Whatever reservations I have about Sarah Palin’s qualifications are largely muted by the fact that I like her. Palin has endured a torrent of abuse from the left and from some erstwhile republican elitists and through it all, she has remained cheerful, positive and optimistic. From the Wall Street Journal: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Ask Sarah […]
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Reporters Kicked Off OBama’s Campaign Plane???
Matt Drudge is reporting that the Obama campaign has kicked reporters from the New York Post, Washington Times and Dallas Morning News off his campaign plane… All three papers have recently endorsed John McCain. From Fox News: Journalists from three major newspapers that endorsed John McCain — the Washington Times, the New York Post and […]
al Qaeda Wants Republicans, Bush “humiliated”
It must be a slow news day if I’m linking to a story about an al Qaeda statement… DUBAI (Reuters) – An al Qaeda leader has called for President George W. Bush and the Republicans to be “humiliated,” without endorsing any party in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, according to a video posted on the […]
Poll Question: Who Are You Voting For?
It’s a slow news day, and like Allahpundit I’m a blogger strapped for content so here comes a poll question: [poll id=”10″]
Obama’s Infomercial
I didn’t watch Barack Obama’s prime time infomercial last night. Michelle Malkin live blogged it and the Associated Press fact checked it… Apparently I doesn’t look like I missed much. Calvin Woodward reports that Sen. Obama “was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing […]
A Public Service Announcement
My Fellow Conservatives, tonight at 8:00 p.m. Barack Obama’s 30 minute infomercial will air on CBS, NBC and Fox. I won’t be watching, I plan on spending the evening with John Wayne & Maureen O’Hara. I can’t think of better antidote to Barack Obama’s testament to himself than Rio Grande. Michelle Malkin says take Obama’s […]
Heritage Foundation to Barack Obama: Please Stop Lying About Our Postion On Your Tax Plan
Heritage Foundation lawyer Alan P. Dye sent the following letter to the Obama campaign requesting that they withdraw advertisements that misrepresent the opinion of the Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst Rea Hederman. Dear Senator Obama: Two recent campaign advertisements seriously misrepresent the views of my client, The Heritage Foundation. They suggest, quite falsely, that The […]
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid…
Be afraid, be very afraid… In all the furor over Barack Obama’s 2001 remarks on redistribution we missed a larger more frightening point. Take a look the transcript of Sen. Obama’s remarks (emphasis mine): If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I […]
Ted Stevens: Guilty On All Counts
From the Wall Street Journal: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been found guilty of lying about receiving gifts. Stevens, 84 years old, was charged with lying on financial documents to conceal $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts he received from oil services contractor VECO Corp. Stevens has steadfastly maintained his innocence and had hoped […]
Funny Money: The New York Post Reports on Barack Obama’s Fund Raising
This story has been making the rounds of the blogosphere for the past week or so and is finally starting to gain traction in the mainstream media. DUBIOUS DONATIONS By Scott W. Johnson, New York Post, October 27, 2008 Barack Obama has proved the greatest fund-raiser of all time by a long shot. His campaign […]
Miami Dolphins Owner Wants to Sell His Stake Before Obama Raises Taxes
Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga said Sunday that he wants to sell up to 45 percent more of the team to Stephen Ross and that the presidential election is among the issues weighing on his decision. From SunSentinal.com: Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga said Sunday no date has been set for selling up to 45 […]
Wall Street Journal: Almost Everyone Would Do Better Under the McCain Health Plan
Robert Carroll has a must read Op Ed on John McCain’s health care plan in today’s Wall Street Journal. Carroll does and excellent job of explaining what may be the single most misunderstood and misrepresented proposal of this election… The bottom line is most of us would do better under McCain’s health insurance tax credit. […]
Barack Obama: Socialist
I don’t know any other way to say it… Barack Obama is not your father’s democrat he is a card carrying socialist. I don’t care how much lipstick you put on it… There isn’t a bit of difference between what Barack Obama said to Joe Wurzelbacher or what he says in this 2001 interview with […]
Media Biased? Michael Malone Thinks So
Just how bad has the media’s coverage of the presidential campaign been? Bad enough that ABC News’s Silicon Insider Michael Malone says he’s “embarrassed to admit what I do for a living”. The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game — with their readers, with the Constitution and with their own fates. The […]
Tough Questions for Joe Biden
WFTV anchor Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday, October 23rd. Unlike most reporters West didn’t shy away from asking tough questions… She questioned Biden on democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s ties to ACORN and his plans to “spread the wealth” around. Biden’s answers are quite revealing. The only quesion […]