Romney has been eviscerated by lots over his going back to the 47% well. He cited not once but twice that the reason he lost is because Obama promised stuff and those voters returned the favor. Then we heard many prominent conservatives (Jindal, Gingrich*) take him to task for this. We heard about divisiveness and inclusion, etc. But Stewart Stevens, in his WaPo apologia (http://wapo.st/Wveof5) | Read More »
Not a long diary really, just wanted to share a sentiment because it kinda surprises me. Mitt wasn’t my choice. He was my Safety School. We really need REAL change, which means perhaps a Herman Cain or a Ron Paul. (I’m not a Paulbot, please don’t boot me. I just think spending needs a dramatic fix and few proposed it.) But I wanted to publicly | Read More »
I’m no one on Redstate, but I hope that someone that has some pull around here promotes this video. I just found it extremely thought-provoking. Rave about the video and post it on the front page for me. What Demint proposes here has HUGE potential. The experience of the GOP in the 1970s, so I’m told, is one of a division between social and fiscal | Read More »
How many ways can this news story offend me? 1. Why does it take the President of the United States to grant gay couples the right to visit each other in the hospital? What part of the Constitution comes close to regulating this? How did we get to a place in government where this order could be issued without scorn and mockery? Why is the | Read More »
According to Patrick Goldstein at the LA Times, conservatives are supposed to hate the movie “Avatar.” I’m really concerned because I didn’t hear this. I want to make sure that I haven’t been left off the email distro of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Granted I’ve been throwing away a lot of RNC contribution requests, but I didn’t think Blackwater and the Carlyle Group were | Read More »
I created a diary for this even though I don’t have much to say – I’d like to capture rebuttals and see if folks can offer up funnier quotes. This was posted courtesy Drudge, commenting on the abject failure of Copenhagen alarmist conference slash Al Gore handshake show. The quote is the last paragraph: If there were not $45trillion of Western citizens’ money at stake, | Read More »
As an alum of one of the fine Pittsburgh universities I read with glee wunderkind Luke Ravenstahl’s desire to tax tuition in order to make the burden of city services “more fair.” He has a point – when I lived in the city years ago I remember an amazing stat about something like a third of the property in the city limits having a tax-exempt | Read More »
I posted the news story about the UK woman who had to deliver her baby on the street because the ambulance wouldn’t pick her up on my Facebook page. A healthcare debate ensued. The last post is below and I wanted to share for grins: “I’m starting to think that conservatives are the biggest p$%^@s on the planet, because their thoughts are guided by fear. | Read More »
As a stockholder of the Simon Property Group I am shocked to read this story from outside of Charlotte, NC. A kiosk owner, Loren Spivack, who sells pro-conservative and anti-Obama materials at his “Free Market Warrior” store, will not have his lease renewed after 2 whole letters were sent in complaint to the mall company. I was also surprised to read that the owner of | Read More »
It’s pretty sad when you read about a Catholic priest and are just so RELIEVED that he got caught with a woman. This, of course, being on the heels of the Archbishop Weakland announcement that he’s gay. It doesn’t help that Weakland got sacked for being embroiled in a gay sex scandal. It doesn’t help that Weakland moved around pedophilic priest-predators in the dioscese. This | Read More »
I’m floored that so many Republicans in the house voted for a 90% tax on bonuses paid out by companies who took bailouts. Where are our principles? We know the other side has no principles but why do we join them in such a low place? Look, a 90% tax is a 90% tax. We don’t know the terms and conditions of the bonuses. We | Read More »
Borrowing from an old joke about the European Union, Jindal’s poor performance in the Obama response but great performance on TV the following day inspired me. (Let me know how well it holds up or add to it!) In a Perfect World…. The punditry/interviews are handled by Bobby Jindal, The speeches are done by Sarah Palin, The principles are championed by Newt Gingrich, and it’s | Read More »
You have to laugh at the irony of this story from the Consumerist. Turns out that the Obama collector coins sold on TV by Montel WIlliams are a huge ripoff. All the consumer gets is money with Obama stickers applied on the face. Isn’t this the perfect metaphor for the Obama Presidency. Obama was sold to us by celebrities. When you finally get it you | Read More »
