As will come as no surprise to anyone outside of the conservative blogosphere's nether regions, Obama gained enough votes to win the electoral college today when Florida certified its electoral votes and sent them on to Congress.
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Of the many reasons that conservatives hate Barack Obama and his incoming posse, perhaps the dumbest is that, well, they aren’t dumb enough. As the Washington Post’s Alec MacGillis notes, conservatives are apparently outraged that Obama will populate the White House and federal agencies with too many people who not only went to [...]
If India proves Pakistan’s involvement in the terrorist attacks what should India’s response be? ( polls)
I read the Maritime Sentry blog from time to time and I’m usually pretty impressed with the level of research and general knowledge on display by the writer. However, there’s a poll on the [...]
It’s brilliant: a national debt counter in the form of Alistair Darling as the landing page, and making good use of the iconic economic propoganda image of the tax bombshell as the main header.
At a time of economies breaking down, terrorism widespread, chaos in Afghanistan and Somalia, the British Conservative Party has identified the key issue facing their nation– rights given to couples who cohabit. Under a new Conservative plan, unmarried couples who live together would be denied rights married couples receive, and pre-nuptial agreements would be made [...]
Once again, John McCain is in a slumber while a member of his own party is under attack. Truth based attacks on John Kerry by the Swift Boat Vets? That's over the top. Truth based attacks by the North Carolina GOP on Obama. Over the top.Where was John McCain during the 8 years of false and malevolent attacks on George W Bush?Now, we are in the 4th day of vicious attacks on Sarah Palin by anonymous
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As if the blockbuster success of Beverly Hills Chihuahua weren’t proof enough of our national godlessness, Bill Maher’s Religulous is also a hit! Despite rampant noncontroversy, the Larry Charles–directed, faith-mocking doc earned $3.5
Bill Maher is a Libertarian and a stand-up comedian. He’s so right on point on this one. America - together with other former colonies *cough Australia cough cough* is a (quote) young and dumb country (end quote) and they have so many people believing that the world is a pancake and the moon is made [...]
Image via WikipediaGiven that all the major media outlets have been owned by massive corporations for some time now, I've always found it odd that the media has been one of conservatives' favorite targets. It isn't like the mainstream media is actually liberal in any meaningful way. Why would the right-wing be so invested in attacking them? I suspect the answer lies in the nature of their religiou
I’m not a social conservative, but Andrew Sullivan makes a good point:
Or to put it in a way that might appeal to social conservatives: grant marriage equality and we can stop talking about homosexuality. We can start talking about love and friendship and commitment and family - for gays and straights. We can leave this [...]
Maybe no one really cares anymore, but a viral video is sweeping the Internet, and (surprise, surprise) is highlighted by Matt Drudge today, showing that Barack Obama's use of Karl Marx's phrase “redistribution of the wealth” when chatting with John McCain's BFF, Joe the Plumber, was not, as expected by many of us, just an unfortunate choice of words.Back in 2001 Obama gave a radio interview i
Are conservatives uniting for "Change? " There are signs that as the economic unrest shifts to battleground states, Senator Barak Obama is getting some support from an unexpected group... Conservatives! Really! The support is not inauthentic, even if not in millions. But this question needs to be asked: Is this shift about a Macimplosion? Or a Maverick meltdown? While we ponder an answer... Sen
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. Read Haidt's article by clicking here.
The Conservative candidate David Anderson in Cypress Hills - Grasslands scuttled an All Candidates forum in Assiniboia, SK after he refused to attend. That’s according to Duane Filson’s campaign office. The Chamber of Commerce in that town had planned to hold a forum during the election, but decided not to have one after only the [...]
Wake up folks! Here's a level-headed perspective on the values at stake in Canada's upcoming election vote. It's serious.As Canadians prepare to go to the polls on October 14, the question of a majority conservative government continues to play in...
-Same old McCain? John McCain is running a new ad where he advocates embryonic stem cell research.-Ehud Olmert says that Israel must hand back land for peace with the Palestinians and Syria.-Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to duty in the United States itself?-The McCain campaign is hoping that the marriage of Sarah Palin's pregnant teenage daughter will lift their flagging campaign.-Last
Kathleen Parker, a conservative columnist for the National Review Online, is calling for Sarah Palin to drop out of the race. "Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first."
