Quote: 

"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?" 

~ Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 17, 1781  

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Two Important Conferences in PA

  The PA Coalition will be sponsoring two (2) important conferences coming up in March:
  American Majority Activist Training - On March 10th, the PA Coalition will be co-sponsoring Activist Training at the Double Tree Hilton Pittsburgh from 10:00 to 4:00 PM. Included will be breakout sessions concerning:

• Effective Organizations
• Precinct Power
• Social Capitalists
• Beginner's Guide to Facebook and Twitter
• Blogging and Websites

To learn more and to register go to American Majority Pittsburgh Training.
  PA Leadership Conference (PLC) - On Friday and Saturday, March 23rd and 24th, the Commonwealth's largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists occurs in Harrisburg. The Friday Keynote Speaker is Fox News' Senior Political Analyst Britt Hume. Other notable speakers include Senator Pat Toomey, Herman Cain and Grover Nordquist.

The PA Coalition is once again well represented with several members on the speaking docket including our Director of Health Care Reform, Dr. Nick Pandelidis who will speak concerning aspects of the proposed PA Health Care Exchange and PA Coalition President Greg Wrightstone will be moderating the Energy Panel titled "Marcellus - How Shale we Proceed?"
  Please stop by the PA Coalition's table at PLC to receive a free piece of Marcellus Shale and pick up literature on the PA Health Care Exchange. We are proud to be able to sponsor noted film-maker Ann McElhinney whose newest film "FrackNation" is to be release in June. This film will confront and expose the anti-Marcellus zealots and neo-Luddites who oppose responsible development Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale. Go to PLC to register or learn more.

Additionally, in a recent email, we regretfully omitted listing a free market candidate who is running against Union Lackey Mark Mustio: 

Sue Means

The Committee to Elect Sue Means

3485 South Park Road

Bethel Park, PA 15102

www.ElectSueMeans.com

Constitution 101:
The Meaning and History of the Constitution

Available to you, your family, your friends,
and all Americans.

Weeks One & Two Now Available - Sign Up TODAY!

Dr. Larry P. Arnn

Over the years, many friends of Hillsdale, those who never attended college here, have said to me: "Dr. Arnn, I wish I could take Hillsdale's Constitution course!"

In response to these requests, this past year, for the first time ever, Hillsdale College offered the "Introduction to the Constitution" lecture series at no charge. Frankly, I wasn't sure what sort of a response a course like this would have.

That's why I was excited to see that YOU and almost 200,000 other people from all over the United States registered for "Introduction to the Constitution."

Thank you very much for registering and participating. I hope you learned a lot from the series.

I was thrilled, not only by the response, but at what it indicates: Americans are willing and eager learn about the Constitution and to defend the principles of liberty that made America so prosperous!

And this re-awakening of national interest in the Constitution comes not a minute too soon.

Now, for the first time ever, Hillsdale College is offering a no-cost 10-week online Constitution course based on the class Hillsdale College students must complete for graduation:

"Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution"

This course on the U.S. Constitution is available online at no charge to anyone who wants to understand and defend the timeless principles of liberty upon which our nation was founded!

I am proud to be teaching part of our NEW "Constitution 101" course and hope YOU will be one of my students again!

"Constitution 101" begins on February 20, 2012, and concludes the week of April 30. It will cover such topics as the Declaration of Independence and its connection to the Constitution, how the Constitution is structured to protect individual liberty and ensure good government, the crisis of constitutional government faced by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, and modern challenges to the Constitution during the "Progressive" era.

It is my honor to teach the first class, "The American Mind," and the final class, "The Recovery of the Constitution." All of the classes will be taught by Hillsdale College professors - the top teachers in their field and the same ones who instruct our students here on Hillsdale's campus.

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 March 23rd, 2012, marks an important and unfortunate anniversary. It will have been exactly two years since President Obama forced his unpopular health care takeover onto the American people. Americans for Prosperity has educated the public about the dangers of government interference in the health care market for the past several years, and now the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments and make a ruling on that very issue. As you are most likely aware, the U.S. Supreme Court will be considering the constitutionality of several elements of the President's health care bill. This may be our best chance to overturn this offense against our health care freedoms. That's why Americans for Prosperity will be hosting a Hands Off My Health Care rally for free-market grassroots activists from across the country at the Supreme Court on March 27th. Details can be found below.

Dear Group:

Please join us and Americans for Prosperity - Pennsylvania as we ride to DC to tell the Supreme Court to STOP THE OBAMA HEALTHCARE TAKEOVER!

Join us on the bus March 27th!  We have buses leaving from ALL OVER PA!  Click here to find your stop and sign up!

 Will you join me, Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania and your fellow Patriots to make sure our side is heard too?  Click here to sign up for the bus!

Please sign up here for our March 27th Rally to DC.   Here are a list of locations we are leaving from:

CENTRAL

BERKS

LEBANON

LANCASTER

YORK

HARRISBURG

CAMP HILL 

GETTYSBURG

ALLENTOWN

WEST

BUTLER

ALLEGHENY

MONROEVILLE

FAYETTE

SOMERSET

EAST

SCRANTON

LEHIGHTON

MEDIA

KING OF PRUSSIA

QUAKERTOWN

DOYLESTOWN

LANGHORNE

Don't forget to click here and sign up today (seating is limited)!

SIgned....group leader.

In Liberty,

Jennifer Stefano
Pennsylvania State Director
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF)
P.O. Box 843
Washington Crossing, PA 18977

Visit Sam's website at www.rohrerforsenate.org

Help Principled Candidates Win

Campaign Training Seminar

March 16-17, 2012 ~ Harrisburg, PA

Voters today - perhaps more than at any time in recent history - are yearning for principled candidates committed to standing strong for the timeless values upon which our country was founded and standing stronger against the politics-as-usual establishment working to undermine those values.

The Winning Campaigns Training Seminar shows principled candidates, campaign staff, and grassroots activists how to run winning campaigns without compromising their values - with a special emphasis placed on running and winning primaries. You'll learn:

•   Secrets campaign pros use to develop winning strategies.
•   How to raise all the money you need to win even if you've never raised money before.
•   Keys to persuading voters in-person, through the mail, over the phone, and online.

Who should attend?
Current & future candidates, campaign staff and consultants, campaign volunteers, grassroots citizen activists.

What's the cost?
Nothing, it's free, but you must register in advance. A group of donors concerned about the political leadership in our state have generously underwritten the cost of the seminar.

