Gold-Plated Witch on Wheels

• I Thought It Was Only the Right Who Hated America...

  Sen. Conrad Suggests That People Who Don’t Believe in Civilian Trials for Terrorists Should Leave America and ‘Go Somewhere Else
  Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) told CNSNews.com that civilian courts are well-suited to prosecute al Qaeda terrorists and that "if people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to'" [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:26am EST
  

• Those White Racists

  Obama's Approval Slide Finds Whites Down to 39%
  
  Matthew Yglesias thinks the answer is too many white pundits. That doesn't answer why white Democrats are the ones disapproving of Teh One.
  
  Allahpundit digs into the numbers and notes Obama's terrible showing with independents (whom, we' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• That Obama Transparency

  Thanks to Chuck Serio for this tip:
  Obama’s Labor Department Ignores Freedom of Information Act
  On Friday, 20 November 2009, The National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation (Foundation) decided enough was enough and filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court demanding that they compel the U.S. Department [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:50am EST
  

• Ever Wonder How Two People Can Read the Same Thing and Reach Completely Different Conclusions?

  That's the feeling I had after reading David Brooks's column and the Firedoglake screed linked to it at Memeorandum.
  
  Brooks's column, titled The Values Question, goes into a philosophic tale about what American was, is, and hopes to be.
  During the first many decades of this [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:00am EST
  

• Obama: Give me 34,000 More Troops for the "Necessary War," But Just Till I Can Blame Someone Else for Retreat

  
  That's the impression one gets from President Obama's proposal, to be announced next week, to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan...but with "off ramps" to allow the POTUS to retreat but still blame someone else for his decision to bug out.
  
  This is really [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:39am EST
  

• The Senate Health Care Bill: 5 Paragraphs You Must Read

  Here it is:
  What most of us know about the Democratic bill is that it requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance. What most of us don't know is that it requires us to buy a minimum level of insurance approved by the federal government, and forces health' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:33am EST
  

• Why Do We Mistreat the Poles So?

  Via Brothers Judd:
  U.S. Honors Stalin on Hallowed Ground, Will Saddam Hussein Be Next?
  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians began taking down their statues of Josef Stalin, the mass murderer who killed millions of people. Astonishingly, in America, the National D-Day Memorial is honoring Stalin [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:13am EST
  

• Dean: Dems 'In Deep Trouble' On Health Care, The Only Options Are A Bad Bill Or 2010 Losses

  That's from the HuffPo hand-wringing piece regarding the mess Democrats have put themselves in with Obamacare. By demanding legislation Americans don't want and can't afford, they are suddenly becoming aware of the dire consequences (for themselves) regardless of which way they go.
  "I think if you passed the Senate" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:20pm EST
  

• What's 2,600 Lives a Year?

  That's the human cost of the EPA's push for higher car efficiency standards.
  Tired of having to drive safe, affordable vehicles? Can’t make a decision at the car lot and want the government to narrow down the decisions for you? Well then you’re in luck. The Environmental Protection Agency [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:54am EST
  

• Worse than Murderers

  It's no secret that I find the current obsession with sex offenders to be overblown and dangerous. I've documented various cases where people have been falsely branded sex offenders because of errors or hysteria. This includes going to jail for hugging a student.
  
  Now, add a' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:02am EST
  

• It's a Good Thing There Wasn't Obamacare to Tell Him He Wasn't Alive

  Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious
  
  Or, as Orrin Judd notes, it's a good thing Michael Schiavo couldn't benefit from his death.' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:53am EST
  

• They Don't Believe in Representative Democracy, Part 2

  The strangest part of the Democrats' suicide pact to pass Obamacare is their blatant disregard for the will of their constituents. Wasn't part of civics class about how we elect representatives to go to Washington to do our bidding? Somebody needs to tell these people they work for us. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:26am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions"--James Madison [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:14am EST
  

• 13 Democrats from Republican States Voted for Obamacare

  It's time to throw those bums out. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:06pm EST
  

• Just a Reminder of What Happened the Last Time We Tried a Terrorist in Our Courts...

  During the trial of the blind sheik, his attorney, Lynne Stewart broke the law by providing material support to the terrorist in the form of passing notes, so to speak, from her terrorist client to other terrorists.
  
  With the news that Democrats haven't learned a damn thing from 9/11' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:05am EST
  

• Lindsey Graham Stumps Eric Holder

  Via Newsbusters, we have Senator Lindsey Graham stumping Eric Holder about the consequences of President Obama's policies:
  GRAHAM: If bin Laden were caught tomorrow, would it be the position of this administration that he would be brought to justice?
  
