Posts Tagged ‘election 2010’
Time to Leave No Child Left Behind, behind
By Steve Farrell It has been said that the most effective way to conquer a man is to capture his mind. There is no slave more devoted, no disciple more dedicated than one who has become completely obsessed with the vision of what he considers to be a great idea. (1) Thus, education has long been a proper object of concern among both freemen and [...]
No Compromising, None
Perspectives with Phil Brennan Informed Views from Outside the Beltway Speaker in Waiting John Benoir faces quite a few daunting challenges as he goes about the job of organizing the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives, not the least of which will be forging an overall consensus on the direction his GOP membership wants to [...]
More Republican Pledge Hypocrisy
by Laurence Vance, LewRockwell.com The “Pledge to America” recently unveiled by House Republicans is more Republican gobbledygook. Republican promises to cut waste, fraud, abuse, and earmarks, and institute reform, change, privatization, and accountability are always so vague, misleading, and exception-ridden that they are – without [...]
Rand Paul Delivers Victory Speech in Kentucky
Election 2010: Rand Paul takes Kentucky: View his live victory speech here.
Republican Daniel Webster Takes Florida House Seat
Liberty Alerts, Florida. Both Fox News and CNN both have declared former Florida lawmaker, Republican, Daniel Webster the winner over Democrat incumbent Alan Grayson, for his U.S. House seat.
Sour Grapes: Dems File First Legal Challenge
NewsMax.com. In a sign of just how desperate their election plight has become, Democrats filed their first legal challenges before polls even closed. They asked for an extension of voting hours in Connecticut and questioned the denial of provisional ballots in Illinois, The Hill reports. New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Democratic [...]
Despite New Law, Problems Persist With Military Vote
Liberty Alerts, CNSNews.com Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada and Wisconsin – some of the fiercest battlegrounds of the of the 2010 midterm election -- are among the 14 states and territories singled out by the U.S. Justice Department for not complying with the federal law that says absentee ballots must be sent in time for overseas soldiers, [...]
When the Democrat Party Left You Behind
By Selwyn Duke Many years ago, a very nice lady with whom I was having a political discussion announced to me, “I’m a Democrat.” My immediate response was, “By birth or by choice?” It’s a relevant question for many Americans, as some treat party affiliation as if it’s akin to ethnicity. It can work like this: Their pappy was a [...]
Incumbents and Candidates Rated on Gun Issues
Liberty Alerts, Gun Owners of America This is it. We're finally down to the last hours before Election Day. Gun Owners of America urges all supporters of the Second Amendment to cast their votes for the most pro-gun candidate running in your district or state. If you need to know how the candidates are rated in your district, then please go [...]
Get Ready and Get Out and Vote
Liberty Alerts, JBS Freedom Campaign Ready for election day? Yes, it is on Tuesday, November 2. Most polls open at 7:00 AM and close at 8:00 PM, but be sure to check your locality. As of Monday morning, the news media is reporting that Republicans stand to make huge gains and may take back at least the House of [...]
Pulling the Plug on Obamacare
Liberty Alerts, NewsMax.com Today's NewsMax.com reports: "Three states have ballot measures intended to nix mandatory healthcare coverage. In Arizona, Proposition 106 would tweak a constitutional amendment that nearly passed in 2008. It amends the state constitution to expressly forbid any healthcare system that requires individuals and [...]
Nevadans to Harry Reid: Stop Thief!
Liberty Alerts, RenewAmerica.com, Wes Vernon The "funny business" started when voters in Boulder City (near Las Vegas) showed up to cast their (early voting) ballot for Reid's Republican opponent, Sharron Angle. Within five minutes, they reported that Senator Reid's name had already been checked. Continue >>>
Echoes of 1930′s Germany
By Alan Caruba Time and again in these troubled and troubling times people make reference to Germany in the 1930s, the rise of the Third Reich, and to Hitler as they express their fears regarding the Obama administration. It is an interesting comparison if only because it reveals a sense that an authoritarian government is poised to impose [...]
So Harry Why the Long Face?
Liberty Alerts, Gun Owners of America Oh . . . now we understand. New polling results show Democrat leader of the U.S. Senate Harry Reid is at least 3 points down to challenger Sharron Angle. And when you're the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, it's very hard to handle the fact you may LOSE your Senate seat on November 2nd. But that's [...]
Mitt Romney is Toast
By Bryan Fischer I just returned from the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., and the main takeaway is this: Mitt Romney is toast. Tony Perkins and FRC Action were entirely right to invite Romney to speak. (AFA Action was a co-sponsor of the event.) He is eager to court the pro-family community, and deserved the opportunity to persuade [...]
Support Worthy Candidates This Year
By Phyllis Schlafly In this vital election year, hundreds of worthy candidates are running for office. Running for office is much like caring for children: it’s based on a lot of tedious, time-consuming, repetitious chores, but in the end you can produce an important and worthwhile result. I urge all my friends to find a candidate you [...]