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2012 Primary Debate Schedule

Shalom ZOA Members, Friends and Supporters of Israel,

UPCOMING EVENTS:

On March 19 is a special evening with activist extraordinaire Pamela Geller. Plus, we have special discount tickets of Aish's annual Israel Event. Contact our Office at 215-338-9188 for ticket information.

Nullify Now! Philadelphia

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

(all times are eastern)

Thursday 3-4pm "America's Black Shield" - Ted Hayes and Terrance Lang

The Case Against Obamacare: Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress

For Tea Parties, this can be used as basic ammunition for letters to the editor, columns for your local news outlet, handouts at public events, emailing the pdf to our elected reps as well as to members, friends and neighbors.

This appears to be an excellent resource; let's make use of it.

Lou Flanagan

The General Wayne Tea Party

The first contests in the race for the Republican nomination are just around the corner. To better inform you, we looked beyond the rhetoric to the candidates' actual records on the issues important to families.

This voter guide outlines candidate stances on issues that are important to the family. We researched the candidates' statements and votes on the ten issues that best give voters an understanding on if the candidates match your values. Please use this resource as you think about who you would like to see be the nominee to challenge President Barack Obama.

Download the free guide and be sure to share this resource with your friends and family before the 2012 primary season begins next month.

A values voter is an informed voter.

Sincerely,

Tony Perkins
President

We have an amazing opportunity before us today, to score a BIG WIN for taxpayers and small businesses...but we can't do it without your help!

Please click here to send an email to your Representative and tell him or her to vote yes on the prevailing wage reform bills before the House today!

At 1pm, our PA Legislators are voting to amend the prevailing wage laws that have long favored unions and hurt working families and small businesses!  

Could you please email your legislator right now and ask him or her to vote YES on two prevailing wage reform bills: H.B. 1329 ("Threshold") and H.B. 1685 ("Jobs Classification")?

Our politicians must not only hear from the unions...they must hear from YOU and I...the people who bear the burden of paying for these bills!

Here's a quick overview of the bills:

The "Jobs Classification Bill" will require Pennsylvania to define job classifications on public works projects. The lack of definitions has been used by some unions to attack and file frivolous grievances against small business owners, costing Pennsylvania jobs and tax dollars.

The "threshold bill" will end the artificially low estimated cost of total project from $25,000 to conform to the Consumer Price Index of the previous calendar year. The current amount was based on the 1963 Consumer Price Index and allowed prevailing wage to kick in at too low a threshold making it a costly endeavor for school districts and municipalities to fund minor projects.

Will you please ask your legislator to vote "YES" to H.B. 1329 ("Threshold") and H.B. 1685 ("Jobs Classification")? Don't miss this chance to score a win for the taxpayers and small businesses of Pennsylvania!

Thank you for all your hard work!

In Liberty and Solidarity,

Jennifer Stefano

RedState Morning Briefing

For March 1, 2012

1. If You Use Georgia Pacific Paper Products, Barack Obama Wants You To Turn Yourself In Georgia-Pacific makes a lot of household paper products. Quilted Northern toilet paper, Angel Soft toilet paper, Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Vanity Fair napkins, etc. If you use any of them, Barack Obama wants you to report yourself to the government. No, I'm not making this up.  

2. Exclusive: Newt Gingrich Talks to RedState

Yesterday I had the privilege of conducting the first interview with Newt Gingrich in Atlanta, Ga. following the primary elections in Arizona and Michigan. The former speaker seemed resigned to the results and matter-of-fact about Tuesday night's results, emotionless about facts he can now do nothing about. He spoke quietly and calmly with intensity, if not energy.

I started our interview asking him about his path to victory, given he is now behind Rick Santorum in delegates. He pointed out how few primaries we have had compared to prior years and how many delegates are up for grabs still.

Calling Rick Santorum a "big labor Republican", Gingrich made clear he thought neither Santorum nor Romney would play well in deeply red states, as we saw in South Carolina - states that are about to be up for grabs on Super Tuesday and shortly thereafter. He views Mitt Romney as someone who cannot sell himself to the voters because Romney does not know himself who he is.

In the interview, more to be aired today, Gingrich also responded to Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) claiming Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney are at war with Islam. We delved into Operation Fast and Furious, energy prices, and Gingrich's plan to save upwards of $500 billion a year by transforming the federal government with Lean Six Sigma.

I'll send you an email later today when the full interview is online. It is quite interesting.

3. Irony, Thy Name is Lugar

Richard Lugar does not even own a home in Indiana anymore. Despite this, someone thought it would be a good idea for his campaign to attack challenger Richard Mourdock for absenteeism.

4. Matt Yglesias and the Totally Awesome Energy Narrative

Boycott rock fundraisers
(Live Aid; Live 8; etc).  

Explain that rock stars have an unerring ability to choose the wrong causes. The original Live Aid event, for example, might have killed at least as many Africans as it saved by encouraging Ethiopia's Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariamin the Stalinist "land reform" program that had caused the famine in the first place.  

The U.S. Constitution

A Reader 

Editorial Note: Just received a couple of copies of the reader.   Not just a short course pamphlet this; with the heft of 'Atlas Shrugged', it is well worth getting whether or not you choose to take the course. 

Hillsdale College is a private, coeducational, residential, liberal arts college with approximately 1,400 students. Founded in 1844, the College remains, in the words of its Articles of Association, "grateful to God for the inestimable blessings resulting from the presence of civil and religious liberty and intelligent piety" in our nation, and dedicated to "the diffusion of sound learning" that is "essential to the perpetuity of these blessings."

Hillsdale College is distinguished by its rigorous core curriculum, by its principled rejection of federal and state taxpayer funding, and by the pledge of its Board of Trustees to resists any attempts by the government to regulate its internal affairs.

Hillsdale College promotes the principles of liberty nationwide through its national speech digest, Imprimis, which has a monthly circulation of over 2 million, and through several outreach programs. In 2008, Hillsdale launched its Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. The College will also launch the Hillsdale Graduate School of Statesmanship in fall 2012.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Saving Muslims From Themselves

After September 11 the reasonable thing to do would have been to take steps to save ourselves from Islamic terror, instead we went on a crusade to save Muslims from themselves. The latest stop on that crusade is Syria, where the foreign policy experts responsible for decades of horrifying misjudgements tell us that we are duty bound to save the Syrian people from their dictator.

 

Rarely do we ask why it is that Muslims so often need saving from their dictators. Or why a party that campaigned on improving America's reputation by promising not to bomb Muslims anymore, is now improving America's reputation by bombing so many Muslims and so often that it makes George W. Bush look like a tie dyed hippie.

