BREAKING: Obama Appoints Maria del Carmen Aponte as Ambassador to El Salvador

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 19th at 04:59 PM  | 

This is huge news coming on the heels of Barack Obama’s support for the Ground Zero Mosque. He has appointed Maria del Carmen Aponte to be Ambassador to El Salvador. Three United States Senators have a hold on her nomination. Why? Because she had a longterm relationship with a top Cuban spy. She withdrew as a Clinton appointee back in the 90′s because of it. | Read More »

Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) Has No Problems With Repressive, Murderous Dictatorships

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 8th at 02:15 PM  | 

This is un-freakin’-believable. Holy cow. NPR interviews Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) about the Congressional Black Caucus’s visit to Cuba. Brown’s comments have gotten little play and, in fact, what should have been the money quote is totally ignored by NPR. At the 2 minute mark in the interview, the reporter Melissa Block asks, “Well, Congressman, you well know that supporters of current Cuba policy, supporters | Read More »