Category Archives: GOP

OK, Time For Todd Akin To Go

The other day I took the contrariwise position that the GOP should have circles the wagons around Akin. Alas, then we get this AKIN: You know, Dr. Willke has just released a statement and part of his letter, I think he just stated it very clearly. He said, of course Akin never used the word […]

GOP Adopts Arizona Style Immigration Platform

I’m positive the Typical Liberal Useful Idiots will proclaim this as “hate” and being mean and raaaaacist and bigoted, though they won’t be able to explain why once you force them past the talking points (The Hill) The Republican Party has officially endorsed its backing for Arizona-style state immigration laws, adding into its platform language […]

GOP Convention Theme “We Built This!”

They should keep the theme going the entire convention (Fox News) The GOP is turning what some see as a presidential slight aimed at business owners and entrepreneurs into a theme for a night of the Republican National Convention next week, titling Tuesday night’s session “We Built This!” Speeches from a trio of swing-state headliners […]

The Akin Issue: Don’t Drop Out

I know, everyone is going “ugh” regarding the mostly dumb comments from Missouri GOP Senatorial candidate (and current Representative) Todd Akin. Here’s what I wrote in the comments over at Michelle Malkin’s spot Perhaps Republicans shouldn’t be so quick to dump our candidates in front of a bus for saying something stupid. It seems that […]

Ryan Pledges Romney Administration Will “Put Aside Childish Things”

Hopefully, one of those things will end up being the Obama administration (Daily Caller) Ryan said that if elected, Mitt Romney would treat Americans like adults. “We have a very serious choice to make,” Ryan told the crowd. “And what Mitt Romney is offering is to make a decision together.” Ryan has earned praise as […]

Obama Camp Says If Mitt Gives Them 5 Years Of Tax Returns, They Won’t Ask For More

Sure, they wouldn’t (Washington Post) Barack Obama’s re-election campaign kept up pressure against Republican rival Mitt Romney on two fronts Friday, launching a new ad defending the president’s record on Medicare while challenging Romney to release at least five years of tax returns. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina made the tax-disclosure offer to Romney campaign […]

Romney Says Obama’s “Angry And Desperate”

We’ve known this for quite a long time, Mitt. We also know Obama is sleazy, un-presidential, and a disgrace…oh, you’re going to get to that? Gotcha (Washington Post) Mitt Romney lashed out at President Obama with some of the harshest rhetoric of his campaign at a Tuesday night rally here, accusing Obama of leveling “wild […]

Lapdog Slate Says Ryan Company “Didn’t Build That”

It’s obvious that Slate writer Sally Kohn didn’t build her post: surely the Obama administration did When Paul Ryan took to the stage in Mooresville, North Carolina, as Mitt Romney’s running mate, he attacked President Obama’s “you didn’t build that” remark about the role of government in supporting private innovation. But while Republicans have been […]

Romney Says Obama Should Get Campaign Out Of The Gutter

Yesterday, a heckler made the mistake of taking on Mitt Romney (Fox News) “If you follow the campaign of Barack Obama, he’s going to do everything in his power to make this the lowest, meanest, negative campaign in history. We’re not going to let that happen. This is going to be a campaign about ideas, […]

ABC News Really, Really, Really Hoping Hurricane Hits Tampa RNC

How else to explain why they recycled a story from August 10th to August 13th? Could a Hurricane Rock the Republican Convention? In 15 days the best and brightest of the Republican Party will flock to Tampa for a showdown between Tea Party conservatives and the GOP establishment as the party attempts to coalesce around […]

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