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Rhetoric.
“Rick Santorum offered no apologies Tuesday for a controversial speech he gave in 2008 when he talked about the threat of Satan in America. “‘I’m a person of faith. I believe in good and evil,’ Santorum said in response to questions from CNN… “‘If somehow or another because you’re a person of faith and you [...]
Sweet home Chicago.
We already knew that, actually, but I wonder what the specific cause is tonight. Maybe he saw that Gallup is projecting next month’s unemployment rate to jump back up to nine percent? Or maybe it’s gas prices? Could be that he’s just bummed about the American dream post-Hopenchange becoming more … modest. Two minutes from [...]
"I assure you, I promise you, this was not intentional in any way."
Is this S.O.P.? There’s been plenty of cultural friction in Afghanistan over the past decade but offhand I can’t recall a U.S. general going so far as to cut a video begging forgiveness of the locals for an offense — not even after the clip of Marines urinating on dead Taliban made the rounds worldwide [...]
"What are you going to bring up next, his secretary?"
Are we still allowed to enjoy the occasional Chris Christie porn or has his shilling for Romney made that hopelessly taboo? Before you answer, watch the second clip below too; I tossed it in there especially for the social cons among us. The closer he gets to a VP nomination, my friends, the redder he’ll [...]
Excessive?
In the annals of obligatory HA posts, there may be none so obligatory as this. The suspect was arrested for leaving the scene of two traffic accidents; when they caught her, she had a suspended license and was high on cocaine and oxycodone. They put her in the squad car and then… While she sat [...]
Excessive?
In the annals of obligatory HA posts, there may be none so obligatory as this. The suspect was arrested for leaving the scene of two traffic accidents; when they caught her, she had a suspended license and was high on cocaine and oxycodone. They put her in the squad car and then… While she sat [...]
Still kicking.
It’s just one poll, but that’s the first time he’s led in the state in nearly three weeks — and the same poll had him trailing Santorum by nine just a week ago. Another poll out today has the race tied and PPP’s new one, while showing Santorum still ahead by four, has Romney roaring [...]
Pitiful.
The fun begins at 4:30 of the clip. Carney’s playing a game here by stressing the weak distinction between canceling the pipeline project outright and “merely” postponing a decision on it until after the election so that environmentalists will keep donating to the Unicorn Prince. The State Department announced the postponement back in November — [...]
"This is a spiritual war."
Top story on Drudge as I write this. And to think, some people accuse him of being pro-Romney. “Satan has his sights on the United States of America!” Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has declared. “Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root [...]
Brokers.
“‘Michigan is the whole shooting match,’ said one senior GOP strategist not aligned with a campaign. Says another: ‘If Romney loses Michigan, all hell breaks loose.’ “Given that real possibility, one knowledgeable GOP source confirms that some Republicans are circulating the deadlines and the basic math that would allow another candidate to get into the [...]
Plus: Romney doubles down on Trump.
Proof that he’s sputtering or much ado about nothing given the realities of modern campaign finance? He had $19 million in the bank at the end of December and raised another $6.5 million on top of that in January. (By comparison, back in January 2008, The One raised $36 million. Obvious difference, though: The economy [...]
"I'm so sorry that I offended people. I'm so sorry if I offended Jeremy."
Nothing says “slow news day” like debating whether some random guy’s turn of phrase was or wasn’t secretly motivated by racism. Actually, I take that back. Nothing says “slow news day” like one of those viral vids of a cop tasering a defenseless person. But since I don’t have one of those, this’ll have to [...]
"I'm so sorry that I offended people. I'm so sorry if I offended Jeremy."
Nothing says “slow news day” like debating whether some random guy’s turn of phrase was or wasn’t secretly motivated by racism. Actually, I take that back. Nothing says “slow news day” like one of those viral vids of a cop tasering a defenseless person. But since I don’t have one of those, this’ll have to [...]
Fade?
I keep thinking that while the commentariat buzzes about Santorum’s surge, the Romney Super PAC death star is quietly moving into position. They nuked Newt with nearly $14 million in mostly negative ads in January; surely, surely, there’s a plan to turn Planet Sweater Vest into Alderaan before Arizona and Michigan vote. Getting kind of [...]
Fade?
I keep thinking that while the commentariat buzzes about Santorum’s surge, the Romney Super PAC death star is quietly moving into position. They nuked Newt with nearly $14 million in mostly negative ads in January; surely, surely, there’s a plan to turn Planet Sweater Vest into Alderaan before Arizona and Michigan vote. Getting kind of [...]