  HOLDER: He would certainly be brought to justice, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:46pm EST
  

• You Gotta Have Your Priorities

  Andrew Sullivan is a vile, disgusting excuse for a human being, largely because of his bizarre obsession with Sarah Palin and her son Trig. Now Sullivan is taking time off, one can assume, to count typos in Palin's book as "lies" and fact check whether she chopped one cord [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:24pm EST
  

• That Obama Diplomacy Is Working So Well

  Iran’s Foreign Minister Rejects Nuclear Deal
  Today Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki publicly rejected the U.N.-backed proposal to send about 70 percent of Iran’s known supplies of enriched uranium out of the country. Mottaki suggested that instead Iran would exchange its low-enriched uranium for an equivalent amount of slightly [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:00pm EST
  

• I'm Gonna Faint...I Agree With Media Matters on Something!

  Of course, it could just be that Media Matters finally noticed the blatant sexism with which the MSM treat former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Or maybe Newsweek just went so far over the top that even Media Matters could no longer ignore it.
  Like her or not, Palin is [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:01pm EST
  

• Thank God We Don't Have This Problem in Texas

  U.S. Supreme Court restores, for the third time, death sentence for California murderer
  
  This is the third time the SCOTUS has overturned the lunatic 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hellbent on preventing the execution of monsters like Fernando Belmontes, who beat a woman 15 to 20 [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:57pm EST
  

• If The Purpose Is to Redistribute Income...

  Obamacare Puts One-Fifth of U.S. On Welfare
  Medicaid is a means-tested welfare program created in 1965 to provide health care for low income families. Despite the fact that it is one of the most poorly performing of all the federal welfare programs it has become the cornerstone of how [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:12pm EST
  

• Union Wants to Sue Boy Scout?

  For having the audacity to clean up a park.
  In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.
  
  Little did the do-gooder know that his altruistic [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:04pm EST
  

• Can You Spot the Kitty?

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:14pm EST
  

• Another Duh! Moment: Obamacare Reduces Senior Care

  Democrats scoffed at "death panels," but everyone knows that if the elderly can't get care, it is a death sentence.
  plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:08pm EST
  

• Liberals Will Think It Means Nothing...

  
  That the POTUS shows obeisance to other countries. But the rest of us have grave concerns when he is disrespectful to our greatest friends and bows to others. [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:31pm EST
  

• Obama's 9/10 Mentality

  President Obama's decision to try the mastermind of 9/11 in civilian court would look naive if the reasons weren't so transparent, as Andrew McCarthy notes.
  Today's announcement that KSM and other top al-Qaeda terrorists will be transferred to Manhattan federal court for civilian trials neatly fits this hidden' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:14am EST
  

• So Why Are Democrats Hellbent on Pushing Through a Plan Most Americans Don't Want?

  More in U.S. Say Health Coverage Is Not Government Responsibility
  More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say it is (47%). This is a first since Gallup began tracking this question, and a significant shift' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:06pm EST
  

• Pandagon Watch: Christians = Radical Muslims

  
  One of the reasons I love reading Pandagon so much is because of the fringe positions discussed there and lapped up by the commenters. On Pandagon, if you are a conservative, a Republican of any stripe, a Christian and/or a pro-life supporter, you aren't merely misguided' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:11pm EST
  

• Obama Administration Tries to Purge Republicans

  Remember the whole Attorneygate flap? It least the U.S. attorneys were political appointments. Now, the Obama administration is trying to purge Republicans from civil service jobs.
  It is a typical Washington process that many political appointees are able to take jobs within the civil service once their political appointment [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:41am EST
  

• Unintended Consequences: Same Sex Marriage Mandates Could Harm Charities

  Forcing churches to accept homosexual couples and treat them like heterosexual ones could cause many churches to simply stop participating in certain services for the poor and needy.
  Refusing to include robust religious liberty protections in the bill that has just been approved by a Council subcommittee, the [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  

• No Blood for Oil! Unless You're a Democrat

  The liberal advisor to Joe Biden and John Kerry stands to reap millions off the Kurds.
  
