Sanders on Clinton's Race Baiting, Brummett on Clinton's Cult

This is a very interesting look at Clinton's meltdown, that is contributing to Hillary's political demise.

Here's the link.

This is very interesting. I would have thought Brummett was a Clinton cultist, but this is very encouraging. I apologize to Brummett for my fallacious assumption. I have to say that I admire his candor about the Clintons and their supporters, especially considering the circle he runs in. As I was saying, this column is fascinating. Remember, the other side has troubles, too.

Here's the link.

Huckabee Raises $111,000 at Heretic Copeland's Ministry Headquarters

Kenneth Copeland, who once claimed that God told him he could have died for our sins in Jesus' place, held a fundraiser for Mike Huckabee at his ministry's headquarters. I'm not sure how they think that isn't a violation of their tax free status, but they did it.

Copeland is under investigation by the U.S. Senate for violations of his organizations tax exempt status. Huckabee has stated that he stands with Copeland. It's not surprising, given that the way Huckabee operated as governor was a small fry version of what Copeland and many other televangelists do, i.e. using organizational funds for personal luxuries.

More information about this is now available from HotAir.com.

Here's the link.

Romney and McCain at the Reagan Library Debate

I can say this much, John McCain certainly wasn't speaking in the spirit of Reagan Conservatism when he said that Romney did have business experience and "people lost their jobs"... McCain wasn't channeling Reagan. It sounded like he was channeling John Edwards. It reminds me of McCain's comments that his leadership was for "patriotism, not profit"...

Here's the link.

Broken Promises Fund Proposed

A group has proposed a fund to pay for socialized college scholarships for all Arkansans with the money which will supposedly be raised by running natural gas companies out of the state, or stifling them. This is a typical tactic: take from money a small, easily demonized group and give it to everybody else. I believe Thomas Jefferson said something about the dangers of a democracy when people realize they can pillage one group for the benefit of all.

Here's the link.

Stimulus Package May Go to Illegal Aliens, Too

Why not? We're giving "rebates" to people who don't pay taxes. This makes about as much sense.

Here's the link.

"We Will Fight For Ev'ry Vooote"---Edwards Dropping Out is Good News for Obama

I've been saying this for a while, now, that John Edwards staying in the race is good for Hillary. His voters are true believer libs. If he hadn't been in the race, Obama would already have walked away with this. Expect Hillary to take a sharp left turn to prove her leftie bona fides. Otherwise, this will be very good for Obama. Edwards has already been promised the Attorney General position by Obama. He has some chips in the game, so he doesn't need to stick around.

Here's the link.

Early Voting for AR Presidential Primary Began Yesterday

Here's the link.

Huckabee, Unable to Compete in FL, Goes to TN to Recruit Thompson Supporters

I'm gonna throw up. I suppose there are some Thompson supporters who might support Huckabee, the handfull of liberal and moderates, anyway. Unlike Huckabee, Fred had unanimous support from elected Republicans in his home state, whereas Huck has less than a third.

Here's the link.

McCain Wins FL

This is a really bad thing for Conservatism. If Romney had won, McCain would be out of the race. Romney's not out of the race, but it's going to be a lot harder for him.

Huckabee is staying in the race to keep Romney from winning Southern states, since McCain can't afford to campaign in all of the states for Super Tuesday.

With 67% of the vote in McCain 36%, Romney 31%, Rudy 15%, and Huckabee in a distant 4th with 13%.

Brummett's Appraisal of Beebe and His Comical Reasoning

John Brummett's latest column offers a fairly good analysis of Gov. Beebe, namely that he's a pragmatist. His analysis of the need to raise the severance tax is "comical", namely that it's "comically low".

On what basis? Is Tennessee's income tax "comically low" because of it's non-existent? What about all of that evil economic growth that's destroying the environment and infrastructure as a result of not having an income tax?

There's a drumbeat today to raise it on the notion that "they're going to drill anyway..." Really? Why weren't they drilling a few years ago? And why didn't we raise it a few years ago? The answer to the first question is because it's a business with very thin margins and it wasn't profitable based on market conditions. So when market conditions reach the point where it's profitable enough to do it, what's the state's response? Raise taxes and cut into the already thin margins? Why? Because somebody's making money and we're the government, so we get a piece of it. There's no compelling reason or need for revenue. We're still experiencing a surplus. Which means the only reason is to get a cut.

It isn't just reminiscent of mafia behavior...it is mafia behavior. These evil drillers are on the state's turf, so the state gets a cut.