The new Conservative website looks quite pretty. It is far prettier than the old version, certainly, and has more and better information on it. However, it is really quite “safe” in the end, and nothing is really very “eye grabbing” in aesthetic terms.
There is a nice number of sections on the site, such as policy, [...]
Caution: The following is a portion of Small Dead Animals, and as such is not safe for young children, old children, people with good taste, and especially people prone to ranting or high blood pressure:
Ad hominem alert: And she doesn’t even know enough to cover her big, fat, white legs. So unattractive and so unnecessary.
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Conservatives Rallying Behind McCain- Made Possible By Sarah PalinIn a stunning turn-around, a new poll taken after Sarah Palin's nomination as Vice President shows that grassroots conservatives overwhelmingly support John McCain for president at levels that may eclipse conservative enthusiasm in the 2004 presidential election!The poll, conducted by Grassfire.org, found that 62% of conservatives n
While we don't have mortgage or financial issues in Canada, we do have a downturn in the economy and job losses in Ontario and Quebec.I can't give my support to the ruling Conservative Party for the following reasons:There is no credible "green strategy for Canada" from the Conservative Party. All they can do is knock the "Carbon Tax" policy of the Liberals.Both the mun
So now Hallmark is making Gay Marriage cards, which means that here comes the bride and bride is now officially no cooler than a Bar Mitzvah or Secretary's Day. When the Venn diagram of the kinky aspects of life intersect with Hallmark, you know you're getting old. The gay press has been welcoming this extension of inclusiveness, while railing against the “right wingers” who are flipping out
We are very excited about the blog THIS WEEK. After our discussion of William Voegeli's excellent Wall Street Journal piece two weeks ago, we engaged in a discussion with Dr. Voegeli via email. We all agreed to reprint that exchange here for the purposes of stimulating additional dialogue. Though Dr. Voegeli did not have time to write a formal response to our response to his response (dizzy yet
Conservatives stand up for Canadians… unless:
-You have a cell phone.
-You use copyrighted material.
-You breathe our atmosphere.
-You like junk mail. (I just got more Conservative Junk Mail today! Hooray, I don’t feel lonely anymore!)
There’s just a small taste of how Canadians are being stood up by the Harper Conservatives.
So, John McCain might pick a running mate that supports abortion rights?
The stunning thing is not McCain's non-conservative position; rather, it is that some conservatives were actually "alarmed" by his exit, stage left.
Columnist and author Thomas Frank joins us to talk about his latest book, The Wrecking Crew. Frank writes, "Fantastic misgovernment of the kind we have seen is not an accident, nor is it the work of a few bad individuals. It is the consequence of triumph by a particular philosophy of government, by a movement that understands the liberal state as a perversion and considers the market the idea
THIS WEEK, we seek to situate Professor William Voegeli’s excellent article (“Civil Rights and the Conservative Movement”) from The Wall Street Journal’s website in the context of Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Cappella’s new book Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment (Oxford University Press).Echo Chamber provides a thorough, theoretically-grounded a
- Scott Miller
It’s about damn time! It’s about damn time that Republicans actually began to start acting like conservatives again. It’s about damn time that Republicans actually stood and fought on principle. I’ll say again… its about damn time!
What am I talking about? Well yesterday, Bug Eyes (aka Nancy Pelosi) gavelled down the Republican’s attempt to [..
The following image consists of influential conservative politicians, pundits, talk and radio show hosts (Newt Gingrich, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill O’Reilly, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mitt Romney, Michael Savage and Lars Larson.) They are influential. They have a significant following. And they are all conservative (some more conservative than the others, obviously).
This has been bothering me for a while and I was going to just ignore it, but some of my favorite bloggers have been stooping to this new low of insulting Barack Obama using his middle name. Now, I’m not sure if it’s racist, bigoted, prejudiced, ignorance, arrogance, childish, or some combination thereof, but [...]
In a 90-minute radio interview now available online, conservative writer and Republican strategist Michael Johns says the late Tony Snow, President George W. Bush's former Press Secretary and a former Fox News anchor, will be remembered fondly as an authentic and articulate advocate of modern conservatism, and especially for his success in communicating the vital importance of the outcome of the w
Cross posted at Conservatism With Heart
By now anyone paying attention has seen the New Yorker Magazine cover with Barack and Michelle Obama. Even those who don’t pay attention must have seen the cover by now, you can’t get away from it. Still I must give you my take on it.
