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Catching Up and Tax Cuts

January 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm » Comments (0)

This past weekend I was again out of town and out of touch so-to-speak on political issues. Unfortunately, the town where my wife is from has no cell phone coverage for my carrier, so even my blogging compatriots could not get in touch with me nor can I submit articles via mobile device. I don’t [...]



Arizona Cracks Down Mexico Complains

January 17th, 2008 at 10:45 am » Comments (3)

Mexican illegals are flocking back to the Mexican state of Sonora because they cannot find work in Arizona any longer. This has Mexican officials in Sonora up in arms and meeting with pro-illegal immigration/open border morons in the Arizona Legislature in an attempt to get those officials to repeal the law cracking down on employers [...]



Huckster Changes Tune on Smoking Ban - More Arkansas Hipocrasy (as if we needed more)

January 16th, 2008 at 3:41 pm » Comments (0)

The graduate with honors from the Slick Willy School of campaign hoodwinking, Mike “The Huckster” Huckabee, is now reversing a position that he took last August before a forum on Cancer.
From The Hill:
At an August 2007 forum on cancer hosted by cyclist and activist Lance Armstrong and moderated by MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Huckabee said [...]



American Liberalism, The Death of Individualism, and The Hive Mentality

January 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am » Comments (3)

For decades American Conservatives have been attempting to awaken the apathetic American public to the dangers advocated by liberals who infiltrated and took control of the Democrat Party. Now the far-left dominates the thinking of that party and we are now in a position to finally make our point. But is it too late?
In 1999, [...]



Hillary Calls White House “Like a Prison” Then Why Does She Want to Go Back?

January 15th, 2008 at 1:41 pm » Comments (2)

In an interview with Tyra Banks, Senator Clinton likened the White House to a “prison”.
From the LA Times:
“Do you ever get lonely?” Banks asked the New York senator. “Do you ever sit in your room by yourself sometimes and just feel alone?”….
“I don’t feel lonely,” Clinton said. “But I do feel sometimes isolated. Because when [...]



A McCain Statement I Missed

January 15th, 2008 at 9:08 am » Comments (1)

John McCain stated during the South Carolina debate that the first thing that he would do to stimulate the economy is to make the tax cuts permanent. That’s odd, he voted against the tax cuts when they came to the floor of the Senate.
Here is John McCain’s record on Tax Reform:
# We need a simpler, [...]



Michigan Decides [UPDATED]

January 15th, 2008 at 8:39 am » Comments (1)

The Michigan polls are open and voters are not exactly flocking to the polls. At 8:30 am EST election turnout has been termed as “sparse” by observers in Michigan. Today Michigan voters will decide who the state will support for the GOP Nomination. Democrats are not voting due to an internal struggle between the DNC [...]



Non-Committal Rush Re-Caps Fred’s Debate Performance

January 12th, 2008 at 12:29 am » Comments (0)

The real King of All Media Rush Limbaugh, not that moron on satellite radio, is being cagey about endorsing a candidate for President. Most talk radio types are refraining from making formal endorsements. Neal Boortz for example gushes about Mike “The Huckster” Huckabee because The Huckster recently came out for The Fair Tax in spite [...]



UFO Denny Wants Recount In New Hampshire Democrat Primary

January 11th, 2008 at 12:45 am » Comments (0)

Texas has Ron Paul, we here in Ohio have Dennis Kucinich. Both imbeciles who are doing whatever they can to keep their name in the news so they remain relevant in this primary cycle. Ron Paul is a complete and utter moron, who couldn’t find a coherent thought with a seeing eye dog and a [...]



South Carolina Debate

January 10th, 2008 at 10:47 pm » Comments (2)

Winner? Fred Thompson. And that isn’t based on my bias, he actually won the debate.

Fred was on fire!

Hat tip to Hot Air for the videos.
Fred started the evening by defending Rudy Giuliani’s tax plan because it is very similar to his own. He reminded the audience of Huckster’s tax and spend policies.
There came a time [...]



Rudy’s Tax Plan, Sounds an Awful Lot Like Fred’s

January 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pm » Comments (1)

Rudy Giuliani has come out with his tax plan in an effort to glamor up his Conservative credentials. Problem is, I’ve heard the plan or something resembling it before. Then I got to thinking, where?
It is Fred Thompson’s plan on a diet.
Rudy’s plan sounds great on paper, the problem is that it took someone else [...]



Presidential Campaign News Alert!!

January 10th, 2008 at 9:37 am » Comments (0)

FoxNews.com is reporting that Senator John Kerry (D MA) is endorsing Barack Obama. That’s right, Obama NOT Clinton.
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BlogBurst for Fred South Carolina

January 10th, 2008 at 8:02 am » Comments (1)

Bloggers across this nation put together an effort to give the Thompson campaign a shot in the arm in order to broadcast his ad “Substance” across Iowa just a few short weeks ago. Bloggers helped the campaign raise the needed funds to get Fred the exposure he needed to take a much needed 3rd place [...]



Obama In Trouble… And It’s Not From Hillary

January 10th, 2008 at 4:59 am » Comments (1)

Illinois Senator and Democrat Presidential Candidate for his Party’s Nomination Barack Obama has finally made what could turn out to be a major boo-boo. It seems that his campaign slogan “Change Rocks” is a registered trademark. That’s right, he may be guilty of trademark infringement for using the term.
It seems that U.S. trademark No. 3,266,236 [...]



Rudy Hit Single Digits; Hillary and Obama in a Cat Fight

January 10th, 2008 at 3:26 am » Comments (3)

In the Rasmussen Reports latest Daily Presidential Tacking Poll (dated 1/9/08), former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani hit single digits for the first time since announcing. Rudy is currently polling at 9% which is last among the top 5 in the race. Currently The Huckster is leading with 22% followed by Mitt Romney and [...]



Another Dem Bites the Dust

January 10th, 2008 at 3:13 am » Comments (2)

New Mexico Governor and former Ambassador Bill Richardson (no relation) is bowing out of the quest for the Democrat Nomination for President of the United States.
According to an AP report appearing on MyWay News, Gov. Richardson ended his campaign after finishing 4th in both New Hampshire and Iowa. No one with more than one functioning [...]



New Hampshire - A Lesson About Polling & Declaring Inevitability

January 9th, 2008 at 10:12 am » Comments (8)

You all know that I’m no fan of the main stream media, that goes without saying. In their zeal to be first to get the story sometimes they actually miss the story. The struggle to be first to know who will win certain political races sometimes backfires. Remember the 2000 elections? ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, [...]



Anchor Babies or No Anchor Babies? Huckster’s Conflicting Reports

January 9th, 2008 at 1:21 am » Comments (1)

First there was the Washington Times article that claimed that he supported a Constitutional Amendment banning birth right citizenship and then he issued a statement saying that wasn’t true, which is it Huckster?
From the Washington Times:
Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming [...]



Huck Iowa Evangelicals and Potential Party Failure

January 8th, 2008 at 9:42 am » Comments (2)

The Huckster last week won the Iowa Caucuses due to a very large voting block in that state, Evangelicals. Evangelicals make up an estimated 60% of the Republican voters in Iowa but yet the Huckster only garnered 34% of the vote in last week’s Caucuses. That means that about half of Iowa’s Evangelicals did not [...]



Crocodile Tears, Security Ignorance, and “Change”

January 7th, 2008 at 7:00 pm » Comments (7)

Senator Hillary Clinton had a video taped interview today where she nearly shed tears while saying, “I have so many opportunities for this country”. I? She said I. She didn’t say that America has so many opportunities and if I’m elected I can make those happen. She said, “I have so many opportunities for this [...]