  As Tom Maguire notes,
  If this had been an advisor to Dick Cheney, libs would be leaping from tall buildings.
  But we can fully expect the silent treatment from the moonbatosphere [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:29pm EST
  

• Jail Time for Not Buying Insurance Isn't Just a Republican Rumor

  It's true.
  Pelosi: Jail time “very fair” for failing to buy your patriotic ObamaCare coverage
  Democrats are fearful of having to admit that people actually choose not to get insurance, so, she thinks throwing people in jail for it is "fair."
  Of course, the other option is to make' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

• It's Tough When You Try to Make a False Equivalency

  An Immoderate Proposal
  have a moral objection to paying for any kind of erectile dysfunction medicine in the new health reform bill and I think men who want to use it should just pay for it out of pocket. After all, I won't ever need such a pill.' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:56am EST
  

• Fort Hood Shootings GWB's Fault

  Of course!
  On Tuesday, Stephanie Miller suggested it could be because "George Bush made many people around the world feel like this was a war against Islam by using words like crusade."
  It sucks when they have no boogeymen to blame things on anymore. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:50am EST
  

• Are We Headed for This Kind of Medicine?

  Chuck has posted several links to examples of the great care one receives from socialized medicine:
  
  Cancer survivor confronts the health secretary on 62-day wait
  The current target of 62 days from urgent referral by a doctor to starting treatment has still not been met in Scotland, despite [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:08pm EST
  

• Happy Veterans Day!

  From a grateful nation, we salute your service and sacrifice. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:21am EST
  

• We All Knew This Already...

  Confessions of an Obamacare Backer
  Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports. "The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment," he writes. "Let's not pretend that it isn't a big deal, or that it will be self-financing, or that it will work" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:02pm EST
  

• I Liked President Obama's Speech

  Apparently, I'm not the only one.
  Obama had to lead a nation's grieving; he had to try and address the thorny issues of Islam and terrorism; to be firm; to express the spirit of America, using familiar, comforting tropes in a way that didn't sound trite.
  I was very' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:47pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  "One of the few advantages to the country in having Congress overwhelmingly in the hands of one party is that the lack of need to compromise lets the leaders of that party reveal themselves for what they are — in this case, people with unbounded arrogance and utter contempt for" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:28pm EST
  

• Nobody Knows the Vice President

  From Allahpundit, who notes that Joe Biden probably doesn't remember, either.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:26pm EST
  

• Sure, Fred Phelps Is A Democrat...

  But that won't stop us from trying to tar Republicans with him!
  Did Dems Ever Do This To the Bush Twins?
  Well, other than the fact that Jenna and Barbara Bush were adults by the time their father was elected president, I'm sure we could find a few Code [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:32pm EST
  

• One More Waste of the Kelo Case

  Pfizer abandons site of infamous Kelo eminent domain taking
  The private homes that New London, Conn., took away from Suzette Kelo and her neighbors have been torn down. Their former site is a wasteland of fields of weeds, a monument to the power of eminent domain.
  
  But now [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:06pm EST
  

• Obama's Failed Stimulus in Pictures

  Excellent. [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:15pm EST
  

• Why Should We Remember the Berlin Wall?

  A young friend of mine snottily told me that she didn't consider the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to be a big deal. As she put it:
  I am sure this will irk some, but I have a problem with us being so sentimental about' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:45pm EST
  

• How a Real Commander in Chief Acts

  George W. Bush Visits Fort Hood, Wounded Soldiers
  No photogs. Classy.
  
  Where was Obama? Too busy shilling for Obamacare. Glad to know his priorities. [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:37am EST
  

• House Passes Pelosicare--For Your Own Good

  Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House
  
  Congratulations, Democrats. You passed a bill that liberals hate, feminists hate and all Republicans hate. We all know you're gonna strip out all the provisions about not using taxpayer funds to cover abortions. You want taxpayers to pay for abortions, because if' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:36am EST
  

• The Shoe on the Other Foot

  Several of my left-leaning friends are having an unpleasant awakening of conscience these days, concerning their criticism and mockery of George W. Bush. The awakening comes in watching a president they like and admire, Barack Obama, be treated to the same sort of unrealistic standards that they themselves were only [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:11am EST
  

• CBO: Pelosi's Bill Costs $3 Trillion $2.4 Trillion Over 10 Years

  Commenter Perry thinks the $1.05 trillion price tag for Obamacare is just ducky, cuz besides believing in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, he also thinks it will cut the deficit. I pointed out to him that the plan doesn't even have any benefits until 2013 or 2014. But the' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:29pm EST
  

