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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2012 53 Comments

Can I call 'em or what? As news broke that a possible hurricane might disrupt the Republican National Convention, I predicted that Democrats would become religious quickly. Not religious in terms of religion, but in terms of proclaiming that God was on their side for disrupting the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2012 22 Comments

A photo of Obama's head hidden behind a teleprompter screen made news last week. Friend of the blog, frequent PhotoShop artist, and photographer Patricia put her own impression on the image: Patricia has been a little under the weather lately, and we look forward to her recovery and future...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2012 44 Comments

Is anyone surprised?  Crist's only chance at rehabilitating a political career is a senior position in the second Obama administration. Crist has an Op-Ed in the Tampa Bay Times (via DaTechGuy) today explaining his treachery: As America prepares to pick our president for the next four years —...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2012 14 Comments

College Insurrection already is suspected of being the recipient of secret funding. If only it were true. Story over at CI, SUNY Prof wonders who funds College Insurrection....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2012 14 Comments

I have been sent many photos along the "Does this ass ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2012 21 Comments

We are constantly told that we portray Barack Obama as The Other because of his race. Actually, no. We don't portray Obama as The Other. We portray him as what he is not what he pretends to be, and none of what he is or pretends...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2012 60 Comments

Those of us of a certain age have the memories. I was 10 years old at sleep away camp.  I remember them bringing us into the rec hall to watch on the black and white televisions.  I can't tell you whether it was live or a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2012 24 Comments

Why else would they want to raise taxes on drug companies? Such as the provision in Obamacare which took effect January 1, 2011, raising $2.3 billion annually from the drug industry (Politifact confirmation here). The political logic is there, just look at how Democrats argue that Republicans wanting...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2012 30 Comments

I was somewhat distracted the past couple of weeks getting College Insurrection up and running. So I guess I missed the national dialogue and soul searching over anti-Christian rhetoric and the War on Christianity being conducted by the SPLC and various groups which cite the SPLC as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2012 15 Comments

Is it me, or does it seem like we are getting plenty of anti-Obama bumper stickers spotted on vehicles in hostile territory? I'm seeing more in Ithaca than ever before. From friend of the blog Jenny from Vegas: @leginsurrection I love this one. I snapped this in Newport...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 24, 2012 43 Comments

No, that's not a typo or some psychological slip. It's what I believe to reflect a sea change in how people view the Scott Brown - Elizabeth Warren match-up. Earlier this week PPP released a poll showing Brown ahead by 5 points, and people were stunned particularly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 24, 2012 74 Comments

"We're going to be here through the November Election and we're going to be here to win." "This is an election not a selection." Press conf. over, will post video embed when available. ------------------------ Todd Akin is holding a press conference at 5:15 p.m. Eastern. Reports indicate he...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on August 24, 2012 1 Comment

Although the Operation Counterweight list has been finalized, a race we are focusing on out of Georgia still has not produced a Republican candidate. On August 21st, a runoff election was held to decide who the Republicans would put forward to take on the very vulnerable...

Posted by Anne Segal on August 24, 2012 36 Comments

19 people were shot in Chicago between Thursday evening and Friday morning, with 13 of the 19 shot in a span of just 30 minutes. Chicago's murder rate has gone up 31 percent since 2011when Mayor Rahm Emanuel was elected. The Chicago Sun Times reports that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 24, 2012 21 Comments

Elizabeth Warren famously wants us to be more like China and devote even greater percentages of our GDP to infrastructure construction. Warren is making this push despite the fact that we already spend huge sums on infrastructure, we just don't do it very efficiently as state...

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