What will the revenue be when the state drives the drillers out of the state? It will be less than it is now with "comically low" revenue because it will put thousands of people out of work, people who work in the industry, supporting industries, and in the areas benefitting from the economic growth caused by it.

"The practical problem is that our highway system needs work, but that, as gasoline prices rise and consumption lessens, we lose highway revenue because we rely on a per-gallon tax on gasoline, meaning consumption, rather than a tax elastic with price. "

My point exactly. Market conditions will also affect this tax, as when prices of natural gas fall and it is no longer profitable to drill here. Then the tax revenue will be "comically low", but it won't be funny ha ha. It will be funny sad.

We spend hundreds of millions of dollars of the taxpayers' money on attracting out of state businesses to come to Arkansas and then we punish those businesses that are already here... Does that make any sense? What's truly "comical" here is this newfound need to raise a low tax which is helping to attract economic growth to the state. Mark my words, if they pass this tax increase, it will damage economic growth in the state. And no one will be safe. Wait till your industry is deemed to have a "comically low" tax and watch jobs and growth disappear.

Here's the link to Brummett's column.

In a related story, Gov. Beebe has stated that he won't call a special session unless he is sure his tax increase will pass. Here's the link.

Huckabee in Hot Water, Again, Over Unethical Behavior

I'll have more details about this in a later post. Here's the link.

FL Primary Today

With the Florida primary today we face two very different scenarios. This really will be a make or break state for John McCain and Mitt Romney. Rasmussen's last minute polls show Romney pulling ahead, but there wasn't much time to take into account McCain being endorsed by Republican Governor Crist. Still the polls show the two front runners tied at 31%. We'll find out later today if this had any effect.

Final State of the Union Address from President Bush

The president just finished his final State of the Union Address, reminding me that he has less than one year left in office. It seems to have passed by so quickly. Many, mostly liberal democrats, will rejoice at his departure. Some, mostly those in uniform, are not gleeful at his departure, considering the odds that Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama could be the next president. As for his speech, I don't think it will be long remembered. It was mostly a programatic speech, not thematic. But otherwise it may mark the end of an era, an era when America is the bold leader of the Free World. Many of my friends complain, but they cannot fathom what the world would be like with Hillary or Obama as president if another 9-11 were to happen. We are safer today because of President Bush.

Democrat Response

At this moment Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is giving a stupid democrat response, bemoaning the supposed malaise in the economy. She claimed that she's not going to be partisan, but after a laundry list of democrat talking points, she is getting around to the part about how meaningless the sacrifice of our servicemen is. What a waste of space.

McCain Coming to Arkansas

I've received word that John McCain is planning a visit to Arkansas. More details as I get them...

Conventiontal Wisdom Rules the Day

For all those of you who are too smart to ignore conventional wisdom, consider the sage words of Andrew Ferguson for The Weekly Standard about Fred Thompson. We are all worse off for his departure from the race. His was the most refreshing and heartening campaign I've seen in years. No "fire in the belly" was a frequent refrain describing him, but do we really want a candidate who is that ambitious? Caesar was killed for his ambition. It used to be virtuous not to be an overly ambitious politician, but now it's called laziness. Some of my best friends bought into and continue to repeat this pablum.

I have to say there is much to be admired about a man who is consumed with a desire for power. It is such a rarity nowadays that few recognized it when they saw it. They saw a "lazy" candidate instead of someone who followed the true, classic American tradition of citizen statesman.

Will we ever see it, again? I doubt it. I'm surprised we saw it all. Mike Huckabee claims that he's "like the guy you work with", but most people have never worked with a guy who craves power like he does, willing to do and say anything to acheive the power to tell others how to order their lives. In that vein Huckabee stands in stark contrast with Thompson. Whereas Huckabee can only gain from running for office, Fred made significant sacrifices to run for office.

Though it pains me to ponder this campaign without Fred, I am glad to talk about this because I think it's startling how eager people were/are to ascribe to conventional wisdom as if it was actual wisdom. Even now, many are buying into the McCain hype created for us by the media. They once told us he was going nowhere and now tell us that he can't be beaten. They tell us that everybody supports him, but they ignore that much of the conservative base will not support him, with much vigor anyway. Heaven help us.

If you truly value wisdom, and a little perspective, read Ferguson's column. Here's the link.

Huck Capitalizing of Kids Who Kill

Mike Huckabee very quickly penned a book about the horrific slaughter of schoolchildren in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1998. He pocketed $25,000 by capitalizing on the pain of the families of those children.

It's coming back to haunt him, now, with the kind of national scrutiny the democrats would be burying him with. For those of you who support Huckabee, consider this a public service.

Here's the link to the L.A. Times coverage.

