Category: 2012 Election

Go big or go home

Go big or go home

| October 2, 2012 | Reply

Ace, over at the eponymous Ace of Spades, has been saying “Go big or go home” throughout this campaign, though mostly directed at the GOP and at Romney.  For the first time in my life (that I can recall), I am working actively for a political campaign. I have made plenty of donations over the […]

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Winter is coming

Winter is coming

| September 20, 2012 | Reply

Via Instapundit comes this rather damning image contrasting the “Obama Flag” (available for sale!) with the chilling image from Libya. Meanwhile, here’s the rest your morning roundup: Tomorrow (9/21) is Clint Eastwood Appreciation Day. Go see “Trouble with the Curve” and drive the Left nuts. Megan McArdle talks about the merit pay issue for teachers. […]

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All you need to know about our State Department

All you need to know about our State Department

| September 19, 2012 | Reply

From conservative-mole-within-State, Diplomad: In the late-1990s, I was working in State’s Political-Military Bureau in Washington. One of our duties was to work with the Pentagon planning and executing “noncombatant evacuation operations” (NEOs)  in countries where the security situation had gone belly up. We had the job of getting our people out of harm’s way. This […]

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The White House should be ashamed

The White House should be ashamed

| September 16, 2012 | Reply

But of course they’re not. This is an American citizen being brought in for questioning…for making a movie trailer that offended some Muslims. Go read Glenn Reynold’s roundup. ..bruce w..

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Words indeed matter

Words indeed matter

| September 12, 2012 | Reply

Patterico posted this video and asks for wide distribution. Watch it and repost it. As Jim Geraghty (National Review) has been saying for years, all Obama promises come with a built-in expiration date. ..bruce w..

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And so it begins: Obama (via Clinton) plays the anti-Mormon card

And so it begins: Obama (via Clinton) plays the anti-Mormon card

| September 12, 2012 | Reply

Buzzfeed reports on a Bill Clinton stump speech in which the former President gives a false representation of LDS theology: Clinton also recalled a moment from his youth in Arkansas being approached by two or three Mormon missionaries in Hot Springs, where they explained the Mormon view. Clinton spoke highly of their effort, recounting the […]

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It appears someone else is doing some celebrating of their own

It appears someone else is doing some celebrating of their own

| September 11, 2012 | Reply

…unless you think it’s an accident that this happened on 9/11.  ..bruce w..

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Sept 21: Clint Eastwood Appreciation Day

Sept 21: Clint Eastwood Appreciation Day

| September 10, 2012 | 2 Replies

Clint Eastwood gave one of the most memorable political convention speeches in the past few decades (at least), and the Left Is Not Amused, pushing their “angry, senile old man” memes for all they’re worth. Well, Eastwood also has a new movie coming out on September 21, “Trouble With the Curve”, and the Left wants […]

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The real jobs growth story

The real jobs growth story

| September 7, 2012 | Reply

96,666 jobs/month. That’s what the actual job growth has been for the last six months — much less than you might otherwise think. Here are the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing the mostly-downwards revisions a month or two after the initial reports: March 2012: 120,000 (March report)  revised to 154,000 (April report) […]

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Waiting for the President

Waiting for the President

| May 23, 2012 | Reply

Sitting in Section M9, Row E at Falcon Stadium at the US Air Force Academy. We’re here for the AFA graduation ceremony — one of our ‘semi-adopted’ sons, Matt Flynn, is graduating today and getting married on Saturday. As it turns out, the commencement speaker is none other than the President of the United States, […]

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