Right-wing blogger Eric Erickson at Redstate: At what point do the people tell the politicians to go to hell? At what point do they get off the couch, march down to their state legislator's house, pull him outside, and beat him to a bloody pulp for being an idiot? At some point soon, it will happen. It'll be over an … Read More
Why Michelle Malkin Should Never Be Listened To
From her site: The soul-fixer-in-chief is here to dry your tears By Michelle Malkin • March 31, 2009 12:44 AM Reuters is running a story on the Obama administration’s new federally subsidized counseling services/referrals for those suffering from depression related to the economy. As usual, the government’s prescription for pain is…more government. The economic psychology guide was developed with help from the … Read More
Oliver Twisted
Big Hollywood's S.T. Karnick: The latest PBS adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic novel Oliver Twist demonstrates the urgent need for reform of the taxpayer-supported broadcasting service–or an end to taxpayer funding for it. Among PBS's crimes, according to Karnick? Casting a black woman as Nancy: Clearly the producers are imposing an ideal of a colorblind society on a story where … Read More
Conservative Punditry “WTF?” Statement Of The Day
National Review's Mark Krikorian — who, believe it or not, is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies — drops in this little gem at the Corner: During slavery and Jim Crow, a number of blacks moved abroad, to Europe or Africa or the USSR, but again, these movements never gained much traction…. Actually, I think very few slaves … Read More
Shorter Ann Coulter
Shorter Ann Coulter: Democrats want to tax the rich, thereby proving that Democrats hate the little guy. Also, since Democrats are rich, they are only taxing themselves. Ha ha! Which makes them socialists! Seriously, Ann Coulter is just plain bizarre. BONUS WINGNUTTERY FROM MARIE JON: On Nov. 5, 2008, Americans woke up to a very real Marxist coup — although most didn't … Read More
Punditry At The Corner
Ramesh Ponnuru: The other day I commented on the poor quality of polling on stem-cell research. I'm afraid that the Rasmussen poll, cited in today's web briefing, is no exception. Here's the question they use: "President Obama has decided to lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Do you agree or disagree with President Obama’s decision?" … Read More
Da Debate Bait
El Rushbo, today: But I have an idea. If these guys are so impressed with themselves, and if they are so sure of their correctness, why doesn't President Obama come on my show? *** Let's go ahead and have a debate on this show. No limits. Now that your handlers are praising themselves for promoting me as the head of … Read More
Selected Five-Star Reviews of “Joe The Plumber”‘s New Book (From Amazon)
"This is a good book for those with no training, education, or experience in political science, economics, or probably anything else, and wish to read the opinions of an unlicensed plumber who also has no training or experience in anything relevant." "I could not put the book down. Seriously, something really sticky was on the cover" "In this book and … Read More
Rush, She’s Just Not That Into You
Rush Limbaugh can't figure out why women don't like him: Women don’t really like Rush Limbaugh. On Feb. 23, Public Policy Polling released findings showing that only 37 percent of women hold a favorable opinion of the hate radio host, compared to 56 percent of men. As Jill Zimon notes, Limbaugh brought up this poll yesterday on his radio show, noting … Read More
Malkin, Idiot
I really should let this go, but I can't. Michelle Malkin today writes: On Nov. 4, after Barack Obama clinched the White House, the market closed at 9,625.28. In mid-morning trading today, the day President Obama signs his massive Generational Theft Act into law and a day before he unveils a massive new mortgage entitlement, the Dow dropped to to … Read More
What Hath Rush, Hannity And O’Reilly Wrought?
James Adkisson has been sentenced to life behind bars for the deaths of Greg McKendry and Linda Kraeger, the Unitarian Universalist church-goers who died during his assault on their church in Knoxville, TN last July. What Adkisson left behind is his four-page handwritten manifesto, which can be read here (PDF format). It's a reiteration of the talking points of Rush Limbaugh, … Read More
O’Reilly Dumber Than Supermodel Jessica Alba
Heh: Jessica Alba is setting the record straight: Sweden was neutral during World War II. Alba and Fox TV show host Bill O’Reilly traded punches last week after the presidential inauguration. After Alba told a Fox reporter that O’Reilly was “kind of an a-hole;” he retaliated by calling her a “pinhead” for telling a reporter to “be Sweden about it,” … Read More
How To Deal With Rush Limbaugh
The wrong way: In a bid to capitalize on Rush Limbaugh's recent comment that he hopes President Obama "fails," national Democrats launched a petition drive Wednesday taking direct aim at the conservative radio host. "Jobs, health care, our place in the world — the stakes for our nation are high and every American needs President Obama to succeed," says the … Read More
Nathan Tabor On Evolution and Gays
Our locally-living nationally-syndicated columnist, Nathan Tabor, is a howl today. After trying to make the argument that Obama's policies will effectively result in genocide of African-Americans (yes, he really makes that argument), Tabor writes: But blacks are not the only minority group which could suffer under the Democratic regime in Washington. Democratic leaders believe that children must be taught evolution, … Read More
The Brilliance of Pat Buchanan
Pat bemoans the fate of the GOP: What has been happening to the GOP? Three fatal contractions. Demographically, the GOP is a party of white Americans, who in 1972 were perhaps 90 percent of the national vote. Nixon and Reagan rolled up almost two-thirds of that vote in 1972 and 1984. But because of abortion and aging, the white vote … Read More