…"President of Honor," aimed at the Iowa caucus-voters. The ad montages endorsements and testimonials from winners of the congressional medal of honor, artfully edited in ways to make you think that Gov. Perry must be almost sort of a war hero himself. Hit pause at second 55. Whaddya see…
…best in our lives; all that gives meaning to them--for the sake of this, our beloved and blessed land? Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy; to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families; to have the…
…Brooks’s stern glare at my ignorance, socially-awkward libertarians from third-tier thinktanks, alcohol, second wives, and small dogs. (Though I did meet the head of a large government agency while playing Fruit Ninja with him, so there’s that.) Also, having to introduce myself as…
…is such an outsider, if he is so much the anti-government/free-marketeer, how is it that in 2011 Paul was one of only four Republicans to request earmarks? $138 million worth in fact. A whopping $398 million in 2010. Here is this year’s laundry list that Paul attached to various bills to…
…would likely make Paul Ryan look like a big-government RINO. Nichols’ must know that the real reason he like Ron Paul is because he sounds like a blogger from The Nation running for President. But that still doesn’t go far enough in explaining why he overlooks all the many other…
…Qaddafi himself was so shaken by the U.S.-led response to the al-Qaeda attacks that he announced his willingness to dismantle his weapons of mass destruction program, despite having received $3.5 billion from Saddam Hussein in 2002 to ward off an American challenges to his power. …
…I wrote for a notional GOP politician in my how-to-explain-it post , I explained, was aimed at setting not only a policy framework but also a tone that could resonate with conservative voters. We discussed why Newt Gingrich now says his ad with Pelosi was a mistake (hint: it's not because he…
…the judge will rule a certain way on a pre-trial motion, and convince their clients that those positions will prevail. Then the clients let the lawyers fight on for round after round, running up the bill, but hoping their lawyer’s predictions will turn out to be true. This plays out…
…Insurance expiration will only apply to the long-term unemployed, but the room for mis-understanding, reinforced once again by campaign messages, is huge. Let’s see: “Republicans support a tax increase on working men and women, but refuse to increase taxes on billionaires.”…
…either by lifting the cap on payroll taxes--or by some kind of surtax on high earners--or (worst of all!) by merging the Social Security system with general federal revenues and outlays. I foresee that day myself, and I worry about it. That's a reason that I so strongly favor carbon…