I think we’ve all seen the WSJ article that tells the inside story of the House GOP’s dealings with the Obama White House on the fiscal cliff discussions. That article contains powerful stuff, that Americans need to see, about President Obama’s arrogant attitude. Key quote (but not the only good one): “You get nothing. I get that for free.” Wow. 800 billion dollars of our | Read More »
Someone presumably draws a paycheck at the FoxNews website to write stuff like this: Republican Rep. Peter King has officially announced he will step down as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. The New York congressman must resign because of party rules that limit committee chairmanships to six years, and King has already had a one-year extension that he is now finishing. He | Read More »
I, like many of us, have been thinking about how to improve our message. One thing that struck me: millions of Americans apparently voted with little or no concern to our entitlement crisis. Voters aren’t stupid. I’m sure many, if not most, knew that a second Obama term and a Democratic Senate would lead to continued runaway spending. Yet they didn’t care. Why? Then, I | Read More »
Obama: “This is my last election,” Obama is heard telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “After my election, I have more flexibility.” Russian President Medvedev: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” an apparent reference to incoming President Vladmir Putin. http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/11538889-418/obama-on-hot-mic-after-my-election-i-have-more-flexibility.html That episode made my blood boil. I’ll bet that it would make many American’s blood boil. Yet, I haven’t seen it in | Read More »
The MSM is downplaying the Benghazi story…even as more and more sordid details come out. Only ONE of the 5 Sunday shows discussed Benghazi in any great detail. How many people know what Tyler Woods’ dad has said about Joe Biden’s shockingly-insensitive comment about his son? The beginning of this week is a bad time to try and make a huge story out of this, | Read More »
…or the next time she’s on his program. Candy Crowley is a regular Friday guest on The Hugh Hewitt Show. Today, Hugh is asking conservatives and Republicans to ““go easy on Crowley.” Some conservatives are upset that Romney didn’t deliver a second obviously crushing series fo blows to the president, but Romney did turn in a confident, assured performance that did not show a bit | Read More »
(Emphasis added). From Politico, hat tip to HotAir Akin is now mounting a populist-tinged campaign, where he’s stoking anger among the party faithful toward his GOP “bosses,” a shot at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn — all of whom called on Akin to end his bid before the Tuesday drop-out deadline. In | Read More »
I’ll bet a bunch of you have received the same e-mail I did this morning, from the Senate Conservative’s Fund. “Need Your Input On the Missouri Senate Race.” Matt Hoskins, the fund’s executive director, is asking people if the fund should support Akin’s reelection bid. I find it mildly troubling that the Senate Conservatives Fund is asking people that it doesn’t know whether the FUnd | Read More »
I’ve had a chance to watch a bunch of the TV ads airing on Richmond (VA) stations. Here are some concerns I have, FWIW 1. I do not see Romney/Ryan hammering home the debt issue. IMO that’s our most powerful weapon, because Team Obama can’t really counter that. Both sides are running ads that seem to send the same general message: “My plan is better | Read More »
If so, someone should consider renting time on as many of those billboards as they can. Then, they can flash all sorts of messages that Dems would prefer NOT to see during their convention. For example—”Beam Me Up, Scotty!” About a year ago, a former Planned Parenthood official wrote a book about her experiences in the employ of that abortion provider. She tells the story | Read More »
Howdy folks. Starting tomorrow, I expect the Dems to be in full Mediscare mode. I’m looking for some good online resources that take on the Dems’ key Mediscare arguments. E.g., even though Ryan says that people 55 and over won’t be affected, Dems claim that Ryan’s proposed Medicare changes will weaken the plan overall—and THAT will hurt seniors. Where are some good, credible sources—preferably as | Read More »
Did Republicans Deliberately Sabotage The Economy? Greetings everyone–smagar here. I’ve linked an article just posted on TucsonCitizen.com, by “Baja Democrats.” Baja is the most active Democratic blogger on TucsonCitizen.com. I, blogging on the “Fort Buckley” blog on TC.com, have been duking it out with Baja and the other Tucson leftys. This appears to be Baja’s big pre-election blog in support of Ron Barber, the Democrat | Read More »
Greetings Redstaters. smagar here. I write the “Fort Buckley” blog on TucsonCitizen.com. It’s an openly partisan GOP and conservative blog—the only one on the site. Right now, I’m blogging in support of Jesse Kelly’s election. We could use some commenters in the online publications down here. It would be great if we could get some help over the next few weeks. (The election is June | Read More »