• Democrats Don't Believe in Representative Democracy

  Bill Owens is the latest example.
  The New York Times is reporting that in his pep talk to the Democrats in Congress this morning, President Obama acknowledged that he and newly elected NY-23 Democratic Congressman Bill Owens have pulled a fast one on the voters in that district.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:20pm EST
  

• The Fort Hood Shooting and Radical Islam

  We now know that Major Nidal Hasan was a member of a radical mosque in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was an American citizen, yet, apparently, couldn't bring himself to do simple things like be photographed with women. He sympathized with Muslims fighting his fellow soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. And' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  

• Pelosi's Bill Will Stifle Medical Innovation

  Shutting off the miracle-drug spigot
  Pelosi's bill may cost pharmaceutical companies $150 billion over a decade -- nearly double the amount they conceded when they cut a White House-approved deal with Sen. Max Baucus this summer.
  
  The Pelosi bill is a prescription for fewer new life-saving drugs. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:25pm EST
  

• The Death of Conservatism...NOT

  From Charles Krauthammer. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:29pm EST
  

• Unemployment Hits 10.2%

  The last time unemployment was this high, I was a sophomore in college, editor of my junior college newspaper, wearing pink oxford shirts and pipestem jeans.
  The jump into the realm of double-digit joblessness — from 9.8 percent in September — provided a sobering reminder that, despite the apparent [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:25pm EST
  

• The "Purge" Begins

  7 Hardin County officials switch to GOP
  Seven Democratic Hardin County elected officials announced Wednesday they will become Republicans.
  
  Sheriff Ed Cain, who confirmed his switch earlier this week, was joined at Wednesday’s formal announcement by County Judge Billy Caraway, Precinct 4 Commissioner Bobby Franklin, County Attorney Rebecca [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:19pm EST
  

• CBO: Republican Plan Would Reduce Premiums, Cut Deficit

  Cuts the deficit by $68 billion, btw.
  According to CBO, the GOP bill would indeed lower costs, particularly for small businesses that have trouble finding affordable health care policies for their employees. The report found rates would drop by seven to 10 percent for this group, and by five [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:38pm EST
  

• "How Does My (Gay Marriage, Cohabitation, Out of Wedlock Birth) Affect Your Marriage Anyway?"

  Whenever conservatives defend traditional marriage, you will invariably be asked why you care about somebody else's gay marriage (or living to gether or out of wedlock birth). After all, it's not going to affect your marriage, right?
  
  The answer, of course, is that not everything has to affect you [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:53pm EST
  

• Contrary to Every Account

  A Democrat held the NY-23 seat from 1979 to 1993. Republicans had not held the seat "since the Civil War." [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  

• Lessons from NY-23

  When the RNC pours nearly a million bucks into the campaign of a liberal Republican, it can't help but end badly for the party.
  Conservatives owe NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman immeasurable gratitude. He overcame impossible odds (single digits just a month ago) to come within two points of defeating' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:44am EST
  

• Election Night

  Don't believe 'em when they say it's not a referendum on Democrats and President Obama. People still like BO personally, but his policies suck.
  
  From Hot Air:
  He won by six points in Virginia last year, remember. Two thoughts here. One: You would think that a guy who [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:46pm EST
  

• When We Talk about Media Bias...

  This is the kinda thing we're talking about.
  One year after he won a historical presidential election, a slight majority of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama's doing in the White House.
  
  Fifty-four percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday approve' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  

• NY-23 Is Rockin'

  Liberals are complaining that it's getting ugly out there. All because some Doug Hoffman supporters got rowdy.
  "We've gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters," said O'Neill, a St. Lawrence native who has been running the party's GOTV effort [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:55pm EST
  

• The Non-Existent Fight for the Soul of the Republican Party

  Stories like this one must be written by people who never experienced political swings before.
  In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:40pm EST
  

• Election Day!

  Vote Republican. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:40pm EST
  

• Democrats Pull Dirty Tricks?

  Why, I thought only Republicans were in the dirty tricks business. and it ain't the Republicans.
  The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters that slams Republican Chris Christie and promotes independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett.
  
  A Democratic spokeswoman says the party’s' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:29pm EST
  

• A Fitting Tribute

  USS New York, built with steel from Twin Towers, sets sail on maiden voyage
  The USS New York, a new battleship built with steel from the World Trade Center, sailed into New York harbour today on its maiden voyage and delivered a 21-gun salute near Ground Zero.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:16pm EST
  

• Health Care News Round-Up

  Bunches of interesting stuffs here.
  
