“I have been much concerned that so many people today with Conservative instincts feel compelled to apologize for them,” begins Barry Goldwater in The Conscience of a Conservative. He continues, “Or if not to apologize directly, to qualify their commitment in a way that amounts to breast-beating.” He quotes vice president Richard Nixon, for example, […]
The Reason to Keep the Pressure On
“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” Then-presidential candidate Barack Obama This election, “is as important as anything we did two years ago. The labor […]
Four Days to Go and Four Reasons to Keep the Pressure On
1. Can’t Keep Thomas Friedman Down What planet is New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman from? His op-ed this week “Can’t Keep a Bad Idea Down” is hard to take. Believe me I’m not being unfair. I don’t have an axe to grind with Mr. Friedman and I find myself agreeing with some of his […]
Five Reasons to Keep the Pressure on Pelosi, Reid and Obama
1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie makes the tough spending decisions and is standing up to unions. Meanwhile President Obama acts like a community organizer, telling union activists in a conference call Tuesday to “pick up a packet on Saturday morning to walk the precincts.” This according to an account provided by the AFL-CIO. He […]
10 More Reasons to Keep the Pressure On
1. Politicians think you’re not paying attention. As Jeff Jacoby of The Boston Globe writes in his piece “Fannie, Freddie, Frank, and Fiction,” Barney Frank is campaigning as an opponent of programs to assist low-income homeownership. Barney against Fannie and Freddie? As cosponsor of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, Barney Frank did nothing to rein […]
Top 10 Reasons to Keep the Pressure On
1. President Obama’s appearance on the cover of this month’s issue of Rolling Stone magazine captures the rock star mentality of the Washington elite. Their recession is different from yours since unemployment is much lower in the suburbs of the nation’s capital than in the rest of the country. It’s another case of poor judgment […]
Independents Are Mad as Hell
You know how you get a song stuck in your head and it drives you crazy? Well, lucky me, thanks to my daughter Izzy singing this morning while I was getting ready for work, I’ve had a song stuck in my head all day. She was happy about what she was wearing and excited about […]
It’s the Constitution, Stupid
Just when you’re beginning to feel optimistic about the conservative movement’s chances in November, the weekly Gallup poll tracking congressional voting preferences by registered voters comes along and suddenly the Democrats and Republicans are tied at 46. Though this is only one week’s poll, it marks a shift after five consecutive weeks in which the […]
The Alinsky Playboy Interview
Playboy: Mobilizing middle-class America would seem quite a departure for you after years of working with poverty-stricken black and white slum dwellers. Do you expect suburbia to prove fertile ground for your organizational talents? Alinsky: Yes, and it’s shaping up as the most challenging fight of my career. And so the interview begins between Playboy […]
The Repaving of America
How do you like the American Repaving and Redistribution Act so far? Pretty, isn’t it? These first two pictures are of the freshly laid blacktop sloppily poured along the off-ramp entering Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, where I grew up. Who is going to be walking here, nearly a mile out of town? The only destination here is […]
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