Category: Politics-Future of Conservatism

My latest Pajamas Media piece takes on Speaker Pelosi and the Imperial Congress.
The word has come down from the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) have sent a message: …

The puny budget cuts of House Republicans but a good energy plan. (Hat Tip: Red Hot.)

Balmer and Microsoft threaten to leave U.S. over tax increase.

Carbon tax endagering lives in Canada. (Hat Tip: Don Surber.)

Second Amendment Update from …

Podcast Show Notes

The Obama report card

Why Obama blew the visit with the British Prime Minister.  (Hat Tip: Hot Air.)

The overpriced reset button. (Hat Tip: Hot Air.)

Mission accomplished: Obama doubles Limbaugh’s audience.  (Hat …

My latest column for Pajamas Media is up:
Is Rush Limbaugh hurting the Republican Party? Some within the GOP allege that Rush turns people off to the party and is conservatism’s toxic asset. The Democratic Party, in the absence …

Ken Blackwell had an insightful column in the New York Post, he wrote:

My grandmother helped shape my worldview. She used to tell my brother and me, “We’re sending you out into the world. You’re going to meet four …

Andrew Breitbart writes that conservatives won’t fix their Internet problem until they fix their culture problems. Writes Breitbart:
The Democratic Party resonates on the Internet because it resonates in pop culture. The Democratic Party resonates in pop culture because it has …

Dave G writes:
Politics shouldn’t be about religious beliefs.
Which is funny because earlier in the same post as an argument for a secularist witch hunt on Governor Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy, Dave G pleaded us for stop persecuting the poor beleaguered Trigg Truthers and long-distance parenting judges because they were only concerned about how this might effect the Presidency:
It does mean that we wondered whether Bristol Palin becoming pregnant despite the aforementioned consequences was the result of a worldview held by the Palins that included such things as an opposition to contraception, a belief that higher education wasn’t important for women, etc, beliefs that could and would have an impact on public policy if Sarah Palin at any point became President of the United States.
It has been argued that higher education is a waste for the 46% who end up dropping out, regardless of gender, but that’s neither here nor there. It seems to me that what Dave G is arguing is that there are two particularly disturbing potential religious beliefs that they feared the Palin family held:

Opposition to Contraception
Belief that a woman can be fulfilled without a 4-year degree.

Palin has been clear that she’s not opposed to contraception. She hasn’t said anything specifically about higher education, but like most people with any experience, she probably knows folks without four year degrees who live successful, happy lives. 

But this begs a question, “What exactly does this have to do with being President of the United States?” It has nothing to do with national security, almost nothing to do with fiscal policy, and unless you want to suggest that the Presidency is going to be a bully pulpit for a, “Don’t stay in school, don’t use contraception message,” it doesn’t have a whole lot to do with social policy.

So from what I’m understanding from Dave G the statement honestly needs revised:
 ”Politics shouldn’t be about religious beliefs unless I want it to be..”
A little bit of a confusing standard. So what is the proper role of religion in politics?

The office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-Ok.) released a report of outrageous pork and wasteful programs. The government spent $15,000 to provide voicemail to the homeless in Ohio and $6,000 for a Mermaid Mural in Racine.

The report is ironic, as …

An interesting note from Newt Gingrich that in my view is half right and half wrong. First of all, the half wrong part:
I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing …

Two minor housekeeping items on the race for RNC Chairman:

Chuck Yob, the Republican National Committeeman from Michigan had been a rumored candidate from the RNC Chairman against fellow Michiganer Saul Anuzis. Yob is endorsing Ken Blackwell.  This is a …