Why the candidate I support is … brokered convention

I’m still wrapping up my personal projects so I can return to blogging, so I’d been planning this post but hadn’t written it. However, Monday evening Erick Erickson announced on his radio show that the candidate he is endorsing as the Republican nominee for president is the Sweet Meteor of Death, or a brokered convention, …

Rejoicing in tiny karmic miracles

Consider the paradoxes in the following sequence of events: Presidential candidate and Republican governor of Texas, Rick Perry, releases a TV ad attacking the honor of lesbian and gay service members, saying, ““I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s …

The eight amendments to the Constitution proposed by Obama

Did I say Obama? My bad. I meant social conservative and Republican governor of Texas, Rick Perry. Gabriel Malor reports that such is Perry’s reverence for the Constitution, he has proposed eight amendments to it so far in his campaign for president. What they have in common is that they would clear the way for social …

Joy asks, ‘Why are we letting the enemy moderate our debates?’

At The Conservatory, Joy McCann, aka Little Miss Attila, has a useful summary of last night’s Republican presidential candidates’ debate. Here is how she gets rolling: Most of the questions Stephanopoulos and Sawyer came up with tonight were clearly designed to do one of two things: 1) Throw out more heat than light, and set …

Gov. Palin won’t run — Palin for president in 2016

I was dismayed, but not very surprised, last night when I heard that Gov. Palin announced she has decided not to run for president in this election cycle. I was hoping she was hanging back to let the field thin out. Allahpundit at Hot Air says it’s a smart call and links Charles Krauthammer saying …

UPDATED: Michelle Bachmann wins Iowa straw poll, husband still gay

I originally posted the following on August 14, 2011. It was lost on Sept. 17 due to a web host snafu. I am restoring it from Google’s cached copy along with all the original comments (I will be answering objections raised in the comments in a future post): The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get …

Maryland Public TV interviews show why Jim Rutledge is the Republican who can beat Barbara Mikulski in November

I’m still phoning it in — Anthropocon has the YouTube videos of Maryland Public Television interviewing the leading Republican candidates for Senate in the primary in September, Jim Rutledge and Eric Wargotz. I endorse Jim Rutledge — free of charge. I plan to post a video of a conversation I had with Jim on July …

A Conservative Lesbian endorses Mattie Fein for Congress — no charge, Mattie, this one is on the house!

When Stacy was in California interviewing Mattie Fein (R CAND, CA-36) he called me and gave me a chance to talk to her — on account of phoning it in, instead of writing my own post I’m linking Stacy (who has useful info on the points made in the video), Moe Lane (who has a …