Politics
Rep. Mike Kelly levels blistering attack at IRS Comm. Steven Miller
By ROBERT LAURIE - End the week on a high note with this speech... The acting commissioner of the IRS has resigned. President Obama claims that this is the beginning of an effort to “hold the responsible parties accountable” for their audit-based political witch hunt. In ... continue reading
VIDEO: Former employees testify against the next Kermit Gosnell
By ROBERT LAURIE - Texas abortion "doctor" killed babies with his bare hands Planned Parenthood wants you to believe that the atrocities committed by Kermit Gosnell were an isolated incident. They even came out with a statement applauding the judgment after he was convicted on three counts of infanticide. ... continue reading
Memo to Obama: Holding your umbrella is not a Marine's job
By DAN CALABRESE - Disrespect. To be honest, I don't usually care about stuff like this, which falls under the category of "optics." Put someone in the public eye often enough and he is going to do or say something that won't look good or come off well. It's silly to ruminate on such things. But this really ... continue reading
Wait a minute: Lanny Davis learned of White House tie to IRS harassment from reporters?
By DAN CALABRESE - Why did they tell him and not the rest of us? The Hill carries a pretty extraordinary piece today by Lanny Davis, the one-time Clinton legal counsel who has shown himself to be a pretty honest liberal in the years since then. Davis hears that White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler knew about IRS ... continue reading
Marco Rubio tears into Obama admin's 'culture of intimidation'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Rubio absolutely nails it Most conservatives have big problems with Marco Rubio's immigration scheme. It's boneheaded, self-destructive, and completely backwards. However, few will argue with what he said today on MSNBC. While being interviewed about the IRS scandal on "The ... continue reading
IRS got marching orders from at least two Democrat senators
By DAN CALABRESE - Not to mention any names . . . Baucus and Schumer! If you think back, some of you might even remember this. Far from the claim that this was merely two rogue employees in the Cincinnati office gone off the rails, top Democrats on Capitol Hill made it very clear when the Tea Party was on the ... continue reading
MSNBC: If you oppose Obama, there's a good chance you're a white supremacist
By ROBERT LAURIE - Chris Matthews and Al Sharpton double down on the crazy Poor Chris Matthews. Obama's multiple scandals - all of which continue to increase in severity - have him so discombobulated. On the one hand, his normally empty eyes seem to betray a flicker of realization that something is ... continue reading
Left trying pretty hard to pretend Benghazi isn't a scandal
By DAN CALABRESE - So let's explain in no uncertain terms why it is. Left-wing supporters of the Obama Administration have been trying for months now - but especially hard for the past several weeks - to insist that there is nothing scandalous about Benghazi. Their basic premise is that no one can prove there was ... continue reading
Media to Obama: Do whatever you want to the rest of the country, but leave us alone!
By DAN CALABRESE - Cretins. This is pretty sickening. The New York Times is outraged. The Washington Post is incensed. USA Today is scandalized. The Detroit Free Press is fit to be tied. Please. Let the Obama Administration lie to the nation about a terrorist attack that killed four Americans, and you have to ... continue reading
Meet Frank VanderSloot: Big Romney donor, big IRS target
By HERMAN CAIN - It happened to me too, by the way. You should probably not even know who Frank VanderSloot is. Not that he isn’t an impressive American. He leads a successful company and he’s earned tremendous respect in the business community. But usually a man like that is not a household name. But ... continue reading
Seven foreign chem engineers caught trespassing at Boston's water reservoir
By ROBERT LAURIE - All of them from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, or Singapore.... Just after Midnight Tuesday night, seven people - five men and two women - were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir. The Quabbin is one of America's largest man made water supplies, and delivers most of Boston's drinking ... continue reading
Has Chris Matthews lost the tingle?
By ROBRT LAURIE - Thinks no one is steering the ship ...poor Chris. Two days ago, as the IRS targeted audit scandal widened, Chris "Tingles" Matthews portrayed it as the kind of red meat sure to delight the right-wing crazies. He suggested that Obama should immediately punish the low level, ... continue reading
Let Jay Carney make one thing perfectly clear: Obama is no Nixon
By DAN CALABRESE - Let him just say this about that. When you get to the point where you even have to deal with this question, you're in big trouble: The Richard Nixon comparisons seem to write themselves—much to the joy of Republicans working to cement the association between President Barack Obama and the ... continue reading
Ex-NAACP chairman: IRS should target Tea Party because it's 'racist,' or 'the Taliban,' or something...
By ROBERT LAURIE - The NAACP's audit was different...cuz...George Bush! You may remember the outcry when, back in 2004, the NAACP was the subject of an IRS audit. They claimed the action was anti-1st Amendment and a racist persecution. So, obviously, the NAACP is equally outraged over the IRS targeting ... continue reading
Jon Stewart has a meltdown over Obama's IRS and AP scandals
By ROBERT LAURIE - The emperor has no clothes. If you're the kind of person who believes that all governments trend toward tyranny, the left portrays you as a kook. If you believe that this is happening to the U.S. Government, under the guidance of Barack Obama, you're a accused of being a tinfoil-hat ... continue reading
Obama vs. America
By DAN CALABRESE - The president has contempt for the American people - and for the truth. The multiple burgeoning scandals now emerging from the Obama Administration help to reveal an ugly reality about the president and the people who surround him. The Benghazi scandal involves lying to the American people ... continue reading
Kermit Gosnell found guilty of murdering three infants
By ROBERT LAURIE - Also guilty in adult overdose case Kermit Gosnell, the infamous late-term abortion provider who did pretty much what most late-term abortion providers do - only in less sanitary conditions - has been found guilty of 3 counts of 1st degree murder. He was acquitted in one ... continue reading
Obama: Benghazi cover up 'a sideshow' says 'there's no there there'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Uh-oh. Obama's getting testy. If, like the New York Times, ABC News, the LA Times, CNN, Fox, and even Dennis Kucinich, you think there's something bad about a President covering up a terrorist attack for political gain, you're focusing on the wrong thing. Sure, there were ... continue reading
Benghazi victim's mother: Hillary 'has her child, I don't have mine - because of her'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Pat Smith's Mother's Day message to Hillary Pat Smith is the mother of Sean Smith, the information management officer who was killed with Ambassador Chris Stevens during the attack on the Benghazi consulate. Yesterday, Smith appeared with Mike Huckabee to discuss her views on last week's ... continue reading
Hey schools: Rent a church building for your graduation, get hauled into court
By DAN CALABRESE - Hostility. First, let's review the text of the first section of the First Amendment, the one pertaining to religion: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" The meaning of this is not complicated. You can try to make it ... continue reading
Libya policy a 'failure' Benghazi talking points 'politically scrubbed' ...says Dennis Kucinich?
By ROBERT LAURIE – ‘They weren't provided with protection, they weren't provided with a response.’ As the Benghazi story continues to gather steam, more and more left-wing rats are jumping off the President's sinking ship. Take, for example, Dennis Kucinich. For thirteen years, ... continue reading
Oops! ObamaCare sends cost of cancer drugs soaring
By DAN CALABRESE - Reality bites. If free health care gets any more expensive, no one will be able to afford it. In the latest example of reality smacking ObamaCare dreamers right in the face, we're now finding out that those who need specialty drugs for afflictions like cancer and multiple sclerosis are going to ... continue reading
Expose Obama's abuse, then de-fang the IRS
By HERMAN CAIN - A new tax code could keep this from happening again. It’s no small matter that the Internal Revenue Service has been targeting conservative groups for heightened scrutiny. The power to tax is the power to destroy, and there are few limits to what the IRS can do when exercising its taxation ... continue reading
Even CNN admits Benghazi talking points 'were edited to the point of inaccuracy'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Also says it's not a partisan issue. Wow. CNN is the latest lefty bastion starting to report the truth on the Benghazi matter. Take a look at the following video, where Gloria Bolger admits that this isn't a partisan political issue. Even CNN is being forced to admit that the ... continue reading
IRS: OK, we gave, er, special scrutiny to conservative groups
By DAN CALABRESE - Flagged words. If you applied for tax-exempt status from the IRS, and your name included words or phrases like "tea party" or "patriot," the IRS now admits that it's been giving groups like yours a little, shall we say, extra special attention. Like, for instance, demanding to know who your ... continue reading
VIDEO: ABC reports 12 revisions to Benghazi talking points - designed to scrub terrorism
By ROBERT LAURIE - Directly contradicts Jay Carney's claims First, NBC outed Democrat attempts to destroy the Benghazi whistleblowers, now ABC News is shredding the official White House version of events. It's starting to look like the President's media lapdogs have finally been shamed into exposing their ... continue reading
VIDEO: Democrats calling media looking for help undermining Gregory Hicks
By DAN CALABRESE - Of course. The fact that Lisa Myers goes on Morning Joe and actually tells us about it, rather than just taking the marching orders, might be an indication that the media fears for its own credibility if it keeps whitewashing this thing. I still think they're going to protect Hillary at all ... continue reading
Boehner demands Obama admin emails pertaining to Benghazi
By ROBERT LAURIE - Since there's no cover up, this should be no problem, right Dems? This morning, Speaker of the House John Boehner got in front of the cameras and demanded that the Obama administration release its Benghazi-pertinent emails. Boehner said that: "We learned that on September twelfth, the day after ... continue reading
Sen. Coburn: 'Glaring omission' means big trouble for State Dept on Benghazi
By ROBERT LAURIE - There's more to come.... This morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn said that the State Department would soon be facing "real trouble" due to an omission in the Benghazi documents it provided to the intelligence committee for yesterday's hearing. "Having sat on the ... continue reading
Dem Rep on Benghazi hearings: 'What's the big deal here?'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Perjury. That's the big deal. "What are we doing back here? We had... um.... 'Benghazi 1,' that was with Susan Rice. Now we're having Benghazi 2 with Hillary Clinton? ...Enough Benghazi." That's the message from Democrat Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, who's sick ... continue reading
AP taunts GOP: You can't make us turn on Hillary, suckers
By DAN CALABRESE - Narratives. I know how it seems. You watch these hearings - especially the devastating testimony of Gregory Hicks - and you think, "There's no way Hillary escapes this unscathed." But come on. You know how scandals go. It has nothing to do with the facts. It's not a scandal unless the media ... continue reading
Minnesota's Dem governor: Hey, it sure looks like the Vikings released their punter because of gay marriage
By DAN CALABRESE - From the state that elected Gov. Jesse Ventura. I actually thought this would come from the media, but they've been surprisingly docile about it. Maybe before they started spouting, they checked with their actual sports guys who explained they would look like fools if they did. No such help is ... continue reading
Whistleblower Gregory Hicks briefed Sec State Clinton at 2AM on Benghazi terror attacks
By ROBERT LAURIE - ...but days later she was still blaming "the video" Gergory Hicks, the Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya during the Benghazi attacks, may have been the last person to talk to Ambassador Chris Stevens before he was murdered by Islamist terrorists. According to testimony today, Hicks ... continue reading
Gosh, wonder why the public doesn't know gun violence is way down
By DAN CALABRESE - Real tough one. You know, of course. Everyone knows except the people so deeply invested in the gun control narrative that they probably can't even admit it to themselves. But first the numbers, as reported by Pew Research. They're simply astounding, as the chart we're reproducing here ... continue reading
Amazing speech as Rear Admiral Lee claims Christianity under assault in U.S. military
By ROBERT LAURIE - Violated military rules by giving Bible to suicidal soldier A few days ago, at a National Day of Prayer gathering in Washington D.C., Coast Guard Rear Admiral William Lee ditched his prepared speech, and delivered a scathing indictment of federal rules regarding religion in the military. ... continue reading
NJ's Jill Lawrence stunned: It's the Democrat who has a 'woman problem' in Virginia governor's race
By DAN CALABRESE - Head explosion. You really have to consider the source here, but that's what makes the piece so instructive. Jill Lawrence writes for National Journal, which is the home of D.C. conventional wisdom to a T, so her presumptions are guided by "everyone knows" type wisdom that circulates ... continue reading
MSNBC: Open U.S. borders to decrease Islamic terrorism
By ROBERT LAURIE - Apparently our immigration policy is causing radicalization... When you have a one word name, like 'Cher' or 'Roseanne,' there's good chance you're already operating with somewhat less than all your marbles. However, most of those people aren't given a prominent spot on an allegedly major ... continue reading
Biden: 'no legal reason' we can't tax violent media
By ROBERT LAURIE - The coming of the free speech tax.... "No rights are absolute." All rights are subject to government intrusion and have limits. That's the left-wing battle cry when it comes to gun control. "We need common sense restrictions on the 2nd Amendment." Conservatives always ask, "So, does ... continue reading
ObamaCare apologists to young, healthy Americans: Do your duty and buy health insurance
By DAN CALABRESE - Hard sell. Remember when the Democrats had to pass ObamaCare because, they assured us, everyone was demanding access to health insurance? About that, it turns out one of Obama's most loyal voting blocs - healthy young people - still has enough economic sense to recognize that health insurance ... continue reading
Benghazi truth: Obama team didn't want to believe what was happening
By DAN CALABRESE - Inconvenient narratives. As it becomes increasingly difficult for the media to ignore the Benghazi story entirely as they would prefer, you still have to put your memory to good use in order to put the current reporting in the proper context. Remember, the election was at hand and the last ... continue reading
Carville on Cruz: 'Most Talented And Fearless Republican Politician I've Seen In The Last 30 Years'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Even the Ragin' Cajun gets it. Update for those questioning Cruz's citizenship: Check out "Yes, Ted Cruz can be born in Canada and still become President" over at The Atlantic. Good breakdown. Back in the old days, James Carville would say whatever it took to put a Clinton in ... continue reading
Someone call John Hughes: AP blames 'teen angst' for Boston bombings
By DAN CALABRESE - Better off dead. Your angst-ridden teen cuts, or dresses in black, or plays weird video games. The Tsarnaev brothers? Boom. I can't decide if the Associated Press is so far gone that we have to start relegating them to the category of total joke. They can still get it right sometimes when they ... continue reading
Liberals discover three 'new' facts about the Tea Party
By ROBERT LAURIE - The shocking truth revealed at last!! If you're a liberal, nothing becomes "real" until someone tells you what to think about it. Usually, this is the Democrat leadership, citing a big, expensive study. Once someone has spent the dough to hire a research firm, left-wing ideologues ... continue reading
Daily Caller report: Government has no idea what it consists of
By DAN CALABRESE - Don't ask us! Your first instinct is to think, geez, someone should know how many agencies and/or programs the government has. Right? There's some guy who sits in some obscure office somewhere who keeps a list? But then you remember that this is the federal government, so it's not that big a ... continue reading
Oil boom in North Dakota! (Note to government: Just stay out of the way)
By HERMAN CAIN - Gusher. Remember all that talk about how we had to immediately wean ourselves off oil and start using alternative energy because we were going to run out of fossil fuels? Never mind! This week the government, which is run by the very same people who hate the oil industry and can’t wait to ... continue reading
Meet the Benghazi whistleblowers who will testify Wednesday
By ROBERT LAURIE - With more to follow.... The left loves to pretend this is a non-story. In reality, it's picking up steam at an amazing pace. Yesterday, Fox News learned the identity of the first three whistleblowers to come forward to testify in the newest round of Benghazi hearings. They are: Gregory ... continue reading
FOX News Airs 'See No Evil-The Kermit Gosnell Case'
By MICHAEL JOHNSON - The video speaks for itself. Be sure to watch the full documentary on The FOX News Channel on Friday May 3, at 9pm ET and then again on Sunday May 5, also at 9pm ET. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com continue reading
Obama in Mexico, lamenting that guns from U.S. are being used by Mexican criminals
By ROBERT LAURIE - Gosh...who was sending those guns down there again? This morning, President Obama was speaking in Mexico at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia. It's the largest museum in Mexico, and the most visited site in in Mexico City. There, he took the opportunity to lament the ... continue reading
Government to start (yes, start) verifying that every arriving student has a valid visa
By DAN CALABRESE - We weren't doing this before? So apparently this is a new idea. Sheesh: The Homeland Security Department ordered its border agents "effective immediately" to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained ... continue reading
CA Child Protective Services takes baby from family who wanted a second medical opinion
By ROBERT LAURIE - Remember when they said your kids aren't your own? If your baby was in a hospital, and you saw a nurse giving it incorrect, potentially dangerous, medication, would you take your child elsewhere? One California family found out the hard way that taking their child for a second opinion can ... continue reading
April job growth turns out less a river of crap than expected
By DAN CALABRESE - But 165,000 new jobs still short of replacement levels. You can write the headlines such that it sounds like good news, and many will. Job growth stronger than expected! (Because expectations were so crappy.) Unemployment rate down to 7.5 percent! (It was right around 5 percent during most of ... continue reading
High School relay team disqualified from state championships due to 'religious gesture'
By ROBERT LAURIE - More educational insanity... When you cross the finish line, clinch the regionals, and are headed to the state finals, you'd better not give God any credit. ...at least not until you're well away from the easily-offended eyes within the "competition area." If you do, apparently ... continue reading
Eric Holder suddenly concerned about Constitution when Kansas tells him to shove Obama's anti-gun measures
By DAN CALABRESE - Nullification. I have to be honest and tell you I'm not as sold as some of you on the notion that states can simply nullify federal law by deciding that's what they want to do. The theory holds that when states find a federal action unconstitutional, they don't even have to challenge it in ... continue reading
Live Action releases new undercover late-term abortion video
By ROBERT LAURIE - part three of their 'Inhuman' investigation Before you watch the following series of interviews, here's a photo of a baby born at just over 23 weeks. According to the Arizona "doctor" in the third of Live Action's undercover videos, a baby at this age is not "fully developed" and "it doesn't ... continue reading
Jay Carney: 'Benghazi happened a long time ago'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Seven months.... Thanks to Jay Carney, we now have the administration's official definition of what constitutes a "long time." Apparently, it's about seven months. Seven months ago, our consulate was attacked by terrorist forces, four Americans were murdered, and the Obama admin started ... continue reading
Do you know all the ObamaCare sneak-a-taxes? Here they are!
By CLARK BARROW - Find out what's in it. OBAMACARE SNEAK-A-TAXES With even some of the Affordable Care Act architects warning that the implementation will be a ‘train wreck’, Americans for Tax Reform recently compiled a summary of the taxes set to hit the American people during the roll out. Included ... continue reading
Time to send another Democrat ex-president to bring some poor sap home from North Korea
By DAN CALABRESE - Lyndon Johnson, you're up! This is getting to be pretty predictable, but then, most of the crap the Norks pull is. Much as you want it not to be so, there's almost always a foolhardy American in North Korea for some inexplicable reason. And it's not like they need evidence to accuse him of ... continue reading
Why yes, California, they are coming to take your guns away
By DAN CALABRESE - Confiscation. One of the biggest problems with gun control is that there are hundreds of millions of guns already out there, and even if the government somehow managed to ban the manufacture and sale of new ones, it's not like they could go out and confiscate the ones currently in circulation. ... continue reading
Three more arrested in Boston attack
By DAN CALABRESE - Looks like the Tsarnaevs weren't acting alone after all. The whole idea that two knucklehead brothers did all this on their own never seemed to make sense to me, anyway. They had too many bombs. The whole thing was too well laid out. They had to have help. Sure looks that way now, as Yahoo! ... continue reading
Benghazi whistleblower: Obama Administration refuses to bring mastermind to justice
By ROBERT LAURIE - Why are we not surprised..... It’s been seven months since Barack Obama promised that his administration would leave no stone unturned as it sought the terrorist masterminds responsible for the Benghazi attacks. Since then, there’s been no capture, no charges, and no justice ... continue reading
House Dems' resolution: Global warming will push women into 'transactional sex'
By DAN CALABRESE - Hide your daughters! Here I am digging the fact that our 793-month winter seems to finally be coming to an end, and I was able to bike to work today and now I'm sitting outside perfectly comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt. When lo and behold, I discover that this very same warmth is going to ... continue reading
Leno on Gitmo: Obama should 'Declare it a Small Business and Tax it Out of Existence'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Et tu, Jay Leno? Yesterday, Obama said he wanted to close Gitmo again. Last night, Jay Leno offered him some advice on how to do it. There's no doubt that Jay's a big establishment-Democrat liberal. In fact his show - like David Letterman's - is seen as a progressive "safe haven." It's a ... continue reading
Job creation still weak; even ADP only estimates 119,000 new in April
By DAN CALABRESE - Way below replacement levels. Hat tip to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, who always has the fastest and best analyses of the monthly job reports. Understand a few things here. First, the ADP estimate, which usually comes out a day or two before the official report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ... continue reading
Get ready to hand over your financial life so you can get ObamaCare
By DAN CALABRESE - This sounds like fun. Apparently the first draft of the form they wanted people to fill out was so long and complicated that even ObamaCare's biggest supporters were afraid no one could get through it. So now they're unveiling a "simplified" form that oddly doesn't sound all that simple: ... continue reading
Obama speaks about Gitmo terrorists: 'I don't want these individuals to die'
By ROBERT LAURIE - They want to go on a hunger strike? Let them. During this morning's press conference, President Obama announced that he'd like to place renewed focus on closing the prison at Guantanamo Bayand will re-engage Congress in an effort to do so. "For a lot of Americans, the notion is out of ... continue reading
CIA & State Department threatening the careers of Benghazi whistleblowers
By ROBERT LAURIE - The 'most transparent administration in history' strikes again... On last night's edition of Special Report with Brett Baier James Rosen offered a report claiming that would-be Benghazi whistleblowers have been threatened by the Obama administration. Specifically, they are being ... continue reading
AP worried Obama won't gain politically from 'recovery'
By DAN CALABRESE - Oh noes. They get right to what really matters - to them, and to the rest of the political class. The issue is not whether you will benefit from whatever positive economic developments there may be. Screw you. It's all about whether our favorite celebrity politicians will stay fat and happy. Of ... continue reading
Undercover videos highlight monstrous nature of abortion 'doctors'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Absolutely barbaric.... Over the weekend, undercover videos filmed by the anti-abortion group Live Action began popping up on YouTube. The tapes, which were surreptitiously recorded over the last six months, showcase abortion "doctors" in the Washington D.C. area as they casually ... continue reading
Ted Cruz explains how just the threat of filibuster stopped gun control
By ROBERT LAURIE - Stand up and fight! When GOP Senators killed Rand Paul’s gun control filibuster, conservatives within the party were livid. It was widely viewed as “yet another betrayal” at the hands of the usual suspects – namely John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and their cadre of turncoat ... continue reading
Kim Jong Un has turned Pyongyang into a lovely communist mall or something
By DAN CALABRESE - Only things missing are Coldstone and Panera Bread. Dear Leader understands that what you really need to ease the stress over your possible future in a labor/torture camp is a spell in a tanning booth. Some in the Obama Administration might actually look at this and see an impressive strategy ... continue reading
White House Correspondents' Dinner restores columnist's belief that America is screwed
By DAN CALABRESE - Look at us! There are times when I think I'm going too far in my belief that the United States of America has basically had it - that we're past the point of even grasping how to deal seriously with existential crises like debt and unfunded entitlement obligations, and that at this point it's ... continue reading
Air traffic madness: Intentional deception of the public
By HERMAN CAIN - The crisis Obama wants. How far have we fallen when the president of the United States is intentionally sabotaging operations of the federal government for the purpose of putting the hurt on the American people – and he’s not being roundly condemned for it? That’s what President ... continue reading
Rep. Trey Gowdy: further Benghazi hearings 'coming quickly'
By ROBERT LAURIE - May finally include testimony from eyewitnesses... If you thought the Benghazi cover-up story was a thing of the past, think again. According to Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC), more hearings are imminent, and they promise to be "explosive." Appearing on Fox News yesterday ... continue reading
Liberals would be fine with background checks before you can vote, right?
By DAN CALABRESE - Rights schmights! It's merely a common-sense reform. It's a constitutionally guaranteed right, yes, but of course so is the right to keep and bear arms. The left sees no problem requiring a background check before you can avail yourself of the latter right because, hey, bad things could happen ... continue reading
The stupid, very dumb, totally moronic debate over whether Republicans should defend or disown Bush
By DAN CALABRESE - Just tell the truth. The McCain and Romney campaigns were each uninspiring in their own ways, but for my money, the McCain campaign of 2008 was far more so for this reason: Since McCain totally bought into the idea that George W. Bush was toxic, he had to somehow craft a case for himself that ... continue reading
Dem Congressman dares you to 'Imagine a world without balloons'
By ROBERT LAURIE - No squeaky-voiced comedians either.... Yesterday, the House of Representatives approved a rule governing debate for the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act of 2013. It will be voted on later today and, if it passes, it will adjust a 1996 law which forced the ... continue reading
Are you too handsome for a Saudi Arabian vacation?
By ROBERT LAURIE - Try to control yourselves..... If you're planning to vacation in Saudi Arabia, you may want to stop what you're doing and take a good, long, look at yourself. ...Not because there's something wrong with you, but because you just might be a handsome man - in fact, you may ... continue reading
Congratulations to our caption contest winner!
By DAN CALABRESE - And the winner is . . . For this dandy . . . Obama: I can't WAIT till we dedicate MY presidential library! Barbara: Neither can most of America...... We congratulate our winner, Mike Dunger! Nice job, Mike, and thanks to all who participated. Follow all of Dan's work, including his series of ... continue reading
Caption contest! Obama and Barbara Bush
By DAN CALABRESE - True grit. OK, you know how we do this. Caption entries have to be here in the CainTV comments section, not on Facebook. I choose the winner solely on the basis of my own arbitrary, capricious whim, and I am accountable to no one. Caption! Follow all of Dan's work, including his series of ... continue reading
Rep Tom Cotton: Obama failing in his counter-terrorism mission
By ROBERT LAURIE - Says 5 Jihadists have reached their targets under Obama Yesterday, Rep. Tom Cotton of Arkansas took to the floor of the House and demanded an answer to a question a lot of people are asking. Why have so many Jihadists been able to reach mainland U.S. targets under President Obama, ... continue reading
Frank Luntz: talk radio 'destroying' Marco Rubio over immigration
By ROBERT LAURIE - Luntz targets Limbaugh & Levin Uh-oh. GOP consultant and Fox News pollster extraordinaire Frank Luntz has some 'splainin to do. The far left website Mother Jones has obtained a tape of Luntz, speaking off the record, in which he suggests that conservative talk radio is a ... continue reading
Keith Hennessey: George W. Bush is smarter than you
By DAN CALABRESE - The decider. Admit it. Most of us are influenced by popular notions in the media or the culture, even though we would deny it. You might believe George W. Bush actually said "strategery." (He didn't. That came from a Will Farrell routine on Saturday Night Live, just as Sarah Palin never said, ... continue reading
Harry Reid: Tea Party made up of non-violent anarchists
By ROBERT LAURIE - Also, "Government is inherently good." This is weird. I could have sworn the Tea Party was supposed to be made up of fascist, far-right, radical social conservatives. We've heard Democrats complain for years that they want to take away the rights of minorities, gays, and virtually anyone ... continue reading
What? Evidence that Hillary lied? Well there's something new!
By DAN CALABRESE - What difference does it make? Remember when Democrats used to complain that Reagan was the "teflon president," because no charge or hint of scandal could ever stick to him? The inoculation of Hillary Clinton works a little differently. If you really want to start going through every example of ... continue reading
Boston bombers received taxpayer-funded welfare
By ROBERT LAURIE - Taxpayer funded anti-Americanism? Back in 2009, Tamerlan Tsarnaev said “I don’t have a single American friend, I don’t understand them.” He also said that as a nation, the United States had lost its "values." Apparently, he didn't think generosity was one of ... continue reading
Chris Matthews: 'What difference does it make why they did it?'
By ROBERT LAURIE - It only matters if they're conservatives When the Boston Marathon bombing occurred, Chris Matthews was front and center among those trying to suggest that right-wing extremists were involved. If you recall, he was salivating over the idea that a possible bombing at the JFK Library was a ... continue reading
HHS paying PR firm $3.1 million to sell ObamaCare to the uninsured
By DAN CALABRESE - Really, it's good for you! Americans hate ObamaCare. The Department of Health and Human Services has already blown through its implementation budget and is coming back to Congress for more. The "high-risk" pools are under-enrolled and over budget. And now the Obama Administration is fretting ... continue reading
Police state or exigent circumstances? Video of 'voluntary' searches from Watertown
By ROBERT LAURIE - We're straddling a very dangerous line... I'm going to leave this one up to you guys. I've got a couple of clips here, then I'll have a couple of questions. I'd like to know what you think. First ,take a look at this video from WHDH Boston. In it, Watertown residents discuss the ... continue reading
Whoa: Obama favorite Fisker was spending $660,000 for every electric car it produced
By DAN CALABRESE - Let the good times roll. We've seen this before, haven't we? Once the Department of Energy's money is flowing freely, green energy wards of the state are pretty loose with the spending (just like the government!), figuring you can always go back to a sugar daddy that can print its own money - ... continue reading
Libertarians are correct - rights trump Tsarnaev (or, why Dan was wrong this morning)
By ROBERT LAURIE - Point / Counterpoint Right off the bat, let me get this out of the way. There was no martial law. So, this morning, when Dan Calabrese took Libertarians to task for their positions, he was partially correct. When there's a mad bomber running from a few thousand cops, ... continue reading
'All religion is equally extreme' - That's liberal B.S. according to ...Bill Maher?
By ROBERT LAURIE - Bill Maher actually gets one right. Equivocation is the hallmark of the left-wing mind. Say Obama's Presidency is a train wreck; they respond by saying yammering abut Bush. Suggest Democrats are irresponsible with money; they'll start babbling about Republican spending in the 90's. ... continue reading
The 'martial law' nonsense (or, why libertarians will never escape the fringe)
By DAN CALABRESE - Paranoia self-destroyer! Oh libertarians. As Ann Coulter recently told a group of you, for self-proclaimed individuals, you certainly are mobbish. Coulter was talking about the behavior of a John Stossel studio audience, which burst on cue into mass applause every time Stossel hit certain ... continue reading
Boston shows the true nature of the American people
By HERMAN CAIN - What we're made of. It could be a long time before we know anything of substance about why Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev decided to wreak terror on the Boston Marathon. Or it may be that there’s nothing more to know – that they were simply a couple of angry losers caught up in a ... continue reading
Mirror: FBI hunting 12-strong sleeper cell linked to Boston Marathon bombing
By DAN CALABRESE - Bigger? We may have only seen the start of this. The UK's Mirror quotes "a source close to the investigation" (so be careful, since the source is unnamed) saying the FBI does not think the Tsarnaevs acted alone: More than 1,000 FBI operatives were last night working to track down the cell and ... continue reading
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect #2, is a 9/11 truther
By ROBERT LAURIE - Otherwise? Normal teenager. As the police search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a Twitter feed has been confirmed as belonging to the suspected bomber. In it, he goes by the Americanized version of his name, Jahar. He's a 9/11 truther. Idk why it's hard for many of you to accept that 9/11 ... continue reading
Michael Moore says 'I told you so' about marathon bombers
By ROBERT LAURIE - Says he "guessed" correctly. Earlier this week, we told you how Michael Moore added "2+2" and came to the brilliant conclusion that the Boston Marathon bombers were Tea Party conservatives angry over taxes and potential gun control. He also claimed that April was a big month for violent right ... continue reading
Just wondering: Wouldn't it be good right now if everyone in Boston had a gun?
By DAN CALABRESE - Keep and bear arms. A madman is running around town. He could be anywhere. He has killed several times. There is every reason to believe he will kill again. He literally could be outside your door right now. Scenario 1: The left's dream . . . the entire city has been disarmed and is a gun-free ... continue reading
Can we cool it on trying to spin this politically?
By DAN CALABRESE - Relax. It started even before we had the slightest idea who the suspects might be, as I mentioned a couple of days ago. The likes of David Sirota want nothing more than to see the perps identified as members of a group they feel comfortable demonizing. But if what I'm seeing on social media and ... continue reading
George Soros not dead - someone tell Reuters to stop running his obit.
By ROBERT LAURIE - George Soros died "XXX at XXX" George Soros is a lot of things. He's a capitalist-hating socialist billionaire, a currency manipultor, and a man who famously threatened to murder Glenn Beck. One thing he's not is dead. So he should probably get on the phone and call Reuters because, for ... continue reading
Heart warming video: Boston Bruins fans honor their city and their country
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's been a rough week. How about something that will cheer you up a bit? It's been a tough week for the United States. Between the marathon bombing, the explosion in Texas, the suspicious letters, and the gun debate, it sometimes feels like the whole thing is about to spin ... continue reading
Sitting President throws hissy fit as Constitution is upheld
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's all YOUR fault America. HOW DARE YOU? Yesterday, when it became clear that the President's gun control dreams were going down in flames, he took to the podium and threw the kind of foot-stamping hissy fit usually reserved for three-year-olds who don't get any candy. He takes ... continue reading
VIDEO: Obama's meltdown over gun control defeat
By DAN CALABRESE - Reaping what he's sown. This is almost too much to take. You can't hold it against the father who lost his son, but what kind of cretin uses a guy like this as a prop in a cynical power grab that seeks to shamelessly exploit such a tragedy? The fact that senators looked at photos of the victims ... continue reading
Feinstein Assault Weapons ban fails in Senate 60-40
By ROBERT LAURIE - Good riddance Well, unfortunately, Senator John Cornyn's CCW expansion amendment - which would have made a Concealed Weapons permit from one state applicable in all the others - failed. The vote was 57-43, which is awfully close considering the Dems have spent months arguing against ... continue reading
Manchin-Toomey background check amendment fails to pass Senate, 54-46
By ROBERT LAURIE - One down. The Manchin-Toomey bill that would have expanded background checks for firearms has failed to pass the Seante. The vote was 54-46, and was presided over by none other than Vice President Joe Biden himself. This is a big set back for the gun control crowd, since it was the only ... continue reading
Detroit Free Press: Hey, sorry about posting that diagram that showed how to make a bomb
By DAN CALABRESE - Was that wrong? Should they not have done that? Good grief. From Deadline Detroit: The Detroit Free Press pulled an online graphic headlined "Building a Bomb" from its Facebook page Wednesday morning after angry posts from readers. It also appears in the print edition, which on Wednesday is ... continue reading
VIDEO: Foul-mouthed University of Buffalo professor not a fan of pro-life students' display
By DAN CALABRESE - "That image is f------ profane!" Well. She's a film professor. I guess she likes the R-rated flicks. There's something about a woman who swears like a sailor! Something arresting, at least in this case. I suppose she could come back later and claim it was all just a Master Thespian routine. ... continue reading
HAZMAT crews at Senator Carl Levin's office in Saginaw Michigan - building evacuated
By ROBERT LAURIE - Building on lockdown - HAZMAT crews on scene. UPDATE: Seantor Levin has acknowledged the situation via the following statement: "Earlier today, a staffer at my Saginaw regional office received a suspicious-looking letter. The letter was not opened, and the staffer followed the proper ... continue reading
If Dems fail to pass today's gun control package, this is the reason
By ROBERT LAURIE - The people don't want it, and Dems worry about looking too pro-2A Today, the Senate is expected to vote on as many as nine amendments to the new gun control bill. As Dan Calabrese pointed out earlier, the Democrats are having a tough time finding the votes. Right now the reporting ... continue reading
Looks like background checks will fail in the Senate
By DAN CALABRESE - Manchin blames immigration bill, but the truth is the public isn't buying it. The theory from West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin and others is that would-be Republican supporters are already pushing their luck with the base by supporting immigration reform, and backing a gun control measure on ... continue reading
Here we go: Left hopes the bomber is a white dude
By DAN CALABRESE - Identity. It's not really a big shock that they're thinking this, is it? It's the same instinct they showed after 9/11, when they seemed as concerned about the (mostly imaginary) blowback against Muslims as they did about the actual attack. This is pretty standard thinking among left-wingers ... continue reading
Ron Fournier: You know what evangelicals need to do? Embrace liberal political positions.
By DAN CALABRESE - Why stop there? Let's ditch Christ for Cesar Chavez too. I've told you about Ron Fournier before. If you want to read one creature of the Washington media establishment who perfectly encapsulates the consensus thinking of the whole bunch, this is the guy. And since most of official Washington ... continue reading
Obama administration snubs Margaret Thatcher's funeral
By ROBERT LAURIE - ....because of gun control. This really shouldn't come as a surprise. After Obama returned the Churchill bust and made a state gift from a $100 collection of DVD's that won't work in the Prime Minister's UK DVD player, what were people expecting? There will be no representative from the ... continue reading
New York Times: Yeah yeah, Gosnell is bad, but the 'real issue' is pro-lifers oppose cancer screenings
By DAN CALABRESE - Wow. They really think thoughts like this in the Blue Cocoon. It's hard to imagine how they work themselves into such logical pretzels, but I bet we can do it. Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor of the New York Times, defends the paper's practice of basically ignoring the Gosnell trial ... continue reading
Michael Moore wastes no time getting ghoulish over Boston Marathon
By ROBERT LAURIE - Desperate to blame conservatives, pro-2nd Amendment extremists UPDATE: I'm getting a lot of blowback that says "Who cares what Moore thinks?" or "Moore's irrelevant, don't pay him any attention." The fact is, over 1.5 Million people follow his every word on Twitter. You may not like it, but he ... continue reading
More than 3,500 Michigan lottery winners still getting welfare
By DAN CALABRESE - Or living with someone who is. Last year, a Michigan lottery winner named Amanda Clayton received a lot of attention, and not of the good kind, when it was discovered that she was still receiving food stamps and state medical aid even after winning $1 million. A few months later, the ... continue reading
Boston Marathon bombing: Prayer now, opinion and analysis later
By DAN CALABRESE - Empty. Not that the problems it presents a columnist are even a blip on the radar screen of importance, but just by way of explanation, there's not much you can say at this point about something like the Boston Marathon bombing. You've been reading the news for the past five hours, and there ... continue reading
More opportunity just means more inequality, because a lot of people are clueless
By DAN CALABRESE - The things we know but don't dare say. This comes from PBS of all places, and it's one of those things that everyone sort of understands intuitively, but that most don't want to take the risk of saying publicly for fear of the hellfire that will rain down on them. And I don't want to put words ... continue reading
Congress seeks to exempt itself from the 'Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Government employees owing back taxes would be fired...unless they're in Congress. Today, the "Tax Accountability Act of 2013" (H.R. 249) is expected to come to the floor of the house for a vote. If it passes, the new law would mandate the firing of any federal employee who is ... continue reading
I'm organizing a posse
By HERMAN CAIN - All Star Team. My activities are starting to hit the news, so you might as well hear about it here first. CNN reports: Herman Cain, the former pizza executive who briefly led the pack of GOP 2012 presidential hopefuls, convened a gathering of Republicans Monday with the goal of devising a ... continue reading
Media pretty surprised Chavez puppet barely wins Venezuela election
By DAN CALABRESE - Wonder of wonders. Time Magazine is stunned that Nicolas Maduro, who was handpicked by Hugo Chavez to succeed him as iron-fisted dicator of Venezuela, just barely won the election designed to make his elevation official. Gosh. What could be behind the nation's lack of enthusiasm for Maduro? ... continue reading
Happy Tax Day! Ted Cruz releases a video to 'celebrate' April 15th
By ROBERT LAURIE - We'll have to work three more days to pay them, but the check had better be in the mail now. This year, April 18th is "Tax Freedom Day" - the day when when hard working Americans have labored enough to pay the country's total tax bill. However, today is April 15th. It's Tax Day, and ... continue reading
Don't worry, John Kerry and the Chinese will keep North Korea nuclear-free
By DAN CALABRESE - Don't you feel better now? I could do without this imagery, although it beats the mushroom cloud that is surely no less likely as a result of this exercise in indulgent self-importance that is, well, pretty much everything John Kerry does: On his first trip to Beijing as U.S. Secretary of ... continue reading
Bill Maher: 'The 2nd Amendment is bulls#@t'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Liberal standard bearer tells you what every liberal believes. When Bill Maher's not spewing racist "jokes," he's complaining about how much he's forced to pay in taxes, or he's busy being America's most famous statist misogynist. When he's not doing that, he's trashing the U.S. ... continue reading
Job creators fight back against Washington propaganda
By HERMAN CAIN - They're not taking down free enterprise without a fight. A recent event I attended demonstrated the power of free enterprise and job creators, and also demonstrated the danger this nation will face if we don’t fight back against policies that threaten this amazing system. Free enterprise is ... continue reading
CNN - finally - covers Gosnell on Anderson Cooper 360
By ROBERT LAURIE - Social media shames news nets into action. If you're a member of the mainstream media, the odds are you've completely buried the Kermit Gosnell story. Whether you've hushed the murders of hundreds of babies because you're "pro-choice," because you don't really care, or because Barack ... continue reading
If Adam Lanza means we have to restrict guns, then . . .
By DAN CALABRESE - . . . Kermit Gosnell means we have to restrict abortion. Right? Follow all of Dan's work, including his series of Christian spiritual warfare novels, by liking his page on Facebook.continue reading
John Kerry won't accept a nuclear armed North Korea ...maybe he didn't get the memo?
By ROBERT LAURIE - Kerry and Carney contradict the Defense Intelligence Agency's report Yesterday, during the House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) read a declassified version of a Defense Intelligence Agency report. According to the administration, the report was ... continue reading
Thatcher-hating Brits need to act like decent people and show some respect, says . . . Johnny Rotten?
By DAN CALABRESE - No less an authority on decency. Wow. You know you're out of hand when this guy is calling you out: "When someone dies, give them respect. Enemy or not. I can't be listening to folk who do that. What kind of politics are they offering me? You dance on another person's grave? That's loathsome." ... continue reading
Dick Cheney: On North Korea, 'we're in deep doo doo'
By DAN CALABRESE - I miss that guy! Ah. The Veep. A man who understood the value of clarity on national security, and understood the importance of resolve. If Bush and Cheney were in charge today, they wouldn't be rattling sabers, only to suddenly stop upon the horrifying realization that Kim Jong Un might not ... continue reading
White House: Some of you are trying to save more than you need, and we're not going to have that
By DAN CALABRESE - Confiscation. Via Dave Ramsey: I will quote the White House directly. "Under current rules, some wealthy individuals are able to accumulate many millions of dollars in these accounts, substantially more than is needed to fund reasonable levels of retirement saving." U.S. News and World Report ... continue reading
WaPo reporter: I'm not covering the Gosnell abortionist trial because it's not really a policy story
By DAN CALABRESE - Oh that? It's just a "local crime" story. One person deserves the bulk of the credit for bringing to light the media's criminal neglect of the Gosnell trial, and that's liberal columnist Kirsten Powers. Yeah, she is often conservatives' favorite liberal (although I have a few others), not only ... continue reading
Obama's budget director has no idea how much his budget increases the debt
By ROBERT LAURIE - Or maybe he just doesn't want to be on tape saying the number. Yesterday, Jeff Zients, Obama's budget director appeared at a Senate Budget Committee hearing where he was forced to defend the administration’s new plan. He was grilled by Jeff Sessions (R-AL) about the fact that ... continue reading
IRS claims no warrant necessary to read your email
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's the ACLU vs The IRS....should be a pay-per-view special. According to new documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through the Freedom of Information Act, the IRS believes it has the right to read your emails, tweets and text messages - all without a warrant of ... continue reading
Here are the 16 Republicans who voted to kill Rand Paul's gun control filibuster before it started
By ROBERT LAURIE - Your 2nd Amendment rights are headed for an up or down vote. This morning, Senators Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee released the following statement: This morning the Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to the firearms bill (S.649). It is expected that the Toomey-Manchin provision ... continue reading
Social conservatives send letter to RNC threatening abandonment of the GOP
By ROBERT LAURIE - Cutting off their noses to spite their face Yesterday, several social conservative groups sent a letter to Reince Priebus warning him that social cons would defect from the party if GOP candidates continue the trend of rethinking their stance on a host of morality-based issues. Chief ... continue reading
Ex-Dem congresswoman (mother of jailed Detroit mayor) now searching for aliens
By DAN CALABRESE - From Congress to the X-Files for this Democrat. She is more than just the mother of a convicted felon, also known as former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. She is also a former member of Congress in her own right, so Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick could be called one of the shining lights of the ... continue reading
Media left 'scratching their heads' after Texas Rep. Joe Barton cites Bible
By DAN CALABRESE - But don't worry, a group of extreme athletes disagree. A little tip on how to recognize media bias: What they think is news, and why they think that, is just as important as how they write a particular story. In the case of comments made yesterday by U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) concerning ... continue reading
Obama budget: You think government is big now? Just you wait!
By DAN CALABRESE - $3.77 trillion in 2014. $5.66 trillion in 2023! The Obama budget is two months late, of course, but that's the least of its problems. You small-government people? Ha! We're not reducing the size of government today. We're not reducing the size of government tomorrow. We're not reducing it ever. ... continue reading
Michigan high school cancels & un-cancels Rick Santorum speech
By ROBERT LAURIE - ...and it just happens to be Robert Laurie's Alma Mater I'm going to be blunt here. I'm not a Rick Santorum fan. To me, he was the least desirable of the 2012 Republican field. I attended one of his campaign stops here in Southeast Michigan on assignment, and he proved himself to be ... continue reading
NBC would like you to tear out your home elevator and replace it with stairs...yes, really.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Seriously. How 'out of touch' is this network? If, during the last 25 years, you've spent any time - at all - in front of a TV, you've undoubtedly seen NBC's "The More You Know" campaign. The series of public service announcements was created by NBC to replace its old "And ... continue reading
Sen. Tom Coburn easily finds $95 billion in federal waste
By DAN CALABRESE - So the power-of-the-purse weilding House Republicans will put a stop to it, right? Some of the ways the federal government wastes money are so comical, we would almost miss the laugh lines if they ever went away. Seriously, what would conservatives do if we couldn't talk about Washington ... continue reading
Defenestrated Detroit City Council: Don't take away our kingdom!
By DAN CALABRESE - The most essential people anywhere. Just ask them. Most cities with a population of around 700,000 have part-time city council members who are paid a per-meeting stipend, and maybe have one staff member (or the whole council shares a staff member or two) to help keep them up to speed on city ... continue reading
Geraldo explains: Saying 'illegal alien' is like saying 'negro'
By DAN CALABRESE - But you can sing it! Oh Geraldo. The logic here is nothing if not entertaining. Saying "illegal alien" is like saying "negro" because it's a pejorative, a "loaded term that doesn't accurately describe." Really. Because it seems to me that both are quite accurate. The term negro is clearly out ... continue reading
Don't forget, there's a taxpayer-funded Justin Timberlake concert at the White House tonight!
