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Have you ever been verbally assaulted by someone on the political left with a ferocity you didn’t quite understand? Have you seen it happen to friends and colleagues, or watched in horror as the media establishment does it to a public figure? At some point or other, nearly everyone on the political right has witnessed or been the victim of an attack designed not to elucidate facts, but rather to paint him or her as a villain. My attention was recently drawn to a typical such calumny from a Facebook exchange: Republicans hate anything that isn’t white, wealthy, and christian...

Of all the malfeasant scandals the Clintons have committed, from lying under oath, to Whitewater to the Marc Rich pardon, little compares to the politically craven 1999 clemencies to 16 unrepentant terrorists of the Puerto Rican terrorist group FALN (Armed Forces for National Liberation). Fred DuVal was the co-chair of President Clinton’s White House Interagency Group of Puerto Rico, one of the groups that actively promoted clemency for terrorists. frauncestavernbombingFrom 1974 to 1983, the FALN waged a merciless, bloody war against the United States, attacking civilians mainly in Chicago and New York. On January 24, 1975, the FALN’s most deadly...

No Sign of Old Glory on Dem Parade Float as Americans Celebrating 200th Anniversary of Star Spangled Banner PHOENIX – Today Robert Graham criticized Democrat Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona’s CD 1 for flying the Flag of Mexico during her parade in Eloy, Arizona this morning. “Arizona voters already know Kirkpatrick has been doing a poor job representing her constituents while she continues to support Obama’s failed policies, but flying the Flag of Mexico alone with no sign of the Flag of the United States is offensive and hurtful not just to our veterans but to every American,” said Robert...

On Monday night during an evening broadcast from the Ferguson protests with Jake Tapper, there a banner that said “ISIS here” that was being held behind Tapper as he reported. The banner is a chilling reminder of the radical Islamic terror group that has been put on the map by it’s takeover of parts of Syria and Iraq and declaring itself the Islamic Caliphate. Salena Zito of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review was quick to point out the chilling nature of the photo . . .

Check out our farewell message to Piers Morgan! So long, Piers Morgan, and thanks for all the smugIf one has the right to life, one has the right to survive—to continue that life. If one has the right to survive, one has the right to do the things necessary to survive: to acquire food, shelter, tools, property. To labor to better one's condition. To protect oneself from harm. If one has the right to self-protection, one has the right to the means of self-protection. Can anyone see any logical reason to limit those means? Now . . . If a...

SB 1062 is not about religious freedom, it's about forced labor.For the last few days, I, like many Americans, have been furious about SB 1062 . . . only I have been angry for a different reason than most. Opponents are angry because they think the bill is "mean" or that it allows discrimination against certain groups of people. Some people are even claiming that it somehow mandates discrimination. Supporters are angry because they don't like the idea that a private citizen can be forced to engage in a transaction that violates his or her religious beliefs. I am angry because I believe...

This is breathtaking incompetence. In the video below, we have the spectacle of a CMS official telling us they literally do not know who has paid for their Obamacare premiums. The administration literally does not collect the information, though we are assured they will do so at some point. They will have to go back and "reconcile" that information later. How on earth could something this appallingly bad ever have become law in a modern industrialized nation? This is the sort of thing that you expect from banana republics and dysfunctional socialist regimes . . . oh, wait, now I...

If this had been a bombing of an abortion clinic bombing instead of the bombing of a cross, it would be national international news. This weekend, someone detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) next to the Coos Bay Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The memorial, which sits in a public park in Coos Bay, Oregon, and includes a cross, recently became a target of the ACLU and the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which demanded the cross be removed because it violates the so-called “separation of church and state.” Back on May 21, 2013, this same site was vandalized by people who made their...

Obama is laying the groundwork now for upcoming war against conservative speech. He is also an arrogant quasi-fascist . . . and, apparently, something of a child in a man's body.NY Post: Obama: Quit Listening to Rush Limbaugh if You Want to Get Things Done WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration. (Emphasis added).....While discussing the stimulus package with top lawmakers in the White House's Roosevelt Room, President Obama shot down a critic with...

A small business owner, a grocery store proprietor, or a Republican takes millions of illegal credit card donations and he's going to jail.Barack Obama does it and he's going to the White House.Take a stand now for equal justice for all Americans. Make everyone you know—Democrat, Republican, or independent—aware of this failure of justice. Send this link via email. Post it on your site. Download the printable flier here. Hand out copies wherever you can. Post them where people will see them.Draw a line in the sand and say NO MORE.  Download the printable flier here.    Sources:Obama likely to escape campaign...

