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No No, Lindsey. Don’t Help. We’re Fine Here. Please.

Jimmie | April 14, 2010 | Comments (3)

I really do want to like Lindsey Graham. He reminds me of a kid who used to play on my soccer team when I was young. He was earnest and tried really hard, which made you feel like you had kicked a puppy if you got mad at him. Actually, I should say “when” because [...]

This Smells A Lot Like Rewarding Failure To Me

Jimmie | April 5, 2010 | Comments (2)

So there’s been some sort of shakeup inside the Republican National Committee. One guy, whose name is only vaguely familiar to me has resigned his Chief of Staff position and a new guy, whose name is only slightly more familiar to me, has taken his place. Yahoo. What interested me about this story is the [...]

Meet The Man Who Could Beat Johnny Mac

Jimmie | April 1, 2010 | Comments (0)

Something’s happening out in Arizona that hasn’t happened for a long while – a competitive Republican Senatorial primary. John McCain is taking major heat from J.D. Hayworth, a former Republican Congressman, and the stress is beginning to show. Stacy McCain has a profile of Hayworth on the American Spectator website and I recommend it if [...]

The Warrior and The Weasel

Jimmie | March 22, 2010 | Comments (6)

Here are a couple video highlights from yesterday’s proceedings in the House of Representatives that tell you pretty much all you need to know about the two parties’ postitions on Obamacare. First up is John Boehner, House Minority Leader, taking Democrats to the woodshed for voting on a bill they hadn’t even read and (again) [...]

Ben Pershing and the Washington Post Need to Retract Their Lie

Jimmie | March 3, 2010 | Comments (0)

The amount of journalistic dishonesty on display in the Jim Bunning Kicks Puppies and Unemployed People story is galling. Over and over again, MSM outlets have reported that the Senator opposed extending unemployment benefits, wanted to put government employees out on the street, or wanted to deny medical payments to hard-working physicians. None of those [...]

Later, the Words “Senator Boogerbrain” Were Bandied About.

Jimmie | March 1, 2010 | Comments (2)

This weekend I got to watch some clips from last Thursday’s health care summit meeting and this exchange between President Obama and Senator McCain stood out as emblematic of the entire day. The left characterized that as an “ooh, burn!” moment, which I suppose it would be if Obama and McCain were second-graders on the playground. [...]

Let’s Not Break Out the Horn of Shame for Scott Brown Yet

Jimmie | February 23, 2010 | Comments (1)

I am sure much will be made of Scott Brown’s vote for the Democratic vote buying jobs bill but I don’t see a need to get all riled up about it just yet. Despite his resounding victory, Brown is in a pickle. No matter how much he’s become a conservative darling for being the “41st [...]

Double the Doug, Double the Love

Jimmie | February 19, 2010 | Comments (1)

Doug Hoffman, fresh off of giving Kerry Picket the scoop on his 2010 intentions, made the rounds at CPAC this morning. Stacy McCain and Hot Air both scored interviews with him. As I said yesterday, I like Hoffman. I think he’s a breath of unrefined fresh air for American politics and the Republican Party. He [...]