http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik Just another RedState: Where the VRWC Conspires Online weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:58:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kevin Huffman won the Washington Post's first-ever "America's Next Great (Liberal) Pundit Contest." An average Joe wins based on his brilliant writing, right? Maybe not. The Washington Post's bio of Kevin Huffman says this: I'm a Teach for America executive and a former lawyer and first-grade teacher. An ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/24/wapos-pundit-contest-winner-is-well-connected-dc-liberal-this-rhee-ly-stinks/ Why can't the Republican party run Republicans in New York? In 2007 (after the "Republican" Michael Bloomberg turned independent), Bloomberg was unofficially testing the waters for a presidential run. One national leader that Bloomberg met was a govenor of Alaska named Sarah Palin. From Sunday's New ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/23/bloomberg-palin-daily-news-finally-gets-the-photos/ The biggest, most important stories are barely reported. This is from today's New York Post: $10B city boost for unions By GINGER ADAMS OTIS Posted: 3:11 AM, November 22, 2009 A new deal hatched between Mayor Bloomberg and the Building and Trades Council will net union hardhats an estimated $10 billion in work in ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/23/bloomberg-unions-and-new-york-city-standard-operating-procedure/ Fox News' Major Garrett finally interviewed President Barack Obama. Obama is a genius--how could the editor of the Harvard Law Review not be super smart? So how come Obama can't speak English like the rest of us? VIDEO: President Obama Fox News Interview Major Garrett ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/20/an-embarrassingly-illiterate-obama-major-garrett-interview/ How much of a failure is the Washington Post's "America's Next Great Pundit Contest," now in its final round? The Washington Post showed: (1) the newspaper is cheap; (2) the newspaper breaks its own rules; (3) the newspaper doesn't respond to readers/contestants; (4) the newspaper has a liberal bias; ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/20/washington-posts-americas-next-great-liberal-pundit-contestfail/ Rudy' ain't runnin'? From The New York Times: Giuliani Is Said to Have Decided Not to Run for Governor By DANNY HAKIM Published: November 19, 2009 Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year after months of mulling a candidacy, according to people who have been ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/19/breaking-giuliani-not-running-for-ny-governor/ The Anti-Defamation League hates us! With ADL's latest conservative-bashing report ("Rage Grows in America: Anti‑Government Conspiracies"), the ADL is now officially a Democrat party shill. The ADL has jumped the shark. "Anti-government fervor" has nothing to do with "anti-Semitism" and should have nothing to do with the ADL. The tea party crowd ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/18/adl-attacks-conservatives/ "Mr. President, we don't want any more terrorists in New York City!" Remember the NYC city council member who said that? Actually, no city council member said that. Not one. Let's take a brief look at the highly paid ($112,500 per year, plus lulus and many perks) members of the NYC city ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/18/not-so-great-moments-in-new-york-city-council-history-terrorism-trials-union-gifts-parking-tickets/ Paid sick leave is a burning issue right now, but it seems to be flying in virtually unnoticed. It's all about political payback from the politicians that SEIU and other unions helped put in office. The H1N1 flu is providing perfect cover to pass this union gift as a public health ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/17/paid-sick-leave-or-the-unions-want-political-payback-right-now/ Coffee summit? That's a proposed meeting between Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. The name is a take-off from Obama's "beer summit" with a Harvard professor and a Massachusetts cop. Palin Finds One Bond With Clinton By SARAH WHEATON Published: November 15, 2009 Could there be a “coffee summit” in the future between Hillary ... http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2009/11/16/coffee-summit-sarah-hillary-is-a-joke/