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Posted by Anne Segal on April 24, 2012 17 Comments

Last Thursday I was a panelist for the Heritage Foundation's Occupy Wall Street: A Post-Mortem event. During the Q&A session, Alex Cortes of Let Freedom Ring asked a question  about the "unseemliness" of today's capitalist winners. It was part of a larger discussion of what...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2012 3 Comments

Dick Lugar touts his foreign policy expertise and influence, something which Brian Bolduc at National Review today finds is suspect. One thing Lugar does not tout is that he joined Harry Reid in 2007 in announcing that the surge in Iraq was not working and should be stopped. Reid's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2012 9 Comments

Which came first, the terrorism or the war? From reader Jonathan in Boston: I'm a long-time reader of your blog. Please keep up the good work! I spotted these bumper stickers on my way to school today. You would think I would be immune to this after 3...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 18 Comments

There is a war on women, but they will not talk about it in the media, academia, or in politics (h/t HotAir): So: Yes, women all over the world have problems; yes, the United States has yet to elect a female president; and yes, women continue...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 19 Comments

I think the Richard Mourdock campaign finally has hit on a theme which needs repeating. Richard Lugar is running a desperate campaign, trying to distract from his record and to conjure up bizarre claims against Mourdock, such as the "Confederate Tie," and false and misleading claims...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 26 Comments

I'm not jumping on the anti-Orrin Hatch bandwagon, and not making his primary race part of Operation Counterweight. Orrin Hatch is no Dick Lugar. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 31 Comments

Mia B. Love won a historic nomination at the Utah Republican convention on Saturday to run for Congress in the newly-created 4th Congressional District. Love was the first black woman elected mayor in Utah's history, is the first black woman nominated for Congress in Utah, and if elected to Congress, would...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 11 Comments

From reader Cathy, who spotted this sticker on a car at the Wright-Patterson AFB museum: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 14 Comments

Spooned: Mark Levin: "Obama, it would seem, wants to deny to others what he will not deny to himself. He wants to deny to the children of others what he will not deny to his own children. He wants to amass riches, but he doesn't want...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 13 Comments

and imagine it's late at night on November 6, as you listen to the audio only. Who would you think won and who lost the election? Really, try it. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 25 Comments

The Republican establishment, in the form of Mitch Daniels,  John McCain and a SuperPAC, is trying to rescue Dick Lugar with ads in the run up to the May 8 primary challenge from Richard Mourdock, The just-released Daniels' ad is embedded below, and contains the money line:  "I'm...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 46 Comments

Definitely a contender. Sarah Palin on the Secret Service agent who checked her out: "Well, check this out bodyguard, you're fired, and I hope his wife kicks his okole and sends him to the dog house long as he's not eatin' the dog along with his former boss." Multiple...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 6 Comments

I have written quite a bit about the challenge by Richard Mourdock to Obama's Favorite Republican, Richard Lugar. But one subject I haven't touched upon was Mourdock's valiant effort, against great political odds, to stand up for private bondholders against the Obama-enforced bailout of Chrysler. With barely...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 27 Comments

New reader Kathy just sent me the motherload of bumper sticker photos. She's been taking photos for over two years. Here is the first of them taken in High Springs, FL, with her message: I came across you web site and have been enjoying the bumper stickers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2012 28 Comments

Just minutes ago, Mia B. Love won the Utah-04 nomination at the Utah Republican Convention.  Love received 70.5% of the vote on the second ballot, defeating Carl Wimmer who received 29.5. The result is a shock except to those of us in the blogosphere who have been...

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