For those not familiar with the name, Dan Savage is a homosexual activist and cyber-bully who spends a pathological amount of time trying to take down Rick Santorum and other social conservatives. He has engaged in rampant, vile cyber-bullying and has even publicly threatened to kill and rape them – all in good fun, of course. He has hijacked Santorum’s name and created a sexually | Read More »
Mic check… Mic check… If you let them go… If you let them go… We will let you leave… We will let you leave… From Davis, to Greece, F*** the police! We’ve all seen the video clip of the UC Davis police officer calmly hosing down “peaceful” student protesters with pepper spray, as if he were spraying weed killer on his flower beds on a | Read More »
The Ohio Republican Party (ORP) is in the midst of a public squabble that is not only causing division within the upper echelon of the party, but is exposing the arrogance of those who consider themselves to be the upper echelon of the party. It’s no secret that ORP Chairman Kevin DeWine and and Governor John Kasich are not the best of friends. Both Kasich | Read More »
Newt Gingrich caused a stir this week by departing from the orthodox pro-life reservation. In an interview with Jake Tapper, Gingrich said that he believed that life does not begin at conception: TAPPER: Abortion is a big issue here in Iowa among conservative Republican voters and Rick Santorum has said you are inconsistent. The big argument here is that you have supported in the past | Read More »
“Because you want the government to pay for it with a great big tax credit. If it’s big enough to do what you say, it’s actually going to be more expensive than having the private sector go out and capitalize it in the private market….You want the research, you want the tax credit. That’s a government solution.” Sen. John Kerry [Entire debate] [Newt debate clips] | Read More »
“Meet Herman Cain, scheduled to occur on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:30 PM has been cancelled. Please update your plans accordingly. We are advised that there will be a press release from the Cain campaign tomorrow about this.” While Cain is publicly saying he will “reassess” his campaign, this cancellation gives us a strong indication that his campaign may be over. As I wrote in a | Read More »
The Democrats, with an assist from the Republicans, have made a mess of the Ohio primaries. That’s primaries – plural. In addition to the March 6th primary for the Senate and other state and local races, Ohio will also hold a second primary on June 12th for House races and presidential candidates. Maybe. This all started in November, 2010, when the GOP swept the Ohio | Read More »
It’s worth remembering that 66 Republican House members did not succumb to Speaker Boehner’s high pressure tactics and voted against putting the American people through this sham they’re calling the Supercommittee. Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, who led the charge against the debt ceiling deal, was threatened with the loss of his seat through redistricting for his defiance of Boehner. We will never know what kind of arm-twisting | Read More »
A Family Discussion with Republican Presidential Candidates Sponsored by The Family Leader, Citizen Link, and The National Organization for Marriage. 5:00 EST in Des Moines, IA, moderated by pollster Frank Luntz. Presidential Candidates: Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum (confirmed); and Mitt Romney (wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole) (invited). Webcast at Citizen Link will begin at 4:30 | Read More »
In the comment thread of my previous diary about the rehabilitation of Rick Perry’s campaign, bzip shared a YouTube video of Perry at Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concert in Dallas in August 2010. I think it’s an important addendum to my previous post because it shows a side of Perry those of us in the flyover states have not yet seen: The first thing I | Read More »
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