The Obama Administration has had a role in regime change in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya all in one year. Along with the other "Friends of Syria" it would like to bomb its way to regime change in Syria. The point of all this regime change is to replace totalitarian Muslim regimes with democratically elected totalitarian Muslim regimes on the theory that will make everyone happier.

The reason why Muslim countries end up with dictators can be seen in the streets of Libya where militias run wild and former members of the regime and anyone with black skin is dragged off the street for torture sessions and a bullet in the back of the head. Peel away the presidents, colonels and other suit wearing tyrants fronting for an oligarchy and that is what every Muslim country will be reduced to.

To understand the problem with Syria, one only need look at neighboring Lebanon where every attempt at coalition building between different religious and ethnic groups has gone badly over and over again. The ruling Alawites have to hang on to power because the alternative is to be an oppressed minority. The Sunnis have to strive for power because the alternative is to be an oppressed minority. This pattern repeats itself across the region.
 

* VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 

BENADOR: Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
Feb 29, 2012 11:32 am

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Feb 29, 2012 10:55 am

The US on an Israeli Military Strike against Iran: A Change in Position?
Feb 29, 2012 10:50 am

19 Signs America Has Become A Crazy Control Freak Nation Where Almost Everything Is Illegal
Feb 29, 2012 01:59 am

Sharia Law's Day in Pennsylvania Court
Feb 29, 2012 01:37 am

WikiLeaks 'Controlled Opposition' - Right Leaks at the Right Time?
Feb 29, 2012 01:26 am

NATO Agrees to Put Quran Burners on Trial?
Feb 28, 2012 06:59 pm

BENADOR: For Koran, Hussein Obama Silent as Taliban Murder American Troops
Feb 28, 2012 10:34 am

What Were They Thinking at Health Affairs?
Feb 28, 2012 09:34 am

Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorist Attacks against Israeli Targets Abroad
Feb 28, 2012 09:26 am

The State of the World: Explaining U.S. Strategy
Feb 28, 2012 09:13 am

Jewish DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz to do fundraiser for radical Muslim EMERGE USA

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QUICK HITS

Former governor Mitt Romney won the presidential primary contests in Michigan and Arizona last night. Now the GOP race heads to Washington state for caucuses, then on to Super Tuesday when ten states will hold primaries and caucuses.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) will not seek reelection in 2012 because of increasing polarization in Washington. "Unfortunately, I do not realistically expect the partisanship of recent years in the Senate to change over the short term," Snowe said.

The U.S. Treasury Department has disrupted a Dubai-based banking operation that Iran was using to evade sanctions in order to process oil sales.

Egyptian authorities say they have arrested a leading member of al-Qaeda. The man they arrested, Egyptian-born Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi, is a former Egyptian military officer who was dishonorably discharged for joining Jihadist fighters in the 1980s.

VIDEO: Britain's Liam Fox has a warning for America: Fix the debt problem now or suffer the consequences of less power on the world stage. Watch the exclusive interview on The Foundry. 

February 2012 * Volume 41, Number 2

Blasphemy and Free Speech

Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

PAUL MARSHALL is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom. He has published widely in newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, First Things, The New Republic, and The Weekly Standard. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books on religion and politics, including Their Blood Cries Out, Religious Freedom in the World, and Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion. Most recently he is the co-author, with Nina Shea, of Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide.

The Case For Infanticide 

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:48 PM PST

(John Hinderaker)

Pro-lifers have long argued that it is a slippery slope from abortion to infanticide; in the case of partial-birth abortion, the distinction is slim at best. Ridiculous, liberals have long replied. Who could confuse abortion with infanticide?

Ethicists, maybe. No, this is not a parody: "Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say."

Parents should be allowed to have their newborn babies killed because they are "morally irrelevant" and ending their lives is no different to abortion, a group of medical ethicists linked to Oxford University has argued.

The article, published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, says newborn babies are not "actual persons" and do not have a "moral right to life". The academics also argue that parents should be able to have their baby killed if it turns out to be disabled when it is born. ...

The article, entitled "After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?", was written by two of Prof Savulescu's former associates, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva.

They argued: "The moral status of an infant is equivalent to that of a fetus in the sense that both lack those properties that justify the attribution of a right to life to an individual." Rather than being "actual persons", newborns were "potential persons". They explained: "Both a fetus and a newborn certainly are human beings and potential persons, but neither is a 'person' in the sense of 'subject of a moral right to life'. ...

As such they argued it was "not possible to damage a newborn by preventing her from developing the potentiality to become a person in the morally relevant sense".

The authors therefore concluded that "what we call 'after-birth abortion' (killing a newborn) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled".

They also argued that parents should be able to have the baby killed if it turned out to be disabled without their knowing before birth, for example citing that "only the 64 per cent of Down's syndrome cases" in Europe are diagnosed by prenatal testing.

Once such children were born there was "no choice for the parents but to keep the child", they wrote. "To bring up such children might be an unbearable burden on the family and on society as a whole, when the state economically provides for their care."

However, they did not argue that some baby killings were more justifiable than others - their fundamental point was that, morally, there was no difference to abortion as already practiced.

They preferred to use the phrase "after-birth abortion" rather than "infanticide" to "emphasise that the moral status of the individual killed is comparable with that of a fetus".

Uncommon Knowledge with Condoleezza Rice 

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:51 AM PST

(Scott Johnson)

Obama, Santorum, and the Snobbery of the Left 

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:48 AM PST

(Steven Hayward)

Among the many things Rick Santorum has said recently that is raising hackles is that President Obama is a "snob" for saying everyone should go to college. How uncouth of the ex-Senator with a working class background! The Senator deserves a defense, however, though probably not on the grounds he had in mind.

First let's brush aside the surface arguments on this issue, which are two: first, Obama can be seen as merely extending the commonplace utilitarian view that higher education is the gateway to higher incomes, as the surveys show that college graduates earn more than high school graduates by a substantial margin. But this probably reflects selection bias, which means the income gap between college graduates and non-college graduates may diminish as more people who don't really belong in college go to college nonetheless. (And perhaps Obama is also trying to prop up an industry that is on the brink of collapse or at the very least wrenching change; i.e., he's trying to forestall the collapse of what is being called the "higher education bubble.") There's lots of learned argument on this point; I'll recommend one of Charles Murray's previous books, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality.

"And then the darkness fell" 

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:58 PM PST

(Scott Johnson)

Since this past fall Glen Campbell has been on a self-declared farewell tour following on the announcement of his struggle against Alzheimer's disease. Aaron Goldstein caught Campbell's show in Boston last week and filed this report (including a link to tour dates).

