiscates Devices at Townhall

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I go after the left all the time for opposing free speech and for doing its best to shut down citizens, especially at townhall events. Well here is an example of a Republican doing the same thing. His actions are those I’d instantly condemn were it a left-wing Democrat (but I repeat myself) perpetrating it. […]

 

Mitt Romney Revises Climate Change Hoax View

Posted on by William Teach

Of course, the extreme left (which is most of them) will trot out their “anti-science” and “flat-earther” talking points: Mitt Romney tweaks climate stance Hours after being called “mushy on environmental issues” by a Republican senator (it was Jim Inhofe), Mitt Romney has tweaked his position on global warming. Asked Wednesday at a Lebanon, N.H., […]

 

Which GOP Candidate Can Win the Latino Vote?

Posted on by Bettina Inclan and John Hawkins

On paper, the field of GOP presidential candidates is a unique sort, especially in the context of “Latino issues.” Of the Republicans currently declared for president, we have four candidates hailing from states with high Latino populations (over 10%), two are border-state governors, one is married to a Mexican-American, another launched a conservative Latino news […]

 

Somehow The Possible Success In Libya Is Bad For The GOP

Posted on by William Teach

It’s an interesting dichotomy: there was bipartisan condemnation against the actions against Libya, for a multitude of reasons, such as wondering why we were getting involved when it had no national security implications, that it seemed to be a means to keep oil flowing into France and Britain from Libya, and Obama’s failure to consult […]

 

DNC’s New Spokesman: Jon Huntsman

Posted on by William Teach

Hey, Jon, perhaps it is time to give up your presidential aspirations, at least those where you would be the Republican candidate. Maybe you could challenge Obama for the Democrat nomination. The Politico’s Alexander Burns publishes a press release from the DNC has Huntsman’s greatest hits JON HUNTSMAN ON HIS REPUBLICAN RIVALS Huntsman Said The […]

 

Union Astroturf Pretends Like Tea Partiers to Attack GOP

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Hill has an interesting, if not a bit slanted, report about the faux grassroots efforts of unions and left-wing advocates to pretend they are somehow just like the Tea Party by attacking the town hall meetings of various GOP congressman across the country this Summer. The Hill dutifully reports without complaint the union’s claims […]

 

Herman Cain: ‘Still in It to Win It’

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Herman Cain speaks Aug. 13 at the Ames Straw Poll Herman Cain is “still in it to win it,” his Republican presidential campaign told supporters in a fundraising e-mail highlighting the Atlanta businessman’s speech last week at the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames. Describing Cain as “a real leader” with “proven results,” the e-mail sent […]

 

Michele Bachmann’s Myrtle Beach Fundraiser (8 Pics)

Posted on by John Hawkins

Michele Bachmann is doing a three day swing through South Carolina and last night, she did a small fundraiser in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The fees ranged from $35 for peons like me, up to $200 a head for the high rollers. Given that Myrtle Beach is a fairly small area, that didn’t seem like […]

 

New York Times Columnist Attacks Perry With Twitter, Gives Biden/ Demos A Pass

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As if we needed another example of the utter hypocrisy of the Old Media, we get New York Times screed-maker Binyamin Appelbaum who used his Twitter feed to smear Gov. Rick Perry over his Bernanke comments while giving V.P. Joe “Tea Partiers are Terrorists” Biden a complete pass. Once again, Twitter catches the unhinged left […]

 

Obama To CNN: “The Buck Stops With Me”

Posted on by William Teach

Please remember to wipe the DERP? look off your face before going to work. Or the laughing hysterically look. Or the “WTF?” look. Obama strikes realist tone in CNN interview President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that he may be a one-term president if voters’ patience with the pace of the economic recovery runs out by […]

 

Ron Paul Has Been Shafted! Why Are They Ignoring Ron Paul? Ehr, Because He Can’t Be The Nominee?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Ron Paul’s fans and a number of liberals who are looking to make trouble have been going on and on about Ron Paul not getting enough attention after his 2nd place finish at Ames. Here’s Roger Simon (the liberal one) making the case. I admit I do not fully understand Ron Paul and his beliefs. […]

 

GOP Electile Dysfunction

Posted on by Courtney Messerschmidt

Debates and Straw poles! As Primary party time approacheth, the recent confab of GOPeabodies sparked some serious reflective belt quizes about the seemingly inherent “Great Satan Come Home” meme. As GsGf’s nat’l security legislative chief and Armed Services and Intelligence committee cat (oh! He got game bay bee!) shares –:  when it comes to a […]

 

Red State Says: “Palin Is Not Going To Run” — But — Cited Palin Interview Actually Indicates September Or October Decision — With Video

Posted on by Pat Dollard

Excerpted from Red State: by Dan Spencer “It’s fair to them to give them an answer here, in short order, so that they can jump on board with someone else.” — Sarah Palin August 13, 2011 With those words, former Gov. Sarah Palin made it clear to me that she will not run for president […]

 

Bachmann Wins Ames Straw Poll – Breaking It All Down

Posted on by William Teach

That darned “tea-inspired” woman just keeps showing up and doing well (Washington Post) Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann scored a victory in the GOP Ames Straw Poll on Saturday, a win likely to provide her considerable momentum as the 2012 race ramps up. “What we saw happen today is this is the very first step toward […]

