Category Archives: Conservatism

Jim DeMint: Ted Cruz deserves cheers, not jeers

    By JIM DEMINT Imagine a new senator who ran a campaign of “no more business as usual.” No more special interest politics, no more backroom deals — and he won. He came to Washington, and he delivered. He didn’t stay quiet, he spoke passionately for what he believed in, and he made it [...]

Posted in Conservatism, Politico, Republicans, Sen. Ted Cruz, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , , ,

Ted Cruz: D.C. is ‘corrupting city’

By MACKENZIE WEINGER Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday dubbed Washington a “corrupting city.” “This is a city that is a corrupting city,” the Texas Republican said. “This is a city where there’s a lot of impetus to go along to get along. It’s a lot of why we’re in this mess now.” Cruz told POLITICO’s [...]

Posted in Congress, Conservatism, Politico, Republicans, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , ,

Rand Paul: ‘King’ Obama

By KEVIN ROBILLARD       POLITICO Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul compared President Barack Obama to an absolute monarch on Tuesday, vowing to fight any executive orders on gun control. “I’m against having a king,” Paul, the son of libertarian icon Ron Paul, told Christian Broadcasting News while traveling in Israel. “I think having a monarch is what [...]

Posted in Barack Obama, Congress, Conservatism, Solid Principles, U.S. Constitution | Tagged as: , , , , , ,

RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.: THE GOP’S LONE STAR ROCK STAR

Ten years ago, I sat at dinner with a friend in Washington – an Ivy League-educated lawyer in his early 30s. We were with our wives. Just two childless couples enjoying a carefree evening before the days when going to dinner meant inquiring whether a restaurant is “kid friendly.” A Hispanic Republican from Houston who [...]

Posted in 2016 Presidential Race, 2016 Republican Presidential Race, Conservatism, Democrats, Entitlements, Republican Presidential Race, Solid Principles, Texas | Tagged as: , , , , ,

The Superb Mitt Romney

By: Jay Nordlinger    NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE About 20 years ago, I often said, “You can say anything about Clarence Thomas. No matter how vile, false, or even racist, you can say it about Thomas, and get away with it. The culture permits it. It’s open season on Clarence Thomas.” Many years later, I said something [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Election Coverage, 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Conservatism, Debates, Economy, Mitt Romney, National Review, Recommended Read, Republican Presidential Race, Republicans, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , , , , ,

Gun-Control Ignorance

How many times do the same arguments need to be refuted? By:  Thomas Sowell Must every tragic mass shooting bring out the shrill ignorance of “gun control” advocates? The key fallacy of so-called gun-control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law-abiding citizens, while people bent on violence [...]

Posted in Conservatism, National Review, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , , , ,

Photoshop of the Day: Terrell Aftermath

Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

Posted in Barack Obama, Conservatism, Investor's Business Daily, Political Photoshops, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , ,

GOP Deficit Plan Irks Conservatives

  Discord Complicates Negotiating Position of Boehner, Who Punished Four House Members; Obama Calls for Higher Taxes   WASHINGTON—Conservatives on Tuesday took aim at House Speaker John Boehner’s deficit-reduction proposal in the fiscal cliff talks, a dispute that was aggravated by Mr. Boehner’s decision to remove some conservatives from prized committees. Rep. Jim Jordan (R., [...]

Posted in Congress, Conservatism, Debt Ceiling, Deficit Spending, Democrats, Economy, Jim DeMint, National Debt, Republicans, Solid Principles, Wall Street Journal | Tagged as: , , , , , ,

GOP’s ‘Blame Romney’ Faction Needs To Take A Hard Look In The Mirror

By: Douglas Mackinnon It is all at once funny, pathetic and quite dangerous to watch the Republican establishment and leadership run around pointing fingers of blame at Mitt Romney and his team for his loss when they themselves cheer-leaded and ensured his selection. If anyone wants to understand why conservatives, libertarians and members of the [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Conservatism, GOP, Investor's Business Daily, Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Race, Republicans, Solid Principles, Tea Party | Tagged as: , , , , , , ,

Ted Cruz: Mitt Romney ‘French-kissed’ Barack Obama

    By KEVIN ROBILLARD Sen.-elect Ted Cruz believes Mitt Romney got a little too close to Barack Obama in the third presidential debate. “I’m pretty certain Mitt Romney actually French-kissed Barack Obama,” Cruz said in a speech at the Federalist Society’s annual conference Friday. Cruz said that conservatives failed to make their case to [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Conservatism, Debates, Mitt Romney, Politico, Polls, Republican Presidential Race, Republicans, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , ,