A new poll shows 61 percent of the US holds Republicans in an unfavorable light. Many will misinterpret these results to mean that people don’t want conservative leadership anymore. But that doesn’t jive with other polls and the results of the elections. Conservative principles and standards (limited government, low taxes, freedom, individual responsibility, etc.) are still popular. Conservative…
2008 Elections
Aren’t these elections fun? The insults, the smears, the besmirchment. But if you think it’s more negative than it’s ever been, think again. Just do a little research on how they used to campaign 200 years ago and you’ll see that if anything, things have gotten more civilized.
My father lives in Southern California and was a community organizer to help get people to vote for Prop 8, which passed and which amends the state constitution to officially define marriage as “between a man and a woman”. Yesterday I received an email from him saying this:
We received an interesting letter in our mailbox today…no stamp, no name,…
Opponents of Prop 8 in California, which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman, have said much of the need for religious people to not force their religion on others. This is the same call that has been trumpeted by the left for decades to separate “church and state”. But the argument is patently ridiculous.
But first,…
70% of Black Americans voted for Prop 8 in California, as did 53% of Latinos. Many are asking with incredulity “How could this happen? How could people who were discriminated against now be discriminating in the same way?” Some point to the religious dedication of many in the Black and Latino communities. Others say it’s just too soon and it…
Is there any bright side to the ‘08 elections for conservatives? Sure, there’s plenty of reason for hope, if not change.
1. McCain didn’t win. Wait, that’s a good thing? Well, maybe McCain wouldn’t have been as bad as Obama in the short run, but there’s no question McCain was still a negative. At least now we conservatives don’t have…
Pundits, papers, and other people across the country are blaming Sarah Palin for McCain’s decisive loss. But Palin isn’t the one to blame. Nor is it McCain for choosing her. The fact of the matter is that anybody who is in touch with conservatives knows that if it weren’t for Sarah Palin, the results for McCain would have been much…
Obama’s in, Republicans are definitely out. Democrats now control the White House, the House, and the Senate, and by wide margins in the latter two. There is virtually nothing to keep Democrats from doing whatever it is they want to do at the federal level. Republicans can barely make a squeak. Obviously Obama can’t be blamed for what’s going to…
Well, Obama’s in and McCain went down to a resounding defeat. As a conservative I’m not too depressed, however. I was depressed when McCain won the primaries, because that’s the moment at which I realized there would be no conservative in the White House. The mislabeling of our Presidents as either conservative or liberal is one of the interesting ironies…
Classic. Wealth redistribution in action bites those who are feeding it (scan to the bottom, or just read below).
On my way to lunch recently, I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama; I need the money.” I laughed. In a restaurant my server had on an “Obama 08″ tie. Again I laughed.…
Anyone who becomes the President of the United States swears an oath that they will uphold the U.S. Constitution..and yet so many Presidents and Congressmen do otherwise, according to Andrew Napolitano’s WSJ piece Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution.
Buy why, and how do they get away with it? Of course it’s not that they blatantly disregard the Constitution…well,…
Show your support for an Obama presidency, a filibuster-proof House and Senate, and the glorious reign of the Democratic National Committee with this Obama wallpaper for your computer desktop background. Desktop also includes Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid, just in case you’re wondering who those attractive three persons are.