By ROBERT LAURIE - A big party at the currently un-tourable "people's house." Democrats may be blaming the oh-so-onerous sequester for DHS's inability to buy bullets for border patrol agents, but at least it's not damaging the President's ability to throw a party. Tonight at 7:30 P.M. the White House will ... continue reading
Hear my appearance on the Vipp Jaswal Report
By HERMAN CAIN - The radio star. When you do your own show every day, it's fun to be a guest, so I enjoyed doing the Vipp Jaswal Report on Fox News Radio. You can hear the entire interview at this link. Thanks for having me on, Vipp!continue reading
Party! Leftist Brits pretty excited that Thatcher is dead
By DAN CALABRESE - Maggie Maggie Maggie! Dead dead dead! This is probably just a more advanced demonstration of what you might see here when, say, Dick Cheney dies some day. Live it up! Nothing says life fulfillment like hearing about the death of someone with whom you disagreed politically, if that's all you've ... continue reading
Newtown father in heart breaking interview: 'more gun control is not the answer'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Mark Mattioli laments pro gun control 'group think' Yesterday, President Obama once again surrounded himself with the familes of Newtown victims and called for increased restrictions on firearm sales and ownership. Since the killings, Newtown has become ground zero in his effort to exploit ... continue reading
Vladimir Putin curiously not too troubled by topless protester
By DAN CALABRESE - We'll show him! They say Russia discriminates against the rights of homosexuals. As autocratic as Putin has become, I'd say Russia's gays can get in line. But they're the trendy victim group du jour these days, so they're the stated beneficiaries of protests like this one. Er, if the objective ... continue reading
Senator Ted Cruz's father: 'Hispanic values are conservative values'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Heritage Foundation interviews Rafael Cruz There's no doubt that the Republicans took hit in the last election as the Obama campaign repeatedly - and successfully - played the race card. The constant claim that "Republicans are anti-immigrant" is obviously completely bogus, but it's ... continue reading
VIDEO: Man who escaped communist Cuba dominates gun control debate in Salem, Oregon
By ROBERT LAURIE - 'You people don’t know what freedom is because you never lost it.' Last week, we brought you the video of a 15 Year Old Girl who brought the fight to a Maryland gun control hearing. This week, we have another clip we think you'll like. Meet Manuel Martinez, a man who - 40 ... continue reading
Everyone is walking on eggshells around crazy Kim Jong Un
By DAN CALABRESE - Don't provoke Bowl Cut Jr.! You don't want to say the wrong thing. The young man is petulant and erratic. No one is sure what he will do. So when Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae made a comment the other day about North Korea preparing for another missile test, he had to quickly take it ... continue reading
MSNBC: Children don't belong to parents or families, they belong to the collective
By ROBERT LAURIE - MSNBC crosses the line from "liberal" to "creepy and disturbing." Over at MSNBC the statist zeal runs deep - very deep. That much is obvious. Just how deep it goes has recently been revealed via the following "Lean Forward" commercial. In it, MSNBC host - and Tulane political science ... continue reading
Maybe this is why Obama digs California AG Kamala Harris
By DAN CALABRESE - Looks schmooks. The woman is soft on crime. Something about this latest dopey brouhaha didn't make sense to me. Barack Obama, of all people, getting in hot water for making a comment about a woman's looks? When I first typed the headline for this piece, I inadvertently typed "Clinton." Well ... continue reading
Rest in peace, Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
By DAN CALABRESE - The Iron Lady has left us. Longtime British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died this morning following a stroke. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Thatcher was of course remembered as the first female prime minister of Great Britain, but her legacy is in what she achieved. When she assumed the ... continue reading
Obama's 10-year budget: Even better fiction than your favorite TV drama
By HERMAN CAIN - But it will be reported like something that's actually going to happen. He’s two months late, and he’s considerably more than a dollar short, but President Obama will propose a budget in the coming days. He’s proposed one every year he’s been in office. Constitutionally, ... continue reading
Biden channels Bush - calls for a 'New World Order'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Is Joe trying to wind up the conspiracy theorists? Check out this clip of your illustrious Vice-President, Joe Biden, speaking at the Export Import Bank Conference in Washington D.C. The address was given Friday. Amazingly he manages to spout every statist, globalist, agenda ... continue reading
Dismal jobs numbers a 'punch in the gut'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Surprising to no one but the administration.... The March jobs numbers are in, and they're absolutely terrible. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting a positively meager 88,000 jobs were added during the month - a number so small it isn't even enough to keep pace ... continue reading
Majority supports legalizing pot; majority is wrong
By DAN CALABRESE - Up in smoke. I realize it's not fashionable these days to espouse the drug warrior sensibilities of the 1980s. If you read me much, you know I'm not too concerned with being fashionable. So needless to say, if wanting to keep marijuana illegal is now a minority point of view, then call me a ... continue reading
South Koreans are getting a little nervous
By DAN CALABRESE - Wouldn't you? It still seems more likely than anything else that Kim Jong Un is just blustering very clumsily. But there's no way to be sure, and if you live in the South and you'd been used to shrugging off similar nonsense from his father and grandfather before him, you can't help but notice ... continue reading
Even Piers Morgan isn't buying Obama's 5% pay cut
By ROBERT LAURIE - What's that saying about a broken clock being right? As you're no doubt aware, the miniscule cuts made by the sequester have absolutely decimated the U.S. government. Barack Obama wants to make sure furloughed federal workers know that he "feels their pain" and stands with them during ... continue reading
Gun control ignorance - Colorado lawmaker doesn't know what it is she's trying to ban
By ROBERT LAURIE - Magazines, bullets, clips, what's the difference. Just ban 'em! On Tuesday, the Denver Post editorial board sponsored a public forum on advancing national gun control. Invited to speak was U.S. Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO1). DeGette, along with Carolyn McCarthy ... continue reading
Gosh, who will help you budget responsibly? Why, Barack Obama!
By DAN CALABRESE - Help is on the way! You know how it is. You're trying to make a smart, responsible budget, but it's hard! And you just wish that someone would come along who is really good at making responsible budgets and can show you how to do it right. Well cheer up, Bunky! We've got just the guy, and he's ... continue reading
Government vs. government on mandatory sick pay
By DAN CALABRESE - Head spinning. Here's a conundrum. When local governments pass laws requiring businesses to provide a certain number of paid sick days to employees, that's a clear example of the encroach of big government into the free market, right? I think we can all agree. So then what is it when states ... continue reading
Sen. Ron Johnson presents Victims of Government
By HERMAN CAIN - Everyone needs to see this. We often talk in general terms about the impact of government regulations, but it really hits home when you see what happens to individuals who get caught in this web. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin sent me this, and I want you to see it. He wrote the copy below the ... continue reading
Jay Carney upset over media's lack of negative sequester impact coverage
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's not that things aren't awful, it's that the media won't report how awful they are. If you're a member of the mainstream media, the White House is fed up with you. Ever since the Obama-created and signed sequester became law, you've been slacking off. To put it bluntly, you've haven't ... continue reading
15 year old girl absolutely dominates gun control debate in Maryland
By ROBERT LAURIE - If only Congress had the smarts of a 15 year old girl. Check out this video of a 15 year old girl speaking in front of a Maryland state legislature gun control hearing. From what we can gather, this took place on March 25th, but has only started going viral in the last 24 hours. Her name ... continue reading
Hmm, climate scientists wonder, what's with this 20 years of no global warming?
By DAN CALABRESE - Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Why are we supposed to defer to climate scientists on the matter of global warming? Because, they're climate scientists, and we're not. They know what they're talking about and we don't. So stop your denial! One problem: As The Australian reports, they don't know what ... continue reading
Sean Hannity and Dana Loesch face the stupidest gun control argument in history
By ROBERT LAURIE - Guns still dangerous as blunt instruments Last night on the Hannity show, Sean hosted a discussion with conservative talk radio host Dana Loesch and liberal California talker Leslie Marshall. Loesch was great as always. Marshall, on the other hand, managed to make the single most moronic ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama plans to teach young people how to budget responsibly
By CLARK BARROW - We are not making this up. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · TAX FREEDOM DAY - According to the Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day 2013 will occur on April 18, 2013, five days later than 2012. · ARMS ... continue reading
AP cave on use of 'illegal immigrant' gives CainTV excuse to post highly insensitive video
By DAN CALABRESE - And you know we're going not to turn that down. The Associated Press, which is becoming more of a left-wing propaganda organ by the day, announced today that its stylebook will no longer allow for the use of the term "illegal immigrant," which was itself a modification from the heretofore ... continue reading
New York Times notices that Obama totally manipulates the press
By DAN CALABRESE - And it's no excuse for their failure to do their job. Wow. Who do you side with here? The Obama Administration, which is limiting press access and increasingly controlling how the president is presented in an obvious campaign of image control? Or the New York Times, which is complaining about ... continue reading
Live in Connecticut? Own a gun? Get ready to be fingerprinted
By ROBERT LAURIE - Forget that whole "shall not be infringed" thing. Today, Connecticut lawmakers announced that they'd reached a bi-partisan deal on a proposal designed to implement the nation's toughest gun control regulations. The state already has an obviously ineffective "assault weapons" ban but, ... continue reading
Caroline Kennedy: Let's send a celebrity with no diplomatic experience to deal with Japan, North Korea, etc.
By DAN CALABRESE - Payback. You realize what her actual qualification is for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Japan, right? The MSM doesn't even try to hide it, since it's become such an accepted practice. The Boston Globe: Caroline Kennedy, whose endorsement of President Obama in 2008 helped propel him to the ... continue reading
Muslim advocates announce decisive victory over tiny plastic Jabba the Hutt
By ROBERT LAURIE - Witness the intergalactic face of intolerance. I actually avoided this story when it broke yesterday, since it's so ridiculous I wondered if it was an April Fool's Day joke. It's not. According to CBS Connecticut, Lego has decided to cease production of its Jabba's Palace playset at the ... continue reading
Johns Hopkins rejection: Maybe pro-life groups should stop seeking support from those who don't support them
By DAN CALABRESE - A quixotic quest for acceptance. There was a fair amount of buzz yesterday in conservative media (and predictably, just about none from the MSM), about the decision of the Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University to reject Voice for Life - a pro-life student group - as an ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Australia looks to avoid trading in U.S. dollars
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama limits press access like previous presidents wouldn't have dared. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - The Wall Street Journal this week reported on the troubling trend of college graduates getting stuck in low-skilled jobs, a problem that new research suggests may endure even ... continue reading
David Stockman: So basically, the state has destroyed capitalism
By DAN CALABRESE - Powerful. You see where it's published, the New York Times, and your inclination is to write it off as garbage. You see who wrote it, former Reagan budget director David Stockman, and you remember that he was the apostate who turned tail over '80s-era deficits and became a hero to dopey ... continue reading
Radio debate: The future of the Republican Party
By DAN CALABRESE - Starring our own Rob Laurie! The page title says it's about the future of the Republican Party in Michigan, but most of the discussion really applies to the national party. The interview was broadcast this morning on WDET Detroit, hosted by Craig Fahle, who is a friend of both Rob and me, ... continue reading
CBS News: Obama's just as good at Basketball as he is at Baseball
By ROBERT LAURIE - Witness Obama's epic 2-22 fail on the White House court The link for this vid seems to have changed, so it's been repaired. No conspiracy. CBS knows that Mondays can be tough, and they want to brighten your day. That's why they've uploaded this video of Obama's monumental implosion ... continue reading
Shocker: Lindsey Graham announces he won't join Rand Paul's gun control filibuster
By ROBERT LAURIE - We know you're stunned. If someone is leading the GOP forward, you can always count on Lindsey Graham to pull in the opposite direction. Last week, Rand Paul announced he would filibuster any new gun control legislation that Harry Reid brought to the floor. This weekend, ... continue reading
Preparing for the resumption of the Korean War
By DAN CALABRESE - Dealing with a lunatic. It's not that you think it's going to happen. It's just that there's no way to be sure. Kim Jong Un is 29 years old. He has almost no experience in leadership of any kind, and suddenly he is at the helm of a sadistic dictatorship that may very well possess deliverable ... continue reading
Daily Caller skewers self-important Politico blowhards
By DAN CALABRESE - Richly deserved. It may not be fair to say the folks at the Daily Caller dislike Politico. They're a pretty light-hearted group, and they're pretty happy to make fun of everyone and everything. But here at CainTV, we detest Politico. It is shallow. It is irresponsible. It is all politics and ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Hiring picks up, but it's still way behind pre-Obama levels
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, Obama not giving up on gun control. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - Employers are hiring more readily across the U.S., though only 14 of the nation's 100 biggest metropolitan areas have more jobs now than they did before the 2008-09 recession. · B456 - After its ... continue reading
Cain Symposium at KSU: A Good Friday!
By HERMAN CAIN - Yes, young people think, and they care about the direction of this country. In front of a live audience of more than 300 students and guests from the community, I did my 9a.m.-noon radio show broadcast on the campus of Kennesaw State University. As one student commented, "This is not just a radio ... continue reading
13-year-old suspended for bringing butter knife to school
By ROBERT LAURIE - Another day, another idiotic overreaction Welcome to Wamsutta Middle School in Attleboro Massachusetts, where bringing a butter knife to school will land you a suspension. That was the fate of 13-year-old student Morgan LaPlaume, who brought the knife with her to cut her pear at lunch. ... continue reading
12 key elements of employee engagement
By CLARK BARROW - Want to get the most out of your people? 12 KEY ELEMENTS OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Want to know how to improve the attitude in the workplace? Well, just a few short steps can really turn things around. Polling organization Gallup, Inc. has identified 12 key elements that help produce engaged and ... continue reading
Economic hope: Look to the red states
By DAN CALABRESE - Where prosperity still lives. Yes, you can still find pockets of prosperity in this country, and as friends of the boss Steve Moore and Arthur Laffer point out in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, the places where you find it tend to have something in common: Consider the South. We predict that ... continue reading
Rand Paul makes it clear: We will filibuster any gun control bill
By ROBERT LAURIE - Make no mistake, this guy terrifies Senate Dems.... Just a quick update...it's been brought to my attention that, yesterday afternoon, Marco Rubio announced that he'd be joining this effort. Earlier in the week I wrote this piece about a letter from Senators Rand Paul, Ted ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama to submit super-late 2014 budget on April 10
By CLARK BARROW - Also, FedEx founder says regulations make it very difficult to start a company today. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - The economy grew at an annual rate of 0.4 percent in the October-December quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday. That was slightly better than the ... continue reading
Military spends $5 Million to send Kim Jong-Un a worthless message
By ROBERT LAURIE - Did we get our money's worth? Probably not. On March 7th, following a North Korean underground nuclear test, the UN signed a new round of sanctions targeting Pyongyang. Kim Jong-Un offered his standard, calm, response, calling the sanctions an act of war, and threatening to plunge Seoul and ... continue reading
U.S. Government spends $880,000 on snail-sex study
By ROBERT LAURIE - Why do snails have sex? Scientists demand answers! Thanks to the National Science Foundation, we'll soon know a lot more about why, exactly, snails choose to have sex. Obviously, this is a question that's been at the forefront of American curiosity for years and, finally, answers are ... continue reading
Robert Tracinski: Young people vote for dependency because that's how they live
By DAN CALABRESE - Brilliant. Ever ponder this question? Why would young people vote en masse for Barack Obama when he is running up a crushing debt for which they will be responsible? Even the faintest hint of reality should tell them they're screwing themselves by making such a choice. The answer, as presented ... continue reading
Cue the media wild guesses over gay marriage ruling
By DAN CALABRESE - Out of you know where. They have no news to report. They have no idea what will happen. But why would that stop them? The Reuters headline is beautiful: Supreme Court indicates it may strike down marriage law: The Supreme Court seemed to be leaning on Wednesday toward striking down a law ... continue reading
Sebelius admits ObamaCare will jack up insurance premiums
By DAN CALABRESE - Oh, but it will be sooo worth it. So how is it that you can pass a law mandating expanded benefits, including free preventive care, and mandating coverage for those with pre-existing conditions . . . all without raising insurance premiums? Oh, turns out you can't, as HHS Secretary Kathleen ... continue reading
Egypt's Morsi planning to smuggle Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri home?
By ROBERT LAURIE - If Rand Paul is looking for something to filibuster, how about aid to Egypt? According to a report first published by the Arabic-language website Misr al-Gidida, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi recently took a secret meeting with Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in Islamabad, Pakistan. ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama 2014 budget the latest ever
By CLARK BARROW - Also, number of Social Security recipients has increased sixfold in past 40 years. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · PERCEPTION - Amid the debate over the federal budget and the failure to come to an agreement to avoid the sequester, eight in 10 Americans are unhappy with how things are going in ... continue reading
Much to teachers' chagrin, Indiana parents keep their choices
By DAN CALABRESE - Another monopoly bites the dust. It was a novel argument, which is probably why it was laughed out of the Indiana Supreme Court. Indiana public school teachers tried to argue that the state's school voucher system amounts to a government subsidy of religion because parents are free to use their ... continue reading
If marriage is a right, then the government needs to start hooking people up
By DAN CALABRESE - The Office of the Public Spouse. I can't totally take credit for this one because it came about in a discussion between Rob and me yesterday. Those discussions, if you were to read them, would often present a rather disturbing look inside our two brains. Anyway, we both agree that gay marriage ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: CBO foresees no full employment during Obama presidency
By CLARK BARROW - Neither do the rest of us. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - The U.S. Congressional Budget Office is now projecting that the U.S. economy will never achieve full employment during the eight years Barack Obama serves as president. · COMPENSATION - More than half of the ... continue reading
Bill Gates throwing 100 large at 'next generation' condom
By DAN CALABRESE - Behavior, not latex, is the problem. At first I thought it was one of those dopey things you see on Facebook: "Bill Gates will give $5,000 to everyone who likes this cat photo! It's an experiment!" But it's actually one of those dopey things people do in real life. Gates is going to dig a ... continue reading
Virginia Governor, Republican Bob McDonnell, signs Voter ID into law
By ROBERT LAURIE - God job, Virginia! Whether you believe voter fraud is a huge problem or just a minor annoyance, there's no way you can argue that it doesn't happen. Virtually every recent election has been marred by reports of people voting under fake names, voting multiple times, or casting fraudulent ... continue reading
Let's use George W. Bush's paintings to analyze his psyche
By DAN CALABRESE - "Art therapist." You'd think they could just leave the man alone by now. He can't invade any more countries. He can't engage in any more "cowboy diplomacy." It's over, people. It's over. He's happily retired to Dallas where he's taken up painting, which is the sort of thing you might expect a ... continue reading
Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee threaten filibuster 2.0: gun control
By ROBERT LAURIE - The Constitutionalists are back..... Shortly after he ended his epic 13 hour filibuster, Senator Rand Paul said that it was "just the beginning." He didn't elaborate, but you knew he was serious. The Constitutional fight was on. Now we know that he and his allies, Senators Ted Cruz ... continue reading
Obama creates jobs: Gunmakers hiring like crazy
By DAN CALABRESE - Maybe he should threaten to ban other American-made products too. It's the perfect encapsulation of the Obama Administration. The only time Obama actually causes job creation in the private sector is when he tries to do the opposite. CNN reports that gun sales are up briskly, so much so that ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Gun manufacturers are hiring
By CLARK BARROW - At least in this industry, Obama does create jobs. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · BIG GUN - Guns and ammo are selling briskly these days, and that means weapons makers are hiring. Some manufacturers are scrambling to find enough workers. · WHITE HOUSE - President Obama will hit the ... continue reading
Cyprus bank robbery is back on
By DAN CALABRESE - Large depositors may as well have a gun stuck in their faces. After Russia turned down a proposal to finance the Cypriot bailout in exchange for the rights to Cypriot oil leases, there weren't many options left. And here we are. The European Union has approved a $13 billion bailout plan that ... continue reading
North Korea working overtime on 'U.S. invasion' propaganda films
By ROBERT LAURIE - No, it's not Red Dawn. North Korea really specializes in releasing weird anti-western propaganda films. You may recall the bizarre "We Are the World" spot they created last year. Then a few weeks ago, we saw them release clips showing New York in flames and Barack Obama ... continue reading
Well, we asked the Democrats for a budget . . .
By DAN CALABRESE - You knew it would be a river of crap, right? Patty Murray announced it as if it were the birth of the messiah: "The Senate has passed a budget." Wow. Congratulations. The only thing worse than the Democrats going four years without bothering to pass a budget is when they actually bother. We'll ... continue reading
Jim Carrey: Pro-2nd Amendment people are 'heartless motherf@ckers'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Feel free to avoid Carrey's new ultra-violent movie, coming this summer! Warning: There's some saucy language in this morning's piece, so if you're easily offended, watch out! Jim Carrey is on an anti-gun roll. Back in February, he said that anyone "who would run out to buy an ... continue reading
ObamaCare in a nutshell
By CLARK BARROW - 2,000 pages boiled down to this. Are you having trouble describing what Obamacare is all about? Well, you’re not alone. At more than 2,000 pages, you really need to pass it before you can find out what’s in it – and even then, it’s still not easy to understand. Overall, ... continue reading
Last year, weather proved 'climate change'; this year . . . shut up!
By DAN CALABRESE - They make up the rules as they go along. You remember what it was like last winter. With record high temperatures and very little snow, the global warmists simply couldn't help themselves. Oh sure, they had always insisted - up to this point - that "weather isn't climate" because they needed a ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Senate passes $3.7 trillion budget for 2014
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Cyprus bailout - including bank depositor haircut - is back on. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - The U.S. Senate on Saturday adopted its first budget in four years, a $3.7 trillion blueprint for 2014 that would fast-track passage of tax increases, trim spending gingerly and ... continue reading
IRS spends $60,000 to make the worst Star Trek episode ever
By ROBERT LAURIE - Will make you appreciate Shatner's acting If you're burdened with an almost limitless stream of confiscated taxpayer dollars, there's only one thing to do. Throw a big party, call it a "conference," and tell the public that it's going to boast a wide variety of "training seminars." ... continue reading
Medical device tax: Democrats pass a repeal, but it's not yet for real
By HERMAN CAIN - A Harry Reid trick? Just when you think there’s no point in advocating for better policies in this nation, something happens that reminds you the will of the people can win out – if the people have the right information and advocate for the right things. The Democrat-controlled Senate ... continue reading
AP: Darn it, Republican state lawmakers refuse to force people into ObamaCare exchanges
By DAN CALABRESE - Propagandist very upset. At first glance, given the headline "Obama health law anniversary finds 2 Americas," you might think John Edwards has been hired to write for the AP. And really, what would be the difference between him and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar? The latter has been pimping for, er, ... continue reading
Bloomberg: Drones are here to stay and you'll have less privacy. Deal with it
By ROBERT LAURIE - We don't have the 'discipline' to maintain our privacy. This morning, during his weekly interview with John Gambling, Mayor Michael Bloomberg was asked about the NYPD using domestic drones in the city. Bloomberg's answer is...disturbing. “We’re just going into a different ... continue reading
That Obama energy trust is an even bigger fraud than it first appeared to be
By DAN CALABRESE - Funny money. When I wrote about this last week, the emphasis was on the ease with which Obama purported to take $2 billion from elsewhere in the budget to fund alternative energy research. If it's that easy to just divert $2 billion, I surmised, I guess we must not need whatever that $2 billion ... continue reading
Texas 5th graders being taught that 9/11 was America's fault
By ROBERT LAURIE - If we want to win the fight, we have to take back the schools. Every day we're presented with a new example of modern education indoctrinating our kids. Normally, it's gun control and global warming. Today, however, it's 9/11. According to a report in the Washington Times, 5th ... continue reading
Latest Obama gun control rationale: John Lennon's bloody glasses
By DAN CALABRESE - Shameless. Days after the assault rifle ban died in the Senate, having failed to win the support of even 40 senators, President Obama is proving himself completely devoid of shame in his willingness to exploit emotion on this issue. Not that it's going to get a bill passed into law - he knows ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: House passes Ryan budget for 2014
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Samsung now has three CEOs. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · THREE CEOs - Samsung Electronics appointed two more CEOs to jointly steer the company’s fortunes, but experts say history suggests two (or three) heads are not always better than one. · CONGRESS - The U.S. House ... continue reading
Cyprus wealth confiscation scheme: It could happen here
By HERMAN CAIN - It's not yours. It's theirs. Just ask them. People who have deposited funds in banks in Cyprus just narrowly escaped a bank robbery of epic proportions – not at the hands of masked robbers, but at the hands of the Cypriot government and the European Central Bank, which together were looking ... continue reading
Charlie Rangel: 'Millions of kids dying' because there's no weapons ban
By ROBERT LAURIE - How about a hyperbole ban? New York's most famous censured Congressman, Charlie Rangel, is absolutely foaming at the mouth over the fate of the assault weapons ban. How dare Democrats like Harry Reid kill it? Doesn't Reid know that "We're talking about millions of kids ... continue reading
Obama in Israel...joking about the nuclear 'red line' on open mic
By ROBERT LAURIE - Comedian in Chief knocks 'em dead in Jerusalem Barack Obama. He's always such a comedian. He also seems to have a problem with saying the wrong thing in front of open mics. In Israel yesterday, he was caught on tape making light of Bibi Netanyahu's nuclear "red line." As you ... continue reading
Biden: Giffords 'mortally wounded' by gunshot
By DAN CALABRESE - Walking dead? Watching Joe Biden right now on CNN, yammering on about the need for gun control, and he just referenced "my good friend Gabby Giffords" and told us that she was "mortally wounded" by her assailant. Geez, Joe, if she's such a good friend, why didn't you go to her funeral after ... continue reading
Obama: Israel vs. Palestine, U.S. vs Canada...whatever, It's all the same
By ROBERT LAURIE - Canada and the U.S. are just like Palestine and Israel! Check out this clip, which comes to us via the Washington Free Beacon. In it, Obama compares the Israel-Palestine conflict to the benign relationship between the U.S. and Canada. "Even though both sides may have areas of strong ... continue reading
King of media conventional wisdom goes ballistic over failure of assault weapon ban
By DAN CALABRESE - Groupthink. It matters what Ron Fournier thinks. Not because he is particularly smart or thoughtful - he is not - but because Fournier comes about as close as anyone to representing the groupthink of the establishment Washington press corps. If you want to know the presumptions that guide their ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fed will continue buying $85 billion in bonds monthly
By CLARK BARROW - Also, U.S. still paying families of Civil War veterans. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday modestly upgraded their assessment of how the economy is performing but announced it would keep interest rates low and leave QE3 unchanged, ... continue reading
Jay Carney gives Bush credit for Iraq's brighter future...just barely...sort of
By ROBERT LAURIE – Just what does a "causal relationship" mean to Jay Carney? For years, the left has been telling us that George W. Bush is some kind of evil war-monger who lied, went into Iraq, and prosecuted an illegal war designed to trade blood for oil. He's a monster, a war criminal, and the ... continue reading
Illegal aliens make commercial demanding free healthcare
By ROBERT LAURIE - Because California has so much extra cash! Ah, California - that imploding, tax-obsessed, bankrupt, left-wing Mecca by the sea. There's nothing the state loves more than doling out the taxpayer funded freebies, is there? Of course there's not. That's why a new ad has ... continue reading
Media grudgingly admits people could just cut down on sugary drinks on their own
By DAN CALABRESE - If you do it yourself instead of government doing it for you, was it really done? Their default presumption about everything is that government must do something, which is why the media - in this case, ABC's Katie Moisse - presents the aside as such an afterthought. Oh no! Sugary drinks kill ... continue reading
Here we go: North Korea suspected in cyberattack on South
By DAN CALABRESE - Escalation? Obviously, other things could be at work here. But it demonstrates the level to which tensions have risen that when something like this happens, it's not only the first thing you think of, but it strikes you as entirely plausible: Computer networks at major South Korean banks and ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: U.S. Chamber asks IRS to ease ObamaCare pain
By CLARK BARROW - Also, deportation chief admits he could have sought flexibility to avoid releasing detained illegals. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OBAMACARE - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging the IRS to adopt measure that would soften the blow to businesses from the healthcare law's insurance ... continue reading
Assault weapon ban lacks Senate support, Reid pulls it
By DAN CALABRESE - Of course. I figure this is a win for Obama anyway. He gets to preen and pretend he was ready to do something, and he doesn't have to worry about enforcing a clunky and probably unenforceable ban, nor does he get stuck defending an inevitable challenge to a clearly unconstitutional law. In ... continue reading
Rep. Ted Poe: halt aid to Pakistan until education assistance for troops is restored
By ROBERT LAURIE - Republicans need to get behind this...now. Tuition assistance for U.S. troops has been suspended for the Army, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard - a casualty of the Obama administration's refusal to support multiple attempts at sequester replacements. Much like the White House decision ... continue reading
Sounds like China spies on us a little
By DAN CALABRESE - "They make the KGB look like they were the junior varsity or freshman team." It's a comforting thought when you tell yourself that, in the post-Cold War era, we really don't have any enemies in the world. Delusion feels great for as long as you can sell it to yourself. Time's up! A Chinese ... continue reading
Star Wars video mocks 9/11 truther 'documentary'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Here's one that's just for fun on your Tuesday afternoon A new Youtube "documentary" dares to ask the question: "What if the destruction of the Death Star was actually the galaxy's most monumental conspiracy?" After all, there are nearly unimaginable coincidences surrounding the events of ... continue reading
Karl Rove's tired cheap shot at Sarah Palin
By DAN CALABRESE - Can Karl Rove recognize when someone does the right thing? Sigh. More unpleasant words are being exchanged between Sarah Palin and Karl Rove - a battle that creates headlines for a gleeful MSM and does little to advance the cause of anyone who might be in a position to solve this nation's ... continue reading
Liberal professor fired for attacking liberal student protesters - Warning: Language
By ROBERT LAURIE - Radical lefties spout platitudes, fight, destroy their own protest Warning...the language gets pretty foul in this one, so if you're easily offended, now's a good time to move on. The University of Oregon was the site of a bizarre incident between adjunct law professor James Olmsted and a group ... continue reading
The ABCs of prosperity
By HERMAN CAIN - Here's how it's done. I talked at length on my radio show recently about the fact that President Obama’s economic growth record is abysmal compared with recent presidents who enacted low-tax, growth-friendly policies. From John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, we saw ... continue reading
Congress to Postal Service: Keep losing billions, we insist
By DAN CALABRESE - Never solve a problem. Ever. This is Washington. It's hard to find a better example of just how steeped Washington has become in the thinking that brought us to this fiscal nightmare. The U.S. Postal Service is losing $15.9 billion a year. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe proposes to cut back ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama looks to 'raise awareness' about food stamps among Mexican immigrants
By CLARK BARROW - Also, corporate cash stockpiles hit all-time high. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · LIQUIDITY - Corporate cash stockpiles grew to $1.45 trillion in 2012, a new record for non-financial corporations as foreign earnings helped add to cash-rich balance sheets at the likes of Apple, Pfizer and ... continue reading
Up next on Bloomberg's ban list? Visible cigarettes.
By ROBERT LAURIE – If you can’t see ‘em, you won’t smoke ‘em Obviously, there's only one reason that people - particularly kids - start smoking. It's because they see cigarettes on store shelves. At least, that's the logic behind Michael Bloomberg's newest ban proposal for ... continue reading
For some reason there are still people who take Thomas Friedman seriously, but not enough to satisfy Thomas Friedman
By DAN CALABRESE - Don't you know the self-styled smartest columnist anywhere wants a carbon tax? Every time I fall too far into my belief that the business community knows better than government how to solve America's economic problems, I remember that business groups routinely pay top dollar to hear speeches ... continue reading
In defense of Boehner 'agreeing' with Obama about not having an 'immediate debt crisis'
By DAN CALABRESE - Don't miss the larger point. Readers of CainTV should know I am no fan of John Boehner. I've had it with his capitulation to Democrats on the matter of continuing resolutions that facilitate Harry Reid's no-budget strategy, and I'm generally pretty incensed that Boehner hasn't used the power of ... continue reading
Bill Maher: Liberals 'could lose me' over high taxes
By ROBERT LAURIE - Maher's sick of high taxes. Poor baby... Usually, when Bill Maher is impacted by liberalism, it makes him spout racist, misogynist, one-liners that he passes off as "jokes." However, all is not well in Maher's lefty-land. Progressives are taking too much of his money in taxes, ... continue reading
David Gregory serves Dem talking points by obsessing over 'ratios'
By DAN CALABRESE - Propagandist. If you watched Meet the Press yesterday (and if not, see the video below), you saw that David Gregory pushed House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy pretty hard over the matter of the "ratio" of spending cuts and tax increases as a way of reducing the deficit. Visit ... continue reading
History Channel's Satan looks awfully familiar
By ROBERT LAURIE - Fortunately, progressives are too "evolved" for religion Millions of Americans are currently watching the epic "The Bible" miniseries on the History Channel. Ratings for the show have been astronomical for a cable series, and have surprised everyone but the series' producer, Mark ... continue reading
Tell Vladimir the capitulation is complete
By DAN CALABRESE - Obama the flexible abandons European missile defenses. Lest you forget, Obama always intended to cave on European missile defense systems. That's why he reneged on the U.S. commitment to install them in Poland and the Czech Republic as soon as he took office. For him, it was always more ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: States passing measures to preempt federal gun laws
By CLARK BARROW - And NYC bans hiring discrimination against the unemployed. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · RIGHT TO A JOB - New York City will soon have the nation's most far-reaching laws barring employers from shunning out-of-work job applicants, after lawmakers passed the provisions last week over a ... continue reading
ObamaCare truth: Why the left is attacking the Five Guys guy
By HERMAN CAIN - They can't handle the truth. Liberals usually deny that their actions will have a negative effect on the business community and job creation. This denial is essential to their continued viability. If they admitted the truth – that they have contempt for job creators and figure they get what ... continue reading
Senator Ted Cruz delivers spectacular CPAC keynote
By ROBERT LAURIE - Funny, sharp, and smart... In case you missed it last night, Senator Ted Cruz delivered the keynote speech at CPAC 2013 ....and he knocked it out of the park. In short, he's the real deal. In an address that was funny, sharp, tough, an optimistic, Cruz offered everything the ... continue reading
Allen West discusses the liberal fear of black conservatives
By ROBERT LAURIE - Why doesn't the GOP get this? A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece featuring five things the GOP needed to do if it hoped to regain its prominence. The first thing on the list was: Stop conceding defeat before the fight starts. For decades the Republican Party has simply assumed ... continue reading
Obama wants $2 billion for alternative fuel research
By DAN CALABRESE - Why Washington never cuts spending, example # 489349390661. Here's a perfect example of why Washington can never seem to cut spending. President Obama wants to divert $2 billion in federal revenue from oil and gas leases to fund alternative fuel research. The New York Times says he sees "few ... continue reading
Media pretty excited about Rob Portman's decision to support gay marriage
By DAN CALABRESE - But nothing really changes. These stories always read the same. First the media reminds you of just how staunchly conservative the guy is, then they drop the bomb by informing you that he's had a "change of heart" and supports gay marriage. Remember when it was Dick Cheney? It's usually for the ... continue reading
Committee passes first Senate budget in four years
By CLARK BARROW - And Cruz tangles with Feinstein over guns. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) tangled Thursday over the Second Amendment, with the pro-gun control Feinstein accusing the freshman Republican senator of trying to ... continue reading
Caption contest: Kim Jong Un and the surgeon chef
By DAN CALABRESE - North Korea is weird. I don't want to steal your ideas by writing too much as a setup. I really think this country is weirder than anything David Lynch ever dreamed up, and that's saying something. Contest judging will be mine, solely and arbitrarily. The prize will be a surprise, even to me! ... continue reading
Ted Cruz brings the Consitutional fight to Dianne Feinstein over gun control
By ROBERT LAURIE - Things get testy when Cruz dares to question Feinstein's Constitutional knowledge Central to the arguments made by gun control zealots is the notion that your rights are not absolute - that they can be limited by the whims of the federal government. Dianne Feinstein's proposed ... continue reading
Media: Let's obsess over whether the new pope will agree with us on political issues
By DAN CALABRESE - Crack addicts. I am a Christian who does not accept the authority of the papacy - anymore - but my background is in Catholicism so I know enough about the Church of Rome to know that the pope's job is supposed to be this: Worldwide pastor and spiritual leader of every Catholic in the world, ... continue reading
Obama: You know, this debt thing is no big deal
By DAN CALABRESE - Kick that can. Understand, says our leader, there's no "immediate debt crisis." So why overreact by adopting - oh, I don't know - responsible fiscal policies? We're not going to spontaneously combust tomorrow, so party on, Garth! Obama went into the meeting with his aides and allies ripping ... continue reading
MSNBC banishes Ed Schultz to Saturday afternoon obscurity
By ROBERT LAURIE - Don't let the door hit you on the way out.... If you can claim you're the craziest of MSNBC's cadre of crazy talk show hosts, you've really accomplished something. The network boasts incredibly high standards of on-air lunacy, so finding yourself at the top of the heap is no small feat. ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: GOP senators vote to defund ObamaCare
By CLARK BARROW - And Obama says he has no political agenda. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OUTLOOK - Gridlock in Washington is tempering otherwise clear signs of optimism among corporate leaders, a Business Roundtable survey released Wednesday found. · CONGRESS - On Wednesday, every GOP U.S. senator ... continue reading
Illinois Little Leaguers raffling off an AR-15 assault rifle
By ROBERT LAURIE - Oh boy ...this will drive the libs nuts WAND 17 in Decatur Illinois is reporting that the a youth baseball league in Atwood has come up with a novel way to raise money for new equipment - and it's sure to drive liberals absolutely batty. Get it? Batty? OK, sorry. Last year, the team ... continue reading
Obama: Even after 15 years, expect a river of crap
By DAN CALABRESE - No hope, no change. Trying to follow Barack Obama's logic can make you dizzy, but that's often the case when people are grasping for excuses to explain away their lack of achievement. But headache-inducing or not, I decided to backtrack through Obama's trail of logic after I heard his interview ... continue reading
Air Force awards Bronze Star for Koran sensitivity training Powerpoint
By ROBERT LAURIE - Next up, the "Anger Management Medallion" UPDATE: Just to clarify, there are two types of Bronze Stars. One, with a "V device," signifies valor in combat, the other, without such a device, is for non-combat meritorious service. Lt. Col Trainer received the latter. According to a ... continue reading
Obama: You know, that White House tour decision wasn't me
By DAN CALABRESE - The buck's travels continue. As usual: Don't blame him! If you've got White House tour cancellations, he didn't build that. Someone else made that happen: "You know, I have to say this was not a decision that went up to the White House," Obama said in an interview with ABC News. He explained ... continue reading
Dr. Ben Carson: Ryan's budget works - Obama using sequester to punish Americans
By ROBERT LAURIE - Carson tears into Obama on health care, sequester, his general attitude.... In case you missed it, Dr. Ben Carson appeared on Fox and Friends yesterday and took a few questions. His most interesting comments were aimed at the Ryan budget, which he says "works" and is a "Step in the right ... continue reading
How ObamaCare will impact you and your job
By HERMAN CAIN - You're not going to like the answer. While reports frequently blast President Obama’s health care law for costing way too much, a lot of Herman Cain Show listeners have been asking how ObamaCare will specifically affect their own job. It’s a good question. Unfortunately, it has an ... continue reading
Big government: The left is winning the argument
By DAN CALABRESE - Because the right shrinks from the fight. A day after Paul Ryan proposed his 10-year budget plan, as I ponder the absurdity of Washington doing the sky-is-falling routine over a budget that increases spending by 3.4 percent a year, it occurs to me that the left is presently wiping the floor ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: GOP will use debt ceiling to push entitlement reform
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Daylight Savings Time transition hurts economy. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - A new report says the recent transition to Daylight Saving Time took nearly half a billion dollars from the U.S. economy. · CONGRESS - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee ... continue reading
Democrats' budget strategery exposed!
BY: MICHAEL JOHNSON - Our spies score again. (Enjoy the satire) continue reading
Chicago's gun control laws once again prove what they're worth
By DAN CALABRESE - Two dead. Shooter oddly possessed a firearm despite the law. Even the New York Times occasionally lets its guard down and admits that Chicago's restrictive gun laws are ineffective. I don't want CainTV to be the kind of place where we jump on every tragedy to make a political point, but given ... continue reading
Rand Paul's filibuster is forcing the middle to take sides
By ROBERT LAURIE - Even Mike Huckabee understands... It's all about the constitution now. Make no mistake about it; Mike Huckabee is hardly a true conservative. Back when he was running for President, he leaned heavily on his anti-gun control stance to try and paint himself as a ... continue reading
Pelosi claims Obama has been 'SO respectful' of GOP. Allen West disagrees...
By ROBERT LAURIE - "Laughable" Over the weekend, Nancy Pelosi made the rounds as part of Barack Obama's new "charm offensive." Essentially, the President knows that he's perceived as an obstructionist bully, so he's sending his minions out to "remind" everyone what a nice, sweet, compromising figure he ... continue reading
You do realize, the last nine years of that '10-year-plan' are completely meaningless
By DAN CALABRESE - Will someone tell us what they plan for 2014? I know I complain about this all the time, but it seems especially important today because we have Paul Ryan coming out with a GOP budget proposal, and Senate Democrats, miraculously (and because they had no choice) actually proposing a budget of ... continue reading
Paul Ryan's accept-the-status-quo budget plan
By DAN CALABRESE - Surrendering to the reality of big government. I want to like Paul Ryan's 10-year budget plan. I really do. I respect Ryan as a serious person who recognizes we're deficit-spending our way to fiscal oblivion and wants to do something about it. And balancing the budget by 2023 - while I would ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Five Guys set to raise prices because of ObamaCare
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Ryan releases more details of budget proposal. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FIVE GUYS - According to a franchise holder of Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurants in North Carolina, the national burger chain is about to raise burger prices at certain outlets because of the added costs ... continue reading
New law may protect kids who have Pop-Tart firearms in schools
By ROBERT LAURIE - "Finger guns" also supported A few weeks ago, yet another Maryland 2nd grader was suspended for brandishing what his teachers thought was a terrifying deadly weapon. This time, it was a strawberry Pop-Tart which the child had chewed into something that vaguely resembled a handgun. ... continue reading
Why did Obama pardon this drug dealer?
By DAN CALABRESE - Puzzle. Barack Obama does not have a terrible record when it comes to granting presidential pardons. He has rejected far more requests than he has granted, and in fact he has been more stingy than George W. Bush. So I'm not going to sit here and tell you Obama is using the power of the pardon ... continue reading
Hugo Chavez 'empowered the poor' but gutted Venezuela doing it
By DAN CALABRESE - Maybe socialism isn't the best way to do it, you think? Interesting perspective from Moisés Naím of Businessweek on the legacy of Hugo Chavez. In his effort to give an even-handed assessment, Naim credits Chavez for "empowering the poor": He was not the first political leader ... continue reading
Dem Congresswoman - handguns are next, 2nd Amendment doesn't preclude bans
By ROBERT LAURIE - Don’t worry, they’ll find a way around that pesky 2nd Amendment. Jason Mattera, who's become famous for ambushing lefties with political questions they'd rather not answer, has posted a new video to Youtube this morning. In it, he discusses gun control with U.S. ... continue reading
MSNBC viewers overwhelmingly support killing American citizens with drones
By ROBERT LAURIE - Why are we not surprised? Update: A quick Mea Culpa. Apparently this happened in February, not March. Not being an MSNBC viewer, I missed it originally and, when it was sent to me today, I read the date wrong. The poll is still on the MSNBC website and you'll find that the ... continue reading
Jeb Bush to obsessive media: 'You guys are crack addicts'
By DAN CALABRESE - Not everything is about presidential politics. Does the fact that Jeb Bush appeared on five Sunday morning political shows yesterday mean he is running for president? Those who host the shows certainly seem to think so, as the former Florida governor was constantly pelted with questions about ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: 60 U.S. companies park $166 billion offshore
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, Fed considers dumping plan to eventually sell off bonds. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · NOT FOR SALE - The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering jettisoning a plan to eventually sell off the massive haul of bonds it is now buying, a politically defensive strategy that would have the added ... continue reading
Obama's problem: He doesn't need to be a dictator, he needs to be a leader (and he's not)
By HERMAN CAIN - Political gamesmanship is not the same as leadership. Of all the things Barack Obama says, the most pathetic may be when he pleads with everyone to understand that he is “not a dictator.” He says this not for the purpose of exalting the separation of powers inherent in our system. No, ... continue reading
Economy finally tops 200,000 jobs added in a month
By DAN CALABRESE - But needs 130,000 to exit the work force to drop unemployment to 7.7 percent. Just a reminder: In June 2008, when you had all had it with George W. Bush, unemployment was 5.5 percent. A year before that, during a year when Bush had the deficit down to $192 billion, unemployment was 4.6 ... continue reading
Carl Levin stops us before we elect him again
By DAN CALABRESE - Finally. After 35 years in the U.S. Senate, Carl Levin has finally done for Michigan what the bumbling Michigan Republican Party could never do, which is to bring about his retirement. I am not confident that Michigan will elect a Republican to succeed him next year, but for a couple of reasons ... continue reading
McCain doubles down - calls Rand Paul and Ted Cruz 'wacko birds'
By ROBERT LAURIE - But he graciously admits they were elected legally... John McCain isn't having a good week. His anti-filibuster tirades have destroyed the last shreds of his post-2000 election credibility, and he's become the poster child for GOP members who seek to continue living in the party's past. ... continue reading
White House tours off, but robot squirrels live on
By HERMAN CAIN - Dog shampoo too. If you visit Washington, you might want to go on a White House tour. But you’ll be out of luck, at least for the moment, as the Obama Administration has cancelled White House tours and – you guessed it – blamed the sequester! Wow! So those horrible budget cuts ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Rand Paul gets assurance Obama can't order death of citizens on U.S. soil
By CLARK BARROW - Holder obliges: "The answer to that question is no." DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - More than one in four American workers with 401(k) and other retirement savings accounts use them to pay current expenses, new data show. The withdrawals, cash-outs and loans drain nearly a quarter ... continue reading
Watch Live NOW - John McCain and Lindsey Graham team up to slam Rand Paul
By ROBERT LAURIE - Not unexpected, but sad all the same Right now, Senators McCain and Graham are tearing into Rand Paul on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Keep in mind that McCain wrote the indefinite detention legislation that Rand Paul mentioned yesterday during his filibuster. "If Mr. Paul wants to be ... continue reading
Dem strategist: Instead of women carrying guns, tell men not to commit rape
By ROBERT LAURIE - Thanks Dems, problem solved! Yesterday, I ran this piece about rape survivor and gun rights advocate Amanda Collins receiving a statistics lecture from Colorado Democrat Senator Evie Hudak. Hudak's comments were ridiculous, but not as crazy as those of Democrat ... continue reading
Obama to Ryan: Tell your friends to stop asking for real budgets
By DAN CALABRESE - "The tortuous process . . ." Most of the media are focused on the mere fact that President Obama and Paul Ryan are having lunch together at all. (Democrat Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is going to be there too, but where's the intrigue in mentioning that?) But the real story is what Obama hopes ... continue reading
Lindsey Graham calls Rand Paul's filibuster concerns 'ridiculous'
By ROBERT LAURIE - What else would you expect? As if on cue, Lindsay Graham took a break from digesting his Obama-sponsored dinner to make sure conservatives know he's everything wrong with the GOP. “This idea that we’re going to use a drone to attack a citizen in a cafe in America is ... continue reading
Rand Paul's filibuster shows the GOP what leadership looks like
By ROBERT LAURIE - Paul, Cruz, and Rubio show hijack the GOP and drag it into the future. Last night, John McCain and Lindsey Graham were feasting with the President. The dinner was designed to give the President and top GOP members an opportunity to discuss the sequester and other budgetary matters. ... continue reading
What if Kim Jong Un actually does try to nuke us?