Barack Obama’s camp has called [...]
Mark mentioned a few days ago, as he has many times, that he believes a left/libertarian alliance is coming. I think he's right, to an extent. It's coming, but I don't share his optimism about it, nor do I suspect it will last particularly long. For many of the qualifications he suggested, the Left is just a different form of the Right. Political gain matters more than any principle could ever
This morning Sandef Rhyferys has published a translation of a letter to David Cameron from Professor Richard Wyn Jones, Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University.
Professor Wyn Jones addresses the future possibilities for Welsh politics, and the future of devolved government in Wales. He argues for a further shift to greater pow
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This yahoo news article is on black conservatives who will likely vote for Barack Obama. From Armstrong Williams "I don't necessarily like his policies; I don't like much that he advocates, but for the first time in my life, history thrusts me to really seriously think about it," Williams said. "I can honestly say I have no idea who I'm going to pull that lever for in November.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. That could change this year with Barack Obama as the Democratic Party’s nominee….
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During Thursday's question period Chuck Strahl, the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, called the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples an "aspirational document" which is rather similar to Alberto Gonzales calling the US constitution "quaint". While it's true that the declaration not legally binding, the Conservatives refused to vote for it because they said it was in conflict
I’ll have more about the Conservatives’ problems in advertising this week, but for now, feast your eyes on the party’s willyoubetricked.ca ? I’m not going to link to the site, if you’re really curious you’ll get to copy/paste it. Someone sent me the site in an effort possibly to social-market it (and hey they were [...]
Hey "pro-family" peeps: You have taken it upon your selves to push an initiative that would amend the California constitution so that it bans same-sex unions. However, your lil' "democratic process" is not something to which you are owed as...
The headline may seem like a trick question -- even a dangerous one -- to ask during an election year. And notice, please, that I didn't ask whether certain politicians are more honest than others. (Politicians are a different species altogether.) Yet there is a striking gap between the manner in which liberals and conservatives address the issue of honesty.Consider these results:Is it OK to cheat
Is it OK to cheat on your taxes? A total of 57 percent of those who described themselves as “very liberal” said yes in response to the World Values Survey, compared with only 20 percent of those who are “very conservative.” When Pew Research asked whether it was “morally wrong” to cheat Uncle Sam, 86 percent of conservatives agreed, compared with only 68 percent of liberals.
According to the Washington Blade:"The Log Cabin Republicans, a national gay group, announced its first wave of endorsements for incumbent candidates in the House and Senate Tuesday.The organization endorses the following candidates for re-election: Senators Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)Susan Collins (R-Maine) Rep Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)Rep Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)Rep Christoph
WOW! John Hawkings Says Put very simply: John McCain is a liar. He's a man without honor, without integrity, who could not have captured the Republican nomination had he run on making comprehensive immigration a top priority of his administration. Quite frankly, this is little different from George Bush, Sr. breaking his "Read my lips, no new taxes pledge," except that Bush's
How does “conservative” John McCain’s global warming plan work? While it’s slightly less restrictive than the Democrats’ plan, it is forecast to make the economy take a $1.7 trillion hit on the economy by 2030, with most of that burden being carried by the middle class.
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The other day, I wrote a defense of "judicial activism" in which I showed how "activism," in the sense of judges overturning laws, is in fact one of the two primary purposes of the judiciary (along with the obvious job of arbitrating criminal and civil cases). In support of my contention, I quoted extensively from Alexander Hamilton's Federalist #78 (and if you recall your history, Hamilton was fa
Chatting to a few friends over a pint in Wetherspoons we all agreed that today was a hugely significant day in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election campaign. Edward Timpson brought William Hague and George Osborne to Crewe's Victoria Street and carried on down to the outdoor market. I'll be honest, I was amazed how well received they all were. People wanted to come over and chat, and chat they did.
Answers? I meant Stonewalling, sorry for the typo.
Feds Slow To Respond
By Sarah Mills
Updated May 13, 2008 - 2:58pm
The federal Infrastructure Minister is all but ignoring Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco’s plea for action on the Building Canada fund.
Fiacco insists the government is dragging it’s feet on handing out the infrastructure funding and that the construction delays [...]