Brummett on the Conservative Choice

This is some very good analysis of our dilemma as conservatives.

Here's the link.

Severing Economic Growth

If you're as disturbed as I am at this lemming rush to raise taxes on energy production, you need to read David Sanders' latest column.

Here's the link.

Also, I caught Sanders' show, Unconventional Wisdom, with his guest John Brummett. One thing stood out like a sore thumb about Brummett's analysis of the Republican race is that he said that he could support McCain, "because I won't have to worry about who he'll put on the Supreme Court."

I have received a note from David Sanders informing me that I misheard the above comment by John Brummett. He apparently said the opposite. Here's what he actually said, "Even I could almost vote for John McCain, if I didn't have to worry about who gets nominated to the Supreme Court, which is what this is all about."

This statement is still remarkably telling about McCain, although I don't agree that Brummett would have much to worry about McCain's choices for the Supreme Court, given his lead role in helping to sink many superb judicial nominees.

Where's Michael Moore?

Huckabee Stands By Televangelist Copeland, Who Claims to Be Messiah

Mike Huckabee is standing by Kenneth Copeland, who has said before that God told him that he could have died for our sins in Christ's place. Here's the link.

Must Be a Huckabee Supporter

A New Mexico legislator has propsed a law to tax tvs and video games to fight obesity. Whatever happened to freedom and personal responsibility?

Here's the link.

Attorney General John Edwards

Wow. And I thought Janet Reno was a bad AG.

Here's the link.

Special Session to Raise Taxes on Our Energy Costs

Governor Beebe is suggesting that he might call a special session to raise taxes on our energy costs. I've written about this extensively, so here's a link to what I've already said.

Here's a recap: the cost of heating our homes is continuing to rise, along with all our other energy costs...the state government is continuing to experience a budget surplus...the governor's response: raise taxes on our energy costs...

Does that make any sense, at all?

Here's the link.

Can You Say Sycophant?

This is remarkable. The performance is decent, but it's incredible how ill-informed these young mean are. The worst thing, by far, is how these kids seem to worshipping Huckabee. I have seen this alarming trend in a number of other videos. There's another that is even more disturbing that I don't want to post because it has young children in it. Their parents ought to be ashamed, literally, for having their children perform what I can only describe as a sacrilegious song glorifying Mike Huckabee.

As for these two, I wonder if they're bothered or even aware that Mike Huckabee is not an honest man. I have documented enough of Huckabee's lies and his pattern of dishonesty over the past few months, but I'm always amazed at his Christian supporters who are so eager to ignore the truth.

I saw that these two chuckleheads performed at Huckabee's loss party in South Carolina. Huck must have loved that.

Huckabee Claims He Doesn't Like to Be Asked Religious Questions, Yet, He Keeps Preaching

And yet, he continues to preach in primary states.

Here's the link.

Al Gore Doesn't Read the News

He thinks that "climate change" is accelerating. First of all, note that he says "climate change" instead of "global warming". This comes as the country is experiencing a record cold winter.

Specifically, though, he's suggesting that Antarctic polar ice caps will melt completely during summers within 5 years. He didn't see the news that studies show that volcanic activity is causing the ice caps to melt.

Here's the link to Gore's comments.

McCain's Mom: He Doesn't Have Any Support From Republican Base

Talk about Straight Talk.

Here's the link.

Rambo Backing McCain

This just in, Sylvester Stallone is apparently supporting John McCain in his bid for the White House. This certainly tops Wilford Brimley backing McCain, as I reported earlier.

As for who would win in a head-to-head between Chuck Norris and Rambo (Rocky)... That's anybody's guess. With Brimley, though, McCain could fight the diabeetus, too.

CBS and Fox have the story.

Huckabee's Support Slipping Among Evangelicals

I don't agree with those interviewed about what evangelicals actually think, but they are becoming more representative of the trend of liberalism masquerading as Christianity. Such issues as environmentalism, welfare, and socialized health care are now apparently a part of the Bible, because these charalatans pretend that the Bibles commands to be personally charitable are commands to government. The government isn't an individual who is capable of receiving salvation, but liberal preachers pretend that commands to believers are proof that governments should adopt socialist policies.

Huckabee has largely adopted this false theology. I need to write more about this in the future. Keep your eyes peeled.

Here's the link.

Huckabee Finishes 3rd in Arkansas's Most Republican County Straw Poll

I've been telling you for a while that Arkansans, especially Republicans, don't support Mike Huckabee. Here's more proof. The Benton County Republican Committee, which represents the most Republican county in the state, held and straw poll in which Mike Huckabee finished a very distant 3rd. Benton county has often been referred to as the Orange county of Arkansas and that's an accurate description. Huckabee has made a lot of enemies ther and it looks like his chickens are coming home to roost.

