Michael Patrick Leahy

• New York State Board of Elections Statement Today Raises Questions About Legitimacy of House Health Care Vote on Saturday

  On Saturday night, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Nancy Pelosi backed health care takeover bill, 220-215.
  
  News today from a spokesperson for the New York State Board of Election that it's still too close to certify the victor in last week's special election in New [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:55pm EST
  

• In NY-23, Newly Elected Democrat Bill Owens' 11th Hour Conversion in Support of Pelosi's Health Care Bill Raises Cries of Foul Play

  From his nomination as the Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 23rd Congressional District on August 10 until October 30, barely 84 hours before the polls opened in the special election, newly elected Democratic Congressman Bill Owens was adamantly opposed to health care reform bills that included the "public" [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:04pm EST
  

• The Day After, Newt Gingrich Gets the Facts About NY-23 Wrong Again

  It's getting to be a pattern with Newt Gingrich.
  
  He can't get the facts right. Yet he insists upon repeating his errors again and again, perhaps thinking that mere repetition will make it true.
  
  The day after Democrat Bill Owens beat Conservative Doug Hoffman in the NY 23 [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:50pm EST
  

• Huckabee a Day Late, a Dollar Short, and a Dial Tone Off in NY 23

  Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee had been on a roll, but he's stumbled badly in his very very late endorsement of Conservative Doug Hoffman in NY 23. After a series of very savvy moves over the last year, the most recent 2012 Presidential horse race poll had Huckabee in first' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:30pm EST
  

• The Gingrich-Scozzafava-Duprey RINO Branch of the Republican Party Keeps Getting it Wrong

  Having documented repeatedly and in great detail at The TCOT Report the self serving cronyism of Clinton County RINO Assemblywoman Janet Duprey, the woman who threw the NY 23 Republican Congressional nomination to fellow RINO Dede Scozzafava, I am getting very tired of hearing former "smartest guy in the" [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:49pm EST
  

• Local Republicans Charge Corruption in NY-23 Scozzafava Fiasco

  Local Republicans in NY-23 are publicly wondering if the Obama White House promised Dede Scozzafava, the former Republican nominee, a plum job to endorse Democratic candidate Bill Owens.
  
  
  "In my opinion, you've got a corrupt deal going on between the Obama White House and Dede Scozzafava. It's Chicago" [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 5:39pm EST
  

• Local Paper in NY 23 Reports Scozzafava Encouraging Supporters to Back Democrat Owens

  The Watertown Daily Times this morning reported that Dede Scozzafava is encouraging her supporters to back Democrat Bill Owens.
  
  "During the day Saturday, [Dede Scozzafava] began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William L. Owens," the paper said.
  
  When contacted this morning by [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:03am EST
  

• Who Lied to Newt Gingrich?

  "Newt Gingrich is either lying, or he's being misled by someone," says Bob Dugan, current Fulton County, New York Republican Committee Man. Until he resigned last week in protest of the tainted process by which liberal Dede Scozzafava secured the Republican nomination for Congress in New York's 23rd Congressional District,Mr. [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 3:58am EDT
  

• Newt Gingrich's Endorsement of RINO in NY 23 One of the Biggest Blunders of His Career

  Newt Gingrich’s decision to endorse the very liberal Dede Scozzafava over the very conservative Doug Hoffman in the New York 23rd Congressional District special election will probably be seen as one of the biggest political blunders of his career. In one ill informed decision, he has destroyed all the political [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:55am EDT
  

• No One Can Confirm Scozzafava Account of Why Cops Were Called on Weekly Standard Reporter

  In an exclusive interview with the TCOT Report, Sam Villanti, the GOP County Chairman for Lewis County, one of the eleven counties in the 23rd Congressional District, who was present at the event last night in Lowville, New York after which the Scozzafava Campaign called the cops to interrogate a [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 3:13pm EDT
  

• GOP Chairman in NY 23rd Slams Scozzafava, Says He's Written Off Election

  In an exclusive interview with the TCOT Report, George Joseph, Republican Party Chairman of Oneida County, one of the eleven counties in New York's 23rd Congressional District, today slammed Republican Party nominee Dede Scozzafava. This damaging news comes on the heels of Scozzafava’s ill advised attempt to intimidate a reporter' [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 1:06pm EDT
  

• Nomination of Liberal Republican in New York 23rd, Dede Scozzafava, Tainted by Breach of Trust

  Liberal Republican Assemblywoman Janet Duprey threw the nomination to her friend and fellow Liberal Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava despite the wishes of the majority of Republicans in the County she serves as Chairman
  
  When John McHugh, Republican Congressman from New York’s 23rd District, accepted President Obama’s nomination to become [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 7:22am EDT
  

• Poll in New York's 23rd Special Election Will Show Support for RINO Plummeting, Conservative Fast Rising

  A poll from the Siena Institute on the 23rd Congressional District Special Election to be released this morning will show that the Republican RINO candidate is falling fast, while the Conservative is on the rise.
  