The more and more I see about Obama the worse and worse I fear for the future of this country should he get elected. I am seriously bothered by so many conservatives I hear saying that they will not vote for McCain in November and so will either sit out or vote Losertarian. This is so damaging to the party and to the country. Yes, McCain is not the ideal Ronald Reagan conservative we all want, oh
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The handshakes and smiles continued over the weekend, with the Edward Timpson campaign also in Crewe town centre (they even agreed to pose with our iconic clock tower in the background). There have been a few Nantwich visits but you get the feeling they see that and other villages as pretty safe. Their hard work needs to be done in Crewe, still boasting strong Labour roots despite what the nation
Otherwise engaged with the Lib Dems over at the station end of town, I couldn't get over to see Edward Timpson's (Conservative) visit to Coppenhall this morning. He and Alan Duncan (shadow business secretary) were over at the North Street Post Office (near the Cross Keys roundabout) highlighting the need to retain these local outlets. It's a valid cause that many feel passionate about. Timpson seems to be trying to tackle some of the core issues and he has pounded the pavements. Plenty of mud-slinging and insults, but he is perhaps the more local of the candidates. I'm hoping to get a profile piece done over few days. Have you met the Conservative candidate recently? Are his (and his party's) policies in line with what Crewe and Nantwich want and need?
Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson was elected mayor of London by a margin of around 140,000 votes. While this news was expected earlier today, its confirmation adds to Labour's woes.
The BBC has more.
- Scott Miller
It’s sad. Just when most of the rest of the Western democracies are turning against the utter economic and social disaster their liberal governments have left in their wake, Americans seem to be flirting with two of the most radically liberal politicians we’ve ever seen in modern American times.
The latest European setback for [...]
Pro Vita Advisors, a non-profit organization that helps write and present shareholder resolutions designed to make companies less supportive of things like gay rights and a woman's right to choose, will tomorrow introduce a shareholder resolution asking banking institution Wells...
iranian conservatives “won” a large majority in parliament after completion of the second round of voting. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Conservatives won 69% of the votes, reformist garnered 16% and independents obtained about 14%. Of course, it is difficult ascertaining the extent of popularity of Ahmadinejad because so few reform candidates were even allowed to [...]
Barack Obama did a good job in his interview on Fox News Sunday (video above). With all my criticism here of Fox I should also say that Chris Wallace also did a good job. Sure I could nitpick (and I was annoyed by him repeatedly calling Clinton’s nine point victory in Pennsylvania a big [...]
Recently I read an article by Whit Ayres: “Let’s Get Right into the Debate.” Basically, the article polarizes or politicizes environmentalism and champions green conservatism while demonizing liberal environmentalism. Personally, I believe it is dangerous to politicize environmentalism because environmentalism at its core is not to be politicized. Politicization demands benefit to politics or a political ideology or system and not towards the environment or Nature. Of course, there is political ecology but political ecology focuses on how behaviors of individuals living within a political system influence environmental issues and the landscape.I also believe that green conservatives are stealing elements of environmentalism like market-based mechanisms and making them their own.
Read Tim Graham’s point-by-point skewering of the article at NewsBusters. Funny, I think radical Muslims are more like the loonies at the far left of the political spectrum.
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This is a portion from the chronic Negro liberal Oliver Willis
“the vast majority of blacks engaged in politics are moving forward you have a miniscule few who for whatever the reason (I tend to think its for them to adopt a contrarian pose) will vote Republican. As a result, they are outliers within their own [...]
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In this the winter of political muckraking and dirty tricks, when candidates play foot loose and fancy free with the truth, one fact remains irrefutable:
As I’ve noted before, Republicans are to some degree right in defending John McCain over the 100 years in Iraq line. On the one hand McCain was not talking about another one hundred years of war in its current form. On the other hand, McCain, and his defenders, are wrong in thinking that we can [...]
In a full-page letter ad that will run Saturday in an Arizona newspaper where Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be on the presidential campaign trail, leading social conservatives warn the GOP hopeful against picking Mitt Romney as his vice presidential running mate.
On my desk I have a letter form my own MP who tells me the Conservative party believes that elected representatives should not give up the powers they were elected to wield without asking the people who first elected them. In the modern world, where people want power and control over their lives to deny [...]