We customarily salute Campbell in conjunction with our annual celebration of the birthday of songwriter Jimmy Webb. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (number 2, 1967) and "Wichita Lineman" (number 3, 1968) were of course the songs that launched Campbell's partnership with Webb. The songs announced the arrival of a major new writer with a voice of his own.

A Big Night For Mitt Romney 

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:17 PM PST

(John Hinderaker)

Mitt Romney won easily in Arizona today, and various sources are calling Michigan for him as well. From my own review of the voting in Michigan, which is reported here, it seems that Romney's lead should increase through the evening, as he is winning big in the heavily populated counties around Detroit.

This despite the fact that, according to exit polls, around 10% of the voters in the GOP primary are Democrats. In an echo of Rush Limbaugh's 2008 "Operation Chaos," Democrats and union officials have urged their followers to vote for Santorum so as to promote a weak Republican nominee. Michael Moore advised his fans to vote for Santorum, which probably produced six or seven ballots. Still, if 10% of the voters in the primary were Democrats, and if 80% of them voted for Santorum-a conservative estimate-it added 6% to his total. If my arithmetic is correct, that means that if Romney wins by, say, five points, he actually won by 11 points among Republicans. Right? No doubt a reader will correct my math, but that should be in the ballpark.

"'Collective Salvation' is a part of Black Liberation Theology, which states that you cannot enter Heaven without the help of your community or group. The understanding is that God only looks at the masses as one entity, instead of via individual interaction with the Father. This poisonous belief system is the key catalyst for keeping Blacks separated from Whites, in keeping with the related belief that Whites can only receive salvation when they atone for what has been done to Blacks during the period of their slavery in the United States.

Obama was specifically chosen for this reason. Socialists needed someone who could be deceptive...' "

Marc Comvalius: Time to wise up to the socialist "collective salvation" aspect of Black Liberation Theology

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 251 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Stand With CWF Today!

Friends, after a brief analysis of the state of the GOP contest, I am reporting on a couple of disturbing issues today. Each one highlights the attack on our values. But, first, I want to encourage you to go to CWFPAC.com right now and help us make the most of our matching gift opportunity.

The response to our morning appeal has been better than yesterday's. But as you will read, the need is urgent. Thank you!


Romney Bounces Back

First, I want to give you a brief summary of yesterday's primaries. Governor Mitt Romney regained his footing last night by easily winning Arizona, and narrowly winning his home state of Michigan (41% to 38%) over Senator Rick Santorum. Here is the delegate count as of now:

• Romney: 167
• Santorum: 48
• Gingrich: 38
• Paul: 27

All four candidates will stay in the race through "Super Tuesday" on March 6th.

In Michigan, Romney did best among voters who said they were looking for a candidate who can beat Obama, and Santorum did best among strong conservatives and those who said moral character was their most important issue. For the record, both Santorum and Romney are in dead heats when matched against Obama.


Why Hasn't Romney "Closed The Deal"?

In every primary, Governor Romney has far outspent his competition, but he is still having trouble convincing conservatives to rally to his banner. History teaches us that no matter how electable a candidate appears, if he doesn't excite the base, he won't ultimately win (Bush's reelection in 1992, Dole, McCain). So why have so many strong conservatives supported Santorum and Gingrich, and before that Bachmann, Cain or Perry?

Romney said something yesterday that I think highlights the problem. Asked why conservatives have looked at so many alternatives, he replied:

"It's very easy to excite the base with incendiary comments. We've seen throughout the campaign that if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accusatory and attacking President Obama, that you're going to jump up in the polls. You know, I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support."

Bingo! The governor wants to avoid saying "outrageous things." He doesn't want to be "accusatory" and engage in "attacking" the president. And that is the problem. Romney is worried about "outrageous" rhetoric, but the problem with Obama is his outrageous policies. Those policies are destroying our economic health, undercutting our standing around the world and pushing radical attacks on family, religious liberty and the sanctity of life. Conservatives are desperately looking for a fighter who will unapologetically champion faith, family and freedom!

I begged John McCain to aggressively take on Obama's radical agenda, including his decades-long relationship with Jeremiah Wright, in the 2008 campaign. He refused because he did not want to sound "outrageous." It may have cost him the election.

Whoever gets the GOP nomination will be savaged by Obama and the Axelrod political kill machine. Our eventual nominee may want to "play nice." But if he does, he will be yet another failed GOP presidential candidate, and our country will suffer the consequences of four more years of Obama's extreme agenda.


Pelosi's Priorities

This week Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) convened her own "hearing" on Obama's contraception mandate. Unlike the official hearing held by House Republicans, Pelosi's hearing was not about religious liberty, but about why taxpayer's should be forced to pick up the tab for promiscuous college students.

Sandra Fluke, a "reproductive rights activist" and a student at Georgetown Law School (a Catholic institution) was there to explain the burden students are enduring paying for their own contraception. It's Leap Day, not April Fool's Day. I am not making this up, folks. Here is part of Fluke's testimony:

"Forty percent of the female students at Georgetown Law reported to us that they struggled financially as a result of this policy (Georgetown's insurance does not cover contraception). Without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3,000 during [three years of] law school. ... Just last week, a married female student told me that she had to stop using contraception because she and her husband just couldn't fit it into their budget anymore."

So now she is claiming a "right" to free contraception paid for by you, churches and insurance companies. One conservative columnist checked with a local drug store and discovered that it sells condoms for a dollar. He writes: "That $3,000 would buy her 3,000 condoms -- or, 1,000 a year. ...Assuming it's not a leap year, that's 1,000 divided by 365 -- or having sex 2.74 times a day, every day, for three straight years."

The Weekly Standard reports that a Washington, D.C., Target pharmacy sells generic birth control pills for $9.00 a month. That would be $324 over three years. According to a Target employee, "That's the price without insurance."  And yet another conservative journalist noted, "There are three federally funded Planned Parenthood clinics in Washington, D.C., -- none being more than 3.2 miles from the Georgetown Law School," where contraceptives are often free.

If this is the best case Obama and Pelosi can make for forcing religious institutions to violate their core values, I think we can win that debate -- IF we are willing to fight it. And what does it say about our culture today when a young female student at a Catholic institution can without any shame whatsoever suggest that she is entitled to contraception at taxpayer expense?

My friends, this is a perfect example of Pelosi's priorities, why Barack Obama must be defeated and why ObamaCare must be repealed by a conservative Congress.

Go to CWFPAC.com right now. Help us bring the Obama nightmare to an end!