  --Nancy Pelosi pushes for vote on Pelosicare Thursday. I call it "Pelosicare," since it doesn't really seem to be what we will end up with, other than taxpayer-funded abortions, huge tax increases, and cuts in the care you can get. This is even' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:03pm EST
  

• LOL of the Day

  "Let me be clear: at Iowa Liberal, we have a feisty spirit but a respect for the principles of logic and intellectual honesty. We really dislike dishonesty and try our best not to practice it ourselves." [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 1:51pm EST
  

• "I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it,"

  Planned Parenthood director quits after viewing ultrasound
  Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson's life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned. Johnson said she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure...
  
  She handed [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:42am EST
  

• Of Course They're All Partisan

  If Fox Is Partisan, It Is Not Alone
  In audience surveys from August 2000 to March 2001, Fox News viewers tilted Republican by 44.6 percent to 36.1 percent. More narrowly — 41.4 percent to 39.4 percent — so did the audience for MSNBC. The audiences of CNN, Headline [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

• So Much for Her Endorsement

  Hoffman Leads Big
  Doug Hoffman has a commanding lead in the special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District.
  
  In a three way contest with Democrat Bill Owens and Republican Dede Scozzafava Hoffman leads with 51% to 34% for Owens and 13% for Scozzafava. In a head to [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:21am EST
  

• Judge-Shopping or Necessary Clarification?

  Congress Set to Take Aim at Judicial Recusals
  Congress is preparing to wade into one of the most sensitive of issues for the federal judiciary: when a judge should step aside in a case and who should make that decision.
  
  The House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:31am EST
  

• Best Headline of the Day

  Obama makes Bush his blame czar [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 4:19pm EST
  

• Scozzafava Endorses Owens

  This race just gets nastier and nastier.
  Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., was among those who urged Dierdre K. Scozzafava to endorse Democratic congressional candidate William L. Owens, the senator's spokesman said Saturday.
  
  The spokesman, Maxwell Young, said the senator called a number of north country political leaders [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  

• The Rock in Your Trick or Treat Bag

  Democrats Push for Plan to Cut Deficit
  The administration has not signaled what specific proposals it might make, but Mr. Orszag’s challenges are formidable: the chief sources of significant deficit reductions — savings in government health programs and tax increases on the rich — will have been tapped [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 7:08pm EDT
  

• Playing the Spoiler

  Scozzafava suspends 23d campaign
  Scozzafava can't win and is acting as a spoiler to Doug Hoffman, who could. Originally, I was against Hoffman being in this race because third parties are typically a waste and it's more important to get Republicans--any Republicans in Congress. True, this is party politics,' [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:59am EDT
  

• Sorry for using military in Iraq but there was no choice: Bush

  Gotta love this:
  Justifying his decision on Iraq, former US President George W Bush today said dislodging of the "brutal dictator" Saddam Hussain was a necessity after 9/11 attacks but regretted that military had to be used to do so as there was no other "choice"...
  
  Describing Hussain [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:53am EDT
  

• It's So Fun Watching the Left Explode

  Read virtually any post at Iowa Liberal in the past week and you'll see what I mean.
  
  You can start with this whinging from Jeromy Brown that Republican pundits manage to find good news in the Democrats' inability to pass legislation with a veto-proof majority in the [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:21am EDT
  

• Regardless of the Number of Jobs This Administration Claims to Have "Saved," The Unemployment Rate Is Still Almost 10%

  The White House is laughably trying to claim that it has "saved" 640,000--er, make that 1 million jobs, but has to admit to a lot of fuzzy math to get to that figure.
  The White House argues that the actual job number is actually larger than 640,000 -- closer [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:11am EDT
  

• White House Transparency?

  Frankly, I'd be more impressed with White House transparency if Teh One kept the promise about health care debates being on C-SPAN and all of us getting to participate (without being called un-American and Nazis), but that's just me. Instead, we're left with a White House that thinks it [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:03am EDT
  

• No Wonder Democrats Aren't Interested in Tort Reform

  Pelosi health care bill blows a kiss to trial lawyers/
  The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:35pm EDT
  

• Most Ethical Congress Has Dozens of Democrats Under Investigation

  One of the things that brought down Republicans in the 2006 mid-terms was a series of ethical violations that had been covered up or just not dealt with. Democrats brayed that they would run the "most ethical Congress EVAR," but we knew that wouldn't be true. How do we know' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:50am EDT
  

• Shocker! White House Overstates Jobs "Saved" or "Created"

  Overstates is a nice word for "lies," but let's not go there. Let's go here.
  The government's first accounting of jobs tied to the $787 billion stimulus program claimed more than 30,000 positions paid for with recovery money. But that figure is overstated by least 5,000 jobs, according to [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:45pm EDT
  

• The Non-Partisan War in Afghanistan

  I wasn't going to say anything about President Obama photo-opping visiting the military dead in Delaware where the bodies are returned from Afghanistan. I thought the skepticism might be too, shall I say, political.
  