Image from WikipediaMcCain Has Yet to Win Over Key Conservatives - The Wall Street JournalExcerpt:"On the campaign trail last week, Sen. John McCain declared at least three times that the Republican Party is "united." But is it? Some prominent conservatives say they remain disenchanted with the party's likely nominee. Sen. McCain isn't doing enough to persuade them of his conservative credentials, they say, or win them over to his side. Although the sentiment among conservative leaders is that they will vote for Sen. McCain come November, they aren't thrilled about the prospect."Related articlesMcCain Nearly Left Republican Party [via Zemanta]Maverick [via Zemanta]John McCain's Free Ride [via Zemanta]Paul Feels Snubbed by McCain, GOP [via Zemanta]
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Republican Evangelical voters are already trying to get motivated against Barack Obama, since it’s hard to get motivated FOR McCain, in the General Election, they’re telling you he’s pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, and they’re even trying to use his Muslim childhood against him. It’s going to be a really nasty campaign for Senator Obama.
Now for [...]
Sixteen months ago, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism." The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable than conservatives.
Clinton apologists have tried to excuse Clinton’s attacks on Obama yesterday for his affiliation with Jeremiah Wright by claiming Clinton was just answering a question. Josh Marshall presents a couple of arguments to debunk this defense. First he notes that Clinton repeated the attack later in the day and goes on to write:
Now obviously, Hillary’s [...]
I want to start off by telling everyone how happy I am to be talking to a new audience. I have been blogging on myspace for a couple years now with a pretty good following, but nothing compares when you can branch off into that new arena, where people may have never heard of you [...]
There are some conservatives who practice a knee jerk opposition to Obama, believing that labels like “liberal” and “conservative” mean far more than they do. As I’ve noted many times before, such labels can be misleading, and will often artificially separate people who agree on more matters than they might realize and can also lump [...]
I am a Huckabee supporter and coming to the realization that I need to support John McCain has not been easy. Sure, I will check the box in November for McCain but I will be voting with my head not my heart. In my heart Mike Huckabee is and always will be the perfect choice for President. That being said, McCain needs to choose a running mate quickly if he wants people like me to even attempt to emotionally take a step onto the straight talk express. McCain needs a VP choice who can gather up some enthusiasm for his candidacy. I would say at least 60% (unscientific, of course) of Republicans are supporting McCain because they have to not because they want to, so this VP choice has to be someone really special. Of course I would like that special someone to be Mike Huckabee but the chances
And our future is apparently going to be paying money to the Oil Sands, but not to the people who will find a way to avoid working there by investing in an education instead of hard labour and an environmental disaster.
If we can’t invest less than C$1B (Yes Reuters, 1 does = 1, I see [...]
Well, didn’t you know that if Conservatives were allowed to change crime law, there would be fewer deaths in the country due to crime? Apparently that’s the case. And not to make a point about Chuck Cadman being deceased himself, but rather to point out why he entered politics in the first place, Cadman wanted [...]
There are approximately 700,000 marijuana-related arrests made very year. Most of these — 87 percent — involve nothing more than mere possession of small amounts of marijuana. This exercise in scrupulosity costs us $10-15 billion per year in direct expenditures alone. read more | digg storyLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
Premier Ed Stelmach calls Calgary "Conservative Heartland ...Sure is....Neo-Nazis Firebomb Calgary Activists Thursday, 28 February 2008 On Tuesday, February 12, two prominent members of the Communist Party of Canada were the target of an attack by suspected Neo-Nazis in Calgary. A firebomb was thrown at the home of Jason Devine and Bonnie Collins. Luckily they and their four children escaped unharmed, but considerable damage was done to the home itself. The Molotov cocktail just missed the rear window of the home, but torched their patio and fence. Jason was a candidate for the Communist Party in 2006 and Bonnie is running in the current Alberta election. The two are known in Calgary as activists with Anti Racist Action.White supremacists have been on the marc