Promoted from the diaries because I needed a chuckle and you might too. And Tankertodd is on the money with this. Water boarding has nothing on “It’s a Small World”. –Erick I had to chuckle when reading this story about Disney Nerd outrage after hearing that Disney is updating the “It’s a Small World Ride” at Disney World. I chuckle because I took a vacation | Read More »
A great way to connect the debate on this proposed $900B spending bill is to ask people what they would do with their own finances. “If times are tight for you, do you address the problem by spending more or less money?” Judging from the state of the economy, I’d safely say people are spending less money, hence all these layoffs. Fewer people are buying | Read More »
Top Ten Good Things about an Obama Presidency -Democrats are now 100% accountable and we get to hold them accountable. Iran. Iraq. Bin Laden. North Korea. The Economy. All Democrat problems to solve. -Four years of “I told you so” privileges with friends and neighbors. -Sniping from the backbench isn’t exactly leadership but it’s fun. -Before you marry the good girl you got to date | Read More »
In the race to concede, Peggy Noonan seems to want to throw in the towel. How nauseating. The race isn’t over. We know the polls are wrong. We know Obama represents such a large departure from American politics that his election would be akin to electing an ultra-conservative fire and brimstone preacher. How she can think this is over is beyond me. Perhaps she’s trying | Read More »
I think we’re all afraid to call Obama a Communist, but I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility. Reading all about these famous liberals and especially this Jane Fonda quote, I can’t help thinking that Obama’s socialism is all part of a new communist movement: I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on | Read More »
Sorry for the poor quality of my diary, but let’s face it: right now a regular Joe’s diary has about the same chance of being read on Redstate as Bob Barr has of being elected President. I need to goose my stats! Just got this via email from a buddie: So, Sarah Palin’s advisors decide that it is time for her to meet a bunch | Read More »
Here it is: Chips Ahoy cookie; – Peanut Butter; – M&Ms Flip over the cookie. Spread the peanut butter. Place M&Ms in the peanut butter. Enjoy. I like to use 7 M&Ms, to represent the average number of signatures ACORN gathers from one person in a voter registration drive. Or alternatively the number of felonies the typical ACORN worker has on their record.
Can someone confirm or refute this claim?? President Carter worked throughout the campaign to secure their release, including launching an ill-fated rescue mission in April 1980 that killed eight U.S. servicemen. Critics say the Reagan team was so concerned that Carter would gain a boost by winning their release just before the election, that his campaign manager and others negotiated privately with the Iranians to | Read More »
I have to agree that Obama won the economic debate last night. McCain should have won handily on foreign policy – that was no contest, and Obama only had to be credible in the end. Given the current situation, the economic trumps all else as we start to see the effects trickle down to Main Street. What does McCain need to do? (1) McCain needs | Read More »
Last night I drove the minivan with the kids in search of gas. I looked in 4 municipalities in 2 counties. I passed 12 gas stations. Not one had fuel. None. This is insane. Tonight my wife called gas stations to see who had fuel. Talk about funny accents. One guy commented that he couldn’t understand my wife’s accent, which is funnier since she has | Read More »
I don’t know why the McCain campaign isn’t fighting back against the MSM smears yet. Good thing Brit Hume is willing to do the job for the campaign. The bill Obama supported explicitly permits education on sexually transmitted diseases for kindergartners. It doesn’t get plainer than this: But it appears those critics have not read the bill, which Obama backed as an Illinois state senator | Read More »
Open Secrets reports that Barack Obama took in the third-highest amount of PAC money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from 1989 through 2008. This is quite an accomplishment given the fact that Obama has only been in the Senate since 2005, or 16% of that period of time. (The two who did better were Kerry and Dodd.) This is pertinent because whomever gets elected | Read More »
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