Morning Briefing for August 31, 2011

    RedState Morning Briefing For August 31, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. The Left: still quite unhinged about Dick Cheney. 2. The Shame of Colin Powell 3. Obama continues to politicize 9/11 anniversary

    Ms. Maxy and the Entitlement Mentality

    Ace of Spades discovered Ms. Maxy on YouTube. I cleaned it up and put her on air today for Neal Boortz. You can listen to the edited version that I played by clicking right here.

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    I am filling in for Neal Boortz today

    Reminded again he has more vacation days than me, I’m filling in for Neal Boortz today. I’ll get into my top post this morning about folks in the media acting so dumb when it comes to religion and we’ll explore Ms. Maxy’s rants as well. You can listen live this morning by clicking right here and call in live at 1-877-310-2100. I’m on from 8:35 | Read More »

    When Smart People Write Dumb Things

    Whether you agree with Bill Keller of the New York Times or not, the man is not dumb. Whether you agree with Kathleen Parker or not, she is not dumb. Same with Ryan Lizza at the New Yorker. Yes, they may be center-left (or depending on who you talk to, center-right for Parker) and yes, Lizza is arguably more than center-left as is Keller. But | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for August 30, 2011

    RedState Morning Briefing For August 30, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. When Smart People Write Dumb Things 2. President Obama has Tour Buses Flown to Stump Speeches 3. Polling catastrophe for President Obama 4. OK, Obama, Repeal the Entire Payroll Tax..But Save Social Security 5. An Open Letter to GOP NLRB Member Brian Hayes: Please Resign | Read More »

    Creationism and Smart People Gone Stupid #EERS

    I’m not sure when so many smart people became so stupid, but suddenly as a Christian who believes in creation, Kathleen Parker, Bill Keller, Ryan Lizza, and others want me to know I think the world was created 6500 years ago, not the 4.5 billion or so years ago I’ve always thought. What is making so many smart people so stupid. We’ll get into that | Read More »

    Politico’s Mike Allen: From McCain’s Senility to Perry’s Stupidity

    This is par for the course for the Politico. Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin are fixated on whether Rick Perry is too stupid to be President. Back in 2008, the same Mike Allen wondered if John McCain was going senile and making him unfit for the Presidency. This is rather typical of the Politico, which would rather be first than be right. Let me just | Read More »

    When Will Newt Say When?

    One of the saddest spectacles of the 2012 season is seeing Newt Gingrich, who for so long was the ideas guy of the right, run out of steam. American Solutions, his once much heralded organization, is now shut down. Newt left the organization to run for President and it could not keep the lights on without Gingrich there. But Gingrich seems to be having trouble | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for August 29, 2011

    RedState Morning Briefing  For August 29, 2011Go to www.RedStateMB.com to get the Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. When Will Newt Say When?   2. Exacerbating the ‘Perception Problem’: Center for American Progress Chronicles the American Right’s Decade of Baseless Aggression Against Islam   3. PolitiFact Proves Yet Again It Is a Left Wing Attack Machine With Nonpartisan Veneer   4. Jon Huntsman’s | Read More »

    Mail Bag: Erick Has Brought Out the Crazy Edition

    We get a lot of disgusting stuff here at RedState, but this one just might take the cake. From: Janet Klien “klienismammahuss8@gmail.com” Subject: TELL REDSTAE.COM WE ARE TIRED OF THEM PROMTOTING THE SP*C LOVING RICK PERRY Date: August 26, 2011 7:22:23 PM EDT To: contact@redstate.com ITS BAD ENOUGH WE HAVE A MONKEY IN THE WHITE HOUSE, NOW YOUR GROUP WANTS THE MACHETE MOVIE ANTI WHITE | Read More »

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    PolitiFact Proves Yet Again It Is a Left Wing Attack Machine With Nonpartisan Veneer

    “Politifact’s fact is nothing more than their left-wing hypothesis disconnected from and ignoring every data point that doesn’t help them make their case.” As a general rule of thumb I heard somewhere, fact checkers don’t check facts. Fact checkers exist to put an objective, nonpartisan veneer on whatever some reporter wants to say. And when fact checkers take it upon themselves to be arbiters of | Read More »

    Jon Huntsman’s Legitimacy: A Near Sexual Fantasy for Some on the Left

    At what point does Jon Huntsman’s campaign begin to look like a sexual fantasy for the some lefties in the media and the left in general and not like a Presidential campaign? At this point I think. His only useful purpose has become being the pin up Governor that the left can fixate on, breath lustily at, and whisper “if only the Republicans were like | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for August 26, 2011

    RedState Morning Briefing For August 26, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. DOJ Raids Gibson Guitars looking for Illegal Wood 2. The Horserace for August 25, 2011 3. Obama’s Job-Killing NLRB Strikes Again! ALL Employers Must Post Union Notices 4. Heritage Action’s Legislative Scorecard

    The 50,000 Watts are Fired Up and Ready to Go #EERS

    The 50,000 watts of the largest talk radio station in America are fired up and ready to go for the Erick Erickson Show. You can listen live at http://wsbradio.com and call in at 1-800-WSB-TALK. The show starts at 7:05 p.m. Consider this an open thread.

    The Horserace for August 25, 2011

    IA Caucus: Feb. 6, 2012 NH Primary: Feb. 14, 2012 NV Caucus: Feb. 18, 2012 SC Primary: Feb. 28, 2012 Polls suggest it is “put up or shut up” time for Sarah Palin on whether she’ll run for President or, if not, assume the role of Kingmaker — and her endorsement will have power. Rick Perry has vaulted into the lead nationally, but I still | Read More »

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    The distraction

    This Radtke business is a serious distraction from a larger issue. I am convinced that George Allen is not going to be able to beat Tim Kaine. And even if George Allen could beat Tim Kaine (and polling suggests he can), there is a more problematic issue — while I have no doubt George Allen will routinely tell the Democrats no, I also have no | Read More »

    We Have More on Jamie Radtke

    Jamie Radtke tells Scott Conroy of Real Clear Politics that she feels it is libelous for observers of her speech to say she was drunk as she says she was not drinking. Okay. Jamie Radtke says she was not drinking and I will believe her. That, friends, makes reports of her performance at the RedState Gathering even more appalling. UPDATED: There is now a letter | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for August 25, 2011

    RedState Morning Briefing  For August 25, 2011Go to www.RedStateMB.com to get the Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Greg Sargent’s Imaginary Conflict   2. CBO’s Latest Budget and Economic Outlook is Unrealistic   3. Regarding Jamie Radtke   4. Rip Van Moonbeam Awakens And It’s Still 1980   5. Judging September 3rd  

    The Horserace, Perry as Front Runner, the Palin Factor, and the Crazies #EERS

    Since it’s Wednesday night, it’s a Horserace night. We’ll get into how the candidates are faring, look at Rick Perry as the front runner, analyze the Palin factor, and delve into the crazies I’ve been dealing with all day on this Jamie Radtke nonsense. The phone number is 1-800-WSB-TALK. You can listen live by clicking right here. Consider this an open thread.

    Dan Riehl and The Rest of the Story

    By the way, it is worth going here now. I thought it had all blown over and was going to let it go. One of the things Ben Smith wrote was: A leading conservative blogger and commentator, Erick Erickson, said he shifted his stance in a key Senate race because the company that publishes his RedState.com is “socially connected” to former Virginia Senator George Allen. | Read More »