Herman Cain Singlehandedly Revives an Old Stereotype

    The other day, Herman Cain said if he was in charge of defending our borders, he’d build a twenty foot high wall, put barbed wire on the top, electrify it, and put a big sign on it that read “if you touch this, you will die!” On Sunday, asked about it by the dimwit who replaced Tim Russert, Cain said he was joking. The media | Read More »

    The One Way Street

    I wrote this last November, but in light of current events (see e.g. McCain v. Hayworth) I think it is worth posting again. We hear this all time — conservatives in the GOP have to play nice with the moderates. We never hear the other, that moderates should play nice with conservatives. Why is that? Consider the facts: In Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, conservative Tim | Read More »

    Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group

    How can this be? Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group. I hope the | Read More »

    From the Mailbag

    From: “Seth Rossignol” rossignol72@gmail.com Subject: healthcare Date: August 6, 2009 1:00:41 AM EDT To: contact@redstate.com F**k off you pieces of s**t health insurance shills! You hate mongering f**ks! I bet he watches MSNBC. And I bet when ACORN blocks entrances to banks he applauds.

    On David Brooks and the “Great” Reformers

    If you ever wanted to know if there are coordinated spin efforts by the mainstream media on issues, look no further to David Brooks’ latest piece of bird cage liner that is still buzzing around Washington. It all started Tuesday night with the new meme that we’re a center-left nation from the pundits on the networks. Funny they should all raise the same point that | Read More »

    The battle for the Kansas Republican Party just got very ugly

    When you hear “Kansas Traditional Republican Majority” you probably see the word “tradition” and connote that this must be the conservative GOP organization in Kansas. Not only would you be wrong, but if you are in Kansas, you may be totally misled. This organization, the state equivalent of the Republican Main Street Partnership, the far left organization dedicated to making the GOP platform a mirror | Read More »

    Sean Tevis Runs For Kansas State House District 15 on Netroots Nation Funds

    Kansas Meadowlark has a new fun way to raise money. Meet Sean Tevis. Sean has done little fundraising in the 15th State House District of Kansas. Instead, Sean went to Netroots Nation and passed the hat. He raised closed to $96,000.00. As Kansas Meadowlark notes A huge part of Tevis’ contributions (71.9%) were small, unitemized, and without any additional information. *Only 1.8% of all contributions | Read More »