By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  July 1st at 08:00 PM  | 

[Pigs fly: Someone on RedState says "Well done, Helen Thomas." - Moe Lane] h/t Drudge, Breitbart: http://www.breitbart.tv/white-house-reporters-grill-gibbs-over-selected-questions-for-obama/ See the attached video with CBS news and Helen Thomas taking Robert Gibbs to the woodshed on Obama and co.’s attempts to control the press. Thomas called this a pattern of planting questions as both denounced the process. Gibbs’ reaction was to belittle and ridicule the rep from | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  June 13th at 03:48 PM  | 

Okay, not a very innovate title for a post, but sometimes going into detail on every single abysmal failure and bad judgment is not enough, (although it is necessary to do that as well).  But sometimes, taking stock and stepping back a pace or two to see the whole landscape of messes Obama and the Democrats have created is important.  With that, here’s a very | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  April 13th at 08:51 PM  | 

Let’s take this tax season as an opportunity to introduce a “Taxpayer Protection Bill.”  This would be very newsworthy at this time of year, and would help the GOP image as a party who cares more than the Democrats.  Let’s draft up a five or six point plan designed to protect taxpayers and force a vote on it.   Other minds might have better ideas for | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  April 13th at 08:34 PM  | 

Rasmussen’s recently released poll on top issues to voters, http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues/trust_on_issues, reveals some interesting shifts.  One of the most profound shifts was in which party is more trusted on the issue of abortion.  Obama’s recent actions between embryonic stem cell federal funding (for which the Catholic hierarchy is taking him to task), denying conscientious objecting medical professionals the right to not participate in an abortion, and | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  April 13th at 08:16 PM  | 

Rasmussen Reports published today that for the 3rd straight month, Democrats have a 16 point edge among non-investors on the question which party is better at handling the economy.  The GOP continues to have a lead that is about half that among investors.  See www.Rasmussenreports.com.  That’s about a 20-25 point gap at any time, and the simple lesson to make more Republicans here is get | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  March 18th at 06:15 PM  | 

Its no secret that President Obama relies on his teleprompter to guide him through his speeches and stay on message.  When he’s been without it, he’s let his real opinions slip through to his political detriment.  This week, he’s been reading off the teleprompter while exhibiting anger at AIG executives.  If ever there was an occasion to put aside the teleprompter, it should be an | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  March 14th at 01:23 PM  | 

As Russia expands to build air bases in both Cuba and Venezuela, Obama’s foreign policy ineptitude begins to show just how very different from JFK he really is.  The Monroe Doctrine, which is about 188 years old, has been a longstanding pillar of American foreign policy that disallows any major European power, including Russia, from building up military power in our hemisphere.  It has led | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  March 12th at 05:34 PM  | 

Now before anybody starts in with “haven’t you heard about Roe v. Wade” or “I wish it were so, but the Court would never go for it,” recall that the hated Roe v. Wade decision never declared there is no right to life.  It engrafted a cancerous right to abortion in our Constitutional jurisprudence, but that is easily read as limiting the right to life, not | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  February 12th at 08:02 PM  | 

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America states that “Congress shall pass no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” The gross misnomer that is the “Fairness Doctrine” directly undercuts a major media source in our country, striking at the core of the Constitution and the free press.  It directly limits people’s access to the media they | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  January 8th at 03:01 PM  | 

Never have I been so convinced that Obama is so unready for the Presidency of this country. His crackpot team have announced that they plan to run a 1,000,000,000,000.00 deficit each year, (that’s an even trillion), but that’s before the massive bailout package(s) and stimulus packages, so even more so than most such projections, this trillion is likely a gross underestimate. The worst record deficit | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  December 12th at 06:29 PM  | 

Barack Obama recently announced that he will implement a policy to have a “nuclear umbrella” over Israel. At first, that sounds good. You almost imagine a forcefield like protection against our closest Middle East ally with nuclear bombs bouncing off it. But, as a foreign policy matter, this is a terrible idea with negative consequences for both the United States and Israel. First, Obama is | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  December 12th at 06:16 PM  | 

Barack Obama recently announced that his policy of a “nuclear umbrella” protection for Israel.  Basically, if someone attacks Israel, such as Iran, the United States will retaliate with a nuclear strike.  Wow! So here’s why this is bad for Israel: 1.  First, by ratcheting up the rhetoric to the nuclear level, Barack Obama is implicitly accepting a nuclear Iran.  This is a major foreign policy | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  November 20th at 08:21 PM  | 

First, a disclaimer – I am not an economist. I am only a single American trying to figure out what is happening in this financial crisis and try to think about what the answers should be. As such, I don’t claim to have all the answers. That said, I believe the more we bailout failing companies, the more we hurt the economy. I believe the | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  November 10th at 10:18 PM  | 

I could not disagree more with the proposition that they way the GOP will resurrect itself is in moving left. This will not work for several (I would think) very obvious reasons: “Moderate” Republicans got completely obliterated this year. I mean, annihilated. The last New England GOP rep, Rep. Shays, has been defeated. The northeastern GOP states tried the moderate GOP strategy and it has | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  November 7th at 08:55 AM  | 

If you’re like me, sometimes it helps to have a reminder of what it is we do this all for. This video and the accompanying audio is a beautiful and powerful reminder. I would recommend it to everybody.

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  November 6th at 07:46 PM  | 

Like so many people, I have been sorely disappointed by the election results, and I am deeply concerned over where Obama is going to take this country. Yet, I believe that Virginia is salvageable, and if we, the Virginia members of the RedState community can step up, we can be a key part in that effort. That is my hope, my silver lining, my commitment. | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  November 3rd at 07:18 PM  | 

Okay, so between the late breaking coal scandal and McCain’s momentum, this could pan out. On Rasmussenreports.com, the most reliable pollster for my money, McCain has a lock on 160 electoral votes, while Obama is locked on 260. Now, 21 of those 260 were PA, which dipped down to a 3-4 point lead this week, came up to 6, and has not been polled since | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  November 1st at 10:30 AM  | 

My wife and I just voted for McCain/Palin in VA, absentee. Because I have lived in IN, VA and NY, I have had the unique privilege of voting against a host of unworthy candidates, including: Hilary Clinton, Mark Warner (twice), Tim Kaine, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, John Edwards, John Kerry, Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, Evan Bayh, and a host of lesser known but equally unworthy | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  November 1st at 08:53 AM  | 

My wife came across this video on the Catholic vote that I felt merited sharing as it is a powerful and compelling reminder of the stakes we face on Tuesday. See the video here. The Catholic Church’s teaching is that it is a grave moral sin to vote for a pro-abortion candidate because he/she is pro-abortion, but that a Catholic may vote for the abortion | Read More »

By: paint_it_red (Diary)  |  October 18th at 11:56 AM  | 

The runaway spending of Congress very very obviously cannot be counted on to responsibly spend. They have run up a $10,000,000,000,000.00 debt. They spend without accountability and tax us for even special interest and constituency that will get them elected. “Fairness” is about giving each their due. But Congess is not oriented towards giving each their due. Its oriented towards staying elected. That’s the way | Read More »