http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And threats don't get more direct than this: either AG Holder starts investigating ACORN, or Breitbart dumps what he still has on the scene in time to make a difference in the 2010 elections. And this message is to Attorney General Holder: I want you to know that we have more ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/20/breitbart-to-eric-holder-investigate-acorn-or-else/ Big Government: Apparently, “any measurement” doesn’t include the unemployment rate, job growth, number of jobs, wage growth, hours worked, home foreclosures, rate of mortgage delinquencies, etc. Which leads to the next question: what does 'any measurement' include? Surely there's something that qualifies: for example, I imagine that segment of the sex ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/19/geithner-everythings-peachy-really/ Everybody's overthinking Chuck Schumer's (D, NY) flip-flop from his 2001 stance on military tribunals: ...those who commit acts of war against the United States, particularly those who have no color of citizenship, don’t deserve the same panoply of due process rights that American citizens receive. Should Osama bin Laden be captured alive—and I imagine most ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/19/sen-schumers-d-ny-unsurprising-tribunal-reversal/ I know that Senator Lindsey Graham (R, SC) is not on a lot of people's Christmas card lists, but this exchange between him and Attorney General Eric Holder was four minutes, forty seconds' worth of pure schooling: Not filmed was the bit in the end where Holder was on the floor, ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/19/sen-graham-knocks-around-ag-holder-on-ksm/ Via Instapundit, HHS Secretary Sebelius is trying to do some damage control on the recent 'suggestion' that women stop getting routine mammograms before they're 50: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, meanwhile, told women to ignore the new advisory recommendations for now. "The U.S. Preventive Task Force is an outside independent panel of doctors ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/19/more-on-the-democratic-partys-war-on-breasts/ It looks like terrorist lawyer - and you may parse that as you wish - Lynne Stewart may spend more time as an involuntary guest of the government than she first thought: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Tuesday a disbarred New York lawyer's conviction on charges ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/18/with-luck-lynne-stewart-about-to-get-life/ (Via Hot Air) Took him long enough: President Obama acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that his administration would miss a self-imposed deadline to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by mid-January, admitting the difficulties of following through on one of his first pledges as president. [snip] On Guantánamo, Mr. ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/18/potus-visits-objective-reality-on-gitmo/ Reverse the Vote! is a program set up to specifically target 24 Democrats who voted for health care rationing, and against their constituents' desires, last week.  The list is entertaining: Arcuri NY 24 Bean IL 8 Berry AR 1 Bishop NY 1 Carnahan MO 3 Connolly VA 11 Dahlkemper PA 3 Donnelly IN 2 Driehaus OH 1 Ellsworth IN 8 Foster IL 14 Giffords AZ 8 Kilroy OH 15 Kanjorski PA 11 Hall NY 19 Hill IN 9 Owens NY 23 Salazar CO 3 Schrader OR 5 Shea-Porter NH 1 Snyder AR 2 Space OH 18 Titus NV 3 Kagen WI 8 ...it's not even close to a comprehensive list of vulnerable Democrats ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/18/reverse-the-vote/ Democratic pollster Tom Jensen earned a bit of polling goodwill by calling the NJ and VA gubernatorial elections accurately (and forthrightly admitting that PPP messed up NY-23, and why), so when he says that AR-02 is a trouble spot for the Democrats, people should probably pay attention to that. Snyder's approval ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/18/ppp-vic-snyder-d-ar-02-tied-with-generic-republican/ Via Instapundit, 'Agencies stiff-arm GAO on info': The investigative arm of Congress has been denied information repeatedly by various government agencies, indefinitely delaying lawmaker-requested probes, according to a letter obtained by The Hill. The State Department, for example, initially balked at giving the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a list of sex offenders. ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/18/transparent-administration-transparently-stonewalls-congress/ This has been circulating around the Hill today; some kind, cruel soul from there took the trouble to forward it to me.  Twenty-four hours and they still haven't fixed recovery.gov: remember how we got told that the new administration was going to bring us into this new, wonderful Web 2.0 ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/17/sen-foghorn-leghorn-d-working-for-tx-45-working-for-you/ Clemons is very, very upset that the administration casually threw away former WH counsel Greg Craig once it became clear that they a) would take a hit from actually closing Gitmo and b) needed somebody to blame. He's so upset, in fact, that he's even now comparing this administration to ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/17/schadenfreude-watch-steve-clemons/ That was Rep. Stupak's (DEMOCRAT) blunt response to David Axelrod's assertion that the pro-life language currently in the health care rationing bill would be 'adjusted.' Stupak's having none of it: Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) pledged on Tuesday morning to defeat healthcare reform legislation if his abortion amendment is taken out, saying ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/17/mr-axelrods-not-a-legislator-he-doesnt-really-know-what-hes-talking-about/ There are not 75. Hey, everyone else is looking up their state, so I might as well do so, too. Of course, the really offensive thing - this merely shows that we're going to have spent 18 million on a database full of garbage entries; something that I already knew ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/16/there-are-8-congressional-districts-in-maryland/ Somebody in the regular media was whining about what the point of Twitter was, a few days ago.  The answer? Rerouting around obstacles. hey Chinese government - i found a way to sneak around your firewall on my laptop to get to twitter. Dont fear freedom, Chinese government. He's also commenting on the ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/16/jake-tapper-illustrates-the-use-of-twitter/ Matthew Berry. Not the ESPN guy: the former Clarence Thomas clerk/DoJ/FCC guy. He's running on a fiscal conservatism/national security/ethics platform; and opposing the infamous Jim Moran, believer in Israeli conspiracies.  His statement about Moran's blathering* on the NYC show trials works for me: “It is wrong for Congressman Moran to ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/16/matthew-berry-to-challenge-jim-moran-d-va-08/ Many Bothans died to bring us this information. Via @simpson316. Moe Lane PS: Seriously, the President needs to start listening to his protocol droids office. Crossposted to Moe Lane. http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/16/secret-bowing-pushback-conference-call-exposed/ Free tip for Missouri Democrats: when you're trying to find a replacement for the third state legislator from your party who's been caught up in a federal corruption case... find one who already pays her taxes. ST. LOUIS — A day before she clinched the nomination to fill a vacancy in ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/16/scenes-from-the-democratic-partys-war-on-tax-paying-missouri/ I have one quibble with this analysis by Dick Morris (via Kausfiles): Don’t assume that the 38 Democrats who voted against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) extremist version of healthcare reform wouldn’t have supported it if their votes had been needed. The days before the final passage on Saturday were not ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/15/the-mythical-moderate-democratic-politician/ To evoke Terry Pratchett, what I'm going to be looking for is a candidate who I think will actively try to ensure that tomorrow is going to be pretty much like today. Liz Cheney (via Gateway Pundit) has some thoughts about whatever person we stick with the 2012 cleanup job is ... http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/15/boring-sounds-like-a-wonderful-quality-for-a-2012-candidate/