Gun Owners Nationwide Must Rally to Defeat Harry Reid
Liberty Alerts, Gun Owners of America Thank you, everyone, for your hard work over the last few months. Because of your lobbying efforts, the NRA has decided NOT TO ENDORSE anti-gun Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his contest against Sharron Angle. As you may remember, GOA had alerted you last month to press reports indicating that [...]
A Nation Divided
By Henry Lamb To listen, click here To see the nation divided, watch the people who gather on August 28th at the Lincoln Memorial to hear Glenn Beck and the people who gather at Dunbar High School to hear the Rev. Al Sharpton.. Beck and his group want to restore the principles of the founders; Sharpton and his group want to transform America [...]
Taxpayers Finance Obama’s $2 Million Fundraising Tour
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles President Obama’s frantic fundraising spree to help Democrats win midterm elections cost U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars and the carbon emissions spewed by the cross-country travel in a customized Boeing 747 undoubtedly contributed to global warming. In the last few days alone, the commander-in-chief [...]
Bringing America Home
By Steve Farrell Talk about self-evident patriotism! In Tom Pauken's latest, Bringing America Home, here is a writer who's heart and mind unabashedly rings out 'God! Family! Country!' from cover to cover. So does his commitment to striking a balance between faith and reason and a roll up your sleeves work ethic as he easily moves from broadside [...]
The Gods Are Angry
Perspectives with Phil Brennan Informed Views from Outside the Beltway It is said that whom the Gods would destroy they first drive mad. It is becoming increasingly obvious that they are really enraged at us mortals – we’re about an inch away from the loony bin portals. I’m not going to waste your time chronicling the instances of [...]
Winning Conservative Agenda for 2010 and Beyond
By Christopher G. Adamo As November looms, traditional America is conflicted among feelings of anticipation, dread, and despair. The upcoming elections hold the prospect of major conservative gains in the House and Senate, which could drastically turn the tide on the relentless liberal attacks against the nation. And it is undeniable that such a [...]
Incumbents: Meet Horatio Bunce
By Henry Lamb To listen click here. Sounding more like a campaigning candidate than a proud President, Obama said that voters will have to choose whether to go backward to the failed policies of the past, or to go forward to the future with him. Wait a minute: where’s the choice? The failed policies of the past are precisely the same policies [...]
Obama Takes Illinois Mistakes Nationwide
By Phyllis Schlafly "Unsustainable" is a scary word that recently entered political discourse, coming authoritatively from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf. Unsustainability is the operative moniker for Barack Obama's massive deficit spending, which Elmendorf said "cannot be solved through minor tinkering." The CBO [...]
November is a Long Way Off
By Phil Brennan It is the common wisdom that Republicans will score a significant victory in the coming Congressional elections and it has them salivating over the prospect of taking over control of the House and perhaps even the Senate. Unfortunately, this may well turn out to be a case of counting your chickens before they hatch. There's a [...]
Harry Reid Must Go!
Liberty Alerts, Gun Owners of America Gun Owners of America is backing Sharron Angle in the United States Senate race in Nevada, and we have compiled a list of 42 reasons why Harry Reid MUST be defeated. This is one of the top races in the country and one WE MUST WIN! If any gun owner or sportsman has any doubt if Reid is pro-gun or [...]
Selective Enforcement — Henry Lamb
By Henry Lamb Federal law currently prohibits the use of marijuana. California spit in the face of the feds and enacted a law that makes “medical” marijuana available to anyone who wants it. Now, a ballot initiative in the November election will remove the “medical” requirement and allow any adult to grow and use marijuana at will. The [...]
Senate-seeker wants Obama birth-certificate treatment
Liberty Alerts, WorldNetDaily.com, Chelsea Schilling A Mexican-born candidate for U.S. Senate said he is considering a lawsuit against the Missouri secretary of state for discrimination because her office forced him to produce a birth certificate but "didn't make Obama show proof of citizenship" to appear on the ballot. Hector Maldonado, 38, a [...]
Conservative’s Wishful Thinking — Alan Caruba
By Alan Caruba One of the themes running through conservative forums and blogs these days is the question of just when Barack Obama will resign from the presidency. Secondarily, the concern is that he would do this before or after the November midterm elections, thus leaving the nation in the hands of Joe Biden, a longtime Washington [...]
Democract Desperation Evident in Rand Paul Attack — Phil Brennan
By Phil Brennan If any proof that Democrat's panic and desperation over the prospects of losing their control over Capitol Hill this coming November is required you need only look at their reaction to Dr. Rand Paul's landslide victory in the Kentucky primary election. Seen as a harbinger of things to come, Dr. Paul's crushing defeat of a more [...]
Rand Paul Was Right; Liberals Say So — Bryan Fischer
By Bryan Fischer Rand Paul argues that the constitutional principle of freedom of association allows private individuals and businesses to decide with whom they will associate, and that it is not the business of government to tell them with whom they must fraternize. That's not racism. Protecting the right of association is what allows churches [...]