By DAN CALABRESE - Have we taken missile defense seriously enough? Of course Bowl Cut Jr. is crazy. Of course he blusters all the time. Of course North Korea pulls this crap every time they want relief from economic sanctions, more food aid, whatever. Of course no self-respecting pundit is going to invite ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Ryan to unveil 'no surprises' budget that balances in 10 years
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Rand Paul filibusters over drones. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said on Wednesday he will unveil a "no surprises" Republican budget next week that reaches balance in 10 years with only modestly deeper spending cuts than those ... continue reading
Widely reviled, oil-rich villain dies
By DAN CALABRESE - Who shot J.R.? Actually a Venezuelan thug died too. The repulsive Vincente, played masterfully by 24 veteran Carlos Bernard, was gunned down the previous week trying to flee Southfork after taking the entire Ewing family hostage. He blamed Chavez for robbing him of all his riches by ... continue reading
Sequester-ravaged federal government: We're hiring!
By DAN CALABRESE - Penny pinchers. One of the available jobs is pressing coins at the Mint. Of course. If you have skills in the money-printing field, you can probably find work in Washington these days. But it doesn't stop there. Office receptionist at the IRS? Recreational aide with the Parks Service? The ... continue reading
Colorado Dem to rape survivor: statistics say a gun wouldn't have helped you
By ROBERT LAURIE - The real war on women involves using statistics to ensure they're defenseless Monday, the Colorado legislature held a hearing regarding its proposal to ban concealed carry on college campuses. Amanda Collins, a rape survivor and gun rights advocate, was allowed to share her story. ... continue reading
US Congressman - who wants to abolish term limits - mourns Hugo Chavez
By ROBERT LAURIE - Commie thug dies, US Dem mourns. Upon learning of the death of South American thug Hugo Chavez, US Congressman Jose E Serrano, a Democrat Representative from the South Bronx, began mourning via Twitter. "Hugo Chavez was a leader that understood the needs of the poor," Serrano wrote. "He was ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Hugo Chavez dead at 58
By CLARK BARROW - Venezuelan president succumbs to cancer. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · HELP! - A California mother is offering $500 to anyone who will take her daughter Lisa’s resume and get her a job. · CONGRESS - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday said they would accept the spending level set ... continue reading
Detroit councilwoman: They're 'going after' Detroit because the Nation of Islam was founded here
By DAN CALABRESE - America, meet JoAnn Watson. No link yet, but reporter Steve Neavling has shared via Facebook that Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson said the following at today's Detroit City Council meeting, at which the Council is working up an appeal to Gov. Rick Snyder's decision to take over the ... continue reading
Markets oddly disinclined to join sequester freakout
By DAN CALABRESE - Haven't they heard about the end of the world? These are the people who used to go nuts buying or selling over a bomb blast in Iraq. It's not as if they're lacking in sensitivity. But Wall Street doesn't seem too bothered by the sequester. After closing at a record 14,273, the markets appear ... continue reading
Kerry: US training Muslim Brotherhood-controlled rebels in Syria
By ROBERT LAURIE - U.S. helping to install another Muslim Brotherhood government on Israel's borders? According to Fox News, Secretary of State John Kerry has confirmed that the U.S. is training anti-Assad forces taking part in the Syrian conflict. This has been reported for a while, but always using ... continue reading
Violent Hollywood loves Piers Morgan, who's receiving death threats
By ROBERT LAURIE - New interview showcases Piers's incredible bravery In a new interview with UK tabloid The Mirror, Piers Morgan lets England know that some of Hollywood's most famous action stars love his anti-gun crusade. Others, well, not so much. Piers is proud to have the support of staunch gun ... continue reading
Did Dennis Rodman fail? North Korea ready to restart Korean War
By DAN CALABRESE - Maybe it's time to send Klinger. Like Rodman, we've seen Jamie Farr in a dress, so we might as well keep the Theater of the Absurd going. It's no more absurd than the idea that we're going to get anywhere with these people through diplomacy. Reuters: North Korea threatened on Tuesday to ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Credit ratings not too impressed by sequestration
By CLARK BARROW - It will take more than that to avoid another downgrade. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · ANALYSIS - Credit rating agencies are shrugging off sequestration, saying the U.S. government will need to do more to reduce the deficit if it wants to prevent a downgrade of the nation’s credit ... continue reading
Biden: No President has done more for Israel's security than Barack Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE - More gold from the Vice President Speaking today at the conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, Joe Biden made it clear that Israel has no greater friend that President Obama. “I’ve served with eight presidents of the United States of America," ... continue reading
Horrible: 12-year-old bullying victim dies
By DAN CALABRESE - Maddening. For all the sanctimonious talk about stopping bullying, I really don't get why this is a difficult thing for schools to put a stop to. It's too late for Bailey O'Neill, sadly. He was the same age as my son. Bailey's family says he was jumped by two classmates during recess at Darby ... continue reading
Boehner won't put up any fight at all on the continuing resolution
By DAN CALABRESE - Afraid. It's not hard to figure out what he's worried about. Any time you raise the spectre of a government shutdown, Republicans run for the hills having visions of being tarred as the Grinch or something, like what happened to Newt Gingrich back in 1995. Of course, they learn the absolute ... continue reading
Even MSNBC and SNL know Obama has overhyped the sequester - cue the manufactured crisis
By ROBERT LAURIE - Suddenly, NBC isn't buying into the sequester fears The President's effort to scare the public with an imaginary sequester apocalypse has failed, in spectacular fashion, and his allies are starting to mock him for it. Obama's multi-week doomsday drumbeat has stretched the truth so thin that ... continue reading
Wow: Doctors cure baby born with HIV
By DAN CALABRESE - Breakthrough? It's actually the second person doctors have pronounced cured of the HIV virus, but the first baby. The previously cured patient was a middle-aged man from Germany. The New York Times reports: The baby, born in rural Mississippi, was treated aggressively with antiretroviral drugs ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Rich appear to be paying their fair share after all
By CLARK BARROW - Also, business community not too concerned about sequester. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FAIR SHARE - A new analysis shows that average tax bills for high-income families rarely have been higher since the Congressional Budget Office began tracking the data in 1979. Middle- and low-income ... continue reading
A chronicle of life under the Obama sequester - Day 1
By ROBERT LAURIE - Cower in fear, the sequester's here! They told us it was draconian. They tried to make sure we understood that wild meat-cleaver cuts would undermine the country. They warned us that the sequester would lead to the federal and societal meltdown unseen outside of a Mad Max film. We ... continue reading
On to the next manufactured crisis
By HERMAN CAIN - This is not how responsible people do their jobs. Well we’ve gotten through a tiny, 2.3 percent reduction in the scheduled growth of federal spending – the big nothing burger called “sequester” that the political class and the media tried to portray as ... continue reading
White House finally admits, Obama admin created the sequester
By ROBERT LAURIE - Bob Woodward is vindicated by the man who allegedly "threatened" him If a conservative dares to point out that Obama created the sequester, thy're instantly inundated with a barrage of negative comments. The liberal counterargument is, invariably, "No he didn't, this is John Boehner's ... continue reading
Finally: Report State Dept. approves Keystone XL pipeline
By DAN CALABRESE - Took long enough. This could have been done well over a year ago if not for Obama's insistence on dragging his feet as a sop to the environmental lobby, which is about to go into fullscale meltdown. But better late than never. Business Insider reports, including a link to a State Department ... continue reading
Obama sequester press conference ignores his veto promise
By ROBERT LAURIE - Cognitive dissonance: a hallmark of the Obama admin. Today, Barack Obama took to the podium and confirmed that the terrifying cuts - cuts which every American should fear as if they were a gun pointed to their heads - will become law. Negotiations have failed, there will be no deal, ... continue reading
Self-governance ends in Detroit, and rightfully so
By DAN CALABRESE - State takeover. The official announcement is at noon, but Detroit Mayor Dave Bing spilled the beans yesterday after a phone call with Gov. Rick Snyder, who informed him that he has decided to execute a state takeover of the City of Detroit. The Republican governor will soon appoint an emergency ... continue reading
Marco Rubio calls TMZ to discuss Tupac, Kanye, Li'l Wayne and hip hop in general
By ROBERT LAURIE - Rubio gets some street cred on TMZ Republicans aren't supposed to like rap music. They're supposed to be old, out-of-touch, white guys who hate the "youth culture" that's been embraced by all these "whippersnappers." It seems Marco Rubio didn't get the message because he has an encyclopedic ... continue reading
Least surprising headline ever: 'Government workers riled up ahead of automatic budget cuts'
By DAN CALABRESE - Because we are here to serve them. This is sort of the whole idea, isn't it? Reducing the cost of government means some of the people who have been working for the government will have to make other arrangements. Not that you would expect them to like it, but come on. Reuters: Government ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Wages still lag behind pre-recession levels
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Michigan governor expected to announce state takeover of Detroit. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · BILLIONAIRES - A Chinese wealth survey has found that Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, apparently surpassing North America for the first time. · WAGES - Five years ... continue reading
Jay Carney embarrasses himself - can't back up administration sequester claims
By ROBERT LAURIE - Things turn nasty as the Press actually starts asking legitimate questions We all know the media has, generally, been a bunch of sniveling, groveling, lapdogs for the Obama administration. The White House makes an assertion, and the press corps repeats it as fact. That's how it's ... continue reading
Is Time Magazine run by communist wife-beaters?
By DAN CALABRESE - Questions! The answer? Who knows? What difference does it make? Following the journalistic example of Time Magazine itself, I can put any question I want in a headline. Such as: Did U.S. Special Forces Commit Atrocities in a Key Afghan Province? Did they? Hey, they're just asking! Headlines ... continue reading
Stunner: Negotiations with Iran going nowhere
By HERMAN CAIN - You can't negotiate with someone you can't trust. Is that actually complicated? What a surprise: Talks are going nowhere in the attempt by six world powers to persuade Iran not to build nuclear weapons. Let me tell you something about negotiations, because whether it’s business or ... continue reading
White supremacist has to write essay, address 'peace circle' for attacking black man with noose
By DAN CALABRESE - Chicago justice. OK, the description of the guy as "white supremacist" is my supposition. When you decide to simulate the lynching of a black man by putting a noose around his neck, I'd say you qualify to join the club, especially since the whole thing apparently came about because Herrmann and ... continue reading
Did Bob Woodward invent the President's supposed 'threat'?
By ROBERT LAURIE - Pretty weak for a supposed threat, but... This morning at 8:00 AM, I ran this piece regarding Bob Woodward's claim that the White House threatened him over his reporting on the sequester. About half an hour later, The Politico ran what it claims are the emails in question and it seems Bob ... continue reading
White House: Government careerists are releasing prisoners without telling us
By DAN CALABRESE - Don't blame us! It's hardly a surprise, of course, that Jay Carney now tries to deflect responsibility for ICE's decision to release illegal immigrants in anticipation of the sequester. Obama can't exactly admit he is intentionally inflicting havoc on the country to make a political point. He ... continue reading
White House threatens Bob Woodward over sequester reporting
By ROBERT LAURIE - "You will regret doing this" Barack Obama wanted to be sure that everyone on Earth was 100% convinced that the sequester was a Republican construct. Unfortunately for the President, Bob Woodward came along and reported the truth. Friday's impending sequestration was created and ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Subway founder says he couldn't start chain today because of regulations
By CLARK BARROW - Also, White House denies knowledge of illegal immigrant releases. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SUBWAY FOUNDER – During a recent CNBC news program, the founder of Subway restaurants said that because of current government regulations, he would not be able to start his restaurant chain ... continue reading
Home Depot's Bernie Marcus: It's the NLRB vs. job creators
By DAN CALABRESE - The Wall Street Journal published a very instructive piece a few days ago from Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, who along with the boss co-founded Job Creators Network - an organization that seeks to educate Americans about how jobs are really created by risk-takers in the free enterprise ... continue reading
Obama is sick and tired of the 'manufactured crises' he keeps creating
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama reveals his strategy in sequester speech. At this point, nothing he says surprises me. The Obama administration is so far down the rabbit hole that when the President decides to pipe up, I expect the torrent of insanity that invariably follows. Today is a great example. Speaking about the ... continue reading
Sequester: Obama to hold bogus meeting with congressional leaders Friday - first time this year
By ROBERT LAURIE - Boehner and McConnell should be ashamed to take part. First Obama created the sequester. Jack Lew (at the time the White House budget director) wrote it up, Obama approved it, and they delivered it to Congress. It passed, and Obama signed it into law. Then, House Republicans passed multiple ... continue reading
Hagel off to terrific start: U.S. "distances itself" from dopey India comment
By DAN CALABRESE - Fanfare for the common man. You nominate a guy solely for the purpose of giving you partisan cover to obliterate the defense budget, in spite of his complete and utter lack of any qualification for the job . . . well, stuff will happen. Stuff like this: It’s classic Hagel, of course. ... continue reading
Media dutifully joins Obama freakout over 'massive' cuts
By DAN CALABRESE - Enormous? Seriously? I often say that the biggest problem with the media is not their left-wing bias, although that is certainly a problem. The biggest problem is that they’re dumb. I suppose lazy goes hand-in-hand with dumb, so feel free to attribute any of the above to what ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: 20 economists call for revamping of corporate tax code
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Bernanke defends bond-buying program. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SOLUTION - A group of 20 economists is calling on Washington to revamp the corporate tax code, saying it would spur economic growth in the U.S. · CONGRESS - The wide ranging gun ban bill introduced by U.S. ... continue reading
Judge Napolitano: Obama intentionally seeking troublesome cuts 'almost an impeachable offense'
By DAN CALABRESE - "We elected you to run the government, not to teach the Republicans a lesson." A lot of the time, I find Judge Napolitano quite over the top, but he has a good point here. We're now getting reports that Obama has begun releasing illegal aliens from detention centers, and also on the agenda is a ... continue reading
Obama: When it's time for some questions, the Press has to leave
By ROBERT LAURIE - three cheers for the most transparent administration in history Yesterday, Barack Obama addressed the 2013 Winter Meeting of the National Governor's Association. The assembly included governors from all across the country and, after his speech, the President wanted to be sure he ... continue reading
Don't worry about Obama's paycheck. It's exempt from the sequester
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama careful not to infringe on his Constitutional salary protection Obama and his allies have spent the last week running around the country, town to town, tv show to tv show, making sure you know that the sequester is a danger of apocalyptic proportions. When it goes into ... continue reading
Everything will be fine now: Dennis Rodman arrives in North Korea
By DAN CALABRESE - Can NATO membership be far behind? And you were afraid they were going to nuke us. Relax. They won't try anything now. Not when Dennis Rodman has arrived in Pyongyang to teach them baskeball. At least I hope he's teaching them how to play basketball, and not how to act like Dennis Rodman in ... continue reading
Minimum wage for the self-employed: Zero
By HERMAN CAIN - Your only guarantee comes from the value you deliver. I saw a great observation this morning by King Banaian, a former Minnesota state legislator and now a Professor of Economics at St. Cloud University, about the minimum wage. Banaian reminds us that for the self-employed, the minimum wage is ... continue reading
Groan: GOP video goes all in with blame game Obama is sure to win
By DAN CALABRESE - Facepalm. You look at the economic condition of the country, and recognize that Obama insists on clinging to policies that have only made it worse and will only make it worse still, and you wonder: How can the GOP be constantly losing political battles to a guy like this? Then you see this, and ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Sequester showdown intensifies
By CLARK BARROW - Obama says cuts will heighten terrorism risk. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · GLOOM - Professional forecasters nearly unanimously agree that planned across-the-board spending cuts and other fiscal shenanigans will hold back the U.S. economy this year. · CONGRESS - U.S. House Speaker ... continue reading
If the sequester is so bad, why doesn't Obama accept GOP's offer of flexibility?
By HERMAN CAIN - Because he's not serious about solving the problem. Not content to put on scare shows in Washington, the Obama Administration is now sending threatening letters all across the country, letting each state know how it will be affected by what the Washington Post calls “deep spending ... continue reading
Carl Levin solves the deficit . . . by raising (he thinks) $15.5 billion a year
By DAN CALABRESE - Loopy over loopholes. On behalf of my state, I want to apologize to America. Some of us try to do something about it, but Michigan just keeps electing Carl Levin to the United States Senate. We've been pulling this crap since 1978. I am really, really, really sorry. I wish I could fix this. ... continue reading
Sequester may force Congress to fly commercial, mingle with unwashed masses
By ROEBRT LAURIE - McCain, Pelosi, Boehner, and Reid...welcome to coach. Remember how much Nancy Pelosi used to love flying on Air Force Jets? The men and women of the United States Congress just adore traveling aboard USAF planes, because it ensures that they aren't subjected to the same travel ... continue reading
Proposed Washington State gun control law includes annual home 'inspections' for legal owners
By ROBERT LAURIE - Attempting to trample the 2nd and 4th Amendments with one terrible law? Whenever liberals broach the subject of gun control, a pair of caveats has been standard. They are: "no one wants to go house to house rounding up guns" and "if you already owned a newly banned firearm, you can keep ... continue reading
Civilization ends: Those meatballs at Ikea have horse meat in them
By DAN CALABRESE - Your wife will still drag you there, and now you're completely screwed. I must admit: I have never had the pleasure. I've never set foot in an Ikea. I'm not sure if my wife has either. She's certainly not a devotee, but if she's paid a visit, she did not drag me along. This is the sort of thing ... continue reading
Oh noes! Teachers' jobs! (Or: Why it's so hard to cut federal spending)
By DAN CALABRESE - The perfect execution of federal extortion. The Obama Administration knows exactly how to lead us in a national freakout over a federal budget cut so tiny, if it was cocaine it would melt before you get the paper open. (I miss you, Richard Pryor.) Its latest salvo is to send around dire ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Overall government employment is down, but federal is up
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Congress works on deal to avoid government shutdown. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · PUBLIC SECTOR – While overall public sector employment has slightly decreased in recent years, a close examination of total employment levels at the state, local and federal levels reveals very ... continue reading
Incapable of real humor, Bill Maher aims racist nonsense at me
By HERMAN CAIN - How does HBO feel about employing a guy who says crap like this? Congratulations to Bill Maher for mastering his own game so well. That is to get attention for himself by being a complete jerk, and in this case, a racist jerk. Maher, who uses racist crudities as a substitute for actual wit, ... continue reading
Obama using his own sequester to fear monger - don't buy into it
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama created the sequester. Too bad it's not bigger. If the Democrats are to be believed, we're headed for a fiscal armegaddon. Should the oh-so-evil Republicans in Congress allow the sequester to happen, there's simply no end to the havoc it will wreak. As President Obama put it, ... continue reading
AP: Come on, Republicans, if you ignore entitlements government is already shrinking
By DAN CALABRESE - And if I ignore my mortgage balance, my house is paid off. The Associated Press has become quite the piece of work lately. The worse the nation's fiscal situation gets, the harder the AP tries to persuade everyone that the call to cut spending is coming from a bunch of ignorant rubes who really ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: New unemployment claims way up
By CLARK BARROW - And some of the estimates look suspiciously low. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · UNEMPLOYMENT - The number of people who applied for new unemployment benefits last week jumped 20,000 to 362,000. Claims were estimated for California, Virginia, Hawaii and the District of Columbia, leaving some ... continue reading
Newt Gingrich tears into Republican strategists - particularly Karl Rove
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's a shame the GOP doesn't want to hear it I've long argued that Karl Rove's brand of electioneering is producing a net loss for the Republican Party. Rove hangs his hat on two very narrow George W. Bush victories but, since then, he and his SuperPAC have endured a laundry-list of high ... continue reading
As if John Boehner could have done nothing to prevent this
By DAN CALABRESE - You do realize the Speaker of the House has a little power, yes? Yeah, I've about had it with John Boehner. Like Charlie Brown forever letting Lucy humiliate him by pulling the football away, Boehner can't seem to stop himself from getting into these games in which President Obama rolls him in ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fed realizes maybe it can't keep borrowing costs artificially low forever
By CLARK BARROW - And Boehner tells Obama, "You created it, you fix it." DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - Several U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers suggested last month that the Fed might have to scale back its efforts to keep borrowing costs low for the foreseeable future. · NO RESPONSE ... continue reading
Joe Biden recommends a pair of 12 gauge warning shots for women in danger
By ROBERT LAURIE - More self-defense tips from our Vice President Joe Biden is a big fan of shotguns. A few weeks ago, he recommended the weapons for post-earthquake protection and defense during societal collapse. Now, he's telling women that they should just fire a couple of random warning shots if ... continue reading
Obama's absurd song and dance on the horrors of spending cuts
By DAN CALABRESE - How does anyone take this man seriously? Perspective is good, so consider: The federal government spends $3.6 trillion a year. A cut of $85 billion, as called for in the looming sequester, represents 2.3 percent of that total, from a government that is having to borrow more than 25 percent of ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Dunkin Donuts wants ObamaCare definition of full-time worker changed
By CLARK BARROW - From 30 to 40 hours per week. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · DUNKED - Dunkin’ Brands — the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts — is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from at least 30 hours a week to 40 or more per week. · WHITE HOUSE - ... continue reading
Pelosi: Congressional pay cut would undermine the 'dignity' of the job
By ROBERT LAURIE - Pelosi...dignity....Pelosi....dignity...there's a joke here somewhere. We've seen a whole lot of crazy tumble from the mouth of California Representative Nancy Pelosi, but this bit is just priceless. Nancy is worried about the sequester, which will force across-the-board-federal ... continue reading
Colorado Dem Joe Salazar: Rape victims shouldn't have guns, because women may be overcome with paranoia
By ROBERT LAURIE - CO lawmaker thinks whistles and "safe zones" are more than sufficient Colorado is currently in the midst of a heated gun control debate. There are several new measures moving through the state's legislature, most prominently a complete ban on private firearm sales. If you're in ... continue reading
Media finally discovers problem with Obama: They can't follow him while he plays golf
By DAN CALABRESE - Bogey. Barack Obama can get away with almost anything as far as the press is concerned. Four years without a budget. Trillion-dollar deficits. Stonewalling on Benghazi. Claiming to have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion when he hasn't reduced anything. This is all fine. But deny the press ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: More economic contraction predicted
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, Alan Greenspan sees no way to avoid sequestration. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONTRACTION - Severe fiscal tightening in the U.S. will lead to no growth or a contraction in the first two quarters of 2013 and will push unemployment over the 8 percent level, according to Lombard Street ... continue reading
Canada's about had it with the media's Keystone XL nonsense
By HERMAN CAIN - Narratives. Canada’s ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer, has about had it with the American news media over the way it’s approaching the Keystone XL pipeline issue. Typical of their approach to covering most controversies, the media are framing the issue and the controversy in ... continue reading
Left wing poster child, Alec Baldwin, goes on racist tirade
By ROBERT LAURIE - Does this guy still want to run for office? You'd think that Alec Baldwin's horrific answering machine message, where he attacked his own daughter as "a rude, thoughtless, little pig," would have ended his dreams of achieving political office. Still, every so often, he raises the specter ... continue reading
Diversity trainer gets $200,000 to tell USDA employees 'pilgrims were illegal aliens'
By DAN CALABRESE - Your tax dollars at work. Via the Daily Caller, this guy at least is willing to admit (or is it bragging?) that the whole thing is costing a fortune. Hey, we know we're wasting a pile of taxpayer money! So you'd better at least memorize the talking points, people: True, the Indians ... continue reading
John McCain nails David Gregory on the Benghazi cover-up
By ROBERT LAURIE - McCain steps up in a rare display of strength While Tim Russert spins in his grave, David Gregory has continued his weekly effort to turn Meet the Press into an official Obama administration mouthpiece. Basically, whatever tripe the President spews Gregory repeats as if it were ... continue reading
SNL's assault on Jesus: Is this where NBC thinks the culture is?
By DAN CALABRESE - And are they right? I can't blast Saturday Night Live's horrible mockery of Jesus Christ any better than Rob did yesterday. As for the consequences, I'll leave the producers and writers at SNL to see if God meant what he said in Galatians 6:7, but I will pray for them, even though every human ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Wal-Mart sales fall as payroll tax rises
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama wants to talk about something other than the budget. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · GLOOM - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had the worst sales start to a month in seven years as payroll-tax increases hit shoppers already battling a slow economy, according to internal e-mails obtained by ... continue reading
Nice try, Democrats, but we do have a spending problem
By HERMAN CAIN - A "paying for" problem . . . that's a good one. The Democrats have a problem. They will do anything to avoid cutting spending, since the ability to tax and spend in massive amounts is where their political power comes from. But when you’re spending 25 percent of GDP, and running annual ... continue reading
Saturday Night Live observes Lent with the most offensive sketch in its history: Djesus Uncrossed
By ROBERT LAURIE - ugliness flows from the sick minds at SNL Update: I debated posting this, as doing so will only draw more attention to it. However, it's becoming a news story as the video spreads, so here you go.... 2013's Lenten season began Wednesday, and Christians all over the world are ... continue reading
Obama Went Down To Georgia- Caption Contest Winner
By MICHAEL JOHNSON - And the winner is... The winning caption is from @jla, who wrote "If you turn it over, it actually makes the debt look smaller." Be sure to share the photo with the winning caption with all your friends! continue reading
I'm Officially A Fox News Contributor
By HERMAN CAIN - Awww, Shucky Ducky! As many of you have already heard, I am now officially a Fox News Contributor. I am very excited about the opportunity to be another voice for intelligent thinkers on Fox and to stand up for the conservative ideals that I campaigned for and that you all believe in. The United ... continue reading
Russia: meteor explosion injures nearly 1000 - amazing video
By ROBERT LAURIE - Terrifying event this morning in Chelyabinsk If you've seen any news today, you're probably already aware of the meteor that exploded over the Ural Mountains this morning. At around 9:20 A.M. local time, a 10 ton rock entered the Earth's atmosphere at estimated speed 33,000 miles per ... continue reading
AP: These confused conservative voters won't let Republicans compromise
By DAN CALABRESE - " . . . leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in Congress" That's actually the story right there. Normal people out in the country, and the representatives they elect, are determined to bring fiscal sanity to the capital. The capital is baffled: To understand why the nation ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Moody's says future credit rating changes will be based on U.S. debt trajectory
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama unveils preschool-for-all plan, minus pricetag. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OUTLOOK - Moody's Investors Service on Thursday said that any future changes to the U.S. sovereign credit rating will depend on the expected debt trajectory, with more budget measures needed to shrink ... continue reading
Obama went down to Georgia - caption contest
By MICHAEL JOHNSON - Sing along now kids! Obama went down to Georgia, he was looking for a preschool to fill. He was in a bind cause the school in mind was on winter break still. When he came across this young girl staring at him looking through the glass... That's where you come in: give this photo the best ... continue reading
Hagel nomination blocked (for now), but can GOP really kill it?
By DAN CALABRESE - End game. Harry Reid is outraged - outraged - at the thought that anyone would use procedural trickery to get a desired result in the Senate. Yeah. I know. But it's one thing to block it for now. It's hard to imagine them going full-bore with a filibuster on a Pentagon nomination, especially ... continue reading
Rand Paul tears into Obama's $2 Trillion State of the Union fiction
By ROBERT LAURIE - Rand Paul gets it right...again During the State of the Union, one of Obama's biggest lies was the notion that "Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion – mostly through spending cuts, but also by raising tax rates on the ... continue reading
Wolf Blitzer: That water sip just might end Marco Rubio's career
By DAN CALABRESE - Why no one watches CNN: Reason #4389430924371197. I debated whether CainTV should mention this idiotic meme at all. But I think part of what we need to do here is not only point out the idiocy of the media, but also the make clear how much damage it really does to the nation. Consider: Wolf ... continue reading
Texas lawmaker proposes handgun safety courses in schools
By ROBERT LAURIE - Brace yourself for a left-wing freakout Not so long ago, schools all over the country had gun clubs and marksman courses. Kids brought their rifles with them on the bus, locked them up when they weren't in use, and learned to operate them with the appropriate respect. There are still some ... continue reading
Build the pipeline! (No matter what Daryl Hannah thinks)
By HERMAN CAIN - Unless you'd rather buy oil from Chavez or Putin. Fifteen months later, the Keystone XL pipeline still hasn’t been built. The Canadian government is losing patience. Gas prices are once again soaring around $4 a gallon. And President Obama is actually finding it difficult to choose between ... continue reading
Explaining to the left (as if they'll listen) why raising the minimum wage does not pay for itself
By DAN CALABRESE - You can't raise the cost of labor without consequences. On the one hand, this is so elementary, it's hard to believe anyone argues with it. But when you're dealing with ideological true believers, you know they will argue with anything you say if it doesn't line up with the faith. So don't ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: GOP prepares balanced budget amendment
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama's proposed deficit reduction doesn't reduce much. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SOLUTION - Children raised by their married, biological mother and father have better lives and rely less on government programs, a pair of studies finds. · CONGRESS - Republican senators on ... continue reading
'As long as countries like China go all in on clean energy, so must we'
By DAN CALABRESE - Really? Why? There was so much nonsense in Obama's State of the Union address last night, it could take days to deal with everything. Hey. We've got days. But I want to start with this, because it's a classic example of how Democrats justify big-government forays that are hard to defend on ... continue reading
Obama's minimum wage increase - why stop at $9.00? Let's make it $20.00!
By ROBERT LAURIE - If we're going to deal with "income inequality" more is always better, right? From minimum wage fast food workers to multi-millionaire Presidents like Barack Obama, everyone loves money. When you've got it, life's a lot easier. When you don't, it's easy to fall into the trap of jealousy ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Dems prepare their own sequester replacement
By CLARK BARROW - And the State of the Union address . . . DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday Democrats will offer their own legislation to avert the sequester that is roughly divided between spending cuts and new revenue. · CONGRESS - ... continue reading
Liberal WaPo editorial writer: Obama's electric car gambit is quite the disaster, isn't it?
By DAN CALABRESE - Self-ascribed virtue does not equal market demand. If you want to read a liberal editorial page that is shamelessly partisan and will shill for Democrats no matter how dishonest it has to be to do it, that would be the New York Times. But if you want to read liberals who have enough ... continue reading
Allen West: Dr. Carson violated an 'unwritten rule' about being black and criticizing Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE - Dr. Carson has dared to step out of line..... The phony outrage over Dr. Benjamin Carson's speech at the National Prayer Breakfast has reached a fever pitch. How dare someone stand up and defy the good-and-proper Barack Obama? With that as a backdrop, Allen West appeared on ... continue reading
Dr. Benjamin Carson 'stands up to bullies' on the Neil Cavuto show.
By ROBERT LAURIE – Another stellar appearance This morning, we have another clip from Dr. Benjamin Carson. He appeared yesterday afternoon on Your World with Neil Cavuto, where he was as impressive as ever. If someone can tell me why there are no Republicans who are as eloquent in their support ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama will claim debt reduction goals met if sequester replacement passes
By CLARK BARROW - Get ready for SOTU hailing of progressive policies. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · STATE OF THE UNION – As President Obama prepares to give his annual State of the Union address, many economic indicators remain gloomy at best. Included in this briefing is a collection of economic and ... continue reading
Pope Benedict steps down: What next for the Catholic Church?
By DAN CALABRESE - Stunner. You haven't seen this one in your Facebook news feed in more than 500 years. The pope resigns. Popes don't resign, at least not very often. The last to do so was Pope Gregory XII, and that was in the midst of a conflict in which three different men were claiming to be the legitimate ... continue reading
So now Obama 'pivots to jobs' or whatever
By DAN CALABRESE - Stung! Not that you would want to think this way yourself, but if you want to be familiar with the mind of the quintessential Washingtonian, you can't do much better than the National Journal's Ron Fournier. With many years under his belt with the Associated Press, the Inside the Beltway ... continue reading
CNN anchor wonders if global warming is causing asteroids. ...seriously.
By ROBERT LAURIE – And CNN wonders why no one is watching…. No one says you have to be smart to be an on-air newsreader. In fact, it looks like CNN is out to prove that broadcasting an array of "low-information anchors" is the way to go. Bill Nye used to be the "science guy." These days, ... continue reading
Pelosi-land: 1st Amendment is about guns and we don't have a spending problem
By ROBERT LAURIE - Sunday was a big day for Nancy If every interview is going to go the way of yesterday's Fox News Sunday, Nancy Pelosi needs to get out in front of the cameras more often. First, she tried to convince the world that the 1st Amendment protects the right to own a gun. When asked about her ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Nancy Pelosi mixes up First and Second Amendments
By CLARK BARROW - Are you serious? Are you serious? DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SECOND PLACE - China surpassed the U.S. to become the world’s biggest trading nation last year as measured by the sum of exports and imports of goods, official figures from both countries show. · CONGRESS - ... continue reading
The ABCs of prosperity
By HERMAN CAIN - Why we don't have it, and how we could. I talked at length on my radio show last week about the fact that President Obama’s economic growth record is abysmal compared with recent presidents who enacted low-tax, growth-friendly policies. From John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan to George W. ... continue reading
Hannity to Dr. Ben Carson: 'Will you run for President?' - Carson leaves the door open
By ROBERT LAURIE - What do you think about a potential President Carson? If you loved Dr. Benjamin Carson's speech the other day, do yourself a favor and check out his appearance on the Sean Hannity show last night. Carson digs into his own history, chronicling how he was born to a young, poor, mother but still ... continue reading
All the cool universities are applying for FAA drone licenses
By ROBERT LAURIE - America's universities really want to get their hands on drones. Update: I'm getting a lot of flak from people who don't seem to understand the concept of sarcasm. Do I really think colleges are turning out killer Drone pilots? No. Was I being tongue in cheek? Yes. ... continue reading
It's now extreme to insist Obama stick to spending cuts he signed into law
By DAN CALABRESE - More "balance" blather. You do know why the "dreaded" sequester is looming, don't you? Because Republicans and Democrats, including President Obama, agreed to it during the debt ceiling negotiations of 2011. And Obama signed it into law. That was a compromise. So now that Democrats want to back ... continue reading
Sally Jewell: Obama's Interior choice knows how to kill jobs, and that's the whole idea
By DAN CALABRESE - "Lock up land, target industries, kill traditional jobs." Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal is not fooled by the media's canonization of Sally Jewell, President Obama's choice for Secretary of the Interior in his second term. She is exactly what you would expect Obama to want - an ... continue reading
An offer to the left concerning climate change
By DAN CALABRESE - An offer they can't accept? As I look out at the mountains of snow that hit Michigan the last few days, and realize we got off easy compared to the East Coast, I'm reminded of last winter. That was when we hardly had any snow at all, and it was ridiculously warm most of the time - and the only ... continue reading
Dr. Benjamin Carson tears into Obama policies at National Prayer Breakfast
By ROBERT LAURIE - And Obama does not look pleased.... In case you missed it, or just haven't had a chance to watch it, here's Dr. Benjamin Carson's complete speech from yesterday's National Prayer Breakfast. Dr. Carson spends 30 minutes tearing into the idiocy of the progressive agenda, our floundering ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: ObamaCare will cost store owners $1 billion a year
By CLARK BARROW - And that's just the cost of food-labeling. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · WORST RECOVERY - President Obama has presided over the worst multi-year recovery in American history since the end of World War II, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). · OBAMACARE - ... continue reading
Barack Obama wonders why prayer isn't changing the tone in Washington...
By ROBERT LAURIE - In other news, Obama allegedly prays. Honestly, sometimes there are things that just leave me flabbergasted. This clip, which comes to us via the Weekly Standard, is one of them. This morning, at his fifth national prayer breakfast, Barack Obama made an announcement. He's concerned that ... continue reading
Of course: Congressmen wring hands over end of Saturday mail delivery
By DAN CALABRESE - Bluster. It's probably just bluster. There's not much Congress can do since the postmaster general has wide latitude to make operational decisions about how the Postal Service will run. And besides, all they're ending is Saturday home delivery. The guy who's quoted in the story as concerned ... continue reading
Democrats' idea of a 'gimmick': Telling Obama to do his job
By HERMAN CAIN - Asking Obama for a plan to balance the budget is 'stupid legislation'. Let’s talk about gimmicks, or what Democrats consider a gimmick in the course of governing this nation. The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday passed a bill that would require the president two one of two things. ... continue reading
Bruce Willis: A movie star who 'gets' the Bill of Rights!
By ROBERT LAURIE – “Moonlighting” as a conservative. Get it? Confession time. Back in October of 1992, I lied when I said I was a member of the U of M Young Republicans. In truth, I just wanted to go to a Detroit-area rally for George H.W. Bush and didn’t have a ... continue reading
Obama's latest rhetorical nonsense: 'We can't just cut our way to prosperity'
By DAN CALABRESE - Flog that strawman! If you had to pick out one Barack Obama habit to peg as his most annoying . . . well, I know, you'd have a lot to choose from. But I think the winner for me would be his tendency to not only set up strawmen as the manufactured enemies of his policies, but to come up with ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Entitlements, ObamaCare projected to swallow up half of federal budget
By CLARK BARROW - And GOP puts Obama on the spot concerning balanced budget. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OUTLOOK - According to projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), entitlements and ObamaCare spending will comprise 53 percent of all federal spending over the coming decade, totaling $24.9 ... continue reading
New revenues? Fine, just get them from growth (not higher tax rates, Democrats and media)
By HERMAN CAIN - Reverse the co-opting of the language. Democrats are upset because the Republican proposal to deal with the upcoming budget sequester is to replace the scheduled spending cuts with other spending cuts. They want what they always call a “balanced approach,” which is to say some ... continue reading
Double federal revenue, and still have a $978 billion deficit?
By DAN CALABRESE - So says the CBO, by 2023. And our president says the problem isn't spending. Now I have to preface this by saying I don't have much use for the CBO or for its long-term projections, which are always based on static analysis and never account for the impacts of tax policy on economic activity in ... continue reading
US Postal Service 'ending' Saturday delivery - it's not enough
By ROBERT LAURIE – Cut more! How ‘bout 3 days? I'm seeing a lot of conservatives up in arms about the US Postal Service's decision to "end Saturday delivery." The outrage seems to be based on the idea that our government is going broke, failing us, and America's death-spiral has ... continue reading
California Dems want gun owners to buy 'violence liability insurance'
By ROBERT LAURIE – Can’t ban them? Make them too expensive to own! During the Obamacare debate, conservatives warned that a government which could force citizens to buy insurance could basically control any behavior it chose. The primary example given was firearm ownership. The argument was ... continue reading
Michigan unions still desperately seeking a way around right-to-work
By DAN CALABRESE - They will never surrender. Tearing down tents and physically assaulting Steven Crowder didn't work. Right-to-work still passed the Michigan Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder in December. But if you know anything about unions, you will know that they never accept any sort ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: U.S. debt by 2023 projected at $26 trillion
By CLARK BARROW - And that's with revenue doubling in 11 years. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OUTLOOK - In a new budget and economic outlook, U.S. Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester would cut U.S. growth in half in 2013 if allowed to go into effect. o The ... continue reading
Piers Morgan Wants To Debate Me
By HERMAN CAIN -Piers wants a 'proper debate'? OK, let's have a proper debate! --Updated In an earlier post, Rob pointed out how Piers Morgan was once again defeated in a debate on his show, which is suffering from very low ratings. I retweeted the link from @CainTV, which started a day long Twitter battle ... continue reading
Budget deadline: Oh sorry, the fiscal cliff ate it
By HERMAN CAIN - Obama blows off his responsibility again. Monday was the legal deadline for President Obama to submit a budget proposal to Congress. So how did that budget proposal look? Oh, sorry, all Congress received was a note explaining, “The fiscal cliff ate it.” Not that anyone is the ... continue reading
DOJ memo: U.S. drones can attack U.S. citizens abroad pretty much whenever
By DAN CALABRESE - But don't worry, they'll be super-duper responsible about it. Remember when Democrats were concerned about violations of civil liberties? You know, when George W. Bush was in the White House and it was politically useful for them to carp about it. Now? Ha ha ha ha ha! You thought they were ... continue reading
Obama: How about another stop-gap measure to delay the sequester?
By DAN CALABRESE - President Stopgap. This is pretty much all we do anymore, isn't it? One stop-gap measure after another, then a flashy "deficit reduction" deal where everything happens over the course of 10 years, followed by more stop-gap measures to prevent every supposed deficit-reduction action from ... continue reading
2nd grader suspended for possession of imaginary hand grenades
By ROBERT LAURIE - More asinine overreaction from the quivering minds of school officials In Loveland Colorado, about 45 minutes North of Denver, a 7-year-old 2nd grader has been suspended for trying to save the world. It appears that the boy lobbed "an imaginary grenade into a box with what he ... continue reading
Sixth grade homework assignment: design a new socialist/communist flag
By ROBERT LAURIE - Whatever happened to Johnny Tremain? Remember the Sixth grade? I do. I was assigned to read Johnny Tremain. Set during the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the novel taught kids about the Boston Tea Party, the British blockade of Boston, and Paul Revere's ride. I remember ... continue reading
Ted Nugent to Piers Morgan: 'leave us the hell alone'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Piers loses another gun debate, as his ratings falter "Do you care about murders? Or do you only care about murders with guns?" That was Ted Nugent's first salvo in a blistering appearance on CNN's nightly "Gun Control with Piers Morgan" show. Famous for his love of guns, bows, ... continue reading
Missile sets New York ablaze in freaky North Korean video
By DAN CALABRESE - And we mean freaky. If they'd had YouTube in the days of the Cold War, can you envision Brezhnev putting out something like this? Modern Communists are so much more avant garde, you know what I mean, man? Did you recognize "We Are The World" right off the bat, or did it take you a ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Standard & Poors expects to be sued by federal government
By CLARK BARROW - Also, FCC looks to establish massive free wifi network. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · LAWSUIT - Standard & Poor's on Monday said it expects to be the target of a U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuit over its ratings of mortgage bonds prior to the recent financial crisis. · ... continue reading
Department of Energy boasts as lights go out at Super Bowl
By ROBERT LAURIE - Green Super Bowl goes dark as DOE touts conservation.... Credit where credit is due, Michelle Malkin has been having fun with this story all day.....but it's just too funny. We couldn't resist running it. Yesterday afternoon, prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl 47, the Department of Energy ... continue reading
Liberal columnist E.J. Dionne wants robust growth, baby!
By DAN CALABRESE - As long as it comes from massive deficit spending, of course. Hey, maybe we're winning this battle! When it comes to economic growth, suddenly voices on the left are starting to sound like Robert Bartley and Jack Kemp. Or I should say, they're doing what they think is a passable imitation of ... continue reading
Karl Rove leading effort to stop the Tea Party and conservative grass roots
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's time for the GOP to dump "the architect" If there was one big loser on November 6th - other than Mitt Romney - it was Karl Rove. Despite trying to portray himself as little more than an observer, "the architect" had his hands all over the election. Via his two political ... continue reading
How useless is the UN in stopping Iran nukes? Completely!
By HERMAN CAIN - Why have resolutions and "inspections" if they mean nothing? You might have seen over the weekend that U.S. and European Union officials are hopeful that Iran will show up in Kazakhstan for talks concerning Iran’s development of nuclear weapons, which the west is hoping to stop, or maybe ... continue reading
Free Chris Culliver!
By DAN CALABRESE - We don't need no re-education. I really don't care what you think about homosexuality - whether you accept the biblical teaching that it's abhorrent in the eyes of God; whether you think it's perfectly natural and fine; whether you think it's awesome in every way. For the purposes of this ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Dems want to let Napolitano decide if border is secure
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama comes up with a new way to raise taxes. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - Under a bipartisan U.S. Senate framework, Democrats say, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano would have final say over whether the border is secure enough to put 11 million illegal ... continue reading
Entitlements: As antiquated as hand-crank telephones
By HERMAN CAIN - The computer punch cards of government programs. In the 1930s, inventors created technology like the television, which used gigantic vacuum tubes to produce a grainy black-and-white image, and the hand-crank telephone. In the 1960s, things got more sophisticated, as inventors gave us gigantic ... continue reading
It's Super Bowl Sunday...give us your picks!