 

Rick Perry’s NAFTA Superhighway Problem

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Move over Mitt Romney. Rick Perry has a bigger problem to defend from his tenure as governor. Remember the NAFTA Superhighway project? It was to consist of a two-mile wide $184 billion transit system of toll roads, rail lines and utilities from the Texas-Mexico border all the way up to the Minnesota-Canadian border, to make […]

 

Live Tweets of the August Fox GOP Debate

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I usually live Tweet many events like this at my Twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/warnerthuston. The Fox GOP debate is no exception. As to the debate, who won and who lost? I’d say Tim Pawlenty ended his run last night. His bickering with Michele Bachmann rattled him and made him look a bit silly. Tim lost but […]

 

Early Iowa Debate Analysis: Winners And Losers

Posted on by John Hawkins

Summary: Fox fired off a lot of “gotcha” questions and quite frankly, if any other network had done this debate, conservatives would be up in arms about all of the “media bias.” Going on to the candidates, there was no stand-out performance. Nobody really covered themselves in glory and you might be able to fairly […]

 

Wow: Independent Iowa Voters Disapprove of Obama 61% to 32%

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new poll of 500 likely Iowa voters shows that Obama has fallen to new lows in his approval rating not just among Republicans but even among the all important independents. While 52% of voters in the poll disapprove of the job Obama is doing it is even worse with independents. They disapprove of Obama […]

 

At Fundraiser, Obama Tells Big Money Donors To Send Money To IRS

Posted on by William Teach

Just kidding. He decided to blame George Bush, 2 1/2 years after Mr. Obama took office President Barack Obama said on Monday he inherited many of the country’s problems with high debt and deficits when he entered the White House, sounding a theme likely to dominate his 2012 re-election campaign. Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser, […]

 

Three Iowa TV Ads: Tim Pawlenty, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

DES MOINES, Iowa During commercial breaks on Fox News here — with the Ames Straw Poll now barely a week away — viewers will sometimes see these ads in back-to-back sequence: Yesterday, I hit the road to Oskaloosa to cover the Herman Cain campaign, but much of focus leading up to Ames is going to […]

 

Unions: On the Outside Looking In At Political Power?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Since Obama began his run for the White House he has been Big Labor’s best friend. And they loved him for it, too. As Obama ran and as soon as he got into office the unions had stars in their eyes. They thought that with a bought and paid for president in their hip pocket, […]

 

Michele Bachmann Touts ‘No’ Vote on Debt Ceiling Deal in Latest Iowa TV Ad

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

DES MOINES, Iowa While watching TV news in my motel this morning, I saw a Michele Bachmann ad, aimed directly at getting her supporters out to next week’s Ames Straw Poll: It’s a good ad: She slams Washington “politicians,” blames the bad economy on Obama, says, “Someone needs to say no,” and closes with an […]

 

Attacks Against Bachmann Are Sexist And May Violate Several Laws

Posted on by William Teach

The Boston Herald notices the sexism inherent in the treatment of Bachman and Palin GOP mega-stars U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin – both top Republicans who buck the status quo – have been unfairly mocked and broadsided with loaded, gender-biased questions, prominent women from both parties told the Herald yesterday. “You have two […]

 

The Atlantic Attempts To Smear Michele Bachmann Through Her Church

Posted on by William Teach

I’m so glad they can take on this issue, after being dragged in kicking and screaming to the Jeremiah Wright controversy after Sean Hannity revealed it a year prior. Of course, all the writers at The Atlantic gave Obama a free pass after sitting for 20 years in the pews listening to an anti-American and […]

 

Michele Bachmann Builds A Porn Star Lead In Iowa

Posted on by William Teach

Wait, what? Well, that’s a new one, comparing Bachmann to a porn star. Of course, in reality, someone forgot to fix that portion of the story, and failed to replace the xxx with the actual numbers According to the new IowaRepublican.com poll, Bachmann has built a four point lead over Romney, 25-21. Former Gov. Tim […]

 

Obama’s Solution To Joblessness: High Speed Rail

Posted on by William Teach

That, and other small ball measures, as the LA Times points out. Just the kinds of ideas one would expect from a (not my) president with virtually no experience in the private sector As White House aides search for ways to show progress on the economy, they are banking that a set of small-scale proposals […]

 

Democrats Upset Over GOP Plans To Tighten Voting Laws

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, any attempts to reduce voting fraud would handicap Democrats Democrats and Republicans are clashing in state capitals across the country as GOP-controlled legislatures push proposals to tighten voting requirements — a move prominent critics have decried as a throwback to Jim Crow laws. The proposals include measures in nearly three-dozen states to either require […]

 

Soros Funded Think Progrees Hyperventilates Over Bachmann Signing Family Leader Pledge

Posted on by William Teach

So, a bit of background The Family Leader, a prominent Iowa group that promotes Christian conservative social values, said Thursday it is asking all presidential candidates to sign a pledge regarding their personal convictions on traditional marriage. The pledge is entitled, “The Marriage Vow — A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family.” The organization’s […]