Talking Points

Periodically, we are going to provide you with short, pithy one-liners to use as talking points with friends or family members who may be on the fence about the election. Given Pelosi's hearing and Obama's plans to cut healthcare benefits for our active duty and retired military personnel, here is our first talking point:

"Barack Obama is trying to cut healthcare benefits for our soldiers while he is trying to force the Catholic Church and other religious institutions to provide free contraceptives to college students."

Resign, Hillary!

Hillary Clinton was addressing a town hall meeting with students in Tunisia last weekend. During the question and answer session, she was confronted by the anti-Semitism that is so prevalent in much of the Middle East. Sadly, she failed to repudiate it. Here is a transcript of the session provided by the State Department:

"QUESTION: My name is Ivan. After the electoral campaign starts in the United States ... we noticed here in Tunisia that most of the candidates from the both sides run towards the Zionist lobbies to get their support in the States. And afterwards, once they are elected, they come to show their support for countries like Tunisia and Egypt for a common Tunisian or a common Arab citizen. How would you reassure and gain his trust once again given the fact that you are supporting his enemy as well at the same time?"

Clinton had a golden opportunity to, first, denounce the obvious anti-Semitism in the question, second, reiterate America's strong support for Israel and, third, reassure Ivan that Israel is not automatically the enemy of the "common Arab citizen." She did no such thing. Unbelievably, she reinforced his bigotry! Here is her stunning response:

"SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first, let me say ... that a lot of things are said in political campaigns that should not bear a lot of attention. There are comments made that certainly don't reflect the United States, don't reflect our foreign policy... I mean, if you go to the United States, you see mosques everywhere, you see Muslim Americans everywhere. That's the fact. So I would not pay attention to the rhetoric.

"Secondly, I would say watch what President Obama says and does. He's our President. He represents all of the United States, and he will be reelected President, so I think that that will be a very clear signal to the entire world as to what our values are and what our President believes. So I think it's a fair question because I know that -- I sometimes am a little surprised that people around the world pay more attention to what is said in our political campaigns than most Americans... So I think you have to shut out some of the rhetoric and just focus on what we're doing and what we stand for, and particularly what our President represents."

Excuse me? Is Clinton implying that mosques and Muslims "everywhere" in America somehow represents our foreign policy? Is she suggesting that the strong pro-Israel comments regularly made by Republicans and even on occasion by Barack Obama are just "rhetoric" that should be "shut out"? It would seem so. Hillary Clinton should step down immediately as Secretary of State.

But, while I vehemently disagree with Clinton that Obama will be reelected, I do agree that we should pay more attention to what he actually does. I think Obama's has repeatedly sent "a very clear signal" that he is in fact the most anti-Israel president to ever sit in the Oval Office!
 

Obama Not A Citizen Thanks To His Own Mother

Feb 29, 2012 02:23 pm

Attorney Orly Taitz vowed to shove everything she had concerning Barack Obama's evidentiary problem at last week's eligibility challenge in front of Indiana's election board.  Taitz, whose airline ticket to the hearing was purchased by a concerned citizen, presented evidence... Continue to Post

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18 Reasons Why Obama Is Unfit To Be Commander-in Chief

Feb 29, 2012 02:20 pm

For a number of years, it has been known that the guy called President Obama has little to no known qualifications with the exception of being a street hustler and community organizer.  Frankly, the man is not qualified to be... Continue to Post

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Matthews: Obama "Can Cause a Thrill In The American People"

Feb 29, 2012 02:18 pm

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Turmoil In The Tea Party Patriots?

Feb 29, 2012 02:14 pm

Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler told The Daily Caller that he resigned his leadership position with the grassroots organization last week out of frustration with how money is being spent and how closely the group has aligned itself with... Continue to Post

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Obama Disliked By People Of All Faiths

Feb 29, 2012 02:03 pm

According to a Pew poll released earlier this month, even before Barack Obama went public with his all-out war on the Catholic Church, white non-Hispanic Catholics started moving away from the Democrats and toward a Republican self-identification. The quietly released survey, which... Continue to Post

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Has The House Government Oversight Committee Thrown In The Towel On Holder?

Feb 29, 2012 01:53 pm

After reading the most recent report on Fast and Furious below, I began to wonder if Congressman Issa's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was going to let Eric Holder do the walking and evade charges of perjury altogether. This... Continue to Post

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NEWT: Romney Would Have Fired Christopher Columbus

Feb 29, 2012 01:45 pm

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Pentagon Apologizes To The False God Of Islam

Feb 29, 2012 01:44 pm

Last Friday a senior Pentagon official was dispatched to the largest Mosque in America (Northern Virginia) to apologize and grovel to the false god of Islam. USA/Afghanistan-Islamophobia: Pentagon official apologizes for Quran burning:  "A senior Pentagon official apologized Friday to Washington-area... Continue to Post

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Obama's Pipe Dreams

Feb 29, 2012 01:36 pm

When then-Senator Obama clinched the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, he attacked John McCain for being out of touch, a protector of Wall Street, and a peddler of failed Republican ideas.  When talking about the plight facing American families,... Continue to Post

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Hope Vs. Despair

Feb 29, 2012 01:27 pm

My colleague, Paul Kengor, wrote a brilliant article this week saying that Team Obama will try to cast the presidential election either in terms of class warfare-if Romney is the Republican nominee-or a battle over social issues, if Santorum gets the nod. If it's... Continue to Post

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Ron Paul Is Still Candidate With Best Economic Message

Feb 29, 2012 01:21 pm

All the GOP candidates will be an improvement over Obama, but Ron Paul shows again and again that he understands the economy and how we can fix it for long-term growth and stability. Here he addresses the problems in Detroit and give the real solutions Detroit and other big cities need to survive.

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USJF And Philip Berg File Obama Eligibility Case In Pennsylvania

Feb 29, 2012 01:14 pm

The latest state to hear arguments challenging President Barack Hussein Obama's eligibility to be on its 2012 Presidential ballot is  Pennsylvania. Last week, Attorney Philip J. Berg officially challenged the nomination petition of Obama. A lifetime resident of the state... Continue to Post

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How The Welfare State Crushes Working Families

Feb 29, 2012 01:10 pm

"Continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre.  To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit... We must preserve not only... Continue to Post

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Gun Walking Caused Death Of ICE Agent Zapata

Feb 29, 2012 01:08 pm

Watching Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee go up against Eric Holder's Justice Department is like watching Golding's Piggy try to reason with... Continue to Post

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Santorum Tells Supporters Not to Give Up Hope

Feb 29, 2012 01:03 pm

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Freedom Of Religion Vs. Freedom From Religion

Feb 29, 2012 01:00 pm

"I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute," Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum declared. "What kind of country do we live in that says only people of nonfaith can come into the public square... Continue to Post

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Drudge In The Dregs Again

Feb 29, 2012 12:54 pm

Republican Establishment media alert: On the eve of the Michigan and Arizona primaries, the Establishment's new favorite enforcer, Matt Drudge, was at it again. As I have chronicled so many of The Drudge Report's clever, and cleverly timed, manipulations over... Continue to Post

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The New Blacklist: How Hollywood Turned 'Valor' Into 'Triumph Of The Will'

Feb 29, 2012 12:52 pm

Hollywood is aghast at the success of "Act of Valor," which came in first place over the weekend with $24.5 million. The reviews for the film have been uniformly terrible - and more than that, the reviews have either stated... Continue to Post

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Romney Talks About His Big Night And Victories

Feb 29, 2012 12:50 pm

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Turmoil In The Tea Party Patriots?