Then there's this from The Washington Times echoing what I've been saying for a while, too. Mike Huckabee has almost no support from Republicans in Arkansas. I've been sayin this from the very beginning. I'm glad to see The Washington Times is picking this up.

Here's the link to The Washington Times story.
Here's the link to the story about Huck's 3rd place finish in the Benton County Straw Poll.

ArkTimes Echos Arkansas Journal

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME: Speaking of Huckstering. Several readers have offered solicitous comments on news that the Mike Huckabee campaign has laid off paid workers and others are going without paychecks. Readers send fervent wishes that the three Huckabee children, brother-in-law and daughter-in-law remain in paid campaign positions.

Here's the link to Max's post from today.

Here's the link to my post from yesterday.

Sanders' Latest on the State of the GOP Race

Here's the link.

Bush State Department Continues Diplomatic Efforts...Why Don't They Get Any Credit?

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the Bush Administration had a cowboy foreign policy, or, as Mike Huckabee put it, an "arrogant bunker mentality, whatever that means. So, why is it that they don't get any credit for their ongoing diplomatic efforts with Iran, North Korea, and the Palestinians???

I've got an answer, and it's not all that surprising. The democrats and the media don't really care. It doesn't fit their template to highlight the fact that President Bush is pursuing diplomacy. The president is supposed to be an arrogant cowboy who just wants to start wars...

Well, it turns out that's not the case. I give the president a lot of credit for attempting to find diplomatic solutions to these problems. It's not working quite as well as his policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, though.

Secretary of State Rice is now offering full, diplomatic ties with Iran if it will stop its nuclear program. I know she's not holding her breath, but it's terribly ironic to hear the constant drumbeat that all the president wants is war when he's bending over backwards to do it the way they want him to. We are getting an interesting lesson in the fact that diplomacy only works if the other guys know you mean business. Sometimes you have to go ahead and kick the beehive over, though. One thing's for sure, if the president does eventually take military action against Iran, no one will honestly be able to say he didn't try diplomacy. You can bet they will say it, though.

Here's the link.

UGGGHHH...Duncan Hunter Endorses Huckabee

This makes zero sense except that Huckabee has fooled Hunter, too, into thinking he's not for open borders. I believe Huck put it this way, "let's open both our doors and our opportunities."

Here's the link.

Huckabee Staffers Forgoing Paychecks...What About His Kids?

Mike Huckabee is so short on cash that he's having his senior staff forgo paychecks for the time being. Apparently, he is also asking junior staffers to take a pay cut.

Here's the question of the day: are his kids and daughter-in-law, who are all paid staffers, being asked to forgo paychecks, as well? It's typical Huckabee nepotism to have them as paid staffers to begin with. I wouldn't be surprised if his kids are still getting paid, though. If not, how are they making their mortgage payments? It would be interesting to see if a donor is helping them cover their bills while paychecks are being withheld. If so, that would obviously be an FEC violation.

This is just speculation, but speculation based on years of Huckabee and his family using various funds as personal slush funds, such as the governor's mansion fund that they used to buy personal items and Taco Bell.

Here's the link to AP's story about their current cash crunch.

More Huckabee Irregularities

Apparently, the state managed a private account for Mike Huckabee, which was used for events and Huckabee's portrait. The only problem is that, somehow, nobody ever reported who made the donations to the fund, which is a violation of state law. Nobody seems to remember who donated to the fund and Huckabee doesn't have anything to say about it. Andrew DeMillo has the story.

Here's the link.

Brummett: Huckabee's Waterloo

This is a fascinating glimpse of what Huckabee supporters say when he's not around. It reminds me of what they said before Iowa.

Here's the link.

John Edwards: A DNC Power Broker?

I said this recently and now it looks like some other folks are considering the possibility, too. John Edwards is positioning himself to be a power broker at the DNC convention.

I'll go one step further. The voters who are going to John Edwards are true believers. If he wasn't in the race, Edwards voters would be far more likely to go to Obama than Clinton, since Clinton is seen as the establishment candidate. That being the case, Edwards is not just positioning himself as a power broker, but as a firewall for Hillary. He will be rewarded handsomely. Mark my words. But the fact remains, Obama would be miles ahead of Clinton if Edwards wasn't in the race.

Here's the link.

More Science That Liberals Will Ignore: Ice Caps Melting Because of Volcanoes

Here's the link.

Former DPA Head, Jason Willett, Running for Mayor of J-Town---Positioning For Congress Run?

