Morning Briefing
For September 10, 2014
Republican Strategy May Prevent Landslide Election
“The only thing the ‘prevent defense’ does it prevent you from winning,” quipped legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden. Conservatives, therefore, should be terrified to read this week that the House Republican leadership’s goal for September is “to play prevent defense,” according to The Hill newspaper.
The Republican leadership’s logic is tempting at first glance: Conservatives have reason to be cautiously optimistic about the 2014 elections. Unfortunately, this initial temptation does not stand up to stricter scrutiny. The reason Republicans are in a good position for this election is because they created a favorable contrast between themselves and the President in 2013, the election is too close at this point to coast, and Republicans need more than just a narrow victory to feel confident about their chances after 2016. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Essentially, just as the Democrats used retiring members of Congress to pass Obamacare since they no longer had to worry about being accountable to voters, Republicans are going to use their members on the other side of an election and no longer accountable to voters to increase federal spending, collaborate on amnesty, and prepare a grab bag of pork fill requests for K Street. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Democrats in Michigan and Georgia Engage in Elaborate Scheme to Steal the Election
The House Minority Leader in the Georgia State House, Stacy Abrams, leads an organization now being investigated for fraudulent voter registration applications. WSB television in Atlanta broke the story last night. The group, New Georgia Project, is a subsidiary of Third Sector Development run by Stacy Abrams. Abrams also has direct ties to the Democrats’ Senate candidate, Michelle Nunn, and their gubernatorial candidate, Jason Carter.
According to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, “Preliminary investigation has revealed significant illegal activities’ including forged voter registration applications, forged signatures on releases, and applications with false or inaccurate information.” . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
The Tyranny of Small Things in Barack Obama’s America
At first they came for the school vending machines. Then they came for school pizzas. Then kids across America decided they’d rather starve during the day than eat the crap Michelle Obama insists they need.
Liberals everywhere fretted that our children must be racists with no taste to reject fiats of Michelle Obama and the food police. The fat kids need to do it for their own good. But now, dear liberal foodies, the Obama food police are coming for you and your stinky cheese. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Sen. Mark Udall (D, Colorado) Slapped with FEC Complaint
Senator Mark Udall, who yesterday had to apologize for his use of beheaded Americans as a political shield in his weekend debate with Republican opponent Rep. Cory Gardner, has been hit with an accusation of a campaign finance violation.
What Senator Mark Udall did, which was caught on camera by Revealing Politics, is a rather blatant violation of the Federal Elections Commission rule which bans the practice of federal candidates soliciting non-federal funds. While a named guest at a fundraising event for State Representative Crisanta Duran, Chairwoman of Colorado’s powerful Joint Budget Committee and rumored contender for House Majority Leader, Udall took to the stage and promptly reminded the attendees to pull out their checkbooks to help send Rep. Duran back to the Colorado State Legislature. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Obama and GOP agree to do nothing about ISIS
More information becomes available about Obama’s strategy for dealing with ISIS. In essence, he wants money. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Planned Parenthood puts revenue above women’s health
During the 2012 presidential campaign the Democrats first employed the term “war on women” to attack the GOP. It was typical of the genitalia-centric politics the Democrats are so fond of but a convincing enough argument to the truly stupid to have an impact no only on the presidential race but several Senate and House races. And naturally, it sent the GOP establishment running like scalded dogs. One of the central figures in this was the rather bovine Sandra Fluke and her demand that you and I pay for her birth control pills. Now in any other time or place a demand by anyone that the taxpayers underwrite their sex life would be greeted with guffaws. Unfortunately, the time and place in which we live believes gender is a choice, restrooms are chosen by inclination, prisoners should get sex change operations at taxpayer expense, and, of course, taxpayers should pay for birth control. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
We’ll Probably Get Fooled Again
The Washington Post and ABC have conducted a joint poll which asked respondents to rate Obama’s presidency on whether it has been a “failure” or a “success.” Note that this question is different conceptually from whether you approve or disapprove of the job someone is doing as President, which indicates current trajectory rather than overall performance. The results nonetheless were probably about what you’d expect . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Harry Reid Trolls Himself
Senate Democrats are mad that Republicans have moved forward to allow debate on an issue that they all ostensibly support. Their specific accusation is that Republicans are being “cynical” because they don’t intend to actually vote for the amendment in question. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Russia increases pressure on the Baltic States
As we noted last week, Barack Obama’s speech in Tallinn, Estonia, declaring that NATO would defend the sovereignty of the Baltic States — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — has not gone unnoticed in Moscow. Less than 48 hours after Obama gave his speech, Russian FSB agents crossed the Estonian frontier and abducted an Estonian counter-intelligence officer. The man is still being held incommunicado by the Russians and denied a visit from the Estonian consul, a rather blatant violation of the Vienna Convention to which Russia is a signatory.
Now they have followed it up with a demand that Lithuania undertake an investigation of Lithuanians who either refused to serve in the Soviet Army or who deserted from the Soviet Army . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Greta van Susteren: White House Pressured Fox News to Back Down on Benghazi
A lot of you probably caught Fox News’ special this past weekend “13 Hours at Benghazi”. As you might imagine, the White House is none too pleased with the special. Between it and the House Benghazi Committee’s upcoming first public hearing on September 14, the Obama administration is clearly feeling the heat on the issue. On Friday, Greta van Susteren spoke on her show about how the White House tried to pressure her to get her colleague Jennifer Griffin to back down on Banghazi. Breitbart TV has the video of that particular (which is strangely not embeddable, for some reason).
Van Susteren did not stop there, though. Yesterday, she went on Hannity to elaborate upon what happened . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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