I'm sure that many conservatives--to say nothing of Lou Dobbs--will go postal over the idea that illegal immigrants would get tax rebates, as is proposed (unintentionally?) in the House package. In their bipartisan zeal to quickly cut a deal on an economic stimulus bill, GOP lawmakers overlooked something that will certainly inflame the conservative base--illegal immigrants could …
George Bush: Not The Evangelical We Thought
A couple of weeks ago, I opined the following: ...the whole Evangelical game plan for life is well suited to get people off of the very bottom of society and equally ill-suited to get them to the very top. People who posit George W. Bush as an example of the contrary forget that a) he …
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Obama in Danger? Only News to Some
Mark Finkelstein wonders the following: I'm measuring my words carefully. Harry Smith has raised the possibility that Barack Obama's life could be in danger... When you tell a man with Ted Kennedy's family history that "you well know" about politicians becoming "targets," the implication is unmistakable. This time, Kennedy [to his credit I would say] …
Decision Time for the Democrats on Racial Attitudes
Alan Comes thought that Dick Morris had lost his mind when Morris stated that Bill and Hillary were running a race based campaign against Barack Obama (as Morris outlines below): If Hillary loses South Carolina and the defeat serves to demonstrate Obama’s ability to attract a bloc vote among black Democrats, the message will go …
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Coalition Politics, Anyone?
The estimate that it is mathematically impossible that anyone become the clear leader in their party's Presidential nomination race after Super Tuesday may or may not be right. In 2000, I can remember Dick Morris confidently predicting that it was impossible for the popular vote to go one way and the electoral vote to go …
Why the Solid South Went Democrat
A little while back I posted an excerpt from Fourth of July speech in Houma, Louisiana, in 1911, about “warm receptions.” That speech was just one of four given at that interesting occasion; another one was given by the Hon. Gabriel Montegut. After a lengthy dissertation about Louisiana history, Montegut launched into an interesting subject: …
We Like a Good Fight Down Here
Last year, when going back and forth with the combative Russell Earl Kelly, I made the following comment: When I look at Dr. Kelly’s website and admire the long list of Christian preachers he refutes, a line from the "John Boy and Billy Show" comes to mind: "We like a good fight down here." That’s …
You’re Either For Us Or Against Us
The hue and cry by the GLBT community's leadership to eject Dr. Joel Edwards from the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission is all too predictable. The secularists have already whined about his presence on the Commission. But the complaining is based on a simple concept: if you don't embrace our agenda, we don't want …
The Most Important Issue of All
Roger Cohen has hit upon an most important issue for American presidents, both the one we have and the one we're trying to elect: A weak dollar, outsized personal debt, a massive current account deficit, cash-strapped banks and Asian governments purchasing U.S. Treasury bonds to finance the national debt are not signs of American strength. …
If She Has Foreign Friends, So Should We
Dick Morris' reminder of the support from foreign sources that the Clintons have received over the years isn't particularly earthshaking. It isn't really news; their dealings with the Chinese were well known when they occupied 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It doesn't paint a pretty picture of the role of foreign influence in another Clinton administration. The …
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