Click on the wallpaper image above to see…
Are you voting for McCain? If so, I’d like to know why. There’s no ulterior motive, there’s no agenda other than that I want to understand what’s motivating you. If it’s because you think war heroes are awesome, that’s fine. If you think Obama is a disaster waiting to happen, that’s fine too. If you hate McCain but feel as…
This is not an attempt to draw you into an argument and there is no ulterior motive. I’ve heard why Colin Powell, Barbara Streisand, and Joe Biden support Obama for President, but I want to know why normal people support him. So, if you’re planning on voting for Obama–why? Don’t be shy, don’t be embarrassed, just be honest and give…
Zakaria is right when he says Palin is unprepared to be VP, let alone the President. While we’re at it, I’m not sure McCain is ready to be President either. But then I see what the alternative is and I have to ask myself “What experience or skill does Obama bring to the table that Palin doesn’t have?”…
I haven’t read much of the New York Times before, partly because there’s only so many things one can read in a day, and partly because I’ve been under the impression that it’s heavily biased towards a liberal/socialistic viewpoint of the world. Today I happened to be on the NY Time reading an article about skateboard shoes when…
Economically, things seem to be going from bad to worse. Personally, I haven’t felt a thing. No, I’m not on drugs, but so far nothing has affected me directly. I’m still making the same amount of money as I was a year ago (more, in fact), paying the bills is the same, my car payment is the same, gas is…
Typically I don’t like to use my blogs to simply link to what someone else has written and say “Hey, read this! It’s good!” But given that Eric Snider is a very close, personal friend, or at least somebody I maintained a close relationship with while in college, or if not that, somebody who went to the same college that…
I just listened to Jacki Lyden on NPR interviewing economic advisers from Obama and McCain’s campaigns. Jacki presented two real-life case studies from Ohio. One a small business owner of a small hotel, and the other, a laid-off auto worker, and then asked each adviser how their candidate’s economic plan was going to help these individuals. I was…
I just watched all three Bourne movies in the past week or two and I was starting to think maybe he was a smart guy, but man, Damon’s comments criticizing Palin make him look like an idiot.
“It’s like a really bad Disney movie — the hockey mom…from Alaska, and she’s the president, and it’s like she’s facing…
Democrat VP contender Joe Biden said of Republican VP contender Sarah Palin’s convention speech “I didn’t hear the phrase ‘middle class.’ I didn’t hear a single word about health care. I didn’t hear a single word about helping people get to college,” and later added “They don’t have a single answer [for] how to dig us out of the hole…
Marc Ambinder, Dick Pettys, and others have either speculated or reported that Romney and/or his staff and/or his supporters are angry about Palin being chosen as VP over Romney. I, for one, couldn’t have been happier if Romney had been chosen as VP. After all, I’m Mormon, live in Utah, am a businessman, and I’m white,…
Ha! You’ve got to love it when the Democrat leadership goes crazy about stuff like McCain’s choice of Palin as VP. It probably means McCain is onto something. If they were saying “Yes, we think this is a wise choice for McCain…” then you would know McCain made a serious mistake.
The Democrats are angry that McCain is…
Given that Craig wears a black Frenchman’s hat, art geek glasses, and lives in San Francisco, I shouldn’t be too surprised that he’s backing Obama for President. What I am surprised about is that the views expressed in his article actually make sense.
He advocates using technology to facilitate providing basic services and increasing transparency (especially for lobbyists),…
James Carville’s latest commentary might lead you to believe he’s woefully uninformed or just pig-headed, but he’s not. He’s just a typical example of the status-quo of Washington’s do-and-say-whatever-you-need-to-in-order-to-get-elected-and-stay-in-power politics.
He’s spot on when he tells Obama “You can’t simply seek change for change’s sake.” He could also have added that marketing yourself as a change agent when in reality…
If I’m a racist because I won’t vote for Obama does that mean Obama’s a racist because he wouldn’t have supported Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court?
Or maybe he just thinks that Clarence Thomas is dumb. Obama said “I would not have nominated Clarence Thomas…I don’t think that he…I don’t think that he was a strong enough…
Ed Rollins, in his recent commentary on CNN.com states “No one votes for vice president.” after advising the party nominees to “get on with it” and choose their VPs. However, past performance is not necessarily a predictor of future events. Sure, nobody (or virtually nobody) voted for Clinton because of Gore, nobody voted for Reagan because of Bush,…
Frankly, I’m no expert on McCain, but I know that conservatives don’t like him and don’t consider him one of them. Conservatives don’t like Bush much either, claiming he’s too liberal for them. Conservatives believe that if Bush had been a true conservative things would be a lot better today, and that the country wouldn’t dream of electing someone like…