Max is reporting that Jason Willett is running for mayor of Jonesboro. Looks like he's positioning himself to run for congress when Marion Berry retires.

Here's the link.

It's Official

It is with great sadness that I report the following:

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January 22, 2008

Contact: -

Phone: -

For Immediate Release:

McLean, VA - Senator Fred Thompson today issued the following statement about his campaign for President:

"Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people."

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Here's the link.

Huckabee Out of Money

It's not surprising, really, given that his campaign has been sinking ever since his Iowa victory. Huck's trick to win Iowa isn't duplicatable. It was the only thing he could do and now the states are coming at him too fast to keep up, especially with his inability to raise money. The media acts like his victory in Iowa was some amazing feat. In reality, it was the only thing he could do. He didn't have any money, but he had lots of time, so he stayed in a small state for months. How could he lose? He hadn't drawn enough attention yet to have the media begin to highlight his liberal record.

Here's the link.

War Protest in Little Rock, Right Now

I just got a message from a reader that there is a war protest in downtown Little Rock. Apparently, there are 4 people protesting at the corner of Capitol and Broadway. One sign apparently says "Bush's War Causes Recession", or something to that effect.

That's some brilliant analysis. That guy must be an economist.

Stimulus Packages: Then and Now

A friend sent this to me the other day. It's remarkable how many similar liberal stimulus packages today are to Jimmy Carter's stimulus packages. We saw what a great success Carter was at reviving the economy.

Here's the link to Time Magazine, circa late 1970s about Carter's long since failed stimulus package, that the democrats, today, are trying to resurrect.

The Clintons Make Me Laugh...They're SO Believable

First Bill Clinton, the ultimate establishment democrat, along with his wife, called Barack Obama the "establishment" candidate... I'm not making this up. Here's the link.

Then Hillary, who has no solutions to rising energy costs except to increase them further by raising taxes, called the President "pathetic" for "begging" OPEC to increase production... It just doesn't get more comical. Here's the link.

Fred Thompson is the Conservative Candidate

David Sanders on Huckabee's Civil Rights/Confederate Flag Paradox

Mike Huckabee is continuing his campaign to be all things to all people. He's speaking to black churches and Civil Rights groups, while also defending the Confederate Battle flag. The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Here's the link to Sanders' NRO blog post from last Friday.

Here's the link to Sanders' NRO blog post from today.

Huckabee is the Christian candidate, remember. So how Christian was it to make the following remark?

“(Y)ou don't like people from outside the state telling you what to do with the flag… in fact, if somebody came down to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell ’em where to put the pole.”

Hewitt: Delegate Scenarios

Hugh Hewitt has an interesting scenario about the possibility we face at the convention.

Here's the link.

I thought Global Warming Caused, Well, Warming...

Last week, idiots in Maryland held a Global Warming protest in a snowstorm...

Seriously.

Now, I was under the impression that Global Warming was supposed to cause warming. Note that we've been told that excessive carbon "pollution" causes the earth the get warmer. That being said, why is it that many global warming propagandists are starting to replace "global warming" with "climate change"?

The idiots at this protest are holding signs that say "help stop climate change"... Now, if the irrefutable science says that carbon causes warming, then why are they trying to explain that 2007 was a cold year as part of man-made "climate change"? Have they produced new evidence that says that carbon causes the temperature to go up and down?

Here's the link.

Fred Thompson Supporter Poll: If Fred Dropped Out, Who Would You Support

This is from Hugh Hewitt.

As I suspected, the vast majority goes to Mitt Romney, with 73%.

Here's the link.

Here's the link where you can vote.

When asked what Thompson supporters would do if Fred endorsed McCain, I was pleased to see that 89% wouldn't be influenced to do the same.

Here's the link.

Here's the link where you can vote.

As I Was Saying: If Huckabee is To Be Believed, We Owe Fred Thompson a Debt of Gratitude

Mike Huckabee's supporters are blaming Fred Thompson for his loss in South Carolina, as I suggested last night.

Now Huckabee is saying that, too. The truth is Fred did take those votes from Huckabee, but it was largely by being an actual conservative versus Mike Huckabee's pretend conservatism. Huckabee will still remain vulnerable because of his record of lies and liberalism.

Here's the link.

Delegate Count

So, where are we now? Fox has a breakdown.

Here's the link.

Brummett Nails Huckagogue, Again

Leave it to Mike Huckabee to give me more occasions to agree with John Brummett.

Brummett's latest column is dead on. Huckabee is a demagogue. Brummett pretends to be polite enough to say that word is too harsh, but it's exactly what he's sayi