Politics

Chris Donovan Roundup: Campaign contribution quotables

By Jim Vicevich | June 2, 2012 |

A once seemingly, although not guaranteed, Democrat seat is suddenly in play for Republicans and its all the Democrats doing. The Feds are investigating the questionable handling of campaign contributions to a very liberal Democrat and the State House Speaker Christopher Donovan, who wants to replace very liberal Democrat 5th District Congressman Chris Murphy.

In what political universe is the use of contraception controversial?

By Steve McGough | May 30, 2012 |

Oh no you don’t lady. Don’t you dare suggest the GOP and a future president-elect Mit Romney would somehow take your birth control away. I refuse to accept the premise, and we should not allow lefties the ability to re-cast the arguement. This is about the First Amendment, not your access to contraception.

Obama to use Executive Branch dollars to support his campaign

By Steve McGough | May 30, 2012 |

The Obama administration will send Attorney General Eric Holder out to meet with pastors from churches around the country to inform them exactly how much “campaigning” they can do from the church pulpit to stay within federal guidelines and not threaten their tax-free status.

A liberal’s view of Memorial Day – UPDATE: Video added

By SoundOffSister | May 28, 2012 |

Yesterday, on national television, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes said the following:

US urged to cut nuclear arsenal, then maybe China will talk arms control

By Steve McGough | May 16, 2012 |

During the Reagan administration, the phrase used was “trust but verify.” If we agreed to reduce our nuclear weapon footprint, the USSR would do the same, but Reagan demanded verification of reductions. A “influential” panel has suggested if we just reduced the number of nuclear weapons, China might come to the table and talk.

Obama administration uses Underwear Bomb2 for politics

By Steve McGough | May 15, 2012 |

Remember how the left was absolutely livid when known-CIA employee Valerie Plame was “outed” by “someone” in the Bush administration? We’ve got a much more serious situation now, since the Obama administration outed a real undercover operative working with us in the War on Terror.

Feds Raid California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

By Dave in EH | May 9, 2012 |

So goes Santa Barbara, so goes Hartford? A crackdown on California’s medical marijuana supply chain by federal authorities targeting the state’s illegal drug trade arrived this week in the affluent, coastal county of Santa Barbara. The latest actions include three asset forfeiture lawsuits filed against properties housing marijuana operations and warning letters sent to people…

The West Virginia primary

By SoundOffSister | May 9, 2012 |

Primary elections were held yesterday in several states, among them, West Virginia.  The results in West Virginia’s democrat primary, however, were more than a bit unusual.

France will embrace Socialism … we’ll see how it works out

By Steve McGough | May 7, 2012 |

From the BBC, we are reminded of Francois Hollande’s campaign promises after he was elected president of France yesterday.

Heros don’t spike the football

By Steve McGough | May 2, 2012 |

As a companion piece to my post earlier concerning the special forces community, Jim Geraghty points us over to a Facebook post with video at Veterans for a Strong America.