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's game day! Sound off with your predictions! It's no secret that the folks behind the scenes at CainTV are big football fans. The boss, Dan Calabrese, and myself all love the gridiron, so Super Bowl Sunday is a big deal. As a Detroiter, I've never had a specific Super Bowl team ... continue reading
White House comes up with new shell game to pretend it isn't forcing contraception coverage
By DAN CALABRESE - Absurd. Let's begin with the end in mind, as Stephen Covey would have said. When the government dictates the terms of contracts between private parties, nothing good will result. And no attempt by the government to make the harm its doing appear to be something else will change the fact that it ... continue reading
Armed guard stops Atlanta school shooter as Newtown Schools request more officers
By ROBERT LAURIE – We may not like this, but we have to protect our kids When NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre suggested that "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," he was roundly mocked by the left. Gun control crackpots, like Piers Morgan, have ... continue reading
Blame Bush? Nah, Obama's moving on to blaming other Republicans
By HERMAN CAIN - Spreading responsibility . . . to everyone but himself. When the news came out on Wednesday that the U.S. economy had shrunk – not experienced slow growth, but shrunk – in the fourth quarter of 2012, a lot of people wondered how President Obama would figure out a way to blame George ... continue reading
Suicide bomber kills himself and 1 other at U.S. embassy in Turkey
By DAN CALABRESE - Will we do anything? The story is still developing, but my first reaction is to wonder whether we will do anything other than verbally condemn the attack. Usually we also vow that the perps will be "brought to justice," although that's a little hard if it was a suicide bomber acting alone. Then ... continue reading
Eye roll: Media humiliates another athlete with idiotic 'gay athlete' question
By DAN CALABRESE - The game never ends. Well, Chris Culliver, at least you're not alone. They got Torii Hunter. A few years back, they got Todd Jones. Just as they got Jeremy Shockey, Garrison Hearst and many others. It's a stupid game being played by the media on behalf of the activists with whom they ... continue reading
What to do in an mass-shooting situation? Homeland Security video recommends scissors
By ROBERT LAURIE - Careful, they're really sharp. If you're in a school, or an office building, and someone starts shooting, what should you do? If you said "shoot the guy and put an end to his rampage," you're wrong. You can't shoot the guy, because such places are gun-free zones. As a law ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama receives legislation suspending debt ceiling
By CLARK BARROW - Also, college students moving to political center. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · INCREASED – Federal income tax receipts have grown by a shocking 267,869 percent in the 100 years of the tax. The tax, approved Feb. 3, 1913, was designed to tax the rich at a time when government coffers ... continue reading
Al Gore book tour of shame - former VP hammered over Al Jazeera sale
By ROBERT LAURIE - Even left-wing media stalwarts can see the hypocrisy When Al Gore sold Current TV to Al Jazeera for half a billion dollars, eyebrows were raised. After all, Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar - among the biggest of the "big oil" nations. The fact that Gore was amassing ... continue reading
Leftist insanity: global warming causing Chicago gun violence
By ROBERT LAURIE - According to the left, Chicago weather is a killer Seriously, I couldn't invent something this crazy if I tried. Yesterday, Christie Hefner appeared on MSNBC. She's the daughter of Hugh Hefner, former CEO of Playboy Enterprises, and a current muckity-muck at the Center for American ... continue reading
15 year old girl who performed at inauguration killed in Chicago
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama administration politicizes it immediately Tuesday afternoon, about one mile from Barack Obama's Chicago home, Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed with a handgun. The police believe the shooting to be a case of mistaken identity relating to an ongoing turf war between area ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Dems offer Super Bowl, Lady Gaga tickets for campaign cash
By CLARK BARROW - Party with the Donks! DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left in place its monthly $85 billion bond-buying stimulus plan, saying economic growth had stalled but indicating the pullback was likely temporary. · CONGRESS - Prominent U.S. ... continue reading
Official White House response to shrinking GDP: We need more taxes and spending
By ROBERT LAURIE - We've heard all of this before.... This afternoon, the White House released its official response to the shrinking GDP and it's pretty much what you'd expect. There's a lot of blame, a lot of denial, and a call for increased taxation and spending. Basically, it reads like yet ... continue reading
Piers Morgan berates Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke - Clarke schools him
By ROBERT LAURIE – Piers gets hammered ….again When Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke warned his citizens that they'd be better off defending themselves with a firearm than calling 911, you just knew gun control zealot Piers Morgan would have to chime in. Last night, he did. The ... continue reading
Reckoning: U.S. economy shrinks under weight of Obama policies
By DAN CALABRESE - Down 0.1 in 4Q 2012. We weren't going to be able to avoid this forever, and here it is. The U.S. Gross Domestic Product shrunk 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. Another quarter of negative growth and we are officially back in recession. Some of this had to do with a drop in defense ... continue reading
Yes, health care costs are out of control - because of the government
By HERMAN CAIN - And ObamaCare is already making it even worse. President Obama keeps telling everyone who will listen that we don’t have a spending problem in this country. We have a health care problem. His argument is that federal spending wouldn’t be so out of control if health care costs ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Debt-to-GDP not getting any better
By CLARK BARROW - Apparently last-minute crisis-aversion deals don't actually help. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · ECONOMIC ENGINE - Small companies, those with fewer than 50 employees, hired 3 million workers in the second quarter of last year, the U.S. Labor Department said Tuesday. That’s more than ... continue reading
In Indiana: Save a deer's life, face charges
By DAN CALABRESE - Bureaucratic Rules 1, Common Sense 0. Looks like no good deed goes unpunished in Indiana, where a couple that worked long and hard to nurse an ailing deer back to health are now facing charges for - get this - illegal possession of a deer: Jeff Counceller, a police officer in the eastern ... continue reading
Shocker: Some people doubt that Obama loves skeet shooting
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama just loves sporting firearms. …didn’t you know that? Over the last few days, you may have heard that President Obama is a bit of a gun enthusiast. In fact, he claims that "Up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time." He also revealed ... continue reading
Walter Shapiro pretzel-twists his way to this: Obama's not really a liberal
By DAN CALABRESE - I will find a way to believe what I want to believe. Walter Shapiro is one of those Beltway pundits who has been around so long that it's gotten pretty tough for him to see the forest for the trees, which I guess is why he decided to write a piece that makes the patently absurd case that Barack ... continue reading
Democrat Senator: Spending problem a creation of Fox News
By ROBERT LAURIE - Mandatory spending...discretionary spending....we're broke...no more cuts. Louisiana Democrat Senator, Mary Landrieu, would like you to know that the nation's extensive discretionary spending problem does not exist. You may think it does, but you're wrong. You only believe this ... continue reading
Sounds like Obama wants 'clean' immigration reform
By DAN CALABRESE - In other words, only the parts he likes. Whether you like it or not - whether you consider it amnesty or not - it appears a broad consensus is developing behind the idea of a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal aliens already in the country. But the potential conflict centers on ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: More than half of college grads overqualified for their jobs
By CLARK BARROW - Too little return on the college investment. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OVERQUALIFIED - Nearly half of working Americans with college degrees are in jobs for which they're overqualified, a new study suggests. The study, released by the non-profit Center for College Affordability and ... continue reading
Rough week for Obama: He has to follow the Constitution
By HERMAN CAIN - Poor guy. What the president of the United States refuses to do, a federal appeals court did last week. That is, it respected this nation’s constitutional separation of powers. The Constitution says the president must get Senate confirmation for key appointees unless the Senate is in recess ... continue reading
Father of Sandy Hook victim speaks: 'the problem is not gun laws'
By ROBERT LAURIE: An exceptionally brave plea for common decency Mark Mattioli is the father of James Mattioli, a six-year-old victim killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. Earlier today, he spoke before a gun violence task force in Hartford, Connecticut, and his remarks may not have been what people were ... continue reading
Milwaukee's Sheriff David Clarke: This man deserves our support
By HERMAN CAIN - A public servant who actually wants to empower the people. I like public servants who believe in empowering the people, so I like David Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin. Sheriff Clarke is not buying the liberal nonsense about gun control, and has aired a radio ad urging ... continue reading
David Gregory to Paul Ryan: You know, no one supports you
By DAN CALABRESE - This is all the media has left? I'm past the point where I find it stunning that the media only imposes accountability on the administration's critics. That's been maddeningly true for long enough now that we just roll our eyes and shrug our shoulders at it. But on Meet the Press yesterday, ... continue reading
5 things the GOP needs to do in order to survive
By ROBERT LAURIE – A response to Governor Jindal Last week, Bobby Jindal gave us his 7 things the GOP needed to do if it wanted to win another election. While I didn’t necessarily disagree with Jindal’s bullet points, they weren’t really what I wanted to hear. There was too much ... continue reading
John Kerry's climate change nonsense
By HERMAN CAIN - These people have no idea how jobs are really created. In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, John Kerry (who is technically still the chairman of that committee) demonstrated that he doesn’t know any more about job creation than his soon-to-be new boss. The ... continue reading
Dolphin swimming in polluted canal . . . in Brooklyn?
By DAN CALABRESE - How did it get there? Well, you know you can count on CainTV for your dolphin news, yes? Apparently it's not as uncommon as I would have thought for dolphins to show up in the northern regions, although we tend to associate them with warmer climates. They live all along the east coast, all the ... continue reading
Bobby Jindal - 7 things the GOP must do if it wants to win another election
By ROBERT LAURIE - Jindal delivers powerful speech to the RNC Last night, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal delivered a powerhouse speech to the Republican National Committee. Beginning with the concept that "America is not the federal government" and ending with a list of things he feels must be done if the ... continue reading
Might be nice to have a president who believes in missile defense
By HERMAN CAIN - But instead, we've got Barack Obama. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is a liar who likes to puff his chest, so when he threatens to target the United States in a nuclear missile test, we probably don’t have to start making out our wills. But in an age of nuclear proliferation, it’s ... continue reading
John Kerry: Ah come on, Hagel can't cut 80 percent of U.S. nukes in 'the current climate'
By DAN CALABRESE - Not that he doesn't want to. One of the things that makes John Kerry so loathesome is that he is so happy to treat legitimate questions as over-the-top attacks as a means of shutting off a discussion that he doesn't want to have. So when Bob Corker asked him yesterday about Chuck Hagel's desire ... continue reading
Rand Paul takes the constitutional fight to John Kerry
By ROBERT LAURIE - He's on fire! En fuego! Ok, I know. There's an awful lot of Rand Paul around here today. I promise; this will be the last one of the week. I'm just having a great time watching a U.S. Senator who actually understands and defends the Constitution. It's sad ... continue reading
Rand Paul: An attack on Israel is an attack on the U.S.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Paul continues to craft his own political identity As soon as Rand Paul was elected, he and his supporters were besieged by GOP members who accused him of being a carbon copy of his father. If Ron Paul had one major problem, it was that even conservatives who liked his libertarian ... continue reading
Want that Keystone XL pipeline, do ya? Obama sure would like a carbon tax!
By DAN CALABRESE - Extortion. The Wall Street Journal's Kim Strassel and her Potomac Watch column are essential reading if you really want a sense of how and why things happen in Washington. But it won't necessarily leave you encouraged. Say, for instance, you think Democrats have no hope of passing a climate ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fed's balance sheet hits $3 trillion for first time
By CLARK BARROW - Easy money. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · UNEMPLOYMENT - Claims for jobless benefits in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped last week to a five-year low, but the dip in claims was partially attributed to a lack of data which0 forced the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate the claims ... continue reading
VIDEO: Joe Biden advocates shotguns for post-earthquake proteciton
By ROBERT LAURIE - Remington should use this quote in an ad. Today, Joe Biden was in a "Google hangout" chatting about gun control, when he was asked about the need for assault rifles in times of societal breakdown. The veep's answer was pure Biden.... "Guess what? A shotgun will keep you a lot safer -- a ... continue reading
Dianne Feinstein unveils her gun ban wishlist
By ROBERT LAURIE - Here's round one in the gun control battle Today, flanked by an assortment of weapons and liberal politicians like Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin, Senator Diane Feinstein (Statist-CA) unveiled her gun ban wishlist. Called the "Assault Weapons Ban of 2013," Feinstein's bill would outlaw the ... continue reading
What's right with Kansas: Real innovators are GOP governors
By HERMAN CAIN - Now how do we get this kind of thinking to Washington? In Washington, Barack Obama is looking to expand government into every nook and cranny of American life, and is looking to raise taxes to pay for it. But just in case you’ve bought the idea that conservatism is dead, my friends, look to ... continue reading
Amazing video: Dolphin in distress swims up to diver for help
By DAN CALABRESE - Maybe they really are smart. Not only does the dolphin swim up to the diver for help in getting loose from the fishing line that's entangled it, but when the dolphin needs to go up for air (they breathe through lungs, not gills, you know), it promptly returns to let the diver finish the job. ... continue reading
Brainwashing your kids against guns - just what Eric Holder wants
By ROBERT LAURIE - Welcome to your Orwellian nightmare About a week ago, we ran the story of two six year olds who were suspended from a Maryland school for playing “cops and robbers.” Apparently, in our Orwellian world, pointing a finger and saying “bang” is indistinguishable from ... continue reading
Apparently North Korea intends to nuke us
By DAN CALABRESE - Nice knowing you. Well, 237 years and $16 trillion in debt. It couldn't last forever, right? The whole America thing was great fun while it lasted, but we are now on notice from Kim Jong Un that North Korea has us in its sights with its upcoming nuclear tests. So . . . bye! I think I'll miss ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: House approves suspension of debt ceiling
By CLARK BARROW - Senate to follow. Obama will sign. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a suspension of the debt ceiling until May 19, allowing the government to continue to pay its bills and temporarily putting off a bigger fight over taxes and spending. The U.S. ... continue reading
Nothing celebrates dead babies like saying, 'Happy anniversary, baby!'
By DAN CALABRESE - Creepy. I mean what I said about needing a change in the nature of abortion politics, but the act of abortion itself is as heinous as ever - which makes this so creepy it is really not to be believed. Courtesy of the Center for Reproductive Rights. Wow. So, serious question: Was the ... continue reading
Watergate-era Judiciary chief of staff: Hillary Clinton fired for lies, unethical behavior
By DAN CALABRESE - Bet you didn't know this. I've decided to reprint a piece of work I did nearly five years ago, because it seems very relevant today given Hillary Clinton's performance in the Benghazi hearings. Back in 2008 when she was running for president, I interviewed two erstwhile staff members of the ... continue reading
AP slobbers all over 'fierce' and 'feisty' Hillary
By DAN CALABRESE - Embarrassing. It's a good thing Rob's got this subject covered so well today, because if we had to rely entirely on the MSM. Yeah . . . You expect this kind of crap from the AP, of course, but it never ceases to astonish me how they manage to take the most arrogant things these people do and ... continue reading
And our caption contest winner is . . . HiTekRedneck
By DAN CALABRESE - Book it. Congratulations to HiTekRedneck, who wins the contest with this excellent entry: "I've got your Mr. Microphone RIGHT HERE Darlin' and there ain't a Ronco sticker on it anywhere!" That's just good stuff. Honorable mentions as well to Christine Reese, Dan (not me), Bo, Candy Ohara, ... continue reading
Rand Paul tells Clinton he would have fired her over Benghazi
By ROBERT LAURIE - Once again, Paul seems to be the only one with any integrity.... During today's Benghazi testimony, we heard a lot of deflection, a lot of dodging, and a little bit of "who cares." For the most part, Hillary went unchallenged on her claims, and none of the Senators seemed willing to place ... continue reading
Clinton loses her cool on Benghazi: 'What difference does it make!?'
By ROBERT LAURIE – Hubris on parade Questioned by Ron Johnson over State Department inaction the night of the Benghazi attacks, Hillary Clinton had a bit of a meltdown during today's testimony. Johnson asked why Hillary hadn't done more to determine the validity of the administration's infamous ... continue reading
Forget 2040: Ryan working on budget that balances in 10 years
By DAN CALABRESE - If the GOP shows some fight, this could actually happen. As earnest as Paul Ryan is about the need for the nation to face up to its fiscal challenges (unlike some people, ahem), it's always seemed to me a major weakness of his credibility was that his own plan didn't actually balance the budget ... continue reading
Watch Live: Hillary Clinton Benghazi testimony
By ROBERT LAURIE - Hilary finally faces questioning over the Benghazi scandal Here we go. Watch it live, and let us know what you think below. "People don't bring RPGs to 'spontaneous' demonstrations. That doesn't happen." - John McCain Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Be sure to follow Robert ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Hillary to testify about Benghazi at 9 a.m. today
By CLARK BARROW - Also, CEOs gloomy about prospects for coming year. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · GLOOM - Chief executives are less optimistic about short-term growth prospects for their companies than a year ago, according to a survey that offers a reality check on rising stock markets. · CONGRESS ... continue reading
Of course Obama didn't mention debt and deficits. Why would he do that?
By DAN CALABRESE - You don't care, so why should he? A lot of conservative writers are pointing out today that Obama scarcely mentioned the debt or the deficit in his inaugural address. I know, he sort of did in passing, but it was mainly a setup to make the case for why we don't need to make the choice between ... continue reading
Obama's inaugural address for left-wing America
By HERMAN CAIN - Showing us who he is. A president’s inaugural address is usually not a political speech. It usually speaks to broad themes about the things that unite Americans and appeal to our hopes for the future of the nation. Presidents are politicians, of course, but they are also supposed to ... continue reading
Bill Maher: the Constitution 'is bullsh*t' ...the gloves are off
By ROBERT LAURIE – Democrat standard bearer admits his disdain for the Bill of Rights Bill Maher is crass, arrogant, and frighteningly prone to misogyny. His long history of ignorance regarding the history of our nation, and the Constitution upon which it was founded, has been well-documented. ... continue reading
Newsweek: 'The Second Coming' of Barack Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE - The beatification continues... Newsweek Magazine spent the better part of the last 20 years completely squandering their credibility. Covers like the infamous "Sarah Palin in running shorts," and their Easter 2009 offering, “The decline and fall of Christian America," helped ... continue reading
Obama's masterful war against GOP strawmen
By DAN CALABRESE - And straw policies. I guess I already knew this, but something struck me about Obama's inaugural address yesterday, especially as I read the transcript this morning. The reason Obama succeeds politically is that he has done a masterful job of setting up Republican strawmen - and straw policies ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama calls climate change a top priority
By CLARK BARROW - Also, House Republicans set to suspend debt ceiling until May 19. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CALIFORNIA – Golfer Phil Mickelson said “drastic changes” are ahead for him due to federal and California state tax increases that have pushed his tax rate to what he figures ... continue reading
MSNBC: Obama's speech about moving nation to progressivism
By ROBERT LAURIE - Wait. MSNBC is right about something? Really? I spend a lot of time talking about how MSNBC gets everything wrong. When you're lineup is clogged with people like Joe "original RINO" Scarborough, Ed "I know nuttink" Schultz, Rachel "smug intelligencia" Maddow, and Chris ... continue reading
Obama in church ....tweeting.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Leader of the free world doesn't pay attention in church Usually, if you're in church, you shut down the cell phone out of respect for God and the people around you. If you're the President, enjoying mass on the momentous occasion of your second inauguration, one would assume you'd be so ... continue reading
Caption contest: Clinton is at again!
By DAN CALABRESE - Good old Bubba. Finally, something to smile about at the inaugural, courtesy of none other than our bestest buddy Bill Clinton. Simple rules: Caption entries must be made in the comments here, not on Facebook or Twitter. Winner will be chosen solely and arbitrarily by me. Winner will receive a ... continue reading
Exactly what the hell are we celebrating, Washington?
By DAN CALABRESE - You jackoffs do not deserve a party. Ever the provocateur, Rob was on Twitter ripping on Obama's inaugural comments in real time, only to draw a rebuke from a member of the MSM who said that today he should "give it a rest" and "celebrate that we can do this peacefully." That got me thinking: ... continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr.: The man who actually deserves adulation today
By DAN CALABRESE - When everyone tries to claim you. All the focus is on Barack Obama today, but let's not forget that today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. And regardless of whether we needed another national holiday (we didn't) or whether Dr. King was a perfect man (he wasn't), one thing seems clear to me about ... continue reading
Ted Cruz holds his own against anti-gun lefties Chuck Schumer and David Gregory
By ROBERT LAURIE - Cruz turns in a nice performance on Meet the Press Newly-minted Conservative Senator Ted Cruz appeared on Meet the Press yesterday, going toe to toe with gun control advocates Chuck Schumer and David Gregory. Sadly, no one brought up the fact that Gregory himself proved the folly of ... continue reading
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga . . . sounds about right for an inaugural about nothing
By DAN CALABRESE - Pomp. And that's about it. Barack Obama's presidency has always consisted of two seemingly contradictory things. On the one hand, it's the biggest left-wing power grab in history. On the other hand, it's a big show that's completely devoid of substance. And that's the whole idea. You enjoy the ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Schumer says Democrats will pass budget
By CLARK BARROW - Also, more Americans than ever not even trying to find work. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - The number of Americans age 16 or older who decided not to work or even to seek a job increased by 8,332,000 to a record 88,839,000 in President Obama’s first term. · CONGRESS - ... continue reading
The Constitution: A mere annoyance for Obama
By HERMAN CAIN - Why let a dumb piece of paper get in the way? When Barack Obama takes the oath of office for his second term, he will promise to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Of course, the president says he’s going to do a lot of things. That doesn’t mean ... continue reading
Joe Biden is 'proud to be President of the United States.'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Four more years of this..... Last night, at the Iowa State Society inauguration ball, Joltin' Joe Biden took the stage and made a mistake that he's made many times before. He referred to himself as President. "I'm proud to be President of the United States," Biden said. The he ... continue reading
The GOP's extreme debt ceiling demand: Pass a budget
By DAN CALABRESE - How will Dems, media paint this as beyond the pale? House Republicans have told Senate Democrats, in effect, you do your job and we'll do ours. They've offered a short-term debt ceiling increase - enough to take us to the end of the current continuing resolution on spending in April - in ... continue reading
$4 Billion of Obama stimulus going to European and Chinese green energy firms
By ROBERT LAURIE - Country with no money sending Billions to foreign companies Congratulations taxpayers! Thanks to your President's 2009 stimulus package, you're giving billions of dollars to foreign corporations, to be invested in "green energy" projects. It looks like an awful lot of those "shovel ready ... continue reading
TSA gives up on nude body scanners in airports
By ROBERT LAURIE - Pervy machines being withdrawn. Chalk up a win for privacy and the 4th Amendment because, according to the AP, the TSA will no longer be using the invasive "nude" body image scanners in airports. OSI Systems, Inc. (OSIS) was given a mandate: either come up with software which ... continue reading
Spooked GOP needs to exorcise the demons of '95 and emulate Newt Gingrich
By DAN CALABRESE - A terrified party can do nothing to serve the nation. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today we get the latest piece of advice Republicans should absolutely not take - but probably will. It comes from one Jay Bookman, whoever he is, and Bookman offers all the reasons the GOP can't possibly ... continue reading
'Coalition to Stop Gun Violence' selectively edits John Barrow ad to exploit Newtown
By ROBERT LAURIE - More deception from the gun control crowd During his Congressional race last year, Georgia Democrat John Barrow released an ad entitled "Nobody." In it, he displays a pair of guns handed down to him by his father and grandfather. The spot was designed to showcase the fact that his ... continue reading
Credit where due: Oprah absolutely rocked that Lance Armstrong interview
By DAN CALABRESE - Mainstream journalists could learn a thing or two. I am not a fan of Oprah Winfrey for a whole host of reasons, none of which are important to get into here. Suffice it to say, when I heard that Lance Armstrong had chosen Oprah for the interview in which he would finally confess to doping, I ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: GOP looks to set up another fiscal cliff confrontation
By CLARK BARROW - Will try to force Democrats to accept spending cuts. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OUTLOOK - Days before his inauguration to a second term, President Obama is in a strong political position, but leads a country riddled with pessimism about the economy and his ability to improve it, a new ... continue reading
More Piers Morgan gun debate embarrassment - this time, with Dana Loesch and Scottie Hughes
By ROBERT LAURIE - By now, you'd think he'd have learned his lesson. He hasn't. Piers, you really need to stop your people from booking competent guests. Issue an edict that says only "gun nuts" and "ranting whackos" will have a voice on your show because every time you land a guest who knows what they're ... continue reading
Henninger: The GOP could really use a fabulous spokesperson
By DAN CALABRESE - The Republican Jay Carney? Dan Henninger of the Wall Street Journal sees one of the GOP's problems as the lack of an effective spokesperson, sort of an opposition press secretary who could serve as the counterpart to Obama's press secretary, Jay Carney. Henninger notes that John Boehner and ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Whole Foods CEO decides ObamaCare is more like fascism than socialism
By CLARK BARROW - And Democrats want to repeal the debt ceiling altogether. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FASCISM - Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey would like to revise a previous accusation that Obamacare is a form of socialism. This time, he says it is more like fascism. · CONGRESS - U.S. ... continue reading
Oregon Sheriff tells Biden he'll refuse to enforce unconstitutional gun laws
By ROBERT LAURIE - Wow, Oregon has at least one tough, pro-constitutional, cop According to a story first reported by the AP, Linn County Oregon Sheriff Tim Mueller is none too pleased with the President's intended gun control plans. In fact, he's written a stern letter to Joe Biden informing the Vice ... continue reading
Complete list of Obama's 23 executive orders on guns
By ROBERT LAURIE - 23 steps to....nothing substantial Here's a list of all 23 executive orders signed by the President this afternoon. Most are geared toward health care, post-crime investigation, and gun safety education. Not one of them would have done a thing to prevent the shootings at Sandy Hook. If ... continue reading
Unsurprising: Obama wants your doctor to ask you about your guns
By ROBERT LAURIE - Claims it's not forbidden by Obamacare Despite the fact that the Affordable Care Act specifically forbids doctors from collecting data on patient firearm ownership, President Obama will be issuing guidelines instructing doctors to do just that. The pertinent section of Obamacare reads as ... continue reading
Obama's gun policy advisors: 8-year-olds
By DAN CALABRESE - Shameless. Hey, why not? The entire gun control push is based on emotion anyway, so why not justify it by releasing a bunch of handwritten letters from kids urging the president to do something? It's as shameless as it is pathetic, but is anyone really surprised by now that Obama would stoop to ... continue reading
The Washington way: Do something that does nothing
By HERMAN CAIN - But hey, they did something! There are a lot of reasons to oppose gun control measures, especially those imposed by President Obama by way of executive order. Not only is he attacking constitutional right, he is also endangering many people who would otherwise use a gun to protect themselves. But ... continue reading
White House petitions: Now you'll have to get four times the signatures before they pretend to take you seriously
By DAN CALABRESE - Who says we don't do serious reforms? We can't cut even the tiniest sliver off the deficit. We can't get anywhere near accuracy on fiscal projections. But hey, we can fix that sadly broken process of online petition drives at WhiteHouse.gov! Time was when the White House obligated itself to ... continue reading
NRA releases scathing anti-Obama ad - calls him 'elitist hypocrite'
By ROBERT LAURIE - NRA comes out swinging. Yesterday the NRA released a tough ad, pointing out that the President's kids are afforded the exact protections which he would like to deny the rest of America's children. The thirty-second spot labels Obama an "elitist hypocrite," and is as brutal as any of last ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Long-term unemployment hits all-time high
By CLARK BARROW - Also, more people are tapping their retirement accounts to pay for living expenses. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · NOT BETTER OFF - A large and growing share of American workers are tapping their retirement savings accounts for non-retirement needs, raising broad questions about the ... continue reading
Democrats: You know, it's been too long since we raised taxes
By HERMAN CAIN - Never enough. Remember the last time we raised taxes? What year was it? Oh, right, it was two weeks ago! You’d think it had been 20 years the way President Obama and other Democrats are demanding yet another tax increase. But they are. Obama said in a press conference on Monday that if ... continue reading
Two 6-year-olds suspended for playing cops and robbers - 'finger guns' to blame
By ROBERT LAURIE - If you outlaw 'finger guns,' only outlaws will have 'finger guns' Last week, two six-year-old students from White Marsh Elementary School in Maryland, were hauled into the principal’s office. Their crime was one for the record books. The boys had committed the ... continue reading
Old and busted: Dating; New hotness: 'Hanging out'
By DAN CALABRESE - Nirvana for douchebags. As much as I dislike the New York Times as a source of political/government news, I do find it fascinating when they start revealing the truth about post-modern lifestyles. Fascinating in a dark and disturbing sort of way, but if you want to know what the heathens are up ... continue reading
Video: Anti-gun journalists and politicians reject 'gun free zone' signs
By ROBERT LAURIE - No signs, but they do seem to like armed guards... Project Veritas, masquerading as a newly formed gun control group called "Citizens Against Senseless Violence," recently went door to door asking anti-gun politicians and journalists to place "gun free zone" signs on their property. Among ... continue reading
Looks like Brent Musberger's not too worried about ogling more attractive women
By DAN CALABRESE - You are leering live. Gotta say, I have never liked Brent Musberger. Ever. I get that he's a relic of a bygone era, but even at that, his style has always been so overwrought, I've always found him a very unwelcome distraction to any game I'm trying to watch. Fortunately for me, my sports ... continue reading
Another day, another media lie about the debt ceiling
By DAN CALABRESE - Upping the ante. Today it's ABC, and apparently it's not enough now just to parrot Obama's lie about default. Now, if we don't raise the debt ceiling, the entire government will stop running. Dude. Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says the GOP-controlled House will "do its job" and ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: House Republicans consider four-year debt ceiling increase
By CLARK BARROW - Surrender? DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he still wasn't satisfied with the economy's progress, despite recent signs of improvement, and indicated that he plans to stick with the unconventional programs the central bank is ... continue reading
VIDEO: Rand Paul vows to fight tooth and nail against 'King' Obama's gun control orders
By ROBERT LAURIE - If only we had a few more Senators with this kind of courage Wouldn't it be nice if more Senators were willing to follow Rand Paul's lead and get in front of the cameras with a pro-constitution message? While folks like Jim DeMint bemoan the quality of "Republican messaging," Paul is ... continue reading
Worse than Obama lying: The media lying for him
By DAN CALABRESE - No wonder this country's electorate makes such bad decisions. Rob's already dealt very nicely with the fact that Obama is completely lying in his assertion that, without an increase in the debt ceiling, the federal government will be forced to default on its obligations. I know you're going to ... continue reading
Obama spends press conference lying about debt ceiling and default
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama invokes his favorite lie Watching President Obama answer questions at a press conference is like watching a child play dodgeball. When he’s successful, it’s usually because he manages to duck or deflect. Outright lies are somewhat less common, since ... continue reading
IRS declares war on employers
By HERMAN CAIN - You vill pay for health insurance, and you vill like it! The IRS is officially at war with American employers over ObamaCare. The agency has now issued a regulatory rule designed to prevent businesses from changing their hiring practices to avoid ObamaCare’s requirements for paying employee ... continue reading
Obama too busy with gun control nonsense to talk to Netanyahu
By DAN CALABRESE - Priorities. I don't think Obama's friends at the AP realized what they were giving away in a throw-away sentence about the strained relationship between Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu. Of course we know the relationship is strained. Netanyahu longs for the days when the U.S. was really on ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: IRS warns employers not to evade ObamaCare
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Dems pledge to back Obama if he raises debt ceiling in defiance of Congress. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OBAMACARE - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service warned employers in a new regulatory proposal not to come up with clever schemes to avoid Obamacare’s employer health insurance ... continue reading
Businesses are on defense
By HERMAN CAIN - And that's not how you win. Notre Dame was supposed to have a superior defense in the recent NCAA National Championship football game against the University of Alabama. Instead, Alabama’s offense blew Notre Dame out. In business, companies do not advertise their defensive strategies ... continue reading
MSNBC panel: We should add Obama and Clinton to Mt. Rushmore
By ROBERT LAURIE – Let’s put Carter up there too! The last time anyone gave any serious thought to carving a new presidential face into the mountains of South Dakota, the intended subject was Ronald Reagan. After all, if you're going to add someone to Mt. Rushmore, they'd better be ... continue reading
Riot erupts over section 8 housing vouchers in Detroit suburb
By ROBERT LAURIE - Govt. subsidized housing still causing chaos Update: This morning, an in-progress rough draft of this piece was posted due to a behind-the-scenes error. You have our apologies. Rioting over government-subsidized section 8 housing vouchers is a phenomenon we've seen before. Last year ... continue reading
Pressed about a link between gun violence and movies, Quentin Tarantino freaks out
By ROBERT LAURIE - Tarantino: "I don’t want to talk about the implications of violence… " Liberals are trying to limit the 2nd Amendment, claiming that they do so in an attempt to put an end to gun violence. Sure, it's a completely bogus argument that won't solve the problem and serves only to ... continue reading
Message 'important' people on Facebook? That'll be 100 bucks
By DAN CALABRESE - They're missing the real opportunity here. They say the idea here is to cut down on spam. If everyone on Facebook can message Mark Zuckerberg all they want, his inbox will be flooded and he'll never even go near it. So what would be the point? But if it will cost you a Benjamin, chances are ... continue reading
Smart man: Bobby Jindal wants to get rid of income, business taxes in Louisiana
By HERMAN CAIN - Make all state taxes voluntary. Brilliant. They don’t all think we’re stupid, so let’s talk this morning about someone who is smart and respects the people of his state. That’s Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Governor Jindal is proposing to eliminate all personal and ... continue reading
Jim DeMint: You know, conservatives need better messaging
By DAN CALABRESE - Sure, we just need to talk a better game. Is that really it? Our ideas are great but we're just not selling them very well? Fresh out of the Senate and now seated as the leader of the Heritage Foundation, that's what Jim DeMint says in the Washington Post today: How could the president get away ... continue reading
Jay Carney: Deficit reduction 'not a worthy goal unto itself'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Cognitive dissonance is the hallmark of the Obama admin Remember when Obama was running for his first term? He famously said that ballooning government deficits were "unpatriotic" and promised to cut them in half by the end of his first term. Obviously, that didn't happen, and ... continue reading
Piers Morgan demeans Constitution as 'your little book,' fails miserably in gun control debate
By ROBERT LAURIE - Faced with a competent guest, Morgan embarrasses himself We've seen Piers Morgan hold his own in a gun control debate when facing someone who's barely coherent. Unfortunately for the condescending Brit, the minute he books a competent guest his arguments completely fall apart. ... continue reading
Slate: Wow, it's a good thing Obama is 'finally getting tough' with GOP
By DAN CALABRESE - He was such the bipartisan fellow before. I love when liberals try to talk about toughness. The narrative as we're to understand it is that Obama bent over backward and forward to reach out to Republicans and get them on board with stuff, but the nasty nastoids just hated him so much that they ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: ObamaCare wreaks havoc on Wendy's employees' hours
By CLARK BARROW - And Obama comes under fire for all those white men he keeps appointing. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - Hundreds of Wendy’s workers are seeing their hours cut back because of President Obama’s health care law. · ECONOMIC FREEDOM INDEX - The Heritage Foundation and ... continue reading
Michael Kinsley: Hillary looks like crap because she's always traveling for show
By DAN CALABRESE - "Clinton looks awful and has looked worse and worse for years." I like Kinsley. He is probably my favorite liberal columnist, and definitely the one who makes you work the hardest to defend your conservative point of view. One of the reasons I like him is that he's willing to pull no punches ... continue reading
Local journalist shreds Piers Morgan's gun control argument
By ROBERT LAURIE – Local news reports what CNN never will... I'm on record saying Piers Morgan's interview with Alex Jones ended up exposing Jones as the raving crackpot that he is. However, Jones's wounds were all self-inflicted. Morgan is a pompous, self-righteous, condescending statist who ... continue reading
Here's an idea: Republicans should emulate Richard Nixon
By DAN CALABRESE - Let me just say this about that. Hey, what's not to love? The guy won two terms as president. He came back from what appeared to be a career-ending humiliation when his defeat for the California governorship seemed to mean we wouldn't "have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore." And he opened up ... continue reading
Pass it to find out: Obamacare outlaws government gun registration
By ROBERT LAURIE – ....at least under the guise of health care. Update: Here’s the actual language from the amendment, which appears on page 2037 of the monstrous law. (2) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION- None of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection and Affordable ... continue reading
Hey Democrats, how about a one-year fiscal plan? (AKA a budget)
By DAN CALABRESE - Ten-year, schmen-year. If I hear one more person - politician, media, doesn't matter - talk about a fiscal plan they've designed "over 10 years" I think I might smack somebody. Obama's latest position is to demand $1 trillion in "new revenues" to be paired with $1 trillion in spending cuts ... continue reading
Another Obama proposal for pretend spending cuts
By HERMAN CAIN - He's all for them as long as they never actually happen. How can you tell President Obama is not serious about dealing with the nation’s fiscal challenges? Easy. The president is now claiming he wants to deal with the deficit with a deal that will – over 10 years – raise tax ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama considers executive order on guns
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Democrats already demanding more tax increases. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · COMPLIANCE - The U.S. Taxpayer Advocate ranks complexity as the No. 1 problem facing the tax system and that U.S. taxpayers spend more than 6.1 billion hours to complete all the filings required by the tax ... continue reading
New poll finds Congress less popular than lice, cockroaches, and Nickelback
By ROBERT LAURIE - People would rather deal with used car salesmen than their elected officials How do you know when you're unpopular? Well, if you're the United States Congress, you look at the polls. Public Policy Polling (PPP) is a notoriously slanted pollster - one that works solely for the Democrat ... continue reading
Union thugs set up 'walk of shame' at Michigan Capitol
By DAN CALABRESE - "No union, no peace." You know how it is in politics, right? You win some, you lose some. If a vote doesn't go your way, you're disappointed, but you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on. You don't cling to your anger like grim death because that's pointless and only prolongs your ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Expiration of payroll tax cut eats up wage gains
By CLARK BARROW - Also, unreliable data points to warmest year ever! DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP - American International Group Inc. (AIG) is currently weighing whether to join a shareholder suit alleging its 2008 bailout was unconstitutional. · FORWARD - According to ... continue reading
Huffington Post pretty excited about handicap-friendly brothel
By DAN CALABRESE - "Attention on persons with disabilities seeking sexual fulfillment seems to have accelerated recently." I think I know why HuffPo is so geeked about this. We all know that one of their favorite things is divorce, and hey, if you'd made bank like Arianna, you'd probably be a big fan too. HuffPo ... continue reading
Alex Jones goes all-out psycho on Piers Morgan
By ROBERT LAURIE - This was not helpful Alex Jones is a crackpot whose half-baked opinions rely on fear and ignorance for their gravitas. Worse, he's a self-aggrandizing bully who uses ugly, thuggish, tactics to attack anyone - on either side of the political spectrum - if he thinks it will get him a few ... continue reading
Planned Parenthood receives record level of taxpayer funding, performs record number of abortions
By ROBERT LAURIE - Sad news from the death industry According to Planned Parenthood's most recent annual report, the fiscal year from 2011-2012 was a big one for killing the unborn. The organization performed 333,964 abortions last year - which is a record high - bringing the total for the past three years ... continue reading
MSNBC host Ed Schultz: Chicago gun laws 'don't exist'
By ROBERT LAURIE - MSNBC brain trust detaches from reality....again As you may know, Chicago has some of the most extreme gun laws in the country. In fact, they were so over-the-top that they were struck down by the 7th Court of Appeals, which gave the state of Illinois 6 months to come up with new ones ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Democrats want another big tax increase
By CLARK BARROW - Demand $1 trillion in new "revenues" over 10 years to "balance" GOP spending cut demands. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD – A North Carolina furniture company went out of business on Thursday, January 3, 2013, just one year after it was hailed by President Obama as an example of ... continue reading
The AP helpfully reminds us that the GOP is 'divided and angry'
By DAN CALABRESE - From a news source as partisan and shallow as ever. I'll save you the trouble of reading it. Here's the gist: The Republican Party just lost an election, and as such has no clear, singular leader, and has different factions vying for influence. In other words, it's a party that just lost an ... continue reading
Obama ships hundreds of armored vehicles to Lebanon
By ROBERT LAURIE – We’re broke, but let’s $140 million worth of weapons to an unstable region that hates our allies According to the Jerusalem Post, President Barack Obama has just shipped a gift of 200 armored vehicles to the Lebanese Army (LAF). The military has been struggling to ... continue reading
Boehner: 'I need this job like a hole in the head'
By DAN CALABRESE - Many of us feel the same, sir. Many of us feel the same. I've got to say, this interview with John Boehner by our friend Steve Moore in the Wall Street Journal is painful to read. It's painful to realize that the nation's leading Republican went into negotiations with Obama carrying so many ... continue reading
Nancy Pelosi urges Obama to unilaterally raise debt ceiling
By ROBERT LAURIE – According to Nancy, Obama doesn’t need congressional approval to rack up more debt It must be nice to live in Pelosi-land. There, the normal laws of reality just don’t apply. Up is down, real is unreal, and the size of your debt is in no way tied to your spending. ... continue reading
Oh joy: Hagel pick brings on another 'confirmation fight'
By DAN CALABRESE - The real story is Obama's priorities for America in the world. I don't know if you're as tired as I am of the predictable media narrative that we're going to have a "fight" or a "battle" every time the president nominates someone to a position that requires confirmation. It would be tough for ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: McConnell vows GOP will demand deep spending cuts
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama has big gun control plans. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · JOBS - The 155,000 jobs created in the U.S. in December 2012 were exactly the same as the average monthly gain for the entire year of 2011. According experts at the American Enterprise Institute, at that pace, the U.S. ... continue reading
Showing Charles Blow the way off the plantation
By HERMAN CAIN - The New York Times is at it again. Apparently the New York Times employs a columnist named Charles Blow – a black man who has a problem with another black man. Me. Mr. Blow has a problem with me because, during my presidential campaign, I said that I had “left the Democrat ... continue reading
NY Dem reintroduces bill to eliminate presidential term limits.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama forever! It seems a New York Democrat congressman, Jose Serrano, would like to help Barack Obama stay in the White House indefinitely. Last year, he introduced a bill in the House of Representatives designed to repeal the 22nd Amendment, thus ending Presidential term limits. The ... continue reading
Don't be so sure Republicans are ready to win a debate on spending cuts
By DAN CALABRESE - They don't really believe the American people are on their side. I'm reading a lot of hopeful commentary from conservatives today to the effect that, with tax increases now out of the way, the debate shifts to more favorable territory for Republicans because the public wants spending cuts. ... continue reading
Unemployment jumps for women and African Americans
By ROBERT LAURIE - You get what you vote for.... Women and minorities. If the post-election breakdown is to be believed, that's who put Obama back in office. African-Americans and females refused to vote for Romney, so the status quo was maintained. Surely, with the election turning out exactly as ... continue reading
Elizabeth Warren can't define 'middle class' because it doesn't exist
By ROBERT LAURIE - once again, the concept of "class" is a false construct Back in November, I wrote a piece chastising Republicans who buy into the notion that class exists in the United States. I argue that it doesn't, that we're a society of individuals not classes, and that by accepting the term "middle ... continue reading
And so it begins: ObamaCare kills jobs
By HERMAN CAIN - To the surprise of no one who understands anything. When Democrats passed ObamaCare, they told us it wouldn’t affect the private insurance coverage any of us already had. “If you like your coverage, you can keep your coverage,” is what Obama said. Just one problem. You ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Mass layoffs surge to three-year high
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Fed indicates end to loose monetary policies may be in sight. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - For the first time since the financial crisis started five years ago, the U.S. Federal Reserve has at last made its first signal that its extraordinary loose monetary policy ... continue reading
Credit rating of nation running $1 trillion in annual red ink strangely jeopardized
By HERMAN CAIN - Of course, that's not the story you'll hear. The credit rating agency Moody’s is again warning that the federal government needs to do more about improving its fiscal situation if it wants to protect its Triple-A credit rating. What’s surprising is that we’re still getting a ... continue reading
On to the real news: Oh yes! Bring back Twin Peaks!
By DAN CALABRESE - That gum you like is going to come back in style. UPDATE: Rob here, and yes, if this turns out to be true, I'd be just as excited as Dan. But Twin Peaks fans have heard these rumors every few years since the movie came out in the 90's, so I'm not getting my hopes up. Still, it's almost ... continue reading
Your new Speaker of the House is.... ugh, John Boehner.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss Well, that was unsurprising. By crossing the 215 vote threshold, John Boehner has, unfortunately, retained his position as Speaker of the House. This may have less to do with his ability than it does with the fact that no one else wanted the ... continue reading
Mitch McConnell promises debt ceiling battle - but do we believe him?
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama doesn't want a fight. Will he get one? Tuesday night, after the passage of the fiscal cliff deal, Barack Obama went on the offense regarding his insatiable need to raise the debt ceiling. “While I will negotiate over many things," The President said. "I will not have another ... continue reading
How about a House Speaker who won't bring Obama's spending measures to the floor?
By DAN CALABRESE - Who says Boehner (or any other Republican) has no leverage? With the House voting right now on its Speaker for this session, we've all heard the rumblings that John Boehner will face resistance to his re-election, but ultimately will prevail because there is really no one who wants to challenge ... continue reading
CBS News: Republicans 'too focused on spending cuts'
By DAN CALABRESE - Dream the impossible dream. Yeah, you know those Republicans. If they would just stop carping about this spending cut nonsense we could all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Of course, they were all forced to vote on a bill that had no spending cuts at all, but was loaded with tax ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: U.S. credit rating in danger of another downgrade
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Boehner's re-election as Speaker in question. Or is it? DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONCERN - Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Wednesday that a lack of further deficit-reduction measures could negatively affect the U.S. credit rating, currently at AAA with a negative outlook. ... continue reading
Al Jazeera purchasing Al Gore's Current TV
By ROBERT LAURIE - A match made in heaven Back in October, we reported that the official network of far-left lunacy had failed and was going to be sold. Just as it had with Air America, turning liberal extremism and conspiracy theory into advertising dollars had proven impossible. No, the net in ... continue reading
Obama goes back on vacation without signing cliff bill
By ROBERT LAURIE - How dare you demand he hang around and sign the deal? After spending months telling Americans that the fiscal cliff deal was the most important thing facing their nation, Barack Obama has gone back to his vacation. Within a few hours of the bill's passage last night, he was enjoying the ... continue reading
Bush policies eviscerated, so the budget is balanced now, right?
By DAN CALABRESE - Follow the logic. If I'm understanding the Obama narrative correctly, yesterday's fiscal cliff deal must have balanced the budget. Immediately. Follow it with me. George W. Bush inherited a surplus from Bill Clinton, but he squandered it by cutting taxes and starting two wars without "paying ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: House passes fiscal cliff compromise 257-167
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Kim Jong Un wants to improve North Korean economy! DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to pass a bipartisan deal undoing the fiscal cliff of austerity measures, which began going into effect at the start of the year. President ... continue reading
House Republicans approve fiscal cliff 'deal' - betray their base and their country
By ROBERT LAURIE - Boehner proves his worthlessness Tonight, John Boehner proved he isn’t interested in fighting for America’s future. He doesn’t care about the debt he’s dumping on future generations, and he’s not interested in standing up for an economic reality which will ... continue reading
House Republicans oddly disinclined to support atrocious fiscal cliff deal
By DAN CALABRESE - “There’s not a lot of support for the bill as is. I personally hate it.” Strange, I know, but for some reason House Republicans don't seem too jazzed about supporting a bill that jacks up tax rates and does nothing whatsoever about spending. The New York Times reports: ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Senate OKs cliff deal, House vote still pending
By CLARK BARROW - Taxes rise to 39.5 percent on incomes over $400,000; estate tax goes to 40 percent with $5 million exemption; capital gains tax on incomes over $400,000 jumps to 20 percent; sequester delayed 2 months. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · HAPPY NEW YEAR - The United States begins 2013 in uncharted ... continue reading
Crap sandwich emerges: Tax hike if you make $400,000; 40 percent estate tax
By DAN CALABRESE - Would you like Crapotle with that? Of course, it's surely changing by the minute at this point, but that's the basic idea that's emerging at the moment. Taxes would rise to 39.5 percent of all income above $400,000 for individuals, and above $450,000 for couples. The estate tax would be 40 ... continue reading
Is Hillary Clinton 'the girl who cried clot?'
By ROBERT LAURIE – Hillary Clinton's hospital bed of conspiracy theories Over the last few days, I’ve heard every imaginable conspiracy theory concerning Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s disappearing act. She hasn’t been seen in public for three weeks, the most ... continue reading
Is anyone but the media following this fiasco with baited breath?