From Monday's Hansard, our so-called "honourable" minister of Veterans Affairs:Hon. Greg Thompson: Missing in action, Mr. Speaker, hiding under the furniture. The member from Sackville is always on his hind legs in here ranting about what he would do, I guess, but his record speaks for itself. Those members have done absolutely nothing. For them to suggest that we are doing nothing is just fundamentally wrong, because we were asking for their support on the floor of the House of Commons in a minority Parliament. We were asking for their support to make this happen and they denied us that support. They voted against our veterans. An hon. member: They scurried out.Hon. Greg Thompson: They did scurry out, Mr. Speaker, and they will continue to do that because they do not believe in the
Received Via Email MEMO TO CONSERVATIVES: THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING by Richard A. Viguerie The time has come for conservatives to move on, to shift priorities, and to work to elect conservatives at all levels now and in the years to come. For too long, conservatives have done most of the work necessary to elect Republican candidates, but, once elected, most of those Republicans have ignored conservatives concerns or have opposed conservatives outright. These Republicans have taunted us: What are you going to do? Vote for the liberal Democrats? Calm down and grow up, and keep supporting us even while we trash you and people like you and much of what you believe in. However, there is a third course neither blind loyalty to an arrogant, out-of-touch Republican Establish
A former colleague of mine sent me this excerpt from yesterday's Hansard of debates in the House of Commons:-------------------------------Hon. Ralph Goodale (Wascana, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the House has just given its unanimous consent to a motion that came to us outside of the ordinary order or precedence. Yesterday the Chief Government Whip rejected such a practice. He said that it would create a bad precedent. The precedent now seems to have been set, so in the same spirit of cooperation in the House I wonder if there is now unanimous consent to adopt Motion No. 427, standing in the name of the hon. member for Davenport, which states:The Speaker: Does the hon. member for Wascana have the unanimous consent of the House. The hon. government House leader is rising on a point of orderHon. Pe
Republican front runner, John McCain, continues to try to shore up his ratings among diehard conservatives in this speech from the CPAC convention in Washington, DC.
Foreign Policy article link McCain sort of apologizes to conservatives Following Mitt Romney's withdrawal speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain had this to say about the topic that has gotten him into such hot water with conservative activists and voters: On the issue of illegal immigration, a position which provoked the outspoken opposition of many conservatives, I stood my ground aware that my position would imperil my campaign. I respect your opposition for I know that the vast majority of critics to the bill based their opposition in a principled defense of the rule of law. And while I and other Republican supporters of the bill were genuine in our intention to restore control of our borders, we failed, for various and unders
John McCain basically swept Super Tuesday and made him all but unstoppable. He was able to rack up enough convention delegates in Super Tuesday’s voting to put him within arms reach of the coveted GOP presidential nomination that eluded him eight long years ago.
McCain led among moderate Republicans of course, while Romney held strong support [...]
First off, thanks to Mr. Everett (The) for inspiring this post. It’s been a long winter break for me, and I needed to get back to posting every now and then.Now, let me say that I’m glad to read at the end of your recent post that you will vote for John McCain if he wins the GOP nomination. I was a little worried reading it at first, because I, for one, am getting pretty upset with hearing conservatives claiming they will not support McCain if he gets the nomination. McCain wasn’t my first choice….wasn’t my second. But a vote for Hillary/Obama over McCain is every bit the same as just staying home and not voting. Both of those options are entirely UNACCEPTABLE. Not in this election. Not at this point in our country’s history. A Republican presidential victory is crucial in this
I joined a political
discussion forum called Conservative Underground right around Christmas of
2003. I made many good friends there and some of them will be friends for life
I am sure. I was a moderator there for a while and took great pride in what the
site was about. When I first joined up there were barely 250 members and today
there is about 7300. The site owner, a rock
solid conservative that goes by the name RobCrook, is one of the two site
administrators. The other is a member that goes by the name of Gator. Gator
is a rather outspoken old school conservative and makes no bones about his
dislike for the current administration. And to be perfectly honest Gator is
quite outspoken about ummm all his beliefs.
