Category Archives: GOP

Rick Perry Walks Back His “Heartless” Comment

Someone saw some flagging support and falling polls (Newsmax) Presidential candidate Rick Perry on Wednesday apologized for saying that anyone who opposed giving tuition breaks to the children of illegal immigrants “did not have a heart.” In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, the Texas governor said he had made a poor choice of words during […]

Team Perry Looks To Hit Harder….At Romney

There are many good reasons to support Rick Perry, and many good reasons to not support him. That’s politics (and life). You aren’t going to agree with every stance a politician has. Of course, their political stances can have an effect on your standard of living. But, what really annoyed me about Rick Perry jumping […]

Palin Calls Cain “Flavor Of The Week”….Must Be A Racist

The Politico’s Maggie Haberman doesn’t actually say that, but, we all know that’s the intent, an intent that several Politico commentors sure bought into: Sarah Palin calls ‘Herm Cain’ the ‘flavor of the week’ The indefatigable Juana Summers sends over this dispatch from Sarah Palin’s appearance with Greta Van Susteren, in which she took a […]

Perry Doubles Down On Support For Illegal Alien Kids

Unless something big happens, I do believe the GOP will start looking more towards Mitt Romney over Rick Perry, especially when we get things like this Rick Perry went out on a limb Thursday by refusing to back off his support as Texas governor for granting in-state tuition to some of the children of illegal […]

For Palin, September Becomes End Of October

This is why I’ve mostly given up on Sarah Palin as a viable presidential candidate: she refuses to take the plunge: Sarah Palin seemed to give a November deadline for a decision on a 2012 bid. Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News Tuesday night, Palin said there is still time but conceded that a […]

RNC Chairman Calls On White House To Come Clean On Solyndra

Just imagine had it been a Republican who was involved with the Solyndra disaster. The media would be all over it, as well as covering the Congressional inquiries. And from GOP.com we get WASHINGTON –Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement calling on the Obama Administration to come clean on its […]

Ann Coulter On Palin: Enough With The Teasing

Via The Right Scoop comes this exchange between Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter (though I’m using the video via Weasel Zippers, as searched on Youtube) That’s some of what I’ve been saying. Sure, she can announce at the last minute, but, really, does she have a campaign staff ready? Campaign apparatus? Yes, people have announced […]

Has Sarah Palin Worn Out Her GOP Presidential Welcome?

It’s a good question, and ABC News’ Rick Klein posits that yes, she is wearing out the GOP’s welcome mat If it’s possible to wear out your welcome in politics, you can wear out your welcome mat, too. Sarah Palin’s protracted flirtations with a presidential run took her to Iowa this weekend. She attacked President […]

Apparently, Illegal Immigration Is A Super Duper Major Big GOP Issue For 2012

It’s hard to know where the Washington Post is going with this story. It’s so typical for the liberal media to have some sort of agenda, especially when it comes to political news. Is it meant to indicate that Republican voters are not concerned about the economy as much as illegal immigration? Is it meant […]

Big Mean Ole Conservatives Hit DOJ For Trying To Stop AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Somehow, the DOJ suit against the AT&T/T-Mobile merger deal became about Conservatives The Obama administration is under attack as anti-business and anti-jobs – and it gave its critics more fuel for the fire Wednesday. Obama’s Justice Department announced Wednesday morning that it’s going to court to block AT&T’s efforts to buy T-Mobile. Minutes later, FCC […]

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