http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:14:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, Dana Milbank has an article up on the Washington Post's Washington Sketch blog where he basically skewers a number of Senate Republicans for employing the filibuster against President Obama's Lefty fringe judicial picks. The story goes something like this; given the GOP's attempt (the so-called "Nuclear Option") to end the ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/11/18/the-nuclear-hypocrisy-of-dana-milbank/ Election Night 2004 saw Republican Dino Rossi emerge victorious in the Washington State gubernatorial election against Democrat Christine Gregoire. Yet when the time came to take the oath of office, Christine Gregoire stood at the podium with her right hand up. Four years later, Election Night 2008 and it was Republican ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/11/03/to-the-christie-campaign-remember-norm-coleman-and-defend-your-victory/ A few weeks ago, the Washington Post decided to once again insert itself into Virginia's elections with its vaunted "macaca" maneuver and help its chosen candidate over the finish line. For those who don't know, to  "macaca" (.verb) is when a news outlet seizes upon a gaffe by a politician ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/10/09/what-provokes-outrage-on-the-online-left/ Via Ace, I saw this quote in his "Top Headlines" sidebar by by the proprietress of "It's Only Words" - who should be one and the same as this lady here, and thought it was one of those brilliant things you've always thought of but never quite found the right ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/09/14/matthew-manweller-democratic-plant/ 2006; Senator George Allen is running for re-election against former Republican Jim Webb. Despite the polls everywhere showing that the GOP was going to have a very unhappy Election Night in a few weeks, Allen was comfortably ahead and already planning his next six years in Washington DC representing the ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/09/05/bob-mcdonnells-macaca-moment-and-how-he-can-get-past-it/ Recently, the MSM has been all atwitter and fretting about the "harsh tone" of the debate on President Barack Obama's quest to nationalize the American healthcare sector. In apparent shock, they shriek that the President is being portrayed with a Hitler mustache at Town Halls and protests. David Gregory had some ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/08/18/the-msms-suddenly-concerned-about-presidents-being-portrayed-as-hitler/ No. I haven't suddenly become afflicted with Vichyism and become a "moderate." I fully expect that, as David Letterman increasingly comes under fire, the Left's pet Republicans, i.e. the Davids Frum and Brooks, Meghan McCain, Kathleen Parker and newly minted "moderate" Peggy Noonan would explode unto our screens to come ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/06/11/im-disappointed-with-sarah-palins-reaction-to-lettermans-attack-on-her-daughters/ Please take a look at this interchange between John Ziegler and Contessa Brewer on Barack Obama's MSNBC. (H/T: crippy) John Ziegler just demonstrated the picture-perfect attitude to take towards the "reporters" and "anchors" at any and all of the Democratic networks; ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, etc. Some variant of disdain, contempt ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/06/11/john-ziegler-msnbc-the-gop-and-the-democratic-media/ Moe wrote about Hiram Monserrate back when the story broke about his Christmas-time attack on his girlfriend with a broken beer bottle for having another man's business card in her purse. The woman needed 20 stitches around her eye. In reaction, the brand new incoming NY Democratic Senate Majority closed ranks ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/06/08/ny-state-senate-defection-a-serious-miscalculation-by-hiram-monserrate/ This is in response to gsy987 here, complaining that the GOP needs to adjust itself to make "moderates" more comfortable. Of course, his advice, like that of David Frum, Rick Moran, David Brooks, etc. is that we jettison social conservatives and demand less loyalty of "moderates" toward the party. My father ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/05/19/advice-for-a-moderate-republican-who-voted-obama-over-mccain/ Update (05/14/2009): A little change; I've decided to concentrate the number of precincts per county first and the number of currently serving Committeemen in each county before drilling down to the precinct level. What is the Committeeman Project? Read all about it here. Achance's comment here neatly captures one of the ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/05/14/the-committeeman-project-alabama-autauga-covington/ I firmly believe today that former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's Conservative Resurgence Plan was the best thing to come out of the race for the RNC Chairmanship earlier this year. With its focus on precinct-level organization, it not only provided the best blueprint for rebuilding the Party in ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/05/05/the-committeeman-project/ This could be a liberal letting the cat out of the bag prematurely (i.e. "loose lips sink ships"), or a conservative cleverly parodying ACORN types and giving us a heads-up on what to expect from the Left today. As you may know a bunch of redneck traitors are planning a protest ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/04/15/acorns-bag-of-dirty-tricks/ I remember some time last year, mortified Texas Republicans found themselves having to explain how it was that they granted a vendor selling campaign pins saying; "If Obama is President will we still call it the White House?" space at their convention. All over the blogosphere, the Left went nuts with ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/04/10/left-wing-groups-acornhuffpo-reporters-planning-to-infiltratesabotage-tea-party-rallies/ Yesterday (and I swear I had no idea what was coming down the pike the next day), I responded to a comment by one of Redstate's more clever mobies (he is clever because he avoids the blam stick by carefully limiting himself to one comment per month or so). Yil, ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/04/01/fratricide-and-ted-stevens/ From just September till now, Sarah Palin has accumulated a personal dept of over $500,000 in legal fees defending herself against fake/false/frivolous ethics charges. That's Five Hundred Thousand Dollars. A group of Alaska liberals, with the apparent cooperation of members of the Alaska Democratic Party have been filing ethics charge after ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/03/24/the-campaign-to-bankrupt-the-palin-family/ NOTE: Was responding to this and it got too big. A friend of mine in the Army explained to me once, why the bulk of servicemen from the top officers to the lowest enlisteds are against the allowing of open homosexuality in the Armed Forces. Primarily, it was unit cohesion, and ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/03/20/why-allowing-open-homosexuality-in-the-military-is-a-bad-idea/ Who is your GOP precinct committeeman? Your GOP county chairman? Your county's representative(s) on the state's central committee? What if you're looking for any local upcoming Republican Party events in your county or district? What if you want to host one such event yourself? What if you want to organize ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/03/19/my-beef-with-michael-steele/ Unfortunately, I have to disagree with EPU and everyone else that the Democrats picking Rush as their current target for destruction now that Dubya is back in Crawford for good "can't possibly end well" for them. I personally think it can, and that actually, if things continue the way they're ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/03/05/on-rush-vs-obama-i-beg-to-differ/ Newt Gingrich is right. Republican campaign consultants are probably the dumbest, most short-sighted unimaginative pedestrian minds working in politics today. And, in hindsight, even while acknowledging the great job he did in 2004, I think I'll lay some of the blame at the feet of Karl Rove as one of ... http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/02/19/cao-vs-vitter-really/