Democrats Go Even Lower in the Gutter
From Politico: A top lawmaker in the Congressional Black Caucus says tea partiers on Capitol Hill would like to see African-Americans hanging from trees and accuses the movement of wishing for a return...
View ArticleThe Democrat Plan: Smear and Fear
From The Hill: President Obama is struggling in the polls against would-be Republican challengers because voters don’t know the GOP contenders well enough yet, a top White House official said Thursday....
View ArticleRun, Sarah, Run!
Real Clear Politics has a link to the Palin speech today as well as several quotes – this is the most important part: …On crony capitalism: “So many of them, they arrive in Washington, DC of modest...
View ArticleBachmann: Why is There a Dept. of Education?
From CNN Political Ticker: Painting herself as a “constitutional conservative” Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told Sen. Jim DeMint’s forum Monday that if elected president she would look to get rid of...
View ArticleLeaving the Cult?
As we all discussed in the Labor Day Open Thread, Mike Lofgren over at Truth Out has written an article explaining why he left the increasingly lunatic GOP “cult” – but as I read it, the views Lofgren...
View ArticleAt the GOP Debate: The Question for 2012
From Ann Althouse, noted in tonight’s debate: A young guys asks a classic question: “Out of every dollar that I earn, how much do you think I deserve to keep?” That is the question to ask – and...
View ArticleMedian Male Earns Less Than in 1968
From Zero Hedge: While the fact that a record number of Americans are living in poverty should not surprise anyone at this point, what should surprise many is that according to Table P-5 of the Census...
View ArticleRevolt of the Tax Slaves
From Der Speigel: The people who could ultimately give Greece the coup de grace are not the kind to throw stones or Molotov cocktails, and they have yet to torch any cars. Instead, they are people like...
View ArticleA Challenge for Morgan Freeman
My friend Ali A. Akbar found Morgan Freeman’s recent comments about the Tea Party to be quite disturbing, and as a Tea Party activist, has challenged Morgan Freeman to experience a Tea Party rally....
View ArticleI Still Say Jeb Bush Was Right
It’s perhaps predictable that I, the guy who started Blogs For Bush back in 2003, would be defending Jeb Bush over comments he made this week suggesting that Ronald Reagan or George H. W. Bush would...
View ArticleThe Un-Death of the TEA Party
The obituary of the TEA Party has been a regular feature in the MSM since about 5 minutes after the movement started. A good deal of the motivation behind this is the ardent desire on the part of the...
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