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    Morning Briefing for July 27, 2012

    RedState Morning Briefing July 27, 2012 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Obama: ‘We tried our plan and it worked’ – ‘You would think they’d be saying Thank You!’ 2. The Ethanol Chickens Come Home to Roost 3. Is David Dewhurst a Conservative? Of Course Not.

    Is David Dewhurst a Conservative? Of Course Not.

    But don’t tell that to DC’s chattering class who would have you believe there isn’t any difference between Dewhurst and Ted Cruz. They claim this campaign is just about which kind of “conservative” we will get in Washington — a “veteran conservative legislator” (read: guy who make nice with leadership), or a new member of the “doesn’t-play-well-with-others” caucus. It is “nonsense,” according to George Will | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for July 26, 2012

    RedState Morning Briefing July 26, 2012 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. All Hands on Deck as the Silver-Tongued President Continues Clarifying ‘You Didn’t Build That’ 2. Gallup: (nervously looking around) …DOOM? 3. Stealing Virginia and maybe the presidency 4. The Debt Ceiling Deal One Year Later

    Morning Briefing for July 25, 2012

    RedState Morning Briefing July 25, 2012 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. The Desire to Return to the Box 2. Obama Campaign Official Sen. Louise Lucas: Romney Campaigning on Racism 3. Bloomberg: A Little Anarchy Might Help Convince People to Give Up Their Guns 4. We’ve Defeated Fred Upton! 5. Republican Supporters of a Democrat Senate 6. Putting | Read More »

    The Desire to Return to the Box

    Prometheus was a sneaky Titan. He created man despite Zeus warning him not to. Then he brought men fire. In addition to punishing Prometheus, Zeus decided to get even. He had Hephaestus mold a woman from clay and the gods breathed life into her filling her with all the finest attributes of the gods — beauty, creativity, kindness, and also curiosity. Zeus then arranged a | Read More »

    Mitt Romney is Too Far to the Right . . .

    The casual consumer of news hears it all the time and not just from Democratic pundits. Reporters, pundits, and concern trolls in the media fret that Romney has had to move too far right. He’s just too conservative. These same people never stop to examine Barack Obama. Between the two, Barack Obama has repeatedly surrounded himself with people who actually don’t much care for the | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for July 24, 2012

    RedState Morning Briefing July 24, 2012 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Mitt Romney is Too Far to the Right . . . 2. The Cycle of Government: Subsidize the Living; Tax the Dead; Benefit the Corporate Cronies 3. Another Senseless, Preventable Death Lies At The Door of Planned Parenthood

    Morning Briefing for July 23, 2012

    RedState Morning Briefing July 23, 2012 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. This morning I need an editorial note for the bookends to this Briefing. It is against my personal policy to link outside RedState in this Briefing. But on rare exception I’ve set that rule aside for things I think really cannot be missed and that might be | Read More »

    Maybe Hertz Rental Car Will Pay Attention to This

    It is rare I get to take my wife with me on a trip, but with business in her favorite city, Austin, TX, a broken rib, and a need for a break, I lined up her parents to keep our kids and off we went so she could have some fun and rest. We only had a day – Saturday – to do anything. Friday | Read More »

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    40 Years of Deliverance, Batman, Colorado, and Ted Cruz #EERS

    I’m live from Austin, TX tonight. I’ll be commemorating the anniversary of Deliverance, which for some reason put Georgia on the map instead of taking it off. Also, we’ll get into Batman and the politicization of tragedy. At 7pm ET, Ted Cruz will join me to talk about the state of play in Texas. Listen live right here and call in at 1-800-WSB-TALK. Consider this | Read More »

    Joe the Plumber Will be at the RedState Gathering. Will You?

    Talk about a guy in the right place at the right time. An American in fly over country just happened to get caught on tape asking a question about tax policy on small businesses to then candidate Barack Obama. Without a teleprompter to help him, Barack Obama spoke to the Ohio plumber off the cuff and from his heart. Candidate Obama said, “When you spread | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for July 20, 2012

    RedState Morning Briefing July 20, 2012 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh BATMAN! 1. Joe the Plumber Will be at the RedState Gathering. Will You? 2. Mr. Speaker, Tear Up This Farm Bill 3. What’s in Romney’s Unreleased Tax Returns: He Overpaid His Taxes 4. These Hands: Mitt Romney Uses Barack | Read More »

    What’s in Romney’s Unreleased Tax Returns: He Overpaid His Taxes

    Ben Domenech has been doing some pretty solid reporting in The Transom (you’ve subscribed, haven’t you?) about what might be in Mitt Romney’s taxes. He offers this morning the best and most informed theory. Why most informed? Well, he talked to people who were familiar with the veep vetting process for McCain in 2008. Here’s what he reports: So what about the years before 2009? | Read More »

    These Hands: Mitt Romney Uses Barack Obama’s Re-Marx

    Oh nooooooozzzeeeeee!!!! Mitt Romney must be a racist taking Barack Obama out of context. Why? Well, he’s using Barack Obama’s in context re-Marx from Virginia in a new web ad that I feel comfortable saying will be coming to a television screen near you soon enough. More of this please. Honestly, this is one of the first ads from the Romney camp I feel heads | Read More »

    Was Barack Obama Lying Then or Now?

    We all learned yesterday that if you accurately quote Barack Obama’s speeches or fictionalized accounts of his life that he penned, you are automatically taking him out of context. And, as Kevin Eder noted on twitter, you’re racist. Conservatives, such as myself, who dared quote Barack Obama’s Friday entry into grade school Marxism in Virginia are being attacked for taking him out of context. The | Read More »