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According to the latest polls, Paul leads with 23% in Iowa, Mitt at 20%, Newt at 14%, and, well, the others aren’t really mattering much. This brings Timothy P. Carney at the Washington Examiner to say that the GOP will take the gloves off if he does win The Republican presidential primary has become a […]
Story #1: ‘Dismal’ prospects: 1 in 2 Americans are now poor or low income Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans – nearly 1 in 2 – have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. One does wonder what the definition of “poverty” and […]
It was Christmas Holiday party weekend in the neighborhood. Interestingly several folks approached me to say essentially the same thing – “Will you guys* please stop screwing around and just nominate Mitt Romney. Otherwise we’ll be forced to vote for Obama again.” *I’m the token Republican in a sea of blue state leftists, so naturally […]
Just a few stories that caught my eye this week (or, more likely, while I was frantically looking for something I could make an automotivator for), whether or not I blogged about them at the time. Click the link for a little more info about each one. Bonus vague movie quote included. See if you […]
This is a pretty big deal for Mitt Romney with the Iowa caucuses coming up, in a state that has historically been rather socially conservative (Des Moines Register) Sobriety, wisdom and judgment. Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in […]
An truly excellent advertising campaign: “The Fabled Tales Of The Most Interesting Man In The World“.
Reasonable-sounding: advice.
Once again we’re split squarely down the middle: People who believe what they’re told to believe, think the “War on Christmas” is an artificial concoction of fiction being played up by Fox News, and people who pay attention to what’s going on understand there really is one. Examples abound, and have for years, but for […]
I know this is something that many were concerned with, no matter what side of the political aisle they stand on. But, American citizens should not be concerned, as the final bill does not give the government the right to detain Americans indefinitely, send them to Guantanamo Bay, or give them military trials (LA Times) […]
The man is utterly shameless. He has actually used his weekly radio address to combine sort of honoring those military members returning from Iraq and his push for more “infrastructure” spending. This is the same guy who used to intentionally avoid wearing a flag pin, started his national exposure by giving an anti-Iraq speech, and […]
Excellent column: by Bill Frezza in Forbes: You can’t make this stuff up. Unless you are a central planner; then you can make up anything you want and get away with it as long as taxpayers keep writing checks, politicians keep spinning tales, and pundits keep giving them intellectual cover.
All true, especially #3. But while you expect to encounter a celebrity or two with 10,000 dollar teeth out here, you forget that: every: aspiring actor has to share that same priority if they ever expect to make it. Perfect teeth are cosmetically attractive and physically healthy, sure, but that takes absolutely none of the terror out […]
It’s highly unusual in a presidential debate for two Republican candidates — the two leading in current national polls — to heap praise on a liberal Democratic senator. But in the Fox News debate in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday night, both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney had very good words to say for Oregon’s Democratic […]
Many rightfully question why the approval numbers for the current White House occupant, hereafter referred to as occupy Oval Office, are not lower. How could such a proven incompetent’s numbers remain higher than the low thirties? The answer is simple if you know how to read the tea leaves. Submitted for your review are important […]
The Democrats are accusing Republicans in Congress of opposing the extension of payroll tax cuts. On the face of it, something seems wrong. Republicans are usually in favor of tax cuts and Democrats generally oppose them, except when there is a Democratic special interest involved like environmental causes. Democrats using the payroll tax cut extension […]
The rules of open thread are that there are no rules. Have at it
Yesterday, Ed Morrissey asked the question “Can Ron Paul Win?” The article include quite a bit of information about Ron Paul, none of it good. Ed brought up the racist articles published in Ron Paul’s newsletter (also check Flopping Aces for the old original info). Paul supporters will say “that’s old news”, and “he didn’t […]
Small victories are victories, if this makes it through all the votes and Obama (who keeps the White House at 78) doesn’t veto it (The Politico) The shutdown-averting budget bill will block federal light bulb efficiency standards, giving a win to House Republicans fighting the so-called ban on incandescent light bulbs. GOP and Democratic sources […]
As a rueful Queen Elizabeth once said of a particularly rough year for the royal family, 2011 is “not a year on which” Queen Nancy Pelosi “shall look back with undiluted pleasure.” The former House Speaker relinquished her crown — er, gavel — in January. It’s been an epic downhill ski crash ever since. Most […]
Wedge issues are back. What are wedge issues? Well, a lot depends on whom you ask. Political consultants usually define them as issues that unite the base but split the opposition. The most familiar examples are guns, God and gays. But they can include everything from the Pledge of Allegiance to crime. Traditionally, conservatives are […]
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident…” What truths? What has happened to our passion for liberty? I am concerned that we conservatives, instead of making our case as fearless champions of liberty, are too often on the defensive, preoccupied with trying to prove we aren’t the demons the left says we are. In the […]
Sometimes you have to wonder whether conservatives and liberals are just talking past each other. Do we really agree on more issues than we think? I decided to find out by putting together 15 statements, all of which are really nothing more than utterly unremarkable notations of the obvious. I am curious to see whether […]
Another reason Gingrich isn’t fading is Mitt Romney. Let’s face it: Mitt Romney is the Republican version of Al Gore. Even people who are predisposed to liking him can’t seem to get there. — Jed Babbin The very problems that have roiled Europe’s economy are coming to a slow boil in the U.S. Just as […]
In this special season of giving, Hollywood is willing to give people what entertainment executives think the country needs: a vicious, bloody takedown of Christmas. The Dec. 11 episode of “American Dad” on Fox exemplified those with a complete absence of Christmas spirit; it was titled “Season’s Beatings.” Father Donovan announces he is running a […]
On Tuesday, December 13 a rally was held near the LBJ Library at the University of Texas, Austin to highlight the attack on election reforms launched inside by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder went to Texas to denounce the Lone Star State’s voter ID laws and claimed that simple voter ID laws were somehow […]
Did you know that the only reason those famed “Reagan Democrats” voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 was because they were… uh… racists? Well on the little watched Ed Show on MSNBC, Salon’s Joan Walsh assured the nation — or at least the 20 people watching — that this was the truth. Sometimes […]
Accuracy In Media’s Benjamin Johnson interviewed members of the Jewish community at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference in Washington DC.
MSNBC has in recent weeks become the daily venue for one of the most bizarre reality shows on cable TV: Morning Bromance, starring Joe Scarborough as a man helplessly smitten with “Republican presidential candidate” Jon Huntsman. When he isn’t blowing air-kisses at Huntsman, Scarborough is citing every possible media blurb about Huntsman as ratification of […]
The Warmists really can’t help themselves. They keep digging and digging and attempting to blame mankind’s release of greenhouse gases for events that have happened for time immortal Could the earthquake in Haiti have been a man-made disaster? No. But, don’t let reality, history, and science get in the way. If you ever doubted that […]
It’s been quite a long time since I’ve seen anything by Excitable Andy linked at Memeorandum. Since his move to The Daily Beast from The Atlantic he has been pretty much ignored, as well as ignored by the right-o-sphere. If he’s been writing about Sarah Palin’s womb, no one’s playing anymore. But, he jumped up […]