http://www.redstate.com/sergee3 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:43:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anyone see this image posted front and center on Drudge? It is from Senator Obama’s press conference Friday, and it has something new. No, not that. Rather, the sign on the podium- it says, “The Office of the President Elect”. Hmm. I have scoured the Constitution of the United States of ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/11/08/obama-gives-us-a-sign-as-to-how-he-will-gover/ -Three states voted to ban gay marriage, including Florida, where 60% of the vote was required, and California, which is notoriously liberal. Gay marriage bans are now 30-for-30 out of our fifty states. This supports two major theses, the first of which is that we are still a center-right country. ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/11/05/dont-give-up-the-ship-part-1/ Inspiring words from the first Republican President: Over at the Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol writes: "If Obama wins, we wish him well. But for now, we can only echo the words of the 30-year-old Abraham Lincoln. On December 26, 1839, responding to the confident prediction of one of his political ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/11/03/need-some-inspiration-for-tomorrow-look-to/ Over at the Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol writes: "If Obama wins, we wish him well. But for now, we can only echo the words of the 30-year-old Abraham Lincoln. On December 26, 1839, responding to the confident prediction of one of his political opponents "that every State in the ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/10/28/abe-lincoln-on-why-we-must-fight-for-this-ele/ If you think she’s dumb, then I encourage you to use your own smarts to build a time machine and forever send yourself to pre-1776 times; you’ll like it there. Throughout the general election campaign, I have been thoroughly disgusted with people who demonize Sarah Palin. Since the end of August, ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/10/21/sarah-palin-and-the-intelligence-issue-ye/ Over at Facebook, a liberal friend of mine posted a link to a NYT article regarding Sarah Palin and the Wasilla rape kit issue. I responded that the article was a smear because it purported allegations as if they were facts, and I linked to Jim Geraghty's Campaign Spot ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/10/07/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-present-to-you-the-i/ Remember what set off the current Wall Street crisis? The first huge company to go belly-up was Countrywide. Who bought them? Bank of America. Now, Merrill Lynch has gone to... Bank of America. Are we really supposed to think that BofA just loves the risk of bad entries on its books ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/09/17/a-lesson-on-moral-hazard-how-companies-ar/ Yesterday marked the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. On that day, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the young United States of America to naval victory in Put-In-Bay, Ohio, against the British during the War of 1812. A super-quick history: Perry was aboard the USS Lawrence, which had ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/09/11/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-they-are-ours/ If you were watching John McCain’s acceptance speech at the RNC on Fox, then this image was hard to miss: After posting recently about Sarah Palin and the 49-star flag, the appearance of a 51-star flag really got my attention. The network kept showing this section, but I could not ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/09/05/who-exactly-was-fox-showing-during-mccains-s/ Because Alaska was admitted before July 4, 1959, and Hawaii was admitted after July 4, 1959, the 49-star flag existed from 7/4/1959 to 7/3/1960. By waving it tonight, conservatives can show solidarity with Sarah Palin of Alaska while simultaneously rallying against Barack Obama of Hawaii. This is not, ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/09/03/wave-the-49-star-flags-tonight-for-palin/ This was probably totally unintentional, but there have been doubts about the Clintons. I DO NOT say that the Clintons, or that Hillary herself, are/is racist, but to use the following line in her DNC speech when everyone is scrutinizing whether she will support Obama, and everyone is scrutinizing ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/27/did-hillary-clinton-use-a-racist-theme-in-her/ Everybody is going nuts over how the DNC is split this year in Denver. Will Hillary publicly release her delegates? Will there be a full roll call vote? Will Clinton-backers break for McCain? Well, here’s an idea: Revamp the VP selection process! All of the Dems’ current discords could have been ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/26/what-if-this-happened-to-us/ Is direct suffrage for the Vice Presidency the last obvious unturned stone of the American enfranchising movement? The original Constitution did not let people vote directly for President, Vice President, or Senators, and most states had high property holding requirements (not to mention racial and gender requirements) in order ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/22/one-day-the-vp-speculation-games-will-end/ Recently, there has been some talk about John McCain potentially offering a one-term Presidency pledge. I, and the term-limiting Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution, think that such a thing is ridiculous and unnecessary. The last real vow of a one-term Presidency was taken by James K. Polk in 1844. ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/20/a-one-term-pledge-pointless/ These responses to the Sedition Acts of 1798, which limited anti-government speech in the wake of the Quasi-War with France, were authored by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and passed by their respective State Assemblies: One of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, emphasis mine: 3) Resolved, That it is true ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/15/jefferson-and-madison-fight-the-fairness-doc/ With the Russian-Georgian conflict erupting over South Ossetia, I figure it’s a good time to recall the history of the Union-Confederate conflict over West Virginia. No, the situations are not really close to the same in terms of centuries of ethnic issues or international politics, but some of the ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/14/speaking-of-separatist-states/ (h/t TeamAmerica) Illinois State Senator Terry Link (D-Lake County) is finding his campaign, and likely himself, in a bit of a bind. Having used the typical Chciago Democrat logic that dead people's pens are mightier than living people's votes, two of Link's nominating petition signature gatherers have been indicted by ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/14/corrupt-dem-watch-dead-peoples-signatures-n/ In response to initial questions about how he viewed Barack Obama's statements on Georgia, McCain said, "There's no room for partiship now." Given that any lack of support for Georgia could be political suicide right now, this left Obama's camp with four options: 1) Agree with McCain's hard-line stance on Georgia and ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/13/john-mccains-political-brilliance-viz-georg/ We all know that Ohio is a swing state, but now the stakes are going up. Due to recent polls showing a steady McCain lead in the state, Obama's team had hinted that they might abandon Buckeye-land in favor of places like Virginia. But now, Ohio might be ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/13/ohio-alert-new-law-could-help-obama-make-it/ Could George W. Bush’s stance on the Russian invasion of Georgia actually have good merit? I argue yes; whether he knows it or not is up for debate. My conclusion is based on the “splendid little war” of 1898, the Spanish-American War. By 1898, Cuba’s fight for independence against Spain was ... http://www.redstate.com/sergee3/2008/08/12/bush-might-actually-know-what-hes-doing-with/