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Mitt’s conservatism problem
One of last night’s moments that people will notice more now than then was Brian Williams’ question about what the candidates had done for conservatism. Mitt’s reply was pathetic. When asked that question, Mitt replied that he’d raised a family, that he’d worked in the private sector, blah, blah, blah. It might’ve been the most pathetic reply I’ve heard during these debates. Don’ get me wrong. Raising a strong family and creating wealth in the private sector are positive things. That doesn’t identify a person as a conservative. This plays into Mitt’s image of not being a conservative. Here’s another thing that’ll play into Mitt being a moderate/liberal: Romney’s “Charlie Crist” problem is this: Romney’s chief campaign strategist and several of his most senior campaign staff were Crist’s top political advisers, the same ones … Read entire article »
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Mitt denies tax policies create jobs
In a thoroughly bizarre moment in South Carolina, Mitt Romney attacked Newt Gingrich for claiming partial credit for passing the Kemp-Roth tax cuts. Mitt said that for Newt, “who’d only been in Congress 2 years at the time”, to claim credit for creating jobs is like Al Gore claiming credit for inventing the Internet.” Mitt later said that “government doesn’t create jobs. Businesses create jobs.” Mitt’s goal from the outset was to sell the notion that federal tax and regulatory policy doesn’t matter, that brilliant businesspeople are all that’s required to create a great economy. Mitt knows that there’s more to creating jobs than just risk-taking entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are important but passing wise public policy is a key component, too. The Kemp-Roth tax cuts cut capital gains and income tax rates. As a … Read entire article »
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Vin the Lobbyist cautions patriotic TEA Party activists
?The last thing TEA Party activists need is for a DC-based lobbyist to lecture them on being extremists. Still, that’s precisely what Vin Weber did: The other Minnesotan deeply tied to the the Congressional Leadership Fund is former U.S. Rep. Vin Weber, who sits on the super PAC’s board. Both Weber and Coleman are backing Mitt Romney for president and both also work as lobbyists. At a time when the tea party has energized the conservative base of the party, Weber cautions that Republicans need to avoid ideological extremes. “It’s important to also maintain some breadth to the Republican message because there are places in the country where a very conservative Republican simply can’t compete and a truly national party has to be able to be at least somewhat competitive everywhere,” Weber said. It’s … Read entire article »
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What’s in a word (conservative)?
Many is the time that Sean Hannity has reminded viewers and listeners alike that he isn’t a registered Republican. Hannity’s reminded them that he’s a registered conservative in New York. Wednesday night, Hannity interviewed Sarah Palin. Though he didn’t say it in this interview, Hannity has repeatedly said that Mitt’s a conservative. Shame on him for pulling his punches with Mitt. It’s intellectually reprehensible for him to criticize the mediaa for not digging into President Obama’s past, then do a half-assed job of scrutinizing Mitt. If the gutless media, Hannity included, did their jobs, charlatans like Mitt Romney wouldn’t gain traction in a GOP presidential campaign. At minimum, they wouldn’t be allowed to call themselves conservatives. They could mouth the words but they’d be ridiculed mercilessly. Thankfully, Paul Hoffmeister wrote this article to … Read entire article »
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What’s in a word (conservative)?
Many is the time that Sean Hannity has reminded viewers and listeners alike that he isn’t a registered Republican. Hannity’s reminded them that he’s a registered conservative in New York. Wednesday night, Hannity interviewed Sarah Palin. Though he didn’t say it in this interview, Hannity has repeatedly said that Mitt’s a conservative. Shame on him for pulling his punches with Mitt. It’s intellectually reprehensible for him to criticize the mediaa for not digging into President Obama’s past, then do a half-assed job of scrutinizing Mitt. If the gutless media, Hannity included, did their jobs, charlatans like Mitt Romney wouldn’t gain traction in a GOP presidential campaign. At minimum, they wouldn’t be allowed to call themselves conservatives. They could mouth the words but they’d be ridiculed mercilessly. Thankfully, Paul Hoffmeister wrote this article to … Read entire article »
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Conservative media tanking for Mitt
Here’s a news flash that isn’t getting talked about: Too many Republican analysts/strategists/pundits aren’t interested in the truth. The reality is that the stuff that was passed off last night in the name of conservative political analysis wasn’t interested in the truth. The first example I’ll cite is Mark Steyn interviewing Karl Rove. Steyn opened by saying that “Newt doesn’t have a message; he’s got 1,000 messages.” He then asked Mr. Rove how Mitt’s done in the staying on message department. Mr. Rove’s reply was predictable. He said that Mitt had done a good job with staying on message. To his credit, sort of, Mitt is staying on message. There’s a reason for that and it isn’t good. Mitt’s record as Massachusetts governor is liberal. Mitt went farther on CO2 emissions than … Read entire article »
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God bless Mark Levin & the history lesson he gave to Ann Coulter
Thanks to the Right Scoop’s tape of last night’s Levin show, Ann Coulter got put in her place. Thanks to their tape, America got a history lesson and a lesson in constitutional law. If there was any doubt about whether Mark Levin was a patriot before last night, and there wasn’t for me, this 10:30 long tape of Levin settles that discussion. Of all the things that Levin brought up, his mentioning that the district courts and the appellate courts were created by acts of Congress, not by the Constitution, was the most informative and important of his anti-Coulter diatribe. Mr. Levin challenged his listeners, and by extension those watching the tape, to pull out their copies of the Constitution and find where the creation of the lower courts is discussed. Then … Read entire article »
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