By DAN CALABRESE - Weigh in and tell us. I guess I should expand that somewhat. The media. Political consultants/junkies. Washington lobbyists. The kind of people who read Politico and think it matters what they say about anything. I know they're following it. But I question whether the rest of the world really ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Huge tax increase guaranteed regardless of cliff talks
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Congress OKs one-year extension of farm bill, preventing likely spike in milk prices. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OBAMACARE - According to Americans for Tax Reform, on January 1, 2013, regardless of the outcome of fiscal cliff negotiations, Americans face a net $1 trillion tax hike ... continue reading
Fiscal cliff: All news is bad news
By HERMAN CAIN - Deal or no deal, we already know it won't be good for the country. As I sit down to write this commentary, it appears unlikely Congress will reach any deal today (Sunday) to avert the dreaded fiscal cliff. Monday is another day, of course, and I have a sneaking suspicion they will ultimately come ... continue reading
Maybe Obama's 'flexibility' will help here: Putin bans U.S. adoptions of Russian children
By DAN CALABRESE - Tell Vladimir to wait until I'm re-elected. In case you had forgotten that the Russians are not our friends: President Vladimir Putin Friday signed into a law a controversial ban on adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens, ordering his government to take a range of steps to make it ... continue reading
2012: Military suicides outnumber combat deaths - economy and leadership to blame
By ROBERT LAURIE - There's a good chance that this is the most depressing statistic you'll see all year. According to a new Army report, as of November, 303 active-duty, Reserve and National Guard soldiers had committed suicide in 2012. During the same period, 212 men and women in uniform were ... continue reading
A fiscal cliff reminder: Obama won't deal because he doesn't care if we go over the edge
By DAN CALABRESE - No fear of diving. If you get caught up in the details of the fiscal cliff negotiations, you might get the impression that President Obama is a pretty skillful negotiator. After all, he's got Republicans offering to go along with massive tax increases even as he gives nothing whatsoever on ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama, congressional leaders meet to seek fiscal cliff compromise
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Feinstein reveals details of proposed gun control legislation. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has posted a summary of gun control legislation that would be introduced in 2013, showing more details about the vast provisions that she would ... continue reading
Harry Reid: Boehner operating a fiscal cliff 'dictatorship'
By ROBERT LAURIE – How does this guy keep getting reelected? When it comes to the fiscal cliff, President Obama refuses to compromise, refuses to offer a legitimate plan, and seems determined to take the country over the edge. Likewise, Harry Reid has denied the existence of the Tim Geithner-approved ... continue reading
It's official: Feinstein to attempt new handgun controls
By ROBERT LAURIE - Dianne Feinstein spearheads expansive gun control legislation We all knew this was coming. The far left has wanted to clamp down on handguns for decades, and they're exploiting the Sandy Hook massacre to get it done. Today, we have confirmation that they're going to attempt passage ... continue reading
AP hectors Boehner: Just give the Democrats what they want
By DAN CALABRESE - Divided government would be so much easier if Republicans would just roll over. Charles Babington is at it again: In case the public weren't frustrated enough over Congress' failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: 10 states about to raise minimum wage
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, House leaders want a Senate bill before they act on fiscal cliff. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · MINIMUM WAGE - Good news for employees, and potentially bad news for employers, when 10 states raise their official minimum wage five days from now. · CONGRESS - U.S. House Republican ... continue reading
U.S. ports may shut down because another union is clinging to the past
By DAN CALABRESE - Paying for work that no one has needed to do for decades. The problem with unions usually comes down to this: A union will pressure management into a deal that management can live with at a given point in time, usually because management figures that, whatever the shortcomings of the deal, it's ... continue reading
David Gregory being investigated for violating DC gun laws
By ROBERT LAURIE – Gregory proves bans don’t work During last week’s episode of Meet the Press, David Gregory was interviewing NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. As he questioned his guest, he held up a 30-round rifle magazine and asked if banning such clips would ... continue reading
Get ready for the fiscal cliff deal that accomplishes nothing
By DAN CALABRESE - Can kicking. We're five days from the world's most anticipated cliff dive, and you had to know a sense of urgency would kick in with at least some of official Washington when it became clear that their own political viability might be in jeopardy. Prevent the nation from speeding closer to ... continue reading
AP 'analysis': This whole fiscal cliff thing is all the Republicans' fault, you know
By DAN CALABRESE - Conventional Washington wisdom defined. The piece is stunning in its brazenness, but you really should read it because it's hard to find a better summation of how establishment Washington thinks. If you've read Charles Babington before, you know he's not so much biased as assimilated. There are ... continue reading
Merry Christmas?
By HERMAN CAIN - Don't give up. HE didn't. A horrible school tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut Super Storm Sandy victims still waiting to rebuild A partisan political divide that will further sink our economy Class warfare rhetoric on steroids by the President A black United States Senator from SC being called a ... continue reading
Merry Christmas to all...now, please, turn off the politics
By ROBERT LAURIE - Get away from the web, be with your families, and recharge.... Less than a year ago, the world - particularly the political end of it - was shocked by the sudden, untimely, death of Andrew Breitbart. The man was seemingly an unstoppable machine; the relentless, driving, force behind the ... continue reading
NRA refuses to cave to anti-gun media - demands armed guards for schools
By ROBERT LAURIE - NRA stands up, takes the fight to the media “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to have a good guy with a gun." With this simple point, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre tore into the utter, abject, hypocrisy of the left-wing, anti-gun, press. While being ... continue reading
Boehner presser: A man with no leverage, a nation still happy to dither
By DAN CALABRESE - No one is serious. Watching as I write: There's not much light being shed here, not that we should expect it. Boehner keeps insisting that spending, and not taxes, is the problem - and he's right of course. But what of it? He can say that all he wants. There's basically no way he can prevent at ... continue reading
Paul Ryan is making the arguments John Boehner should
By ROBERT LAURIE - Boehner needs to go. Pronto. Democrats have a new favorite word: "Draconian." Slow the rate of spending increases; that's a "draconian" cut. Impose laws restricting illegal immigration; that's a "draconian" human rights violation. Dare to suggest the 47% aren't paying their fair ... continue reading
Groan: NRA promises 'significant contributions to make sure this never happens again'
By DAN CALABRESE - Platitudes. Just saw this on the crawl on Fox News, which is on here at the car dealership where I'm waiting on some maintenance. Yeah, the NRA is going to do whatever to "make sure this never happens again." The presser is still an hour or so away, so we'll have to see exactly what that's ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Lacking votes, Boehner pulls his Plan B
By CLARK BARROW - Also, CEOs urging deal to fix budget turn gloomy. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · DISAPPOINTMENT - A long line of America's top chief executives have rotated through Washington in recent weeks, loudly urging lawmakers and the White House to reach a broad deal to fix the budget. They once ... continue reading
The New York Times is a racist newspaper
By HERMAN CAIN - The Gray Lady dons a white sheet and hood. Apparently there is a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania named Adolph Reed Jr. Professor Reed considers it a “puzzle” that there are black Republicans, and writes off said black Republicans as ... continue reading
AP: Too bad that old assault weapon ban was 'widely regarded as imperfect'
By DAN CALABRESE - In other words, it didn't do a damn bit of good. It's too bad the do-something-just-for-the-sake-of-doing-something movement eventually has to give way to the issue of exactly-what-it-is-you-do. And that's when we remember that we've tried all this before, and it didn't work - a fact even the ... continue reading
Rand Paul still fighting as McCain removes due process from NDAA
By ROBERT LAURIE - Indefinite detention alive and well. Constitution, not so much. The single most anti-constitutional piece of legislation signed by Barack Obama in his first term wasn't Obamacare. The ACA was bad, but the NDAA bill giving the government the right to arrest and indefinitely detain ... continue reading
Shooting hoax, Mayan calendar, close Michigan schools for the week
By ROBERT LAURIE - Seriously? The Mayan calendar is closing schools? Two counties in Southeast Lower Michigan have decided to close school districts for the rest of the week, sending kids to Christmas vacation immediately. Announced last night, the closures are the result of a student's hoax and fears related to ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Get ready for another downgrade
By CLARK BARROW - Fitch is the latest rating agency ready to take away AAA. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · DOWNGRADE - Fitch warned that the U.S. is more likely to lose its top-notch "AAA" rating if lawmakers cannot agree on how to cut the deficit and avoid the broad government spending cuts and tax increases ... continue reading
Obama demands gun reforms no later than January
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama announces his task force - demands action in weeks. The President has now officially announced the creation of his task force, designed to recommend, create, and help implement new laws that will reduce gun violence. As we reported earlier, Obama has placed Vice President Joe Biden in ... continue reading
Biden in 2008: 'Barack Obama ain't takin' my shotguns!'
By DAN CALABRESE - Heh. Sure, Joe, we know. From your cold, dead hands and all that. Good to see your resolve, champ. continue reading
What might have been: Rest in peace, Robert Bork
By DAN CALABRESE - The second-worst thing Ted Kennedy ever did. Robert Bork died today at the age of 85. He would have been, and should have been, one of America's great Supreme Court justices. That did not happen because Senate Democrats decided in 1987 to turn one of America's great legal thinkers into some ... continue reading
CSI actress would like to see NRA members shot
By ROBERT LAURIE - Joyce Carol Oates and Marg Helgenberger are truly sick UPDATE: Apparently Helgenberger left CSI this year to pursue a career on the stage. So, I've updated the piece to reflect this. Marg Helgenberger, who played Catherine Willows on the CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigators, and ... continue reading
Forbes's John Tamny: 'Big government is itself austerity'
By DAN CALABRESE - "When evil matches up against stupid, evil tends to win." I am a big fan of Forbes editor John Tamny, but liking Tamny has a decided downside. Just when you think you can live with the goopy compromises your side is making in negotiations on economic policy, you read Tamny and you realize what ... continue reading
Oh no, Speaker Boehner, do not raise the capital gains tax
By HERMAN CAIN - Does anyone around here know any history? The good news is that no one likes the idea, but the bad news is that House Speaker John Boehner has proposed a new so-called fallback plan for avoiding the fiscal cliff, and it would include an increase in the capital gains tax from 15 to 20 percent. Why ... continue reading
Joe Biden to head Obama's gun control investigation
By ROBERT LAURIE - Thank God. We'll all be safe now. Around noon today, the President will announce his plans for an administration-wide focus on finding new ways to stop gun violence. Details of the plan have not been released yet, though we do know he'll put none other than Vice President Joe Biden in ... continue reading
Paul Harvey: If I Were The Devil
By: HERMAN CAIN - The devil has a head start. We've got a lot of work to do! This is a speech broadcast by Paul Harvey in 1965. continue reading
Daily Briefing: Make $34,000 a year? Congratulations! You're part of the 1 percent!
By CLARK BARROW - Also, independent review slams State Department on Benghazi. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · PERSPECTIVE - According to calculations by World Bank economist Branko Milanovic, it only takes an individual income of $34,000 a year, after taxes, to be among the richest 1 percent in the world ... continue reading
Joe Lieberman targets violent video games – completely misses the point
By ROBERT LAURIE - Lieberman struggles to find a scapegoat. Today, Joe Lieberman took to the floor of the Senate and blamed violent video games for creating people like the Sandy Hook killer. There's nothing really new here, since he's been beating this drum since Sunday morning. Sadly, he's just as wrong ... continue reading
Bachmann not challenging Boehner - or 'I got suckered'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Aww jeez, retraction time.... Well, don't I feel like a rube. It appears that this morning's "Bachmann running for Speaker" story originated at some parody site before spreading across various political rumor sites. That's where I picked it up, not knowing the origin. I did say it was ... continue reading
AP completely unaware that North Korean 'mourning' is forced and fake
By DAN CALABRESE - Not a hint of irony. You know that genuine emotion and love North Koreans felt for their dead dictator Kim Jong Il? Of course you don't. The public displays of mourning that followed Kim's death were obviously fake. You'd do it too if communist thugs were standing nearby with machine guns. You ... continue reading
Belgium eager to welcome wealthy, foreign, tax exiles
By ROBERT LAURIE - If you're rich, why not move to Brussels? The so-called 1% has had a tough year. It seems like virtually the entire planet has decided that being rich is a crime, success is nothing more than exploitation of the poor, and wealth redistribution is the only solution. In Europe, France ... continue reading
Megan McArdle ends the discussion: Why gun control cannot solve the problem
By DAN CALABRESE - The most brilliant piece ever written on the subject. Seriously. If you're not familiar with Megan McArdle, CainTV readers, allow me to introduce Megan McArdle. She writes for Newsweek (which, I understand, is not real popular with our audience) and for the Daily Beast. I wouldn't describe her ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: New Obama offer raises taxes on those making $400,000 a year
By CLARK BARROW - Says proposal would raise $1.2 trillion over 10 years. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina has chosen Representative Tim Scott to replace Jim DeMint in the United States Senate, according to three Republican officials. The move will make Mr. Scott the ... continue reading
MSNBC's Ed Schultz wants the feds to confiscate your handguns
By ROBERT LAURIE - Here we go. They're starting to reveal their true intentions. "Nobody's suggesting an outright ban," they say. "No one wants to go door to door and take away your handguns." The left only wants to control military-grade weaponry. They don't want to take away your ability to protect yourself, ... continue reading
Back to the Crappy Future: Senator Michael Dukakis?
By DAN CALABRESE - Oh fantastic. First Obama gets re-elected, now this guy's back? This is getting to be like that horrible alternate 1985 where Biff controlled everything. Whatever you have to do, Marty, get that book back!continue reading
Don't get rolled by the gun control juggernaut
By DAN CALABRESE - Respect for the Second Amendment did not kill those kids. I think it's still too early - way too early - for politics. But the gun control people have no intention of letting the opportunity that is Newtown go to waste, so let's just tell the truth about a few things. The exploitation of ... continue reading
U.S. Representative Tim Scott to replace Jim DeMint in U.S. Senate
By ROBERT LAURIE – Finally, some good news! Two years into his term, Tea Party favorite and conservative standard-bearer Sen. Jim DeMint (R SC) announced he would be abandoning his position. He’ll be leading the fine folks over at The Heritage Foundation, so he’ll still be a political player, ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Boehner offers tax hike in exchange for entitlement cuts
By CLARK BARROW - But only for incomes above $1 million. Obama hasn't accepted. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · CONGRESS - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner has for the first time proposed a tax-rate increase, one that would hit income over $1 million, in return for President Obama's agreeing to significant cuts ... continue reading
Evil and violence
By HERMAN CAIN - Only love can prevail. The Governor of Connecticut summed up the tragedy that hit the small town of Newtown, Connecticut in four words. Evil visited this town. The tragedy was not just violence. It was evil because a young man shot his mother in the face and killed her. He killed 20 innocent ... continue reading
The answer lies in morality, respect, and ethics, not gun control.
By ROBERT LAURIE – Eliminating our rights will not stop the violence Heroin, beer, homosexuality, The Wizard of Oz, dancing, fireworks, marijuana, Catcher in the Rye, unpasteurized milk, sex before marriage, the teaching of creationism, the teaching of evolution, pornography, The bible, Beatles music, the ... continue reading
Michael Moore, MSNBC, pounce - eager to exploit horror
By ROBERT LAURIE - Pray for these kids, don't exploit them It took MSNBC and Michael Moore mere minutes to begin politicizing today's horror in Connecticut, as they began calling for gun control. Via Twitter, Moore wasted no time in posting the following: Over on MSNBC, host Alex Wagner echoed the ... continue reading
Michigan should be proud of its right to work win - but the fight is just starting
By ROBERT LAURIE - The law is great, but the real fight begins now This piece originally ran yesterday as my column for the Detroit News-powered MichiganView.com. It's the best website for Michigan conservative news and commentary. Check it out when you get a chance. Conservatives, including yours ... continue reading
Union activist to Michigan governor: 'We'll be at your daughter's soccer game'
By DAN CALABRESE - And then House Democrats took the stage. Per Jarrett Skorup at Michigan Capital Confidential. His name is the Rev. Charles Williams, and I guess he's not happy. He warns Gov. Rick Snyder that if he signs right-to-work (which he did), he would get no rest. Lest you think this is taken ... continue reading
TSA bravely detains 12 year old girl in a wheelchair
By ROBERT LAURIE – 4th Amendment? What’s that? If there's one thing the TSA knows how to do, it's create a PR nightmare. This time, they detained a wheelchair-bound 12 year old girl because, according to agents at the Dallas Fort Worth airport, her hands were coated with bomb making ... continue reading
Liberals wet themselves celebrating Jeff Daniels's America-hating video
By DAN CALABRESE - "We're not greatest country in the world anymore." It's not brand new. It was posted on You Tube in June. But it's seems to be getting a lot of viral attention today for some reason - being celebrated as a riveting and honest art form or whatever. If you've just eaten, be sure you're near a ... continue reading
Andrea Mitchell: Republicans sure will look racist for preventing a black, female Secretary of State
By DAN CALABRESE - Short memories. We could have had a black, female secretary of state. Named Rice. But Republicans would never allow that. Ever. Asked for her analysis on MSNBC's "The Cycle," Mitchell swiftly claimed that Rice's withdrawal would be bad for Republicans because she is a black woman -- intimating ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Hillary Clinton May Not Testify On Benghazi
By: CLARK BARROW - Susan Rice withdraws her name from consideration for Secretary of State. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY CONGRESS - A new report found that 90 percent of U.S. House members and 91 percent of senators who sought re-election in 2012 were successful. WHITE HOUSE - Face to face with time running short, ... continue reading
Belafonte on MSNBC: Obama should imprison his opposition
By ROBERT LAURIE - Insane celebrity week continues... I'm not sure what's up with the crazy celebrities lately, but they're crawling out of the woodwork like termites in a burning house. We've already had Ed Asner's Marxist cartoon, James Taylor's Bush-era depression, and Sean Penn pre-emptively ... continue reading
17 Democratic senators: Stop these new ObamaCare taxes!
By DAN CALABRESE - Never mind that we voted for them. Per my Michigan View/Detroit News editor Henry Payne, Democrats are shocked - shocked! - to discover that ObamaCare creates new taxes, and furthermore, that these new taxes will actually have a negative effect on those who are stuck paying them (not to mention ... continue reading
New Army manual tells G.I.s not to promote women's rights or condemn pedophilia
By ROBERT LAURIE – Utterly disgusting guidelines for U.S. troops in Afghanistan So far this year, 63 members of the U.S. led coalition in Afghanistan have been killed in so-called “Taliban insider attacks.” The deaths occur when members of the Afghan security forces – supposed U.S. allies ... continue reading
Obama: Thanks for re-electing me; here come the new regulations!
By DAN CALABRESE - And you thought "flexibility" was only about caving to Vladimir Putin. I suppose it's hardly shocking that Obama low-keyed, until after the election, the regulatory explosion he had every intention of unleashing. What's really striking here is how nonchalantly the AP notes that the whole thing ... continue reading
Economic ignorance: Voters oppose entitlement cuts, support tax hikes on rich
By HERMAN CAIN - Someone needs to get these people the facts. I’ve just seen a new poll that indicates a majority of Americans oppose cuts to entitlement programs. They even oppose modest fixes, like raising the retirement age by a couple of years. But the one thing the does win majority support is raising ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fed will spend $45 billion a month to keep interest rates low
By CLARK BARROW - Until unemployment gets down to 6.5 percent. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - The U.S. Federal Reserve will spend $45 billion a month to sustain an aggressive drive to keep long-term interest rates low. And it set a goal of keeping a key short-term rate near zero until ... continue reading
Sean Penn calls dying Chavez 'one of the most important forces' on the planet
By ROBERT LAURIE – Penn attends candlelight vigil for dying dictator OK, I’m breaking my no-celebrities rule twice this week. First, we had James Taylor expressing his deep, lasting, trauma over the Bush administration. That was sad enough. Unfortunately, we now have even more maudlin ... continue reading
The Chairman of Obama's jobs council thinks China's government "works"
By ROBERT LAURIE - Communist control is just so gosh-darned efficient! Back in '09, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt was appointed as a member of the "President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board." This happened despite the fact that GE was doing lots of business in Iran, and their stock prices had fallen a ... continue reading
Is the nation ready to face what happened in Michigan yesterday? (I doubt it)
By DAN CALABRESE - What's theirs is theirs, forever. Not to be grandiose about this, but one of the reasons this nation's Founding Fathers wanted limited government is that they recognized the danger in letting politicians create entitlement clients. You can buy the votes of a particular group by offering a ... continue reading
Under Obama, government does create jobs - 73 percent of them
By HERMAN CAIN - There's always a spot for one more bureaucrat. Conservatives always tell you that despite their promises, politicians don't create jobs. Of course, if a politician wants to do so, he or she could create jobs by completely disregarding all fiscal limitations and just hiring people for government ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Small business outlook has never been worse
By CLARK BARROW - Also, CEOs break with Republicans on tax hike question. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SMALLER BUSINESS - The job outlook at America’s small businesses is the worst it’s ever been, according to new research. · SURRENDER - More than 160 corporate executives on Tuesday ... continue reading
VIDEO: Union goon assaults Steven Crowder
By DAN CALABRESE - Pretty much speaks for itself. This is what happened in Michigan's state capital today. Needless to say, the unions aren't handling the passage of right-to-work in Michigan all that well. As you can see, Crowder goes out of his way to make it clear that he is not looking for trouble and is not ... continue reading
Michigan Dem, Douglas 'there will be blood' Geiss, calls for non-violence
By ROBERT LAURIE – Dems issue weak statement on the heels of Geiss's ugly rhetoric Earlier today, we posted the following threat which was made by Michigan State Representative Douglas Geiss on the floor of the House. It sounds like the higher-ups weren’t pleased with the whole “there will ... continue reading
George W. Bush saved the middle class, says . . . Barack Obama?
By DAN CALABRESE - Trying to have it both ways. Great piece in the Wall Street Journal by William McGurn, who picks up on a rhetorical inconsistency on Obama's part that of course the MSM either miss or ignore. If it's so terrible to let the Bush tax cuts lapse on the middle class, doesn't that mean that Bush tax ... continue reading
Violent mob destroys Americans for Prosperity tent near Michigan Capitol
By DAN CALABRESE - Solidarity, brothers. Boy oh boy. Hat tip to Lee Stranahan and our own incomparable Michael Johnson, who spotted it. When the defenders of Michigan's unionist status quo said there would be violence, they weren't messing around. Americans for Prosperity, of course, is the eeeeeeevil ... continue reading
Brilliant teachers union protesting with misspelled signs
By ROBERT LAURIE – This about sums it up This one comes to us via Michelle Malkin’s Twitter feed. I just love this photo of a Michigan teacher proudly protesting in front of a misspelled sign. Since it's important to know the name of the evil Republican who's supposedly taking away your ... continue reading
Michigan Dem Representative threatens 'there will be blood' over right-to-work
By ROBERT LAURIE - A quick update on "the new civility" As the Michigan House of Representatives begins the final deliberations on right-to-work legislation, riot police have surrounded the State Capitol. Upwards of 10,000 protestors are marching in the nearby streets, and the whole thing could tip towards ... continue reading
Obama helpfully tells Michigan how to run its economy
By DAN CALABRESE - "These so-called right-to-work laws, they don't have to do with economics, they have everything to do with politics." Says the guy for whom everything has to do with politics, and for whom even the most basic notions of economics are beyond his intellectual reach. A fawning audience will go ... continue reading
U.S. arming Mohammed Morsi's radical Egyptian government
By ROBERT LAURIE – Broke country arms global threat Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's government already has several weapons at its disposal. In the last two weeks we've seen reports of a torture chamber network, rape squads, gangs of violent thugs clubbing anti-Brotherhood protestors, and a ... continue reading
Sickouts close multiple Michigan school districts - teachers head for right-to-work protests
By ROBERT LAURIE – Michigan teachers abandon students and schools to march Crowds are already swelling in Lansing, Michigan, where throngs of union supporters have descended upon the state capitol. Members of multiple unions, including SEIU and the UAW have turned out to shout “hey hey, ho ... continue reading
Media notes 'surprise fee' in health care law no one read
By DAN CALABRESE - Gosh, where did that come from? The bill was more than 2,000 pages long. The vote was conducted mere days after the drafting was complete. The notion that members of Congress should actually read it before voting on it was scoffed at - not only by the congresspeople themselves but by their ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Federal government hiring 101 new employees per day
By CLARK BARROW - Also, China about to become world's biggest economy. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · DECLINE - China will be the world's largest economy as Asia surpasses North America and Europe by 2030, according to a new U.S. National Intelligence Council report published Monday. · CONGRESS - ... continue reading
North Korea cites 'glitch' as reason for rocket launch delay
By DAN CALABRESE - They're learning. The first time Kim Jong Un decided to launch a rocket as a way of flexing North Korea's military muscle, he brashly invited foreign reporters to watch the big show. That, er, didn't go so well. Maybe he's learning, though. Another one was supposed to go up as soon as today, ... continue reading
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laments the 'right wing control of American media'
By ROBERT LAURIE – RFK Jr. is bitter and mumbling For decades, Kennedys have lived in a bubble that isolated their family from criminal charges, political consequences, and, well, reality itself. The rules in Kenndy-land are just different than they are for everyone else. There, you can ... continue reading
Gosh, I must have missed Bob Costas's anti-alcohol comments last night
By DAN CALABRESE - Surely the sanctimonious scold warned us of the dangers of booze after Jerry Brown's death, yes? Say, maybe you can show me where to find this on the NBC Sports web site or on YouTube, because I missed it. It's probably because it was 10 p.m. and I had to put my son to bed, so I didn't see the ... continue reading
UAW President attends Michigan training seminar for anti right-to-work protesters
By ROBERT LAURIE – “Community organizers” train Michigan’s pro-union protesters Right-to-work has now passed in both the Michigan House and Senate. Barring an almost unimaginable turnaround, it will be signed into law Tuesday. In response, union leadership is arranging for ... continue reading
Um, ABC, Obama's tax hike does not 'keep the country from the so-called fiscal cliff'
By DAN CALABRESE - Parsing words with good reason. You could say I'm nitpickily parsing words here, but I don't think so. Consider the following sentence from ABC's David Kerley in his new report about Obama/Boehner talks on the fiscal cliff: The White House afternoon talks, conducted without cameras or any ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Most of those new jobs are in the government bureaucracy
By CLARK BARROW - Also, taxes are going up no matter what happens to the Bush rates. ObamaCare cometh! DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · NEW JOBS - Seventy-three percent of the new civilian jobs created in the United States over the last five months are in government, according to the U.S. Labor Department. ... continue reading
UAW gets drunk, stoned Chrysler employees their jobs back
By DAN CALABRESE - Hey hey, ho ho, drug-addled workers don't got to go. Two years ago they were fired - 13 of them - after Detroit's WJBK-TV videotaped them drinking and smoking pot on their lunch breaks, shortly before returning to work to operate heavy machinery. Chrysler fired them in short order, if only ... continue reading
If Michigan can pass right-to-work, nothing is impossible
By HERMAN CAIN - It's amazing what political will can accomplish. Just when you think there’s no reason for hope, and that politicians in this country will never get serious about solving problems, you get good news. In fact, you get astounding news. This week, Gov. Rick Snyder will sign a bill that will ... continue reading
Gov.-subsidized housing in Ohio draws thousands of applicants...things get ugly
By ROBERT LAURIE - "Freebies" and mace seem to go hand-in-hand these days In Obamaville, housing costs are subsidized. Usually, the homes in question aren't the greatest, but every so often desirable properties pop up. This was the case yesterday in Ohio, where applicants were urged to turn out and ... continue reading
Dems: Know what? Let's spend another $30 billion on unemployment benefits
By DAN CALABRESE - Upping the ante. It's not as if it's a big surprise they want to do this. They always want to do this. It's to the point where it's preposterous to pretend the nominal limit on unemployment benefits means anything, as the Democrats will always demand an extension just as they always demand the ... continue reading
BREAKING: Decrepit song writer was traumatized by George W. Bush
By ROBERT LAURIE - James Taylor says he “really suffered” during the Bush administration Normally, I don’t like to spend too much time writing about the political opinions of America’s entertainers. Most of them are morons who are just regurgitating whatever far-left talking points ... continue reading
You do realize, cutting the deficit $6 trillion over 10 years solves nothing
By DAN CALABRESE - Do the American people realize how deep in the hole we are? It's starting to get depressing, reading about the demands Republicans are making as the price for accepting Obama's tax hikes on the rich. I'm not even talking about the inevitable rope-a-dope that will see Democrats promise spending ... continue reading
David Limbaugh and Sean Hannity eviscerate Juan Williams' 'fair share' rhetoric
By ROBERT LAURIE - Juan tries to yell his way through an ugly panel On last night's Hannity show, the host and David Limbaugh pressed Juan Williams on what, exactly, the term "fair share" means. As usual, Limbaugh was sharp as a tack and, also as usual, Juan tried his best to dodge the issue. Juan's ... continue reading
What? NFL considers eliminating kickoffs?
By DAN CALABRESE - Maybe tackling should be eliminated too. If you're wondering which crazy, far-out web site I saw this on, it was NFL.com. Seriously. Apparently Commissioner Roger Goodell is convinced kickoffs are way too much of an injury risk. That's why the NFL moved the ball from the 30-yard-line to the 35 ... continue reading
But, I thought tax hikes had no effect on anything!
By DAN CALABRESE - Someone tell John Maynard Keynes immediately! Well something awfully strange is going on. Our wise overlords from the world of Keynesian economics and static fiscal analysis always tell us that raising tax rates has no effect whatsoever on economic activity, which is why they assume a 10 ... continue reading
How the UAW helped make its own right-to-work fate
By DAN CALABRESE - They got ObamaCare, but little did they know what it would cost them. Michigan going right-to-work. I suggested to Rob yesterday that it's like North Korea going capitalist. (He replied that the Norks will probably accept capitalism before Obama does.) So how could it happen? How did it happen? ... continue reading
Big Labor's right to work panic is an admission of worthlessness
By ROBERT LAURIE – Unions are unarguably worthwhile, right? Thanks to Michigan’s approval of right-to-work legislation, the head honchos of the labor movement are positively freaking out. It took less than four hours for pro-union demonstrations to turn violent, and since then they’ve been ... continue reading
No thanks on that UN Disability Treaty
By HERMAN CAIN - Turtle Bay has more than enough authority as it is. Way more. The U.S. Senate this week refused to ratify the United Nations Disability Treaty, which is good not because there’s anything wrong with helping the disabled, but because there’s a lot wrong with turning our ability to make ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Unemployment falls to 7.7 percent
By CLARK BARROW - But small businesses are pessimistic and not hiring. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · JOBS - The U.S. added 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest level since December 2008, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. · OUTLOOK - In a sign of deep ... continue reading
Union thugs already getting violent in Michigan - invade state Capitol, disrupt Senate
By ROBERT LAURIE - Anti-right-to-work goons raise Cain in Lansing Well, that didn't take long. The first video we have spotlights Union goons who were demonstrating outside the Michigan Capitol building shortly after Governor Snyder announced he'd be spearheading an effort to pass right-to-work legislation. We ... continue reading
Dems, UAW response to Michigan right-to-work: This is fargin war!
By DAN CALABRESE - Hey hey ho ho. The UAW is about to get a bomb dropped on it. What do you think the response will be? Cue Roman Moronie: In followup to Rob's piece, the apparent inevitability of right-to-work in Michigan is sure to spark a huge and nasty backlash from Democrats and unions. This is not ... continue reading
Michigan's Governor, Rick Snyder, announces right-to-work fight
By ROBERT LAURIE - Michigan GOP begins the fight for right-to-work After living under the tax-and-spend yoke of Jennifer Granholm for eight years, Michigan was in complete financial disarray. The state changed course in 2011, after placing Republican Rick Snyder in the Governor's mansion. In just one year, ... continue reading
What do you expect from fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants economic policy?
By HERMAN CAIN - It's no wonder Washington is in perpetual crisis mode. Since the news at the moment seems to focus on the so-called fiscal cliff, let’s step back from this cliff and remember how got here to begin with. We’re facing the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the expiration of the payroll ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Reid says of Geithner proposal, 'There is no Geithner proposal'
By CLARK BARROW - So don't blame him for refusing to bring it to a vote. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FORWARD - Domino's Pizza is actively communicating with federal regulators to determine how to meet guidelines established by the health care reform bill that require chain restaurants to post calorie ... continue reading
The curious case of Gold Coke and the TSA
By DAN CALABRESE - Terrorism foiled again! I am not one to make a big deal out of TSA security at airports, even as someone who has found myself flying much more in the past year than has usually been my experience. I understand what would happen if they relaxed the standards and another 9/11 happened, so while ... continue reading
Detroit councilwoman demands federal bailout - ignorance on full display
By ROBERT LAURIE – Failed city + failed ideas + failed leadership = bailout Those of us who live in Southeast Michigan are forced to deal with the incompetence, ignorance, and desperation of Detroit's city council on a daily basis. Today, the rest of the country gets a chance to do the same. ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fewer Small Businesses Plan to Hire in Next Six Months
By: CLARK BARROW - But President Obama says America is 'poised to take off.' DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY OUTLOOK - Small business owners in the U.S. believe economic conditions have been steady throughout 2012, but the level of caution is increasing as fewer plan to hire in the next six months, according to a ... continue reading
Ed Asner's despicable anti-capitalist cartoon
By ROBERT LAURIE - yet another Hollywood goon who hates the rich There's not really much to say about this one. Ed Asner is a committed socialist activist, as well as a handsomely paid TV and movie star. For a guy whose entire professional life has been spent in the company of the ultra-wealthy, he ... continue reading
Online sales tax being added to National Defense Authorization
By ROBERT LAURIE - say goodbye to tax free online shopping If Senator Dick Durbin (D IL) and Senator Mike Enzi (R WY) have their way, you're about to start paying taxes on all the Amazon goodies you buy. The pair have authored and offered the "Marketplace Fairness Act." It's an amendment to The National ... continue reading
Bob Costas's favorite gun control columnist: 'NRA is the new KKK'
By ROBERT LAURIE - This is the guy Costas thinks is worth quoting during halftime You may recall that this weekend's moronic anti-gun Bob Costas rant was inspired by another writer. That man's name is Jason Whitlock, and he's a controversial writer operating out of Kansas City. While his primary ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: US Agents in Mexico at Risk for Another Benghazi
By: CLARK BARROW - Agents going after violent drug cartels are not allowed arm themselves for protection. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY MILLIONAIRES – The population of millionaires in the United States would fall by 315,000, or 6 percent, next year if the country goes over the fiscal cliff. CONGRESS - U.S. ... continue reading
Earth to Hostess unions: Businesses do not have piles of money sitting around
By HERMAN CAIN - Ignorance has consequences. Big ones. We’re all wondering how it is possible that union members working for Hostess could be so foolish as to put their own employer out of business with demands and threats that the company clearly could not weather. This is clearly a case of a union that ... continue reading
Obama's Great Gatsby lifestyle - fiddling while Rome burns
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama parties as we descend into chaos At the close of business Thursday, Barack Obama crossed an important line. On July 2, 2001 our national was just $5,693,220,327,798.14. When Bush left office, it was up to $10,626,877,048,913.08. Obama’s debt is now over ... continue reading
Excuse me, Bob Costas, but you're an idiot, so shut up
By DAN CALABRESE - "Our current gun culture"? What does that even mean? If you tuned in to watch the Eagles-Cowboys game last night on NBC, and ended up being irritated instead by Bob Costas's sanctimonious halftime rant about gun control, well . . . at least the second half of the game was exciting. But welcome ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Median net worth of American households drops to 43-year-low
By CLARK BARROW - Middle- and lower-income groups hardest hit. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · WEALTH - The median net worth of American households has dropped to a 43-year low as the lower and middle classes appear poorer and less stable than they have been since 1969. · FORWARD - New Obamacare ... continue reading
Obama voters, you won! Here's your prize . . .
By HERMAN CAIN - Congratulations or something. President Obama won the popular vote by 50.6 percent. OK, those of you that voted for him, you won. But you did not win the lottery. Here's what you won. You won a president who wants unlimited federal spending powers with no federal debt ceiling. Would you give ... continue reading
UN recognizes Palestine, Palestine celebrates by threatening Israel
By ROBERT LAURIE – Before the vote? Peace. After the vote? Threats. Yesterday, the United Nations voted to grant Palestine status as a non-member observer state. That may sound like a faint honor, but the official recognition is a tremendous upgrade in terms of Palestinian prominence on the world ... continue reading
Harry Reid demands a 'serious' proposal from Republicans
By ROBERT LAURIE - How 'bout he passes a budget, then we'll talk Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is demanding that Republicans make a serious proposal about how the nation is going to avoid the fiscal cliff. Yes, the man who's failed - for three and a half years - to lead his chamber in the passage ... continue reading
Gosh, that money in your 401(k) would sure help balance the budget
By DAN CALABRESE - Since you're not using it right now anyway. Apparently this is under active consideration. There's about $10 trillion sitting in tax-free 401(k) accounts right now, and while it's never been taxed before, some of our vaunted fiscal cliff negotiators figure there's no time like the present! Time ... continue reading
Why you can't believe media coverage of fiscal cliff talks
By DAN CALABRESE - Some people will believe anything. I can't add much to Rob's earlier piece about how ridiculous Obama's opening proposal is in the fiscal cliff talks. But I noticed something in a report about it from ABC that I thought was worth pointing out. Look what Michael Falcone and Amy Walter say here: ... continue reading
Obama's ridiculous fiscal cliff 'offer' is an epic non-starter
By ROBERT LAURIE - President's "plan" is just as asinine as expected Barack Obama desperately wants to take the country over the fiscal cliff. That's the only conclusion one could possibly draw from the absolute dementia masquerading as his administration's opening offer. Here's the basic rundown of ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fiscal cliff talks open with Obama 'offer' of everything Obama wants
By CLARK BARROW - Lots of new taxes, no more debt ceiling, no spending cuts. Some deal! DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · GREED – According to recent reports, everything including the sacred mortgage deduction is on the table as lawmakers wrestle with the fiscal cliff, a year-end avalanche of scheduled ... continue reading
VIDEO: Syrian child digs own grave in preparation for martyrdom
By ROBERT LAURIE - Disturbing video out of Syria Where to begin with this video? Originally shared on YouTube by MemriTV (The Middle East Media Research Institute TV Monitor Project), the video purports to show a child from Deir ez-Zor digging his own grave in preparation for martyrdom. Deir ez-Zor is ... continue reading
Could Michigan really become a right-to-work state?
By DAN CALABRESE - Game changer. I don't know if you have to live here to really get the significance of this. Maybe the rest of the country is well familiar with Michigan's status as the home of the UAW and one of the most unionized workforces in the nation. I've never lived anywhere else so you tell me. But if ... continue reading
Obama's 20 day, 4 million dollar Hawaiian vacation
By ROBERT LAURIE - If the rich would just pay their fair share, he could do this twice a year Each year, the first family heads to the placid beaches of Hawaii for a Christmas dream vacation. This year is no exception. Since he won reelection, he'll be billing the taxpayers for a staggering $4 million ... continue reading
Feinstein wants to close Gitmo. Again. With prisoners headed to the U.S.
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama’s still trying to keep his “day one” promise If you need a yardstick by which to measure Obama's lack of leadership ability, the non-closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay would almost certainly be it. During the 2008 campaign, eliminating the symbol of ... continue reading
Really important media story of the day: Obama and Romney have lunch
By DAN CALABRESE - Keep feeling fascination. I don't care and I'm sure you don't either. But you know the political press. It's all abuzz. If you really want to read five theories as to Obama's motives for inviting Romney to lunch, knock yourself out. I would offer my own theory, but in order to think of one I ... continue reading
Bankrupt government decides to pay private companies to hire people they don't need
By DAN CALABRESE - Why do businesses bring on employees? Don't ask Obama. He has no idea. What will get companies hiring again? The opening of new markets? The development of new value-added products that will spur consumer demand? New innovations that can reduce the cost of production and free up capital to ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: CBO thinks extending unemployment benefits will create 300,000 jobs
By CLARK BARROW - Perverse incentives. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · BEIGE BOOK - According to the U.S. Federal Reserve's Beige Book report on current economic conditions, the U.S. economy expanded at a “measured pace” in recent weeks. · EVEN MORE - Fully extending the current level of ... continue reading
Auction site taking bids for one hour with Sandra Fluke
By ROBERT LAURIE - Joke's on you, because her time is worthless Sandra Fluke is not famous because she demanded you buy her birth control. She's famous because, after she did so, Rush Limbaugh called her names. After the incident, she tried to parlay her alleged victimhood into a viable political career, ... continue reading
Steven Crowder destroys pretty much every pro-marijuana argument
By DAN CALABRESE - Stoners lie. Or they're just too stupid to know the truth. Please take note: Marijuana is more harmful than alcohol, not less. Legalizing pot increases use. It does not decrease it. There is almost no one in prison for convictions of marijuana use alone. Marijuana makes you much more likely to ... continue reading
Angus T. Jones 'apologizes,' but don't buy the suggestion that he regrets his testimony
By DAN CALABRESE - Walking the right side of the line. I refuse to subject myself to the brain-rot that is The Today Show, but sometimes I can't avoid at least seeing what's on the screen when I'm at the Y in the morning. So when I first noticed its triumphant graphic announcing "Actor Apologizes" along with a ... continue reading
Carney: Obama 'not particularly concerned' about Benghazi falsehoods
By ROBERT LAURIE - 'It doesn't matter, so stop bugging us about it' For weeks, Susan Rice and the rest of the Obama Administration spun a web of lies about who attacked our consulate in Benghazi and why they did so. Yesterday, something unusual happened. The press actually demanded some answers. ... continue reading
Oh goody: Obama to meet with 'middle-class Americans' to discuss fiscal cliff
By DAN CALABRESE - Was your invitation lost in the mail? This is the eye-roller of all eye-rollers. The story doesn't say how these people were chosen, but the Obama campaign has no shortage of e-mail addresses and Twitter followers, so I'm sure they would have no trouble scrounging up a small group of people who ... continue reading
Republicans need accountability in fiscal cliff talks too
By HERMAN CAIN - Are they proposing solutions big enough to solve the problem? Yesterday I talked about how to make sure Democrats are serious in fiscal cliff negotiations. But Republicans need to be held accountable too. If Republicans really believe their own philosophy, here’s how they can prove it. ... continue reading
Meet the newest vehicle you probably don’t want to own: The Chevy Spark.
By ROBERT LAURIE – Chevy Spark is GM's $32,000 go-kart If someone tried to sell you a car that was tiny as a roller skate, took 7 hours to fuel up, and could only be driven a limited distance before dying, would you bite? Keep in mind that the distance it can go varies wildly based on a great many ... continue reading
Media's Grover Norquist obsession is getting pretty weird
By DAN CALABRESE - Vito Corleone is a fictional character, boneheads. ABC is the latest to give us a dopey piece on Grover Norquist, the man they seem to think is in control of the entire country. This is all just too much. With no disrespect intended to Grover Norquist, who is just a guy that runs an advocacy ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: GOP offers answer to DREAM Act
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, more fall behind on student loan payments. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · BEHIND - Even as the economy shows signs of improvement, a record share of Americans are falling behind on their student-loan payments. · CONGRESS - Saying they want to get the conversation on immigration ... continue reading
Susan Rice meeting with GOP senators doesn't go so well
By DAN CALABRESE - Even Lindsey Graham isn't buying it. Well what did anyone expect, really? It's not like there are alternative facts that Rice could go behind close doors and offer to GOP skeptics. Everyone knows what happened. Terrorists launched an attack against our consulate in Benghazi, and the Obama ... continue reading
Are Dems really serious about avoiding the fiscal cliff?
By HERMAN CAIN - How to put them to the test. I hope you’re ready for a month’s worth of news about fiscal cliff negotiations. Chances are the White House, Senate Democrats and House Republicans will take every day available to them to come up with a deal that avoids massive tax increases and massive ... continue reading
Rand Paul makes the perfect conservative fiscal cliff argument
By ROBERT LAURIE - Grow the economy, not the tax code With the fiscal cliff deadline closing in, Republicans have been signaling that they're ready to throw away their anti-tax pledges in favor of raising more revenue. For those on the right who are lacking in guts, the argument seems to be that it’s easier ... continue reading
Angus T. Jones chooses God over 'Two and a Half Men'
By DAN CALABRESE - Epiphany . . . and the predictable accusations of "hypocrisy". It's the news of the day, and while I don't normally think news about celebrities is worth the time of day (because it's not), I love the conversation that Angus T. Jones has touched off with his testimony. Two video clips for you, ... continue reading
Obama depicted as crucified Christ-figure in Boston
By ROBERT LAURIE – Déjà vu from the world of black velvet paintings. Yesterday, Jamie Foxx made waves by declaring Barack Obama “our lord and savior.” Today, a gallery is displaying the picture to go with his proclamation. The painting, entitled “Truth,” is by ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama invites Boehner, Reid to fiscal cliff talks
By CLARK BARROW - Staff talks were getting nowhere. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · NOT WELCOME - Last week, the owner of an Arizona gun shop made national headlines after it was reported that he had posted a sign and taken out a full page ad in a local newspaper that banned Obama supporters from entering his ... continue reading
Jamie Foxx: Obama is 'our lord and savior'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Let the beatification begin! This video is the headline over a Drudge today so, honestly, I wasn't even going to bother with it. Then, I started to wonder just what sort of evil Mr. Foxx thinks "our Lord and Savior" is delivering us from. Is it just Republicans, or is it a broader threat? ... continue reading
Sen. Bob Corker: Solving the fiscal cliff isn't really all that hard
By DAN CALABRESE - The math is pretty easy if political courage isn't a problem. Kind of a big if, huh? I've always liked Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who did such an excellent job during the auto bailout hearings of exposing the industry's horrendous business practices - systematically ... continue reading
'Class' doesn't exist. It's time conservatives start pointing that out.
By ROBERT LAURIE – You're not at war with Dems. You're at war with classism. The United States was designed, specifically, to do away with the notion of class. Having lived under the yoke of a class system in England, when the founders built their new country, they intentionally did away with ... continue reading
Don't get too excited, but Supreme Court OKs new ObamaCare challenge
By DAN CALABRESE - Obama Justice Department backs the move as well. The gist of this is that there are some unresolved challenges to ObamaCare concerning the individual mandate and religious freedom, orginally filed by Liberty University and left unresolved by the Supremes' ruling over the summer that upheld most ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Bad economy doesn't deter Black Friday shoppers
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Norquist loses another senator. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · BLACK FRIDAY - The National Retail Federation reported the average holiday shopper spent $423 over the entire weekend, up from $398 last year. Total spending over the four-day weekend totaled $59.1 billion, up 12.8 percent ... continue reading
Time to regroup
By HERMAN CAIN - Fine, so we lost. There's a lot we can learn so we don't repeat it. Romney lost. Republicans lost. Conservatives lost. And our nation lost the opportunity to get its mojo back. As someone once said, defeat is temporary, but giving up is permanent. It's time to regroup. Let's start with what ... continue reading
Having won this round, Hamas looks to Iran to re-arm itself
By ROBERT LAURIE - A few hundred rockets legitimized Hamas, now what? According to The Sunday Times, Israeli spy satellites have spotted suspicious activity in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Reports suggest that Iran has been loading Fajr-5 rockets on to freighters. The cargo is expected to be ... continue reading
Saudi Arabia: women tracked electronically – husbands notified of border crossings
By ROBERT LAURIE – Saudi men wouldn’t want their wives running away, would they? If you’re a woman living in a country where you can’t travel, have few rights, and are generally treated like property, there’s a good chance you might try to leave. At least, that’s the case ... continue reading
America chooses free ice cream
By HERMAN CAIN - Adults can vote because they are more responsible than children. So goes the theory anyway. A commenter on our CainTV web site shared an interesting story last week in response to one of our commentaries. She is a teacher in Tennessee, and her class held an election for class president. One of ... continue reading
John Boehner: Let's raise taxes and pretend we didn't
By DAN CALABRESE - They really do think you're stupid. This is why the Republican Party has so much trouble winning elections, but more importantly, it's why this nation never solves any serious problems. The people we send to Washington have become very good at pretending to do one thing while actually doing ... continue reading
Victoria's Secret Black Friday underpants riot!
