February 8, 2012

2012 Presidential Straw Poll — Round 4

It’s time for round four of our 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Straw Poll. For this round are (in no particular order): Herman Cain, John Bolton, Thaddeus McCotter, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and John Huntsman Changes from round three: I’ve removed anyone who isn’t [...]

2012 Presidential Straw Poll — Round 3

It’s time for round three of our 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Straw Poll. The candidates in this round are (in no particular order): Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Mitch Daniels, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, John Kasich, John Huntsman, John Bolton, Jeb Bush, Liz Cheney, Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, [...]

Palin E-mail Hacker Gets One-year Sentence

David Kernell the 20 year old college student who was convicted of breaking into Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account during  the 2008 Presidential campaign has been sentenced to one year in prison: The former college student who guessed his way into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account during the 2008 U.S. presidential election was sentenced to [...]

2012 Republican Presidential Primary Straw Poll

It’s time for round two of our 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Straw Poll. The candidates are (in not particular order): Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, John Thune, Mitch Daniels, Bobby Jindal, Mike Pence, Rick Perry, John Kasich, John Huntsman and John Bolton.

Daily Telegraph: Karl Rove Questions Sarah Palin’s Suitability for President

Mark Levin mentioned this Daily Telegraph piece on his show last light night… I’m sure Mr. Rove will claim he was just being and honest and impartial commentator, but after his criticism of Christine O’Donnell following her primary win and knocking Tea Partiers as a bunch of unsophisticated rabble I’m not sure that argument really [...]

Palin E-mail Hacker Convicted on Two Counts

A federal jury in Knoxville, Tennessee convicted David Kernell, the 22 year old son of Democratic State Representative, on two of four counts related to the intrusion into former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo! Mail account during the 2008 elections today: (Reuters) – A college student who hacked into former Republican vice [...]

Video: Sarah Palin’s Keynote Speech at National Tea Party Convention

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin delivers the closing keynote address at the first-ever National Tea Party Convention, held in Nashville, TN. February 6, 2010: Related Third party is the wrong party for Tea Partiers – Mark Tapscott, Washington Examiner Nashville Shows Tea Party Is America’s Third Great Awakening – Glenn Reynolds, Washington Examiner Breitbart, Farah [...]

NY-23: Palin Endorses Hoffman

If the pop culture obsessed soundbite media wasn’t following the November 3rd special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district they will be  now that Sarah Palin has endorsed Doug Hoffman: The people of the 23rd Congressional District of New York are ready to shake things up, and Doug Hoffman is coming on strong as [...]

Weekend Briefing – Saturday, October 10, 2009

I’m going to be tied up with family all weekend but here’s a collection of must read links: CBO: Budget deficit hit record $1.4T in 2009 – Associated Press Proposals to create jobs add up to second stimulus – Associated Press A Nobel for Obama – New York Sun Barack Obama’s peace prize starts a [...]

Sarah Palin: Dollar’s Troubles Show Need for Energy Independence

Two days ago the British newspaper The Independent published a rather dubious report by Robert Fisk claiming that  oil-producing Arab states along with China, Russia, Japan and France were conspiring on a plan to dump the dollar for oil trading, a move which would seriously weaken our currency and influence abroad. The Arab states named [...]