Feb 29, 2012 12:14 pm

Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler told The Daily Caller that he resigned his leadership position with the grassroots organization last week out of frustration with how money is being spent and how closely the group has aligned itself with... Continue to Post

February 29, 2012
      LAW STUDENT'S bizarre SEX TESTIMONY  
This is the video that has heads shaking all across America. A Georgetown University law student appeared before a Democratic committee meeting and testified that she believes that religious schools should be forced to pay for her birth control. See it HERE.

  OBAMACARE: IS IT A TAX OR ISN'T IT?   
The healthcare coverage mandate in the "Affordable Care Act" is the focus of the legal argument against Obamacare. Earlier this week, HHS Secretary Sebelius was testifying in the House about the mandate and made a comment that seems to contradict the administration's argument. Watch the testimony HERE.     

ARE CATHOLICS 'JESUS-EATING CANNIBALS?'
A story on the Humor pages of the Huffington Post is causing many Catholics to call for an apology from Arianna Huffington. What was said about Rick Santorum's religion? See the comments being called "offensive" HERE.

  See THE NAVY'S NEW RAILGUN THAT DESTROYS ANYTHING IN ITS PATH   
The newest mega-weapon in the U.S. Navy's arsenal can fire a 40lb. slug that will travel over 5600 miles per hour. There's no need to imagine what it would look like, we've got the video clip HERE.

MAG DEFENDS PRINTING STORY ON ABORTIONS  

The big story we ran yesterday about the Journal of Medical Ethic's story supporting the killing of some babies after they have been born, has generated a response. The journal's editor is standing by the story. Read his answer to the public outcry HERE.       

VIRAL VID - SEE THE SNORING HUMMINGBIRD   
The massively cute video of a tiny, snoring hummingbird has inspired many folks to send us other adorable videos of sleeping and snoring animals. We suggest that you start them all at the same time and create a "snowing symphony" HERE.

REAL NEWS FROM THE BLAZE: IS OBAMA PLAYING THE RACE CARD?   
Conservative radio talker David Webb (who also happens to be a black man) joins the panel to debate the question of Obama and the Race Card. Is the issue of Race going to be a key element in the 2012 campaign? Watch the segment HERE.

Tonight on Real News From The Blaze: President Obama has come under fire for ignoring the needs of the faith-based community in recent weeks. And now it is being reported that his Faith Council is in disarray. How will this affect his campaign? The Real News panel will discuss that and more tonight at 7pm ET (or on demand) ? Only on GBTV.

With a Kenyan father Obama's 18 year old mother couldn't have Constitutional conveyed citizenship

Feb 29, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

By Suzanne Eovaldi, staff writer

Attorney Orly Taitz vowed to shove everything she had concerning Barack Obama's evidentiary problem at last week's eligibility challenge in front of Indiana's election board.  Taitz, whose airline ticket to the hearing was purchased by a concerned citizen presented evidence of a "stolen social security number and a forgery instead of a birth certificate!"  She told WND reporter Bob Unruh that Indiana just removed their Secretary of State Charlie White for his discrepancies with voter registration irregularities over "minor" problems.  Taitz said our sitting president's eligibility problems are major in comparison.       

But new questions about the status of BHO's teen age mother Stanley Ann Dunham are surfacing as analysis at another web site is revealing a Congressional rule change for people born between December 23, 1952 and November 13, 1986 puts in serious doubt Stanley Ann Dunham's ability to confer citizenship status on her son. 

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American Minute Feb. 28

Feb 28, 2012 05:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

 His grandson, Robert, was the U.S. Navy Commodore who helped freed slaves found Liberia, West Africa, and in 1846, captured California, resulting in the city of Stockton being named for him.

His brother-in-law, Elias Boudinot, was a Continental Congress President and founder of the American Bible Society.

His daughter married Declaration Signer Benjamin Rush.

His name was Richard Stockton. After Richard Stockton signed the Declaration of Independence, the British invaded New Jersey, forcing him to move his family for safety.

Richard was betrayed, dragged from his bed at night and imprisoned in New York.

His farm was pillaged and his library, one of the best in the country, was burned.

With his health broken from over a year in the British prison, Richard Stockton died bankrupt at age 51 on FEBRUARY 28, 1781.

New Jersey placed statue of him in the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall. Richard Stockton wrote in his Will:

"As ... Continue Reading:American Minute Feb. 28

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New Pew survey: Obama losing ground among Catholic Jewish Protestant and even atheist voters

Feb 28, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

   According to a Pew poll released earlier this month even before Barack Obama went public with his all-out war on the Catholic Church White non-Hispanic Catholics started moving away from the Democrats and toward a Republican self-identification.     

The quietly released survey, which contains lots of bad news for Democrats, was completed last December by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

What Pew found was as follows.

The Democrat identification all Catholics (practicing and non- practicing) had in 2008 is gone.  Democrat identification has slipped from 53/37 to 48/43 - again this was BEFORE Obama's declaration of war.

