Kerry Roberts is a CPA running for Congress in Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, a region long-held by “Blue Dog” Democrat Bart Gordon, who decided he would retire this year. Below is his campaign video. Early voting began yesterday.
Enjoy.
Boston College Faculty Donate Overwhelmingly to Obama and Democrats
This story originally appeared on CampusReform.org and was posted by Campus Services Coordinator Leigha Caron:
Editor’s Note: Boston College’s independent conservative newspaper, The BC Observer, researched and published the overwhelming disparity in political donations made by the campus faculty. This information is of great interest to conservative alumni and prospective students; it can also garner significant media attention, as George Washington University’s Young America’s Foundation chapter learned when mentioned in The Washington Post. If you’re eager to demonstrate blatant bias at your college, and earn recognition for your group by doing so, click here for step-by-step instructions on how to conduct this research.
by JP Bonner
Boston College employees gave $53,753 to Democrats and $3,257 to Republicans over the last election cycle, according to disclosures released by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Sixty-two faculty members contributed to the Democratic total, while four donated to the Republican total.
A&M Professor: Rush Limbaugh “Lies,” Republicans Are “Crooks,” and Federal Gov’t Not Getting Bigger
This story originally appeared on CampusReform.org and was written by Campus Services Coordinator Tony Listi:
Indoctrination of students in class by faculty who promote socialist ideas and other leftist priorities.
Leftist faculty using their class time to preach politics instead of teaching the topic at hand.
Faculty who express in class blatant contempt of conservative ideas.
These are three of the 47 types of leftist abuse and bias compiled by Leadership Institute president Morton Blackwell. Professor Keith Swim engages in all three in his Business Law class at Texas A&M University.
One student in the class decided to audio record the professor’s lectures to expose his leftist bias.
Students Fight Star-Spangled Banner Ban – and Win
This story originally appeared on CampusReform.org and was written by Emily Cochran:
The Star-Spangled Banner was banned at Goshen College, a private, Mennonite school, because of, according to President Jim Brenneman, the college’s value of “compassionate peacemaking seeming to be in conflict with the anthem’s militaristic language” – referring to the “rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air” lyrics.
Ryan Troyer, a sophomore computer science major, Goshen College soccer player, and all-around great American, was opposed to the ban. He decided to do something about it.
“First, some of my friends and I started a group in support of the anthem at Goshen, even [though] there was one formed against it. We then started giving signs for students who support the anthem to hang on the doors of their rooms.”
The ban gained national attention, including from Time magazine and the American Spectator.
Van Jones, former “Green Jobs Czar,” now Princeton faculty
This post originally appeared at CampusReform.org and was written by Abigail Alger:
Van Jones, President Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar,” resigned amid controversy in September 2009. Now he’s re-emerged in the public spotlight at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, and the Princeton University faculty.
The Party’s Over: Obama’s youth support dwindles as “Hope” fades
The post originally appeared at MatthewHurtt.com:
The Huffington Post reports this morning that the “youth vote,” that elusive and fickle demographic that Obama swept off its feet in 2008, is moving noticeably in the opposite direction as notions of “Hope” and “Change” fade from political discourse. From the article:
A realistic assessment of Ron Paul’s CPAC straw poll victory
There has been much discussion and debate on the overall meaning of Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s success at the CPAC straw poll this year. CPAC, as you know, is the “Conservative Political Action Conference,” yet there are some who seek to rebrand CPAC into a more libertarian event. Undoubtedly, this is not necessarily the type of rebranding that folks like David Keene and the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union would like to see.
Several prominent figures within the conservative movement have expressed distaste for the combination of events that shed CPAC this year in a more libertarian light: Paul’s straw poll success, Students for Liberty founder Alexander McCobin’s praise for GOProud, as well as other minor events.
Traditional conservatism places emphasis on Judeo-Christian morality, a hawkish and militarized national defense, and a certain level of fiscal restraint. The more libertarian crowd de-emphasizes social issues and has little interest in an itchy trigger finger.