  Details at www.tcotreport.com
  
  The election will be held on November 3.[...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:14am EDT
  

• Nationwide Tea Party Leaders Ask President Obama to Answer the Top Ten Unanswered Health Care Questions Before Senate Finance Committee Vote Tomorrow

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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 4:44pm EDT
  

• The 38 Great States That Will Stop the March to Socialism in the United States

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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
  

• Nationwide Tea Party Leaders Launch TopTenHealthCareQuestions.com to Rank Unanswered Health Care Questions

  Nashville -- September 24, 2009/ ( [www.myprgenie.com]) -- The national leadership team of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, in conjunction with the Common Sense Citizens’ Network, today launched the website www.toptenhealthcarequestions.com , inviting all Americans to help develop a list of top ten unanswered health care questions for [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 6:18pm EDT
  

• Conservative Radical University Launches Two Successfull Classes in Tyler, Texas and Memphis, Tennessee

  Thanks to Kevin Hard, certified instructor at Conservative Radical University who conducted a class on "An Overview of the Rules for Conservative Radicals" this past Saturday in Tyler, Texas. I participated via skype, but Kevin ran the show. Fifteen attendees and fifteen grades of "Excellent." Good job Kevin.
  
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 1:25am EDT
  

• Speaking at Tomorrow's 9-12 Event in Quincy, Illinois

  I will be speaking at the 9-12 Event in Quincy, Illinois tomorrow. The event starts at 1 pm Central, and ends around 6 pm Central. It's a great lineup of speakers that includes:
  
  Andrew Breitbart
  Glenn Reynolds (instapundit)
  Jim Hoft (Gateway Pundit)
  Dana Loesch
  Bill Hennessy
  Michael Johns[...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 8:42am EDT
  

• Inside the Beltway Covers "Rules for Conservative Radicals"

  Here's a great article in Jennifer Harper's Inside the Beltway Column (Washington Times) on my new book Rules for Conservative Radicals. [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
  

• The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition Launches Grassroots Leadership Training at Conservative Radical University

  The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition today announced the launch of a nationwide program for grassroots leadership training instruction at Conservative Radical University. The first classes will be held on September 12, 2009 in conjunction with events planned that day in Quincy, Illinois, Bremerton, Washington, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Orlando, Florida. [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 7:38am EDT
  

• "Rules for Conservative Radicals" Shows How "Buycotts" and Tea Parties Can Change the Political Landscape

  My new book, Rules for Conservative Radicals, which launches today, shows how "buycotts" and tea parties can change the political landscape. In it, I take the Alinsky viewpoints expressed in Rules for Radicals, and put a moral, ethical, conservative spin on them. The problem that conservatives have with Alinsky [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
  

• Tea Party "Buycott" This Tuesday to Support John Mackey and Whole Foods

  The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition today announced that it will kick off a series of Tea Party "Buycott" events to support Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who supports free market health care reform.
  
  The first events will be held this Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri, and [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 2:12pm EDT
  

• Rules for Conservative Radicals Book Cover Unveiled

  Here's the cover for my new book, Rules for Conservative Radicals, which will be published next week. Thanks to the very talented graphic designer Illustr8or. You can purchase it here now, and it will ship next week.
  
  I had a great conversation yesterday with Sanford Horwitt, author' [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 9:34am EDT
  

• Bill O'Reilly Agrees With Me: CBS was Dishonest In Its Reporting About Town Halls

  Bill O'Reilly picked up on the dishonest reporting last night by Katie Couric and the CBS Evening News about the Town Halls.
  
  His talking points tonight featured the offending CBS clip I objected to in my blog yesterday.
  
  Here's the clip from the O'Reilly Factor Tonight. [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 11:22pm EDT
  

• Katie Couric and CBS Evening News Dishonestly Report "Town Hall Outrage Tied to GOP"

  CBS Correspondent Ben Tracy interviewed me for about three minutes yesterday on the topic of the grassroots nature of Town Hall Health Care Takeover protests.
  