While this general trend should be enough to cause alarm for Democrats, digging a bit deeper brings worse news.  Among White non-Hispanic Catholics - who make up a much larger portion of those who will actually vote-  the numbers have reversed to a 49/42 Republican advantage.   Moreover Democrats are now even ... Continue Reading:New Pew survey: Obama losing ground among Catholic Jewish Protestant and even atheist voters

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Chronicle · February 29, 2012

The Foundation

"Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle." --Thomas Jefferson

Editorial Exegesis

"For all of his struggles as a campaigner, Mitt Romney doesn't lack for resilience. That character trait is essential in a President, and Mr. Romney proved again Tuesday that he has it by winning primaries in Arizona and in an especially rough contest against Rick Santorum in Michigan. Mr. Romney never makes it look easy, but as Hillary Clinton knows from 2008, victory beats the alternative. While narrow, Mr. Romney's triumph in Michigan was important in showing he could win his native state and in the Midwest. ... Mr. Romney also improved his case for his own candidacy, stressing a reform agenda as much as his business biography. In the final days in particular, he pressed his new plan for a 20% across-the-board income tax cut, as well as Medicare reform. He stressed his ability to revive the economy, which remains the dominant issue even among conservatives, despite the prominence of social issues in the last week. ... The race moves on to Super Tuesday next week, and if past is prologue it is far from over. The media are already predicting that no Republican can defeat Mr. Obama, despite his low approval rating and 8.3% unemployment, and many GOP hand-wringers seem to agree. But most of the American public hasn't begun to pay close attention, much less decided to re-elect this President. The candidates can help themselves if they stop playing the game of who-is-the-real-conservative? They are all conservatives of one stripe or another. GOP voters want to hear a critique of Mr. Obama, but above all they want to hear an agenda and vision for a better future that can rally a majority to defeat him." --The Wall Street Journal

Does Romney's Tuesday sweep seal the deal or is the battle just getting started?

Upright

"Romney came back to edge Rick Santorum in his home state that he won handily in 2008. ... [I]n the end, he won (and out in Arizona, won overwhelmingly). ... Although [Santorum's] message has been pitched to working-class voters, it's not clear whether it has hit home. ... He and Romney are a study in contrasts. Santorum the widely dismissed underdog versus Romney the frontrunner; Santorum's shoestring operation against Romney's proficient organization; Santorum's passionate and sometimes blustery stump performances and interviews in contrast Romney's buttoned-up-to-a-fault presentations. Santorum's gaffes are a product of speaking his mind, Romney's of straining too much to connect. Ohio on Super Tuesday next week will be a fairer test between the two candidates, since Romney won't have a home-field advantage." --National Review's Rich Lowry

"According to the Institute for Energy Research, there is enough natural gas in the U.S. to meet electricity demand for 575 years at current fuel demand, enough to fuel homes heated by natural gas for 857 years and more gas in the U.S. than there is in Russia, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and some place called Turkmenistan combined. Oil? The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world's top oil producer. ... Yet in the end, high gas prices are part of the plan. This is what the administration wants." --columnist David Harsanyi

"We'd almost feel sorry for Mr. Obama's gas-price predicament if it weren't a case of rough justice. The President has deliberately sought to raise the price of energy throughout the economy via his cap-and-trade agenda. He is now getting his wish, albeit a little too overtly for political comfort. Mr. Obama has also spent three years blaming George W. Bush for every economic ill. If Mr. Obama now feels frustrated by economic events beyond his control, perhaps he should call Mr. Bush for consolation." --The Wall Street Journal

"Courts have consistently concluded that 'gross' disparities are probative of a pattern and practice of discrimination. So what to do? One remedy that Congress might consider is to require females, who are overrepresented in fields such as preschool and kindergarten teaching, to become boilermakers and brickmasons and mandate that male boilermakers and brickmasons become preschool and kindergarten teachers until both of their percentages are equal to their percentages in the population. You say, 'Williams, that would be totalitarianism!' But if Americans accept that Congress can make us buy health insurance whether we want to or not, how much more totalitarian would it be for Congress to allocate jobs in the name of social equality and the good of our nation?" --economist Walter E. Williams

Insight

"The problems in the world today are so enormous they cannot be solved with the level of thinking that created them." --theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"There should be a tax on every man that wanted to get a government appointment, or be elected to office. In two years that tax alone would pay our national debt." --American humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935)

The Demo-gogues

About values: "America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the very top and keep everybody else down. ... Hard work, that's a value. Looking out for one another, that's a value. The idea that we're all in it together and [that] I'm my brother's keeper and [my] sister's keeper, that's a value." --Barack Obama

Change: "I'm here to tell [Republicans] they are wrong about America. Because in America we understand -- yes, we're rugged individuals. Yes, we don't expect a handout. But we also understand we are greater together than we are on our own." --Barack Obama

Pot, meet kettle: "Just like they did last year, gas prices are starting to climb. ... Now, some politicians always see this as a political opportunity. ... Step one is drill, step two is drill, and step three is keep drilling. ... Well the American people aren't stupid. You know that's not a plan -- especially since we're already drilling. It's a bumper sticker. It's not a strategy to solve our energy challenge. It's a strategy to get politicians through an election." --Barack Obama

Heaven forbid: "[M]y presidency is not over. I've got another five years coming up." --Barack Obama

Faith matters: "[N]inety-eight percent of women in childbearing age who are Catholic use contraception. Ok, so in practice the church has not enforced this and now they want the federal government and private insurance to enforce it. It just isn't consistent to me."-- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

What Constitution? "Well, basically, we're not looking to the Constitution on that aspect of [government being allowed to require organizations to provide free services]. What I'm trying to say is basically the decision has been made by this congress that American citizens are entitled to health care." --Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY)

Dezinformatsia

Civility, Exhibit A: "Republicans, you vile, repulsive, scum. You're not leading this country. You're not contributing to this country. You're not even part of this country. You are the maggot-ridden rot that arises in this country's damaged flesh; you are the vultures constantly picking at us to see if we're weak enough yet to become your next meal; you create problems where none would otherwise exist, just to further weaken America and quicken your own insatiable appetites; you are garbage, and you are traitors. And you are not welcome in this country anymore." --Daily Kos blogger Troubadour

Civility, Exhibit B: "[W]hat a waste of an education Rick Santorum is! ... Let's just pray that none of his home-schooled kids grow up to be an airline pilot, okay? That's all I'm asking. Please dear God, do not let any of these home-schooled kids grow up to be a surgeon, an airline pilot, or a nurse. Or somebody that's in charge of my trans-vaginal mandatory ultrasound. Seriously, no science-y things for them, you know, just religion, let them be all preachers or something." --talk radio-host Randi Rhodes

Civility, Exhibit C: "Remember earlier in the campaign when Newt Gingrich was worrying everyone about Sharia law: the Muslims were going to impose Sharia law in America? Sometimes Santorum sounds like he's creeping up on a Christian version of Sharia law." --Time columnist Bill Keller

That's racist! "Boy, the thing is, you play to what you've got. And what the Republicans have is an awful lot of scared white people in their party. And one of the things they're most scared about is people of different colors and ethnicities and, you know, backgrounds polluting their white picket fence sense of America." --Time magazine's Joe Klein

Credit where it isn't due: "While President Obama may not be Wall Street's ideal candidate, stock prices are rising on growing expectations he will be re-elected this November." --CNBC's John Melloy

