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Christians as Oppressed Now as Blacks Under Jim Crow?
If one idea unites Angelo Codevilla's "The Ruling Class" it's the conviction that white Christians are targets of discrimination equal to that which ever oppressed black Americans. Click here for Part 1 of David Frum's review of Angelo Codevilla's "The Ruling Class". What can we learn …Why I Will Never Be a Tea Partier
Tea Partiers have abandoned the cold rationalism of conservatism for the public theatrics and touchy-feely identity politics of the left. I have recently realized why I find the Tea Party phenomenon so grating. I have always believed that conservatism means not only a certain set of political …Tea Party Won't Share Goldwater's Fate
Republicans worried about the Tea Party's growth are drawing false parallels between 2012 and 1964 when upstart Barry Goldwater was crushed in the election. After last week’s U.S. primaries that saw conservative Tea Party candidates wipe the floor with establishment rivals, some Republicans fear …Pence: O'Donnell Needs to Explain Witchcraft Comments
Pence: O'Donnell Must Explain Witchcraft Talk In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America , Rep. Mike Pence called on Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell to explain her recent comments about "dabbling in" witchcraft. Click …Palin to O'Donnell: Media Wants "Ur Destruction"
Palin to O'Donnell: Media Wants "Ur Destruction" The Hill reports: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) went to bat for Christine O'Donnell Sunday after the Delaware GOP Senate candidate canceled her appearances on two Sunday morning shows. "C[hristine] O'Donnell strategy: …
Afghan Election Fraud Fears Rise
Afghan Election Fraud Fears Rise The New York Times reports: A day after Afghan parliamentary elections, scores of accounts of local ballot stuffing as well as the suppression of voting like that in Nagahan are beginning to surface, especially from the troubled provinces in …
False "Death Panel" Fears Get New Life
Obamacare opponents won't drop the claim that the bill institutes "death panels" which ration care. But what critics label healthcare rationing, isn't really rationing. Political scientist Brendan Nyhan has written about how many conservatives continue to push claims that “death panels” will be …Clinton: I Get Why Tea Party is Popular
Clinton: I Get Tea Party's Popularity Politics Daily reports: Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that the Tea Party movement reflected a feeling among Americans that "they're getting the shaft" and he gets why they're popular, but expressed concern about the difficulty in …
Rove: Murkowski Write-in Bid Will Flop
Rove: Murkowski Write-in Bid "Sad and Sorry" The Hill reports: Republican strategist Karl Rove said on "Fox News Sunday" that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is going to lose her Senate bid and that her decision to wage a write-in candidacy is “sad and sorry.” “Absolutely no she …
GOP Candidate: Liberals are Just like Nazis
GOP Candidate: 'Liberals Are Just like Nazis' The Hill reports: The DCCC is going particularly hard after Urquhart, labeling him an extremist and circulating a video in which he equates the separation of church and state with Nazism. In the video, Urquhart suggests church-stat…
Tea Party Express Organized by GOP Insider
Tea Party Express Organized by GOP Insider The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to the Delaware primary, Sal Russo hosted a radio fund-raiser, organized a political rally and pressed the case with reporters that Christine O’Donnell was the Tea …
US Soldiers Accused of Killing Afghans for Sport
US Soldiers Accused of Killing Afghans for Sport The Washington Post reports: AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. The U.S. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it. For weeks, according to Army …
BP: Oil Well is Finally "Dead"
BP: Oil Well is Finally "Dead" The New York Times reports: The federal government declared BP’s Macondo oil well dead on Sunday, nearly five months after it blew out of control, unleashing an environmental calamity in the Gulf of Mexico. “We can finally announce that the …
Powell Rips D'Souza and Gingrich Kenyan Comments
Powell Rips D'Souza & Gingrich Kenyan Comments Sam Stein reports: In a largely even-tempered appearance on "Meet the Press" Sunday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell did save a few harsh words for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for propagating rumors about the president …
Dems Consider Ad Campaign Against Tea Party
Dems Plan to Link Tea Party to GOP The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — President Obama’s political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a range of ideas, including national …
Get Ready for a Tax Hike
Everybody seems to believe that the GOP and Democrats will reach an agreement to extend the Bush tax cuts. Just about everybody may be wrong. The Bush tax cuts are scheduled to lapse in January 2011. Congress is debating some kind of renewal, and most people assume that some kind of renewal …Portman Leads in Ohio Senate Race
Portman Leads in Ohio Senate Race The AP reports: COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)-- Former Bush budget director Rob Portman is enjoying a commanding advantage over his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, in the race for Ohio's open Senate seat, according to a poll. A Quinnipiac University …
How the Elites Became Tea Party Enemy #1
Angelo Codevilla's "The Ruling Class" reveals the Tea Party's belief in a nation divided in two: a real America versus an illegitimate America. Angelo Codevilla's American Spectator essay, "The Ruling Class," has now been released in book form , with an introduction by Rush Limbaugh. The essay …Palin Makes Limited Showing in Iowa
Palin Makes Limited Showing in Iowa The The New York Times reports: It was an efficient way for Ms. Palin to address the elephant in the room. Yet if she really had made up her mind whether to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, she may have spent her afternoon …