  Mr. Tracy's four minute report, "Town Hall Outrage Tied to GOP", ran on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric last night (Wednesday, August' [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 11:49pm EDT
  

• Town Hall Protests are a Nationwide Self-Organizing Project of Average Americans

  No surprise that the leaders of the Democratic Congress, whose last original thought came as they leafed through their well worn copies of the works of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin in those halcyon college days when they loved protests, are reduced to claiming that the effusive town hall protests [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
  

• Why is Congress Losing the Moral Authority to Govern?

  Here's a start:
  
  1. Tennessee Blue Dog Democrats Jim Cooper and Bart Gordon Refuse to Hold Town Hall Meetings OR Communicate Their Plans
  
  2. Democrat Congressman Scott SCREAMS at a Constituent, a Doctor, Who Has the AUDACITY to Ask a Tough Question on Health Care
  
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 1:22am EDT
  

• Hawaii Democratic State Senator Intends to Introduce Legislation That Would Allow Disclosure of 1961 Obama Certificate of Live Birth

  Hawaii State Senator Will Espero, a Democrat, told The TCOT Report that he intends to introduce legislation to allow disclosure of President Obama's 1961 Certificate of Live Birth.
  
  You can read the full story here. [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 6:51pm EDT
  

• "Birther" Attorney Orly Taitz Asks Court to Go on Kenyan Fishing Expedition Based on Unverified, Unsourced Digital Image

  The internet was abuzz today as images of a "purported" Kenyan Birth Certificate of President Obama flew around the blogosphere. My public position before this little viral outbreak was that there is absolutely zero credible evidence to support the claim that President Obama was born in Kenya. After looking into [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 9:02pm EDT
  

• What Demographic Data and Public Information Requests Might Reveal in the Obama Birth Certificate Transparency Issue

  
  
  If my estimates are correct, there were approximately 195,000 live births in the state of Hawaii during the twelve years starting in 1960 and ending in 1971 (see table above). These were the twelve complete years subsequent to statehood in which the Certificate of Hawaiian [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 11:37pm EDT
  

• Bob Owens Offers Four Ways Those Born in Hawaii in 1961 Could Have Secured a "Certification of Live Birth"

  Bob Owens, a blogger at Pajamas Media, offers new insights into the Obama Birth Certificate Transparency issue, below. You can read his full post here.
  
  "There were four different ways to get an “original birth certificate” on record in 1961, and they varied greatly in their reliability" [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 9:22pm EDT
  

• Famous Stonewalling Statements from Nixon Press Secretary Ron Ziegler, Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, and Hawaii Secretary of Health Dr. Fukino

  
  "This is the operative statement. The others are inoperative."
  
  April 17, 1973
  
  Ron Ziegler, Press Secretary to President Nixon
  
  
  
  “Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai'i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory' [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 3:36pm EDT
  

• Lou Dobbs vs. Bill O'Reilly on the Birth Certificate Transparency Issue: Take the Online Poll at the TCOT Report

  You can take the Lou Dobbs vs. Bill O'Reilly online Poll on the Birth Certificate Transparency Issue at the TCOT Report here.' [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
  

• Meme Wars Part 2: "Birthers", "Transparency Dodgers", "Transparency Champions", and Left Wing Propagandist David Weigel of the Washington Independent

  After my blogpost yesterday posing some legitimate questions in response to Dr. Chiyome Fukino's ambiguous restatement of the basis upon which the State of Hawaii issued President Obama's 2007 Certification of Live Birth, left wing propagandist David Weigel, who masquerades as a real journalist for the Washington Independent, made [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 7:12pm EDT
  

• Dr. Chiyome Fukino Issues Another "Transparency Dodger" Statement on President Obama's Birth Certificate

  Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Health Department of the State of Hawaii, issued another public statement yesterday, July 27, 2009, on the issue of the validity of the Certification of Live Birth the Hawaii Department of Health issued to President Obama in 2007, which has been displayed prominently throughout [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 8:37am EDT
  

• Meme Wars: "Birthers", "Transparency Dodgers", and "Transparency Champions"

  Establishment Republicans tremble when the left attacks anyone who questions the facts surrounding Barack Obama's birth certificate by trotting out the "birther" meme.
  
