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An Encounter With Political Sexism

How many children does John McCain have? It’s seven including adoptions, but very few seem to know that. Easier question: how many children does Sarah Palin have? Five and I bet you knew that instantly. Welcome to sexism says liberal … Continue reading

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A Fine Figure of a Republican

The title is what Time Magazine labeled New Jersey’s Senator William Warren Barbour in 1940. The expression takes on a better curve for Sarah Palin, but it fits the occasion of a very partisan and frankly rather phenomenal speech tonight … Continue reading

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Family in Trouble

American Daily The single most important building block of any nation is her families. Destroy that and you can easily lay claim to a nation’s soul. I agree. I think we have failed to maintain the nuclear family and lost … Continue reading

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ASHC is Alan Finch Central

Alan Finch, Helen Finch, Alan Finch the Revenge Looking over our logs, it’s incredible how much global traffic we get from people searching for information on Alan Finch (August’s #1 ASHC keyword and a top-30 quantity since February). Perhaps a … Continue reading

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What Is ASHC?

There seems to be some confusion on the part of some as to exactly what sort of place ASHC is: I was rather surprised to read this dubious and scornful appraisal of Michael Yon’s Wallstreet Journal editorial at A Second … Continue reading

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Voting With Your Feet

One of my liberal friends routinely rails at me for being such a selfish, uncaring conservative. When I remind him, though, that he is the one who moved from Minnesota to Florida because he “could not afford the taxes” in … Continue reading

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I Have No Mouth Yet I Must Scream

Michael Goldfarb denounced Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives as “disgraceful” today, for their open criticism of John McCain’s record and views. He labels it the result of a psychological condition he and other McCain apologists call “McCain Derangement Syndrome”: I … Continue reading

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Kyl & McCain

Arnold has to govern liberal California, Rudy had to govern liberal NYC and McCain…McCain is from Arizona. So what exactly is his excuse for his dramatic shift to the Left over time? Lest you think he has one, here’s a … Continue reading

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“First They Came for the Gays”

  (Cross posted at What if?) My liberal friends think I’m a conservative. My conservative friends think I’m a liberal. Frankly – there is truth in the assessment of both groups. Depending upon the issue, you can honestly label me … Continue reading

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Swinging Liberals and Reagan Resentment

(photo: Marc Nozell) Matt Stoller at OpenLeft has a pretty interesting observation about the swing of the self-described “very liberal” constituency from Obama to Hillary over the course of the primaries: In Iowa, Obama beat Clinton by 16 points among … Continue reading

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