By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 18th at 01:38 PM  | 

Previously, I’ve highlighted the responses by various Republicans to Obama’s decision to “loosen” deportation rules on  illegal immigrants. They have heard, and I’m sure will continue to hear, from their constituents and fed-up Americans across the country. All of these things are generally expected from conservatives and, one would hope, Republicans. But according to one article in the Christian Science Monitor, even some illegals are displeased | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 15th at 04:22 PM  | 

See bottom for Romney’s response. Unless you’ve been living under a rock today, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about the Obama administration’s decision to end deportations of illegal immigrants under 30 years old and provide them with two year renewable work visas (amnesty by any other name)–adding a possible 800,000 to the number of people to the work force. Despite the fact that he said in | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 15th at 12:03 AM  | 

You guys remember Cynthia McKinney, right? Georgia’s resident political nutball (not peanuts–sorry, Jimmy Carter, but you’re plenty nutty yourself), Truther, and “Freedom” flotilla supporter who was so–well–nutty that the voters in Georgia’s 4th District voted her out for a guy who thinks Guam can tip over and capsize.* Well, it turns out the raving anti-Semite crowd will probably get some new representation in Congress come 2013 from | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 11th at 07:03 PM  | 

Promoted from diaries. I have to admit: I’ve seen some pretty ridiculous uses of the race card in the past four or so years, but this one might just take the cake. We’ve seen people using negative terms like “socialists” and criticizing Obama’s policies accused of being racist in some crypto way. However, this is entirely new to me. Calling him “cool” is now racist…wait, | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 11th at 01:38 AM  | 

(H/T: @ali–Ali Akbar) In previous posts, I have written about how Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX-25) have stood up for free speech on the issue of SWATting attacks and similar forms of harassment on bloggers for trying to express their opinion and tell the truth about the attacks as well as the people who may be behind it. The two of them | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 7th at 09:01 PM  | 

(H/T: Twitchy) Yesterday, I mentioned that one of my own Senators, Saxby Chambliss, had called on the DOJ to investigate the SWATting attempts to silence free speech from conservative bloggers. Today, we find a representative joining his ranks, Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX-24). The statement released by his office says, in part: “I have written a letter demanding Attorney General Holder and the Justice Department fully | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 6th at 10:12 PM  | 

I must admit, I’m happy my state has two Republican Senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson. It’s certainly better than the alternative, whether one or two Democrats. However, there are so many times that I wish they’d give us conservatives more than what they’d do. So, for once, I am happy to see one of my guys taking the lead on an issue, especially one | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 6th at 03:46 PM  | 

Promoted from the diaries by Jeff In their frantic attempt to glean something positive from last night’s shellacking in Wisconsin, we found the Obama campaign clinging (bitterly?) to the results of the exit polls. According to them, Obama was still beating Romney 51-45% in the state. Unfortunately, for them at least, they don’t even get this satisfaction anymore. Michael Barone has done the analyzing: It | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 4th at 11:07 PM  | 

There are few things I more enjoy watching in the realm of politics than economist-turned–particularly-arrogant-and-smarmy-pundit Paul Krugman being put in his place. Admittedly, this is something akin to shooting fish in a barrel, and erstwhile RedState poster Pejman Yousefzadeh has turned this into an art form. Nevertheless, it is something that must be done, because if there’s anything worse than a fool who fancies himself smart, | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 1st at 06:32 AM  | 

(H/T: The Foundry) There might still be hope yet for Europe, or at least Great Britain. Two recent studies have reinforced what we’ve known all along: small government works. The first one is from the Centre for Policy Studies (founded by Margaret Thatcher!). It’s called “Small is Best: Lessons from Advanced Economies”, and the full study can be found here (PDF file). But for those of | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 31st at 06:00 PM  | 

I’d read something about this several days ago, but for some reason, I decided not to post on it. Now, it’s surfaced again. The Obama Justice Department isn’t even trying to appear to be non-partisan anymore (did they ever try in the first place, though?). Eric Holder is doing his best to scare black pastors into encouraging their congregations to vote for Obama using the | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 30th at 09:30 AM  | 

In a previous post, I wrote about how bad LOST would be for us. Well, Let Freedom Ring has been all over the issue. Yesterday, they posted an assessment of the situation. Among the highlights is this passage: Last Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a one-sided hearing addressing the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or, as | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 29th at 03:24 PM  | 

(H/T: Hotair) The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Congressman Joe Donnelly, who is seeking the Senate seat Dick Lugar has been primaried out of, is having a little trouble coming out one way or the other on the Notre Dame HHS lawsuit: When asked by this reporter for a follow-up, his spokesman emailed a statement in which Mr. Donnelly repeated his call for a | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 28th at 01:25 PM  | 

From the diaries by Neil One of the problems we find in politics these days is the rash of bills with rather Orwellian titles. The best example in recent years is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (you know, Obamacare). But fortunately, some things have titles that are all too appropriate. The Law of the Sea Treaty is one of them, which is rather | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 27th at 10:21 PM  | 

Has David Brooks finally been able to break the hypnotism of the crease?  On Jim Lehrer’s NewsHour on PBS, a show that seems to have a fondness for inviting him on when they need a “conservative” to slap around, he said: “I sort of think this debate hurts both candidates,” Brooks said Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour.” “I think Bain is not popular. It is not | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 26th at 06:52 PM  | 

Few of my memories from the first RedState Gathering stand brighter than getting the chance to hear Ted Cruz speak. When I originally looked at the schedule, I had no idea who he was, so I broke away from chatting with my newfound friend Neil Stevens and attended his speech out of a sense of curiosity, and on the strength of the recommendations of fellow | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 25th at 05:09 PM  | 

I’m not sure what I can add to the chorus of voices here on RedState condemning what Brett Kimberlin and his friends have done. Erick got the ball rolling today by posting about the relief fund for those Kimberlin et al. have harassed, and then he proceeded to show us how people like them operate, particularly through “swatting”. Dan McLaughlin then elaborated on the tactics | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 24th at 03:25 AM  | 

Promoted from Diaries. This post is based upon a comment I made on my earlier post. The person I was originally replying to was banned before I could hit send. I hadn’t intended to write this as a diary post originally, but at the suggestion of acat (and a little inkling I had while writing the comment as well), I am going to post it here | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  May 21st at 09:48 PM  | 

Promoted from diaries. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President… –Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution This is a passage that has weighed heavily upon us in recent years. There are those among us, known commonly as “Birthers” | Read More »

By: Jake (Diary)  |  March 21st at 10:06 AM  | 

Calvin Coolidge’s moniker “Silent Cal” is something of a misnomer. While he was very famous for his economy with words, he was well known in his day for using the kinds of media available to him. In fact, he hired the best media strategists of his day to help him effectively utilize what was available to him. Because of this, he became the first President | Read More »