  As commonly used, a "birther" is a right wing nut case who believes that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, is not eligible to be' [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
  

• Lou Dobbs, the "Birther" Meme, and the Death of Investigative Journalism in the Left Wing Traditional Media

  CNN President Jon Klein wants CNN program host Lou Dobbs to drop any further investigations of the facts surrounding President Obama's failure to produce an original hard copy version of his birth certificate. Mr. Klein seems intent on labeling his own employee with the false and misleading "birther" meme. [...]
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  Posted: July 25, 2009, 10:05am EDT
  

• Obama's Wednesday Press Conference: One of the Most Self Destructive in American Political History

  It looks like President Obama need not fear Republican members of Congress causing his "Waterloo". He seems to have accomplished that objective all by himself with his comments Wednesday, which were delivered at what may have been one of the most self destructive press conferences in American political history.
  
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 10:32am EDT
  

• MemeSNBC : The Place Where the Left Wing Media Creates and Inserts False Assertions into the Political Discourse

  
  If you would like to find out where the Left Wing Media creates and inserts its false assertions (also known as "memes") into the political discourse, please visit www.MemeSNBC.com
  
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 3:47pm EDT
  

• The Religion of the Left and its Creed

  The Left can best be understood by conservatives more as a religion than a political movement.
  
  After a lifetime of observing the thoughts and tactics of the Left, I offer this draft summary of "The Creed of the Left". I would appreciate comments on the usefulness of this creed [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 2:50pm EDT
  

• The Religion of the Left and its Creed

  The Left can best be understood by conservatives more as a religion than a political movement.
  
  After a lifetime of observing the thoughts and tactics of the Left, I offer this draft summary of "The Creed of the Left". I would appreciate comments on the usefulness of this creed [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 2:50pm EDT
  

• An Open Letter to Major Stefan Cook: Follow Your Lawful Orders

  Dear Major Cook:
  
  I read with great interest the news of your recent lawsuit, in which you argue that as a reservist in the United States Army you are not obligated to follow the lawful orders issued to you by your military commanders to be deployed to Afghanistan.
  
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 11:26am EDT
  

• Nine Ways Conservative Radicals Can Take Action Today to Restore our Republic

  The average conservative citizen has a number of ways to help restore our republic. My suggestion: assess your strengths and weaknesses, determine where you can make the biggest contribution, and focus on a project in one of these nine areas.
  
  Once you've picked a project, follow through. Stick' [...]
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  Posted: July 01, 2009, 10:27am EDT
  

• Inspired by Letterman? Senator John Kerry Insults Governor Palin

  For those of you wondering why many of us think that David Letterman's disgraceful comments of June 8, 2009 about Governor Palin and her daughter require more than a belated apology, consider this:
  
  The failure of CBS to hold Mr. Letterman accountable for his comments in any way sends [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 8:56am EDT
  

• An Excerpt from the Website of Sue Hassett, the Self Published Author Suing Elizabeth Hasselbeck

  Here's an excerpt from a website that purports to be of Sue Hassett, the woman suing Elisabeth Hasselbeck for plagiarism.
  
  I am 45 years old I am from Cape Cod Massachusetts. I am almost a hundred percent Irish. I have been a self employed floor installer for 25' [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2009, 12:48pm EDT
  

• Johnson and Johnson, David Letterman, and Corporate Community Responsibility

  Johnson and Johnson, the consumer goods giant that claims to be in support of American families, continues to dodge responsibility for its steady advertising on the David Letterman show since June 8 when Letterman made the offensive comments about Governor Palin and her daughter.
  
  Yesterday, Johnson and Johnson completely [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2009, 9:06am EDT
  

• Why the Fire David Letterman Movement is Targeting Johnson and Johnson Today, Monday June 22

  If you read the corporate credo prominently displayed on the corporate web site of Johnson and Johnson, you might have guessed that they would have been the first major sponsor to drop advertising on the David Letterman Show.
  
  You would be wrong, though.
  
  Embassy Suites, Southwestern Airlines, [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 12:11am EDT
  

• Letterman Sends a Message: I'll Tell a Joke about Sarah Palin Any Time I Want

  Last night David Letterman told us exactly what he thinks of the www.FireDavidLetterman.com Movement. Our purpose is to persuade CBS to hold Mr. Letterman to the same standard of accountability for the offensive comments he made about Sarah Palin and her daughters that they held Don Imus to for [...]
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  Posted: June 20, 2009, 9:52am EDT
  

• Another Advertiser Abandons Letterman: Southwest Airlines Confirms it will No Longer Advertise on the Late Show

  You can read the full story at www.FireDavidLetterman.com.
  
  The source here is a series of emails sent by the Southwest Airlines Vice President of Communications and Strategic Outreach.
  
