[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

Donna,

You should read this.

[Captainpaintball]

The dingus that wrote this article calls Media Matters "left leaning." What would it take for this guy to call them "arch liberal"?

[iowamark]

Huckabee talking to the press in Cedar Rapids today:

[EternalVigilance]

Radio host Steve Deace delivered a line-by-line takedown of pieces of Huckabee’s presidential announcement speech, specifically honing in on his calls to save “safety nets like Medicare and Social Security.” “These are not safety nets, these are entitlements. Those programs are the basis for a permanent welfare state,” Deace said Wednesday...

I find it odd that Deace is criticizing his old friend Mike for supporting the centerpieces of the the New Deal and the Great Society, when every Republican candidate enthusiastically supports the centerpieces of the New Deal and the Great Society. Including, of course, the candidate he is quite obviously supporting.

I mean, I'm delighted to see someone like Deace recognizing that there is nothing conservative about such support for the permanent socialist welfare state, but he should be consistent about it.

[iowamark]

Another shot of Huckabee in Cedar Rapids today: