Category Archives: Elections

Oops: Dems “War On Women” Meme Not Particularly Successful

Ever since the Democrats trotted student professional activist Sandra Fluke up to a fake Congressional hearing, in which she told us that law students needed to spend a whopping $1,000 a year on birth control, which they couldn’t afford, despite attending a fancy, expensive law school, the Democrats have been attempting to paint a picture […]

Does Romney’s Triple Win Tuesday Signal The End To The GOP Primaries?

Many are saying “you betcha”, starting with Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post That sound you hear? It’s the fat lady singing. For the umpteenth time in the Republican presidential primary race, Mitt Romney defeated Rick Santorum in a major Midwestern swing state — a win that effectively forecloses any chance that the former Massachusetts […]

Bummer: GOP “Emasculating” Obama Renewable Energy Efforts

In other words, Joe is upset that the GOP refuses to appropriate funds that can be used to scratch the backs of rich Obama campaign donors (Washington Times) More investment in “green” technology is shaping up to be a cornerstone of President Obama’s re-election effort, and the administration’s No. 2 man on Sunday accused Republicans […]

Obama 2012: The Campus Apathy Tour

The kiddies aren’t too excited for a repeat of Obama 2008: The Worship Me As A God Tour (Bloomberg) On election night 2008, freshman Meagan Cassidy left Lake Forest College and hopped a train to Chicago to celebrate Barack Obama’s impending victory. “There was probably no better place to be,” Cassidy said in a phone […]

If Only Sarah Palin Had Run…

That’s the headline over at CNN for an opinion piece, which raises some interest points. I’ll skip past the ones discussing the current GOP crop, get right to the meat It didn’t have to be this way. If Sarah Palin had entered the contest, I’d hypothesize two alternative realities. One, she’d have the nomination sewn […]

Good News! Politico Manages To Find Nine Dems Willing To Embrace The Obama Mantle

They’re literally fighting for Obama’s mantle, which seems to violate the “new tone”. Very violent rhetoric. Not quite as violent as Joe Biden telling me that “We’ve all got a dog in this fight.” I thought dog fighting was barbaric, violent, and illegal. So, if anyone gets caught dog fighting, blame Joe. Anyway (Politico) While […]

Shocker: Obama, Cameron Agree On Oil Reserve Release In Election Year

Someone at Al Reuters has obviously been drinking heavily. How else to explain such a truth as this? (Reuters) – Britain has decided to cooperate with the United States on a release of strategic oil stocks that is expected within months, two British sources said, in a bid to prevent fuel prices choking economic growth […]

NAACP Requests UN Investigate U.S. Voter ID Laws

Yeah, too bad they have no legal jurisdiction over the United States, but, it makes for nice theater (Fox News) The controversy over requiring voters to provide photo IDs has reached the world stage. The United Nations Human Rights Council is investigating the issue of American election laws at its gathering on minority rights in […]

Team Obama Really Excited To Treat Women As An Uninformed Voter Block

Whether or not this contraceptive/abortifacient mandate rule was intentionally passed to shift the focus from Obama’s pathetic record on the economy, deficits, debt, energy prices, wasting money, etc, that has been the upshot, with his buddies in the MFM falling right in line, such as this front page NY Times article: Obama Plans Big Effort […]

Will Super Tuesday See Romney Rise And Not-Romney’s Drop Out?

Will Romney win big? Will Santorum win big? Will Newt win Georgia? Will Ron Paul win the militia vote and still be irrelevant? Will any contenders drop out? Questions to be answered by the end of the day (Daily Caller) It’s Super Tuesday, which means today is the busiest day yet of the 2012 Republican […]

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