http://www.redstate.com/smagar Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:02:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rush Limbaugh got treated unfairly, because no one---the NFL, the media---feel they have an obligation to treat him fairly.  If you're on CNN, what's the downside of lying about Rush Limbaugh's quotes?  A tut-tutting critique by The Cleaner Howard Kurtz on Reliable Sources?  After which, it's all forgotten because The Word ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/10/14/once-again-we-conservatives-get-kicked-in-the-teeth/ ...the image of John Boehner as a shameless junketeer. Why is this bad? I can think of two ways, off the top of my head: 1) Very few people know John Boehner, and even fewer have yet to form an opinion of him. 2) If the House GOP hopes to make significant ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/08/17/chris-muir%e2%80%99s-present-to-david-axelrod-chris-matthews-and-tpm/ Ref. mbecker's RedHot today about GOP leaders' drive-by/drive-away-and-don't-look-back postings here...I agree to some extent with mbecker. Sorry for not putting this in the comments section of the appropriate Redhot diaries---those comments are closed (for now). I certainly want the leadership to keep posting here.  That adds value to this site, and it ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/07/15/why-can-gop-staffers-respond-to-redstaters-comments-on-their-bosses-front-page-stories-here/ From what I can tell, Palin's legal bills stemming from this incessant stream of ethics charges are over half a million dollars. If she has to pay those bills herself, instead of the state of Alaska, IMO that's reason enough to quit. So, in the interest of helping to focus ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/07/04/to-what-extent-does-palin-have-to-pay-those-legal-bills-herself/ Ever watch Veggie Tales? Sure you have. Especially if you have kids. On one of the show's episodes, in which Larry the Cucumber plays Sherlock Holmes and Bob the Tomato plays Dr. Watson, two other vegetables play the roles of London constables guarding a crime scene. Whenever Holmes ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/07/02/submit-your-suggestions-what-evidence-can-we-cite-for-wapos-pro-obama-bias/ Sorry, this will be short---but you posted your bit about Politico's attempt to whitewash Playboy's you-know-what list in a Redhot.  This is really a comment...but you can't comment in Redhots.   So...anyhoo. I am so VERY glad that you don't plan to let this drop.  Enough is enough. If we stand here and ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/06/02/go-moe-go-let-the-thing-be-pressed/ Over the past week, I'm sure that many of you have seen me take Senator Cornyn's side in the Crist-Rubio endorsement debate. Specifically, I've pointed out the difficult questions that Cornyn must tackle, given, (a) his specific responsibilities as NRSC chair and (b) the overwhelming constraints he faces leading a ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/05/30/what-say-you-is-electing-rubio-in-fl-worth-losing-a-gop-senate-seat-elsewhere/ I have to give it to CNN, for once. Last night they gave a pretty good smackdown to the Speaker and her Mini-Me trio (Hoyer, VanHollen and that other underling) who played the role of Motion to her Denny Terrio in that faux press conference she staged. The real question ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/05/23/msm-pelosi-has-put-you-on-the-clockwhat-will-you-do/ Because of the anti-terror campaign George Bush and Dick Cheney waged after 9/11, New York City residents (and the tri-state area surrounding it) were spared a repeat of the horror they went through that awful September day. No repeats of the months-long series of funerals, day in and day out. No need ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/05/23/are-nycers-worth-fighting-for-sometimes-ya-gotta-wonder/ It's in Washington DC, the weekend of 16 and 17 May.  Perhaps some of us can meet up? http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/05/03/how-many-redstaters-will-be-at-the-gi-film-festival/ Have you noticed that CNN has shown a lot of interest in John Murtha's porkbarreling recently? Wasn't Murtha contemplating retirement one or two election cycles ago?  Isn't it likely that he'll leave the Congress within a few years anyway? Isn't his district pretty safe for the Dems?  I.e., if Murtha turns out ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/05/01/are-axelrod-and-emmanuel-planning-to-distract-us-by-throwing-us-murtha-to-eat/ it's because they thought that all American men were like THIS guy ,Jeff Zezelny (sp?---but, who really cares?) of the New York Times. Mr. President, in your first 100 days, what has surprised you the most, enchanted you the most, humbled you the most and troubled you the most? enchanted you the ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/04/29/if-you-want-to-know-why-al-qaeda-lost-in-iz-and-af/ (Apologies in advance to all left-handed quarterbacks.  For you, please mentally substitute "right tackle" for "left tackle" as you read). On Wednesday, the Tea Party Movement will make its biggest splash to date.  David Axelrod and his team know they can't stop it.  They can't destroy it.  So, what CAN they ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/04/10/how-will-axelrod-neutralize-the-tea-party-movement-by-playing-left-tackle/ We need to keep talking about it.  And talking about it.  And talking about it. The media wants to drop it.  They don't see it as a big deal. For us, when we see the American flag, our eyes well with tears of pride.  For today's typical MSM reporter, the sight of ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/04/09/keep-talking-about-obamas-bow-to-the-saudi-king/ I won't put links in this diary, because I'm pretty sure most of the regular readers of this blog know what I'm referring to:  an article in The Hill which said that some House Republicans want Dick Cheney to mute his critcism of the Obama administration.  Their concern:  Cheney is ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/03/27/should-dick-cheney-be-quiet-no-no-and-no-again/ Remember the Dems' plan to give DC a voting seat in the House?  One of the many objections raised to that---the US Constitution doesn't allow for that. Now,Powerline points out another interesting tidbit of Democratic Party respect for our Constitution: an article that points out that the provision in Porkulus ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/03/15/another-plank-for-the-gop-2010-platform-we-will-not-disregard-the-constitution/ The Deputy Editor of the Washington Post editorial page---i.e., the section of the paper that speaks FOR the WaPo---uses this column to further misperceptions about the real threat Afghanistan posed to us after 9/11. The man surely knows better.  I mean, after all, he is a leader on the editorial page of ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/03/08/jackson-diehl-abuses-his-responsibility-as-an-msm-leading-voice/ Obviously, the Dems are looking for ways to divide the Republicans, so we can't mount an effective response to Obamanomics, Obama health care, Obama...well, everything.  In the Army, we call this a "spoiling attack."  You attack your enemy, but your goal is NOT to destroy or even defeat him with ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/03/05/rush-invite-david-frum-on-your-show/ In the interest of using this site to generate ideas that motivated people---i.e., us---can execute, I hereby start this diary entry.  Contributors/Moderators---feel free to override this with an article of your own. For our GOP Congress: 1) Stall.  Slow this thing down.  The more sunshine that falls on it, the more that ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/02/10/the-clock-is-ticking-on-porkulus-what-can-we-and-the-gop-congress-do-open-thread/ There are two articles on Powerline today that caught my attention, for---in my mind at least---they're related. This one is about the execrable Will Ferrell play about George Bush. (Did you know that the play shows a graphic of a penis? Unfortunately, because I read this article, I now know. Forgive ... http://www.redstate.com/smagar/2009/02/08/i-dont-want-to-be-friends-with-these-people-i-want-to-shame-them/