By ROBERT LAURIE - cheap frills draw mobs in Kansas Just to follow up on Dan's earlier Black Friday post, check out the chaos as a Victoria's Secret opened this morning in Overland Park, Kansas. This may look like a scene from Dawn of the Dead, but in reality it's just people who really, really, like discount ... continue reading
An excellent campaign post-mortem from Bill Whittle
By ROBERT LAURIE - Wouldn't it be nice to have a real conservative run for President? If you haven't heard of Bill Whittle, he's a blogger and host of "Afterburner with Bill Whittle" over at Pajamas Media. He's sharp as a tack, accurate, and powerful emerging conservative voice. Despite what he says in this ... continue reading
The season of celebrating the birth of Christ kicks off
By DAN CALABRESE - Enjoy your crap, suburban shoppers. What is it they're supposed to be pushing and shoving over? Phones? Ah well, what difference does it make. Drudge wasted no time in sharing this: I'm to the point where I'm completely over Christmas anyway. I'm not even interested in the whole ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Congress looks to raise taxes on rich while appearing not to
By CLARK BARROW - Rates vs. revenue. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · BLACK FRIDAY - Industry watchdog National Retail Federation expects holiday sales this year to rise 4.1 percent to $586.1 billion, lower than the 5.6 percent rise in 2011. · FISCAL CLIFF - Congressional negotiators, trying to avert a ... continue reading
Thanksgiving according to MSNBC - racism, genocide, and brain damage
By ROBERT LAURIE - On MSNBC, ugliness never takes a day off. Yesterday, I wrote a piece about how the true story of Thanksgiving was the rejection of leftist ideology. Part of that piece was a discussion of the fact that the left has systematically tried to destroy the celebration in favor of a modern, ... continue reading
The real first Thanksgiving - a rejection of socialism
By ROBERT LAURIE - Back in 1623, socialism failed, capitalism won, thus...Thanksgiving This column is running concurrently at The Detroit News' website, TheMichiganView.com. It's the place to be for Michigan conservatives, so check it out. UPDATE: First a mea culpa. This piece originally ... continue reading
Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkeys
By ROBERT LAURIE - Fat birds off the hook. American people? Still on it. This afternoon, as has become tradition, the President pardoned a pair of turkeys, sparing them from tomorrow's Thanksgiving feast. This year’s birds are named Cobbler and Gobbler, and Obama joked that rather than being ... continue reading
Hostess mediation fails, judge orders liquidation
By ROBERT LAURIE – Twinkies will, however, live on. Anyone holding out hope that Hostess would enjoy some kind of reprieve due to last minute, court-ordered, mediation is about to be disappointed. Citing “serious questions as to the logic behind the decision” to go on strike, U.S. ... continue reading
The stupid, very dumb 'how old is the Earth' idiocy
By DAN CALABRESE - God is smart. Idiots are dumb. I know my Bible. While I write for a political site, my devotion is much more to God than to whatever it is that we talk about here. So most of the theological debates that find their way into politics make my skin crawl, because much of the time the conservatives ... continue reading
Heartbreaking video of Israeli children playing 'rocket attack'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Israeli children pretend to hear "the sirens" When your country sits aside territory controlled by one of the world's most prolific terrorist organizations, I guess you have to expect this kind of thing. Still, watching these Israeli children make a game out of hiding from an inbound rocket ... continue reading
Unions celebrate Thanksgiving by causing chaos at LAX
By ROEBRT LAURIE - Busiest travel day of the year? Meet SEIU. As families come together for Thanksgiving, traffic at our nation's airports swells, lines grow, and flights get overbooked. If you saw Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, you have some idea of what's happening out there. To suggest it's stressful ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Not much Bernanke can do about fiscal cliff
By CLARK BARROW - More artificially low interest rates, for all the good that will do. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that the central bank will keep trying to push down long-term interest rates in 2013, as federal tax and spending policies ... continue reading
Long-suffering federal unions beg to be spared from any 'fiscal cliff' deals
By ROBERT LAURIE – How dare you target the unions…and at Thanksgiving! We’re just a few short weeks from sailing over the edge of the fiscal cliff. If we don’t change course, we’re facing massive tax cuts, and an economy destroying new reality that has even the chairman of the ... continue reading
ObamaCare Consequences
BY: HERMAN CAIN- If only the world of business and economics really worked the way it does in Democrats’ uninformed imaginations... When Democrats passed ObamaCare, they ignored warnings that the massive new costs and requirements they were imposing on businesses would cause people to lose their health ... continue reading
Rand Paul looking at 2016 presidential bid
By ROBERT LAURIE - A strict constructionist President? Yes please. In the interest of full disclosure, I like Rand Paul quite a bit. He has all of his father's strict-constructionist beliefs but tempers them with, shall we say, a "more realistic" national and world view. If you're among those who think strict ... continue reading
After a two week fight, Allen West concedes defeat
By ROBERT LAURIE - The bad news just keeps coming. You'd think that, by now, we'd be done with the bad news from Election Day. Unfortunately, it just keeps coming. This morning on Fox & Friends, Col. Allen West conceded defeat in his reelection bid. Even though his team didn't get the full recount ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: ObamaCare now forcing hospitals to cut jobs
BY: CLARK BARROW- For some hospitals, these are the first cuts they have ever had to make. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY FISCAL CLIFF - According to a new report by Fitch Ratings, the ‘fiscal cliff’ could trigger a second recession, a 2 percent decline in gross domestic product, and increased ... continue reading
Arizona gun store refusing to sell firearms to Obama voters
By ROBERT LAURIE – They're just not respobsible enough to own guns This one slipped under the radar after the election, so the story is a bit old, but it's still pretty great. In a new twist on making sure irresponsible people don’t get their paws on dangerous weapons, a firearms store in Arizona has ... continue reading
Fiscal Cliff Head Fake
BY: HERMAN CAIN- Politicians in Washington only seem interested in kicking the can down the road. Just a reminder: The upcoming negotiations on the fiscal cliff are only necessary because Congress and the White House prefer kicking cans down the road to dealing with problems. This is important to remember, ... continue reading
Tim Geithner wants to eliminate the debt ceiling, allowing infinite debt
By ROBERT LAURIE - $16 trillion in unsustainable debt is just not enough. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner appeared Friday on Bloomberg TV's “Political Capital” program. During his interview, host Al Hunt asked him if we shouldn't just get rid of the debt ceiling altogether. His answer ... continue reading
Marco Rubio loves rap music - apparently that's an issue
By ROBERT LAURIE – "Oh no! He likes that music I'm afraid of!" Today, the internet is abuzz with the extraordinarily important news that Marco Rubio is a rap fan. I know, it’s momentous stuff, so we can let it sink in for a moment. Take a deep breath and we’ll continue. Ok, if ... continue reading
Media Drops the (Sno)Ball
BY: KATHY HOEKSTRA- Twinkies Will Return - When Will Real Journalism? With the demise of Hostess, you’ve probably grown as tired of those bad Twinkie puns – ahem – Zingers, as I am. If you’re looking for relief … well, then stop reading. But bear with me if you think there’s ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obamacare surcharge could catch on nationally
BY: CLARK BARROW- The 350,000 member National Federation of Independent Businesses is warming to a 5% surcharge. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY OBAMACARE SURCHARGE - The 350,000 member National Federation of Independent Businesses said the five percent "Obamacare surcharge" levied by a Florida restaurant chain boss ... continue reading
Obama to Israel: Stand down and stay on defense
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama warns Israel not to deal with Hamas. Imagine you’re in a darkened alley, when a thug appears with a knife. He lunges forward, trying to stab you, but you manage to deflect the attack. Then, you stand back calmly, so the assault comes once more. Again, you manage to ... continue reading
Perception defeats reality
By HERMAN CAIN - Ask a Bahamian driver if you don't believe me. Perception won on Election Day. We get that. But I did not realize how effective the Obama and Democrat talking points were until my wife and I were riding to the airport in the Bahamas last Saturday after a much needed week of vacation. Alfred, ... continue reading
Told ya: Union chief blames capitalism for Hostess demise
By DAN CALABRESE - And not just capitalism. Bain Capital. As expected, there was no way labor unions would just sit back and not come up with a counter-narrative to what happened to Hostess. So here's AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka coming forth with his take, and it's pretty much what you'd expect - except ... continue reading
Pelosi is 'with' the Constitution. She's just not sure which part
By ROBERT LAURIE - 11th, 14th, who cares?. It's one of 'em....maybe. Today at a press briefing, Nancy Pelosi was discussing the possibility of Barack Obama unilaterally raising the debt ceiling. She claimed that the President might have the power to do so, because there's, well, something, in ... continue reading
Democrats not really all that troubled about Taxmageddon
By DAN CALABRESE - Who's up for some cliff diving? Just in case you've been assuming all along that everyone in Washington wants to avoid the fiscal cliff, let me disabuse you of that notion. The centerpiece of the cliff is what we've referred to around here as Taxmageddon - not just the expiration of the Bush ... continue reading
Hostess: Union greed and stupidity on full display
By ROBERT LAURIE - Unions add 18,000 to unemployment rolls, destroy an American icon It’s been said that Twinkies can survive a nuclear holocaust, providing sustenance for the unfortunate souls who wander the post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of food. Who knows if that’s true, but this much ... continue reading
Hostess: Will the union cave? And when will the left attack?
By DAN CALABRESE - Now all business decisions will be portrayed as political. The company insists the decision is final, no matter what the union decides at this point: The company had warned employees that it would file a motion with U.S. Bankruptcy Court Friday seeking permission to shutter its operations and ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Patty Murray wants to chair Senate Budget Committee, but . . .
BY CLARK BARROW - . . . won't commit to actually doing a budget. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SANDY - A full 17 days after the storm, President Obama got his first look Thursday at the devastation that Superstorm Sandy waged on New York City, with a helicopter tour above flood-ravaged and burned-out sections ... continue reading
New, terrible, jobless numbers released - hit Ohio and Pennsylvania hardest
By ROBERT LAURIE – Who’d they vote for again? The number of people filing first-time jobless claims has just jumped to its highest level in over a year. According to the Labor Department, 439,000 American’s filed for new unemployment benefits in the week ending Saturday November ... continue reading
Federal court throws out Michigan's affirmative action ban
By DAN CALABRESE - National implications? The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, in an 8-7 decision, has thrown out a voter-approved constitutional amendment that barred Michigan universities from implementing race-based admission policies. From the Detroit Free Press: The majority opinion in a divided court said ... continue reading
Denny's adding a 5% Obamacare surcharge - and everyone else should do the same
By ROBERT LAURIE - Florida Denny's owner takes a smart, bold, approach to ACA Every business in America? Take a break for a minute and listen up. There’s a guy in Florida to whom you need to pay attention. His name is John Metz, and he’s not thrilled with what Obamacare is going to ... continue reading
Left goes bonkers as ObamaCare actually starts destroying jobs
By DAN CALABRESE - You think they attacked business before? Just you wait. We tried to tell them. You can't impose massive new health care costs on businesses without negatively impacting employment status and wage levels. But you knew they would never listen. You knew they would pass ObamaCare anyway, because ... continue reading
'Go after' Obama’s Ambassador in DC and you've got a problem. Kill one in Benghazi, and you don't.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama is protecting his faithful liars - a luxury Chris Stevens never enjoyed Yesterday, at the President’s first post-reelection press conference, a gaggle of Jell-O spined sycophants gathered to lob softballs at the commander in chief. As usual, Obama’s ego was on full ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: FHA running out of money
By CLARK BARROW - Also, House subpoenas Sebelius on promotion of ObamaCare. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - According to an analysis of several think tanks and government entities, the impending fiscal cliff will likely impact a majority of Americans - both those that pay income tax and those ... continue reading
The so-called 'secession movement' is an idiotic fantasy
By ROBERT LAURIE - Can we please start dealing with reality? About a week ago, a suburbanite in Louisiana created an online petition via the White House's "We the People" system. The goal was to announce the people’s desire for the peaceful secession of Louisiana from the union. According to the ... continue reading
Too good to be true: U.S. runs a 'surplus' in September?
By DAN CALABRESE - Deck chairs on the Titanic. Well yes, the federal government did indeed run a surplus in September. A surplus of $75 billion. Well that's pretty exciting, right? Do that every month and you're looking at an annual surplus of $900 billion! Do that about 18 years in a row and the national debt is ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: 45 major companies announce ObamaCare-related layoffs
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, grassroots group rallies around Papa John's CEO. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OBAMACARE - The U.S. Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2011 that Obamacare will eliminate 800,000 jobs over 10 years. In the wake of Mr. Obama’s re-election, at least 45 companies large and ... continue reading
Obama: The Sergeant Schultz of American politics
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama is the most willfully ignorant President in history Today, during his White House press briefing, Jay Carney was asked about the resignation of General Petraeus. Carney said the President was "certainly surprised when he was informed about the situation regarding Gen. Petraeus on ... continue reading
Heckuva job, Barack
By DAN CALABRESE - Why is Sandy not Obama's Katrina? In case you hadn't heard, there are still 84,000 homes without power in New York and New Jersey - nearly two weeks after Hurricane Sandy came ashore. Now, natural disasters bring consequences, and I am loathe to put the blame on politicians for things that go ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Wal-Mart boosts employee share of health care costs
By CLARK BARROW - Expects costs to continue to rise. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OBAMACARE - Wal-Mart Stores increased the share employees pay for its medical coverage programs 8% to 36%, depending on hours worked and pay, saying it expects health costs to continue rising. · CONGRESS - The U.S. ... continue reading
Fine, let's talk about math
By DAN CALABRESE - We can deal in numbers too. Hey, they won and they're going to gloat. That's life. There's no sense whining about it. I had no sympathy for them in 2000, or in 2004, or in 2010. But I can't help but smile at lefties' latest theme of the day: Math. This, of course, is their rejoinder to the ... continue reading
Ohio food stamp checks are about to shrink
By ROBERT LAURIE - Democrat voters about to enjoy diminishing returns. Currently, close to a million impoverished Ohioans collect federal assistance in the form of food stamps. If the thrust of last week’s election was, as many have argued, a welfare quid-pro-quo, it’s clear these people ... continue reading
Thanks to crooked leftists, Chicago will be the new Detroit
By ROBERT LAURIE - Chicago treading the same path as the Motor City. Good luck with that. For a while now, Michigan Conservatives have been warning the country that adherence to a far-left ideology is the surest path to turning major American cities into third-world outposts. Exhibit A in this ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: ObamaCare layoffs begin
By CLARK BARROW - Also, we need 325,000 new jobs per month to return to pre-recession levels of employment. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · LAYOFFS – At least thirty United States companies plan to start laying off hundreds of employees with the implementation of Obamacare, according to a compilation of ... continue reading
Facts don't matter
By HERMAN CAIN - If they did, conservatives would have turned out better for Romney than they did for McCain. After reading and hearing dozens of conservative commentaries about why Mitt Romney and the Republicans lost the presidential election, they all had their respective reasons in their analysis, and they ... continue reading
The GOP can't win the debate by thinking it's still 1984
By DAN CALABRESE - Tossing around the word "liberal" doesn't work anymore. The incomprable Mark Steyn offered a stunning fact in his latest column for National Review. It's nothing we didn't sort of already know, but it is mindblowing to read it the way he put it: Obama has borrowed more than $5 trillion since ... continue reading
Dead pig in Romney t-shirt dumped outside CA headquarters
By ROBERT LAURIE - Not content to spend a week spiking the football, some disturbed leftist has decided to go for the pigskin. As usual, when Democrats win, they do so gracefully. There's no ungracious touchdown dance, no gloating, and no poor winners. All they do is follow the usual liberal ... continue reading
Still want to fight Obamacare? John Boehner doesn't...
By ROBERT LAURIE – Boehner’s got to go. Yesterday, during an interview with Diane Sawyer, John Boehner (RINO-OH) said that Tuesday's loss will change the way the GOP handles Obamacare. Going forward, it sounds like Boehner isn't particularly interested in fighting the still-unpopular law. ... continue reading
Krauthammer's right, so how do you 'do conservatism better'?
By DAN CALABRESE - Taking 'stands' vs. delivering results. I had forgotten the most annoying thing about losing an election. It's not just that the nation has to continue living under left-wing policies. That may be the biggest actual problem. But the most annoying thing is the predictable debate that breaks out ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: CBO outlines stakes in fiscal cliff showdown
By CLARK BARROW - Back to 9.1 percent unemployment? DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF – A U.S. Congressional Budget Office report on Thursday revealed that no action on the fiscal cliff would increase unemployment to 9.1 percent and reduce economic output by 0.5 percent. The report said the ... continue reading
Conservatives? Time to stop the whining. Tuesday was the siege of Charleston.
By ROBERT LAURIE – We’re better than the crybaby routine On April 2nd 1780, British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton led an overwhelming force as it lay siege to the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The ensuing violence lasted 40 days. When it was over, 5,200 Continental troops ... continue reading
Time for the GOP to rethink abortion politics
By DAN CALABRESE - A new approach to a political battle that can't be won. There is a lot the Republican Party has to rethink in light of what happened on Tuesday, and I certainly don't want to suggest that social issues alone - or even primarily - are the cause of the GOP's current travails. But you have to ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Get ready for more loose money policies
By CLARK BARROW - Terrific. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - In the aftermath of President Obama's re-election, market experts prepared for an accelerated push of easy U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy. · SEQUESTRATION - Boeing Co said on Wednesday it will restructure its defense, ... continue reading
America chooses a dangerous, possibly irreversable, course
By ROBERT LAURIE – There’s no denying it. Things are looking bleak. With the 2012 election in the books, it’s time to take a look at what won and what lost as America went to the polls. The candidates and incumbents whose hopes were dashed in the GOP bloodbath are part of the equation, but they ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama wins, Congress unchanged
By CLARK BARROW - It's finally over. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · WHITE HOUSE - President Obama won a second White House term Tuesday night. o The count, with the results from Florida still not in, stood at 303 electoral votes for Obama, to Romney's 206. · CONGRESS - Republicans kept a lock on the ... continue reading
Bottom line: Not enough voters believed the GOP would solve America's problems
By DAN CALABRESE - Wrong-track nation opts for status quo. What does that tell you? This is going to require a lot of thinking and writing over many days, weeks and months, but as I sit here this morning the dominant proposition in my mind is this: I do not think the electorate, by and large, is happy with the ... continue reading
Romney camp disputes call of Ohio for Obama
By DAN CALABRESE - Not over? I don't want to give you false hope, but the Romney camp is disputing the call of Ohio for Obama. With 73 percent of precincts reporting, they're within 28,000 votes of each other and the Romney camp feels the precincts left are strong Republican. Even if Romney wins Ohio, he's still ... continue reading
Fox News calls OH for Barack Obama - it's over.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Ugly night for the nation Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Fox News has called Ohio for Barack Obama. That's the election. For now, get some sleep, we'll regroup, and tomorrow, the fight starts again. A very sad night for the country, but we'll carry on.continue reading
The Senate is gone
By DAN CALABRESE - Too many bad candidates. Pete Hoekstra ran a racist ad in Michigan. Richard Mourdock made a stunningly dumb statement about abortion. Scott Brown just ran into the reality that is liberal Massachusetts. Todd Akin . . . eh, we all know about him. The hope going into the Senate campaign was that ... continue reading
BREAKING: Making stupid comments about rape bad for career longevity
By ROBERT LAURIE - "Gaffe" doesn't quite do it justice. Both of the GOP candidates who decided to open their mouths and make idiotic statements about rape have now lost their races. Todd Akin of Missouri, and Richard Mourdock of Indiana have seen their careers go down in flames. So, let this be a lesson to future ... continue reading
Romney still leads popular vote 50-49
By DAN CALABRESE - It's narrowed quite a bit, though. About 45 minutes ago, Romney led 52-47. Now it's 50-49. The electoral vote contest is deadlocked 153-153. The obvious problem for Romney at this point, though, is that all his Plan Bs have disappeared. No Pennsylvania. No Michigan. No Wisconsin. If he takes ... continue reading
Romney wins TX, LA, KS, ND, SD, WY, NE Obama takes NY & MI
By ROBERT LAURIE - New round of calls, via Fox News Fox News has just announced that seven states: Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska have all gone for Mitt Romney. All of these were expected. Obama has taken New York, and in a bit of news, he's claimed the swing state of ... continue reading
Obama wins Pennsylvania
By DAN CALABRESE - Disappointing, but keep it in perspective. It's not as if Romney needed Pennsylvania. It's more like, if he's gotten it, it would have represented quite the red wave. But it's sure disappointing to get those projections about Pennsylvania and Michigan so close together. But as Ed Rollins is ... continue reading
Obama wins Wisconsin
By ROBERT LAURIE - Another bummer...still not over, though Fox News is calling Wisconsin for Barack Obama. The overall electoral count is now Obama 153, Romney 153. The Florida / Ohio path is still there, but it's getting ugly.continue reading
Bits and pieces from the big states
By DAN CALABRESE - While we wait . . . We hear that turnout is high in strong Republican counties in Ohio and Virginia, while it's quite weak in Ohio's heavily Democratic Cuyahoga County. Karl Rove is talking about that as a good sign, but obviously nothing is a substitute for good, hard vote totals.] I had sort ... continue reading
IL, DE, CT, MD, MA, NJ, RI, DC for Obama - AL, MS, OK for Romney
By DAN CALABRESE - More non-surprises. Just keeping the tally at this point while we wait for the crucial battleground states to come in. As of now it's an entirely unsurprising 78-71 for Obama. Once Missouri and Tennessee are called, Romney will be in the lead for the moment.continue reading
Romney takes IN, KY, GA, SC - Obama takes VT
By ROBERT LAURIE - No surprises here According to Fox News, Romney has taken Indiana, making it the first of Obama's 2008 states to flip for the challenger. He's also taken Kentucky, as expected. Also unsurprising, Obama has taken Vermont. Virginia is still too close to call, although exit polling ... continue reading
Romney takes early popular vote lead 50-49
By DAN CALABRESE - For whatever it's worth. I'm not saying it means all that much, but as of now Romney is up by about 62,000 votes nationally. Better than being behind!continue reading
Pro-Obama ad features little girls begging for abortion rights - creepy
By ROBERT LAURIE – Vote Obama, because someday, little girls will grow up and need abortions. Before the results start coming in, I thought I'd offer you one more disturbing ad designed to drum up support for Barack Obama. As you all know, Romney hates women, wants to take away their rights, and would ... continue reading
Citizen Watchdog Election Watch 2012 with Tony Katz
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Sometimes the dead really do vote - like today in Michigan
By DAN CALABRESE - "Did I vote?" From the Detroit News, this happened today in Southfield, Michigan: Ty Houston, 48, a home care registered nurse, was toiling on his absentee ballot Monday afternoon when things got strange at township offices on 13 Mile. "I was filling out the form as were an elderly couple ... continue reading
Hundreds turn out in Pittsburgh to greet....Romney's plane.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Energetic crowds greet Romney's plane upon arrival About 45 minutes ago, Mitt Romney's plane touched down in Pittsburgh for his last push through Pennsylvania. At the airport, crowding the tops of parking structures were over three hundred people - who had turned out just to greet the ... continue reading
Look what Obama and friends are discussing on Facebook
By DAN CALABRESE - This explains the Obama campaign's final GOTV push... continue reading
Howard Dean: Democrats can only lose via fraud
By ROBERT LAURIE – Howard Dean continues to live in his own little world Today on Morning Joe, former DNC Chair Howard Dean announced what every single Democrat will say if Obama loses. "Given the vote and the leading of the polls in Ohio, the only way he can lose is if people are prevented from ... continue reading
Obama mural inside Pennsylvania polling place
By ROBERT LAURIE - Seriously, Pennsylvania, how blatant can you be? Recently, we heard a story about a voter who was given a hard time because they were wearing a shirt bearing the logo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It seems poll watchers were dumb enough to think that the M.I.T. shirt was ... continue reading
Happy Election Day from Voter 46
By DAN CALABRESE - Finally, it's in our hands. I arrived at the Wyoming, Michigan fire station around 6:45 a.m. - built brand new about 10 years ago and currently sitting unused because the city no longer generates enough revenue to operate it - and was the 46th person in line. The line moved pretty quickly once ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Election today, nor'easter tomorrow?
By CLARK BARROW - Plenty of other things are happening while we vote. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · OUTLOOK - No matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, experts at Moody's Analytics, Inc. believe the U.S. economy is on course to enjoy faster growth in the next four years. · ELECTION – The ... continue reading
Romney leading Ohio early voting by 92,000?
By DAN CALABRESE - Whoa. Via Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, these numbers are coming from the Cincinnati Enquirer. It's always dicey at this point on an election day to parse numbers and try to analyze what they mean, so as Rob's been saying in his posts the past day or so, let's view this with a huge grain of ... continue reading
New Black Panther Party returns to PA polling sites
By ROBERT LAURIE - Thanks to Eric Holder's inaction, the polls in Pennsyvania will be "monitored" and "protected" What happens when a gang of racist thugs commit a crime and your Attorney General decides to gut the criminal case against them? Well, they do it again, of course. Since Eric Holder has decided ... continue reading
Judge orders ousted GOP poll watchers to be reinstated in PA
By ROBERT LAURIE – Stealing an election can be such a chore. Earlier this morning, court-ordered GOP poll inspectors were ejected from multiple polling locations in Pennsylvania. This was done, in at least one case, through physical force. They were immediately replaced with Democrats. According to ... continue reading
Politico poll: Obama leads battlegrounds by 5, but Romney wins indies by 15?
By DAN CALABRESE - How is that possible? The only way this can be possible is if the electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic. And yet Gallup and Rasmussen are telling us the electorate looks more like R+6. Or . . . independents nationally are big time for Mitt, but in the battleground states they're big time for ... continue reading
Mitt Romney's final, 5-minute, web ad is truly magnificent
By ROBERT LAURIE - Mitt sticks the landing with final ad Mitt Romney's final web ad is the longest he's released yet, clocking in at almost five and a half minutes. It's also utterly magnificent - the closing argument for people who love their country, care about their fellow Americans, and hope for the ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: More part-time hires to avoid ObamaCare requirements
By CLARK BARROW - Job killer. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SANDY - Hiring in the long-depressed U.S. construction industry will get a boost from the rebuilding that will follow Superstorm Sandy. The modest lift to the economy is expected to come in the first months of 2013. · FORWARD - Some low-wage ... continue reading
Unexpectedly massive Romney rally in Pennsylvania
By ROBERT LAURIE - a sign of things to come? Last night, in Morrisville, PA, Mitt Romney drew an enormous crowd of almost 35,000 people. Yes, you read that right. Morrisville, Pennsylvania. If you're surprised, you're not alone. Rumor has it that even Romney's people were caught off guard by the ... continue reading
Election's not until tomorrow, so here's a video of a talking elephant
By DAN CALABRESE - Hey, you don't see any talking donkeys out there, do you? Seriously, I think I'm campaigned out. And my nervousness over what might happen tomorrow is starting to approach crescendo, so here: A couple of obvious problems here: I don't speak Korean, and neither do you, so we have to ... continue reading
Something has to give: Polls vs. data that contradict the polls
By DAN CALABRESE - One more day until the mystery is solved. You know my bias and my preference. I'm for Romney. But I have no interest in writing yet another piece on why my guy is surely going to win and you're an idiot if you disagree. That's not how I'm feeling at the moment, anyway. The way I'm feeling (and ... continue reading
Romney winning in internal polling - up 3 in NH, 1 in OH, PA and WI tied
By ROBERT LAURIE - Let's just hope this is accurate Ok, time for another big grain of salt. Allegedly, an anonymous source within the Romney campaign has given the Daily Mail access to some of Mitt's internal polling. Assuming this is legit, it's very good news for the GOP candidate. According to the ... continue reading
I know, I know, it's Dick Morris, but . . . Romney 325-213?
By DAN CALABRESE - How good a case does he make? I know, this is the guy who told us confidently McCain was going to win. Yep. I remember. We all know about Dick Morris. Still, you tell me: How good a case does he make for his prediction? Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com It's pretty consistent with ... continue reading
The amusing but weird battle over some guy named Nate Silver
By DAN CALABRESE - Have we run out of actual issues to discuss? OK, yeah, I know who Nate Silver is. I don't much care, but I know. He is a statistics-based prognosticator or something. He founded a blog called fivethirtyeight.com, and when his model managed to call 49 out of 50 states correctly in the 2008 ... continue reading
New Michigan poll: Romney up by 1
By ROBERT LAURIE -But don't get too excited. According to a new Foster McCollum White Baydoun poll conducted for Fox 2 Detroit, Mitt Romney has taken a narrow lead in Michigan. Before you get too excited, keep in mind that we're talking about a 47-46% lead in a poll with a 2.25% margin of error. It does, ... continue reading
New Romney ad attacks Obama's 'revenge' comment
By ROBERT LAURIE - Maybe good commercials are the best revenge One of the key moments during Romney's Friday night mega-rally came when he called out Barack Obama for urging people to vote because "voting is the best revenge." It was just the latest in a long line of creepy missteps for the President, and ... continue reading
Romney's excellent bigger, better, America ad
By ROBERT LAURIE - That's more like it! So, while I was underwhelmed by the Romney camp's "Revenge" spot, this one more than makes up for it. Positive, strong, message-driven, and optimistic. THIS is where Romney's campaign excels. The point on Obama's revenge remark was spot on, but it was an ... continue reading
Why it's so important for America to elect Mitt Romney
By HERMAN CAIN - Recognize the stakes and seize the moment. It’s almost become cliché, when America holds a presidential election, for people to proclaim that it’s “the most important election of our lifetimes” or something along those lines. And I can understand why it seems that ... continue reading
30K people pack Romney's West Chester mega-rally
By ROBERT LAURIE - Romney draws massive crowd in key Ohio county According to West Chester Fire Chief Tony Goller, over 30,000 people packed The Square at Union Centre in West Chester for Mitt Romney's Ohio mega-rally. This number was higher than the offered by local police, who estimated the crowd at ... continue reading
Obama vs. Romney - Revenge vs. love of country
By ROBERT LAURIE – Romney hammers Obama over "revenge voting" If there’s been one constant throughout this campaign, it’s been the dichotomy between the candidates. Romney has presented a relentlessly positive, pro-America, outlook, endearing him to the electorate and setting the stage for ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Economy adds 171,000 jobs in October
By CLARK BARROW - Also, economic impact of Sandy could reach $50 billion. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SANDY - Early estimates of the economic impact of Hurricane Sandy put the total loss between $30 billion and $50 billion, making it one of the costliest storms in U.S. history. · UNEMPLOYMENT - The ... continue reading
Get ready to be told 171,000 new jobs is good (which it's not)
By DAN CALABRESE - Obama and his media allies will try their best. I guess the advantage of having a horrible track record on job creation is that even a below average performance appears good by your standards. So the 171,000 new October jobs announced this morning by the Labor Department will surely be touted ... continue reading
Hurricane Sandy damage repair: Non-union crews told to 'stand down'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Non-union labor not allowed to repair devastated region Let's say a storm hits your area, destroying homes, flooding streets, and blacking out entire cities. You can’t turn on an electric stove, power medical equipment, or find out what’s happening via the TV news. ... continue reading
Benghazi: State Department warned of danger 3 hours before attack occurred
By ROBERT LAURIE – Almost miraculously, it just keeps getting worse. At this point, it seems impossible that news regarding the administration’s handling of Benghazi could get any worse. You’d think we would have heard the worst of it. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. ... continue reading
Why on earth is the New York Marathon still happening? UPDATE: Marathon cancelled.
By DAN CALABRESE – Priorities. I get the whole thing where you vow “we will not be deterred” and all that, but come on. Between electricity, police manpower and hundreds of other things, how can Bloomberg even consider running the NYC marathon on Sunday? Yet he is. We're already seeing reports ... continue reading
Joe Biden says he's never 'been proud' to be Obama's VP
By ROBERT LAURIE - For some reason, they still let the Veep talk During the course of a campaign, a few mistakes are understandable - expected even. Yet, somehow, our Vice President manages to rattle them off almost daily. Sometimes, honestly, I feel a bit guilty when I write about him. The thing about Joe ... continue reading
Romney planning an epic rally for Friday night in Ohio
By ROBERT LAURIE -If you're a high-level Republican, you're probably going to be in Cincinnati Friday Friday night, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will assemble over 100 of the GOP’s top tier Candidates, Congressmen, Mayors, and supporters in an Ohio rally that promises to be one for the history books. The ... continue reading
Democrat Senator accused of hiring prostitutes in Dominican Republic
By ROBERT LAURIE - Bob Menendez embroiled in an election year sex scandal Here's a bit of free advice for government officials who intend to hire prostitutes in foreign countries: pay them. You might be sleazy, you might be completely amoral, but you don't have to be a (pun intended) skinflint. When you ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fed may provide 'monetary accommodation' to help with Sandy relief
By CLARK BARROW - Fancy word for you-know-what. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SANDY - There’s already talk on Wall Street about the possibility of the U.S. Federal Reserve providing further monetary accommodation in response to the damage wrought by Sandy. · UNEMPLOYMENT – The U.S. Labor ... continue reading
Obama spin: Romney's expanding the map because he's weak and desperate
By DAN CALABRESE - Please God, let them really believe this. In a twisted sort of way, you have to hand it to the people who run Obama's campaign. They will come up with a way to spin absolutely anything to conform to what they wish was true. So, with Romney looking strong in Ohio and now forcing Obama to play ... continue reading
VIDEO: GOP releases a powerful new ad
By ROBERT LAURIE - New GOP ad - "Now is the moment" This morning, the GOP released a new ad that pretty much speaks for itself. We've seen a lot of strong spots on the Romney side, but this may be the most compelling yet. If you're a Republican who wants to unseat Obama, and this doesn't get you fired up? ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Refinery shutdowns not expected to affect gas prices
By CLARK BARROW - Sandy won't curtail the Fed either. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SANDY - The U.S. Federal Reserve won’t be thrown off course by Hurricane Sandy as the central bank is used to having to peer through extraordinary economic events to gauge the health of the economy, said Paul Ashworth, ... continue reading
Polls show Michigan officially in play ...cue the advertising
By ROBERT LAURIE – Another “safe” Obama state becomes a legitimate battleground Yesterday we talked about how Pennsylvania was being inundated with campaign advertising dollars. Today, it’s Michigan. A new poll, conducted by The Detroit News/WDIV Local 4, shows Obama with a ... continue reading
Romney begins 11th hour push with new ads in Pennsylvania
By ROBERT LAURIE -Attention shifts to PA as polls narrow Once thought to be a lock for Obama, Pennsylvania has turned into a nightmare for the Democrats. With polls showing the state in a dead heat, Romney and his SuperPAC allies have launched a barrage of last minute advertising. Yesterday it was announced ... continue reading
The scoff: Obama's reaction to question about green energy boondoggle
By DAN CALABRESE - Oh you little people and your precious little questions. Or am I making too much of it? You tell me. I see a reaction - and a reflexive one at that - of dismissiveness over the question. The moment of truth is at 25 seconds in: The answer itself is actually quite incoherent. I have no ... continue reading
The growing sense of optimism a week out
By DAN CALABRESE - Can anything stop Romney now? Talking on the phone yesterday to the boss, I asked if he's starting to feel confident that Romney's poised to take this thing. Nope, he said. Not yet. Not until Ohio and a few other states start looking more solid. I get that. There's a lot of work left to be ... continue reading
Benghazi and those 'three clear directives' Obama says he gave
By HERMAN CAIN - Just because you say something doesn't mean it happens, Mr. President. Barack Obama needs a lesson in leadership, and this has rarely been as evident as it is when we look at his handling of the Benghazi attacks. His constant answer to questions about Benghazi is to tell everyone that he gave ... continue reading
Michael Moore and MoveOn.org manage to create most offensive campaign ad ever. NSFW
By ROBERT LAURIE - Incredibly foul-mouthed web ad features belligerent members of the "greatest generation" Before we get started, I’m warning you. There’s no way to talk about this ad without getting into the language it uses. If you’re easily offended by swearing or threats of violence, ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama Administration might delay October jobs report
By CLARK BARROW - Release could be set back until after the election. Hmm. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SANDY - Economists at Moody’s Analytics predicted Monday that Hurricane Sandy will have a noticeable but temporary impact on the U.S. economy. o Meanwhile, Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey ... continue reading
New ad: Dumping 'Mr. Cool' for 'Mr. Dependable'
By ROBERT LAURIE - New pro-Romney SuperPAC ad plays like a sequel Last week, Lena Dunham taught us how important it is that "your first time" be with someone who's really, really, cool. The virginity ad was creepy, universally reviled, and suggested women were immature idiots would respond solely to the ... continue reading
Rasmussen bombshell: Romney up by two points in Ohio
By ROBERT LAURIE - Newest poll shows Mitt pulling ahead in key state Rasmussen's newest polling, released this morning shows Barack Obama's firewall has been incinerated. According to a telephone survey of likely voters, conducted October 28th, Romney leads Obama in the Buckeye State, 50-48%. The poll has a ... continue reading
Politico poll shows Obama up 1, but its author foresees Romney win
By DAN CALABRESE - Beyond the top line. The Politico headline says "Obama retakes lead," but you'd be wise to read beyond the headline. A poll commissioned by Politico and George Washington University, and conducted by the Tarrance Group, has Obama up 49-48 nationally. Great news for Obama supporters, yes? Not ... continue reading
Obama locks up 'the dictator vote' in new ad
By ROBERT LAURIE - Dubious endorsements front and center in new ad When Putin, Chavez, and Castro have all endorsed a particular candidate, you know the other side is going to make hay. In this current race, the Obama campaign has earned their support and is enjoying the fruits of their good ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Current recovery only one-third as strong as Reagan's
By CLARK BARROW - 6.33 percent vs. 2.0 percent. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT - An analysis by the Republican side of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee last Friday revealed that annualized U.S. GDP growth at this point in President Reagan’s term was 6.33%. Last week the U.S. Bureau ... continue reading
Obama's regulatory war on small business
By HERMAN CAIN - You don't hear about it, but Obama regulators are smothering America's job creators. It’s no secret that the Obama Administration is hostile toward business. We hear it almost every day in the way President Obama scolds the so-called rich – many of whom are small business owners ... continue reading
AP 'analysis': Obama's got this
By DAN CALABRESE - Protect the narrative at all costs. They say they're not predicting, but what exactly do you call this? President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to ... continue reading
VIDEO: Pat Caddell's blistering, emotional, anti-media attack
By ROBERT LAURIE - Caddell is furious over media compliance with Obama's Benghazi cover-up Last night on Jeanine Pirro's Fox News show, long time Democrat pollster and consultant, Pat Caddell, called out the American media for its willingness to help Obama sell his Benghazi fairy tales. "I am appalled right ... continue reading
Shocker: Des Moines Register endorses Mitt Romney
By ROBERT LAURIE - First GOP endorsement since Nixon Normally, I'm not a big believer in the value of newspaper endorsements. In the world of 24-hour news cycles, websites, and cell phones, it seems like an archaic concept. Every now and then, though, the world of print media drops a bombshell. Today, ... continue reading
New ObamaCare goodness: Health insurance from Uncle Sam
By DAN CALABRESE - Slinking toward the public option. It's not what liberals really wanted. You know that. They wanted the so-called "public option," which really amounts to the government simply running the show with no pretense of involving the private sector at all. In order to make ObamaCare politically ... continue reading
New Obama ad: Hey, have you heard how awful Mitt Romney is?
By DAN CALABRESE - Attack not working . . . say it again! At least this time they're not comparing voting for Obama to having sex with him, and at least it's not the Obama Youth intoning about the dark Romney future. But that doesn't mean it's good: Honestly, when I saw this, it only added to my growing ... continue reading
Indoctrinated liberal 'zombie-children' sing about Obama's potential loss
By ROBERT LAURIE - ...And here you thought the 'virginity' ad was creepy. There's nothing liberals love more than brainwashing your kids. Ever since the election of Barack Obama, they've been creating shameless songs and raps designed to get your children singing about social issues and our fearless ... continue reading
Romney's Iowa speech sounds like a winner
By DAN CALABRESE - Closing the sale. Mitt Romney gave what he billed as a major address on the economy in Ames, Iowa today. This sounds to me like the words of a man who knows he is close to closing the sale, and expects that he is about to come president. Without further comment, here is the video along with the ... continue reading
Operatives were twice ordered to stand down, rather than assist in Benghazi
By ROBERT LAURIE - Orders were issued refusing aid to the embattled consulate Word is emerging from multiple news outlets indicating that, on the night of the Benghazi attacks, operatives were ordered to “Stand down” rather than offer assistance. According to the reports, a small ... continue reading
So 2.0 percent growth is the best Obama policies can do?
By HERMAN CAIN - They increase government spending by 9 percent, and this is all the growth we get? We learned this morning that economic growth for the third quarter was only 2 percent. That’s half what the Obama Administration predicted a year ago that it would be by this time. Obama and his media allies ... continue reading
A method behind Obama's sex ad madness?
By DAN CALABRESE - Is Lena Dunham setting a trap for Republicans? Anyone can see from the reactions, here and elsewhere, that Obama's new dripping-with-sexual-innuendo ad is shaping up to be a complete disaster. How many videos on YouTube can cull these numbers? 3,949 likes 5,474 dislikes Not many. You ... continue reading
Al Gore's Current TV putting itself up for sale
By ROBERT LAURIE - As usual, left-wing media outlets only make money when they're being liquidated Founded in 2005 by Al Gore, Current TV quickly made a name for itself as a go-to source for environmental incoherence, Democrat lunacy, and far-left diatribes. If providing an outlet for liberal kooks was the ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: GDP growth just 2 percent in third quarter
By CLARK BARROW - Most of it from consumer and government spending. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT - The U.S. economy grew 2.0% in the third quarter, fueled by higher consumer and government spending and more home building, according to a preliminary government estimate. · FISCAL ... continue reading
New Obama ad: Try to imagine it's like losing your virginity to 'great guy' Barack
By DAN CALABRESE - Yeah. That's really what an actual Obama ad says. Wow. You're going to think I'm embellishing it if you don't watch it, so watch it. Then we'll talk. Hey, I can see logic. You've got to appeal to that famous "youth vote" while also doing something to reverse the trend that sees women ... continue reading
Ted Turner thinks it's 'good' that U.S. soldiers commit suicide
By ROBERT LAURIE - Also thinks the UN should be a 'Global Policeman' Ted Turner, the man who founded the ratings-challenged cable network CNN, is aware that U.S. soldiers are committing suicide at an alarming rate. He wants you to know that he thinks this is a good thing. Last night, during an interview ... continue reading
I'm starting to get nervous about how confident I'm starting to get
By DAN CALABRESE - Pre-victory jitters? Romney is leading nationally in the RCP average. He's leading in the swing state polls. He's killing it among independents. He's tied in Ohio. And most importantly, the momentum is all in Romney's direction. I understand the Nate Silvers of the world are still acting like ... continue reading
Big Bird, binders, bayonets: Anything but the fate of the nation
By HERMAN CAIN - President Distraction. A presidential election is about the state of the nation and the quality of its leadership. At least if you’re taking it seriously. If you care about is winning at all costs, though, and the issues that matter don’t work in your favor, it’s distraction ... continue reading
Romney eliminates gender gap with women, holds lead with men
By ROBERT LAURIE – AP says women voters divided A few months ago, I was being interviewed on a radio show in Detroit. “How can Romney hope to win when he has this 16 point gender gap with women,” the host asked. “How can he possibly close it?” The answer was simple. ... continue reading
Obama to Rolling Stone: Romney's a 'bullshitter'
By DAN CALABRESE - Presidential. The name-calling itself doesn't offend me. I've referred to Obama and Biden as clowns on more than one occasion, and I'm not going to play the game where I say, well, it's OK for me to do it because I'm not the president. In fact, back in 2009, I wrote an entire column ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: White House reprimands counterterrorism official for testimony
By CLARK BARROW - Don't say terrorism is terrorism. The White House doesn't like that. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - Chief executives of more than 80 big-name U.S. corporations are banding together to pressure the U.S. Congress to reduce the federal deficit with tax-revenue increases as well as ... continue reading
New York Times still claiming 'riots in Libya' caused by YouTube vid
By ROBERT LAURIE - NYT obviously still deep in denial Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story about a new movie, scheduled to air on the National Geographic channel two days before the election, which focuses on the death of Bin Laden. The film chronicles Obama's brave decision to make the only choice he could, ... continue reading
President who knows he's losing steps up the deception
By HERMAN CAIN - Troops and tall tales. Politicians who think you are stupid try to parse words to leave impressions they know are false, but that they hope they can use to manipulate you. No one does this more than Barack Obama, and it really showed during Monday night’s debate on the subject of Iraq. To ... continue reading
Ugh: Mourdock says pregnancy from rape 'is something God intended to happen'
By DAN CALABRESE - No. It's not. Oh for crying out loud: Mourdock is wrong, and I'm going to put on my ministry hat here. I think I've spent enough years teaching Bible Study that I'm qualified to address this one. God hates all sin. Check Psalms 5:4 just for starters. To say that God "intended" a pregnancy via ... continue reading
Rasmussen: Ohio is now tied - Romney leads swing states by 5
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama's "firewall" is falling apart If you tell a random Obama supporter that the President's electoral map is completely falling apart, they'll put down their free phone and say "Yeah, but Ohio! Romney can't win without Ohio, and Obama's winning in Ohio, so Romney can't win!" Then, ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Companies warn of job cuts as economy weakens
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, Obama releases second-term agenda. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · WARNING - Faced with weakening revenue, two of the largest U.S. companies warned on Tuesday that they would cut jobs as a way of protecting their profits. · CONGRESS - Two key senators told the financial community ... continue reading
Reuters proves Obama was told Benghazi was a terror attack within two hours
By ROBERT LAURIE – Emails prove the administration knew Throughout the unfolding story of the Benghazi attacks, President Obama has maintained that his administration was not told of terrorist involvement until after the fact. First, his people clung to the YouTube video story, and then a narrative ... continue reading
Dismal Obama email: 'I don't want to lose'
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama needs money, doesn’t want to lose This morning, the Obama campaign sent out its newest email designed to grab as much cash as possible before the election. His message was filled with the kind soaring rhetoric that appeals to the best American ideals – hope, honor, ... continue reading
New Romney ad: Maintain America as the hope of the Earth
By DAN CALABRESE - Laying it right out. One of the things Romney is really good at is honing in on his core proposition. Why should you get rid of Obama and elect him? In one minute, here's why: And keep in mind, this is a clip from a live TV debate, so it's not like he had unlimited takes to deliver it ... continue reading
Obama vs. his own imaginary Romney
By HERMAN CAIN - Invent your own Romney position, then attack it. Barack Obama had his last chance in last night’s debate to make the case for his foreign policy record. He didn’t do it, though. He didn’t even try. Instead, he incessantly attacked statements by Mitt Romney – but not the ... continue reading
Debate 3: Three missed opportunities for Romney
By ROBERT LAURIE - A quick woulda, coulda, shoulda for Mitt By all accounts, Mitt Romney did alright in the third debate. It wasn't a grand slam performance, but he looked presidential, did himself no harm, and presented himself as a knowledgeable alternative to Barack Obama. Still, viewers hoping to ... continue reading
New RNC spot: Romney is more presidential
By ROBERT LAURIE - Romney's more "presidential," says just about everyone. If there's been one complaint dogging Obama, it's that he has an unflinching ability to come across as a grade-A jerk. Romney looks and acts more presidential, more polite, and more gracious. If people vote on their ability to ... continue reading
Victor Davis Hanson on Obama the sophist
By DAN CALABRESE - The know-it-all, do-nothing loudmouth we all remember. After a night of watching President Obama show his annoyance that anyone would question his eminence - just because, you know, his record governing the nation is abysmal - Victor Davis Hanson really pegged the president in a new piece for ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Federal employees earn 8 percent more than private-sector counterparts
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, Fed ready to buy more bonds. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · UNEMPLOYED - The unexpected drop in the official unemployment rate to 7.8% in September 2012 was portrayed as positive news by the Obama administration. But an analysis by the Wall Street Journal found that if the labor force ... continue reading
Third and Final Presidential Debate: running commentary
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama vs. Romney on foreign policy. The big finale! The third and final Presidential debate is upon us. With Romney hanging on to the momentum he generated during the first debate, and both Obama and Biden unable to stop the bleeding at the polls, this could be the President's ... continue reading
New Romney ad focuses on Mitt's ability to get things done
By ROBERT LAURIE - ...while highlighting Obama's inability to do the same If there’s one undeniable truth about Mitt Romney, it’s that he’s perseverant. Even people who will never vote for him have to admit he’s tenacious. That spirit has provided him with a strong image as a ... continue reading
The super-secret look into Obama's foreign policy debate prep
By MICHAEL JOHNSON- This will be Barack Obama's last debate of his Presidency, and we have the inside scoop of how he is using his foreign connections to prepare. continue reading
Politico battleground poll shows Romney pulling further ahead
By - ROBERT LAURIE .....Which just has to drive the Politico absolutely nuts. Today, Politico released the newest results of their POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll. This one's interesting, because it was taken from Sunday through Thursday of last week - meaning it's a ... continue reading
ABC: Obama has 'the upper hand' on Benghazi
By DAN CALABRESE - In what universe? Jake Tapper is far from the worst media shill for Obama. In fact, he's often pretty tough on him. But what's with this comment in a piece written jointly by Tapper, Richard Coolidge and Sherisse Pham? Tonight's third and final presidential debate will ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Another huge tax increase coming in January
By CLARK BARROW - Expiration of payroll tax cut will hit 163 million Americans. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · TAX INCREASE - A temporary reduction in Social Security payroll taxes is due to expire at the end of the year, hitting 163 million U.S. workers with a tax increase. · CONGRESS - U.S. Senator ... continue reading
Big Obama rally starring Sandra Fluke doesn't exactly draw a huge crowd
By DAN CALABRESE - An intimate gathering. The good news is: If everyone who showed up contributed a dollar, she could buy birth control pills for a whole month at most pharmacies. Not the ones she goes to, apparently, but maybe someone will clue her in: Really now, if a 30-something law student who thinks the ... continue reading
U.S. Drone was watching Benghazi attacks - Obama admin did nothing
By ROBERT LAURIE - former CIA commander “They stood, and they watched, and our people died.” You would think we’d heard the worst of the news regarding the Obama administration’s reaction to the Banghazi attacks. You’d be wrong. It seems that, with each passing day, some ... continue reading
Terrific: More Americans are getting government health care than are working
By HERMAN CAIN - Simply unsustainable. When you really think about it, it’s a stunning fact. There are now more people in America receiving government health care benefits – Medicare and Medicaid – than there are full-time workers in the economy. It’s an eye-opener, but it’s more ... continue reading
New evidence: Benghazi Consulate was begging for security upgrades....for months
By ROBERT LAURIE - Damning new documents reveal Obama admin's Benghazi disinterest I thought about going through all of this, and pulling out the most important lines. However, the Fox News piece below is just so stunning, and so utterly incriminating, that I felt it was worth posting as is. So, I've ... continue reading
Much to the Democrats' dismay - God still matters
By ROBERT LAURIE - They would have sworn they were done with all the "God nonsense." This piece actually ran yesterday as my weekly column for the Detroit News-powered commentary site, TheMichiganView.com. There's a lot of fine folks over there, fighting the good fight in a state where, to put it ... continue reading
Obama disapproval: The more strongly you feel, the worse he's doing
By DAN CALABRESE - Not much tepidness among detractors. The latest Rasmussen poll of Obama approval among likely voters has him at 48 up and 51 down, but here's the thing that's really striking: Only 29 percent say they approve strongly, whereas 43 percent say they disapprove strongly. That leaves 19 who approve ... continue reading
Reminder from Steve Moore: That Bush deficit was getting pretty tiny until . . .