Newspulper Headlines:

We Blame George W. Bush: "Dem Leader Pelosi Blames Wall Street for Spike in Gas Prices" --TheHill.com

Longest Books Ever Written: "Gingrich's Transcendent Self-Regard" --Commentary website

Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking: "How Callista Gingrich Makes Her Hair Stay Still" --Boston Globe website

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Richard Dawkins: I Can't Be Sure God Does Not Exist" --Daily Telegraph (London)

Out on a Limb: "Beheadings Raise Doubts That Taliban Have Changed" --The New York Times

Bottom Story of the Day: "Roemer Running as Independent" --Politico.com

(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)

Village Idiots

It's Bush's fault: "The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to his taking office, because of the focus on Iraq, and the U.S. efforts there, that the original war, if you will, in Afghanistan had been neglected, the strategy there was unclear, and that it was not properly resourced." --Jay Carney, desperate for an excuse for this administration

Revisionist history: "[W]hat you don't hear from these [GOP] candidates is that they really can't go after this president on domestic production of oil and gas. He's actually done quite a lot. In fact, I would suspect they're environmentalists who are worried that we're doing too much drilling and fracking, in fact. I know that for a fact." --Jared Bernstein, former economic policy adviser to Joe Biden

On religious liberty: "People who cry moral indignation about government-mandated contraception coverage appear unwilling to concede that the exercise of their deeply held convictions might infringe on the rights of millions of people who are burdened by unplanned pregnancy or want to reduce abortion or would like to see their tax dollars committed to a different purpose. ... At a minimum, the Catholic bishops and employers resisting contraceptive coverage should be willing to pay for the care of all those unwanted children. Or perhaps they'd be willing to spend some time in jail in protest." --Harvard administrator Erika Christakis, arguing that because a woman didn't buy or use contraceptives (or they failed) before having un-wed sexual intercourse and ending up pregnant, Catholic bishops should go to jail

No cuts, just tax more: "[I]f you don't try to generate more revenues through tax reform, if you don't ask, you know, the most fortunate Americans to bear a slightly larger burden of the privilege of being an American, then you have to -- the only way to achieve fiscal sustainability is through unacceptably deep cuts in benefits for middle class seniors, or unacceptably deep cuts in national security." --Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

Non Compos Mentis: "[I]t's an honor to be a food stamp president. Food stamps feed the hungry. Food stamps save the children. Food stamps help the farmer. Food stamps help the truck driver. Food stamps help the warehouse. Food stamps help the store. Food stamps hire people and feed people. Food stamps save people from starvation and malnutrition. ... Give President Barack Obama a big hand. Show your love. Show your appreciation." --Jesse Jackson

Short Cuts

"Richard Dawkins says he can't be sure God doesn't exist. Well, you know what I do when I'm not sure about something? I go on a big crusade about it and write a bunch of books on the subject. No, wait, that sounds more like what someone with a mental disorder would do. That's one of the crazy things about lots of atheists: They're whole movement is supposed to be about being logical and reasonable, yet they tend to rail against religion is a very mindless way that doesn't seem to serve any more purpose than a tantrum. Perhaps I just don't understand their strong faith in not having faith." --humorist Frank J. Fleming

"Iran cut off oil exports to its six biggest European customers in retaliation for the EU's vow to stop buying oil from Iran. Oil prices soared. Gasoline is so expensive in L.A. that police pulled over a van on the freeway yesterday with fifty legal Americans in it." --comedian Argus Hamilton

"Due to the rising price of oil and gas, the Obama administration announced today they are considering dipping into our national strategic re-election reserves. I mean, I'm sorry -- strategic oil reserves." --comedian Jay Leno

"In Florida, a man was arrested after he dropped his gun during an attempted robbery and returned to the scene to try buying it back from the victims. Now THERE'S an 'Obama 2012' metaphor." --Fred Thompson

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team

Michelle Obama - The Fat and the Furious...

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Rep. Chaffetz: Republicans 'Need to Put Forward Someone With Equal Integrity' to Obama

Two-Thirds of U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan Have Occurred Since Obama's Surge

Sebelius Says Private Health Care Market in 'Death Spiral' With or Without Obamacare

Study: Milwaukee School Choice Program Leads To Higher Graduation Rate Among Participants

Santorum: Obama Wants to Get You 'Hooked' on Obamacare

Obama Claims Unions Not a 'Special Interest'

Obama to UAW: 'Trying to Climb to the Very Top' Is 'Greed,' Not What America's 'About'

Environmental 'Fear Mongering' Killing Jobs and Energy Production, Say Western Caucus Leaders

'Enough of This!' -- Boehner Tells 'Radical' Greens to Stop Standing in Way of Energy Policy

Santorum Claims Partial Victory in Romney's Back Yard

Holder: Voter ID Laws Harmful to Minorities, Seniors, Young

U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Iran to Save a Christian Pastor's Life

Iran Raises U.S. Qur'an-Burning at U.N. Human Rights Council, While Qatar Revives 'Religious Defamation'

Advocate: 'We Do Know That Without Ice Polar Bears Can't Survive'

COMMENTARY:

Would Suicide-Bomb Suspect Have Won 'Prosecutorial Discretion'?
By Terence P. Jeffrey
The would-be suicide bomber who allegedly tried to attack the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago is living proof the people who run our government are not serious about enforcing our immigration laws.

Whew!
By Rich Galen
In big cities across the nation, Establishment Republicans can go back to the steakhouse, take a deep breath, have another glass of Cabernet, enjoy that prime rib, begin thinking about who Mitt Romney should choose as his vice presidential running mate.

The Autoworkers Obama Left Behind
By Michelle Malkin
The White House fairy tale about the Happily Ever After Auto Bailout is missing a crucial, bloody page. While President Obama bragged about "standing by American workers" at a rowdy United Auto Workers meeting Tuesday, he failed to acknowledge how the Chicago-style deal threw tens of thousands of nonunion autoworkers under the bus.

Obama's Latino Landslide?
By L. Brent Bozell III
Time and CNN have selected the Latino vote as crucial because they want to make the Republicans cry uncle on amnesty.

Romney wins - but was it a win?

Rick Santorum saw his momentum come to a grinding halt when Mitt Romney squeaked out a victory in his home state of Michigan. But despite losing by 3% in the popular vote, Santorum is dead even with Romney in delegate count (13 to 13) with 4 still yet to be finalized. Does it matter? Does Romney's popular vote win crush the momentum no matter what the delegate count is? Glenn has more on radio today.

Photo of the Day: A little reminder popping up at some of America's gas pumps - LOOK. 

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