Cross-posted from the Tucson Citizen Last April, the Tucson Tea Party (TTP) gathered in Reid Park. 2011 had been a rough year for the TTP. Three months earlier, liberals and the media (yes, I repeat myself) made it sound as if Jared Loughner had been a fellow traveler with the Tea Party movement. By April, though, it was clear that the TTP had been unfairly | Read More »
As all of us know, President Obama picked a fight with the GOP this week over recess appointments. The question now is—what’s the smart way to respond? At first blush, I’m in agreement with Ace, from Ace of Spades, posted the day Obama threw down the gauntlet: Basically Obama is running for President and he wants his opponent to be “Congressional Republicans”. Sometimes the best | Read More »
It pains me to write this, because most of my professional wardrobe was purchased at Mens Wearhouse. However, after reading this, I’m willing to look for another clothing store: Last night, a reporter for the Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune photographed a surprising sign in the window of the Men’s Wearhouse Oakland store. The sign reads “We stand with the 99%. Closed Wednesday November | Read More »
Remember that great picture, “Ten Ways that Dick Cheney Can Kill You?” I do, and I’m dying to find a high-resolution copy of that picture. I’ve Googled it, and I can find a few links—to low-resolution copies. Anyone know where I can find a good one? Moderators, if you want to put my request on hold until the next RS Open Thread, I’ll understand…but I | Read More »
Fortunately for us, we now know just where to find the patient. Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Al Megrahi will today mark the second anniversary of his release from prison in a safe house with his family. Libya’s under-fire regime has called for any celebrations to remain ‘low key’. Megrahi was filmed last month by Libyan state television appearing at a rally. Despite the fact he | Read More »
I’m noticing a “plague on both of their houses” attitude in some of the conservative blogosphere’s reaction to the “Battle in Madison” between Justices Bradley and Prosser. Specifically, I see commentary that implies that BOTH sides are at fault here. Glenn Reynolds, in Instapundit: UPDATE: More details arise in Wisconsin’s “Chokegate.” Justice Abrahamson isn’t coming off too well. But then, who is? Really, if I had | Read More »
Looking for advice on tracking down someone who threatened me online. I write a conservative blog on my town’s online newspaper. A commenter wrote that I should be shot. I have the IP address—is there any way I can track down who sent the message? At the very least, if I can put some heat on the Internet provider, I can make the dude’s life | Read More »
Remember the 2008 CNN You Tube GOP Presidential candidate debate? I do. Remember the penultimate questioner of the night? A retired military flag officer who questioned the GOP candidates about the subject of gay marraige—definately an uncomforatble subject for GOP candidates. I do. Remember how, even before the program was over!, conservatives had researched this retiree online, found out he was associated with the Hillary | Read More »
We all know it’s risky to be a conservative fillmmaker or actor in Hollywood. We all want to see more conservative-friendly (or, at the very least, not-conservative-insulting) movies and TV shows. Well, one way to make that happen is to financially reward those conservative folks in Hollywood in front of the camera, behind it and paying for it. If “Atlas Shrugged” has a good opening | Read More »
Is it possible that the the two most prominent Cabinet officials in the Executive Branch decided to blow off Fox News today. Is the White House playing favorites again with media outlets? There has been a back-and-forth between Fox News and the White House ever since President Barack Obama took his oath in 2009. And the latest episode appears to have occurred on Sunday after | Read More »
Today should be a glorious day for personal responsibility and public sanity in Wisconsin. Yes, the Tea Party cavalry will ride into Madison. I doubt there will be many union counter-protesters…they’re not getting paid to protest today, like they were this week by being “sick.” So, the Tea Partiers should have the streets largely to themselves. If I were Machiavelli, and I were a Tea | Read More »
If Fox News is a propaganda machine, then it misleads its viewers. Fox News is a propaganda machine. Therefore, Fox News misleads its viewers. If you are a student in Pima Community College this year (southern Arizona, whose major city is Tucson), you’ll see this argument listed as an example of a hypothetical syllogism. (A syllogism having a conditional statement for one or both of | Read More »
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