By HERMAN CAIN - When Obama tries to say he inherited the deficit from Bush, there's a big honkin' problem with that claim. My friend Steve Moore pointed out this week in the Wall Street Journal that the Obama campaign’s “blame Bush” strategy includes one huge whopper that didn’t get ... continue reading
Whoa: Battery-maker employees play games, watch movies while living on federal 'green energy' funds
By DAN CALABRESE - DOE money makes their jobs possible, but for "green battery" company employees, there's no actual work to do. This is unreal. Great investigative reporting by Ken Kolker of WOOD-TV here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I live. Employess of LG Chem were brought in with great fanfare, funded in ... continue reading
Romney's comedy kills at Alfred Smith dinner
By ROBERT LAURIE - Romney offers brutally funny assault on Obama By now, most of you have probably seen clips of this, but if you've missed it here are Mitt Romney's jokes from last night's Aflred E Smith dinner in New York. He takes the opportunity to drop a blisteringly funny attack on President Obama, ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: There are now more people on government health care than there are working
By CLARK BARROW - Upside down. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - At their September meeting, U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers administered an array of tonics designed to revitalize the ailing economic recovery. Their meeting next week is likely to be more of a checkup. · UPSIDE DOWN - ... continue reading
Obama: Death of four Americans in Benghazi 'Not optimal'
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama turns the callous indifference up to 11 President Obama likes to appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, instead of shows hosted by folks like Chris Wallace. Obviously, this is because he’s virtually guaranteed an endless array of softball questions that will ... continue reading
Bill Clinton: Romney's right. Economy isn't fixed. Obama knows it.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Bill Clinton takes a page from the "with friends like these..." file. Today, at an Obama campaign event in Ohio, Bill Clinton took the stage and boldly chose to agree with Mitt Romney’s assessment of the economy. “Governor Romney’s argument is ‘we’re not fixed, so ... continue reading
Obama 'cuts out the middle man' - the private sector
By HERMAN CAIN - Who is at risk when the government makes student loans directly? The taxpayers, of course. During Tuesday night’s debate, President Obama seemed pretty proud of himself that the federal government had “cut out the middle man” and started making loans directly to students. This, ... continue reading
Welfare spending jumps 32 percent since 2009
By DAN CALABRESE - Stimulus forever! The Washington Times has the sordid details today: Welfare spending has grown substantially over the past four years, reaching $746 billion in 2011 — or more than Social Security, basic defense spending or any other single chunk of the federal ... continue reading
New RNC ad pounds on Obama jobs line from second debate
By ROBERT LAURIE - Who saw this one coming? Sometimes, when you're watching a speech or a debate, you hear a line and think "Yep. That one's going to end up in an ad." During the second Presidential debate, my radar went off when Obama said "There are some jobs that are not gonna come back." It would have ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Unemployment claims on the rise again
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama vows to veto legislation blocking expiration of Bush tax cuts. DAILY BRIEFING – SUMMARY · UNEMPLOYMENT - Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 to a seasonally adjusted 388,000 in the week of Oct. 7-13, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday, erasing ... continue reading
Gallup shows Romney pulling away among likely and registered voters
By ROBERT LAURIE - Romney now up by 6 with Likely voters According to the Gallup seven day average, Mitt Romney continues to pull ahead of Barack Obama. The latest polling, released today, shows likely voters supporting Romney by 6 points 51-45%. Among all registered voters, Romney holds a narrower two ... continue reading
Left: Let's try to make a big deal out of 'binders full of women'
By DAN CALABRESE - Would they prefer Franklin Planners? Of all the dopey storylines that people try to manufacture from debates, this might be the dopiest. This has been all over Facebook all day from liberal friends. I honestly don't even get what's supposed to be so wrong, awkward or gaffetastic about ... continue reading
Insta-Polls showing a bad debate night for Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE – quick polling shows Obama wins narrowly, but loses badly on issues In the next-day light, there’s little doubt that Obama managed to rally his base. Dem pundits are all over the place screaming about how decisively Obama managed to put away Mitt Romney. ... continue reading
Obama: More 'feisty' perhaps, but just as wrong
By HERMAN CAIN - No matter how he acts on stage, his record stinks and he can't defend it. Barack Obama knew he had to do something different last night than he did in the first debate, and he did. He acted indignant. He interrupted. He gave us the whole feisty routine that we had been told we would see. But ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: U.S. just a bit short of getting back every dime of bailout
By CLARK BARROW - Obama says we got it all back, but he's off by $24 billion. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SUPREME COURT - The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Tuesday in refusing to block a decision over disputed early voting days in the battleground state of Ohio, giving President Obama's ... continue reading
Candy Crowley: Oops, I guess I was wrong defending Obama on that terrorism thing
By DAN CALABRESE - "The thrust of what Governor Romney said was correct but I just think he picked the wrong way to go about talking about it." Great. Thanks for nothing, Candy. Another great moment for media debate moderators. I think the Romney team can probably win the after-the-fact argument on this, ... continue reading
Second Presidential Debate: running commentary
By ROBERT LAURIE - It's do or die for Obama, while Romney hopes to build on his momentum. Here we go! Two weeks ago, Romney trounced Obama. In the aftermath, polls shifted, public opinion changed, and Mitt's campaign kicked into high gear. Along the way, Obama doubled down on a troubling ... continue reading
Desperate Democrats try to keep Ryan Dishgate alive
By DAN CALABRESE - Pathetic. In case you hadn't heard, and since you surely don't care, a story was going around the other day that Paul Ryan staged a fake photo-op in which he and his wife pretended to wash some dishes that were actually clean at some homeless shelter. The story's been completely debunked, but ... continue reading
The super-secret look inside Obama's debate prep
By MICHAEL JOHNSON - Obama is feeling much more confident after his latest round of debate preparation. We've got the untold story. continue reading
3 reasons tonight's debate won't save Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE - The second Presidential debate is a minefield for the President You must have heard it by now: Obama’s extraordinary failure in the first debate was a fluke that he’ll correct tonight. He’s going to be more aggressive, more “feisty,” and he’ll do ... continue reading
Welcome to the bottom of the bus, Hillary
By HERMAN CAIN - So now it was all just "confusion." The buck never stops with Obama. One of the worst traditions of Washington is for cabinet members to take the blame when things go wrong just to protect the president from political consequences. This is why Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared Monday on ... continue reading
Why money for PBS is a drop in the bucket that matters
By DAN CALABRESE - Big Bird is not the problem. Politicians who disdain spending discipline are the problem. This whole idiotic Big Bird business got me thinking the other day back to something that happened here in my home state of Michigan a couple of years ago. It was yet another federal expenditure, involving ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Since 2009, one in, 10 out of the labor force
By CLARK BARROW - Also, business group leader urges compromise on fiscal cliff. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - Arguing that business uncertainty over Washington's year-end "fiscal cliff" is choking off hiring and investment, the head of the most prominent CEO lobbying group on Monday called on ... continue reading
MSNBC needs to fire their science department
By ROBERT LAURIE - If they have a science department, that is. No wonder MSNBC never bothers to fact check their global warming "science." If they haven't figured out that it's impossible to travel faster that the speed of light, they're probably having a tough time with subtle planetary temperature ... continue reading
From 'Space Shuttle' to 'Space Jump' in one terrible President
By ROBERT LAURIE – Remember when we had a space program? Sunday, an Austrian thrill seeker named Felix Baumgartner made history. Wearing a pressurized suit that looked like something from the Gemini program, he travelled to the edge of space in a tiny capsule. There, he opened the door, stepped ... continue reading
NBC's Chuck Todd says all of Obama's hopes riding on Debate #2
By ROBERT LAURIE - ALERT: something accurate may have been broadcast on 'Morning Joe' How much is riding on tomorrow night’s debate? If the folks at Morning Joe are to be believed: everything. Their beloved President is sinking fast, and if he doesn't do well, that may be all she wrote. ... continue reading
Get ready for the 'feisty' Obama
By DAN CALABRESE - Romney might have trouble on Tuesday, but it won't be because of President Feisty. You know that whole game where candidates try to "lower expectations" for their performances in an upcoming debate? That's noticably absent with the Obama crew as we lead up to tomorrow night's second encounter ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Consumers don't share business's concern about the fiscal cliff
By CLARK BARROW - Why the disconnect? DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - Corporate executives and business leaders have warned for months that they will have to slow spending and cut jobs if Congress and the president don’t avoid the impending “fiscal cliff” from taking effect. ... continue reading
Fiscal cliff looms, Congress goes home
By HERMAN CAIN - Why do we accept that our "leaders" will do anything to avoid solving problems? We’ve talked a lot in this space about the looming fiscal cliff, also known as Taxmageddon. This is the massive combination of tax hikes and defense spending cuts that will happen automatically at the end of ... continue reading
VIDEO: Polls tighten as Romney speaks to massive, 11,000 person, Ohio crowd
By ROBERT LAURIE - A great speech in Lebanon yesterday, as Ohio polls continue to narrow "About a week ago, I had a debate. ...and I did enjoy myself." With that opening line, Mitt Romney had a massive crowd of 11,000 people eating out of his hand. The huge attendance caused the audience to ... continue reading
Prediction: Biden just cost Obama Florida
By ROBERT LAURIE – Biden’s obnoxious performance won’t play with independent or elderly voters Paul Ryan knows his stuff. Last night, he made all the right points, had the facts on his side, and presented himself well. Despite this, Biden probably could have eked out a win if ... continue reading
Morning-after clarity: Biden is a detestable man
By DAN CALABRESE - How do people like this find their way into positions of power? I intentionally chose not to write a snap analysis after last night because a) I was feeling a little too strong a fit of anger over what I'd just watched; and b) Verlander was dealing. Come to think of it, maybe I switched A and B ... continue reading
VIDEO: Republicans pounce on Biden's arrogant laughter in new ad
By ROBERT LAURIE - Biden's ugly debate performance spotlighted in new RNC commercial There's very little argument against the idea that Biden came off as a cackling, Cheshire-like, jerk during last night's VP debate. Some Dems are trying to spin the performance as "Joe the happy warrior," but for the ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Housing starts very slow thaw
By CLARK BARROW - A real recovery is likely two years away. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · MISSING - The number of U.S. workers filing applications for jobless benefits fell last week but the figure can be attributed largely to an unexpected shift in seasonal reporting by one state rather than an indication of ... continue reading
VP debate commentary: Biden's smirks vs. Ryan's facts
By DAN CALABRESE - Biden looks to score by looking impatient and disgusted. - So far I would describe Biden's approach as making faces and saying, "Nuh uh!" - Biden has no idea what a voucher really is. - It would be nice if Ryan could finish an answer. - Democrats love to say "all the studies show," by which ... continue reading
Time for Obama to put out a long 'Ryan's a liar' video
By DAN CALABRESE - Marathon time scandal and more! It starts with the really important stuff - his marathon time. But that's actually the highlight. From there it devolves into a spin war over stuff like Medicare cuts, the nature of welfare reform and so on. The Obama crew loves to quote those dopey media "fact ... continue reading
Team Obama: Benghazi only relevant because Romney made it a big deal
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager says Romney & Ryan have politicized Benghazi According to Stephanie Cutter, Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager, the "entire reason" we're talking about a terrorist attack that killed four Americans and destroyed a U.S. consulate building is that it's been ... continue reading
'Peaceful' Muslim Brotherhoood calls for Holy Jihad against Israel
By ROBERT LAURIE - Are we still pretending these guys are nothing more than a peaceful political organization? It's tough to find anyone who's still buying President Obama's line that the Muslim Brotherhood is nothing more than a secular political organization. His assertion, that they should play an important ... continue reading
The super-secret insider look at Biden's debate prep
By MICHAEL JOHNSON - Biden is getting plenty of "help" in his debate preparation. We've got the untold story. continue reading
Breaking: Yemeni security chief killed at U.S. embassy there
By DAN CALABRESE - Drive-by shooting. Via Fox News. It's developing. Here's what they have so far. A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official at the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting in the capital Sanaa on Thursday, officials said. The Yemeni officials said the killing bore the hallmarks of an Al ... continue reading
Mother of Benghazi victim: They're lying to me (video)
By DAN CALABRESE - "I cried on Obama's shoulder, and then he looked off into the distance, so that was useless to me." Wow. There's not much you can say, or should say, to add to this. It speaks for itself that powerfully. So let's get to it: Is this administration's inclination to B.S. so reflexive that ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Economy expands 'modestly', Fed says
By CLARK BARROW - Housing, manufacturing somewhat improved. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · BEIGE BOOK - The U.S. economy "expanded modestly" in late August and September, with housing becoming a bright spot and manufacturing somewhat improved, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its Beige Book report on ... continue reading
Ryan campaign releases new ad focusing on his Medicare plan
By ROBERT LAURIE - New Ryan for Congress ad lays out Medicare plan ahead of debates While Paul Ryan has his sights set on the Vice-President's mansion, he's also still running for re-election in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional district. So, while the national campaign focuses on the Presidential race, his local ... continue reading
New Romney ad: 'My priority is putting people back to work'
By DAN CALABRESE - Just about perfect. I think this is my favorite of all the ads Romney has put out to date. It's ideal in its simple and straightforward approach to the issue, and of course, the Obama head-bow is priceless: Not only does it effectively address Obama's claim that he's going to raise taxes ... continue reading
Michael Tomasky: Come on! Make Romney unacceptable again!
By DAN CALABRESE - Time to invent a new green-toothed monster Mitt. Writing in the Daily Beast, Michael Tomasky pretty much gives away the game (and maybe he didn't care that he was giving it away): The entire Obama campaign strategy had been to create a fictional, monstrous Mitt Romney that the electorate ... continue reading
NO PROTESTS - State Dept. officials finally reveal the truth about Benghazi attacks
After nearly a month of lies, denials, and diversions, we finally know what really happened Yesterday, on condition of anonymity, Senior State Department officials told reporters that, on the night of the attacks, there was no protest whatsoever. In fact, all was quiet outside the Benghazi consulate. No ... continue reading
American Crossroads absolutely destroys Obama on Benghazi (video)
By DAN CALABRESE - Fish in a barrel. Wow. It's so damning, it would almost seem like kooky Alex Jones stuff if it didn't consist of information that even the Obama-loving MSM now can't ignore: And we're hearing more every day about concerns that were expressed, and requests for security upgrades that were ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Business leaders want action to avoid fiscal cliff
By CLARK BARROW - Washington's inaction is making companies afraid to grow or hire. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - Washington’s leading business groups on Tuesday denounced Congress’s inaction on the “fiscal cliff” of budget cuts and tax hikes, saying the growing ... continue reading
Real Clear Politics and Public Policy Polling both show Romney ahead
By ROBERT LAURIE – Even the left wing polls have turned on Obama If there’s one set of numbers on which Democrats love to hang their hopes, it’s the Real Clear Politics average. Offer them any individual poll and they’ll either say “yeah but that’s just Rasmussen” ... continue reading
Ryan rightly disses idiot reporter's stupid question
By DAN CALABRESE - Anyone with a brain would "get testy" with this moron. This interview from Flint's ABC12 is getting lots of attention today, and of course, the narrative is that Paul Ryan "got testy" or whatever with reporter Terry Camp. Actually, Camp asked a stupid question and Ryan treated it as such. ... continue reading
Romney not too intimidated by Obama's Big Bird crap
By DAN CALABRESE - Nor should he be. Really, this is so easy, Romney would almost be guilty of campaign malpractice if he didn't say it: Kevin Madden, a senior Romney adviser, told reporters on board the candidate's plane Tuesday the campaign isn't taking the Obama's latest offensive seriously. "Right now, you've ... continue reading
Video: Ryan cuts off Flint, MI interview over 'strange' questioning
By ROBERT LAURIE - Reporters probably shouldn't try to put words in Ryan's mouth Considering that Flint Michigan gave the world the journalistic integrity of Michael Moore, I suppose I shouldn't expect much from its reporters. Still, check out what happens when a Flint, Michigan TV interviewer tries to put words ... continue reading
Team Obama accuses Romney of buying election, congratulates Chavez
By ROBERT LAURIE – If a socialist thug buys an election, it’s apparently just fine According to the pool transcript of his comments, on Sunday White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, told reporters that the “US congratulates the Venezuelan people on its election, while noting the US has ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Food stamp recipients on the rise again
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama congratulates Venezuela for re-electing Chavez. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SLOWDOWN - Most major economies are to slow further in coming months, with only Brazil and the U.K. to experience a moderate pickup, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... continue reading
Obama endures terrible round of polling from ...The Politico?
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama continues his difficult post-debate week with a round of bad polling. Everyone loves to dismiss Rasmussen. Despite the fact that they did the most accurate polling of 2008, the mainstream and left-wing media always try to write them off as some kind of conservative polling ... continue reading
Full Video of Romney foreign policy speech in Virginia
By ROBERT LAURIE - The whole Romney foreign policy speech from earlier today. Here's the complete video of Mitt Romney's impressive foreign policy speech. This was delivered Monday morning at the Virginia Military Institute. I think it's yet another game changer - one that will squarely focus the ... continue reading
Romney pounds on Obama's foreign policy failures in a remarkable speech
By ROBERT LAURIE – Romney sets the stage for his second debate In an intense, wide-ranging foreign policy speech, Mitt Romney managed to tear into Obama’s record of foreign policy appeasement, present a vision of what his own administration would look like, and set the stage for his second ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Chinese telecom companies may pose security threat to the United States
DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY CONGRESS - Chinese telecom companies are bracing for a new U.S. congressional report that is likely to accuse them of posing a security threat to the United States. CONGRESS - Companies that want to export coal to Asia could find roadblocks in their path if Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) ... continue reading
Facts and stories:Voters finally get exposed to the difference
By HERMAN CAIN - Obama can't get away with telling tales with Romney on stage to call him out. On the one hand, you have facts, which are devastating to the Obama re-election effort. The latest came out today, as we learned that only 114,000 new jobs were created in September. Do not let anyone tell you this is a ... continue reading
SNL takes on the MSNBC post-debtae meltdown
By ROBERT LAURIE - Time out for a moment of comedy After four years of pretending Bush was still in office, Saturday Night Live has finally started to skewer Democrats on a regular basis. Their best moment this week was their take on the bizarro MSNBC post-game show, featuring Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, ... continue reading
On the heels of a disastrous debate, Obama heads to Hollywood
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama makes kissy-faces with millionaires while his campaign falls apart Maybe he's hoping to shore up support from mega-donors like George Clooney. Perhaps he's trying to get his famous friends to return to their more vocal, 2008, ways. Possibly, he's just there for some acting ... continue reading
Allen West schools belligerent CNBC host on Obama Jobs numbers
By ROBERT LAURIE - Tea Party favorite shuts down obnoxious yakker This morning, former GE CEO Jack Welch took to Twitter and accused the Obama administration of actively trying to skew the jobs numbers in an effort to bolster the President's chances in November. Essentially, he claimed that the data was altered ... continue reading
Daily Caller: NAACP official files police report against Obama campaign
By DAN CALABRESE - Chicago-style intimidation. Via the Daily Caller: David Lowery, the president of the South Suburban Branch of the NAACP in Chicago, says Louis Raymond, the Illinois political director for Obama’s campaign, threatened him during a recent phone conversation, according to a local news ... continue reading
Dems celebrate jobs number, as another 342K leave workforce
By ROBERT LAURIE - Workforce continues to shrink, Obama continues to brag According to this morning’s job report, the nation added 114,000 jobs, pushing the overall unemployment rate down to 7.8%. The left is sure to seize upon the number and trumpet it as good news. But, if you look a little closer, the ... continue reading
Here comes the spin, but real unemployment remains unchanged and horrible
By DAN CALABRESE - U6 unemployment is what matters, and it remains unchanged at 14.7 percent. This morning's jobs report is giving Obama's media backers a chance to change the narrative, and you'll be hearing throughout the day how this is "good news for the president" because unemployment has finally dipped ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Only 114,000 new jobs added in September
By CLARK BARROW - Unemployment rate drops to 7.8 percent but job growth still well below replacement levels. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · JOBS - The U.S. economy generated 114,000 jobs in September, but the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said ... continue reading
VIDEO: Biden admits 'yes we do' want to raise taxes a trillion dollars
By ROBERT LAURIE - Biden + Camera = pro-tax Gold We all know you want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars, Joe. But, didn't you get the memo? You're not supposed to say it in public. You're supposed to keep it secret until your second term. Then, you can just go nuts, taxing the heck out of ... continue reading
Over 58 million people tune in to watch Romney trounce Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE - Up substantially from 2008, Fox wins the night by a huge margin If you're going to get torn apart by a competitor, it's always best to do it when no one is looking. Unfortunately for Obama, a massive number of people were in their seats to watch Mitt Romney manhandle him in last ... continue reading
I'm back on The Daily Show with Herman Cain: An American Presidency
By HERMAN CAIN - "When you lent that money to my predecessors, did you really think you were gonna get it back?" These spots are a lot of fun to create. John Oliver is hilarious and, yes, I really do have to give the answers unrehearsed and unscripted. Hey, it's a good thing for the Chinese that I'm president or ... continue reading
The best the DNC can do today: Romney was rude!
By DAN CALABRESE - When life deals you lemons . . . I mean, really, what else can they say? You'd think they'd be able to pick out some sort of clip, edit it cleverly and make Obama look good. But no. There was nothing. And clearly they realize it.continue reading
Obama gets pretty flustered when someone challenges his nonsense
By HERMAN CAIN - Mitt Romney's not the kind of guy who will just stand there and let you get away with lying. Barack Obama proved tonight that he knows can’t defend his record, so he tried the infamous tactic of the Big Lie. This means you make an outrageous statement and just keep repeating it. The fact ... continue reading
Al Gore's Obama excuse: That Denver air sure is thin
By DAN CALABRESE - This is not from the Onion. Sure. Makes sense. This is supposed to be why the Rockies are usually much better at home than on the road. It's tough to adjust to that altitude, baby! Especially note the amen choir sitting along side Big Al in the studio. Why yes! Of course! That's why he lost! ... continue reading
Obama will 'come back strong.' The new bogus narrative
By ROBERT LAURIE - How can Obama "come back" when he has no tools to do so? Everyone from Chris Matthews, to Bill Maher, to – unbelievably – Van Jones has now declared Obama the loser in last night’s debate. Clearly, this isn’t surprising to anyone who watched the ... continue reading
NY Times bemoans 'unhelpful' debate
By DAN CALABRESE - Tough day in the blue cocoon. Come on. You have to let them go through the steps. I guess this one's denial, or is it anger? Maybe if Paul Krugman, Nick Kristof and Gail Collins had been the moderators, they could have more effectively ensured a night of fair, enlightening discourse. Maybe ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: More people give up looking for work
By CLARK BARROW - Tough to win a debate when your own economy is this bad. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · UNEMPLOYMENT - The number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 367,000 in the week of Sept. 23- 29, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. · RATE - ... continue reading
The awesome, fantastic, wonderful, post-Obama-loss Chris Matthews meltdown
By DAN CALABRESE - Someone needs a tissue. Wow. Tough night for the MSNBC crew, but dang. I guess we're past the point of discussing "evidence of bias" when it comes to these guys. And of course, it's fun to play the if-even-MSNBC-knows-Obama-lost game. Yeah. Everyone knows Obama lost. But seriously, is ... continue reading
First Presidential Debate - running commentary
By ROBERT LAURIE - Here we go! Can Romney pull it off? Can Obama hold off his challenger? Finally, after weeks of hand wringing, the first dbate is here. There's obviously a lot riding on the next 90 minutes, so it should be interesting. We'll be here all night, offering coverage, commentary, and ... continue reading
The only seven things I want to hear from Romney tonight
By DAN CALABRESE - Avoid Obama distractions and dopey moderators questions, and focus on these. I thought about titling the item, "What I want to see from Romney and Obama", but the only things I really want to see from Obama are a total admission of his utter failure as president, and perhaps an offer to resign. ... continue reading
4 things Romney needs to do in the first debate
By ROBERT LAURIE – tonight’s debate could be the most important in our history. Here's how to win. Ignore Jim Lehrer Lehrer is an old-school PBS lefty. Despite declaring that he would never moderate another debate, he’s back for one more self-aggrandizing turn in the spotlight. Why a ... continue reading
The big Obama race video: Is there really anything here?
By DAN CALABRESE - We already knew all this, didn't we? I'm not really sure what the game changer is supposed to be here: Is it the implication that Bush and company were racist in their treatment of New Orleans? Pretty much everyone on the left was saying that at the time. Why should we be surprised that ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Border agents shot, Social Security outlook dims
By CLARK BARROW - Plus, the Chinese sue Obama! DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · UNEMPLOYMENT - Using a new method for forecasting the U.S. unemployment rate, two economists predict the September U.S. employment rate will be 8.1 percent. · CONGRESS - Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate on ... continue reading
Biden tees it up, Ryan knocks it out of the park
By DAN CALABRESE - When your opponent makes it this easy . . . Well yeah, that wasn't hard. As Rob noted in his earlier piece, Biden once again stumbled into the truth and admitted that the middle class have been "buried" under Obama - and indeed they have. What's a clear thinking rival to do? Just what ... continue reading
Biden admits middle class 'buried' during Obama presidency
By ROBERT LAURIE – Biden opens mouth, inserts foot, admits truth When you’re watching a campaign, you look for the bright spots. The best days are filled either by big news, big policy, or big gaffes. If we’re being honest, the gaffes tend to be the most interesting, ... continue reading
U.S. Government develops new Batman-esque cell phone spyware
By ROBERT LAURIE – tech creates detailed 3-D renderings of target homes, businesses, etc. Remember that plot device in The Dark Knight where Batman could create real-time 3D renderings of Gotham City by taking over resident’s phones? Well, thanks to the United States Navy, something similar is ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Ben Bernanke would prefer not to have Congress questioning him
By CLARK BARROW - Respect my authoritah. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a sharp defense Monday of the U.S. Federal Reserve's bold policies to stimulate the weak economy, while cautioning Congress to respect its private discussions. · ... continue reading
'Night of the Living Pelosi' is easily the weirdest campaign spot of all time
By ROBERT LAURIE - Libertarian GOP candidate wins "bizzare commercial" award Being a Republican in San Francisco has to be tough. It's probably the most left-wing city in America, so if you want to get into office you'd better be a Libertarian. The man currently trying to dethrone Nancy Pelosi is pro gay ... continue reading
Rasmussen: Pollsters aren't lying, but race too close to call
By DAN CALABRESE - It's methodology, not ideology, that's producing such wildly divergent results. Scott Rasmussen is of course Republicans' favorite pollster because he weights his samples in such a way to produce results that look a lot more encouraging for the GOP. Does that mean other pollsters are ... continue reading
When caught airing deceptive footage, Joe Scarborough tears into conservatives
By ROBERT LAURIE - Host boldly chooses to be wrong about having been wrong A few days ago, Dan Calabrese wrote about the piece of doctored video that ran on the "Morning Joe" show which appeared to make Mitt Romney look rather foolish. Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Mika Brzezinski made a lot of wisecracks, and ... continue reading
American Crossroads unleashes scathing new Obama foreign policy spot
By ROBERT LAURIE - Targets Obama's ongoing distraction during recent world events Ouch. This new ad from the American Crossroads SuperPac is absolutely brutal. Of course, it's also absolutely correct. Obama has spent the last few weeks panhandling and yakking with Joy Behar while the world descends ... continue reading
Lottery winner who kept receiving food stamps is found dead
By DAN CALABRESE - Simply a tragic story all around. It was only a few months ago that Lincoln Park, Michigan's Amanda Clayton became the poster girl for all that's wrong with welfare policies in America. Having won the $1 million jackpot in the Michigan Lottery, the 25-year-old Clayton took advantage of an ... continue reading
Monday morning polling shows Obama on shaky ground
By ROBERT LAURIE - Statistical tie favors Romney as debates loom Yesterday, during an appearance on Meet the Press, senior White House advisor David Plouffe had this to say: "There's gonna be ups or downs. We know the media is anxious to write the Romney recovery and comeback story. We understand that, first of ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: The many tax increases of ObamaCare
By CLARK BARROW - We've got the five worst, but that's just the beginning. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · STALLED - According to an analysis by James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute, 2012 may be the worst non-recession, non-depression year in modern U.S. economic history. · OBAMACARE - ... continue reading
The undecided voter and Obama's ad full of nonsense
By HERMAN CAIN - Obama figures most voters don't pay that much attention. Is he right? When a candidate for office produces a campaign ad, he can say anything he wants. It doesn’t even have to be true. It should be true. But if voters are willing to take what a candidate says at face value without ... continue reading
Hugo Chavez: You better believe I'd vote for Obama
By DAN CALABRESE - The company he keeps. Not only that, but he's pretty sure Obama would vote for him if given the chance. Of course, the famous handshake was shortly after Obama took office in 2009, and it's not as things are all that friendly between Washington and Caracas. Chavez even expelled our ambassador ... continue reading
Pat Caddell and Chris Christie tear into blatant media bias
By ROBERT LAURIE – A weekend of harsh truth from unlikely bedfellows This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace was surprisingly tough on Paul Ryan. In a wide ranging, issue-driven, interview, Wallace demanded specifics from the would-be Vice President. He did so over, and over, again. ... continue reading
Reminder from SNL: Obama's economy is horrible
By DAN CALABRESE - The closest thing to truth you'll see on NBC. I guess this is a week old. I haven't stayed up to watch Saturday Night Live in years, maybe decades. But it's amazing how funny a show can be when it's not ignoring the truth to try to protect its guy: The really biting point here is that the SNL ... continue reading
College heckler meets Herman Cain
By KATHY HOEKSTRA - Game. Set. Match. As a proud Wolverine, I was thrilled that the Job Creators Solutions College Truth Tour included a stop at the University of Michigan, where Herman Cain would speak truth to an auditorium filled with students. The trip to Ann Arbor followed stops at Central Michigan ... continue reading
MSNBC busted doctoring Romney clip
By DAN CALABRESE - Facepalm, all right, but not for Romney. Hat tip to my buddy Alex Lara here. This is about as blatant as it gets. It's a little confusing and I had to watch it twice, but here's the gist of it: Romney introduces Ryan and the crowd starts chanting, "Romney." Romney then implores the crowd ... continue reading
Polling shows Obama's Jewish support may be waning
By ROBERT LAURIE - On the surface, the numbers look tough - but let's dig a little The Jerusalem Post has just published a new set of polls about the upcoming election. Conducted by the American Jewish Committee, the results show some disturbing news for the President. According to the Post, ... continue reading
Hey, maybe a 75 percent tax rate will bring prosperity to France
By DAN CALABRESE - New rate "has always been billed as a symbolic measure since it will bring in very little revenue." In France, Socialists don't mess around. Today, the government is unveiling a budget about which its finance minister proudly says, "This is a serious budget, it's a leftist budget and it's ... continue reading
Whatever happened to 'McJobs?'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Under Obama, the concept seems to have vanished... This piece actually ran yesterday as my weekly column for the Detroit News-powered website, TheMichiganView.com. It's Michigan's finest conservative opinion site, so I urge you to head over and check it out. They're gracious enough to let ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: New austerity, and new riots, in Greece and Spain
By CLARK BARROW - Fiscal reality isn't sitting well with populations who are used to generous welfare state policies. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · JOBS - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Thursday it had undercounted job growth, meaning the economy added 386,000 more jobs than previously ... continue reading
Dick Morris goes all in with the thing about Romney leading
By DAN CALABRESE - Obama below 50 percent means a Mitt win. This is a couple days old, but I think it's worth a look. I know, I know, it's Dick Morris. The same Dick Morris who declared shortly before the 2008 election that Obama's momentum had peaked and that McCain would be the next president. Fair enough. ... continue reading
New Romney spots target Obama in Pennsylvania
By ROBERT LAURIE - As some polls suggest Pennsylvania has tightened, Romney strikes in new commercials Two recent polls by Voter Survey Service in Pennsylvania managed to shock pundits by showing the race much tighter than anyone had been predicting. Both sets of numbers present the race leaning ... continue reading
New Obama ad: More promises, more Bolshevik
By HERMAN CAIN - This ad is such a load of crap, there is no English word that will do it justice. It must be nice to be a candidate for office who can say absolutely anything, and can promise absolutely anything, without fear of serious media scrutiny. In other words, with an unlimited license to B.S., you might ... continue reading
VIDEO: Vote for Obama, get a free phone....and more!
By ROBERT LAURIE - Ladies and gentlemen, we present you with the 47% There are just no words... Never mind that Obama is taking taxpayer dollars from hard working Americans in order to buy the phones. Never mind that this is wealth redistribution at its most basic. Heck, ignore the fact that there is ... continue reading
Romney accuses Obama campaign of character assassination
By ROBERT LAURIE - Candidate refuses to stoop to that level Yesterday, in an interview with CBS News, Romney was pressed on his campaign strategy by reporter Jan Crawford. After claiming that Romney's supporters are desperate for Mitt to get tougher on the President, she asked "They think you haven't been ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Revised 2nd Quarter GDP growth worse than first reported
By CLARK BARROW - Turns out the economy only grew by 1.3 percent. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT - Real U.S. gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2012, according to the "third" estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic ... continue reading
Daily Caller's 'Jack Ryan files' a wealth of Obama oppo research
By DAN CALABRESE - Obama amassed quite the track record in Springfield. Remember Jack Ryan? No, not the Tom Clancy character played by Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin and, for some reason, Ben Affleck. Jack Ryan was a pretty highly regarded Republican political figure in Illinois until someone (maybe we should ask ... continue reading
Joy Behar: 'Maybe Obama would rather talk to me'
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama would rather talk to her than deal with Netanyahu America, you have committed the unforgivable crime of irritating Joy Behar. How dare you. “The View” cohost doesn’t like that the President is receiving so much criticism over his decision to appear on her ... continue reading
New Ryan - yes, Ryan - ad: What future do we leave?
By DAN CALABRESE - Preventing the predictable crisis. It's technically a Ryan for Congress ad, because he's technically running for re-election to Congress simultaneous to his run for vice president. But of course, once it's on YouTube, it can go wherever it goes. It surely won't be limited to his congressional ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: 12.3 million face new liabilities from Taxmageddon
By CLARK BARROW - A lot more people will be stuck with tax bills if we go over the fiscal cliff. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · MANUFACTURING - According to analysis by the Boston Consulting Group, manufacturing and supporting jobs will continue to grow by 5 million over the next decade. The firm previously ... continue reading
New Romney defines 'Compassion' in conservative terms
By ROBERT LAURIE - Conservative ideology front and center in new TV spot. It's a long standing axiom that "Liberals define compassion by how many they can place on welfare, Conservatives define compassion by how many people no longer need it." That simple concept has become a cornerstone of the conservative ... continue reading
Obama at the UN: A pretty soft condemnation of terrorism
By DAN CALABRESE - Not terrible, but what reason did Obama give terrorists to fear us? If you didn't see the president's speech at the UN today, the New York Times has the full text. It wasn't terrible. He finally gave a strong defense of constitutional free speech rights, and I liked that he opened by talking ... continue reading
Romney outlines details of revised U.S. Foreign Aid plan
By ROBERT LAURIE - Romney has a plan to make foreign aid a quid-pro-quo, dependent upon international concessions In Washington today, Mitt Romney outlined some of the changes he’d make to the U.S. Foreign Aid program should he be elected in November. During a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative, ... continue reading
Madonna: 'We have a black Muslim in the White House'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Madonna promises to strip naked if Obama is re-elected - the stakes just got higher. Throughout the current election, most celebrities have wisely quieted down. One, however, is apparently not quite as smart. Last night, during her concert in Washington DC, aging singer Madonna gave what ... continue reading
Ryan: Unless you want to re-elect Obama 'Don't vote for Ron Paul'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Paul Ryan tells Paul supporters that a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama I'd like a moment to talk to the Ron Paul conservatives out there. I get it. You're a strict constructionist, you want staunch adherence to the founding principles, and you only see one candidate who's got a track record ... continue reading
Hillary: We need to tax the rich through the nose globally
By DAN CALABRESE - In case you've become convinced she would have been better than Obama. Helpful reminder time, since I know there's an element of thinking within conservative circles that we would have been better off with a President Hillary. It's sort of like the syndrome by which you always want the backup ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Ahmadinejad strangely undeterred by UN warning against inflammatory remarks
By CLARK BARROW - Calls Israel's existence a "passing phase" in Middle East history. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), described the United States' struggles to deal with the "fiscal cliff," as well as a ... continue reading
Stevens Journal found in unsecured Consulate, FBI still not in Benghazi.
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama votes "present" in the deaths of four U.S. citizens and the destruction of our property Over the weekend, we learned that Christopher Stevens was worried about security at the Benghazi consulate. His death, which President Obama has callously referred to as "a speedbump" in his ... continue reading
'Unskewed' polls show Romney up an average of 7.8 points, but are they accurate?
By ROBERT LAURIE - New site seeks to reverse oversampling and over-estimation of Democrat turnout Earlier today, Dan Calabrese gave his assessment of why Dick Morris’s claim of an impending Romney victory might not be so far off. The argument is that polling is currently skewed heavily in Obama's ... continue reading
According to the Pakistan foreign minister, Americans enjoy too much freedom
By ROBERT LAURIE - In order to foster mutual respect, the U.S. should reign in free speech In the wake of ongoing Middle East uprisings, the left was quick to lay blame at the feet of those exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Their first reaction was to denounce a ridiculous YouTube video, before trying ... continue reading
Is Dick Morris right that Romney is really winning?
By DAN CALABRESE - He makes a pretty compelling argument. Sometimes I think Dick Morris is a little too willing to embrace the most optimistic take on behalf of his own favored candidates, so when I saw that he had done a piece asserting that Romney is doing much better than the media says, my initial reaction ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Federal program to promote hiring of the homeless flops
By CLARK BARROW - Feds discover that trying to incentivize hiring is not as easy as they thought. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - According to an analysis of government figures, the economic impact of the impending fiscal cliff has yet to impact the U.S. job market. · FLOP - A new U.S. ... continue reading
Note to Obama: You can't change Washington when you ignore the people!
By HERMAN CAIN - Obama has failed to change Washington for the very reason he said. He ignores the will of the people. It was an extraordinary admission of failure. President Obama didn’t realize exactly what he was acknowledging the other day when he said, “You can’t change Washington from the ... continue reading
Saturday Night Live targets undecided voters
By ROBERT LAURIE - Comedy show breaks with tradition, does something funny Normally, Saturday Night Live is just a mouthpiece for the Obama administration. Its head writer, Seth Meyers, has donated thousands to the President throughout both campaigns and he's a regular fixture at the White House ... continue reading
About that 'I'd be leading Obama' comment from Herman Cain
By KATHY HOEKSTRA - Pardon the boss for believing in himself . . . oh, and consider what else he said. By now, most of the nation has seen the headline run by the Gainesville Sun referencing Herman Cain's speech Thursday night at the University of Florida: "Cain says he'd be leading Obama if he were nominee". ... continue reading
Skyrocketing cost and use of food stamps cripples Farm Bill
By ROBERT LAURIE - More Americans apply for food stamps or disability than are finding jobs According to charts released by the Senate Budget Committee, there are more Americans applying for disability or being added to the food stamp rolls than there are finding jobs. During the three months from April to ... continue reading
Libyan official says they don't have the 'power' to catch embassy killers
By ROBERT LAURIE - Don't hold your breath waiting for Libya's assistance in capturing Ambassador's murderers One day after the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, President Obama took to the airwaves. “Make no mistake,” he said. “We will work with the Libyan government to bring to ... continue reading
New Romney ad attacks Obama's 'You can't change Washington' moment
By ROBERT LAURIE - Blistering new campaign commercial paints President as a failure Well, that didn't take long. In a story we first discussed yesterday, Barack Obama told Univision interviewers that "The most important lesson I've learned is that you can't change Washington from the inside. You ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Investors getting pretty nervous about the fiscal cliff
By CLARK BARROW - Also, House Republicans extend invitation to Netanyahu. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FISCAL CLIFF - A recent survey conducted by Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Fund Manager found that more investors are concerned about the upcoming U.S. fiscal cliff than they are the European debt crisis. ... continue reading
Obama 'You can't change Washington from the inside'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Mr. "Hope and Change" says he can't supply the "change" Today, during an interview with Univision, the President asked which was the biggest lesson he'd learned during his first term. His answer is in the video below. He went on to say that change has to come from the American ... continue reading
What a surprise: The CBO wild-ass guessed about ObamaCare fines
By DAN CALABRESE - So they were off by 2 million. Guessing is hard! The real news here is not that the CBO now thinks it underestimated how many people would get stuck paying the fine for not having health insurance under ObamaCare. Yeah, they said 4 million and now they think 6 million. No one should be ... continue reading
VIDEO - Obama: Union power and collectivism 'core of my faith'
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama says union and populist movements the “better angels” of our country Another day, another disturbing video of Barack Obama. This time it’s from 1995. At the time, Obama was on a book tour to promote his partially-fictional autobiography “Dreams ... continue reading
Who needs 50 stars when you've got the Obama campaign logo?
By DAN CALABRESE - There are no words. Dude. continue reading
Daily Briefing: Suspension of work requirement has exploded food stamp dependence
By CLARK BARROW - New study shows explosion of food stamp recipients directly tied to suspension of work requirements. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · UNEMPLOYMENT - Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 382,000 in the week ended Sept. 15, the U.S. Labor ... continue reading
Counterterrorism director contradicts White House version of embassy attacks
By ROBERT LAURIE - Jay Carney is being contradicted by his own administration regarding last week's attacks This morning, finally, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney finally dropped the ludicrous Youtube video explanation of last week's violence. "What I can tell you is that, as I said last week, as ... ... continue reading
Obama to Letterman on the debt: 'I don't remember what the number was precisely'
By DAN CALABRESE - Um, Mr. President, it's over $16 trillion. Write yourself a note. Actually the part where he claims not to know the amount - since he doesn't want to say it - is far from the most dishonest thing he says here: Letterman asks him where all this debt came from and he blames things ... continue reading
Detroit teen pulls a gun on Google Street View
By ROBERT LAURIE - Photos show Detroit kids pointing gun at Google van I love Detroit. Let me make that clear. I was born in the city, and I've lived most of my life in and around it. That said, it's a city that has been utterly decimated by left wing division politics, class warfare, union ... continue reading
Poll: Obama foreign policy approval rating plummets
By ROBERT LAURIE - New poll shows large drop in one of Obama's strongest categories We've just seen the results of the first poll since the rioting in the Middle East began a week ago, and it carries bad news for team Obama. According to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released yesterday afternoon, approval ... continue reading
Media treats Obama 'redistribution' video exactly as you'd expect
By DAN CALABRESE - 'Romney tries to change subject' declares the vaunted Fourth Estate. You really didn't expect anything different, did you? Out comes a video of Obama declaring his belief in income redistribution, and the story is not what he said - or how his actual policies over the past four years reflect ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: OK, maybe the attacks were pre-planned, Carney now says
By CLARK BARROW - One story doesn't fly . . . try another. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · DECLINE - The Fraser Institute released its 2012 Economic Freedom of the World report on Tuesday. In the report, the United States, long considered a champion of economic freedom among large industrial nations, dropped to ... continue reading
Obama in 1998: 'I actually believe in redistribution'
By ROBERT LAURIE - Finally, a piece of tape that's actually scandalous! After enduring two days of completely benign, yet supposedly shameful, videos of Mitt Romney, a new piece of tape has emerged that's actually scandalous. However, this time, it doesn't feature the Republican challenger. Instead it ... continue reading
GASP! Romney doesn't think Palestinians want peace! Scandalous!
