OBL’s Man

8:06 pm EST June 29th, 2006 | Politics | 15 Comments

George W. Bush: Just the kind of “leader” that Al Qaeda would want.

Would You Even Notice?

8:06 pm EST June 29th, 2006 | Politics | 3 Comments

Alan Colmes’ Death Goes Unreported On Hannity & Colmes

The accidental death of Alan Colmes, the liberal commentator sometimes featured alongside conservative Sean Hannity, has gone unreported on their Fox News political commentary show for two weeks. “I can’t understand why why the Republicans are afraid to pull the trigger on immigration!” said Hannity, speaking to an empty seat across the set.

Convenient Amnesia On The Southern Strategy

7:06 pm EST June 29th, 2006 | Politics | 32 Comments

Good rundown on the myths surrounding the GOP’s flirtation with racism

More to the point, judging present day Republicans and Democrats by votes which occurred forty years ago ignores the vast changes in the political landscape that have happened since that time. Does Nixon’s “Southern strategy” ring a bell? The Reagan Democrats? Since 1964, African-American and other minorities have voted heavily with the Democratic party, so much so in fact that last year Ken Mehlman, the Republican National Committee chairman, apologized to an NAACP group, saying “By the ’70s and into the ’80s and ’90s, the Democratic Party solidified its gains in the African American community, and we Republicans did not effectively reach out….Some Republicans gave up on winning the African American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong.” I wonder how Jackson would explain several states from the formerly “Solid South” suddenly switching from voting Democratic to supporting Goldwater in 1964? And exactly how many Southern states did Goldwater win? How many Northern states?

Conservatives are also bloody wrong on the separation of church and state.

Priorities

4:06 pm EST June 29th, 2006 | Politics | 4 Comments

Some people have them all screwed up.

The Campaign Continues

4:06 pm EST June 29th, 2006 | Politics | Comments Off

The Left is up to more dirty tricks.

Bush Admin Realizes Fairyland La-La-La Rules Don’t Apply

2:06 pm EST June 29th, 2006 | Politics | 79 Comments

It’s an intriguing thing being a Republican. Emboldened by their electoral success, Republicans have created a culture of simply making stuff up and justifying it via apparent hocus-pocus. They get away with it a lot, because the Democrats are too weak-kneed to call them on it and the mainstream press is no better than a simple lapdog (not even my real lapdog is as lapdoggish as the MSM). But sometimes we get a concrete answer that fairytale Candyland rules simply do not apply.

Ehrlich Chooses His Mate

1:06 am EST June 29th, 2006 | Politics | 8 Comments

The conventional wisdom was that Ehrlich was going to sign up a black Democrat as his running mate. The CW, as often is the case, is apparently wrong.

Ehrlich will choose Kristen Cox, the current Secretary of the Department of Disabilities, as his lieutenant governor. Cox, who is almost completely blind, will be named by the governor in Annapolis on Thursday.

Ms. Cox has apparently done admirable work, but putting a former Bush administration official on the ticket doesn’t exactly seem to have the bipartisan tone Ehrlich has been talking endlessly about.

Powerline – Still Clueless

11:06 pm EST June 28th, 2006 | Politics | 9 Comments

Earlier this week when I took a swipe at one of the Powerline boys, some of you complained that I was just lashing out at them. But it’s beyond absurd that the mainstream press treats a bunch of yahoos who are wrong on everything like a bunch of acceptable figures to be listened to. Case in point: Powerline claims that An Inconvenient Truth has lost steam, when in fact its box office take has increased every week of its release.

Look, I know conservatives are not a fan of meritocracy versus an entrenched aristocracy but 1+1 will never ever equal 3 no matter how much Republicans want it to be that way. (via August who has coined a new law)

More Like This Please

11:06 pm EST June 28th, 2006 | Politics | 8 Comments

This week the man who from now on will be known as George Felix Allen Jr. attacked his Democratic opponent Jim Webb. Unlike so many other Democratic campaigns, the Webb camp responded

George Felix Allen Jr. and his bush-league lapdog, Dick Wadhams, have not earned the right to challenge Jim Webb s position on free speech and flag burning. Jim Webb served and fought for our flag and what it stands for, while George Felix Allen Jr. chose to cut and run. When he and his disrespectful campaign puppets attack Jim Webb they are attacking every man and woman who served. Their comments are nothing more than weak-kneed attacks by cowards. George Felix Allen Jr. needs to apologize to Jim Webb and to all men and women who have served our nation, Webb spokesman Steve Jarding said.

Perhaps if John Kerry had responded so forcefully to the disgraceful attacks on his service, we’d be in a much better place now, instead of listening to the consultocracy who are only able to cash checks and not win elections who told him not to dignify the attack. Why is it that so many of the people who understand the game on the left are former Republicans? Learn!!! Sen. Clinton, Sen. Edwards, Gov Warner, etc. — take notes.

Maryland Blog

11:06 pm EST June 28th, 2006 | Politics | Comments Off

Free State Politics is a new blog focused on our great state and I’ll be posting there on occasion (anyone notice how much more I write about my home state politics than I did in CA or MA?).