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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2013 18 Comments
Anthony Weiner is being rehabilitated in preparation for a run for Mayor of New York City. Seth Mandel at Commentary:
When a popular Democratic politician leaves office under the cloud of scandal and disgrace, the foremost question on his mind is when–not if–the media will begin reconstructing his career for him. There was the lionized Bill Clinton, who was impeached. Then there was former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, whose rehabilitation included a CNN show and a regular spot in Slate, where he proved to be an utterly conventional polemicist and shallow political thinker. And now we have the effort by the New York Times to resuscitate Anthony Weiner, whose congressional career was marked by erratic public temper tantrums and an inability to control himself or the volume of his voice. He left Congress after being caught in a sex scandal involving a college girl, and then falsely accused conservatives like Andrew Breitbart of making the story up. At every step in the scandal Weiner chose the least honorable path. Before the scandal ended his congressional term, Weiner was considered by some to be a favorite for the next New York City mayoral election. Now, two years after the scandal, he says he still wants to be mayor, and may in fact run for the Democratic nomination this year for the fall general election. Could he actually win?
The NY Times rehabilitation of Weiner comes at the expense of reality, which is that Andrew Breitbart was the one who held Weiner to account, and Weiner fessed up only after lying and accusing others, and only when there was no choice:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2013 31 Comments

With each passing day, the testimony at the trial of Philadelphia abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell gets more gruesome -- events which shock the conscience. From The Daily Mail in Britain: [Stephen] Massof, who is awaiting sentencing after  pleading guilty to the murder of two  newborns at the...

Posted by Anne Segal on April 10, 2013 12 Comments

Machine candidate Robin Kelly defeated conservative Paul McKinley in the special election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr., in Congress that was held yesterday in Illinois' Second District. While McKinley was able to win 2/3 of the counties included in the district, the city of Chicago...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 10, 2013 2 Comments

1) Egyptian plagues Last week Zvi Mazel wrote in the Jerusalem Post (h/t Leslie Eastman) In a remarkable and enduring show of unity, non-Islamic opposition parties under the banner of the National Salvation Front are boycotting the regime until their demands – canceling the Islamic constitution...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2013 4 Comments

I've been bugging all of you to get on social media, particularly Twitter. Twitter in particular is how conservative bloggers and pundits communicate with each other and is one of the primary sources from which we get news items and stories to write about.  Facebook --...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2013 3 Comments

From Linda: Wondered if this one would make the cut. Lowes parking lot Nashville TN ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2013 8 Comments

Not a big surprise, but when the well-monied Machine candidates win, and a rebel loses, it's always a disappointment. Robin Kelly won the Special Election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. by a wide margin. In other words, no real political change, another down the line Democratic party...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2013 8 Comments

This is too funny. Drudge is live broadcasting the concert at The White House, dubbed Sequester Soul. I don't think I've ever seen Drudge embed a live video. Too bad the children aren't allowed in. You can watch it there, or here [party now over, here are some screenshots]: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2013 3 Comments

Nice compilation from ShePac. Includes several of the longer videos we ran yesterday, Margaret Thatcher dies, RIP Iron Lady. ...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 09, 2013 19 Comments

I have a confession to make:  I am a woman who is vexed by today's feminists. For example, just because Margaret Thatcher wasn't a "social justice warrior" as one of the most influential Western leaders during one of the most formative times in the modern era,...

Posted by Anne Segal on April 08, 2013 9 Comments

The special election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. is Tuesday, and Tuesday we will ascertain what one grassroots campaign, with the help of a few conservative blogs like this one and little else, can do to fight The Machine. We've covered Republican candidate Paul McKinley, who...

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