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Misc Commentary For Jan 17, 2007

— According to Dick Morris, none of the top tier Republican contenders for the nomination in 2008 are going to make it to the finish line: “I think you’ll see one of the minor leaguers win it [the GOP nomination],” Morris told Fox News Channel. Morris thinks the leading Republican candidates – Rudy Giuliani, John […]

Are There People Actually Buying These Things?

There’s a company called Hero Builders that puts out unusual dolls and does custom toys for people. Well, apparently their latest product is hangable Saddam: Geeze. I mean, I put up a dancing Snoopy when they hung that rotten son of a gun and even I think that’s gauche. Who buys these things and for […]

Daily News For Jan 17, 2006

Foreign The Palestinian Authority Security Forces Have Foiled An Attempt By Hamas To Assassinate Senior PA Leaders In The Gaza Strip, Including PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Free Jerusalem Post Reg Req) British Navy Ships Move To Counter Iran Pakistan Strikes Al Qaeda’s Winter Hideout Philippines Says Abu Sayyaf Leader Killed In Clash Deadly Day In […]

Republicans Oppose The Democratic Plan To Institute A Draft

You know what Republican members of Congress should be saying? They should be saying that if you’re 42 years old or younger, you should vote against the Democratic Party in 2008 because they want to force you to serve in the military via a draft, over the objections of the Republican Party — and powerful […]

Draft Rove’s Son!

This silly spiel from Bill Robinson at the Huffington Post might be part of a potent argument — if there were a draft in place: “If you Google “Draft Andrew Rove” you get nothing. Your search “did not match any documents.” I’d like to know why. And, yes, I realize even asking this question may […]

The Daily Kos 2008 Straw Poll + John Edwards?

The Daily Kos has put together a 2008 Straw poll and here are the current results: John Edwards: 37% Barrack Obama: 27% Wesley Clark: 17% Bill Richardson: 5% Hillary Clinton: 3% Dennis Kucinich: 3% Amusingly, at the moment, Hillary Clinton is only two votes ahead of Dennis Kucinich. Heh. PS: What exactly is supposed to […]

Misc Commentary For Jan 16, 2007

— Duncan Hunter appears to be getting a little traction in Arizona because he won a straw poll in McCain’s home state. Granted, it’s only the Maricopa County Republican meeting, but it does prove that Hunter has a message that resonates with people once they find out a litle more about him and what he […]

GOP Bill Hikes Minimum Wage To $84.25/hr. — Satire By Scott Ott

Republicans in Congress, in a last ditch effort to provide economic justice to America’s working poor, today introduced a bill that would raise the national minimum hourly wage from $5.15 to $84.25. The bill, offered just hours before the Democrat-led House attempted to raise the rate to $7.25, is roughly based on what Congressmen earn […]

20/20 Bias By Jane Galt

Mark Thoma is telling the hawks they’ve squandered their credibility for a mess of pottage: Sorry Jonathan, maybe we don’t drum you out of the profession — there aren’t simply two extremes where we listen fully or don’t listen at all — but we are going to pay less attention to what you have to […]

Daily News For Jan 16, 2007

Foreign Secret Understandings Reached Between Representatives Of Israel, Syria Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, The Top Commander Of U.S. Ground Forces In Iraq, Says The Current Surge Of 21,500 Troops Is Not “Open-Ended” And Warned That “Time Is Running Out” For The United States To Turn Things Around In Iraq. Castro Reportedly In Grave Condition The […]

GOP Bloggers 2008 Poll Analysis For January

Over 12,000 people from all around the right side of the blogosphere have voted in the GOP Bloggers 2008 straw poll. Here’s a little analysis of how things broke down on the candidate acceptability scale (the higher the score, the better). First off, there are: The Front Runners Mitt Romney: +46.6% Newt Gingrich: +45.8% Rudy […]

Irony On Top Of Irony Over Kim Du Toit’s Blog

This week-end, I linked Kim Du Toit’s essay, “The Pussification Of The Western Male, but I titled it, “The Wussification Of The Western Male.” That was to spare me indignant emails from people complaining that I was posting “vulgar” language on the blog. Anyway, Kim Du Toit, took exception to that and wrote the following […]

The “Tabloidization” Of The Media & Tucker Carlson

There are a whole host of things wrong with modern journalism, which is why it’s widely reviled amongst the American people, but one of the worst faults is what I think of as the “tabloidization of the media.” By that I mean, if it will draw eyeballs, somebody will publish it regardless of the consequences. […]

Weekly World News Scoop: Hillary’s Veep Will Be Bigfoot

The print edition of the Weekly World News has once again scooped everybody with the news that Bigfoot will be Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2008. They even have pics: Now, I know what most of you are thinking after seeing that pic. Probably, something like, “Bigfoot is standing directly behind Hillary Clinton and he’s […]

Daily News For Jan 15, 2007

Foreign Eritrea Warns Of “Consequences” For U.S. In Somalia Chavez, Ahmadinejad Plan Anti-U.S. Fund Honduras Temporarily Grabs Exxon, Chevron Terminals Bush: ‘We’re Going Forward’. More Troops Called The Only Iraq Option Iraqi Foreign Minister Wants 5 Iranians Released. Tehran Claims Group Held By U.S. Forces Are Diplomats Saddam Half Brother, Ex-Official Hanged John Bolton: Mideast […]

Week-End Links

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! Porkbusters The Wussification Of The Western Male African Lion Kisses, Hugs Woman Who Saved It White House Spokesman Blasts Sen. Boxer’s Exchange With Secretary Rice A Conservatives With Attitude Podcast Interview With Eric […]

Conservative Grapevine Promo

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ace of Spades HQ: Naked aggression: AF Investigates Air(wo)man’s Playboy Spread (w/ safe for work pic) INDC Journal: “I’m not afraid, I’ve lost everything in Iraq:” An Interview with a Fallujan Civil Servant IMAO: Replacing the “Pottery Barn Rule” in foreign policy […]

Barbara Boxer Takes A Shot At Condi Rice For Being Childless

This was a particularly nasty, vindictive attack by Barbara Boxer on Condi Rice: “In a bitter personal assault on the secretary of state during her appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, anti-war Sen. Barbara Boxer fumed that Rice didn’t com prehend the “price” of the war. “You’re not going to pay a particular price, […]

Ranking The Most Desired 2008 Republican Candidates

Here’s my current list (Note that I do say “current” and that this list can and probably will change over time) of most desired Republican contenders. This list is based on a mixture of conservatism and electability because if you have the most conservative candidate and he can’t get elected, he does you no good […]

“Sorry Charlie,” Nancy Says No Minimum Wage For You!

Now this is exactly the sort of thing that the Republicans should be doing: brutally and effectively hammering the Democrats for hypocrisy: “House Republicans yesterday declared “something fishy” about the major tuna company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco district being exempted from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved this week. “I am shocked,” […]

Quote Of The Day: If Nancy Pelosi Were Honest She’d Say…

“The American people sent a message this past election, and that message was that they wanted their government to pretend there is no terrorist problem and instead focus on inane crap and entitlements… and who better to do that than we Democrats?” — Not “Nancy Pelosi”, courtesy of Frank J. at IMAO