Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
By now you’ve heard that the President, who’s been sitting on his jobs speech for days, if not weeks (or maybe years), has suddenly announced that he’s going to give it on the same night as a Republican presidential candidate debate that’s been schedule for months. It’s a tacky gesture,
Continue readingAce has an excellent post up today about the way in which the media invariably frames Democratic and Republican victories: when Democrats win, Americans are intelligently embracing the Democrat agenda; when Republicans win, Americans are acting irrationally, operating from fear, or failing to understand the virtues of the Democrat agenda.
Continue readingAs the primary season heats up, here’s a good question to ask: If we want to end the primary season with a viable political candidate to face off against Barack Obama, are there limits limits to the nature of the attacks that bloggers launch against the Republican candidates during this
Continue readingStephen Hayward advances a solid argument that Romney has the lock on the nomination. As I read it, the core of is argument is that Romney is the seasoned Republican campaigner, whose weaknesses have already been thoroughly exposed by a hostile media. Perry still has ahead, as Hayward says, a
Continue readingI mentioned last week that House Republicans, in an effort to use social networking better, are running a competition that sees members compete to optimize various social networking media. My long-time blogfriend Lorie Byrd worked to help Renee Ellmers, a true Tea Partier, get elected, is now working to help
Continue readingThe GOP has recognized that, as much as anything, the next election starts on the new media. In order to get House GOP members on board with new media, they’ve instituted a contest by which GOP representatives compete for the most YouTube links, twitter friends, etc. In other words, to
Continue readingThere’s a fiery debate over whether Republicans won or lost the budget round over discretionary spending. Good examples of the pros and cons on that debate are Peter Wehner (Boehner did great) and Dick Morris (Boehner was a spaghetti-spined disaster). What do you think?
Continue readingDemocrats are the friends of big business, Conservatives are the friends of small business. Democrat government inevitably ratchets its way to corruptocracy. If you don’t agree with this, can we at least agree that Democrats favor highly regulated economies and societies and conservatives don’t? Let me explain with two examples.
Continue reading“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” – President Barack Hussein Obama I posted this as a comment to Book’s previous post, but have now posted it independently as a challenge to all of us Bookworm salon aficionados. Here’s the premise: virtually all the political violence
Continue readingMitch McConnell proved himself, really proved himself, when it came to the omnibus spending bill. Kimberly Strassel explains: This week Democrats unveiled a $1.2 trillion omnibus, legislation as pure an insult to the electorate as it gets. It was a 1,924-page monstrosity that nobody had time to read. It took
Continue readingI was very flattered that neo-neocon used one of my posts to examine how she, when still a liberal, thought about Republicans. Her primary point is that, because she is just a few years older than I, she still remembers a Republican era in America that wasn’t bad. She has
Continue readingMy friend Sally Zelikovsky says it in the clearest words possible: Unless conservatives in California vote for the Republicans, we will have a Sacramento government made up entirely of San Francisco Democrats. If that horrible outcome sounds painfully obvious to you, you don’t know California. There are two dynamics in
Continue readingMike Pence asked me for money today. He seems like a good guy. I hope he wins. Life, liberty and limited government, he wrote, these are the cherished ideals of our nation, and they are ideals from which we must never stray. Indeed they are. Truly American ideals. As David
Continue readingDon Quixote sent me an email this morning. It seemed like a great thing to post, especially while I’m digesting all the stuff in today’s news: Subject: The Fence………. Which side of the fence? If you ever wondered which side of the fence you sit on, this is a great
Continue readingA couple of years ago, I switched my lifelong party affiliation from Democrat to Independent. The fact is that I’m more closely aligned with Republicans than Independents, despite having some serious reservations about Republican Party management, but I just couldn’t make myself put that “R” by my name. Today, however,
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