By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 09:56 PM  | 

Phil Gramm was and is right. And the coverage of Phil Gramm’s statement and the reaction to it proves he is right.

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 09:45 PM  | 

There are some things best left unsaid, but I sure am impressed he was willing to be this blunt. “It’s unfortunate that he doesn’t understand redemption and salvation and a changed life in accepting Jesus as lord and savior,” Broun said on WACG 90.7 FM in Augusta. “It’s not about religion but about a relationship with Jesus.” “Paul is wrong on that,” Fleming replied in | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 09:44 PM  | 

Here’s this from the Hotline: In advance of the 7/15 Dem primary, “new campaign finance disclosure reports” show the five hopefuls “battling to take on” Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) “are trailing far behind” in raising funds comparable to Chambliss’s $4M “re-election warchest.” ’06 LG nominee/atty/ex-state Rep. Jim Martin (D) “comes the closest,” with $329K CoH raised in “a nearly three month period” up to 6/25, | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 09:44 PM  | 

See here: A Fulton County judge ruled Friday that Georgia voters will have to present a photo ID when casting a ballot in Tuesday’s primary election, rejecting a motion by Democrats who argued the law could disenfranchise voters. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Tom Campbell ruled that the Democrats failed “to meet the legal standard” to block the state from requiring all in-person voters to | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 09:43 PM  | 

This is something else. Good on him for sticking to his dream, but I hope he is responsible and gets back to get treatment ASAP. Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau, of Lilburn, is heading to Beijing with a startling diagnosis: He has cancer. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Shanteau said he learned just a week before the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., that | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 09:42 PM  | 

Some moron complained to the City of Atlanta and the DOT that “Men at Work” signs are sexist and must be changed. Naturally the government told the lady they agreed instead of telling her to get back in the kitchen and take her shoes off — the truly appropriate response to this silliness. The change will cost ~$120 per sign.

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 06:05 PM  | 

Federal regulators just seized and shut down IndyMac, a major mortgage specialist. The Pasadena, Calif., thrift was one of the largest savings and loans in the country with about $32 billion in assets. It now joins an infamous list of collapsed banks, topped by Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co., which failed in 1984 with $40 billion of assets. IndyMac specialized in Alt-A loans, | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 11th at 01:47 PM  | 

As the Obama candidacy gains momentum, we should all become more accustomed to “newspeak.” Out is the word “censorship” to be replaced with the phrase “freedom of speech.” The former phrase “freedom of speech’ will be prohibited except in classical texts until such texts can be reprinted wherein all references to actual free speech will be deleted. That, of course, seems the natural progression from | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 10th at 02:35 PM  | 

This week is our 4th birthday week. It is also the launch of RedState 3.0. In the next week we’ll have lots of guest posters coming to the site. We’ll be highlighting some of our best content on the front page. We’ll also be working hard to build up our state and local sites. Welcome to RedState 3.0. We’re live.