This is not the primary we thought we would be having. But it’s the kind of primary we should have expected. Every four years, Republican voters hope to get a new candidate vetted by debate and campaign who articulates conservative principles, recommends conservative policies, and demonstrates the qualities of a leader. Instead, we get one of… Read More Scott Walker’s Out, and I May Be, Too.
Maryland has been run by an oligarchy of high-minded swine since at least 1655, when a band of scurrilous Puritan rebels defeated the forces of Lord Baltimore at the Battle of the Severn. Today, Maryland is more or less a wholly owned subsidiary of the federal government. I mean that in the literal sense; the… Read More Forget it, Rick. It’s Maryland.
It seems as though everyone had something to celebrate from last night’s primaries (except of course, Ron Paul. Doubtless he had a moral victory). I watched most of the speeches last night, and these are the impressions they made on me: Newt Gingrich came across as a bulldog, but a bulldog that spent way too… Read More Three Wins, Three Speeches
Rick Santorum is apparently a killer. Because he wants to ban amniocentesis. Except what he actually said was this: Free prenatal testing “saves money in health care. Why? Because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in… Read More Into the Hysteria
… he does not pretend to agree with everyone. (h/t: Memeorandum) When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he declared that marriage is between a man and a woman. For the most part, his position was treated as a nonissue. Now Rick Santorum is campaigning for president. He too says that marriage is… Read More Santorum Commits the Deadly Sin of Politics…
…Hobo Hunting Licenses hardest hit. Basically, its the 2010 Delaware Senate election all over again, wherein Ace inveighed for Rockefeller-ite Mike Castle rather than crypto-wiccan and professional campaigner Christine O’Donnell. The comment threads during that period brimmed with sightings of RINO horns and proclamations of doom. Except this time, he’s capitulated to the Stormin’ Mormon,… Read More Ace of Spades to Become Insufferable Until the Convention…
And worse, when pressed to discuss the Catholic position on birth control and sexuality, he doesn’t hide in the bushes, but stands for his positions like a man. Naturally this makes him unacceptable as a Presidential candidate. The comments explode with the imaginary fear that Santorum is going to outlaw birth control (he isn’t, and… Read More Ace of Spades Discovers that Rick Santorum is Catholic
Jeff Goldstein makes the case that uber-Catholic Santorum will be less of a threat to our liberties than uber-Progressive Obama. Moreover, that Santorum’s willingness to defend his positions will ultimately redound to his advantage. Even people who disagree will say “Hey, at least he holds his opinions honestly. And honestly, I need a job.” Sure… Read More “Do we want employment and a tax holiday to reinvigorate this sector of the economy? Or would we rather buy the media spin that Santorum wants to stone gays?”
Can’t say I blame him. It deserves pointing out that Santorum is the only one whose hands are in any way clean on this issue. Gingrich’s are not clean, and all great Neptune’s oceans will not wash Romney’s. Look, I like Newt Gingrich. Always have. He’s got fire in the belly, and he’s smart. But… Read More Rick Santorum is Mad
Erick Erickson casts everything in terms of the base in revolt (h/t: memeorandum) against “a milquetoast moderate from Massachusetts” (a phrase so good, Erickson can’t resist repeating it). In every way in the last two weeks, Romney has signaled he won’t fight for the base. He looks like a lost child when trying to answer… Read More Why Newt Won.
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