Morning Briefing
For December 19, 2012
1. Bull----
An old joke, long attributed to Winston Churchill goes like this. Churchill asked a famous British socialite, “Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?”
“My goodness, Mr. Churchill. Well, I suppose we would have to discuss terms, of course,” the socialite replied.
Churchill then asked, “Would you sleep with me for five pounds?” at which the socialite angrily responded, “Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?”
Winston Churchill calmly replied, “Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.”
That story describes what John Boehner is doing to his own Republican Conference. Boehner wants to establish that the GOP will support tax hikes and decoupling, then he will come back and negotiate the actual deal. When we protest that it’s a tax hike, he will point to this vote and say, “Excuse me?”
Most pathetically, too many conservatives in the House of Representatives are signaling exactly just what sort of women they are.
I can only guess that the “B” in John Boehner’s plan be stands for bovine excrement. He should be ashamed at the lack of seriousness of his plan.
Conservatives in Congress should back away from it.
The nation deserves a laugh this week and John Boehner’s Plan B should be the punch line.
The spin from Speaker Boehner’s Office on the plan shows you every single reason why this plan is embarrassing and Republicans should be ashamed to support it. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Republicans Must Retreat, Not Surrender, on the Fiscal Cliff
Note from Erick: lest it ever be said that RedState's front page has homogenous conformity, here is Dan McLaughlin's take on the Fiscal Cliff.
It’s time for John Boehner and the House and Senate Republicans now engaged in the fiscal cliff negotiations to learn a lesson from George Washington: when faced with fighting a losing battle, the wisest course is to retreat rather than surrender. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. The Return Of The Scary Gun Ban. 2012 Edition.
In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut the usual suspects, including our president, have made noises about renewing the ban on assault weapons. This ban was a truly bad idea when it was first imposed under the equally feckless Bill Clinton in 1994 as the Orwellian named Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.
Why was it a bad idea? Because no one knows what constitutes an assault weapon other than it is scary looking.
Back in 2004, when the first assault weapons ban had lapsed and Senator Dianne Feinstein was trying to generate interest in its extension, I wrote a post on it called Return of the Scary Gun Ban. In it I laid out the reasons why the assault weapons ban was a ban on aesthetics and did nothing to reduce the presence of the weapons it targeted. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. With Apologies to Governor Haley, Congressman Scott, and the South Carolina Press
Yesterday morning I made a dumb and careless mistake. On Monday, at 11:20 a.m., about 40 minutes before the official announcement, Governor Haley and Congressmen Scott called me to give me an advanced notice of the announcement and let me ask questions.
We chatted, according to my iPhone, for 8 minutes. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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