  So, unlike the Olive Garden, where a Manager of Media Relations is not authorized to speak for the company, [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 8:09pm EDT
  

• Olive Garden Equivocates on Letterman

  Apparently, the Olive Garden Manager of Media Relations is not an authorized spokesman for the company.
  
  That role seems to be reserved for the DIRECTOR of Media Relations.
  
  In any event, that's what Olive Garden wants us to believe now.
  
  Hard to keep track of Olive Garden's [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 11:08am EDT
  

• Hellman's and Olive Garden Drop Letterman Sponsorship: First Two of Targeted Top Ten Advertisers to Drop Letterman

  Olive Garden stops further advertising on David Letterman for 2009 and Hellman's cancels all online advertisements on Letterman.
  
  Story at www.tcotreport.com
  
  Online Fire David Letterman Rally to target #3 on the list of Targeted Top Ten Advertisers to Drop Letterman starts Monday. Details at www.FireDavidLetterman.com
  
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
  

• Hellman's and Olive Garden Drop Letterman Sponsorship: First Two of Targeted Top Ten Advertisers to Drop Letterman

  Olive Garden stops further advertising on David Letterman for 2009 and Hellman's cancels all online advertisements on Letterman.
  
  Story at www.tcotreport.com
  
  Online Fire David Letterman Rally to target #3 on the list of Targeted Top Ten Advertisers to Drop Letterman starts Monday. Details at www.FireDavidLetterman.com
  
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
  

• Texas Fire David Letterman Rally Saturday June 20

  For those of you online who couldn't make yesterday's Fire David Letterman Rally in New York City, here's a chance to let CBS know how you feel.
  
  Go to www.firedavidletterman.com and sign up to attend online.' [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 9:09am EDT
  

• Fire David Letterman Rally Tuesday in NYC at Ed Sullivan Theater

  Please attend the Fire David Letterman Rally.
  
  It will be held this Tuesday, June 16, at 4:30 pm, on the sidewalks outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, located at 1697 Broadway. The rally will begin an hour before David Letterman tapes his Tuesday show.
  
  For [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2009, 8:17am EDT
  

• The Differences Between Don Imus and David Letterman

  (1) Imus actually apologized for his inappropriate comments.
  
  (2) Imus comments were off the cuff. Letterman comments were planned and rehearsed.
  
  (3) CBS fired Don Imus.
  
  (4) MSNBC fired Don Imus.
  
  (5) Imus verbally attacked women over 18. Letterman verbally attacked a 14 year old girl. [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2009, 10:04am EDT
  

• The Differences Between Don Imus and David Letterman

  (1) Imus actually apologized for his inappropriate comments.
  
  (2) Imus comments were off the cuff. Letterman comments were planned and rehearsed.
  
  (3) CBS fired Don Imus.
  
  (4) MSNBC fired Don Imus.
  
  (5) Imus verbally attacked women over 18. Letterman verbally attacked a 14 year old girl. [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2009, 10:04am EDT
  

• Fire David Letterman -- Sign the Sponsor Boycott Letter

  More details available here:
  
  www.firedavidletterman.com
  
  By subscribing to this list, you are adding your name to a letter that will be sent to CBS and all sponsors of David Letterman's Late Night Show stating that you will not purchase any product sold by a sponsor of his' [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 10:10am EDT
  

• David Letterman Should be Fired for His Sexist Attacks on Sarah Palin's 14 Year Old Daughter

  Yesterday the mean and nasty David Letterman tried to talk his way out of the self-inflicted controversy caused by his sexist attack on Sarah Palin's 14 year old daughter.
  
  Here's the big lie he told to justify his latest coarse behavior:
  
  “We were, as we often do, making [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 8:36am EDT
  

• Rules for Conservative Radicals

  I offer these 15 Tactical Rules for Conservative Radicals , which I recommend for consideration by all Conservative Radicals, in addition to 9 of Saul Alinsky’s Tactical Rules that are as relevant for today’s Conservative Radicals as they are for today’s Left Wing Radicals.
  
  The Conservative Radical’s Tactical Rules [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
  

• Obama Has "Created or Saved" 140 Million Jobs! (Orwellian Translation:He's LOST 3.5 million jobs since end of 2008)

  President Obama's Orwellian use of the English language continues to astound.
  
  Obama doesn't merely "create" jobs -- he "creates or saves" them.
  
  What exactly does that mean ?
  
  It means he counts as a "victory" a job that isn't lost.
  
  Total civilian employment in the' [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 4:22pm EDT
  

• A very weak argument against the Bill of Federalism

  A blogger associated with the John Birch Society has criticized the "riskiness" of the Bill of Federalism, which calls on state legislatures to petition Congress to hold a Constitutional Convention to consider ratification of 10 amendments to restore the original intent of the Constitution.
  
  Here's the preferred strategy' [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 1:39pm EDT
  

• Colin Powell Claims He's Still a Republican -- But on What Basis?

  The highly over-rated Colin Powell continues to clog up the airwaves.
  
  This past Sunday he made the rounds of the Sunday shows, proclaiming loudly that he's still a Republican.
  
  A Republican who voted for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama.
  
  A Republican' [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 2:36pm EDT
  

• Michael Steele Gives an Uninspiring Speech in Kingsport, Tennessee

  RNC Chairman Michael Steele gave a speech in Kingsport, Tennessee recently.
  
  Here it is, in all its uninspiring glory.
  
  Mr. Steele advised the gathered Republican faithful to "stop looking backwards," an apparent repetition of earlier themes Mr. Steele has articulated with little success.
  
  The RNC Chair [...]
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  Posted: May 27, 2009, 4:40pm EDT
  

• Libel Dispute Resolved by Mutual Accord: I Remove Lawsuit, Blogger Removes Word

  I am pleased to report that blogger Stephanie Grasmick has agreed to remove the false and misleading word from the headline of her May 13, 2009 blogpost which caused me to file a libel suit against her on May 18, 2009. I, in response, have withdrawn my complaint against her.
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  Posted: May 22, 2009, 3:10pm EDT
  

• An Update on Recent Developments

  For those of you following developments related to a story recently posted on a blog operated by Ms. Stephanie Grasmick:
  
  Ms. Grasmick posted this comment today:
  
  "I have been in touch with Mr. Leahy, and it is my sincere hope that we can resolve this matter through clear-minded" [...]
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  Posted: May 20, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
  

• Quit, Baby, Quit: My Message to RNC Chairman Michael Steele

  The RNC has been disastrously ineffective since Michael Steele took over as Chairman of the RNC.
  
  Now, apparently, the man who insulted Rush Limbaugh, appeared to endorse abortion, and thinks the Democrats aren't socialists is threatening to quit as RNC Chairman tomorrow if conservatives don't play nice with him [...]
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  Posted: May 19, 2009, 4:21am EDT
  

• I am Suing former Barack Obama Staffer and Anonymous Blogger Stephanie Grasmick for Libel

  I am suing former Barack Obama Staffer and Anonymous Blogger Stephanie Grasmick for libel. You can read the details at The TCOT Report. [...]
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  Posted: May 18, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
  

• Keith Olbermann Leads Personal Attacks on Me by the Left Wing Smear Merchants

  Less than two weeks after I was one of 18 signators on The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition's acceptance of President Obama's invitation "to have a serious discussion" with people in the Tea Party Movement, the left wing smear merchants have begun their personal attacks on me in a predictably vile [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2009, 2:11am EDT
  

• The Embarrassingly Crude and Ignorant Meghan McCain

  Add Meghan McCain to the list of those whose departure from the Repubulican Party can't come quickly enough.
  
  Besides her father's fame, Ms. McCain has no reason to be part of the public discussion.
  
  Her recent attempts at pretending to be a blogging pundit have demonstrated only her [...]
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  Posted: May 10, 2009, 7:03am EDT
  

• Colin Powell, Cheerleader for the Political Class, Should Join Benedict Arlen Specter in the Democratic Party

  Colin Powell, the most overrated underperformer in recent political history, once again showed himself to be the opportunistic self aggrandizer he's been throughout his career.
  
  The so-called "moderate Republican" who shamelessly endorsed the candidacy of Barack Obama, the man who is leading us towards a socialist-statist debacle that would' [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2009, 6:49pm EDT
  

• Nationwide Tea Party Leaders Accept Invitation To Meet With President Obama

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
  CONTACTS:
  Michael Patrick Leahy
  (615) 243-6869
  
  Kellen E. Giuda
  (786) 525-6984
  James Dickey
  (469)767-7728
  
  New York, New York – April 29th, 2009 - The National Leadership Team
  of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition
  (www.nationwideteapartycoalition.com) today accepted
  President Obama's invitation' [...]
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  Posted: April 29, 2009, 2:46pm EDT
  

• The Bill of Federalism: 10 Amendments to be Proposed to the States for Ratification

  Professor Randy Barnett of Georgetown University sets forth a bold new proposal:
  
  The Bill of Federalism: 10 Amendments to be Proposed to the States for Ratification.
  
  You can read this draft document in full when it is posted within the next 24 hours at the Nationwide [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2009, 9:01pm EDT
  

• Chris Matthews Proves He's An Irrelevant Windbag

  Add Chris Matthews to the list of irrelevant windbags who make false claims about the Tea Party Movement without doing any research to investigate their bloviated and incorrect assertions. [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2009, 9:40am EDT
  

• Pajamas TV and my new show TCOT on PJTV

  It's been a fast moving few weeks, with www.taxdayteaparty.com here in 1 week.
  
  Tuesday of last week, March 31, Pajamas TV launched a new program, TCOT on PJTV, with yours truly as the host. You can check it out here. I've been in Los Angeles filming since [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 1:54am EDT
  

• On the Laura Ingraham Radio Show at 11:30 AM Today

  Los Angeles based conservative talk radio host Tammy Bruce will be guest hosting the Laura Ingraham Radio Show today.
  
  
  I will be on the Laura Ingraham Radio Show at 11:30 AM today to talk Tea Parties with guest host Tammy Bruce.[...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2009, 8:29am EDT
  

• Liberal Pranks Continue - Someone Keeps Submitting Name of Digg.com Founder Kevin Rose to Top Conservatives on Twitter List

  Somewhere out there in the Twitterverse resides a liberal with an odd sense of humor.
  
  Periodically the Twitter ID of Kevin Rose, the very liberal founder of Digg.com is submitted for inclusion to our list of Top Conservatives on Twitter. Since Mr. Rose has 250,000 followers, this [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2009, 10:17am EDT
  

• Why Do Smart People Pick Fights That Don't Help Them ?

  In the category of:
  
  What were they thinking ?
  
  Why did President Obama insult and humiliate British Prime Minister Brown this week? The United Kingdom is our strongest ally, and Brown is a socialist like Obama. You would think they would be friends and that Obama would do [...]
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  Posted: March 07, 2009, 11:55pm EST
  

• MSNBC TV Scheduled to Interview Me Tomorrow 9:30 AM EST About the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Taking Place at Noon Tomorrow in 45 Cities !

  In the category of.... when it rains, it pours.... comes this.
  
  Just finished watching Neil Cavuto's great interview with the organizer of the New York City Tea Party, then jumped on the RNC Grassroots Conference call run so well by internet genius David All.
  
  When the cell phone' [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 5:21pm EST
  

• How to Create a "Plan B" Tea Party

  If you live in a city where an organized local tea party as part of tomorrow's www.nationwidechicagoteaparty is not currently planned, you still have time to organize a local "Plan B" Tea Party and be an important part of this national event. Here's what you do.
  
  1. Appoint [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 10:44am EST
  

• REPEAL THE PORK OR RETIRE Sign for Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Friday

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  Posted: February 25, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  

• More Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Art Work from the TCOT Creative Wizard

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  Posted: February 22, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  

• Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Anti-Socialism Poster from the #TCOT creative wizard

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  Posted: February 22, 2009, 7:18pm EST
  

• Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Poster with Important Dates from the TCOT Creative Wizard

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  Posted: February 22, 2009, 7:16pm EST
  

• Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Flyer with the Founding Fathers

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  Posted: February 21, 2009, 11:44pm EST
  

• Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Flyer

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  Posted: February 21, 2009, 11:42pm EST
  

• #TCOT and online Conservatives Launch Nationwide Chicago Tea Party Friday February 27 at noon

  Online conservative activists have rallied to CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s call yesterday, backed by mortgage traders, for a “Nationwide Chicago Tea Party” to protest the Obama Administration’s bailout plan.
  
  Moving quickly, Top Conservatives on Twitter , Smart Girl Politics, the #Dontgo movement, Americans for Tax Reform, the Heartland Institute, [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  

• RedState and Bloggers Track Bart Gordon's European Vacation

  RedState, the nationally recognized conservative online publication, started tracking Bart Gordon's taxpayer funded European vacation yesterday.
  
  The blogosphere seems equally interested in the liberal Democrat Congressman from Tennessee's excellent adventure:
  
  Truman's Take , Voluntarily Conservative , RightyBlogs , Wikio ,Navy Wings ,' [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

• The Curious Case of Bart Gordon

  
  
  Bart Gordon, a liberal Democrat, has represented the Sixth Congressional District of Tennessee since 1985, when Al Gore moved up from representing this district in Congress to representing the entire state of Tennessee in the United States Senate.
  
  In the subsequent 24 years, Gordon [...]
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  Posted: February 19, 2009, 9:13am EST
  

• My brother, Tom Leahy, says Lincoln would not be happy with the bailout

  
  My brother, Tom Leahy, teaches fourth grade in Kansas. A few weeks ago, he was invited to address the Kansas State Senate.
  
  Here's the full article with his comments at that event.
  
  I was particularly impressed with his comments about what he thought' [...]
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  Posted: February 15, 2009, 7:41pm EST
  

• Happy 200th Birthday, Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Darwin, and Great-Great Grandpa Andrew Leahy

  February 12, 1809.
  
  Three men of great importance to me were born on this day.
  
  Abraham Lincoln was born in a lean to cabin in rural Kentucky.
  
  Charles Darwin was born on an estate in England.
  
  And my great-great grandfather, Andrew Leahy, was born in modest [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2009, 12:43am EST
  

• #TCOT Continues to Dominate Twitter Hashtags

  A brief review of www.hashtags.org data for February month to date statistics of hashtag usage on Twitter shows that the conservative hashtag #TCOT (used by the Top Conservatives on Twitter community for online dialogues) continues to dominate the Twitter conversation.
  
  For the 10 day period covering [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2009, 11:29am EST
  

• "As Maine Goes, So Goes PORKULUS"

  Since the 1840's Maine has been considered a bellweather state.
  
  Until the mid-twentieth century, the state of Maine held elections for state-wide offices in September. Often, these results were considered an indication of where the country would go in the November elections.
  
  After Maine went for Republican Benjamin [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2009, 7:53am EST
  

• How a South Dakota Family Would Spend the Taxes Saved Under the #TCOT Plan

  1) Our family would use the extra money from the reduced with holdings to help pay for our oldest child's college tuition and to do some projects around our house including installing a fireplace in our living room and finishing the kitchenette / bar in our rec. room
  
  There [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2009, 7:37am EST
  

• How one member of #TCOT would use the tax savings in the #TCOT Plan to boost the economy personally !

  1. How would you use the extra cash you received under this plan during 2009, and would it, in your opinion, improve the economy more than PORKULUS ?
  
  1) Eliminate small amount of non-mortgage debt, then would probably buy new Ford Flex; invest in low risk short term funds [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 5:35pm EST
  

• The #TCOT Plan : Cut All Personal and Corporate Income Taxes in Half Immediately for 12 months of 2009

  Both the Congressional Budget Office and the Heritage Foundation have recently documented how ineffective President Obama's proposed $900 billion and growing "Porkulus" political spoils spending bill will be at improving the economy. In a column today, Charles Krauthammer provided the "coup de grace" by decimating the fear promoting [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 11:17am EST
  

• #TCOT to Senate Republicans: NO to Porkulus, NO to Compromise, NO to Turncoats

  
  Led by Top Conservatives on Twitter (#TCOT) Project Servant-Leader Wendy Herman, a work-at-home mom from Corpus Christi, Texas, #TCOT's MOVE OVER MoveOn.org project focused today on defeating the "Porkulus" Bill in the Senate (S.1), in any form.
  
  #TCOT intends to communicate that message [...]
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  Posted: February 04, 2009, 10:45am EST
  

• UK's Telegraph Reports on #TCOT -- Conservatives on Twitter -- But Gets It Wrong

  As if we didn't have enough problems with the American Mainstream Media covering the conservative netroots movement properly.
  
  Now comes an article from Britain's Telegraph claiming that despite the success of Top Conservatives on Twitter (#TCOT) liberals still dominate Twitter
  
  Au contraire.
  
  #TCOT now dominates [...]
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  Posted: February 02, 2009, 11:23am EST
  

• Sharon Day for Secretary of the Republican National Committee: An Open Letter to all 168 RNC Members

  
  To the members of the Republican National Committee:
  
  
  As co-founder of the conservative grass roots movement known as #TCOT (Top Conservatives on Twitter I am happy to present you with a list of 155 members of our organization (with enthusiastic comments) who are [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 11:16am EST
  

• Obama Fails to Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution from Day One

  When now President Barack Obama flubbed the lines of the inaugural oath yesterday (with a little help from Chief Justice Roberts) the symbolism of the stumble did not escape notice from those of us who doubt his devotion to the Constitution.
  
  Ultimately, however, President Obama did promise to preserve, [...]
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  Posted: January 20, 2009, 11:40pm EST