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Gingrich and The Brain

Posted on November 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

One is a genius. The other is…a brain. Folks, these are the jokes.

Yes, I saw the latest poll that shows Newt Gingrich to be the most competitive against Barack Obama. Good news, but my stance on polls this early stands…they change drastically week to week, and if we’re being honest, only matter if they’re good news for your candidate. Plus, I don’t want to acknowledge the poll that has Ron Paul in second place in Iowa.

There was an article I found more interesting then Gingrich only being two points down from Obama (and beating him with Independents). Byron York wrote about the former Speakers “wonky and unconventional” campaign, and had this to say about a recent meeting with a trio of scientists…
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On Mitt Romney, Healthcare, and Domino’s Pizza

Posted on April 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

I was more bullish on Mitt Romney in 2009.

I’m not anti-Romney now. I was just a bigger fan just after the 2008 elections when I realized what a mistake John McCain was and saw where Romney could have helped us (no Republican was winning that year). Today he seems like just another average candidate, when a lot of us are looking for someone to inspire and motivate.

There are two reasons for that. One is that he’s stayed quiet. He’s hasn’t felt in necessary to overreact to every little media story like a lot of the other candidates have, and only comment on an issue when it was warranted. I can respect that, trying to look like the only “grown up in the room.”

The other reason is RomneyCare. You know, his healthcare plan that was the inspiration for ObamaCare, that we know was the inspiration for ObamaCare because the Obama Campaign makes it a point to say so any chance they get knowing the conservative are going to overreact and say “See, I told you so.” Shenanigans aside, it is a problem for Mitt, but I have a solution. Domino’s Pizza.
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Paul Ryan Wins the Week

Posted on January 28, 2011 | 2 Comments

Surprisingly, it’s not because he had a hit song written aboot him.

Just before Paul Ryan gave his response to the State of the Union, I had tweeted “If he pulled a Jindal, I’m gonna wild out and get violent.” This was a reference to Bobby Jindal giving a response two years ago that was so disastrous, this once “rising star in the party” hasn’t really recovered from as far as the “national stage” goes, which really sucked because his was a voice that we could have really used during the healthcare debate.

Thankfully, Ryan was more successful, especially as we’re getting into another debate on health care and are counting on him to be one of our leaders. The day after SOTU, he started to lead in his first hearing as chairman of the House Budget committee. The first thing we learned? Apparently two of the main promises that come with Obamacare are a bunch of hooey…

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Obamacare Repeal is Not an End, it is a Beginning

Posted on January 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

The popular refrain from the left (and by default, the media) is that the House GOP voting to repeal ObamaCare was a giant waste of time. Never mind that it was a campaign promise, R’s have a pretty sizable mandate from the past election, and now we’re finding out what’s in the bill after we passed it (the way Nancy Pelosi said) and that it doesn’t do much of what it said it was going and in some cases makes things worse…worst vote ever.

It’s the worst vote ever, because Harry Reid said we won’t call a repeal vote for the Senate and the President said he’ll veto it. This might surprise people, but Reid and Obama are going to say that no matter what the Republicans want to do. While I know liberal political organizations like NBC News and the New York Times think Republicans should ask for Democrats permission before doing anything, if we were actually going to do that…we should just go home.

Having said that, repealing ObamaCare without replacing it with an alternative (possibly one of the ones we had from the beginning that Democrats lied and said we didn’t have) isn’t going to fly. As Charles Krauthammer says, Republicans “…will and should be judged by how well their alternative addresses the needs of the uninsured and the anxieties of the currently insured,” which he of course said after pointing out all the ways “tinkering around the edges” wasn’t going to work.

This is where cats like House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan comes in, who I’m sure is going to be saying more of this in his State of the Union response…

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Did Marco Rubio Really Flip on ObamaCare?

Posted on June 25, 2010 | Leave a comment

People are accusing Marco Rubio of a flip and/or flop, after an interview with Jim Geraghty concerning ObamaCare. Setting aside the fact that you need to suspend reality if you believe Republicans are actually going to repeal the law, I don’t see it.

The rub is that I think because we live in such a gotcha climate, people only accept five words answers out of you, and if any of those five words aren’t the words they want to hear…quickly Robin, to the blog cave! I must bash thee! Both sides are guilty of it, and this instance is a perfect example because Rubio has the Left and the Right accusing him as flipping on ObamaCare.

Maybe I’m just a squishy RINO moderate from the Northeast, but I don’t see it…

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