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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2010 13 Comments

Tweet of the Day.Kirsten Powers gets it.  Once again, the mainstream media and left-wing blogosphere -- including liberal feminists -- are sexualizing a conservative female candidate.  They obsessed over Sarah Palin's breast size, and now they are obsessing over whether Christine O'Donnell masterbates and has had sex.Here is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2010 48 Comments

Christine O'Donnell won the Delaware primary last night, and within minutes (literally) über liberal Rachel Maddow started running video and commentary on MSNBC about O'Donnell's views on masturbation.The pretext for sexualizing O'Donnell was a 1996 video in which O'Donnell was interviewed about her conservative Christian views on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2010 12 Comments

Janet Daley at The Telegraph in Britain (h/t POWIP) has an interesting column on anti-Americanism in Europe, and how the Europeans just don't understand why we feel so strongly about our Constitution and personal freedoms.Daley makes some good points, but I particularly liked this portion of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2010 7 Comments

On August 16 I wrote about how a post at the Coffee Party website, titled "Reversing the Coffee Party's decline," had been removed from the Coffee Party website after I called attention to the post on August 13.The removed post, along with dozens of comments,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2010 5 Comments

Tipping point approaching.  From The NY Times, Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as DemocratsThe college vote is up for grabs this year — to an extent that would have seemed unlikely two years ago, when a generation of young people seemed to swoon over Barack...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2010 13 Comments

Sam Stein writes at HuffPo today that increasingly libertarian social attitudes in the Republican Party combined with the failure of Democrats to live up to campaign promises, has led Democratic Party insiders to worry that "the Obama administration risks losing the gay rights community (or at least...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2010 5 Comments

Trust me, I'm not counting my chickens before they have come home to roost.  But it is enjoyable to read the distraught comments from those trying to run away from the wave.The "wave" is the most recent Gallup poll showing a 10 point generic ballot...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2010 11 Comments

According to Dave Neiwert, Eliminationist theorist in chief, when he looked at the crowd at the Restoring Honor rally, he was sure the next Timothy McVeigh was out there:Well, Glenn Beck's eyes certainly weren't dry. He started weeping while telling the crowd that somewhere out...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2010 9 Comments

One elementary school instituted a Taliban-like ban on singing "Happy Birthday" for fear of upsetting students who were not participating in the celebration (or something like that):A ban on singing “Happy Birthday” lasted all of four days at Chesterfield Elementary School in Missouri after angry parents bombarded...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2010 9 Comments

There really isn't much more to say that hasn't already been said about this video by Emily's List attacking Sarah Palin.Put aside, as Ed Morrissey points out, that the facts in the video are not facts; or as Ace points out, "[i]f Sarah Palin's so...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 16, 2010 2 Comments

Really doesn't matter what the topic is, about whom you are posting, or whether you agree with the substantive policy position or not.Just insert at random into blog posts on almost any topic, and it will work like a charm: "This just makes the Dems...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 16, 2010 16 Comments

On Friday, August 13, I ran a post Coffee Party Grows Cold, highlighting a post on the Coffee Party's website titled Reversing the Coffee Party's decline about how the Coffee Party was in decline.On Saturday night, August 14, Instapundit kindly linked to my post, which...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2010 8 Comments

Robert Gibbs used the term the "Professional Left" in attacking left-wing critics of Obama.I like the term. It carries with it a sense that opposition to Obama from the left does not primarily come from bloggers in underwear sitting in their parents' basements.Some 1st Tier...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2010 4 Comments

How could I not post this?I love how she emphasized the "de" in deranged. The nutroots are not just deranged, they are "de-ranged."In all seriousness. she makes a good point. What was the point again? Oh yeah, the left blogosphere is deranged.At least she didn't...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2010 17 Comments

After the sophomoric "F*ck Tea" campaign started by a prominent progressive organizer hit the internet this week, I wondered, what ever happened to the Coffee Party.Apparently, not much.The Coffee Party has grown cold, as this August 4, 2010, post on the Coffee Party national website...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 32 Comments

I guess the Coffee Party astroturf didn't achieve its goal.So one of the people who helped build the Center for American Progress, creator of Think Progress, has created a new movement, hitting upon a slogan which really expresses their profound stupidity and childishness, as reported...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 4 Comments

This is rich. Alan Grayson, the buffoon of Democratic Congressmen, wants Robert Gibbs fired, as reported by The Hill: Rep. Alan Grayson (Fla.) Wednesday became the second congressional Democrat to call for White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' ouster, using colorful moniker to describe him.Gibbs raised...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 10 Comments

Watching Robert Gibbs go after the Professional Left, and the Professional Left firing back, certainly has been amusing.But I'll have to stand up for Gibbs, at least in his first heart-felt salvo.Gibbs made two related points. First, that the Professional Left is "crazy" to attack...

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