ABUSED BY HER TEACHERSoldier's daughter driven to tears for the crime of being insufficiently supportive of The One.  Teacher: Barack is going to end that war in Iraq. What do you all know about that war in Iraq? Teacher [addressing Cathy]: Talk, cause yo daddy in the military. Talk. It’s a senseless war! And by the way, Cathy, the person that you’re picking for president said that our troops could stay in Iraq for another hundred years if they need to! [Camera pans to Cathy, in near tears.] Teacher: So that means that your daddy could stay in the military...

By Christopher CookWait a minute—what's with that crazy headline? FOX News? The denizen of evil, scheming conservative journalists? The outlet for the nefarious plans of right-wing villains like Ailes and Murdoch?Yes.This information is found in Pew's study, whose summary is called The Color of News. In fact, it's easily seen in the foregoing graphic:   Oddly, however, the person/s writing the article are incapable of correctly interpreting their own graphs to find the real takeaway, as is evidenced in the following statements about FOX in the summary.First, they say . . . Things look much better for Barack Obama—and much worse...

To the entire mainstream media industry: This is YOUR victory every bit as much as it is the Democrats'. When you decided to go from merely biased (but still nominally journalists) to being an open campaign arm for one side, you became a player. And so, we must congratulate you on your victory last night. There were a lot of close races in this election. You were doubtless the difference in some of those places. Every scandal you hid, every questionable association you downplayed, every gaffe and terrible idea for which you covered—it all made a difference. Your double-standards and...

1.Report fraud. If you experience anything, suspect anything, do two things:Immediately call 866-976-VOTE. Subsequently, send an email votefraud@gmail.com, so that a record can be built. 2. Do not listen to exit polls. They will not have any predictive value:If Obama is winning, they will show Obama winning.If Obama is losing, they will show Obama winning.3.Stay positive.This thing is tight as heck. Virtually all the movement is in our direction. Lots of battleground states are tied.The polls have been drastically wrong in the past. No poll matters anymore, except for the vote today. The undecideds will break McCain, and that may just...

By Sandy Froman Senator Barack Obama says he will respect gun owners, but campaign talk is cheap. What gun owners must know before they vote is that Obama promises to appoint a U.S. Supreme Court that will eradicate the Second Amendment from the Constitution. On June 26, in the case District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court held in a split 5-4 decision that the Second Amendment secures a right to keep and bear arms for private citizens, and struck down the D.C. law that banned all handguns and readily-usable firearms, even in your own home. That decision turned on a...

We've already told you that if we turn out in regular or better numbers on Tuesday, we will win. Obama has peaked, and McCain is trending right on past him. And how do you know when a candidate is in trouble? When outright mockery becomes common . . . We did a survey of Obamonikers in use across the Internet, and we added some more of our own. Now, we've chosen the best of the best and provided definitions to bring you an official glossary of Obamlogisms. Enjoy! B.O. Barack Obama's initials. Also the acronym for body odor. However, according...

By Christopher Cook McCain's going to take this one. Take heart, and tell your friends: Obama is going down. Here are just some of the reasons:1. TrendsThe polls are trending McCain. Everywhere you look, you see a tightening. In the state numbers, in the horserace numbers. With five days to go, you want the momentum moving in your direction. 2.The polls always favor Democrats. The polls were wrong in 2000. They were wrong in 2004.The polling in years past has almost always shown Democrats with a bigger lead than they had, or with a lead when they were actually behind....

Obama Campaign Scared to Silence by Florida TV Stationby Gina L. DiorioIn an “It's not fair” whine reminiscent of a first-grader’s compliant after taking a loss in recess game, the Obama campaign has canceled all pre-election interviews with a Florida television station after a satellite interview with Senator Joe Biden apparently did not carry the requisite “We love Obama” hero worship the campaign has become accustomed to receiving from most in the media. In the 4 minute, 45 second interview, WFTV reporter Barbara West posed some tough questions to the Vice-Presidential candidate – and didn’t back down when he publicly...

By Christopher Cook Part of how we interface with our existence is by inferring general principles through observation of observed patterns. In other words, we pay attention, we see something happen over and over, and we develop a general rule for that pattern. Take the way the left deals with black people, for example:If the black person in question is on the political left, it doesn't matter is he is a businessman or thug. There is nothing he or she can do that is wrong.He could be a cop-killer, and embezzler, a racist . . . and as long as...

By Christopher Cook I talk to them every day. To call them "disgruntled Hillary supporters" is to drastically underestimate who they are and what has happened to their thinking. To call them "disgruntled Hillary supporters" suggests that they're only upset at Hillary's loss in the primary, and that they'll be back after the anger settles.Wrong.Okay, that will undoubtedly be true of some of them—but not the ones I've been talking to. The ones with whom I (and a few fellow conservatives) have been speaking will NOT be back under the Democrats' tent any time soon, and possibly ever.You see, they...