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Would Jesus Authorize Torture?

By | 05.13.09 | 4:01 pm

Yes, according to one famous conservative Christian.

The Associated Press asks prominent evangelicals and leaders of the religious right if Jesus would condone torture. Some evangelicals say every life is sacred and torture is not peaceful and therefore incongruent with Christian teachings. But religious right leader Gary Bauer says More…

Here Comes the ‘Democrat Socialist Party’

By | 05.13.09 | 9:48 am

Roger Simon confirms that the Republican National Committee will vote on, and probably pass, “a resolution rebranding Democrats as the ‘Democrat Socialist Party,’” even though weakened RNC Chairman Michael Steele has warned it “will accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to More…

Crist’s Our Man!

By | 05.12.09 | 9:32 am

Josh Kraushaar reports that the National Republican Senatorial Committee will go back on its word from last week and endorse Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) when he announces his bid for the U.S. Senate. It’s one of several Senate races where the party has drafted or is trying to draft More…

Norquist: It’s ‘Foolish’ to Declare the End of Tax Cut Politics

By | 05.07.09 | 6:24 pm

In an article in the new issue of Time, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is quoted saying that “Marginal tax rates are the lowest they’ve been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts. [...] The people’s desires have changed, but we’re still stuck in More…

Joe the Plumber Quits the GOP

By | 05.07.09 | 9:48 am

I’m pretty sure he’s hinted at this before, but Time magazine gets the, uh, scoop:

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he’s so outraged by GOP overspending, he’s quitting the party — and he’s the bull’s-eye of its target audience.

Wurzelbacher has become a More…

Joe the Plumber? Don’t Know Him

By | 05.06.09 | 3:31 pm

Roger L. Simon of Pajamas Media and PJTV reacts to Samuel Wurzelbacher’s Christianity Today interview:

It should go without saying that this view in no way reflects the views of Pajamas Media or Pajamas TV. Speaking personally, as a very public supporter of gay marriage, I couldn’t disagree

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In 1984, Who Could Ask For More?

By | 05.04.09 | 4:37 pm

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey, explaining how he can defeat Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.):

Reagan carried this state twice. I don’t think this state has changed.

Is there any state, or county, or freshwater lake that hasn’t changed since November 1984? This is campaign spin that has the unintended More…

Conservatives Cheer Sessions

By | 05.04.09 | 1:47 pm

It’s pretty hard to find a conservative who isn’t happy about Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) replacing party-switcher Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) as the ranking Republican member on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Sessions is one of the best legal minds in the Senate,” said Curt Levey, executive director of the More…

Quinnipiac Dishes on Ridge-Specter Poll

By | 05.04.09 | 1:03 pm

The new Quinnipiac poll on Pennsylvania’s 2010 U.S. Senate race shows Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) thrashing Republican candidate Pat Toomey, but only narrowly leading former Gov. Tom Ridge (R-Pa.). But since the poll did not ask Republicans who they’d choose in a primary between Toomey and Ridge (who has More…

Susan Boyle = George Soros

By | 05.04.09 | 9:06 am

This Web ad, now running on sites like National Review Online, caught my eye:

Click and you discover that the meddling European is … billionaire liberal financier George Soros! It’s a less-than-timely campaign from the American Issues Project, last seen trying to hold the president accountable for More…