January 9th, 2012

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What a Big Government Conservative Looks Like

I’m rather tired of all the people who don’t like Romney trying to claim Rick Santorum is not a big government conservative, or not a pro-life statist.  I would support him before I would support Romney too, but I have no intention of giving up ideological and intellectual consistency in the name of beating Mitt [...]

What a Big Government Conservative Looks Like

I’m rather tired of all the people who don’t like Romney trying to claim Rick Santorum is not a big government conservative, or not a pro-life statist.  I would support him before I would support Romney too, but I have no intention of giving up ideological and intellectual consistency in the name of beating Mitt [...]

What a Big Government Conservative Looks Like

I’m rather tired of all the people who don’t like Romney trying to claim Rick Santorum is not a big government conservative, or not a pro-life statist.  I would support him before I would support Romney too, but I have no intention of giving up ideological and intellectual consistency in the name of beating Mitt [...]

What a Big Government Conservative Looks Like

I’m rather tired of all the people who don’t like Romney trying to claim Rick Santorum is not a big government conservative, or not a pro-life statist.  I would support him before I would support Romney too, but I have no intention of giving up ideological and intellectual consistency in the name of beating Mitt [...]

Morning Briefing for January 9, 2011

RedState Morning Briefing January 6, 2012 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. What a Big Government Conservative Looks Like 2. Politics As Entertainment, Endless GOP Debates Edition 3. The Late Term Abortion of a Conservative Resurgence 4. Mitt Romney Got Arrested 5. The Biggest Mistake of the Worst [...]

Politics As Entertainment, Endless GOP Debates Edition

Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death. Neil Postman, “Amusing Ourselves to Death” We live in an entertainment culture. The lives [...]

Caption This/Open Thread

Happy Sunday to everyone. Open Thread/Caption this time!

The Late Term Abortion of a Conservative Resurgence

In 2009 we began a conservative resurgence. We had just witnessed a stunning economic intervention from the Bush administration, and were now facing an expansion of government. President Obama, with a complicit Congress, had charted a course that included giveaways to every left wing pipe dream couched as stimulus. Conservatives and libertarians formed a loose [...]

A reminder on long primaries.

In 2008, the Democratic party had one of the longest, one of the most expensive, and one of the most bitter primaries in American political history. It was a drawn-out, unpleasant affair where Hillary Clinton, the expected front-runner, was eventually beaten – despite the fact that she won almost all of the top Democratic-leaning states, [...]

Where I Stand: Perry, Gingrich, and None of the Above

I will support the Republican nominee for President. But until we have that nominee, I will not support Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Had Rick Santorum been up for election in 2010 instead of suffering the largest margin of defeat of any candidate in 2006, I have no doubt he would be one of the [...]