Dan – You relative newbies need to consult the wisdom of the ancients your slightly older colleagues. You cannot discuss the role of facial hair in politics without referencing the grand tradition of pogonophobia posts in the Corner. For example, brother Steyn 2005: I like John Bolton’s moustache, which seems to me rather Balkan, and thus potentially discombobulating for European foreign ministers. On the broader subject of the rampant pogonophobia in Western politics, as one of the more hirsute National Review contributors, I note that the Brookhiser…
On Thursday’s Newsroom, CNN’s Tony Harris played hardball with Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, the author of the SB1070 anti-illegal immigration law in the state, while not asking one tough question with his other guest, pro-illegal immigration activist Isabel Garcia. Surprisingly, Harris did finally explicitly identify the pro-open borders organization that Garcia leads [audio clips available here ]. The CNN anchor brought on Pearce and Garcia to discuss a federal district justice’s Wednesday injunction against key provisions in the Arizona law. He identified the state senator as the “lawmaker who co-sponsored the immigration bill,” and his other guest’s role as…
Rep. Mike Pence (R., Ind.) talks 2012: Rep. Mike Pence: “When I get asked by school kids if I’ve ever thought about running for President I have one answer.” David Brody: And what is that answer? Rep. Mike Pence: “No more no less than any other kid that grew up with a cornfield in his backyard.” David Brody: The Field of Dreams answer. Rep. Mike Pence: “Look, one of the great things about America is that anybody can be anybody even a small town kid from southern Indiana who grew up with a cornfield in his backyard can dream.”
Clearly, the Democrats think they have something here tying together the Republican Party and the Tea Party. However, it seems to me that this political miscalculation is exactly why Congress’ approval rating is at 11%. What the Democratic Leadership doesn’t seem to understand is that the Tea Party isn’t a political party; it’s a set of ideas shared by the overwhelming majority of Americans. The Tea Party is made up of Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Constitution Party members, and apolitical Americans. They are mainstream folks who love our nation and who wish to …
Guest post by Jim Durbin, 24thstate Last week, the reconstituted ACORN (now known as Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment), stormed a Chase Bank branch in St Louis in a carefully orchestrated protest designed to create sympathetic media stories for breaking the law. MORE, whose Facebook page includes celebration of communist ideals and whose membership includes the most radical and deluded…
Simply awesome. . “So when my husband and I came to America, we heard a story about conservatives. We heard that these conservatives are a really really weird lot. Nutjobs, basically. And these conservatives, they’re obsessed with sex. They’re obsessed with sex and they’re obsessed with what you’re doing in your bedroom. It’s all they think about. They’re just constantly worrying about …
(David Kopel) Ronald Reagan once said that the conservative D.C. weekly Human Events was his favorite newspaper. And with good reason. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there were few significant alternatives to the then-hegemonic MSM. Along with National Review , which was Reagan’s favorite magazine, Human Events was an essential source for stories that the MSM refused to cover, and for perspectives that the MSM shut out or…
Cliff May has written an open letter to Mayor Bloomberg regarding the proposal to build an Islamic center two blocks from the former location of the World Trade Center, and on the site of a building damaged by the 9/11 attack. Cliff’s letter avoids unsupported accusations that those who want to build the Islamic center wish to celebrate the 9/11 attacks. He focuses instead on the valid, and sufficient, reasons for not proceeding with the center or at least holding off on it until important questions are answered. These include the fact that Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the Islamic center project, has said that U.S. policies “were an accessory to the crime that happened.” Cliff reminds…
Stuart Smalley Afraid Of Oversight? Say It Isn’t So! Why So Afraid, Al? Senator Al Franken, former Air America radio host and comedian. He’s afraid of GOP oversight! Al Franken”s Keynote Speech at Netroots Nation : “Here’s more key evidence of how deeply top Democratic officials are tied to the neo-communist anti-Semitic hate-blog Daily Kos (and the rest of the progressive blogosphere, CAP, Media Mutters, etc.). Take your time and really listen to chief election thief Al Franken…
In its latest tale about how President Obama is out to attack all that is good and right about America, Fox News yesterday alleged that the Justice Department is now purposely disenfranchising America’s troops, too. The charges come originally from Sen. John Cornyn, courtesy of Fox resident ginner-upper J. Christian Adams — the same Adams who’s pushing allegations of racial favoritism against the DOJ. Their story is that the DOJ is intentionally trying to undermine a new law meant to protect the voting…