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Jump, David, Jump
on November 27, 2011
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The only reason, the only reason, the only reason anyone pays any attention to David Frum is that he is the mainstream media’s “useful conservative,” someone who screams about the crazy Republican Party and Tea Party movement. He is worse than a carnival barker, because...
Chewing through the not-Romneys, leaving Newt
on November 02, 2011
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As you know, I’ve been inching closer towards Newt as the not-Romney. I don’t believe being not-Romney is enough, and of all the remaining candidates, I believe that Newt has the ability to articulate a vision of this country which establishes him as the candidate to...
Open – A Tape from California
on October 25, 2011
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Traveling all day, now in Palm Desert, CA. Because there’s almost no way to get there from central New York, we ended up flying into Orange County airport and driving. Along the way we saw these windfarms — Obama would so proud: From some sneak...
National Popular Vote debacle looming
on October 24, 2011
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Several readers have called my attention to the National Popular Vote movement, through which various states would agree to vote their electors as a block based upon the winner of the national popular vote: Under the U.S. Constitution, the states have exclusive and plenary (complete)...
“Jeremiah Wright is back on the table” Tweet of the Day
on October 21, 2011
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Not long ago The Washington Post was digging up rocks from 30 years ago to find dirt about Rick Perry. Now WaPo is digging up immigration papers from 50 years ago about Marco Rubio’s parents, Marco Rubio’s compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show. The gist of WaPo’s...
Occupy … Cornell?
on October 14, 2011
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Today a bunch of college Dems have created an “Occupy Cornell” event. I don’t know what the objective of this is, but it looks like a pretty pathetic state of affairs in “solidarity.” Here’s the transcript of the “occupation” if your eyes are in need...
What was that Shakespeare line about political scientists?
on October 13, 2011
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Florida Governor Rick Scott is proposing refocusing funding away from liberal arts programs at state universities and colleges, which has various groups accusing Scott of being anti-anthropology, or something like that. Instapundit has the story and lots of reader comments. Let me suggest that Scott is...
#OccupyWallStreet has been seized by the very people against whom the protests should be directed
on October 06, 2011
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Whatever Occupy Wall Street once was long ago (i.e., three weeks ago), the revolution has been seized by big labor, particularly public employee unions, as proudly reported yesterday in left-wing Mother Jones magazine, Occupy Wall Street, Powered by Big Labor: In late September, major labor unions mostly...
NY Times’ poster child for #OccupyWallStreet not what he seems (Update: Cole responds)
on October 04, 2011
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The NY Times Dealbook section takes a very sympathetic look at the Occupy Wall Street protests, On Wall Street, a Protest Matures. The article leads with a feature on Andrew Cole, who arrived from Madison, Wisconsin (shock!) where he recently lost a job: “I think a...
Berkeley Bake Sale, MSA 11, Display The Unversity of California Leftists’ Playbook – And Their Hypocrisy
on September 27, 2011
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As CNN reports, and as Kathleen covered yesterday, the Berkeley campus is up in arms over the Berkeley College Republicans’ Increase Diversity Bake Sale. The publicity stunt, scheduled for today, is intended to show the discrimination inherent in affirmative action by selling cupcakes at different prices...
The Rick Perry of lore needs to show up real soon
on September 23, 2011
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My initial reaction last night was that Rick Perry did not have a good night. My reaction this morning is that he had a disastrous night, possibly ending his chances of getting the nomination unless he gets his act together real soon. I say “possibly” because...
Not a bumper sticker, but
on August 21, 2011
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… something nice to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Sent by reader Linda from Tennessee: [Note: Text corrected, photo not taken on I-24]
We’ll take the jobs and economic growth, you keep the credentials
on August 05, 2011
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One of the greatest mistakes we make is to confuse academic credentials with leadership. Barack Obama, who guards his transcripts like they’re the equivalent of the formula to Coke, presumably had very good grades at Harvard Law School because he graduated with high honors, a purely grade-based...
Saturday Night Card Game (Nikki Haley is Veit like me)
on July 30, 2011
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This is the latest in a serieson the use of the race card for political gain: Democrats in South Carolina are angry (h/t Instapundit) that Gov. Nikki Haley checked the box “white” on a voter registration card a decade ago: The South Carolina Democratic Party...
Saturday Night Card Game (Would this rewrite of Michigan Prop. 2 be constitutional?)
on July 02, 2011
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This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Friday holding that Michigan Proposal 2, which banned the use of racial and other preferences in a variety of...
Gaza flotilla protesters to flood State Dept phones singing “Let My People Go”
on June 26, 2011
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You can’t make this stuff up. Really, is there anything more pathetic than Americans like Greta Berlin who are participating in the Gaza flotilla, set to sail tomorrow? Six of their boats have been detained in Greece. Berlin, who blames the U.S., has put out a...
