http://www.redstate.com/aceintx Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:48:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After the indignity foisted upon all conservatives in 2008 by an out of touch party, I find the new polls showing JD Hayworth withing striking distance of John McCain without even announcing let alone running a single add to be the ultimate opportunity to send an unmistakable message. I sent the ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/11/21/my-email-pleading-with-jd-hayworth-to-take-up-the-mccain-challenge/ I thought I'd said everything I had to say about the pathetic McCain Campaign in 08 But....(There's always a but isn't there?) But, Sarah is back and everything ugly from the end of that campaign is back with her. I haven't gotten my hands on her book yet, so all I can do ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/11/18/i-thought-id-said-all-i-had-to-say-about-john-mccain-and-the-2008-debacle-that-was-his-campaign/ Last week was a bit of a Bell Weather was it not? It had it's ups and downs to be sure and I want to begin this by again asking for prayer for the families and victims of Nidal Malik Hasan. I would also note that most news reports still ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/11/07/will-scozzafava-actually-keep-her-leadership-position-in-the-ny-general-assembly/ 2 shooters reportedly opened fire at the Post Exchange. One Captured second escaped. firing started at Post movie theater late mybe from a third shooter while the second was escaping the Post exchance. Stand by for updates! Correction: First shootings began at processing center for injured and general check in. Update: unclear ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/11/05/breaking-pray-for-ft-hood-7-confirmed-dead-20-injured-in-attack-by-2-maybe-3-shooters/ What happened in NY 23 and why is there a Democrat holding that seat for the first time in 150 years? The NRCC spent almost a million dollars backing Scozzafava, I hear pundits and commentators saying that over and over...but that's not the whole story. The NRCC didn't just spend it backing ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/11/04/ny-23-and-what-it-should-mean-to-all-republicans-going-forward/ I was in the middle of writing another diary about the insanity of the NRCC attacks on Hoffman while leaving the Democrat untouched in NY-23 after posting contact info for the NRCC when I realized, they've pulled the attack ad on Hoffman and replaced it with an ad slamming Bill ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/10/27/so-now-the-tin-ears-in-republican-leadership-think-its-wise-to-attack-the-tea-party-movement-are-you-insane/ From Ben Smith at Politico: McDonnell, the Christian conservative Virginia Democrats are highlighting this video of GOP gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell from a rally-the-base speech earlier today at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University in Lynchburg. McDonnell's promise to be a champion for traditional marriage and anti-abortion stalwart comes on the morning following the ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/10/21/hat-does-itmcdonnell-can-be-allowed-to-win-because-hes-a-christianeeeekkk/ And there you have it folks...after all the fanfare a couple weeks ago about how Senator Olympia Snowe was going to act like a Republican for once...and vote with the rest of the party on Obamacare...after all the town halls...and hell raising across the country against a nationalized health care ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/10/13/march-of-the-rinos-iii-tell-me-again-why-olympia-snowe-is-a-republican/ So...if you're down to your last $500 and have to chose between buying groceries for your kids and keeping the heat on OR purchasing a FEDERALLY mandated health insurance plan....Olympia Snowe wants to fine you $1900 if you decide to stay warm and eat as opposed to sending your money ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/09/28/snowe-votes-for-federal-fines-and-jail-for-individual-citizens-who-refuse-to-purchase-health-insurance/ In the "See I told you so" category it seems the first installment is being made by establishment Republicans to pay Mitt ("I'm the genius behind MassCare") Romney back for stepping aside during the 2008 CPAC conference and clearing the way for the disaster that became the McCain Campaign and ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/09/25/well-well-wellmccain-will-host-a-fundraiser-for-mitt-romney/ From Politico: Victoria Hays, who lives in Byrd’s neighborhood, said she saw three fire trucks, two ambulances, a uniformed police officer and security personnel on the driveway of the senator’s house Tuesday morning. “We’ve all kind of noticed there have been a lot more nurses” in recent days at Byrd’s house, she ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/09/22/breaking-several-ambulances-dispatched-to-the-va-home-robert-byrd-d-wv/ In the irony of ironies category, Human Events interviews Mitt Romney about what America needs in a government health care system, Mitt Romney Talks Health Care Solutions based on his success in Massachusetts insuring all it’s citizens “without breaking the bank”. I’d be laughing if I weren’t choking back ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/07/31/is-mass-care-the-answer-for-america-mitt-romney-thinks-so/ What happened? It doesn’t seem possible but here I am having completed 2 years at Red State. It seems I’ve achieved the near impossible! Just to review…I came here as a Huckster during the primary season and it might surprise some of you but I was pretty confrontational and strident ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/07/30/happy-red-state-anniversary-to-me/ According to Politico, Pat Leahy has unleashed a screed against Republicans for daring to question Sotomayor’s commitment and participation in/to Racist Organizations like La Raza, (The Race). La Raza advocates taking back the western United States by using mass immigration, Patrick Leahy Hits GOP for “Racist” Comments. Aside from the obvious ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/07/20/i-thought-sotomayor-was-a-shoe-in-so-why-is-leahy-calling-republicans-racists-for-questioning-her-work-in-la-raza-translation-the-race/ Several of us in a thread to an excellent diary by Swamp Yankee: “Dear House Republicans and Conservative Activists: You Have 1,018 Pages To Read” decided to form an informal committee to read parts of the recently released Health Care Bill and post relevant material so at least one bill ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/07/20/calling-all-red-staters%e2%80%a6you-have-1018-pages-to-read-some-progress-and-we-need-your-help-a-follow-up-to-swamp-yankee%e2%80%99s-column/ OK Folks…Time for a refresher in the fundamental difference between Liberal/Progressive philosophy and the Conservative principles I spend so much time beating Liberal/Moderate/Vichy Republicans with. As I write this I am listening to the hearings for Sotomayor on Fox news. Dick Durbin has just completed blowing the horn for Sotomayor. While ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/07/13/senator-durbinyou-are-simply-wrongwrongwrongwrongwrong/ Let me start by saying, “I’m not a parliamentarian”. I’ve been reading House Rules for bringing Bills and Amendments to the Committee Of The Whole, (The House Floor) for Consideration. Interesting thing is this…These huge multi-thousand page bills that aren’t being written before consideration are required to be read before ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/07/07/congressional-republicans-are-not-powerless-to-stop-the-assaults-on-our-freedom/ In a quote from George "Snuffleupagus" at ABC News, Biden: We 'Misread the Economy' I think ole Joe has really stepped in it this time and his early exit is sure to be in the engineering phase. "The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy," Biden told me during ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/07/06/joe-biden-resignation-watch/ http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/06/19/i-never-knew-anything-like-this-existed-this-should-be-required-viewing-for-every-politician-and-voter-in-this-country/ Politico is reporting Conservative Senator and leader of the Conservative Steering Committee in the Senate Republican Caucus Jim DeMint is set to endorse Marco Rubio over the NRSC's more liberal Charlie Crist. (I'll note the headline currently reads Demint is backing Rubio in the Florida Governor's race in an ... http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2009/06/15/rubio-picks-up-conservative-senators-endorsement-gallup-poll-shows-self-identified-conservatives-largest-voting-block-and-other-tidbits/