The nuanced liberal mind grasps that everything depends on context. Even smoking, which libs have been self-righteously railing against for decades, can be cool under certain circumstances — for example, if the Moonbat Messiah does it. From a WaPo ode to The One entitled “Let the Guy Smoke“: As for being a role model for […]

In case you were hoping that Congress would exert some sort of moderating influence on the adolescent Marxist who will soon be president: President-elect Barack Obama’s call for urgent action on climate change received a double-barreled boost Thursday on Capitol Hill, as Democrats dethroned a leader who had been an obstacle and pledged to move […]

Question: “I seem to remember you buying into the notion that Obama’s election would dampen the flames of racial victimhood, rather than fan them. Now we find that school officials are being investigated and labeled racist by the NAACP for failing to celebrate Obama’s “historic election” Care to comment?” — RWNReader2 Answer: Ehr…that’s not exactly […]

“Republicans are counting on the natural tides of politics to lift their numbers in Congress in 2010. The Democrats may overreach, or their supporters may get complacent. But to get back in the driver’s seat, to become relevant again, Republicans will have to devise an agenda that speaks to a country where more people feel […]

Question: “What’s your guess for where the bottom is for the DJIA and S&P500? How long will this Obama recession last?” — RWNReader2 Answer: I don’t know the answer to that for sure, but I will tell you this: it could get “Jimmy Carter years” ugly out there. That’s particularly spooky to me since I […]

I can’t help but thinking that if Barack Obama specified what “change”, specifically, he believed in, the markets would calm down.

Question: “John, I can’t leave comments at your site because the registration system seems to be messed up, but when you accuse Bush of “Horrifically screwing up the war in Iraq,” I want to ask you if your split personality is channeling Kos. Your description is complete and utter B.S. When did you start swallow […]

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Every time the GOP takes a beating at the ballot box there are calls to get rid of those doggone social conservatives — or as Kathleen Parker refers to them, the “oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP.” This is a fascinating argument — well, fascinating if you like watching people who don’t even realize that they’re […]

No pun intended. Over at the American Prospect, Adam Serwer tugs at Osama’s beard: Al Qaeda plays a little identity politics: In al-Qaida’s first response to Obama’s victory, al-Zawahri also called the president-elect, along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, “house negroes.” Of course, in the typically irony impaired way the left […]

I promise this will be the last time I write about the 2008 election; I just thought I’d point out the obvious once more. In case there was ever any question about the blind sheep mentality of the politically ignorant masses – also known, in this case, as Obama supporters – the latest Zogby poll […]

Gay marriage as original intent: Accept civil equality not as a defeat but as an opportunity: to persuade and evangelize for something beyond the civil that still respects the integrity of the civil. That’s what America’s founders intended. It is part of their genius that today’s fundamentalists simply do not understand. Just to make sure, […]

Under Chairman O, get ready for the steady flow of absurd racism claims to become a cataract. It’s already beginning: A lawyer representing a man charged with drunken driving claims Connecticut’s breathalyzers discriminate against blacks. According to the shyster, research shows that the lung capacity of a black man is 3 percent smaller than a […]

The community activist types — like Barack Obama — who helped bring about our financial crisis by using Jimmy Carter’s insane Community Reinvestment Act to terrorize banks into making bad loans based on race are still causing havoc. IBD reports on self-described “bank terrorist” Bruce Marks: Bruce Marks, founder of the leftist Neighborhood Assistance Corp. […]

So the New York Times reports that insurance companies are willing to “deal”: While insurers would be required to sell insurance to any applicant, nothing would guarantee that consumers could afford it. Rate regulation promises to be a highly contentious issue, since it pits the financial interests of insurers against those of consumers. At present, […]

“Congratulations to Hillary (and Bill) Clinton – who seem to have won the presidential election, despite the official results on Nov. 4. That’s certainly a reasonable conclusion, anyway, based on the folks President-elect Obama is eyeing for his administration – folks such as former Clinton officials Eric Holder and Rahm Emanuel and Hillary Clinton herself. […]

…because that’s obviously what they’re shooting for, A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit’s once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., canceled plans Wednesday for a vote on […]

Let’s see… * Crippling GOP fundraising by signing campaign finance reform. * Massive deficits * Horrifically screwing up the war in Iraq. * The Bailout. * Partially nationalizing the banking industry. * Decimating the Republican Party. & now… * Iran with enough fuel for a nuclear weapon. Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material […]

Michelle Malkin reports: So, this is “progress?” eHarmony, a Christian-targeted dating website, gets sued by a gay man demanding that the business match him up with a same-sex partner. The New Jersey Attorney General intervenes on behalf of the gay plaintiff and forces eHarmony to change its entire business model. To be clear: The company […]

Theoretically, it’s a good idea for Republicans to embrace the idea of a color blind political pitch. It’s what we believe in, it fits with the vision of the Founding Fathers, and it would be better for the country if people cared nothing about race. However, the reality is that philosophy has proven to be […]

Perhaps because there are a lot of new people hitting CG for the first time because of the election surge, I’ve been getting questions about the bikini pics on CG in my email every few days. Here’s an example, “Hello John, my name is Andrew, and I have a quick question for you. I believe […]

Tomorrow will be Q&A Friday #98 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about just about anything: politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: Genius, thy name is Obama The American Spectator: Al Franken is challenging this ballot Cracked: 15 MORE images you won’t believe aren’t photoshopped Egotastic!: Megan Fox bikini pictures. You can check out all those links and more by clicking here. […]

Or a crony? And of course, he’s another Clinton re-tread who was acting AG and approved including the Marc Rich pardon for Clinton’s approval at that time. Then there’s his role in the Elian Gonzales kidnapping. As to the charges of cronyism: A partner at the D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling, Holder served […]

At 4:07 PM EST, I’m going to be on the Jaz McKay show. Click on Stickam in the left corner to listen to the show.

Here’s a follow-up on the lame-brained teacher who had her five year old students vote their Aspberger’s peer out of the class: A Port St. Lucie school teacher has been suspended without pay after she allowed her kindergarten students to vote a 5-year-old student out of class. It took only a few minutes for the […]

In case you’re wondering what happens to the $billions our government loots from us and turns over to the hostile confederacy of lowlife dictators calling itself the United Nations: The U.N. Human Rights Council, frequently accused of coddling some of the world’s most repressive governments, threw itself a party in Geneva Tuesday that featured the […]

Even after 9/11, liberals didn’t have much of an interest in the war on terrorism, but now Al-Qaeda may have finally gone too far for the left, Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the […]

Kathleen Parker revealed her hip happeningness yet again today: As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I’m bathing in holy water as I type. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the […]

What is best for the country is a Senate where Republicans hold on to the filibuster. (That becomes less likely as Ted Stevens goes down for the count.) It will moderate choices, give the government some form of restraint. Maybe. The Senate is packed full of chummy buds and plenty of Republicans who will do […]