http://www.redstate.com/jph Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:29:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The MSM narrative over the next few days will focus on how despicable the Republicans are for heckling Obama during his healthcare speech before Congress (although it was only one Congressman, who immediately apologized). What they won’t tell you is that a number of Democrats heckled Bush during his 2005 State ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/09/10/democrats-heckled-bush-during-2005-sotu-speech/ By now, everyone who pays any attention to the news at all is familiar with the story of Nadya Suleman, the 33 year old single unemployed mom of 6 who recently gave birth to octuplets conceived through in vitro fertilization. The outrage, particularly from the MSM and the left, has ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/02/17/the-liberal-attack-on-the-american-family-the-nadya-suleman-edition/ Dear Mr. President: I read with great interest your Op-Ed in the Washington Post today. In it you state that every day without passage of your stimulus bill leads us further and further into the abyss. You further make the extraordinary claim that if this bill fails to pass, the United ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/02/05/mr-president-put-up-or-be-quiet/ In continuation of their slavish devotion to their master Barack Obama, the media has not only abandoned any claim to impartiality but also any semblence of rationality. Take a look at this article and thank me for introducing some chuckles into your daily routine. AP: On a tough day, Obama escapes for ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/02/04/the-media-escapes-reality/ Much has been written about the proposed "stimulus" bill. Perhaps we should take a moment to contemplate what a trillion dollars is before it we spend it on a program which even its' proponents aren't sure will work. Courtesy of the Dallas Morning News (pdf) among others: A Trillion Dollars could give ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/02/03/a-trillion-dollars-in-terms-you-can-understand/ In 2002 in the run-up to the war in Iraq, Democrats in Congress faced a dilemma. In the aftermath of 9/11, President George W. Bush, realizing that kicking the Iraq can down the road was no longer an option, was determined to deal with Saddam Hussein forthwith. Public opinion was ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/01/28/the-stimulus-bill-the-republicans-iraq-war-resolution/ Remember before the election when Harry Ried said this? Washington — In a move to reassert Congressional independence at the start of the new presidential administration, the vice president will be barred from joining weekly internal Senate deliberations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in an interview with the Las Vegas ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/01/27/joe-biden-goes-to-lunch-harry-reid-was-against-the-lunch-before-he-was-for-it/ To My Dear Friends On The Left With regard to your request that I give our new president, Mr. Barack H. Obama, a chance to succeed in his new office, I’d like to share with you a number of things that I’ve learned in the past eight years from you ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2009/01/20/does-president-barack-obama-deserve-a-chance/ Democrats and liberals whine non-stop about Guantanamo Bay, torture, Abu-Ghraib, human rights, international law yada, yada, yada. They have made it a priority for the Obama administration to correct the "war crimes" of the President Bush and are pushing for legal action against those involved in the War on Terror. ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/11/28/the-face-of-terrors-victims/ The pundits on our side (the conservative side) are outdoing each other, attempting to pin the tail on how the donkey resoundingly stomped all over the elephant these past two election cycles. They are missing the huge forest for the minor trees. For every supposed Republican wrongdoing, there is a Democratic ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/11/09/hey-republicans-when-you-figure-out-a-media/ 1) McCain is Bush McCain, till his dying day, will never be able to figure out how the very same journalists he conspired with to block President Bush’s path at every turn, promptly turned on him and labeled him “Bush 44”. Poor guy, you’d think that after a quarter ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/11/06/top-10-obama-talking-points-the-media-mindles/ AP: Even after nearly two years in the spotlight, little is understood about the 47-year-old first-term senator's approach to leadership. His resume: community organizer, eight years as state legislator, and less than four as U.S. senator. As a lawmaker, he has displayed a knack for working ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/11/05/this-would-be-hilarious-if-it-wasnt-so-infur/ Barack Obama constantly impresses on us the need to be "my brother's keeper, my sister's keeper". Never mind that he fails to practice as he preaches in his personal life. But then again, Obama has never been about reality, rather an idea, a utopian mirage his supporters cannot seem to ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/11/03/find-me-such-an-obama-story-ill-give-you-a/ Philly.com (h/t The Corner) I interviewed two plumbing-company owners in Pittsburgh recently about Barack Obama's economic proposals for small businesses. One has 15 workers and 12 trucks, the other 52 and 34 trucks. It's Joe the Plumber, writ large. Both had the same ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/11/03/want-specifics-on-how-obama-will-kill-jobs-h/ There are people out there who don’t support or “believe” in Barack Obama but intend on voting for him anyway. Why? To punish the Republicans. Some of their grievances are legitimate, others are a result of MSM misinformation. Regardless of the cause their feeling is the team has failed, time ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/11/02/looking-to-punish-the-republican-party-meet/ I took some time to check out Obama's tax cut calculator and was shocked at what I found. The largest Obama tax cut goes to a couple, filing jointly, making only 30,000 with 3+ dependents, over 65, saving for retirement, with child care expenses and a million dollar mortgage. $297 a ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/10/31/obamas-tax-calculator-speaks-for-itself-2/ I took some time to check out Obama's tax cut calculator and was shocked at what I found. The largest Obama tax cut goes to a couple, filing jointly, making only 30,000 with 3+ dependents, over 65, saving for retirement, with child care expenses and a million dollar mortgage. $297 a ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/10/31/obamas-tax-calculator-speaks-for-itself/ I read Jake Tapper's blog, Political Punch, as I (used) to consider him the closest thing to a "balanced journalist" out there in MSM land. He's probably 60%-40% in the tank for Obama, which makes him pretty much from the fairest ones out there. But this post is so childish and ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/10/28/jake-tapper-shame-on-you/ I have nothing to add to this, just read the whole thing: The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game -- with their readers, with the Constitution and with their own fates. The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/10/25/a-must-read-from-abc-news-whodve-thunk-it/ A look at a potential Obama Administration: Secretary of State - Jeremiah Wright ("God D*mn America" resonates well overseas) Secretary of the Treasury - Barney Frank Secretary of Defense - Jack Murtha (would put an immediate halt to US troops air raiding villages) Attorney General - Tony Rezko Secretary of the Interior - Sheryl ... http://www.redstate.com/jph/2008/10/07/a-look-at-a-potential-obama-administration/