Unsustainable.
Via Philip Klein, stick with this until at least 2:45, when Ryan drops the national-suicide debt chart on him and TurboTax Tim notes that, hey, the numbers between Obama’s budget and Ryan’s are actually comparable — for the next five years or so. Quoth Klein: “[A]s Ryan pointed out, the Treasury Secretary, more than anybody, [...]
"Compromise."
Remember, the “compromise” is that insurance companies will foot the bill for contraception themselves so that religious institutions technically aren’t paying for it. That’s a minor concession given that the plan will still cover birth control — and it’s a nonexistent concession if premiums end up rising to pay for the contraception — but that [...]
"We maybe need a massive therapy session so we can concentrate on what the real issues are."
Via Mediaite, behold the left’s newest viral sensation. This is a, shall we say, unhelpful soundbite in service to a worthy point, namely, that there are bigger policy fish to fry than birth control at a moment when Obama’s pushing a catastrophic new budget and Iran’s getting closer to nuclear breakout capacity. What I can’t [...]
Out?
Nothing on the wires yet but Red State chief/CNN contributor Erick Erickson says the scoop comes straight from the top of the Georgia Republican Party. GA GOP Chairwoman Sue Everhart tells me Mitt Romney will not participate in the GA GOP debate prior to Super Tuesday. The Georgia GOP is co-sponsoring the debate with CNN [...]
"All bets are off as to who it will be willing to offer themselves up in the name of service to their country."
Quote: “I cannot predict what will happen in the future, but I know that I have got the fire in my belly to try to help, to try to make a difference. And if that involves running for public office at some point in the future, I’m game for that.” Now all that’s standing between [...]
Freedom.
“‘I vote and have supported birth control because it is not the taking of human life. But I’m not a believer in birth control and artificial birth control. I think it goes down the line of being able to do whatever you want to do without having the responsibility that comes with that. I think [...]
Chaos.
They’ve hatched a diabolical plot to support the guy whom few people think is electable over the other guy whom few people think is electable. Why would we do such a crazy thing? Lots of great reasons! Republican turnout has sucked, and appears to be getting worse by the contest. Unlike the 2008 Democratic primaries, [...]
What?
If a superstar of thrash metal is going to endorse, obviously it’ll be the candidate who compares himself to Richie Cunningham. Speaking of news, you were a correspondent for MTV during the 1992 presidential election. What’s your take on US politics in 2012? “I’m just hoping that whatever is in the White House next year [...]
Crunch.
I’m skeptical, especially if you count his Super PAC as part of his campaign. (And who doesn’t?) But the basic logic makes sense. If you depend heavily on a small-ish base of wealthy donors who are capped by law on how much they can give, then you’d better win early to grow that base before [...]
What?
Fun, fun, fun via Philip Klein as GOP Rep. Scott Garrett lays a trap and hapless Hopenchange budget director Jeffrey Zients walks right into it. Obama and his apparatchiks have been trying to have it both ways on this since long before O-Care was passed; watch the second clip below, from 2009, to see him [...]
Gulp.
The economy’s looking up and, thanks to our … unfortunate field of GOP presidential candidates, Republican enthusiasm’s looking down. This is the fourth national poll in two weeks in which O’s hit 50 percent. Dude, I’m nervous. The president’s approval rating has edged up three points from last month and is up six points from [...]
Indignation.
If you don’t know what this is about, Univision’s Tumblr will catch you up more quickly than I can explain. Like Ace, I wonder what the breakdown is percentage-wise between people who are genuinely offended by what Messina said, people who are ginning up indignation because they want to watch a ruthless Democratic partisan hack [...]
Conscience.
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., relented on Tuesday and now says he’ll allow a Senate vote on an amendment that would reverse the White House’s controversial requirement that all insurers provide birth control free of charge to women. The proposal put forward last week by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., would exempt employers from providing [...]
Ransom.
Regimes come and go but the bribes remain the same. US aid to Egypt is guaranteed by the Camp David Accords and stopping it would be a violation of that treaty, a high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker said Sunday. Essam El-Erian, who also serves as chairman of the Egyptian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said that should [...]
Confrontation.
Via Breitbart TV. I should have guessed that eventually we’d be arguing over whether “Occupy” has a problem with crime, notwithstanding the long, long, long, long, long list of alleged criminal activities at the encampaments. Remember, things at Zuccotti Park got so bad that a women-only tent was set up so that there’d be strength [...]
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