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Bottom Line: Their First Instinct Was To Lie

In response to The sadly predictable denoument of the Samira saga:  The charitable take on all this is the one I offered above:Kerry, Clinton, Obama, and their teeming hordes of sequestration-proofaides never thought to review the full spectrum of Ibrahim’s

They've Already Done the "We'd Never Do this" Spiel

In response to Possible Response: Of Course the President Would Never Do This:  Tomorrow when Carney is asked he can claim that this is much ado about nothing because of course the President would never use drones on Americans inside

Journolist Ring Wraiths

In response to The Fastball Special: I don’t read comic books, but being a huge LOTR fan, I am partial to Victor Davis Hanson’s analogy of today’s Journolistas as J. R. R. Tolkien’s Ring Wraiths, “petty lords who wanted a

RE: No Dinner For House Republicans?

In response to No Obama Dinner for House Republicans?: Perhaps the thinking is that Republican Senators will be more amenable to making a deal with Obama (raising taxes), after they’ve been plied with food and adult beverages. But sadly, the

Obama Meeting With Senate Repubs, too

In response to With His Tail Tucked Firmly Between His Legs, Obama Reaches Out to Republicans: He’s meeting with  several Republican senatorsfor dinner on Wednesday, (unless it’s canceled due to the snow storm) “as part of his effort to revive

USDA Email Confirms What We Were All Thinking

In response to USDA Email: Don’t Contradict Us on Sequester’s Impact:  The first time I heard Brit Hume say that he was hearing that Obama administration officials were going to make sure the sequestration cuts were as painful as possible,

Yes of Course – Snow Stimulates the Economy

In response to Big Snow: weather menace or ‘stimulus’ opportunity?: Lest we forget, food stamp usage is said by this administration to be a great form of economic stimulus, and folks are sure to be clearing the shelves of their

RE: The Progressive Left's Marvel Team-Up Act

In response to The Progressive Left’s Marvel Team-Up Act: Over the weekend, Bill Keller had the temerity to assign some blame for the sequester to President Obama. Within a day, the left’s commentariat had settled the issue in Obama’s favor,

Re: It's Not About Climate Change. It's About Population Control

In response to It’s Not Climate Change. It’s Population Control: And some of them will come right out and tell you so. Speaking at a luncheon during the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, December 5 2010, Ted Turner,

Organizing For Acce$$ And Astroturf

 Today, Crossroads GPS released an “informercial” about Obama’s new non-profit Organizing for Action, which they’ve dubbed, Organizing for Acce$$: An interesting aside:  A couple of weeks ago, Organizing for Action, (Obama’s campaign arm) was  caught using spambots (phoney sockpuppet twitter accounts)

The Floodgates Open: More Accounts of White House Thuggery Emerge

 In the wake of last week’s brouhaha between journalistic legend Bob Woodward and the Obama White House, other reporters have come forward to talk about their own experiences with the controlling and sometimes abusive administration. Maureen Callahan of The New

Video: Armed Bank Robber Thwarted By Gun Toting Civilian

Yesterday afternoon, an armed white male entered the First Security Bank in Trimble, Missouri and loudly demanded cash. As the KSHB-TV reporter noted in the video below, “unfortunately for the suspect, he was not the only person in the bank

Remind Them Every Day – Obama Chose to Inflict This Pain.