Since so many were willing to brand my political persuasion today, I feel the need to clarify it here: I think libertarian foreign policy is naive. To suggest that the United States operates in a vacuum where foreign actors either play no role or are only provoked by American actions is silly. Of the two tenets left, I tend to focus heavily on fiscal issues and allow others to champion Judeo-Christian tendancies. That being said, I am pro-life and tend to be indifferent on other social issues. And yes, I supported Ron Paul in the 2008 primary, but I am by no means what one could consider a Paultard, or whatever term you might use.
So, let’s take a look at these numbers:
- Of the roughly 10,000 CPAC attendees, just under 2,400 of them voted in the straw poll. For those of us who aren’t all that proficient mathematically, that’s about a quarter of all registered attendees.
- Of the ~2,400 votes cast, 48% of them were cast by students, which – as we know – were generally pretty supportive of Ron Paul during the Presidential Primary. And for those of us who aren’t all that proficient mathematically, that’s about 1,200 votes or so… roughly.
- Which brings us to that Presidential total: 31% of CPAC attendees who voted in the straw poll did so for Ron Paul. So, for those of us who aren’t all that proficient mathematically, that’s about 740 total votes cast in his favor.
- Lastly, 740 or so votes cast out of a total 10,000 or so attendees amounts to just about 7.4% of the total percentage of attendees.
No matter how much of a Ron Paul fan I am (the rational, non-crazy type), I cannot realistically see a reason to trumpet these results as launching some sort of Presidential bid for 2012.
I do know that Young Americans for Liberty and Campaign for Liberty worked tirelessly to register many Paul supporters for CPAC, so the results are a testament to their organizational skills, but even in the best climate – where Paul received a full 7ish percent of the vote of the total number of attendees – it’s rather insignificant.
I eagerly awaited the primary results in key states early on, and when Paul garnered only 5% of the vote, I knew that little would come from his primary campaign. While Paul’s overall message of limited government is a good one, he is likely not the best messenger for the cause.
I would like to see more Members of Congress like Ron Paul: someone who will question the status quo and raise awareness for important issues like sound money, limited government, etc. What I do not like from the base of Paul supporters is the same type of hero worship that so engulfed Obama supporters. At the end of the day, Ron Paul is just a man. There are others like him. Sure, not many share his views on 100% of the issues, but there are ideologically sound Members and candidates which the Ron Paul faction can support.
It’s their unwillingness to examine anyone who is not 100% like Ron Paul that irks me.
Matthew Hurtt graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in May 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. He can be reached at Matt.Hurtt@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter, too.
Post-Beck CPAC, Rush defends GOP
This post originally appeared at MatthewHurtt.com:
Rush Limbaugh defended Republicans today in the wake of Glenn Beck’s criticisms during his keynote address on Saturday night at CPAC. Let’s take a listen:
Toomey, Sestak to team up on Specter again
In a letter to Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak, U.S. Senate candidate Pat Toomey agreed to participate in round two of what is shaping up to be a right-left tag team against the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter, who trails former Congressman and Club for Growth President Pat Toomey, according to a recent Rasmussen Poll. Both Toomey and Sestak hope to replace Specter in the Senate in November.
PSU students turn up the heat on Climategate Prof
From the diaries by Erick
This story first appeared on CampusReform.org:
Last week, PSU Young Americans for Freedom Chairman Samuel Settle railed against a flimsy internal investigation by the Penn State administration into climate professor Michael Mann’s involvement in the Climategate scandal. Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Foundation, an independent public policy institute,reported on Mann’s involvement in mid-January and called for an independent investigation into Mann’s research.
Following a string of unflattering headlines, including reports of fudged data by the IPCC and a revelation by a British climateologist that there has been no significant warming in over 15 years, Penn State University students decided to act swiftly.
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Dan McLaughlin
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Neil Stevens