Gator is also a supporter
of Ron Paul and a vocal non-supporter
Writes Vox Day: Now, it is true that some individuals are very liberal in their youth and become more conservative as they get older. But if one examines the "conservative" media, one notices a surprising number of individuals who were liberals and claim to be conservatives now, but still continue to advocate the same powerful and intrusive central government that they advocated in their liberal youth. And like young cuckoos and cowbirds, these parasites attempt to push the genuine intellectual heirs out of the nest, hence National Review founder William F. Buckley's attacks on Murray Rothbard and Joe Sobran, FrontPage's Ben Johnson's call for "modern conservatives" to repudiate Paul Craig Roberts, National Review's David Frum's call for "a conservatism of the future" to turn its back on P
- Scott Miller
(Bush to Conservatives: Screw You)
President Bush once again is set to screw conservatives, and most Americans who want our borders controlled, by signing the Democrat Omnibus budget bill. The massive spending bill carries language that essentially guts the existing border fence law calling for double fencing. This from WorldNewDaily:
Bill guts border fence requirement
Republican presidential hopeful Duncan Hunter is blasting a Democrat-sponsored bill that would eliminate the requirement passed by Congress to build a double-layered fence covering 854 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.
“By eliminating the double fence requirement, the Democratic Congress is going to make it easier for drug and human smugglers to cross our Southern land border,” said Hunter. “This goes against the interests of any family that has been touched by illegal drugs or any American who has seen their job taken by an illegal alien.”
The Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations b
Which group is preferable, the bulk of the Republicans or those who support Ron Paul? A month ago the choice seemed obvious. Even though I disagreed with Paul’s social conservatism, Paul did seem far preferable with regards to his position on Iraq and civil liberties. Unfortunately the Ron Paul movement increasingly seems to be one of fringe groups such as white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and conspiracy theorists who have little understanding of libertarian philosophy or economic beliefs. As a result it now appears that conservatives have a better understanding of economics than many Paul supporters, at least with regards to the consequences of earmarks.
In the recent past I’ve had disagreements with Paul supporters who defended Paul’s support for earmarks to benefit his Congressional district. Many of his supporters argued that the earmarks did not contribute to increasing government spending as the funds were already appropriated. Conservative blogger Ed Morrissey pr
It would appear from reading this article that there may be more conservatives in Hollywood than we may think. Why then don’t we hear more from them? Because they are scared to death to come forward for fear of losing their credibility and their livelyhood.
“They learn very quickly, if they know what’s good for them, to donate to the Democratic Party,” said Andrew Breitbart, co-author of “Hollywood, Interrupted.” “If they were to donate to the Republican Party, they would be exposed to career-ending ridicule, period.”
Liberals, despite what they say, are the most intolerant people on the face of the earth. They don’t tolerate free choice (smoking, trans fats), they don’t tolerate free speech (political correctness), they don’t tolerate freedom of religion (banning all public displays of Christianity), but most of all, the do not tolerate conservatives. As a matter of fact, they hate conservatives. So is it any wonde
On my "Trolling the Left" section, I try to answer some of the arguments from left columnists and bloggers. I don't always intentionally choose the most extreme arguments either. In fact, most of the articles are recommended to me by my left friends at Magnasquids.
What's the deal? Am I missing the true founts of left or moderate-left wisdom? I must be because the liberals I know are some of the nicest people I've met. A lot of them are pretty smart too. I'd sincerely like the liberals amongst you to give me a name or a blog that will benefit constructive argument and, ultimately, help facilitate some kind of American consensus.
When it wasn't just about grabbing and holding onto power, it was about principles. It was about honoring core beliefs. In 1960, Barry Goldwater took up in his hands the remnants of America's original and long lost tradition when he wrote:"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' 'interests', I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the v
Huckabee: Conservatives confuse DC, real world
by Rick Pearson
VINTON, Iowa — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee...
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Convicted Murderer Does Newspaper's Dirty WorkBleeding Heart Liberal Newspaper Editor Defends Publishing Op-Ed Pieces Bashing Conservatives From Convicted Murderer In Local PrisonNewspaper to convict: "Take Care of My Light Work for me, will ya?"The New Hampshire paper, the Concord Monitor invited convicted murderer and prison inmate at the men’s prison in Concord, Charles Huckelbury to write several op-ed pieces.The executive editor, Felice Belman, appalled by the “flood” of over “100 nasty and repulsive emails” followed up with her own editorial, “Murderer gives our readers a peek inside. Prison town needs to look behind walls.”She goes on to ask the question, “Should a convict be allowed to write columns for the newspapers?” I think a better question to ask is this: “Why ask a convicted murderer to write Op-ed pieces for a newspaper?”Ms. Belman writes:“If you're a regular reader of these pages, you already know what I think. The Monitor has published severa
