One of the themes I always return to is “it’s cute when we do it”, which is shorthand for the way Democrats and their media dogwashers will denounce the Republicans for … well, take your pick: filibusters, indefinite detention, unconstitutional wars, signing statements, executive overreach, etc. … but then go eerily quiet when Obama does the exact same fucking thing. Or even worse, they will somehow contort themselves to believe that Obama’s behavior is better … Read more
Tag Archive: Republican Party
Big Business Liberals
One of the most amazing things about our political system is that liberals and Democrats have a reputation as being the champion of the little guy and the foe of big business. You would think their enthusiasm for eminent domain and regulatory capture would disabuse us of this notion. But it persists. And, this month, we have another illustration of why their nobel reputation is entirely undeserved.
The GOP Congress is trying, for once, to … Read more
Romney Takes Michigan
OK. Now can we stick a fork in the GOP nomination? Yes, yes … oh, all right. I’ll wait for Super Tuesday.
The Santorum surge over the last few weeks has been one of the more bizarre storylines of the entire election cycle. I flatter myself to think I saw it coming when I tweeted some time back that Santorum would be the VP nominee. But I didn’t see this coming. He gave Romney a … Read more
Huntsman Out
John Huntsman is dropping out and endorsing Romney after one of the more puzzling campaigns in recent memory.
I can not understand how Huntsman failed to gain any traction with the GOP. His record as governor was staunchly conservative. As I tweeted last night, he not only had a plan to deal with “too big to fail banks”, he seemed to be the only candidate — Republican or Democrat — who realized that “too … Read more
Obama’s New Best Friend?
Before I get into the meat of the post, a quick question, does anyone really think Iowa means dick? All this hand ringing going on about the cataclysmic effects if Paul wins Iowa, who cares? Santorum is surging in Iowa, who cares? Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll, who cares? Huckabee won in the last go around, now he has a show on Fox, hardly a springboard for success or a momentum builder. Iowans have … Read more
Let All the Poisons That Lurk in the Mud Hatch Out
In probably the most foreseeable political development of the last month, the Ron Paul newsletters have moved front and center in news coverage of the Republican primary. We discussed this issue extensively four years ago and I’ll just repeat what I said then: the content of the newsletters is deplorable; I believe Ron Paul when he says he didn’t write them; but he owes the voters a much more thorough response than he has provided … Read more
I knew this was all politics and not about solutions…
In a move that pissed me off, the congressional republicans buckled and offered the democrats $300 million in new taxes, only to have the democrats rebuff the offer, now making it all but obvious that their intent from the beginning was to have the special debt-reduction committee, which has two weeks left, fail for political reasons.
Congressional Republicans have for the first time retreated from their hard-line stance against new taxes, offering to raise
The VP Two Step
Last night on The Factor Marco Rubio, the preeminent rising star within the GOP, did a little dance with Bill, take a look:
Regarding the Post story, there is no one on the GOP side that keeps the dems up at night, hair pulling and hand wringing, bathed in sweat, like Marco Rubio. Here is a guy that exudes Ronald Reagan, with every breath, a younger more ethnic version, but principled beyond his years. In … Read more
I’m Not Satisfied
Reconciling the simple fact that what I see is what I got, it appears I am in the minority wrt Republicans (or those likely to vote GOP) who are happy with the current field of wannabes:
Most Republicans say they’re now satisfied with their choices in a presidential candidate, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Friday.
Sixty-four percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they are satisfied with their options in candidates to
Michelle Malkin – Plumbing Perry’s Objective Record
Couple of things before I start citing the article to which the title refers:
1) I have no problem with taking a candidate’s religious views and practices into account. In fact, I always do try to discern the veracity of the stated views that their actual practices expose. But I tend to do that privately, as my personal religious views and/or biases will always win out in reaching conclusions about a candidate over what others’ … Read more
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