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This Week In Quotes: Jan 8 – Jan 14

I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up. — Rod Blagojevich It’s not the ‘Kennedy Seat. It’s the people’s seat. — Scott Brown Coakley bristles at […]

Top 15 Observations About the Massachusetts Senate race

According to blogger Greg Sargent, Martha Coakley’s campaign has sent a frantic last minute memo to top Democratic donors urging them to shell out the Benjamin’s because an internal poll shows the race to be “very tight.” The memo is the latest sign that the campaign surge of Scott Brown has caught the Democrat establishment […]

Scott Brown Sends Shock Waves Through Democratic Party!

From IBD, “Democratic Party Pouring Cash Into Mass. to Stop GOP Upset“: GOP state Sen. Scott Brown may be able to win Tuesday’s special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s old seat. Even if he loses, it’s clear that his campaign’s momentum has sent shock waves through the Democratic Party. “No one thought this would be […]

Massachusetts: The Best Laid Plans Of Democrats

It would appear that long-shot Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown has a fighting chance of winning the “Ted Kennedy Seat” in Massachusetts. Brown reminded the moderator that the seat was, in fact, “the people’s seat”, not Ted Kennedy’s during a recent debate. And, according to the latest Rasmussen poll, Brown is within 2 points of […]

Haiti: How you can help.

Posted from TabithaHale.com. If you follow me on Twitter or are a Facebook friend, you know how completely obsessive I’ve been about the disaster in Haiti. I have been watching every news report I can find and have wept over photos. I want nothing more than to get on a plane and go down there. […]

Wanting Sarah Palin To Succeed

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 […]

GOProud and CPA

This may not seem to be a big story in the scheme of things, but I think it speaks to what the GOP is about, how we handle differences, and how we move forward. Liberty University Law School has withdrawn as a co-sponsor of next month’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington because a […]

A likely Story: Cook County Dems ‘Forget’ Carter on Mailer

The Cook County (Chicago) Democrat Party sent out a direct mail piece early this week that listed all the Democrat presidents that brought “prosperity” to this country. Oh they are all there, FDR, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ, Bill Clinton… uh, wait. Isn’t one of ’em missing? You guessed it, Jimmah Carter, the worst president in American […]

Global Warming Hoaxers Tried to Hide the Sun

Thanks to the ClimateGate emails, we now know that the government teat-suckers in warmist academia are scientists after all. They know that climate fluctuation is caused not by light bulbs and SUVs, but by variations in solar activity; but they also know how to hide this fact from the gullible. In 2003, two Harvard-Smithsonian Professors, […]

Coakley Puts Down Red Sox Fans

Attention Red Sox Nation — You could help spare America from an Obamunist nitwit who put you down: Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such high stakes, she is being too passive. “As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?” she fires […]

Google Might Pull From China, China’s Cyber-War With The U.S.

A new front exists in a war for international dominance: the internet. China has been up to some very bad behavior. From the Washington Post: Computer attacks on Google that the search giant said originated in China were part of a concerted political and corporate espionage effort that exploited security flaws in e-mail attachments to […]

News You Need To Know

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 […]

To Catch A Liberal Predator: Scott Ritter Edition

Remember Scott Ritter? He was once a tough talking weapons inspector who was deeply skeptical that Saddam Hussein had gotten rid of his WMDs. Then, without explanation, his position shifted on a dime to “Hussein could have WMDs? That’s crazy talk. Who could believe that?” At the end of the day, Ritter’s new position proved […]

Marco Rubio Asks His Supporters To Help Scott Brown

Will Scott Brown make liberals across America go to sleep on pillows soggy with their own tears next week? We don’t know for sure. If you had to bet, you’d have to say the odds are against Brown pulling out a victory in ultra-liberal Taxachusetts. However, Brown legitimately has a shot to win. Rasmussen shows […]

The Best Political Story Of The Year So Far

Last year, I was ecstatic when that “sack of sorriness” John Cornyn got his worthless, RINO boosting @ss boo’d at a Tea Party in his home state: However, this story about “Abortion Bill Ben” Nelson may be even better. As each day passes, it’s looking more and more like Nelson has a choice to make: […]

Michael Meehan, Coakley Campaign Staffer, Apologizes for Making Weekly Standard Reporter Stumble, or Something…

The Associated Press reported that the Weekly Standard‘s John McCormack “stumbled as he tried to speak with the Democrat while simultaneously videotaping her and trying to pass a metal grate on a Washington sidewalk.” Funny thing is, though, Meehan has now apologized for McCormack’s “stumble.” See, “Apology Accepted” (via Memeorandum): A remorseful Michael P. Meehan […]

Health Care Reform: When Is “Cadillac Plan” Not A “Cadillac Plan?”

Why when you’re a part of a favored special interest group of course: Unions tentatively struck a deal Tuesday to exempt collectively bargained healthcare plans from a tax on high-cost plans expected to be used to help raise revenue for the healthcare overhaul. The left constantly clamors for “fairness” but quickly throws such concerns under […]

Why Obama’s Speeches Aren’t Very Good Anymore

Michael Gerson has out a piece today professing surprise that Obama’s speeches have become a weak point. Here’s Gerson: In the most unexpected development of his presidency, what was once universally recognized as Obama’s greatest political strength — his oratory — now seems a serious weakness. …The swift rise of Barack Obama was primarily a […]

One Giant Step for Socialism

Hard left Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) is good for something after all. He succinctly sums up what ObamaCare means for the future of this country: What this bill does is we finally take that step… from healthcare as a privilege to healthcare as an inalienable right of every single American citizen. Sounds good, doesn’t it? […]