In response to State-run media rides to the rescue on sequestration: Far from challenging Obama for his obvious lies on sequestration, some quarters of the media (and I’m being charitable by saying “some”) are happily carrying his water and running

Andrew Breitbart: "Join the New Media Revolution" (Video)

 I took this video of Andrew Breitbart taking questions after Saturday lunch at the Smart Girl Summit in St. Louis, July 2011. It’s over 38 minutes long, but if you don’t have time for the whole thing, listen to this

One of My Favorite Breitbart Moments (Video)

 Andrew displaying his perfect comedic timing on Red Eye, early December 2009 with Loveline, Sex Rehab and Celebrity Rehab host Dr. Drew Pinsky: “Dr. Drew? …..Um, I have a friend…..” Makes me laugh every time I see it:  

Breitbart Awards 2013

To honor Andrew’s legacy, and inspire the next generation of conservative activists, the  Franklin Center and Heritage Foundation have teamed up to sponsor this year’s Breitbart Awards. Via The Foundry: Today, as we mourn the loss of Andrew and pay

#RememberBreitbart Contest

The National Bloggers Club is hosting a Twitter-driven contest tohonor Andrew Breitbart’s life. At 12pm, 3pm and 6pm ET users will beencouraged from the @BlogBashOrg Twitter accountto share their favorite Andrew Breitbart quotes and stories using the Follow @BlogBashOrg throughout

I Miss Andrew Breitbart

In a few weeks many of us are going to CPAC, and there will be no funny, fiery, fabulous Andrew Breitbart to rally the conservative troops. No gregarious Andrew visiting the bloggers lounge to give us a pep talk  and

Yes, Woodward, Really

In response to Woodward, Really?: Don’t know too much about Woodward, but how did he blaze the trail for many bloggers? Go ask Yid With Lid – he’s the one who wrote that!  I get that he is in the

Obama’s Secret Sequester Plan

In response to Proper contempt for sequestration: DeMint, referring to Dick Morris, said, “the president is trying to make the case that the problems we’re going to experience with the economy is because of reduced government spending, but the real

Bob Woodward Invited to CPAC #BlogBash

#BlogBash has officially invited Bob Woodward to join our party at CPAC 2013. The group would like him to speak to the 500 right of center bloggers who will be in attendence. Yid With Lid has the details:  In a

Who’s The Senior WH Official That Threatened Bob Woodward?

In response to Woodward: WH Aide ‘Yelled at Me’ for Half Hour: Bob Woodward said a “very senior person” at the White House had threatened him about his sequester reporting via email, which John Sexton reports happened after that person

Butting in Again RE Modern Feminism

In response to Explain?: I believe your faith in forever “explaining” Advanced Conservatism to people who are barely aware of who their congressman is is misplaced. If you’re explaining you’re losing. I hear this kind of thing a lot:  If

I Ain't No Feminist

In response to Let’s Us Two Men Have This Discussion About Women: Okay, I’ll bite, Ace.  I’ll never call myself a feminist because to me and many conservative women like me, there are just too many negative connotations to it. 

But-But-But Premiums Were Supposed To Go Down By 3000%!

In response to Donna Brazile: Why did my health care premiums go up? : I understand her disappointment considering the president made some rather incredible predictions when he was campaigning for “what critics call” Obamacare : So glad nobody got

Dr. Ben Carson To Be A Featured Speaker At CPAC

The ACU made the announcement, this morning. Via Twitchy: “Dr. Ben Carson represents the optimism and hope of the future of theconservative movement, while at the same time he articulates the deepfiscal and social challenges that our Nation faces,” said

Fight Childhood Obesity – Get Rid of the "Extras"

In response to We All Scream for Fennel!: The successful chefs were the ones who seem to already know what the kids in this article were saying — we “miss the French fries, pizza, burgers and cheesesteaks.” They did healthier

House Rep Steve Stockman Demands Answers RE Obama/OFA Gun Control Spambots

Obama’s permanent campaign arm, “Organizing for Action” started a Twitter hashtag campaign, last weekend, #WeDemandAVote, which was launched to show popular support for the president’s gun control proposals.  Supporters were encouraged to re-tweet his call for Congress to vote on

Poor Thing!

In response to Oscar Winner Jennifer Lawrence Laughs Off On-Stage Tumble: That was quite a tumble.  I didn’t see  Silver Linings Playbook, but now I feel I must. Jennifer Lawrence is one to watch, and not only because she’s impossibly