  But that was before the liberal idiots decided it was one more chance' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:17pm EDT
  

• Pelosi Unveils Mis-Named "Affordable Health Care for America Act"

  Perhaps that name should just be the LOL of the Day.
  
  House health-care reform bill to include public option
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:26pm EDT
  

• Quote of the Day

  "It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness." --James Wilson, Lectures on [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:15pm EDT
  

• Now, You Can't Even Watch Your Own Children at the Playground

  ...because you might be a pedophile.
  
  This is in the U.K. Thank God we haven't gone quite this nutty here.
  Parents are being banned from playing with their children in council recreation areas because they have not been vetted by police.
  Mothers and fathers are being forced' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:33pm EDT
  

• Another Duh! Moment: Under Obamacare, Private Insurance Prices Would Triple

  And we now have the study to show it.
  At the request of Congressional delegations worried about their constituents—call it a public service—WellPoint mined its own actuarial data to model ObamaCare in the 14 states where it runs Blue Cross plans. The study therefore takes into account market and [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:04pm EDT
  

• I Remember When War Casualties Were Terrible

  Back in 2005, it seemed like the New York Times, Washington Post and every leftwing blogger was horrified at the casualties our troops suffered in Iraq. It was part of the "We support the troops but not the war" shtick, which was difficult to swallow, but they kept insisting that [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:44pm EDT
  

• We Had Different Expectations for GWB

  What if Bush had done that?
  Well, we know what would have happened, don't we?' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:50pm EDT
  

• Valerie Jarrett Attacks Fox News Then Has to Backtrack

  It's tough for the Obama White House to keep attacking Fox News, knowing that, as they do so, it makes the cable network more popular. So, instead, we're treated to Valerie Jarrett attacking Fox News, then weaseling out.
  To the question of whether Fox News is biased, Jarrett replied:' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:33pm EDT
  

• Ha Ha Ha Joe Lieberman Says He'll Filibuster Harry Reid's Health Care Bill

  This is sweet.
  Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill.
  
  Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health care [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:10pm EDT
  

• Fox News' Ratings Way Up Since White House Declared War on It

  Oh, the irony. Or maybe not. I could have predicted that the flap would be a ratings booster for Fox News. People who never watched the channel would be wondering what all the fuss was about, and those who occasionally watched Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity are probably more' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:14pm EDT
  

• What Enemies List?

  Obama's Enemies List. [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
  

• So Much for that "Death of Conservatism" Stuff

  Conservatives maintain edge as top ideological group.
  Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
  

• Health Care News Round-Up

  --Harry Reid says Dems have a health care bill in the Senate and it contains the lie of an "opt out" public option for states. The reason this is a lie is that everyone has to pay into this boondoggle whether their state accepts Obamacare or not. This leaves [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 4:19pm EDT
  

• The White House Doesn't Want Us To Know What His Czars Do

  White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress
  Among the czars Congress wanted information on:
  -- Energy and Environment Czar Carol Browner (whose official title is Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change)
  
  -- Health Czar Nancy Ann DeParle (Counselor to the President [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:34am EDT
  

• Voters Trust Republicans More

  According to this poll.
  For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them.
  
  Republicans have nearly doubled their lead over Democrats on economic [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:56am EDT
  

• Bogus Mortality Statistics on Health Care

  By now, you should know that anyone touting "health care reform" (i.e., Obamacare) is lying about who dies due to lack of insurance. The reason they lie is because there's no verifiable way of tracking whose death is actually caused because they "couldn't" (as opposed to wouldn't) go to the [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:43am EDT
  

• This Is Shocking

  Top employees leave financial firms ahead of pay cuts [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:27am EDT
  

• The Historic Presidency

  
  Barack Obama sees worst poll rating drop in 50 years
  His current approval rating – hovering just above the level that would make re-election an uphill struggle – is close to the bottom for newly-elected president. Mr Obama entered the White House with a soaring [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:24am EDT