Ann Coulter noted today that any Republican effort to overturn Obamacare by legislative initiative by or means of a government shutdown would be futile. The president would veto any successful legislation and the Republicans would lose the politics if the government were to shut down. Coulter said the first priority of Republicans is to win elections. She suggested that implementing Obamacare could fuel its own | Read More »
In a recent diary, “A Gathering of Republicans,” Tom Lesser highlighted several Republican positions that he believes marginalize and exclude potential converts to the Republican cause. Unfortunately, his characterizations were mostly inflammatory caricatures, borrowed directly from Democratic talking points. I can’t say whether Mr. Lesser honestly hoped to provoke a meaningful dialogue or if he simply wanted to antagonize the faithful. Red State, like many | Read More »
There are many reasons to defund Obamacare. The detail and minutiae are mind-numbing enough, but for the purpose of engaging your Senator or Representative, stick to the arithmetic. I was curious about the subsidies available to those enrolling in the Obamacare exchanges. The exchanges provide coverage options to those not currently covered by Medicare, Medicaid or employer-provided coverage. Medicare expenditures are, to some degree, offset | Read More »
The ‘need’ word has infected political rhetoric. President Obama recently suggested that we should eliminate certain tax loopholes because some taxpayers are doing just fine and they don’t need tax relief, i.e. the money. More troubling, he didn’t argue that the government had new and pressing obligations, requiring increased revenues, nor did he argue that the government’s need for the money was relatively greater than | Read More »
Eric Hoffer observed in “The True Believer” that for mass movements to succeed, it is more important to have a devil than a God. Democratic campaigns have taken that advice to heart. So, what is the message Democrats take to prospective voters? The message is this. The game is stacked against you. The society is hopelessly corrupt and you are powerless to achieve and provide | Read More »
Many subscribers to Red State share a low regard for the biased MSM and lament the chronic ineptitude of Republican messengers. Comments often suggest that the media bias is so overwhelming that resisting it is pointless. But some recent diaries have struck a more positive note, focusing on honing the conservative message and delivering it persuasively. Conservatives were not always inept messengers. It may be | Read More »
The Tea party at its inception was an eclectic mix of Tenth amendment Republicans, non-ideological, fiscally responsible Independents, isolationist Libertarians, Reagan Democrats and a smattering of those who routinely attach themselves to third party causes. Despite their divergent leanings, they united around key themes; government run amuck, fiscal sanity, entitlement reform). What happened to the Tea Party movement? The Democrats and their friends in the | Read More »
President Obama has once again set out to impose social justice at the expense of the very people he seeks to help. He proposes an increase in the minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $9.00 per hour. Sounds reasonable enough. But how does increasing the minimum wage by 24 percent improve the job prospects for someone who is unable to find work at the | Read More »
Legal immigration into the United States is a tedious, expensive and time-consuming process. It stands to reason that immigration reform, however well-intended, cannot provide benefits to undocumented aliens today that are currently unavailable via the legal process now in place.. So, what is it that both undocumented aliens and prospective legal immigrants want? Both want residency (entry), temporary legal status (visa), path to citizenship (green | Read More »
Politically, I am a little to the right of Alan Keyes. So, it was a bit awkward to have a recent post to these diaries tweeted on the liberal blog, The Reid Report. I would have preferred that Charles Krauthammer endorse my thoughts in the second paragraph of his next syndicated column. Instead, Joy Reid, a liberal writer of some distinction, provided me an unexpected | Read More »
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