Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Joy of Sex with Bristol Palin

Posted on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

I’m kinda done talking aboot Sarah Palin for now. Wait, before you start unfollowing me on Twitter or Facebook, hear me out because it’s nothing personal with her. I’m just one of the few eCon’s who a) doesn’t think she’s thinking aboot 2012, and b) is more worried aboot 2010, and even 2009.

As for her daughter Bristol, kids are off limits no matter how much you don’t like their parents. This jive that “she’s putting herself out there” is really just an excuse for the media to attack her mom. You know, heaven forbid they talk aboot the Obama deficit or all the broken campaign promises over transparency.

But I was having my weekly kibitz with the boss where we mock everything in the latest “People Magazine,” which for whatever reason keeps getting sent to the office, and Ms. Palin as I’m sure you’ve heard is on the most recent cover. I never really get into the “social issues” usually; I’m more of an economy/national security kind of cat. But there are three things with Bristolgate that bother me…
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100 Reasons Why Marco Rubio Matters

Posted on May 25, 2009 | 3 Comments

I’ve mentioned two weeks ago my dismay aboot that National Republican Senate Committee deciding to endorse Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio well over A YEAR before the Florida Republican primary. This may surprise you, but I’m far from the only eCon who is upset by this…with cats like Eric Erickson and Robert Stacy McCain leading the charge. Apparently people disagree with the NRSC actively working against the type of candidate everyone agrees the GOP needs. Go figure.

The sad thing is the more you read aboot Marco Rubio the more you realize what a great candidate he would be and the stronger the desire is to kick NRSC Chair John Cornyn square in the nuts. Case in point: 100 Ideas. When Rubio was the Florida Speaker of the House, he travelled across the state holding what he called “Idea-raisers,” town hall meetings where the people of Florida got to express what their concerns were and what they wanted out of their government. He collected the top 100 into a book called “100 Innovative Ideas for Florida’s Future.”

Have you heard the media claim the GOP is bereft of ideas? Do you sometimes feel yourself agreeing with them, especially when the NRSC endorses a candidate who says he’ll be “just like Arlen Specter?” Marco Rubio, with the help of the people of Florida, has at least 100 of them, as was highlighted recently on Slate.com…
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[VIDEO]: Obama’s Economic Plan Simplified

Posted on May 25, 2009 | Leave a comment

So, last week I’m watching “Morning Joe” with a bowl of Capt. Crunch as I do most mornings. Joe and Mika were doing must read op-eds and chose this one from Real Clear Politics. Some snippets…

Let’s see. From 2010 to 2019, Obama projects annual deficits totaling $7.1 trillion; that’s atop the $1.8 trillion deficit for 2009. By 2019, the ratio of publicly held federal debt to gross domestic product (GDP, or the economy) would reach 70 percent, up from 41 percent in 2008. That would be the highest since 1950 (80 percent). The Congressional Budget Office, using less optimistic economic forecasts, raises these estimates. The 2010-19 deficits would total $9.3 trillion; the debt-to-GDP ratio in 2019 would be 82 percent.

The Obama budgets flirt with deferred distress, though we can’t know what form it might take or when it might occur. Present gain comes with the risk of future pain. As the present economic crisis shows, imprudent policies ultimately backfire, even if the reversal’s timing and nature are unpredictable. The wonder is that these issues have been so ignored. Imagine hypothetically that a President McCain had submitted a budget plan identical to Obama’s. There would almost certainly have been a loud outcry: “McCain’s Mortgaging Our Future.” Obama should be held to no less exacting a standard.

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Rove on Powell: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother

Posted on May 25, 2009 | Leave a comment

I’ve made it to be no secret that I heart Karl Rove. I look up to the man and rank him right up there with my other heroes Magneto, Cobra Commander, and UFC President Dana White. So when K-Ro (as he’s known on the street) opines on the future of the GOP and who is a “real” Republican as he did on “Fox News Sunday”, I listen.

Of course the media being the media, all you’ll hear from his interview was this quote, taken out of context, aboot if he sides with Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell:

I — yes, if I had to pick between the two.

Of course, this is just another Bush crony throwing Colin Powell under the bus and siding with Rush Limbaugh, who you and I all know is the real head of the Republican Party. Yet if you look at the whole segment, Rove is hardly anti-Powell…
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I Wish Meghan McCain Would Stop Talking

Posted on May 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

“Why is Newt Gingrich on my news crawl this morning? Last time he was interesting I hadn’t hit puberty yet…” - Meghan McCain via Twitter

Wake up Meggie, I think I’ve got something to say to you…

This is a tough column to write, because I’ve always been a big fan of Meghan McCain, and would affectionately refer to her as the future ex-Mrs. Brodigan. I thought her blog was a great idea and an opportunity (among many others) her papa’s campaign failed to exploit. But this whole crusade of hers on what the Republican Party has to do…this is the same person who only became an R last Father’s Day as a publicity stunt for her blog, right?

I agree with her concept that we need to attract more people, and that we need to get back to the “big tent” where we don’t need to agree in lock step with each other on every issue. Personally speaking, I’m in favor of civil unions and would like to see the R’s discuss the environment in ways other then running around the table with our fingers in our ears screaming, “I’m not listening.” The GOP needs to have a vigorous debate to discuss what we are, where mistakes were made, and where we want to go. And I guess I would be willing to take her more seriously if she were, at any point, actually engaging Republicans in the debate.
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Marco Rubio and My Jihad Against the NRSC

Posted on May 13, 2009 | Leave a comment

I’m hardly a “RINO Hunter.” One a scale of one to ten (ten being Rush Limbaugh, one being…well…Charlie Crist), I’m around a six or a seven. I don’t even have a beef with the two Maine Senators, unlike some of my fellow eCon’s. My take was always they’re the best we’re going to get so better two R’s who vote with us 70% of the time (one or both of them voted against Geithner and Grand Theft Auto Bailout) as opposed to two D’s who will just vote with us 0% of the time.

But I have to admit, after only being official for two days, the Marco Rubio vs. Charlie Crist contest has me aboot to wild out and get violent. I don’t mind a primary. I think an honest debate between two Republicans, a conservative (Rubio) and a moderate (Crist), is healthy for the party. Have them debate, then let the people of Florida decide.

Instead, immediately after Crist announces he’s running, he gets an endorsement from the National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) a FULL YEAR BEFORE THE PRIMARY IS TAKING PLACE. Then Mitch McConnell endorses. Then Lindsey Graham. Then John McCain. Then Mel Martinez.
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