It’s Over The Top Time — Phil Brennan
Perspectives with Phil Brennan Informed Views from Outside the Beltway Marine Sgt. Maj Dan Daly won the Medal of Honor twice in WWI but he's probably better known for his battle cry when his 5th Marines attacked the entrenched enemy at Belleau Wood on June 6, 1918. "Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?" he shouted at his [...]
Conservatives Celebrate Defeat of Moderate Bob Bennett – David Pyne
by David T. Pyne Something very historic happened at the Utah State Republican Convention which was held at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City last Saturday (May 8th). Utah's three-term incumbent Senator Robert Bennett was eliminated in the second round of voting by the conservative state delegates. It was the first time in nearly a century that [...]
He Wasn’t Just Whistling Dixie — Henry Lamb
By Henry Lamb He said he would “fundamentally transform the United States of America.” He wasn’t just whistling Dixie. He meant what he said, and he set out to do it the minute he took office. People close to him knew exactly what he meant, and what he intended to do, and were ecstatic at the opportunity to vote for him. The vast [...]
Panic Equals Trouble — Phil Brennan
Perspectives with Phil Brennan Informed Views from Outside the Beltway If anybody doubts that panic is setting in at the White House let them contemplate the meaning of reports that President Obama plans to call out his rag-tag army of voters who gave him the presidency in 2008 in an effort to save his job when the voters go to the polls for [...]
Next Battle Royale: Immigration — Bryan Fischer
by Bryan Fischer Now that Arizona has passed a law making it state crime to be in Arizona without proper documentation, expect President Obama and the Democrats to move culture-busting amnesty legislation to the head of the queue. This is now going to be cause one in the great Obama crusade to kneecap America and turn it into a Third World [...]
Philip Dru Obama — Henry Lamb
By Henry Lamb Philip Dru is a fictional character created by Colonel Edward Mandell House. House was a political activist in Texas before becoming campaign manager for Woodrow Wilson. For eight years, House was Wilson’s Czar-in-chief, and worked to fundamentally transform the United States of America into a government that operated like the [...]
Eight Crucial Months — Phil Brennan
Perspectives With Phil Brennan Informed Views from Outside the Beltway The November Congressional elections are roughly seven months away, with the end of the year 2009 coming a month later. These eight months could be among the most dangerous in U.S. history. I'm going to assume that the Republican Party is poised to drive the [...]
Bay Staters Show How to Game MussoliniCare By Gaming RomneyCare
by Bryan Fischer We have said from jump street that if health insurance companies are required to issue policies to folk regardless of pre-existing conditions, health insurance companies will soon go broke and everyone will be driven into the government-owned, government-operated system because there will be no place else to go. For private [...]
Are McCain Republicans Finally Seeing the Light? — Chris Adamo
By Christopher G. Adamo On the day following the abominable March 21 congressional vote to subvert the Constitution and subjugate the American people under the dubious auspices of Obamacare, Senator John McCain (R.-AZ) voiced his displeasure with Democrat jubilation over their victory. Apparently, on this occasion, McCain did not appreciate all [...]
The Most Powerful Office is Not the President — Phyllis Schlafly
by Phyllis Schlafly Do you know that the most powerful office in the United States is not the President? Indeed, the most powerful man in the world is the U.S. President, but the presidency is not the most powerful office. Another office is more powerful because it chooses whose names will appear on the ballot for elective office and what [...]
The Optimistic First Lady of Conservatism — Steve Farrell
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell Speaking in Naples, Florida at the 30th Annual Eagle Forum luncheon, Phyllis Schlafly, the First Lady of Conservatism, called the 2010 election “the most important election of our lifetime.” She urged the audience to vote for good conservative, pro-family Republicans. “I am optimistic we can do it [...]
Obama Meeting to Legalize Illegal Immigrants
Liberty Alerts, Judicial Watch Preoccupied with healthcare and expanding government, President Obama is still working full throttle to shove through an immigration reform bill prior to the midterm elections because Latino groups have threatened to withhold votes for Democratic candidates. To appease the influential La Raza movement, the [...]
Applying Alinsky — Why Obamacare Makes No Sense — Alan Caruba
By Alan Caruba After seven and a half hours of the Republicans trying to introduce some rationality into the discussion of Obamacare, the “reform” of Medicare that actually takes trillions out of the present system and adds millions of people into it, the ordinary American can be excused for being confused, frustrated, and angry. That’s [...]
Republicans Cannot Coast — Adamo
By Christopher G. Adamo The 2010 mid-term campaign season is now upon America, and none too soon. With two weeks still to go before his term reaches the one-year mark, the damage Barack Obama has inflicted on this nation is almost incomprehensible. Among those who recognize the degree to which the former greatness of the country is being [...]
Resolved: Remove the Marxist Majority — Henry Lamb
By Henry Lamb The nation’s most important New Year’s resolution is to remove the Marxist majority in Washington. The most important question facing the nation is how to do it. There can be little doubt that the national sentiment opposes the Marxist policies being imposed by the current majority in Washington. Poll after poll, after [...]