By ROBERT LAURIE - A new round of supposedly damaging Mother Jones videos. Oh No! MotherJones.com has released another pair of terrible, mean, destructive videos of Mitt Romney speaking at a fundraiser. This time, he's discussing the situation in the Middle East, Israeli/Palestinian relations, the ... continue reading
Hey Mitt, ignore the media and keep talking!
By DAN CALABRESE - The media can invent all the "campaign gaffe" narratives they want. Romney is right and he should not back down. Mitt Romney does not have a problem because Mother Jones caught him on video characterizing Obama voters as dependent on government. That was the truth, and more people need to know ... continue reading
Romney should run on, not from, the Mother Jones videos
By ROBERT LAURIE – If he had the guts to run on his 47% message, he’d be winning You can always tell the truth of a conservative statement by how badly the left freaks out over it. Case in point, the Mother Jones videos posted yesterday. In them, Romney makes the argument that 47% of the ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Bush wants the power to detain Americans without charges. Wait. Who's president now?
By CLARK BARROW - Remember when Democrats assailed Bush for civil liberties atrocities in the War on Terror? Well. Never mind. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · UNCERTAINTY - Uncertainty over the economic outlook has added between one and two percentage points to the U.S. unemployment rate since 2008, according ... continue reading
Mother Jones unveils 'scandalous' Romney videos that you'll probably agree with
By ROBERT LAURIE - The left seems really upset by this. Guess the truth hurts. Today, the far left rag and website, Mother Jones, took time away from its normally busy schedule of promoting Occupy Wall Street in order to destroy Mitt Romney. The self-described "independent news outlet" obtained secret video ... continue reading
John Bolton: Video-blaming Carney an embarassment
By DAN CALABRESE - Not aimed at the United States? Come on. It's not hard shooting fish in a barrell, but that doesn't make Bolton's case any less compelling: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comcontinue reading
Romney campaign to begin unleashing specifics of its budget plan
By ROBERT LAURIE - Romney shifts into a more detailed campaign ahead of the debates If there's been one constant complaint about the Romney campaign, even from conservatives, it's been that the candidate has been light on details. He says he'll cut the budget, the debt, and government spending, but he's ... continue reading
Friendly note from George Shultz and friends: Things are much worse than you think
By DAN CALABRESE - Let's put it this way: We're screwed. It's nothing you didn't know, or at least I'm sure you knew a lot of it, but see it laid out this comprehensively is almost too much to bear when you gulp and understand: This is our reality. It's really something, though, when you understand how the Fed is ... continue reading
Michigan constitutional amendment would codify union power...and it's in trouble
By ROBERT LAURIE - New constitutional amendment would be Michigan's economic suicide note. It's called the "Protect Our Jobs Amendment" or Prop 2, and it will be on November's ballot in Michigan. For those unaware, it's an amendment designed to enshrine union power in the state, and make public sector ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: White House confronts China on trade practices
By CLARK BARROW - Obama demands end to subsidies of auto part exports. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · DOWNGRADE - Ratings firm Egan-Jones cut its credit rating on the U.S. government to "AA-" from "AA," citing its opinion that quantitative easing from the U.S Federal Reserve would hurt the U.S. economy and the ... continue reading
QE3: The definition of insanity returns
By HERMAN CAIN - It doesn't work, and we know why it doesn't work, but the Fed is giving us more "quantitative easing" anyway. Einstein may have been a genius, but it doesn’t take a genius to see the wisdom of one of his most famous sayings: Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a ... continue reading
Obama and the Middle East. A week of cognitive dissonance and failure
By ROBERT LAURIE - Sunday morning, Obama and his administration continue to deny Libyan reality Friday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney took to the podium and informed the press that the uprisings in the Middle East were solely directed at an offensive Youtube video. They had nothing to do ... continue reading
QE3: Hey, let's try more of what's not working!
By HERMAN CAIN - Easy money doesn't do a thing when federal regulators are making banks afraid to lend. I'll have more on this in my weekly commentary coming on Sunday, but I needed to say something now about this desperate move by the Federal Reserve to triple down on "quantitative easing." Who told these people ... continue reading
U.S. credit rating downgraded.....again.
By ROBERT LAURIE - From AA+ to AA- in the past six months This afternoon, credit ratings firm Egan-Jones cut the United States credit rating to AA-. In their report, they stated that Fed chairman Ben Bernake's most recent plan to print more cash was to blame. According to Egan-Jones, Bernake's scheme ... continue reading
Violence in countries across the globe as Islamic uprisings spread
By ROBERT LAURIE - Meanwhile, the President meets with Olympians and heads to a fundraiser. UPDATE at 1:00 PM: President Obama will be adressing the nation shortly. Just to recap the situation over the last three days, here's a rundown of the uprisings which began in the Middle East. They have now spread to ... continue reading
London paper claims State Department knew of upcoming embassy attack – did nothing
By ROBERT LAURIE – Anonymous federal sources charge government with gross negligence According to the London’s left-leaning “The Independent” Newspaper, not only was the Obama State Department warned of imminent attacks on U.S. embassies, the President’s people did nothing to place ... continue reading
Islamists set fire to German embassy in Sudan
By DAN CALABRESE - The violence continues to spread. This is breaking and there aren't a lot of details. Reuters reports that Sudanese demonstrators stormed the German embassy in Khartoum and raised an Islamic flag over it. There are other reports that the embassy is on fire. Again, the reporters say they're ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fed goes all out on quantitative easing
By CLARK BARROW - Bernanke announce plans to purchase assets without limits. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday said it would launch a major new round of bond buying, extending the unconventional actions the central bank has unleashed since the financial ... continue reading
White house, State Department issue confusing statements about Egypt 'ally' status
By ROBERT LAURIE – OFFICIAL: Egypt definitely is, or maybe isn’t, a close ally of the United States As the situation in the Middle East continues to unfold, it’s clear we have at least one as yet undocumented casualty: Egypt’s status as an ally. The country has maintained its status ... continue reading
Obama finally voices support for the 1st Amendment
By ROBERT LAURIE - It took him an entire day, but better late than never? After he spent a day condemning 'The Movie' and filmmakers which supposedly caused violent uprisings throughout the Middle East, President Obama has finally managed to issue a statement supporting the 1st Amendment. During an interview with ... continue reading
Stop blaming 'The Movie' and stop assailing the 1st Amendment
By - ROBERT LAURIE - The problem lies with global zealots - not with Free Speech For the last two days, we’ve been inundated with statements. Some from the President, some from the Secretary of State, and one from our Embassy in Cairo, all of them condemning the violent uprisings in Egypt and Libya. ... continue reading
More blather from Hillary about that YouTube video
By DAN CALABRESE - If it doesn't justify the attacks, then why keep bringing it up? As another day brings a spread of the violence across the Middle East, the Obama Administration can't seem to make up its mind if the attacks are justified or not. Oh no, Hillary just emphasized in yet another public statement, ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: New stimulus could come from Fed today
By CLARK BARROW - Also, Obama vows veto of bill dealing with looming fiscal cliff. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - The U.S. Federal Reserve will end its two-day policy meeting Thursday with a public announcement of any new stimulus actions around 12:30 p.m. EST. · FISCAL CLIFF - The ... continue reading
Intelligence Committee investigating Al Qaeda link to embassy attacks
By ROBERT LAURIE - The specter of Al Qaeda emerges in the wake of Egypt and Libya attacks Earlier today, Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat and member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was briefed on the embassy attacks in Egypt and Libya. After the meeting, he raised the possibility that the two incidents ... continue reading
Emerging theory: It was a coordinated attack
By DAN CALABRESE - Two waves? The similarity to 9/11 (the first one) is sort of eerie when you think about it. Remember how the first plane strike seemed merely random and bizarre? It was only when you realized there was more to it than it became clear the whole thing was intentional and planned. At any rate, ... continue reading
Libyan security team handed U.S. staff to rioters
By ROBERT LAURIE - Why was embassy security being handled by Libyan nationals? UPDATE: many have pointed out that Embassies often have local security teams for exterior duty, while Marine Corps Security Guards handle interior responsibilities. This is true. Host coountries usually do provide exterior ... continue reading
Romney doubles down on Obama foreign policy criticism
By ROBERT LAURIE – Press hammers Romney over his tough stance Yesterday’s weak response to the attacks in Libya and Egypt managed to create a firestorm of controversy – and that was before anyone had been killed. The statement, which implies that the United States is apologizing for the ... continue reading
U.S. Ambassador to Libya among those killed in attack
By DAN CALABRESE - Christopher Stevens, 52, was among four killed. This story is developing. We've now learned that one of those killed in yesterday's raid was Christopher Stevens, 52, the U.S. ambassador to Libya. Stevens and three of his staff members were trying to get to safety when rocket fire took them ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Another downgrade looms, and Obama snubs Netanyahu
By CLARK BARROW - Moody's hints it may downgrade the U.S. credit rating, and Obama refuses to meet with Netanyahu. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · JOBS - Job openings at U.S. workplaces decreased to 3.66 million in July from 3.72 million in June, the U.S. Labor Department reported Tuesday. There were more than ... continue reading
US embassies in Cairo and Libya attacked by ‘ultra-conservative Islamists’
By ROBERT LAURIE – U.S. issues statement condemning those who have “hurt the feelings of Muslims” This morning, according to an AP report, an angry mob of what the news agency called “2,000 ultra-conservative Islamists” surrounded the U.S. embassy in Cairo. They were there to protest ... continue reading
Germans sure would like to see U.S. get its debt under control
By HERMAN CAIN - Our debt is a drag on the world economy, and foreign leaders are starting to express their worry about it. In case you need a reminder that there's no really no one out there who can bail us out, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble today said what everyone knows: Government debt in ... continue reading
Snoop Lion gives the oddest Obama endorsement ever
By ROBERT LAURIE - Insert obligatory "Choom" joke here. If you don't know who Snoop Lion is, you're forgiven. After all, you probably know him by his former moniker, Snoop Dogg. He's a rapper, reality TV star and, perhaps most famously, a pothead of epic proportions. Sorry, make that ... continue reading
Congratulations JV! You've won the Biden caption contest!
By DAN CALABRESE - First on the list, first in our hearts. Hey, for all I know, JV could be Justin Verlander. Whoever he or she is, JV's entry remained at the top of the comments throughout yesterday and on into today - and deservedly so. No one improved on it. The winner: "Honey, you want to stimulate my private ... continue reading
9/11: Can we remember without all the ceremony?
By DAN CALABRESE - We should never forget, but something bothers me about the way we commemorate 9/11. It seems like I write this column every year, and every year people - especially conservatives - get mad at me for it. I guess there's a reflex that presumes anyone who gets squeamish about 9/11 memorial ... continue reading
Egypt needs submarines, Obama wants to give them a billion dollars
By ROBERT LAURIE - The US may send $1 billion to Egypt, exactly the cost of two new submarines We've all been there. Maybe you're trying to park your car, have no change, but find a spot where the meter's already full. Or, maybe you don't have enough cash to pay for lunch, but find a twenty in your pocket ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Sales growth at U.S. firms slows considerably
By CLARK BARROW - Sales growth slows for U.S. companies; Congress pursues another measure to keep budgetless government operating. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · SLOW DOWN - The rate of annual sales growth at private U.S. companies has slowed considerably since the beginning of 2102, according to data released ... continue reading
Obama beats Romney in August fundraising
By ROBERT LAURIE - Obama donations jumped last month. A couple of months ago, the Obama campaign sent out an embarrassing email suggesting that brides should ask that donations be made to the re-election effort in lieu of wedding gifts. Last week, Michelle Obama went begging again, this time implying that ... continue reading
Romney pollster: Hey, Carter led Reagan at this point too
By DAN CALABRESE - How is Obama winning? Romney's pollster suggests everyone stop freaking out about it. I have to admit the movement in the polls the past few days has me befuddled. Obama's acceptance speech was so bad that even lefty commentators (save for the most deeply in-the-tank like Joe Trippi) couldn't ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: GM losing 49K on every Volt it builds
By CLARK BARROW - More business brilliance from Goverment Motors. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - A wide range of economists expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to restart balance-sheet-expanding bond buying in a bid to spark better growth rates, amid other, lesser stimulus options. · ... continue reading
Obviously, Rahm Emanuel wants Chicago children to die
By ROBERT LAURIE – Chicago teachers unions place students in harms way UPDATED: added links to numbers cited. Chicago, Illinois now boasts a homicide rate higher than Kabul, Afghanistan. The Windy City has seen murders spike almost 50% this year and weekends where 10-20 people are killed have become ... continue reading
Write your own caption: Biden and the biker chick
By DAN CALABRESE - Best caption wins the honor of being chosen as best caption. Judging conducted solely by me. I'm counting on the creativity of the CainTV audience here. Have at it! (AP photo by Carolyn Kaster) continue reading
War of words: Nobody wins
By HERMAN CAIN - This nation's problems can only be solved by serious people, not people who say anything to stay in power. As someone who has spent a long career in the business world, confronting problems and solving them, I find that there’s something surreal about two weeks of political conventions in a ... continue reading
No, Romney did not say he will keep parts of Obamacare
By ROBERT LAURIE – Left leaning media is, as usual, twisting his words. Throughout his campaign, Mitt Romney has constantly voiced one rock-solid promise: the repeal and replacement of Obamacare. This morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mitt Romney was pressed about his plans for ... continue reading
MSNBC cheers for disastrous jobs report
By ROBERT LAURIE - Terrible jobs numbers make a fool of 'Morning Joe' and his audience You can tell how badly somebody wanted something, by the size of their overreaction when they think they've gotten it. It's why those YouTube videos of people scratching off fake "winning" lottery tickets are so ... continue reading
Pretty big problem: Obama doesn't have a clue about economics
By HERMAN CAIN - The biggest problem with the economy is that Obama doesn't understand why it's so bad. President Obama said at the start of his acceptance speech last night that he is a very different man than when he first addressed the Democratic convention as its keynote speaker in 2004. I don’t think ... continue reading
We neither 'belong to' our government, nor are we 'part of' it
By ROBERT LAURIE - Democrats like to claim that government is the one thing "to which we all belong." Here's why they're wrong. I published this piece yesterday, in a slightly modified form, at the Detroit News website, The Michigan View. They're gracious enough to allow me to share it here. In ... continue reading
The craptastic reality that is today's jobs report
By DAN CALABRESE - 96,000 new jobs, and 368,000 people leaving the work force, is beyond horrendous. There are some things you need to understand when you hear President Obama and other Democrats talk about "29 straight months of private-sector job growth" or whatever they say. That, in itself, is not an ... continue reading
Jennifer Granholm melts down, sacrificing bodily control for Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE – Former Michigan Governor loses bodily control for Barack Obama “I’m Jennifer Granholm from the great state of Michigan.” The former Governor said. It was her first sentence, and the first of many lies. For those who don’t know, Granholm was almost as ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Only 96,000 new jobs added in August
By CLARK BARROW - The U.S. economy added only 96,000 new jobs in August, and 368,000 people left the workforce. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · JOBS - Job growth slowed sharply in August, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. Total nonfarm payrolls increased by 96,000 and the unemployment rate declined to 8.1% ... continue reading
An energized Biden manages to outshine Barack Obama's retreads
By ROBERT LAURIE – On the final night of the DNC, Biden manages to outshine the Prez. If there’s one thing no one expected from Thursday night’s speeches, it’s the improbable occasion of Joe Biden managing to outshine his boss. Biden’s rep is well established as a bumbler ... continue reading
Obama's speech: Running commentary
By DAN CALABRESE - Time to put lipstick on the pig. - "That hope has been tested, by the cost of war, by one of the worst economic crises in history, and by political gridlock that makes us wonder if it's even possible to tackle the issues of our time." Right. Not by bad policies. That had nothing to do with it. ... continue reading
Biden's speech: Running commentary
By DAN CALABRESE - This should be good. - So far it's not bad. Meaningless rot for the most part, but not bad. Surely they've got him trained tonight not to ad lib. Biden is not that bad a speaker when he stays on script. - Isn't it a little weird that he keeps referring to him as Barack? And did Obama's mother ... continue reading
Joe Biden's top 5 planks in the Democrat Party Platform. ..or is it six?
By ROBERT LAURIE - Like EF Hutton, when Biden speaks, people listen - because something weird usually happens. Joe Biden has taken to Twitter and, like EF Hutton, when Biden speaks, people listen - because something weird usually happens. This time was no exception. The plan was for "Plugs" to send out ... continue reading
God is, or God isn't . . . the Democrats can't decide
By HERMAN CAIN – Are Democrats for God or against Him? Don’t try to guess by a voice vote! If you’re not sure if you want to embrace God or not, then I’m thinking you probably don’t. But one thing was abundantly clear from the Democrats’ embarrassing “God language” ... continue reading
New GOP ad spotlights the problem with Clinton promoting Obama
By ROBERT LAURIE - New Romney spot uses Cinton's words against Obama Last night's speech by Bill Clinton was an epic - and by that I mean it was long. Clinton touched on every imaginable subject and then, just when you thought he was finished, he'd get going again. By the end of it all, I was ... continue reading
Media 'fact-checkers' not so popular with Democrats now
By KATHY HOEKSTRA - If you "fact check" one party, you have to do it to the other. That's when it gets interesting. Few will forget what happened last week at the RNC in Tampa, when GOP veep hopeful Paul Ryan used the closure of a General Motors plant in his Wisconsin hometown to illustrate the failed policies of ... continue reading
Chris Matthews: If Clinton landed on Mars, he could totally have sex with the Martians (video)
By DAN CALABRESE - What? Hat tip to my friend Tina Belliston. I can't think of anything to add to this. Chris Matthews. Boy. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economycontinue reading
Clinton tried, but he can't pretend Obama is Clinton
By DAN CALABRESE - Bill Clinton can make people believe almost anything. But selling another term for Obama might be too much for even him. You have to give Bill Clinton credit. He could probably convince some people it's midnight when it's actually noon on a sunny day. And if anyone could make a convincing case ... continue reading
Sandra Fluke's DNC speech a bogus cry of oppression
By ROBERT LAURIE – Fluke bemoans the fact that she was supposedly "silenced." When far-left Democrats veer into Crazytown, they go whole hog. Take the example of Sandra Fluke. Last night, during her Democratic National Convention speech, the career student and women’s rights activist went ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Personal debt squashing home ownership dreams
By CLARK BARROW - Young people are carrying so much debt, they can't afford to buy homes. Meanwhile, regulations are killing coal. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · STUDENT DRAG - According to a new report from the youth advocacy group Young Invincibles, record high debt is shutting young people out of ... continue reading
Democrats boo God and Jerusalem
By DAN CALABRESE - A fight about God at which party's convention? Who would have ever thought the party's platform - a meaningless document that Dick Durbin correctly states no one reads - could lead us to this? It's hard to say for sure what most inspired the booing. Was it the way they rammed through the ... continue reading
Federal Judge rules Arizona can enforce its immigration law
By ROBERT LAURIE - In a victory for the 10th Amendment, Arizona may enforce its immigration laws Moments ago, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that Arizona police can enforce the most controversial portion of its immigration law. The ruling will allow Arizona law enforcement to question the ... continue reading
Jerusalem removed from DNC platform to reflect 'Obama policy'
By ROBERT LAURIE – The DNC officially throws Israel under the bus, pending 'negotiations' Today on CBS This Morning, anchor Norah O’Donnel and Charlie Rose asked their guest, Democrat stalwart Chuck Schumer, the following question: “At Democratic conventions, and Republican conventions, you have ... continue reading
Jeepers, you don't think Clinton will drone on endlessly about . . . Clinton?
By DAN CALABRESE - Obama crew frets. What if Clinton shows up to sing the praises of himself? Nah. Not Bill Clinton. Never. Heh. That's always the risk you run when you send Slick Willie up there, isn't it? Especially since it would hardly be the first time he let it be known who the Big Dog of the Democratic ... continue reading
Blame it on the rain: Obama campaign moves acceptance to smaller venue
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama abandons stadium speech for smaller venue It’s official. Team Obama has decided to move the President’s Thursday night acceptance speech. Originally, he was supposed to receive his party’s nomination in the 74,000 seat Bank of America Stadium. Now ... continue reading
Prospect of empty seats, er, lightning, moves Obama speech indoors
By DAN CALABRESE - Call off the buses! Obama won't be speaking at Bank of America Stadium after all. In fairness, let's acknowledge: This could be legit. The forecast on Thursday for Charlotte does call for thunderstorms, although that's mainly in the afternoon but some will move into the evening hours. Obama ... continue reading
Don't ask Dick Durbin why the DNC revoked God's credentials
By HERMAN CAIN - Unlike the previous three presidential years, God's name is not mentioned in the Democratic Party platform. Don't ask Sen. Dick Durbin why. He really doesn't like that. It seems like a legitimate question to me. The Democrats acknowledged God in their 2000, 2004 and 2008 platforms. The 2012 ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Stimulus without end?
By CLARK BARROW - Some of the Fed's policymakers are advocating stimulus with no end date. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - While the U.S. Federal Reserve has yet to announce any new specific actions to stimulate the economy, many policy makers for the central bank are embracing stimulus ... continue reading
'War On Women' convention begins with tribute to Ted Kennedy
By ROBERT LAURIE – Ted Kennedy hailed as a hero by people who claim the GOP hates women. For the last six months, the “War on Women” rhetoric has been inescapable. Throughout the Sandra Fluke birth control controversy, straight through the GOP convention, we’ve been told, over and ... continue reading
Incomplete, eh? Why didn't you finish your assignment, Mr. President?
By HERMAN CAIN - Obama grades himself "incomplete" on the economy. So why didn't he do his job? It's a dumb question, to be honest. The media asks the president what grade he gives himself on the economy. But they ask lots of dumb questions. That's no excuse for giving a dumb answer that serves as your latest ... continue reading
'Osama bin Laden is dead. GM is alive.' Yes, this is really Obama's campaign slogan
By DAN CALABRESE - Four years in office, two things worth bragging about. When I first saw this headline, I thought I had stumbled into some conservative site offering mocking advice to Obama. Here, champ. Brag about these two things, 'cause it's all you've got. Chortle. But no. It's real. This is really their ... continue reading
A record 46.7 million Americans on food stamps, which buy less than ever before
By ROBERT LAURIE - Food stamp usage is at a record level, food prices climbing as well According to a recent USDA report, a record 46.7 million Americans are now relying on food stamps to cover the cost of groceries. This is approximately 15 million more than when President Obama took office in 2009. The ... continue reading
Dems begin convention under new cloud of bad polls
By ROBERT LAURIE – As the gavel falls in Charlotte, Democrats have new numbers to worry about This weekend, TheHill.com conducted a poll of 1,000 likely voters. The questions were designed to get into the nitty-gritty of right track / wrong track data, and hoped to gauge voter opinion on the ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Fed leans toward more stimulus, admits it has no data to support the idea
By CLARK BARROW - The Fed says it's leaning toward more stimulus, but the policy is in "limbo" while they gather data to see if it is actually a good idea. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, said last week that while the ... continue reading
The most awesome Obama acceptance speech ever
By DAN CALABRESE - Now here's the acceptance speech Obama should really give. I actually wrote this piece yesterday for the Detroit News's Michigan View page, but my editor Henry Payne is always happy to let me share, so here goes. It's true that I do some speechwriting, and if I had the opportunity to write ... continue reading
Let's dance! Charlotte welcomes the whole-lot-of-nothing convention
By DAN CALABRESE - Even Obama's media enablers can't pretend he'll have anything substantive to offer this week. I used to work for this guy who was not very confident about the quality of the work he did, and one day before a big presentation, he announced to the team, "We're gonna have to do a lot of dancing to ... continue reading
Helpful reminder from Carly Fiorina: Women care about more than abortion
By HERMAN CAIN - Do the male panelists on Meet the Press think there's nothing more to women than abortion? Since Democrats want to spend this week in Charlotte talking about anything but the economy, we hear they’re lining up speaker after speaker to talk about abortion rights and contraceptives. The ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Debt soars, adults sleep in childhood bedrooms
By CLARK BARROW - The national debt is expected to top $16 trillion this week. Meanwhile, more adults than ever are sleeping in their childhood bedrooms. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · LOW PAY - While a majority of jobs lost during the downturn were in the middle range of wages, a majority of those added ... continue reading
What really killed the economy: Debunking the claims of the 'Blame Bush' Democrats
By HERMAN CAIN - The Charlotte Democrats will spend this entire week blaming George W. Bush for the bad economy. Here's why they're wrong. You’re going to hear it all week out of Charlotte. The Democrats know that the economy is horrible, and there’s no way they can plausibly claim otherwise. So ... continue reading
Axelrod refuses to say Americans better off than four years ago
By ROBERT LAURIE - Union workers, and unemployed young people have done pretty well, though. This morning on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace asked David Axelrod a very specific, very direct question. “Can you honestly say that Americans better off today than they were four years ago?” ... continue reading
Sorry, liberals, I did not apologize - and I am not wrong - about welfare work requirements
By HERMAN CAIN - You do realize I was kidding around when I told Jon Stewart, "I'm sorry, so shoot me." Right? I love going on Jon Stewart’s show because the guy is hilarious and it’s always a lot of fun. The fact that he has created a successful comedy show while dealing with topics like welfare ... continue reading
Why the kooky Eastwood speech is good for the GOP
By ROBERT LAURIE – In the long run, Eastwood’s address will be remembered for its points If there’s a “water cooler moment” from the GOP convention, we all know what it is. Clint Eastwood’s speech is the kind of political event so odd, that you can’t help but spend ... continue reading
Romney headed to survey Isaac destruction, while Obama continues campaigning
By ROBERT LAURIE – Romney heads to Louisiana while Obama scrounges for votes. Following the close of this week’s GOP convention, Mitt Romney was supposed to meet up with Paul Ryan and head back out on the campaign trail. First up was a planned visit to Virginia – a 2012 battleground ... continue reading
Here comes the 'Romney short on specifics' narrative from the D.C. dinosaurs
By DAN CALABRESE - As predictable as Friday following Thursday. It's Howard Fineman, a voice of the D.C. establishment if there ever was one, who gets the ball rolling today on the Huffington Post. But if you wait until later in the day, you can surely find 15 to 20 of these that will all sound pretty much ... continue reading
Mitt Romney: America, this is what leadership looks like
By HERMAN CAIN - Romney's not promising to stop the rise of the oceans. He's just going to help you and your family. Ladies and gentlemen, last night, we saw what leadership looks like. We saw what belief in America looks like. We saw what happens when a leader refuses to accept that a great nation needs to ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Little expected from today's Bernanke remarks
By CLARK BARROW - Bernanke to speak; Justice ends terror detainee probe, Romney speech highlights DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · FEDERAL RESERVE - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to speak Friday morning from the central bank's annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Investors will ... continue reading
Raw reactions to Romney as they happen
By DAN CALABRESE - A commentary even more unscripted than Clint Eastwood! - I've never been entirely sure what this means, but he seems presidential. You can picture him in the Oval Office making the difficult decision, and feel confident about it. - Yes. He's CEOish. You do know the president is a CEO, right? ... continue reading
Clint Eastwood interviews Obama the empty chair
By DAN CALABRESE - Did David Lynch have something to do with this? Well this is different. He's showing his age (82) a little, but that interview with the empty chair? The chair's not doing any worse than Obama would be doing if he were sitting in it. Once they're done discussing withdrawal dates from ... continue reading
Pentagon threatens action against Navy SEAL author
By ROBERT LAURIE – Navy SEAL facing legal threats over release of Bin Laden book According to the Associated Press, the Department of Defense has threatened to take legal action against a former U.S. Navy SEAL, claiming his book (which chronicles the mission to kill Bin Laden) violates the terms of his ... continue reading
Wait . . . Chris Matthews, the voice of reason?
By DAN CALABRESE - What? Chris Matthews stuns his MSBNC colleagues and stands up for school choice? No sooner do I rip him to shreds for the bizarre statement that George W. Bush had "grand notions of himself" (what?) then Chris Matthews surprises me and takes on Schultz, Maddow, Sharpton and the rest of the ... continue reading
Jeb Bush: 'Mr. President, it's time to stop blaming your predecessor'
By DAN CALABRESE - Digging the love for W. Yeah, I know, the expansion of federal spending and all that. I still love George W. Bush. And it's great to see the convention respond so warmly when Jeb invokes his name and makes the simple declaration: "I love my brother." He wasn't perfect, that's for sure, but ... continue reading
National Atheist Party cancels its convention
By ROBERT LAURIE – Lack of funds means convention would end in bankruptcy According to Troy Boyle, President of the National Atheist Party, this was supposed to be a big year. Over the last twelve months, there’ve been numerous reports suggesting that atheism’s prominence was increasing sharply. ... continue reading
Today's clarion call of the left: Ryan lied!
By DAN CALABRESE - You know Ryan got under their skin because the left is hysterical over his "lies". It's the left-wing meme of the day, and it's catching on like wildfire. Not only do they consider it an unassailable truth that Paul Ryan's speech was full of lies, they insist he did so blatantly and knowingly, ... continue reading
Comparing media to vultures is unfair . . . to the vultures
By KATHY HOEKSTRA - At least vultures, unlike the media, only pick on prey that are already dead. I have spent many years as a member of the media. This means in front of the camera, holding the microphone and in the case of news events, part of a so-called media scrum whereby a person deemed to be ... continue reading
Paul Ryan rocks the RNC, looks to the future
By ROBERT LAURIE – Ryan is young, tough, hard rocking, and ready for the GOP’s future. Maybe John McCain was there to remind us of the past. Slow, doddering, and out of step with the direction of his own party, he looked archaic sandwiched between the likes of Rand Paul, Condi Rice, and of course, the ... continue reading
Ryan to Dems: Just try that Mediscare crap on us
By HERMAN CAIN - Ryan serves notice, Republicans will no longer cower over Dems' Mediscare demagoguery Paul Ryan threw down the gauntlet on Wednesday night, declaring during his speech at the Republican National Convention that it will no longer work when Democrats try to demagogue the issue of entitlements, ... continue reading
Paul Ryan: Hope for Obama backers staring up at their posters
By DAN CALABRESE - You college grads in the basement staring up at your Obama posters? Paul Ryan is talking to you. It might have been the best line of the night. Offering up to college grads in the basement staring up at their Obama posters, wondering when they're going to be able to get going in life. There was ... continue reading
Mia Love Wikipedia page vandalized amid liberal racist attacks
By ROBERT LAURIE – Following her speech, Mia Love has faced a barrage of ugly, racist, attacks. In my recap of last night’s speeches, I praised up-and-comer Mia Love for her spectacular performance. She’s a rising star within the party who delivered a barn burner Tuesday night, and she ... continue reading
Can someone help Chris Matthews with his race problem?
By HERMAN CAIN - How come food stamps and welfare make Chris Matthews think of black people? My friend Newt Gingrich did Chris Matthews of MSNBC a favor by going on his show Monday night. Since it was a slow news night, Matthews fell back on the usual left-wing boilerplate that claims everything Republicans say ... continue reading
AAA warns of highest Labor Day gas prices ever
By ROBERT LAURIE – Hurricane Isaac boosts pain at pump prior to election. In advance of the Republican National Convention, the mainstream media was focused on Hurricane Isaac, and its implications for the GOP candidate. Supposedly, the party was going to be a crass excess which would be contrasted by ... continue reading
So apparently the New York Times isn't enjoying the convention?
By DAN CALABRESE - NYT editors, Obama talking points in hand, explain that Tampa's just not doing it for them Poor dears. It can't be easy to have to sit there in the comfort of your blue cocoon digs and watch as these savages shamelessly posit notions that everyone in the Progressive Hivemind knows are refuge of ... continue reading
Christie: You can handle the truth
By HERMAN CAIN - Christie treats Americans like adults who don't need to be told a happyland fairytale about the state of the nation. I spend a lot of time talking about how politicains think we are stupid. But you know who doesn’t think we are stupid? Chris Christie. The governor of New Jersey put it ... continue reading
A powerful opening night for the GOP convention.
By ROBERT LAURIE – Highlights of the first full night of GOP speeches. 1. Mia Love If you’re not following Mia Love’s Twitter feed, you need to. Now. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she’s smart, quick witted, talented, and a rising Republican rock star. If she manages ... continue reading
Black Romney backers: An army of zeroes?
By KATHY HOEKSTRA - An NBC/WSJ poll says Romney's black support is zero percent. I've seen a lot of zeroes in Tampa. The Tea Party-inspired Unity Rally 2012 was designed to fire an opening serve into the heart of the GOP Convention in Tampa, prior to its Isaac-delayed Tuesday start. If the response to Herman ... continue reading
Another good reason to elect Mitt Romney? China dislikes him.
By ROBERT LAURIE – China warns the US against electing Mitt Romney China’s state-controlled English language newspaper, The China Daily, is terribly concerned about the possibility of Mitt Romney becoming President of the United States. As they put it, “Mitt Romney's China policy as ... continue reading
Guess who said we shouldn't raise taxes in a weak economy?
By HERMAN CAIN - A certain Democrat was for extending the Bush tax cuts before he was against it, for reasons no one can make sense of. At the end of 2010, when economic growth was actually not all that horrendous, a certain Democrat said we shouldn't raise taxes because the economy was too weak. Now it's much ... continue reading
Polls show Michigan tied. Is it the new Bellwether State?
By ROBERT LAURIE – Obama losing ground in safe, blue, unionized and bailed-out state? In electoral politics, the term “Bellwether” tends to point directly towards Ohio. “As goes the Buckeye State, so goes the nation,” or at least that’s the saying. Since Romney’s ... continue reading
Get ready for the 'Obama saves New Orleans' media narrative
By DAN CALABRESE - As Issac hits New Orleans, Obama will declare his own heroism, and the media will dutifully repeat it Is there any doubt this is coming? Consistent with Rob's piece yesterday about some lefties' goulish fantasies of a big hurricane narrative, you have to know Obama sees Issac's arrival in New ... continue reading
According to Government, Not Enough People Rely On Government
By ROBERT LAURIE – Government thinks Americans simply aren’t taking advantage of enough welfare. Right now, over 108 Million people are receiving some form of federal assistance. 10 Million of these recipients have been added in just the last two years. This number does not include people ... continue reading
It's on! Plus: Thursday mystery speaker?
By DAN CALABRESE - Ominous rumors notwithstanding, the RNC starts today I just spoke with my colleague Kathy Hoekstra who's on the ground in Tampa, and the start of the RNC is definitely a go for today. We should know the revised lineup of speakers shortly, but you have to think today is likely they only day ... continue reading
Daily Briefing: Obama's devastating impact on the middle class
By CLARK BARROW - After three-and-a-half years of Obama, the middle class is decimated. DAILY BRIEFING - SUMMARY · MIDDLE CLASS - New income data from the Census Bureau, tabulated by former Census income specialists at the nonpartisan economic consulting firm Sentier Research, reveal that the ... continue reading
Media: So you should probably just cancel the convention, huh?
By KATHY HOEKSTRA - Issac isn't even hitting Tampa head on, but that's not stopping the media's narrative from being all wet Tropical Storm Isaac has been amazing to watch. Not just for the excitement of experiencing the actual weather event we don't see in the upper Midwest, but for what it has done to throw the ... continue reading
Taxmageddon: Do you know how bad it would be?
By HERMAN CAIN - Most people have no idea how bad the end-of-year Taxmageddon is going to be. Hint: Really bad. I don't think most people realize what's coming at the end of the year. All these years of manipulating and tinkering with the tax code have finally caught up with us. My new video commentary explains ... continue reading
Left Wing Ghouls Salivate Over Possible Katrina 2.0
By ROBERT LAURIE – Left-wing media seems positively giddy over the possibility of another Katrina. “There is nothing Republicans would rather the American people forget more than George W. Bush, who doesn't even have a bit-part at the GOP convention opening today in Tampa,” writes former labor ... continue reading
Oh My Akin Head
This is something about which I have written before, but, in light of Todd Akin’s apparent lack of sufficient brains to do his own wiping, I felt compelled to repeat myself, hoping that, at some point, it might strike home. Conservative or not, Todd Akin’s remarks about abortion and “legitimate ... continue reading
The N Word: Taboo to Whites, Endearing to Blacks
Nigger. Nigga. Cracker. Honky. I could go on with a long list of racial slurs, but no matter how long the list, most of you are still soothing the sting from the first word or giggling delightfully in your cyber-anonymity. We will need to begin with the etymology of the word “nigger”. The word's ... continue reading
The Welfare Milestone
It was reported recently that America has reached a milestone of sorts, with over 100 million people now receiving some form of welfare from the federal government. This is not even counting Social Security or Medicare, or refundable tax credits, just the other 80-odd federal welfare programs dispensing money. ... continue reading
White Rage, Where Art Thou?
Last week, the media was all flummoxed when MSNBC’s Touré (and don’t you just love the Liberal hubris of single-name brands?) accused Mitt Romney of fomenting the otherization and niggerization of America. These charges were leveled at Romney for his assertions of Barack Obama conducting ... continue reading
The Racial Radicalization of Toure Shows a Lack of Civility Still Remains
The bitter and divisive rhetoric stemming from the Obama campaign has been taken to higher heights as Vice President’s Joe Biden recently made a recent racial comment to African American voters while on the campaign trail. His comments set the stage for MSNBC liberal contributor Touré to whip out his ... continue reading
Where's my 40 Acres and a Mule?
“Well I think every black person should at least get $100,000.” “What do you think that's gonna do?” “That won't do nothing but make Cadillac the number-one dealership in the country!” “Everywhere you look, there's opportunity. You know what I mean?” ... continue reading
I Know Why the Hitched Mule Plows
I remember the years as if they were last week’s—1963 through 1968—a time during which the presumptive champions of America’s Blacks fell to assassins’ bullets—JFK and his brother, Robert, Medgar Evers, and the inimitable Martin. Along with each sacrificial headline came ... continue reading
A "Wizard of Oz" Presidential Election
A “Wizard of Oz” Presidential Election Aren’t we all fascinated with “The Wizard of Oz?” It’s a compelling story about how a Kansas farm girl tries to find her way back home after a tornado places her in a foreign land. Imagine if this story took place today with the same set ... continue reading
Paul Ryan
Herman Cain scared the crap out of the Left. They had good reason to be afraid. Now they have to deal with Paul Ryan. They should be very afraid. To paraphrase what Bill Mahre said to Mr. Cain, “I don’t think that I agree with you on anything, but I like you.” Mr. Cain has that effect on people. ... continue reading
What this Election Means to Me
The Presidential election is months away, but the horse race already seems to be in full swing. For the most part, the media shows the poll numbers on a daily basis. For a time Romney has been up, and likewise, Obama has had a spot at the top. Many people are looking at this election through the ... continue reading
The Bain of Dour Existence
The gloves are off, and the deck from which the Obama Machine draws race and other denigrating cards is filled with Spades in the denomination of Ace, while the brilliance of Romney contingent idles to the wilds of political retreat. If one did not know better, many of whom do, one could not help but wonder if ... continue reading
Abortionist kills "ugly black babies" for tax breaks? Give us a break!
During the last few days, humanity has been overwhelmed by so many incidents that I shudder to remind us of even just a few. However, I’m going to ask you to bear with me as we look at just two tragedies that remind us why we battle to promote the sanctity of human life. First, the tragic slaughter of a ... continue reading
The Raging Imperfect Storm
Do Black voters suffer cognitive disabilities that render them intellectually ill-equipped to be trusted with a ballot? The answer to that question begs to be screamed from the constitutional rafters, where there is no “right to vote.” And, if posed in mixed company, that answer will be avoided ... continue reading
The Trouble with Romney
In the midst of what likely is to become the bloodiest of all Presidential mano-a-manos, the last man standing in the bid to become the champion of the Conservative route, Mitt Romney, suffers the insufferable—too smart for his own good. Romney is an indisputably competent businessman, with an eye and a ... continue reading
End of the Road
(The Interpretation)The impending global meltdown begins and ends on the yellow brick road atthe corner of Wall St. and Greed.The euro, dollar, peso and yen quit bearing fruit after their own kind; and, man made paper fades in the shadow of a scarecrow sun.Doom and gloom "four-corner" counterfeit corn in a ... continue reading
The Left Continues to Ignore Rampant Voter ID Fraud, Says Photo ID Laws Are Racist
With the presidential election almost an eye blink away, it is imperative that the voter finds the process as fair and accessible as possible. Several states have decided to enact the requirement of possessing a photo ID to help prevent the occurrence of voter fraud. Predictably, many on the Left are vocalizing ... continue reading
America: An Idea
It would be easy to quickly dive into an issue that is prevalent in the news, or examine a political battle that is taking place, but all of that would be for naught if we didn’t first understand who we are. This is why I believe history, and in turn understanding the past, is so vitally ... continue reading
Gun Control Done Right - It's called Aim and Shoot!
Illicit narcotics, child pornography and Cuban cigars—All are illegal to possess and all of them are acquired by people in this country every day. So what’s my point? The point is that creating a bunch of new-laws that ban ammunition or the guns themselves, will only keep law abiding citizens from ... continue reading
1 Tape 2 Tape Red Tape Blue Tape or It's the Bureaucrats, Stupid...
It is hard to know whether Congressman Mike Kelly knew that his delicious diatribe on the House floor would be the perfect follow up to Obama of Roanoke or not. But it was. http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/07/26/Congressmans-Anti-Big-Government-Rant-Gets-Standing-Ovation Thus I submit ... continue reading
The GOP and Outreach: White fear of the Black Community
Folks, it’s official. This particular part of the blog series has been dubbed a “roasting” by me. This part is a bit longer, so get comfortable and fasten your seat belts. I had written this piece and was ready to publish it but after a few re-reads, I realized that what I had originally written ... continue reading
The Binds of Freedom, The Fight for Tomorrow
Freedom is easy to lose, difficult to hang on to, and seemingly impossible to get back once it’s lost. This is something we all know from our lessons in history, but it is also something not all of us understand as citizens of this great republic. Examples of this failure to understand the fragile nature of ... continue reading
How The GOP Can Build An Effective Relationship With The Black Community
This election year is very vital and crucial to the survival of America. It is about jobs, the economy and the financial structure of the American household. In this op-ed, I highlight ways the GOP can reach out to African-American families. The thought that they will continue their staunch support for Barack ... continue reading
A Republic, If We Can Keep It
America is the world’s last best hope. That has been the thinking of many as the years have rolled along. There have been moments in our brief history when the idea of America seemed close to evaporating all together. The future seemed uncertain during the Revolution that set us free, and ... continue reading
Constitution's Last Stand
About the Painting:In part we are a nation at auction, marked down pennies on the dollar, to attract the highest bidder. Two coasts shore us in. The oceans, safe harbor from the world away. For too long we have tread water and now, limbs tired, we do little more than hold our head above SEA-Commerce. Our ... continue reading
Obama of Roanoke: We Saw You Coming
With due respect to Brit Hume – perhaps the best network anchor of our time – no, it is certainly not “fair to say that we know more (after the Roanoke speech) than we ever have about the President’s view of business and the economy.” LINK TO HUMES COMMENTS: ... continue reading
The American Conservative Struggle
The Republican Party is the party of America. The only things that keep getting in the way of the party’s continued success is itself. The Grand Old Party is based upon values of freedom protected and encouraged by government as opposed to government being the “solution” as often suggested by ... continue reading
Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet, All My Needs, Obama Shall Meet!
If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen…”–The leader of the free world, the President of the United States–Barack Obama Alrighty then, well that settles it. We do not take credit for any success that comes our way. We give all credit and ... continue reading
The Left's Manipulation of Minorities In Their Cynical Opposition To Voter ID Laws
On Monday, Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP, decided to confront the issue of Voter ID. Unfortunately, he embraced the left’s absurd ideology that it is voter suppression and an assault on the rights of minorities. He likened the movement of opposition to Voter ID laws to the Civil Right Movements ... continue reading
Who's Out of Work?
I read an interesting statistic today about unemployment and that was in addition to the 8.2% unemployed, if you add in "discouraged" workers and people who have given up looking, the unemployment rate is around 18%. What? Why wouldn't you count people who are discouraged? The bigger question is, why would the ... continue reading
What It Means To Be A Black Conservative
"You're a black Conservative? Wow, you're a rarity." I've heard this and similar responses over the course of my life. This indicates that there is a cultural stereotype that exists in the mindset of many people. So what does it exactly mean to be a black conservative?There are many dimensions to this question. ... continue reading
Obamacare: The Left Won the Battle, The Right Will Win The War
Words are not adequate enough to fully express my initial level of shock and disappointment for the SCOTUS' ruling on the constitutionality of Obamacare. However, I am even more inspired by the increased level of patriotism in light of it. The SCOTUS has ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ... continue reading
Rodney Lee's New Contract with America
This is simple everyone: Twenty doable deeds for Congress. If this Congress won't do it, elect new folks that will. You know, like, me for instance…That's right, Uncle Rodney is running in 2014. But don't hesitate to begin without me. The Stimulus we haven't spent - rescinded Since ObamaCare ... continue reading
Just How Presidential Is Barack Obama
As President Obama embarks upon his quest for re-election, one must evaluate exactly how “presidential” he has been in his first term. I am going to attempt to compare him to just a few of our nation’s past inhabitants of the Oval Office. Let’s begin with Lyndon Baines Johnson and a quick ... continue reading
The Left's War On Women Is Actually A War On The Entire Family
Thanks to liberal Democrat Hilary Rosen’s vicious attack on Ann Romney claiming that she has never had a “real job”, the conservative base of the GOP is now united in one front to destroy liberalism. Ann Romney, mother of 5 boys and a survivor of multiple sclerosis and breast cancer, is a ... continue reading
Obamacare: Pinata or Trojan Horse
One of the things about most liberals' logic that tickles my funny bone more than anything else is the way in which I can easily win debates against them as their so called refutations only further buttress my arguments. They shoot themselves in the foot as they try hard to justify the socialist agendas being ... continue reading